Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Finally! Now that #SWCA2022 is done, we can really dig into the Obi-Wan Kenobi series. Today, the official briefing on Episode 1, aka “Part 1.” We’ll cover seven notable elements and also why it triggered a Beavis & Butthead memory. Punch it!
From an outline perspective, here are the seven items we’re covering:
1. The triple set-up
2. The triple refusal of the call
3. Seeing Alderaan at its height
4. Leia and Lola, and the challenge of “precocious” dialogue
5. The Bail/Leia father/daughter relationship
6. Is it a plot hole or a plot logic issue with the escaping Jedi?
7. The difficult art of persuasion in screenplays
Permalink
Love the podcast! Been listening for years. Just wanted to point out that “gyp” and “gypped” (which you said on today’s episode in reference to the worker not being paid a fair amount) are not acceptable words to use. See here (and other places) for an explanation: https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2013/12/30/242429836/why-being-gypped-hurts-the-roma-more-than-it-hurts-you
Thanks and MTFBWY!
Permalink
WOW!!! I had no idea about the origins of that word. Thank you for pointing it out to me. I apologize, and I won’t be doing that again. May the Force be with you, too, and thank you for the kind words about the show as well.