Phantom Menace Minute 57: The Fart Itself

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Date

February 9th, 2016

Summary

Pods are pulled by a wide variety of creatures and are led by aliens carrying flags.

Guests

Paul Rust

Notes

Film

• You guessed it - Jar Jar gets farted on by an eopie.
• Mawhonic's mascot hole (the eye hole in the suit) is clearly visible
• More Podracers introduced
  • Clegg Holdfast
  • Dud Bolt (another puppet racer)
    • His pod is a Vulptereen 327
  • Ody Mandrell
• First Hammerhead (Ithorian) (episode order)
• Cool flag bearers

Podcast

• How many wardrobe malfunctions are there in the movies?
• Referenced: Don Pardo, the card trader app (frequently mentioned on SWM:WE)
• Brief discussion of aliens in the crowd
• Comedy vs. drama
• Why no flags in the original trilogy?

Meta Minute

• Many of the Racers' flags appear at Maz's castle in TF

Quotes

• "The Plo Koons are shown the door." - Paul
• "You think the Hutt child protective services are gonna come down and say 'That child should be in a mine somewhere, not racing a pod.'" - Alex

Link

http://www.starwarsminute.com/2016/02/09/phantom-menace-minute-57-the-fart-itself/

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