Tag[]
- "And remember: you only have until December 1st to get those 'He's the Housecat' music video contest entries in. So get to it."
Website Blurb[]
- Two is the Cloneliest Number
- The three peaches spend this episode cloning around about Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, as part of a podcrawl with Read it and Weep (who took on Episode I) and Proudly Resents (who will be taking on Episode III). Meanwhile, Dan's space gaydar is misaligned, Elliott explains the proper way to steal a cake, and the greatest secrets of Stuart's nerdiness are revealed.
Movie Summary[]
Premise[]
Ten years after initially meeting, Anakin Skywalker shares a forbidden romance with Padmé Amidala, while Obi-Wan Kenobi investigates an assassination attempt on the senator and discovers a secret clone army crafted for the Jedi.
Story[]
Set ten years after the events of "The Phantom Menace," the Republic continues to be mired in strife and chaos. A separatist movement encompassing hundreds of planets and powerful corporate alliances poses new threats to the galaxy that even the Jedi cannot stem. These moves, long planned by an as yet unrevealed and powerful force, lead to the beginning of the Clone Wars–and the beginning of the end of the Republic.
- “She forgot her safeword.”
—Pervazoid #1, explaining why Anakin's mother Shmi was found tied up and near death in the Tusken Raider camp @38:35
Final Judgments[]
- “Bad-bad[...] You know what? Maybe it's good-bad, I dunno.”
—Elliott @50:35 - “I hate it, and I kinda like it.”
—Dan @51:05 - “I like this movie. I shouldn't. There's no real—I can't defend it...”
—Stuart @52:10
Episode Highlights[]
Tangents[]
- Mirrors @1:10:15
- The Sarlacc Pit @1:11:20
- Dewbacks @1:11:25
Movie Pitches[]
Quotes[]
Listener Mail[]
Mailbag Song[]
- (sung) "... Who could have sent us these letters? Could we get a letter from Shredder? Probably not. He's a fictional ninja..." (@55:10)
Letters[]
"Elliott Has Become My Favorite Flopper" from Laura Lastnamewithheld (@56:30)
"In Defense of Dan McCoy" from Brian Lastnamewithheld (@59:40)
- The letter writer compares the hosts in terms of the Three Stooges.
"What Are Wormy Boners?" from Antti Lastnamewithheld (@1:03:10)
- Unhelpfully, Dan remarks that he always pictured The Cryptkeeper's genitalia as a wormy boner.
Recommendations[]
- Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) by The Coen Brothers (Dan) @1:06:55
- Night Watch (2004) by Timur Bekmambetov (Stuart) @1:09:20
- Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005) by George Lucas (Stuart) @1:09:00
- War Witch (2012) by Kim Nguyen (Elliott) @1:05:00
Mentioned In[]
- Beastly @07:10
- Episode 160: God's Not Dead @13:55