In our second Star Wars arc podcast we take on Episode II: Attack of the Clones. Highlights: we debate the wrongness of Anakin’s Tusken slaughter, question Qui-Gon’s/Obi-Wan’s parenting skills, wonder why the Republic allows “temporary replacement senators,” discuss the downsides of Sith apprenticeship, hunt for female Jedi, and again marvel at Palpatine’s masterful manipulative skills.
http://www.galacticawatercooler.com/2008/07/07/gwc-podcast-107/
I’m sorry it took me until Monday to get the podcast out this week. I totally took the weekend off from all my work, day and otherwise. It was a good rest, but it also meant that I didn’t get the 'cast out until this morning.
My bad.
Anyway, I’ll get back on the ball this week. I promise.
no sweat Chuck, hope you guys had a good 4th of July weekend
Yay! I can listen to half before work, and half after. It may be a little late but you put me first!!! 
Well worth the wait, very well worth the wait.
If you needed a rest Buckaroo, you needed a rest. Nobody can fault you for that.
Chuck, we all know that making your way in the world today takes everything you’ve got. We do appreciate your time and effort, as well as Audra and Sean’s. There is no need to explain your need for taking a break from all your worries, we all know it sure would help a lot. We are glad you were able to get away. When all is said and done and your batteries are recharged you know you have this forum where everybody knows your name, and they’re always glad you came. You wanna be where you can see, our BSG troubles are all the same. We are glad to have you back tho, here in the forums where everybody knows your name.
:rolleyes:
It actually took me a second…
Holy Craap, Solai! Enough with the gutter talk!! :D:eek:
<sprays Vitaminwater all over his screen>
I will refrain from including the detail that my favorite Vitaminwater flavor is XXX.
…Oops…
How is this for gutter talk?
A gutter is a depression running parallel to a road designed to collect rainwater flowing along the street and divert it into a storm drain. Where a curbstone is present, a gutter may simply be formed by the convergence of the road surface and the vertical face of the sidewalk; otherwise, a dedicated gutter surface made of concrete may be present. A gutter alleviates water buildup on a street, allowing pedestrians to pass without walking through puddles and reducing the risk of hydroplaning by road vehicles.
Thanks for all the hard work Chuck and crew. We all got to take some time for ourselves and you all do plenty.
Is that the current euphemism for that? Next time, use a cookie. They’re way less expensive than computer screens. And edible!
To you sir, I must say - EWWWW!!
Darth Vegas, what happens there stays there!
Looks like GR has volunteered to bring Vitaminwater Cookies to the next GWC bake sale.:eek:
For the enemy combatants, tusken raider massacre, and death star destruction conversation:
Holy frak, Chuck. Great podcast and all, but I am surprised that you are so relatively easy-going about Anakin’s slaughter of the Sandpeople. As Audra points out, even Anakin makes a distinction between the men and the women and children, and wouldn’t be confessing it to Padme if he didn’t know it was wrong. Why would the disemobied voice of Qui-Gon be calling out, “Ani, no!” while Anakin is laying into the Sandpeople if it wasn’t wrong? It may be a step on the road to total evil, but that doesn’t diminish it being evil in and of itself.
It also strikes me that lumping all the Sandpeople together as “bad people” is no different than the way the humans in early seasons of BSG (and some even now) lump all the Cylons together as “evil.”
I get that this is a fictional universe and all, but it really does surprise me, because Chuck, imo, has taken the lead on really pressing for high moral standards – e.g., the whole “You always have a choice” discussion re: the Pegasus crew during the rewatch last summer. That really impressed me. It really seems like a disconnect that you (along with, apparently, Padme) can find anyway to lessen the enormity of what Anakin does.
Just my two quatloos…
I’d never dare. I’d bring those dreadful Campari muffins that we all discussed last week.
Just a question about Sand People. Not that it makes a difference regarding the morality of dispensing with a whole troop, but are they humans underneath the wraps or are they an alien species?
Just curious…
They are alien to humans but indigenous to Tatooine. Here is more info and a pic of what they may look like.
All the gutter talk really makes me anxious to listen to the podcast.