Last Jedi Minute 77: A Trick of Light
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Date
May 18th, 2021
Summary
Rey is devastated by the Swamp Hole's Magic Force Mirror's insight so she reaches out to Kylo Ren and guest commentator Riley Silverman!
Guests
Notes
Film
- Starts out with Rey seeing her reflection in the magic Force mirror. Ends with Rey reaching out to touch someone's hands.
Podcast
- Oblique reference to the trope of the Worthless Treasure twist.
- The reveal was her. But then again it is a mirror, so what'd you expect.
- The message throughout the film that Alex took from this is that you are in charge of your own destiny; in a way, you are your own parents.
- To Riley, it's reminiscent of Luke seeing his own face in Vaders mask in the Magic Tree because it was not Vader he needed to defeat, but his own rage.
- Where the episode would end if this was a Disney+ series.
- If it had been someone we know in the mirror, there's no guarantee she would have any idea who they were.
- If it turns out that Obi-Wan was either Ray's father or grandfather he would definitely say "hello there".
- The science behind crystal balls or (wrong show) crystal skulls. Just a trick of light.
- We get a porg's eye view of the seaweed hole.
- What if the whole rest of this movie and the next one we're just visions Rey was having in the seaweed hole?
- How does Rey get back out of the seaweed hole? Mentioned: Skyrim, referenced: the trope of the "Door to before".
- What if Luke hadn't noticed that it was his own face in the Vader mask? Mentioned: the Weekend Show.
- Alex asks Riley: if you could go into a magic tree and learn some deep secret about yourself would you do it?
- Riley says probably yes, especially given her own personal journey through life.
- Pete said no, he doesn't even like haunted house carnival rides.
- Do we see any other mirrors in Star Wars?
- Differences between"commonplace" technologies in our world vs. Star Wars.
- "Shipping" characters with their own alter ego.
- Rey really is a strong character with a clear motivation and driving force.
- The implication is that after Rey returned from the seaweed hole, she called up Kylo Ren to discuss it (meaning she had some control over their Force connection).
- Luke must have gotten a "Force notification" about Rey's call with Kylo (or her experience in the seaweed hole?). What is his relationship with the Force now? Has he really cut himself off from the Force fully, or is that just what he's saying?
- He's not on facebook, but he didn't delete his account either.
- Does Luke know that Rey was going back to the seaweed hole? What brought him to see her now, so urgently? Mentioned: Pete doesn't believe in the Force.
- Referenced: "Ironic" (Alanis Morissette song). Mentioned: Moisture vaporators.
- Plug for moviesbyminutes.com. As of this recording there are 194 (94) MxM shows, including some duplicates.
Meta Minute
- 31:01 podcast episode length.
- Although we've never seen a mirror in any of the movies, they have appeared in animated as well as live-action Star Wars TV shows in addition to numerous printed media.
- Alex may be referencing Korean pop star Rain and his famous (tongue-in-cheek) feud with Stephen Colbert.
- At the time of this recording, movies that had more than one podcast dissecting and discussing them included: Alien, Deep Blue Sea* Independence Day, Jaws**, Predator, Rocky Horror Picture Show, and The Matrix
*A single minute of Deep Blue Sea was covered as an April Fools Day episode of this show.
**The original Jaws minute was not completed, and so no longer appears on the Movies by Minutes site. The Real Jaws Minute was the first podcast to duplicate (and complete) a movie minute-by-minute.
Quotes
- Riley: Objects in Mirror may be more 'nobody' than they appear.
- Pete Why am I back on my anti-force horse…
- Riley: (as Luke) Hydroponic plants for days!
Links
- Audio only
- http://www.starwarsminute.com/2021/05/18/last-jedi-minute-77-a-trick-of-light
- Video
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fsnla_jodoo