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==Date==
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February 15th, 2016
 
==Summary==
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Anakin's engine floods and coughs – then dies. All the other Podracers except one swerve around him and disappear down the track.
==Guests==
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[[Guest Name]]
[[Asterios Kokkinos]]
==Notes==
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===Film===
===Film===
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*First of two whole weeks (ten full minutes) of podracing
*Sebulba sabotages Anakin then literally twirls his mustache (à la [[Wikipedia:Snidely_Whiplash|Snidely Whiplash]]).
*[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Graxol_Kelvyyn Graxol Kelvyyn] is the tallest practical costume (11 ft tall) in the film.
*Death of Mawhonic.
 
===Podcast===
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*Final [[8-DAY-GREEDO]] call from Andrew in L.A.
*First attempts to come up with a collective names for SWM fans.
**Threw "SWiMmers" out there.
*Description of pod race from original draft.
**Many [[Recycled names|names reused]] and shuffled.
**Likened to [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rearrange_the_deck_chairs_on_the_Titanic rearranging the deck chairs on the (space) Titanic].
*Mentioned: Star Trek.
*Referenced: [[Wikipedia:Mickey_(song)|"Mickey" by Toni Basil]], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE_CM3tvkys Batman climbing walls] in the original Batman TV show, [[Wikipedia:Revolution_9|Revolution 9]] ([[Wrong show]]).
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===Meta Minute===
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*36:37 podcast episode length.
*"Kelvyyn" sounds like "Kelvin" which J.J. Abrams (who directed Episode VII) tries to work into each of his movies. This is an interesting bit of foreshadowing since Abrams did not work on ''The Phantom Menace''.
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==Quotes==
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*'''Pete:''' A lot of the garbage stayed the same.
*'''Alex:''' Behind every great man spouting gibberish is a tired, harried woman.
*'''Asterios:''' Am I having a stroke right now?!
*'''Alex:''' Ask your doctor if Mysturall is right for you.
*'''Asterios:''' (à la [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVi8bJFIac8 Montel Jordan]) This is how we do it. This is how we ruin the movie.
*'''Alex:''' People hate [[toy talk|when we talk about the Toy Dampner]].
 
==Link==
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http://www.starwarsminute.com/2016/02/15/phantom-menace-minute-61-bag-of-planets/
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Date

February 15th, 2016

Summary

Anakin's engine floods and coughs – then dies. All the other Podracers except one swerve around him and disappear down the track.

Guests

Asterios Kokkinos

Notes

Film

  • First of two whole weeks (ten full minutes) of podracing
  • Sebulba sabotages Anakin then literally twirls his mustache (à la Snidely Whiplash).
  • Graxol Kelvyyn is the tallest practical costume (11 ft tall) in the film.
  • Death of Mawhonic.

Podcast

Meta Minute

  • 36:37 podcast episode length.
  • "Kelvyyn" sounds like "Kelvin" which J.J. Abrams (who directed Episode VII) tries to work into each of his movies. This is an interesting bit of foreshadowing since Abrams did not work on The Phantom Menace.

Quotes

  • Pete: A lot of the garbage stayed the same.
  • Alex: Behind every great man spouting gibberish is a tired, harried woman.
  • Asterios: Am I having a stroke right now?!
  • Alex: Ask your doctor if Mysturall is right for you.
  • Asterios: (à la Montel Jordan) This is how we do it. This is how we ruin the movie.
  • Alex: People hate when we talk about the Toy Dampner.

Link

http://www.starwarsminute.com/2016/02/15/phantom-menace-minute-61-bag-of-planets/


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