Star Wars Minute 30: Dragon Call

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Summary

Minute 30: A mysterious stranger scares off the Sandpeople.

Guests

Josh Flanagan

Notes

Film

• The big introduction of Ben Kenobi, 30 minutes into the movie.
• The only big celebrity reveal in the movie (Alec Guinness).
• The musical score is doing a lot of the work in this minute / scene.

Podcast

• 19:40 podcast episode length.
• The Sandpeople's comical actions with the Landspeeder are the same as Yoda's with Luke's gear in ESB.
• The Jawas would have cannabilised the Landspeeder within minutes.
• Based on the Sandpeople's actions with the Landspeeder, Luke has really boring stuff.
• The Landspeeder is an old model and the Sandpeople don't take anything integral from it.
• Are people watching the movies in order supposed to know that this is Obi-Wan Kenobi before it is explained?
• Ben Kenobi is a bad fake name as it uses the same last name.
• Last names don't matter to Jedi; they don't change Luke's last name either.
• How many human families are on Tatooine?
• A possible origin of the name Skywalker.
• Luke agrees with everything in this movie - even the things that he doesn't understand.
• Various possible 'off-screen' scenarios involving C-3PO and Luke (C-3PO driving Luke around Tatooine in the Landspeeder; C-3PO buying beer for Luke).
• Is Ben using The Force to make the Krayt Dragon sound? Would this actually be scary, even if you 'scare easily'?
• George Lucas constantly changing the Krayt Dragon sound in various versions of the movie.
• A 'Making of' documentary that included Ben Burtt, and Alex trying to re-create the laser sound in his own yard as a child (on a tension wire).
• Don Knotts and Wedge Antilles references in this podcast episode.
• Ben's clothes are the same as Uncle Owen's, and then it turns out that this is how ALL Jedi dress - ever! This is possibly linked to George Lucas' interest in Samurai and what they wear and may also add credence to the early 'ridiculous' theory that Uncle Owen is a clone of Ben (or vice versa).
• The various elements that contributed to the re-birth of interest in Star Wars (the internet; college years; the 'Clerks factor' etc).
• Pete reads from an earlier draft of the movie in this podcast episode. It relates to how Luke is restrained by the Sandpeople <quote> while they ransack the Landspeeder.

Meta-Minute

• This podcast episode marks the point at which the podcast episodes combined have a longer running time than the entire original trilogy.

Quotes

Pete: "We ARE watching the movies in order."

Alex: "Unless on Tatooine that <the name Skywalker> is kind of like 'Jones'."

Alex: "Its just something that every nerd knows."

Josh: (As Ben Burtt) "I combined a Manatee with a Walrus and a coffee blender and that's not what I wanted at all, so what I've brought in now was an Elephant, a Porpoise and a '58 Chevelle."

Josh: "Ben Burtt is the most interesting and most boring person all at the same time.

Josh: "It's what all dudes wear in this world, not just Jedi."

Alex: "You like Star Wars, huh?" Josh: "That is a great opening line!"

Pete, in relation to eventually finishing the podcast on Star Wars: "Soon we'll be free."

Link

http://www.starwarsminute.com/2013/07/12/minute-30-dragon-call/

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