Phantom Menace Minute 16: Legs

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Date

December 14th, 2015

A long circular judge's bench filled with Gungan Officials dominates the room.

Starts and ends pretty much in the same place: with Boss Nass conferring with the Jedi.
Boss Rugor Nass
Obi-Wan's "symbiont circle"
First time the Jedi mind trick is used (episode order).
"...de planet core".
The other council members
- Rep Been
- Rep Lyonie
- Rep Slarm
- Rep Teers'
- Jar Jar is a former member of the council.

Pete's issues with this minute.
Boss Nass' accent and vocal tics.
Referenced: Animal House
How you would prepare Gungan meat, and what it would taste like.
- Like frog legs? Fried and battered?
Boss Nass' personal history.
Mentioned: Ring theory.
Discussion of the "symbiotic relationship" between the Naboo and the Gungans.
Why don't the Jedi use the mind trick on the Gungans more? They seem to be weak-minded.
- Qui-Gon thinks the Force is guiding him, and it couldn't go more badly for him.
- How far could they have pushed them using the mind trick?
The rest of the Gungans don't react when Boss Nass says "planet core"
Jar Jar's father George R. Binks.
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21:28 podcast episode length.
This is the first time they've recorded Tony in person—normally it's over Skype.
This is Pete's least favorite minute of the movie.
- Up to now he has been teasing that Jar Jar wasn't his biggest problem with TPM. Now we learn that Boss Nass is.
"Ancora" is "more" in Italian, whereas Boss Nass' race is "Ankura".
Unlike Orn Free Taa, who is just a fat Twi'lek, Boss Nass is actually a different race than his slimmer companions.
Gungans are amphibious, according to Wookieepedia.
First appearance of "Liverpudlian Obi-Wan"