Star Wars Minute 24: He Knew My Father?

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Date

July 4th, 2013.

Summary

Luke sits down for a meal with Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru. He has questions about his father and "Old Ben".

Guests

Anthony Dalto

Notes

Film

• Uncle Owen is a bit of a jerk and gets antsy.
• Luke's father is discussed in detail for the first time. Luke makes some strange logic leaps during the discussion.
• Blue milk and all that it entails.

Podcast

• The humming noise in the Lars house; it would make a great sound / video 10-hour loop.
• Referenced: YouTube; The Enterprise from Star Trek.
• Uncle Owen may be resentful of having to raise Luke as his own.
• Luke is genuinely, and naively, concerned that the droids may have been stolen (the Jawas only deal in stolen items).
• Saying someone doesn't exist anymore is a very round-about way of saying they're dead.
• It sounds like Luke knows Ben already; there is an expanded universe story in which Luke and Ben bump into each other and it is implied that Ben is always keeping a watchful eye on Luke.
• Uncle Owen's dismissive attitude toward droids reflects society's general view of these devices.
• C-3PO has already lived on the Lars' homestead in the Prequels and Uncle Owen has no recognition of him and doesn't even care.
• Referenced: Clippy from Microsoft Office '97.
• Luke is also condescending when he first meets C-3PO in an earlier minute.
• For a protocol droid, C-3PO is pretty bad at reading social cues. He is also a prissy jerk at this stage.
• The "I don't like you either" line is also used in the cantina sequence.
• Use of the words "hell" and "wizard" in the Star Wars universe - indicates religion and magic.
• Milking Banthas.
• Referenced: Forget-Me-Nows on Arrested Development.
• Is this meal lunch or dinner? The hosts think that it's probably an early dinner.
• Day time, night time and meal time on Tatooine.
• Aunt Beru says "Luke" exactly the same way every time.
• The ceiling mural and the droid in the background - Treadwell. Treadwell is to be discussed in the next podcast episode.

Meta Minute

• 16:09 podcast episode length.
• Different intro music for this podcast episode (no explanation provided).
• Happy 4th of July.

Quotes

• Anthony: And I'm going to say that my name is Anthony Antilles.
• Alex: (reading from his notes) "Droids stolen: duh".
• Pete: As Uncle Owen "He died about the same time as President Kennedy." As Luke "He knew President Kennedy?"
• Pete: It's like if all of a sudden your toaster started having opinions on things.
• Pete: I would hate to have to milk a Bantha.
• Pete: Happy Independence Day!

Link

http://www.starwarsminute.com/2013/07/04/minute-24-he-knew-my-father

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