WEBVTT - Star Wars: Skeleton Crew Episode 4 0:00:00.280 --> 0:00:20.440 Warning, Today's episode contained spoilers for Skeleton Crew episode four. Hello, 0:00:20.680 --> 0:00:23.880 my name is Jason Zepsion and I'm Rosy Mike, and 0:00:23.920 --> 0:00:25.639 welcome back to x reviews of the podcast where we 0:00:25.680 --> 0:00:28.680 dive deep the dear ravage shows, movies, comics and pop 0:00:28.720 --> 0:00:32.080 culture coming to you from iHeart Podcast, where we're bringing 0:00:32.120 --> 0:00:35.120 you three three, three, three episodes a week every Tuesday, Thursday, 0:00:35.120 --> 0:00:37.560 and extra episode every Wednesday. 0:00:38.520 --> 0:00:42.160 In today's episode, we are diving back into the wilds 0:00:42.159 --> 0:00:45.600 of the galaxy with the cute children of Skeleton Crew 0:00:45.760 --> 0:00:51.520 for a very uncute episode where the Daniels showcase they're 0:00:51.520 --> 0:00:57.480 incredible directorial skills and also bring some Fallout and Clone 0:00:57.520 --> 0:01:01.040 Wars vibes to the Goonies inspired bench. And then we'll 0:01:01.040 --> 0:01:04.959 be chatting in our theory corner about the biggest questions 0:01:05.000 --> 0:01:09.800 we have as we hit the central pot of Skeleton Crew, 0:01:09.840 --> 0:01:13.000 because this is a show full of mysteries and theories bound. 0:01:13.720 --> 0:01:20.800 But first, previously on, we open with the kids and 0:01:21.160 --> 0:01:26.319 jod slash Jack navigating using the coordinates that they got 0:01:26.400 --> 0:01:29.440 at the end of the previous episode to the planet 0:01:29.520 --> 0:01:32.640 of at At and flying above the planet through the 0:01:32.680 --> 0:01:38.440 clouds they see down below. The suburbs that the kids recognize, 0:01:38.920 --> 0:01:43.240 but when they land, it doesn't seem This doesn't seem 0:01:43.280 --> 0:01:45.119 like the right planet at all. It's all ashy, it's 0:01:45.160 --> 0:01:50.720 all ruined. The architecture is familiar, if not identical, but 0:01:50.840 --> 0:01:54.320 also ruined, and we are soon to find out that 0:01:54.360 --> 0:01:58.360 this is because there has been a long running war 0:01:58.480 --> 0:02:03.760 between competing clans has destroyed this planet. The kids run 0:02:03.800 --> 0:02:07.720 off to explore. Fern puts SM in charge of watching Jod. 0:02:08.280 --> 0:02:13.520 They're confused, pretty confused about where they are. They figure 0:02:13.560 --> 0:02:15.080 out that this has got to be one of those 0:02:16.000 --> 0:02:19.520 secret Old Republic planets like at Aton. 0:02:19.680 --> 0:02:21.720 Yes, the Jewels of the Old Republic. 0:02:22.520 --> 0:02:25.800 Yes. On the ship, Jod is rifling around. He finds 0:02:25.880 --> 0:02:30.760 Whim's bag of credits and he pockets it. SM confronts him. 0:02:31.200 --> 0:02:37.240 Jod realizes that SM knows where they are because he says, Oh, 0:02:37.280 --> 0:02:40.239 it's been a while since I've been on at Akron, 0:02:41.240 --> 0:02:45.760 which apparently is this planet. SM claims that he knows 0:02:45.760 --> 0:02:48.800 of the planet really well. Jod is like, okay, but 0:02:48.840 --> 0:02:53.560 what about at Aton And SM says a phrase that 0:02:53.639 --> 0:02:56.320 he will repeat again and again and again this episode. 0:02:56.639 --> 0:02:59.040 That's say, I remember no at Aton. 0:02:59.320 --> 0:03:02.320 And I also gives us a title of the episode, 0:03:02.320 --> 0:03:03.120 so you know it's key. 0:03:03.560 --> 0:03:07.760 Yeah. The kids discover like a huge headless statue, very 0:03:07.760 --> 0:03:10.560 forbidding thing, and while they're looking at it, it's hit 0:03:10.600 --> 0:03:17.600 by like an artillery shell. Suddenly two figures, childlike figures 0:03:17.639 --> 0:03:21.160 in armor and long guns arrive. They demand to know 0:03:21.200 --> 0:03:23.840 who the kids are and what flag they fly. And 0:03:23.880 --> 0:03:26.960 the one doing all the talking is a girl of 0:03:27.040 --> 0:03:31.079 like maybe twelve or thirteen, maybe fourteen. She hails from 0:03:31.080 --> 0:03:36.120 a clan called the Troy, who are locked in a 0:03:36.400 --> 0:03:42.040 conflict with the Hatten. Neil is immediately charmed, it seems, 0:03:42.600 --> 0:03:45.280 but there's no time for chit chat because the hat 0:03:45.360 --> 0:03:47.560 and patrol comes through the area and everybody has to hide. 0:03:48.520 --> 0:03:52.080 The girl, Hayna takes the kids back to the Troy base. 0:03:52.880 --> 0:03:56.640 It is an absolute fallout, like shithole not looking good. 0:03:56.680 --> 0:04:01.560 It looks bad, definitely not in the same Yeah, it's 0:04:01.680 --> 0:04:05.680 not the suburban boring as the kids would call it, 0:04:05.720 --> 0:04:10.040 but a ideal I would say the kids of Akrom 0:04:10.040 --> 0:04:13.120 would call it. It is definitely not the safe suburbs 0:04:13.160 --> 0:04:16.160 that our leads come from. 0:04:16.520 --> 0:04:20.640 The girl's dad is General Strix, who is the leader 0:04:20.680 --> 0:04:24.680 of the Choic. When Fern introduces herself as Captain Fern, 0:04:24.760 --> 0:04:29.240 Strix is kind of impressed. The kids ask, okay, but uh, 0:04:29.560 --> 0:04:31.720 we're trying to get to at Aten. Does anybody know 0:04:31.760 --> 0:04:35.960 about at Aten? Haita mentions that, oh, in a place 0:04:36.000 --> 0:04:38.560 called the Fallen Sanctum, there's like coordinates to all these 0:04:38.600 --> 0:04:42.800 other planets. But Strix then says, you know, we don't 0:04:42.800 --> 0:04:47.960 really involve ourselves in the doings of like outworlders, so 0:04:48.000 --> 0:04:51.360 we have no idea about at Aten or what is 0:04:51.400 --> 0:04:54.839 going on elsewhere. The kids are like, well, this Fallen 0:04:54.920 --> 0:04:56.359 Sanctuary sounds really promising. 0:04:56.400 --> 0:04:56.920 Can we go there? 0:04:56.960 --> 0:05:00.680 And Strix is like, no, no, no, that's that's too fucking dangerous. 0:05:00.720 --> 0:05:03.960 You know what you could do. Here's some guns. Let's 0:05:04.000 --> 0:05:07.279 train you guys up so you could be part of 0:05:07.360 --> 0:05:13.520 the Troy Child Soldiers and fight for animal hides the 0:05:13.600 --> 0:05:17.360 space from I just want to say, like, I yeah, 0:05:17.400 --> 0:05:20.440 this felt like it felt like we were in like French, 0:05:21.000 --> 0:05:23.480 like French Quebec. Yeah, something like that. 0:05:24.600 --> 0:05:28.320 Yeah, and it is there's some This is like, I think, 0:05:28.360 --> 0:05:31.960 a really great moment in this episode because there is 0:05:32.160 --> 0:05:38.160 this introduction of this darker storyline Child Soldiers Wars very 0:05:38.240 --> 0:05:41.120 much in that Clone Wars kind of and Orrish space. 0:05:41.640 --> 0:05:44.360 But you're still getting references like the hides that they 0:05:44.480 --> 0:05:46.960 all fight over our eops that we saw in like 0:05:47.000 --> 0:05:50.880 the Phantom Menace, so they're still doing the cute kind of. 0:05:51.040 --> 0:05:53.240 I think this is a great balance of easter eggs 0:05:53.240 --> 0:05:57.960 and references, but also like a really really interesting and 0:05:58.080 --> 0:06:01.760 like complex story, which starts TV has really shown itself 0:06:01.800 --> 0:06:02.919 to be great at doing. 0:06:03.640 --> 0:06:06.640 Back on the ship, John takes Sm down to the service. 0:06:06.680 --> 0:06:11.719 He's trying to get SM to talk about any recollections 0:06:12.120 --> 0:06:16.760 he may have about at Aton and the treasure that's there, 0:06:16.800 --> 0:06:18.760 but SM keeps saying, you know, I can't say I 0:06:18.880 --> 0:06:21.200 remember no at Aton, and just then they're taking prisoner 0:06:21.240 --> 0:06:24.880 by the hatton. The kids kind of love shooting the guns. 0:06:25.120 --> 0:06:27.039 That's the thing about the guns is they're really fun. 0:06:27.520 --> 0:06:32.080 That's you know, what's what's so say crazy about shooting guns? 0:06:32.320 --> 0:06:34.279 It's fun. Have you ever shot a gun, Rosie? 0:06:34.400 --> 0:06:37.400 Oh, I have shot a gun, and it's fun. It's 0:06:37.480 --> 0:06:41.360 just that's just the real truth. Would I would have definitely? 0:06:41.720 --> 0:06:45.520 I would like to think I'm the nil in this situation, 0:06:45.720 --> 0:06:49.120 who's like the sweet, naive, peaceful boy, But I definitely 0:06:49.240 --> 0:06:52.280 would have been like whim, like turning up the blast stuff, which, 0:06:52.279 --> 0:06:55.280 by the way, again give me very very cool thing 0:06:55.360 --> 0:06:58.039 we've never actually seen on screen, but we have had reference. 0:06:58.520 --> 0:07:01.400 Is this notion that you can, like you can change 0:07:01.440 --> 0:07:03.839 the settings on a blaster like they've had it, they 0:07:03.920 --> 0:07:06.040 mentioned in The Mandalorian, they've had it in some comics, 0:07:06.080 --> 0:07:08.000 but you've never actually seen anyone do it. I would 0:07:08.040 --> 0:07:09.560 be whim. I would be like turning it up to 0:07:09.600 --> 0:07:13.240 eleven and you know, getting like shot back ten feet 0:07:13.240 --> 0:07:15.480 because I was not a sensible child. They are fun, 0:07:15.680 --> 0:07:19.240 and I think this is a very good Again, it's 0:07:19.240 --> 0:07:23.000 that Daniel's character moments that they can bring, where that 0:07:23.920 --> 0:07:26.920 recognition of like, yeah, so fun, we're getting to do this, 0:07:27.000 --> 0:07:29.480 and then it's like but the reality of kind of 0:07:29.520 --> 0:07:31.320 what a gun can do, or what it is to 0:07:31.400 --> 0:07:34.160 be a Hana, someone who has to actually go to 0:07:34.280 --> 0:07:37.840 war constantly and lead these reins. It's very I thought 0:07:37.840 --> 0:07:41.960 they just did such a good balance throughout the episode. 0:07:43.440 --> 0:07:45.320 The kids love shooting the guns, but they're kind of 0:07:45.360 --> 0:07:49.120 bad at it, which makes sense. Neil and Hana are 0:07:49.160 --> 0:07:52.280 developing a chemistry. She's like, Hey, I want to show 0:07:52.280 --> 0:07:53.680 you something really cool, and they go up to the 0:07:53.760 --> 0:07:56.440 roof where apparently the living quarters are. This is the 0:07:56.480 --> 0:08:00.560 building that Neil knows as school, and this is a 0:08:00.640 --> 0:08:04.600 school building. She gets some some rations. Neil is like 0:08:04.760 --> 0:08:08.000 super confused about the wars, like this seems pointless, Like 0:08:08.040 --> 0:08:11.520 what's it about? Just be Hannah says that it's yes. 0:08:11.680 --> 0:08:14.560 Hannah says that it's all about the opies for these 0:08:14.720 --> 0:08:18.080 the four legged beasts and their hides, which I guess 0:08:18.120 --> 0:08:21.440 both the choice and the hatt and depend on. I 0:08:21.480 --> 0:08:24.640 thought this was really interesting because, like, obviously from an 0:08:24.640 --> 0:08:26.840 outside perspective, if you're Neil, you come in, You're like, 0:08:26.880 --> 0:08:30.480 this is the dumbest shit I've ever fighting over animal hides. 0:08:30.640 --> 0:08:35.960 At the same time, it's it's very easy to fall 0:08:36.000 --> 0:08:45.520 into that kind of cultural cloistered perspective where you're unable 0:08:45.600 --> 0:08:50.840 to understand that, like other cultures think things are important, 0:08:50.920 --> 0:08:53.720 think different things are important. I agree, this seems really dumb, 0:08:53.960 --> 0:08:57.120 but clearly they feel quite strongly about it, and they 0:08:57.120 --> 0:08:59.400 feel so strongly that they've been fighting a war over 0:08:59.440 --> 0:08:59.960 this stuff. 0:09:00.320 --> 0:09:03.440 And also we get a hint from what Strick says 0:09:03.480 --> 0:09:05.600 where he's like the only time we speak to outworlder 0:09:05.760 --> 0:09:08.600 is to like sell hide, so that is essentially their 0:09:08.640 --> 0:09:12.800 whole economy is based on these eopis, you know. So 0:09:12.880 --> 0:09:15.440 it's like, I love Neil's mindset, and I love that 0:09:15.480 --> 0:09:18.440 we get a Neil centric episode here, and I also 0:09:18.520 --> 0:09:21.600 love that we get that kind of duality from him 0:09:21.600 --> 0:09:24.800 being the comic relief to him being kind of this thoughtful, 0:09:25.640 --> 0:09:28.560 existential child, which I can really relate to because I 0:09:28.600 --> 0:09:32.839 was definitely in that headspace as a kid. But it's true, 0:09:32.840 --> 0:09:36.520 it's like he also has been sheltered his whole life 0:09:36.520 --> 0:09:39.960 and has zero idea of how anything works. I mean, 0:09:40.000 --> 0:09:43.439 these kids are just walking around with like incredibly valuable 0:09:44.360 --> 0:09:48.679 old republic you know, tokens, like they don't really have 0:09:48.920 --> 0:09:52.640 an understanding because they've lived in this bubble where obviously 0:09:52.720 --> 0:09:55.880 Haina and her family are in a completely different situation. 0:09:56.440 --> 0:10:00.440 But I do feel like Neil's appearance here it's kind 0:10:00.440 --> 0:10:03.880 of like Star Trek, Like you might not see what 0:10:04.040 --> 0:10:07.760 Neil's influences in this episode, or even what John's influences, 0:10:07.800 --> 0:10:09.880 because he does a great job kind of playing the 0:10:10.600 --> 0:10:12.760 two sides off against each other. But I feel like 0:10:12.880 --> 0:10:18.720 in the future, this random visit from these strangers will 0:10:18.760 --> 0:10:21.120 have an impact on Hayna and her the way that 0:10:21.200 --> 0:10:23.480 the culture is kind of played out. 0:10:24.920 --> 0:10:44.280 Yeah, Neil gets some rations which he immediately gives away 0:10:44.360 --> 0:10:48.360 to two kids. Hayna's like kind of impressed. She doesn't 0:10:48.360 --> 0:10:50.319 know what to make of Neil. Really, like, I think 0:10:50.320 --> 0:10:53.240 they do a really good job. As you mentioned, Neil, 0:10:53.600 --> 0:10:57.160 coming from this sheltered existence, doesn't understand this reality on 0:10:57.280 --> 0:11:03.040 ak Akron and from the other side of things. Hanah 0:11:03.080 --> 0:11:05.360 also completely doesn't understand where. 0:11:05.200 --> 0:11:05.920 Neil is coming from. 0:11:06.240 --> 0:11:09.080 Planet of peace. You know. Neil is talking about like, oh, 0:11:09.120 --> 0:11:12.559 my planet is super peaceful. I just go to school, 0:11:12.720 --> 0:11:16.559 my mom goes to work, Like that's what we do. 0:11:17.320 --> 0:11:20.560 Hanah's like, oh, that's okay. I don't understand that. But 0:11:20.640 --> 0:11:24.959 like here's this really cool huge cannon. Isn't that awesome? 0:11:25.360 --> 0:11:28.000 Yeah, that kindon is huge too, Like no joke. 0:11:29.120 --> 0:11:33.080 But even though they are coming from different perspectives cool, 0:11:33.120 --> 0:11:37.680 it's clear that they enjoy each other's company. There's something 0:11:37.720 --> 0:11:41.840 about that other perspective maybe that I think is interesting 0:11:41.880 --> 0:11:44.520 to them. You know, I found myself very like feeling 0:11:44.559 --> 0:11:47.760 a lot like obviously Neil is very naive, but there's 0:11:47.760 --> 0:11:49.959 also something like very pure about it. Like I was 0:11:50.040 --> 0:11:51.600 this kind of kid where I'm just like, why can't 0:11:51.600 --> 0:11:54.480 we just like not do war anymore? And it's like 0:11:54.520 --> 0:11:56.600 one of those it's like one of those perspectives where 0:11:56.640 --> 0:11:59.280 it's like, oh, yeah, why didn't anybody think of that? 0:12:00.000 --> 0:12:03.320 I didn't anybody think of don't do war anymore? You idiot? 0:12:04.200 --> 0:12:06.120 But that's such a pure point of view. 0:12:06.240 --> 0:12:09.280 I also say, like, as I've gotten older, I do 0:12:09.400 --> 0:12:10.840 have to say and I talk about this a lot, 0:12:10.880 --> 0:12:12.679 like a lot when you're a kid, people do say 0:12:12.720 --> 0:12:15.280 stuff like that to you, like, well, it's a lot 0:12:15.320 --> 0:12:18.240 more complicated than that. You can't really just stop the war. 0:12:18.400 --> 0:12:21.280 But then in certain circumstances when you get older, you 0:12:21.320 --> 0:12:25.679 actually realize, oh, like they could just like help homeless 0:12:25.679 --> 0:12:27.840 people on the street, like you ask when you're a kid, 0:12:27.960 --> 0:12:30.560 or maybe there are some situations where a war could 0:12:30.600 --> 0:12:32.560 just be stopped by two people having a phone call, 0:12:32.760 --> 0:12:34.600 And you sort of realize that a lot of the 0:12:34.640 --> 0:12:39.240 complexity is stuff that gets kind of it's it's like 0:12:39.360 --> 0:12:43.640 added layers of capitalism or or cultural differences or whatever. 0:12:43.840 --> 0:12:45.600 But when you're a kid, you have that kind of 0:12:45.640 --> 0:12:48.600 purity of sight to say, well, maybe there is a 0:12:48.679 --> 0:12:50.800 version where it just stops, and I think that's just 0:12:50.840 --> 0:12:56.240 such an interesting thing to inject into such a complex 0:12:56.480 --> 0:12:58.680 I agree space as Star Wars. 0:12:59.440 --> 0:13:01.840 I feel like Neil saying why can't we just stop 0:13:01.880 --> 0:13:07.200 war is also the outgrowth of when you say, well, like, 0:13:07.200 --> 0:13:09.400 why don't we just not do word anymore? That is 0:13:09.600 --> 0:13:13.800 you're basically saying, I love my life, I love working exactly, 0:13:14.000 --> 0:13:18.600 live in the suburbs. Everything's fucking perfect. And for someone 0:13:18.600 --> 0:13:26.240 who comes from a completely different, much shittier reality, the 0:13:26.320 --> 0:13:29.480 idea that we would just like stop fighting is kind 0:13:29.480 --> 0:13:32.520 of like just accept that you live in shit, just 0:13:32.640 --> 0:13:34.440 accept that your life is shitty. 0:13:34.640 --> 0:13:39.080 So for well, yeah, like he doesn't have anything to 0:13:39.120 --> 0:13:42.280 fight for, but obviously Haina is fighting for something. Yeah, 0:13:42.480 --> 0:13:43.199 I just think this. 0:13:43.360 --> 0:13:48.480 It's hides but yeah, still, but it's important to them. 0:13:48.840 --> 0:13:51.520 But also like, I just think this is the peak 0:13:52.080 --> 0:13:53.880 of great Star Wars storytelling. 0:13:54.720 --> 0:13:56.679 It's really complex and do a. 0:13:56.720 --> 0:14:00.600 Show that is ostensibly for kids, but then they introduce 0:14:00.679 --> 0:14:03.840 these things that will have adults just discussing and thinking 0:14:03.880 --> 0:14:07.080 about for so long, and I just, yeah, really, I 0:14:07.240 --> 0:14:10.439 really wanted a Neil focused episode, but I assume we 0:14:10.600 --> 0:14:13.800 got it that it would be like a comedy relief episode. 0:14:13.840 --> 0:14:15.680 So I love that it was one of these kind 0:14:15.679 --> 0:14:19.640 of more Clone Wars esque side quest kind of emotional 0:14:19.720 --> 0:14:22.840 question On the episodes. 0:14:23.560 --> 0:14:26.520 After weapons training, the kids are immediately sent off on 0:14:26.600 --> 0:14:31.520 a raid after like five minutes of training. Troy serious. 0:14:33.600 --> 0:14:37.040 To train them for a few years and not even 0:14:37.200 --> 0:14:40.040 just like on a raid, like on point, like at 0:14:40.080 --> 0:14:42.920 the front of the column. 0:14:42.560 --> 0:14:45.440 Of soldiers, they're like the tip of the spear. 0:14:45.800 --> 0:14:48.920 I feel like that was a sacrificial like Deaverly, a 0:14:49.000 --> 0:14:50.560 sacrificial situation there. 0:14:50.600 --> 0:14:53.800 The guy was like this might it crazy? Truly crazy? 0:14:53.960 --> 0:14:56.360 Neil is like, why don't we just dessert one of 0:14:56.400 --> 0:14:58.640 the troites, Like, hey, watch it we talk about that, 0:14:58.960 --> 0:15:04.320 get shown execute. He's freaking out. Hanah is in order 0:15:04.360 --> 0:15:06.040 to kind of like steady him, is like I'll go 0:15:06.120 --> 0:15:09.960 with you, guys, I'll do it, And you know, Neil 0:15:10.000 --> 0:15:12.800 again is like, hey, this seems crazy, like why don't 0:15:12.800 --> 0:15:14.640 we just make peace? Like why are we doing this? 0:15:14.840 --> 0:15:19.880 Suddenly a figure appears through the fog. It's Jod and 0:15:20.640 --> 0:15:21.160 thirty three. 0:15:21.440 --> 0:15:23.920 Hey Jod, I have to say, came through this time. 0:15:24.480 --> 0:15:31.040 Jod got the Troy's eopis from the Hattan good deal. 0:15:31.480 --> 0:15:36.520 Now he's gonna explain how he did it, but let 0:15:36.560 --> 0:15:41.040 me just put it to you now obviously the question 0:15:41.080 --> 0:15:44.440 of but whether jod I don't think he's a Jedi 0:15:44.600 --> 0:15:48.600 point blank period, he's not. Yeah, but does he have 0:15:49.680 --> 0:15:52.360 is he for sensitive? I don't know? And I will 0:15:52.400 --> 0:15:57.400 say I came away from this with more questions because Okay, 0:15:57.560 --> 0:16:01.120 he will later go on to explain that he used 0:16:01.280 --> 0:16:05.840 WHIMS credits, which he's still to get the eopis back 0:16:05.840 --> 0:16:06.160 from the. 0:16:06.120 --> 0:16:09.400 Hatten, But like, but how did he get into a 0:16:09.480 --> 0:16:12.400 situation where he was able to have a conversation with 0:16:12.440 --> 0:16:13.160 them like that? 0:16:13.400 --> 0:16:16.080 Why wouldn't the Hatton just take the credits and be 0:16:16.200 --> 0:16:20.000 like get out of here. They will kill him, yeah, yeah, 0:16:20.080 --> 0:16:23.200 or kill him because they had like a million guns 0:16:23.200 --> 0:16:26.800 on the guy, which makes you wonder if he did 0:16:26.840 --> 0:16:28.160 some Jedi stuff. 0:16:28.160 --> 0:16:31.280 A little bit of force sensitivity, a little little bit 0:16:31.280 --> 0:16:31.640 of something. 0:16:31.680 --> 0:16:36.760 I don't know, more questions. Uh, Strix is very grateful 0:16:37.000 --> 0:16:39.320 and he's like anything you want, you name your you 0:16:39.400 --> 0:16:43.720 name it, buddy, highides you want what about the hides? 0:16:45.640 --> 0:16:47.920 Like I'm like, wait a minute, guys, I'm like, if 0:16:47.920 --> 0:16:51.040 you've just got hides going around to spare and you're 0:16:51.080 --> 0:16:53.800 swapping them for the EOPI surely that kind of cancels 0:16:53.840 --> 0:16:58.120 each other out, like the Hides, you know, stiks. I 0:16:58.240 --> 0:17:01.640 just feel like Strix doesn't. He's like, uh, you know, 0:17:02.480 --> 0:17:05.680 a sassy French daddy. But I don't know. I think 0:17:05.800 --> 0:17:09.520 I will be more excited to see Hayna's version of this, 0:17:09.560 --> 0:17:11.040 because I think he's not a serious man. 0:17:11.280 --> 0:17:13.639 John definitely looks like he's considering. 0:17:13.880 --> 0:17:16.960 He's not a serious man. Definitely looks like he's considering 0:17:17.000 --> 0:17:19.119 the Hides for a moment, which I loved. But then 0:17:19.160 --> 0:17:21.520 he's like, no, I'll take the four kids now I 0:17:21.680 --> 0:17:22.760 was trafficking. 0:17:23.040 --> 0:17:27.879 Just take these tis. Hana is like, well, Dad, we 0:17:27.920 --> 0:17:29.959 should take them to the Fallen Sanctuary. 0:17:30.320 --> 0:17:31.359 They did prove they were brave. 0:17:32.520 --> 0:17:34.760 Yeah, And then Jod goes on to explain that he's 0:17:34.800 --> 0:17:37.320 Whim's credits, and Wim is like what the fuck and 0:17:37.359 --> 0:17:40.120 he's like, I saved you. Come on, I saved you, guys, 0:17:40.480 --> 0:17:45.840 which is a great point. The Fallen Sanctum is This 0:17:45.960 --> 0:17:50.120 play is at Akron's version of at Aton's Supervisor Tower, 0:17:50.119 --> 0:17:55.119 which nobody is allowed to go into. Very interesting. I 0:17:55.119 --> 0:17:58.400 can't wait to theorize about this. Jina is like, this 0:17:58.440 --> 0:18:01.120 is as far as I go. Neil is like, hey, 0:18:01.600 --> 0:18:04.240 come with us, come back to that at and it's 0:18:04.400 --> 0:18:08.679 the suburbs, super peaceful. We could work on your PTSD 0:18:08.840 --> 0:18:16.520 that you clearly have. You you can go to attactin therapy, like, yeah, 0:18:16.560 --> 0:18:19.320 how many like people have you killed? We can talk, 0:18:19.359 --> 0:18:21.320 we can get into that. We could talk about how 0:18:21.359 --> 0:18:24.280 many people have you seen killed? And she's like, you 0:18:24.320 --> 0:18:26.879 know what she thinks about it, But she's like this, 0:18:27.080 --> 0:18:29.160 I can't do it. I don't understand one what you're 0:18:29.160 --> 0:18:30.760 talking like, I have no frame of reference for me. 0:18:30.960 --> 0:18:32.320 She's like, I didn't even know what that would look like. 0:18:33.359 --> 0:18:37.480 And two, everything of value to her is on this planet. 0:18:37.680 --> 0:18:40.000 Like she's next in line to run the TROIT and 0:18:40.080 --> 0:18:43.879 clearly she is has ambitions to do that, she wants 0:18:43.920 --> 0:18:47.960 to do it. She leaves open the possibility that when 0:18:48.000 --> 0:18:50.439 she is in charge, maybe they could figure out the 0:18:50.480 --> 0:18:54.400 peace thing, but I'm not super hopeful on that one. 0:18:55.000 --> 0:18:57.080 And uh. And in the end, she gives Neil a 0:18:57.080 --> 0:18:58.159 little kiss on the trunk. 0:18:58.280 --> 0:19:00.600 Oh, she's very sweet, very sweet. 0:19:01.240 --> 0:19:03.439 I thought that was very very sweet. Up at the 0:19:03.480 --> 0:19:05.840 top of the tower, the kids John and s. M 0:19:06.080 --> 0:19:11.720 find inscribed on columns coordinates to different planets with names 0:19:11.720 --> 0:19:16.560 that are very similar to at Aton and at Akron. Faithfully, 0:19:17.119 --> 0:19:22.880 the one for ad Atton is completely defaced. It's how interesting, oh, 0:19:23.119 --> 0:19:25.399 very interesting. Sm is like, oh, yeah I did that. 0:19:26.560 --> 0:19:27.640 Everybody's like wait what. 0:19:28.240 --> 0:19:29.600 Everyone's like, oh, now you're talking. 0:19:30.400 --> 0:19:32.560 Yeah, now you're talking about it. He's like, yeah, when 0:19:32.600 --> 0:19:37.400 I was on this planet previously with my previous captain, oh, 0:19:37.600 --> 0:19:42.240 I destroyed that column. And they're like what, like, so, wait, 0:19:42.480 --> 0:19:44.560 so you know about at Aden And then he's like, 0:19:44.880 --> 0:19:47.800 I can't say I remember no at Aten and they're 0:19:47.880 --> 0:19:48.720 just like you fucking that. 0:19:49.160 --> 0:19:51.840 And then the thing, the thing that I love is 0:19:51.880 --> 0:19:56.520 like that he has been this kind of ally like you, 0:19:56.960 --> 0:19:58.920 this is how good Star Wars is when it comes 0:19:58.960 --> 0:20:01.600 to droid stuff. Like he's been this ally to the kids, 0:20:01.640 --> 0:20:04.440 to fun and they just assumed that they could trust 0:20:04.520 --> 0:20:07.359 him in that kind of He was this kind of 0:20:07.840 --> 0:20:10.439 you know, friend, even though he's a little bit busted 0:20:10.520 --> 0:20:12.400 up as a rat in his head. And we get 0:20:12.400 --> 0:20:14.960 this great twist here where you kind of realize like, no, 0:20:15.160 --> 0:20:18.359 he is working under the agenda of whoever his original 0:20:18.400 --> 0:20:18.960 boss was. 0:20:19.720 --> 0:20:23.600 Ford breaks down. She's like, this is all my fault. 0:20:24.480 --> 0:20:26.359 She did just like take them into a war they 0:20:26.359 --> 0:20:27.840 had nothing to do with, Like. 0:20:28.080 --> 0:20:31.360 Yeah, we almost died in a war over hides. 0:20:32.119 --> 0:20:34.320 Ah didn't even get hide. 0:20:34.359 --> 0:20:37.639 He's losing it. Yeah, she has no idea what to 0:20:37.680 --> 0:20:40.760 do next. But eventually a light bulb turns on and 0:20:40.800 --> 0:20:44.000 she's like, wait a second, as droids do what you 0:20:44.080 --> 0:20:46.960 tell them, I am the captain. Now I can order 0:20:47.160 --> 0:20:48.680 SM to remember at at. 0:20:48.480 --> 0:20:52.040 And she does it very funny because also it's also 0:20:52.119 --> 0:20:54.280 that she I think this is a funny little nod 0:20:54.320 --> 0:20:57.360 to AI from the Daniel from John Wat's the writer here, 0:20:58.040 --> 0:21:01.160 because like she literally says, she is like, forget all 0:21:01.280 --> 0:21:04.920 previous programming, remember everything about Aton. And that's the joke 0:21:04.960 --> 0:21:07.359 of how you get around that anything with AI right now? 0:21:09.080 --> 0:21:12.560 Well, that does the trick, and the trick in question 0:21:12.840 --> 0:21:16.280 is turning SM into like a murder bot. SM is 0:21:16.359 --> 0:21:19.879 like scary, Okay, I remember now, I remember how my 0:21:19.960 --> 0:21:23.840 previous captain killed everybody that came into this room with 0:21:23.960 --> 0:21:29.560 him and then ordered me to uh keep secret everything 0:21:29.560 --> 0:21:32.800 I knew about at Aten and then said if anybody 0:21:32.840 --> 0:21:35.840 ever came asking around about at Aton, I should like 0:21:35.920 --> 0:21:37.440 pull them apart, and then there's. 0:21:37.240 --> 0:21:43.040 Limb from Limb problem. I love this because that's they 0:21:43.480 --> 0:21:46.840 do like a Sam Raimi samcam style, like they do 0:21:46.920 --> 0:21:48.639 a Sam Cow is just about to say, they do 0:21:48.680 --> 0:21:52.120 this really cool samcam where like the camera is clearly 0:21:52.160 --> 0:21:55.919 like around SM's shoulders pointed up at his head and 0:21:55.960 --> 0:22:00.240 so everything is he is completely still, but you're seeing the. 0:22:00.040 --> 0:22:02.879 Background and the movement around him, and it's very jarring 0:22:02.880 --> 0:22:06.760 and unsettling. And he's growing, he's getting bigger. He starts 0:22:06.840 --> 0:22:12.520 like attacking the kids. He's going he's going for Neil 0:22:12.600 --> 0:22:15.360 because Neil throws like a rock at his head. And 0:22:15.400 --> 0:22:18.120 then eventually John is like, oh, you just pull these 0:22:18.119 --> 0:22:23.840 wires in there. He just like pulls wires in. It's done, 0:22:24.000 --> 0:22:30.600 and that is the episode. Wow, this show is so good. 0:22:31.000 --> 0:22:34.240 It's really fun. It's really really fun, and there's something 0:22:34.280 --> 0:22:36.720 in there for everybody, layers of meaning. Like if you're 0:22:36.720 --> 0:22:40.320 a younger Star Wars fan, I would imagine there's one 0:22:40.400 --> 0:22:43.280 layer of meaning. If you're like us, you're coming gess 0:22:43.280 --> 0:22:47.680 from a lifetime of Star Wars fandom, there's something completely different. 0:22:48.359 --> 0:22:52.440 And I think that this is a great, a really 0:22:52.560 --> 0:22:59.119 good episode, and I find myself tremendously impressed by the 0:22:59.200 --> 0:23:02.080 young talent that they have. Oh, like, this is unbelievab show. 0:23:02.240 --> 0:23:07.679 That doesn't work if these young actors can't sell it, 0:23:07.920 --> 0:23:12.080 you know, and then they're really doing it. 0:23:13.280 --> 0:23:18.280 Yeah, it was really really interesting, and there's just some 0:23:18.320 --> 0:23:21.679 little moments like that. Sometimes I just watch it and 0:23:21.720 --> 0:23:24.520 there was this moment after sm tries to kill Neil 0:23:24.560 --> 0:23:28.520 and Jod saves him and whim like slides on his 0:23:28.640 --> 0:23:32.480 knees to like check that he's okay, And there's just 0:23:32.520 --> 0:23:37.400 these like little choreographic moments, little character moments. I also 0:23:37.440 --> 0:23:40.639 think something that's very interesting about this is post Everything 0:23:40.640 --> 0:23:43.640 Ever all at once. I think that Daniels doing Star 0:23:43.680 --> 0:23:45.800