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March 9th, 2016

The ramp closes, and the Naboo craft rockets away, leaving the Sith Lord standing alone.

Interesting shot: lightsaber duel from far away
- Callback to The Empire Strikes Back?
Panaka steps on Ric Olié's exposition
Force Jump onto the ship
Anakin meets Obi-Wan (should be a chilling moment, but isn't)
Applause break

How weird would it be to have a random boy tell you to suddenly take off
Mentioned: The Assassin
Callback to cut Treadwell scene from Star Wars
Extreme brevity of the lightsaber duel
The shiny newness of the ships in this movie (in contrast with the Original Trilogy)
Referenced: What If
Callback to yesterday and discussion of 'Obi-Wan only' draft
- A whole different suite of Force powers
Discussion of Ewan McGregor nude roles
Why did they leave instead of trying to finish off Darth Maul?
Easy historical irony in film
Issues with the Prequels: Anakin's journey from innocent boy to Lord of The Sith

30:35 podcast episode length.
Although the B-19 was a real plane, only one was ever built¹. Alex may have been referring to the more common B-17 or B-29 bombers, both of which had rotating gun turrets.

"I'd say at most it's like a shrimp on a plate - it's not even really an 'appetizer' appetizer." - Alex
"Where's that guy with the lightsaber battles? That was so delicious but it's nothing." - Alex
"Jar Jarringly different" - Pete
"Pete is Legends now." - Keith
"Ewan, baby, we got some bad news." - Alex

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-*Although the B-19 ''was'' a real plane, only one was ever built [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_XB-19]. Alex may have been referring to the more common B-17[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_B-17_Flying_Fortress] or B-29 bombers[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_B-29_Superfortress], both of which had rotating gun turrets.
+*30:35 podcast episode length.
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+*Although the B-19 ''was'' a real plane, only one was ever built<sup>[[Wikipedia:Douglas_XB-19|1]]</sup>. Alex may have been referring to the more common [[Wikipedia:Boeing_B-17_Flying_Fortress|B-17]] or [[Wikipedia:Boeing_B-29_Superfortress|B-29]] bombers, both of which had rotating gun turrets.
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