Revenge of the Sith Minute 88: Business Ship

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Parking for the Soulless One only.

All others will be sent to the Spice Mines of Kessel, smashed into who knows what.

Date

March 14th, 2018 (Pi day!)

OBI-WAN flies away from the planet Utapau in General Grievous's tiny Starfighter.

Starts with Obi-Wan stealing a car, and ends with Artoo and C-3PO reunited at last.
Brief interlude with Anakin and Padme.

Referenced: Back to the Future.
His Jedi ship left without him, so he steals the Soulless One (General Grievous' car).
- The ship Grievous arrived in was his business ship; this is his personal fighter.
Referenced: Another happy landing.
Which is your favorite Ewan McGregor Obi-Wan?
- Kelly says Revenge of the Sith Obi-Wan is Peak Ewan McGregor. Referenced: Ewan's cable show "Long Way Round".
- Ewan McGregor's acting succeeds against long odds. Compare with other actors in this film and in the other Prequels.
The regressive maternity leave policy on Naboo.
- Alex's opinion is that queens having babies in secret is more dramatic than senators having babies in secret.
- Why, from an out of universe storytelling perspective, is Padmé not the queen anymore?
Referenced: You wouldn't download a car.
Obi-Wan calling Space Jimmy Smits is inverse-parallel to Leia's message to Obi-Wan on behalf of her father.
- Back-up messages in case the first one didn't work.
Mentioned: Alex was wrong from earlier, Pete edit that out.

28:39 podcast episode length.
When this episode was first posted, it was incorrectly labeled as Minute 87.
This is the third season in a row to have an episode air on Pi day.
Grievous' personal fighter was visible earlier during the Obi-Wan vs. Grievous fight.