Last Jedi Minute 49: Fun with the Force

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Date

April 8th, 2021

School is in session as Rey reaches out for her first Jedi lessons from Luke Skywalker and guest commentator Ken Plume!

Starts with Luke giving lesson #1 in the Force: sit there with your legs crossed. Ends with Rey saying she'll try again.

Referenced: "Taste the Rainbow".
This is Ken's favorite scene in the film.
- The two actors' performances are right on point.
- It's so rare that we see these movies having fun with the Force.
  - Luke Skywalker's "Fun with the Force" as a series of instructional tapes.
  - Referenced: "Dot Fun".
  - Luke clearly learned how to train Jedi from Yoda.
How long has Luke been exile, when did Kylo Ren destroy the temple?
- Mentioned: Wallace Stanfield "Sweet Stan" Lane.
- It doesn't feel like Kylo Ren has been with Snoke that long. Mentioned: "Jedi: Fallen Order".
- Mentioned: "The Rise of Kylo Ren" (suggested to us by Patrick Cotnoir. Shout out to former guest of the show Charles Soule.
  - The universe forgot all about Luke fairly quickly.
Comparing Luke's description of what the Force is to how Obi-Wan described it.
- Whose is the more "correct" version?
  - Robot Jedi. Referenced: Skippy the Droid. Referenced: Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken (1991).
Luke and Rey bonding about growing up on desert planets and now being surrounded by water.
Rey sincerely wants to learn and trusts Luke to teach her (perhaps to her folly).
Other Daisy Ridley performances.

36:11 podcast episode length.
Alex is wearing his SWM "Bespin Falling" shirt and has a Native Tatooiner figure.
- All three hosts show us what they're drinking. Alex is drinking out of an orange mug, Pete has a clear beverage in a glass bottle, and Ken has a soda can.
Pete quotes Singin' In The Rain, which he has many times mentioned being a fan of.
Once again, Alex, Mads Mikkelsen is Danish.

Alex: "Taste... the aspartame."
Ken: (as a stoned Obi-Wan) Qui-Gon used to say [the Force] was, like, cool man.

Audio only: http://www.starwarsminute.com/2021/04/08/last-jedi-minute-49-fun-with-the-force
Video: https://youtube.com/watch?v=g1cjDmY3-ZY