Phantom Menace Minute 39: Dummy Sides

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Date

January 14th, 2016

Anakin leads Padmé into the other room. Artoo follows, beeping all the way.

Starts with Anakin bringinh the gang back to his place.
Ends with C-3PO asking where everyone is.
- First appearance of Threepio (episode number order).
The slave quarters.
Introduction of Shmi Skywalker.
- Played by Swedish actress Prunella August.

The quality of slave life on Tatooine.
- It's not all that bad—Paul and his mother lived in similar conditions when he was a child.

13:10 podcast episode length.
8-DAY-GREEDO call from J. James in Colorado. Anakin has Earth sports equipment and a doll/figurine that looks very much like Maz Kanata from The Force Awakens in his room.
Paul will save his thoughts on C-3PO for tomorrow.
Reminder: Swokes Swokes is Gragra's race. The things are sold are called "gorgs".
The slave quarters are actual buildings in Southern Tunisia. They are used by the native Berbers for storing grain, and are called Ghorfas. This word will come up on the podcast again.
The courtyard scenes at the Lars homestead were filmed at the Sidi Driss Hotel in Matmata, Tunisia. The exteriors were filmed 250 km away at Nefta, Tunisia.

Pete: There's always a bigger fish to fry.
Pete: Who's going to come by, Stormtroopers? What are they gonna do, kill you?

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