In the sixth entry of our series celebrating the 25th anniversary of The Phantom Menace, we are discussing Anakin’s adventure participating in the Boonta Eve podrace.

 

Anthony King from Force Ghost Conversations joins us for this discussion.

 

The segment of the film we discuss runs from 55:02 to 1:10:04.

 

In this fully armed and operational episode of Podcast Stardust, we discuss:

• The opening shots of the podrace and the announcers,
• The pageantry present at the start of the podrace, including Jabba’s introduction and the flag presentation,
• Some of our favorite podracers other than Anakin Skywalker,
• Qui-Gon’s advice to Anakin and whether this was his way of testing him,
• Sebulba’s antics and methods of cheating,
• A few of the obstacles on the course, including the Tusken Raiders,
• The Aurra Sing cameo,
• The difficulties Anakin overcomes, and more.

Check out the prior entry in this series in episode 735.

 

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