06: How Wude

Welcome to Episode 6 of Vicarious! This episode, we talk about some of the history, story, characters, and design decisions in the Star Wars prequels, "The Phantom Menace," "Attack of the Clones," and "Revenge of the Sith." We had a blast discussing them and hope you enjoy listening!

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Bryn Jackson is @uberbryn
Joshua Sortino is @sortino
Marshall Bock is @marshallbock

###Show Notes

1:15 - Playstation Experience 2015
1:39 - Destiny Sparrow Racing League
2:20 - Star Wars: Episode I Racer
2:33 - The Harry Potter series
3:54 - Just Cause 3
5:40 - Rise of the Tomb Raider
6:12 - How to make your Xbox One faster (and make Fallout 4 better)
6:42 - The Xbox 360 hard drive
7:16 - Editor's Note: Bryn is referencing the YouTube series Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin'?
7:23 - Survivor
7:40 - Survivor by Destiny's Child
7:48 - Survivor Theme Song
7:54 - Jeff Probst
7:59 - David Vanacore & Russ Landau are the composers of most of the music featured in Survivor
8:59 - Under the Dome series
9:02 - Under the Dome novel
9:11 - Editor's Note: Under the Dome was actually released in 2013.
9:32 - The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
9:40 - Top 10 Stephen King Adaptations
9:54 - Rose Red
9:55 - Why Stephen King's Dark Tower Is So Hard to Make Into a Movie
10:10 - Dreamcatcher novel and Dreamcatcher film
10:14 - The Stand
10:24 - Fringe
10:49 - Dean Norris plays Hank in Breaking Bad
10:57 - John Goodman
11:09 - Amazon Prime Video
11:26 - The Game Awards
11:32 - Geoff Keighley
11:41 - Hideo Kojima and Satoru Iwata
12:00 - Watch The Game Awards pay tribute to Satoru Iwata
12:17 - Reggie Fils-Aimé
12:36 - Skrillex and Tim Schafer
12:44 - Double Fine
13:06 - Konami prevented Kojima from attending The Game Awards, host says
13:14 - Stefanie Joosten Sings Quiet's Theme at The Game Awards 2015, MGSV Wins Best Soundtrack
13:44 - Why Did Hideo Kojima Leave Kojima?
13:57 - The Witcher 3
14:03 - Splatoon
14:13 - Editor's Note: Marshall means third-person, not first-person.
14:15 - Minecraft
14:29 - Editor's Note: Again, Marshall means third, not first.
14:33 - Dark Souls 3
14:15 - Bloodbourne
15:42 - Booth babes
15:50 - Tokyo Game Show
16:28 - PAX and E3
16:43 - Blizzcon
16:48 - Overwatch
17:20 - The actual Star Wars talk starts here
17:37 - Star Wars: The Force Awakens
18:13 - Editor's Note: Marshall's wrong. The original lightsaber was made from a movie flash canister, not a flashlight. Close, but no cigar.
20:39 - Editor's Note: Marshall's wrong again. The original Yoda in The Phantom Menace was actually a puppet, not CGI, but he was indeed later replaced with a computer-generated version.
23:10 - Red Letter Media: Star Wars Reviews
23:26 - Jar Jar Binks Sith Theory
25:07 - How One Brilliant Decision In 1973 Made George Lucas A Multi-Billionaire Today
25:49 - "How Wude"
26:00 - Editor's Note: It was actually Full House's Stephanie Tanner (the middle sister) whose catchphrase was "how rude."
28:46 - The Wildlife of Star Wars: A Field Guide
32:12 - Star Wars Scene Wipes
33:21 - Young George Lucas's ideas on special effects "Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga" 1983
33:33 - George Lucas Speaks Out Against Altering Films in 1988
34:42 - Editor's Note: It's actually called The Star Wars Holiday Special.
34:44 - Editor's Note: George's actual quote is, “If I had the time and a sledgehammer, I would track down every copy of that show and smash it.”
35:03 - The first appearance of Boba Fett
36:12 - EVE Online
36:42 - The Medal Ceremony scene
36:51 - Star Wars Ring Theory
44:57 - Disney ditched my ideas for 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens,' George Lucas says
49:37 - Jake Lloyd
49:41 - Hayden Christensen aka Christian Haydenson
50:09 - "Yippeeeee..."
53:33 - Darth Maul's silly putty horns
55:33 - David Prowse and Ray Park
56:00 - James Earl Jones
56:12 - Editor's Note: Marshall means "the end of Episode VI."
56:18 - Finding the Voice of Darth Vader
58:41 - "You're breaking my heart!"
58:44 - "You're tearing me apart, Lisa!"
1:00:08 - "I don't like sand."
1:04:24 - Jupiter Ascending: Bureaucracy Scene
1:06:32 - AI: Artificial Intelligence
1:06:52 - Spielberg Explains the Ending of AI: Artificial Intelligence
1:12:18 - NOOOOOOOOOOO!
1:13:11 - Editor's Note: Okay, Luke does this at the end of Empire when he finds out Vader is his father, but it's much more guttural and believable. Much less cliché.
1:15:00 - "Star Wars #1 Fan" shirt
1:15:13 - Yodumbledalf poster