Star Wars Minute 62: Humanitarian Relief Area

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Date

August 27th, 2013

Summary

The Falcon comes out of hyperspace to find that Alderaan’s been totally blown away.

Guests

Damon Ciarelli

Notes

Film

• Interesting cinematography for the Falcon chasing the TIE fighter.
• Ominous music plays when Han says that they're almost in range.

Podcast

• Han accepts that Alderaan has been destroyed rather quickly, but how does he know it was "totally blown away"?
• Obi-Wan was originally written as a slicker, more streetwise character, rather than the wise stodgy old man that Alec Guinness portrays.
  • More "James Bond" and less "Mr. Miyagi".
  • The original characterization comes through in this scene, as Ben knows everything that is going on.
• Chewbacca is wearing a headset. Other than Han, who is he speaking to?
• The Falcon seems pretty close to the imperial fighter. How is it out of range?
• Guns on the Falcon
• Is the TIE fighter a lure for ships coming to Alderaan?
• Destroying Alderaan would have severely disrupted space traffic in the sector, creating a logistical nightmare.
  • Similar to if one were to remove John F. Kennedy International Airport.
• If the Death Star scooped up all the stranded ships coming to Alderaan, it would have helped with the public relations problems inherent in destroying planets.
  • Similar to BP after the Deepwater Horizon disaster.
  • Maybe there's a waiting area for people whose planets have been destroyed.
• Referenced: Yakety Sax, the theme from "Benny Hill".

Meta Minute

• 12:30 podcast episode length
• When Damon eventually did start that website, it actually was an ".io" site. The top-level domain country code ".io" stands for the British Indian Ocean Territory [1].

Quotes

• Pete: "The skeleton of Alderaan."
• Pete: "We're in the Death Star." "Oh thank goodness you're safe!"

Link

http://www.starwarsminute.com/2013/08/27/minute-62-humanitarian-relief-area/

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