Empire Minute 44: Failing Upwards

Pete: Space-Nessie. Alex: Spessie!
Elliott and Dan: &lt;Dueling Woody Allen impersonations.&gt;
Alex: Many Bothans died to bring us that apple.

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Date

March 13th, 2014

The runt-size robot is spit out of the water, makes a graceful arc, and comes crashing down into a patch of soft gray moss.

Starts with R2-D2 getting swallowed by hump monster or space-Nessie; ends with Luke tending to R2 after he's been spat out.

Luke doesn't show much care or concern for R2 and immediately turns the discussion back to being about him.
Luke starts to realize that R2 may have been right about Dagobah.
R2 makes very forlorn robot noises.
Luke's lines are changed in the Special Edition. Other Special Edition changes are discussed.
Referenced: Fast Times at Ridgemont High.
How much does R2-D2 weigh? Same as a beer keg, but more if he's filled with mud.
R2-D2 as a handy drink cooler / esky.
Luke having Dianoga and trash compactor flashbacks.
R2-D2 turning random things off on The Death Star while trying to shut-down the trash compactors.
We never see the Star Wars swamp monsters in full. How this would have been handled in the Prequels.
Luke clumsily unholsters his blaster.
Recycled sound effects from the Holiday Special are used - specifically Chewie's father. Other Holiday Special elements that could have been used in the background.
Yoda's Jedi school and how it operates.
Luke should have closed the hatch on his X-wing - because of all the bugs.
Luke is a great pilot of only one type of vehicle; the Landspeeder. He crashes everything else.
Luke as the privileged child of the Rebellion.
Is R2-D2 getting spat out by the swamp creature too jokey and corny? (The hosts say no - it works in this sequence.)
Jar-Jar Binks is the senator that promotes Palpatine to the role of Emperor.
A movie about Jar Jar always failing upwards.