¶ Star Wars Safe Space
This week , political intrigue , cold-blooded murder and forbidden love . It's the Clone Wars , season 2 , episodes 13 through 16 . This week on your Star Wars safe space , stick around . Oh , that intro never gets old . Absolutely love it . Howdy Star Warriors . Welcome to Star Wars Safe Space , your non-toxic , low-sodium star wars show .
That doesn't make you feel bad for not knowing that the peak of mount umate is the only part of the planet's surface still visible on coruscant . Pretty cool , and we saw that again in this episode or in an episode we're gonna talk about this week , as well as the mandalorian . I totally missed it .
I totally missed it during the clone wars , but then as we watch , I hey , that's the thing from Mandalorian , okay , anyway , so whether you're a hardcore fan or just a little swarzy curious . This is your Star Wars safe space welcome . And who are we ? We are the Circle of Nerds and we do absolutely love Star Wars , even if we don't always like it .
So let's meet the crew , shall we ? From my left , your right star of stage and screen , it is the Sensational Sherry .
Hello everyone , welcome Greeting , greeting .
Why are you ?
laughing at me fool .
I just imagined you holding a door and going welcome , Welcome .
All are welcome children . Welcome , welcome , come in children . That scene in Harry Potter was the second Harry Potter where the Dursleys are going to have those people over and he asks , I'll be in the living room .
Graciously .
We're awaiting our guests Exactly in the living room , graciously , exactly territory of boss tween . It's daddy louis .
hello children oh okay , that's not creepy .
This is by far the corniest bit that we do on our show meeting the family thing . It's just so , corny and hailey . For part unknown , it's t of the corniest bit that we do on our show , this little meet in the family thing . It's just so , corny and Haley for parts unknown .
It's T to the Oni . Welcome back to the Galaxy , everybody .
Thank you for being here . Thank you for being here . I am Tommy D . You're more than slightly obnoxious Star Wars know-it-all . So what are we doing here ? Well , pretty simple . Our mission is to watch all of the star wars shows and uh films in canon sort of , uh in chronological order sort of I mean .
So we're watching all the canon star wars films and tv shows in chronological , chronological order sort of . And today because for the most part , for the most part . Yes , uh , we're not supposed to be watching a release order , but , holy fuck , dave Filoni . Jesus Christ , could you just stop jumping around please . Things will get more consistent , but anyway .
So we're going to be breaking these shows down , asking some questions , connecting the dots , learning more about Star Wars and maybe even a little about ourselves . So a word of warning there will be spoilers . We will do our best to avoid them , however it may happen .
So this week we're continuing on with season two of the Clone Wars , with episodes 13 through 16 . These episodes did release February and March of 2010 , and they take place 21 and 22 BBY . So , bby , before the Battle of Yavin , which , uh , battle of yavin , of course , is from , uh , star wars , a new hope , 1977 .
I wasn't supposed to go into that whole spiel again . Was I sharing ? We talked about that . No , we talked about it , we talked about that and I forgot . So , anyway , bby , bby , we'll talk about it . And , uh , like , look it up , I guess , but before the battle of yavin . That's what bby means not look it up ?
if you've been listening to us , if you've been listening .
So for the 10 people that have listened to us , they already know even new in the beginning .
They should start at the beginning yes , so bby , before the battle of yavin , which was actually the yavin was where there was a , an old temple oh my god , tom okay where the rebel forces struck the final blow we're good all right , anyway , you're losing me , I'm losing myself all right , let's get into it , right ? uh , episode 13 voyage of temptation .
I know I was tempted . Anything with obi-wan is just like sherry's got some buttons , you got some buttons , oh shit , she's dangerous . I figured out we got to do something with the art because it's weird . I don't know , streamer does this weird thing with the ducking , so like it comes in , but then it like fades out yeah on it again . Do the crickets again .
Oh , that came in strong . That's good that time . That was weird . The first crickets they were like I don't know , that's weird because I cut them off .
I cut them off it .
Oh , that's why . Okay , all right , so voyage of temptation . Uh , there's a lot going on , a lot of political intrigue in this episode . Um , duchess satine is a savage sitting up there on her on her pillow throne , with the sex bots hanging out , with drinking martinis . Martinis , while , uh , while , joes are just getting fucking sauced on the ship .
So let's , uh , okay , she didn't know , she didn't know , she didn't know about the saucings that were happening . But we do need to talk about our wall of remembrance . We did lose red eye and mixer , and I always get nervous when they say their names .
Every time they give us a name , I'm just like , oh man , like some , like I've seen a lot of these , but I don't remember every single trooper that gets , that gets murked . But , uh , of course I didn't remember that red eye and , uh , and mixer got it . And then there's baby spider . Trooper , the , fucking , the baby , the , the , the little baby assassin .
Spider went into a couple of , went into his helmet , that poor guy , he died . Harsh , who died harsh ? Yikes , all right . So this was a great episode . We're seeing more of Obi-Wan's depth , you know . We've got more political intrigue , which you know this episode does bring up more interesting questions .
Star Wars , of course , has always been about politics , so politics has been as much a part of Star Wars as lightsabers and the force . They go hand in hand . So we're going to have some political episodes , it's just going to happen .
So we're continuing on with this whole Mandalorian thing , mandalorians wanting to maintain pacifism and independence and the Republic wanting to quote , unquote save them and help them . Satine just wants more boots on the ground and he wants an occupying force on as many worlds as he can possibly get them onto . We do see more from the Death Watch .
We do see a little bit more about Obi-Wan and Satine's relationship and Jon Favreau . He reprises his role as Paz Vizsla . So , if you weren't aware , that's the voice of Paz or pre-Vizsla I'm sorry , pre-vizsla , not Paz , pre-vizsla . So and he's kind of a whiny buckethead Sherry , I think you even mentioned that too . It's like he's always whining about some shit .
He's a very entitled guy , he's just like you titled guy .
He's just , like you know , had a trust fund . He's a trust fund kid bored trust fund kid .
What I wanted , so like so crying about , always crying about some shit . So here's , here's my question , here's my question for the group um , unless there's any standout moments . Does anybody have any standout moments ? Um ?
well , for me it was the jedi pushing their beliefs on other people again . Yeah , like well , I'm gonna take care of you . And she's saying I don't need your help , I got this , you know . So she doesn't , but but I understand where she's coming from . Well , I think she does . I mean she understands the consequences .
But again , obi-wan's freaking mansplaining shit Like she hasn't ruled a whole planet and a whole bunch of other things . What did she say ? 1,500 systems ?
Yes , I think so , thousands of worlds , 1,500 systems .
So I think she knows something .
All right , they did have that moment when they were in each other's faces . And it's funny because our daughter was kind of like I mean she wasn't watching with us , but I mean it was on in the background and she was , like you know , chilling in the dining room and she really doesn't know anything about their relationship .
But even she was like , oh okay , there's a lot of sexual tension there between those two , just because of the way that they were arguing with each other , right ? So I mean that was pretty interesting . I really like that between those two , just because of the way that they were arguing with each other right knowing .
So , I mean , that was that was pretty interesting . I really like that . So , um , we also did have anakin bringing up a very , uh , a very interesting point , and satine allude she , she mentioned it as well when , when obi-wan said you know , we're , we're jedi , we're fighting for peace no you know , satine was like what a . What an interesting contradiction .
Fighting , you know , and sherry . That goes back to what you were saying . It's like , you know , the jedi are always kind of inserting themselves right , you're supposed to be peaceful .
Yeah , they're the peacekeepers .
Right , but they're . They're more of the peacemakers like they're going to go in . They're supposed to be peaceful yeah , they're the peacekeepers not right , but they're . They're more of the peacemakers like they're going to go in , they're going to make peace happen and in many ways , are they doing the same thing that palpatine's doing .
You know , you think so yes louis tony , what do you guys ?
think . I mean I agree , although I think that's partially due to his influence . I mean ,
¶ Palpatine's Manipulation of the Jedi
again , this is just . This is a circumstance that led up to this point of OK , we don't know , the Republic , for the longest time , didn't really have an army to speak of , because there was no need for one to speak of , because there was no need for one . Now , all of a sudden , we've got all these clones . But we need leaders to help them with that .
We employ the Jedi into this role that they're not really used to doing . They've never needed to do . I think , for the most part , they're doing the best they can , but it is what it is .
Good point , louis . Yeah , but it is what it is , okay , all right .
Good point , louis , yeah but the problem with the Jedi is , up until this point , right . They're according to canon . I mean , what do they say in episode one ?
There hasn't been a Sith in and you know how long and there weren't really many wars , or you know , like tony said , there wasn't a need for for the jedi to to be in that role , but I think it came . I don't . I don't think they're doing the best that they can . I think that there was . I think they're behind the curve because of their arrogance .
There had been such a long period of time time Until the events of the Phantom Menace , before the time of Palpatine starting to spin his wheels , there was no peace and justice to be held .
Some pirates , smugglers , some border disputes , probably here and there . Right so at this point .
They're arrogant as fuck . So this all happens , know , normally it would humble someone and it has not humbled the jedi no they are still stumbling over their own feet instead of being able to , you know , accept that this is their fault , or at least a big part of it is their fault their blindness , their arrogance . Instead of it humblingbling them .
I don't know what they're thinking at this point .
And Palpatine is masterfully using that weakness against them Right Exactly . So this is the underlying thing that people should be watching . So if you're new to the Clone Wars , as you're , you're watching these episodes .
Sure , some of them might feel like filler , but really look at the underlying message that that's that's happening here , you know , and that is , palpatine is a chess master . Everything that's happening , even the missteps , even things that don't necessarily go his way , like we'll talk about that a little bit later on .
Um , when padme brings the actual good recording into the senate . He wasn't expecting that , you know , but he still got his way . The senate still voted in favor of keeping the , the production going , so he still ended up getting his way . I'm sure he had to , like you know , work his magic , but but even when things don't go his way , it goes his way .
You know everything , every , every time we see . You know the boys out there on a planet somewhere , you know , fighting the separatists in order to get clone troops on the ground . Palpatine made that happen . I mean everything , even this thing with death watch .
Everything is is through palpatine's machinations , everything and going back to what you said about how you know , palpatine was feeding into the Jedi's arrogance . Go and watch scenes in the movies and even in the Clone Wars cartoon with Palpatine after the Jedi had done something , he was always oh , master Jedi .
He was always blowing them up , he was always boosting their ego . Oh yeah , you know , like every interaction , like I know , you'll make the right decision , and meanwhile he's the one fucking making the decision . You know , and what a glorious battle that you guys did .
Even though he knew that it was going to go in , that he wanted it to go in that direction , you made that battle happen . He's feeding into their arrogance , which is just making them more blind to what's really going on and I have .
You know what ? I have a question I'm sorry , sherry one second .
Um , I have a question , so hang on to that , because I got a question for us later on concerning that , sherry , please continue well , the only thing I I can think of is and I know this is star wars and it's part jedis need to be in the mix .
I understand that part , but the thing is is , if let's say this was real , the clones are genetically altered to be leaders , workers , like it . They're already altered to do that . You don't even need to do this .
I know why they do it , I understand it , but I'm just saying like , in the grand scheme , they should have said no , we're not going to go into your war . If you're a peacemaker , right , they shouldn't even have been part of . They shouldn't be generals , freaking admirals , all kinds of shit like what . So you're looking for power as well , just like palpatine .
So really , they both , both sides yeah well because they , up until that point , they , they had all the power . You know what I mean . So now they feel that power slipping away and again just feeds more into the just their mindset . They're , they've just become so full of themselves really it's what it comes down to .
They become so full of themselves that literally they're , they're doing like they're it , it's it , it's blowing up literally from the inside . Anakin is literally the Trojan horse .
Yes , he is . He is a perfect example and I love like , again , if you really look beyond just the superficial entertainment value of star wars , you know Anakin is the , the child of Jedi arrogance . I mean he , really he is the child of jedi arrogance and sith manipulation . One percent he . He is what's at the end of the cautionary tale .
You know , he is the consequence , he is the warning , he is you , this is what happens . If you know that is Anakin Skywalker and you know , and we see Palpatine . Just , you know , the guy is a dick . I mean , there's no doubt about it , he is a fucking grade a dick . But he is an artist . I mean he , this is he's .
He's giving us a masterclass on how to take over shit and and , and you don't even realize it's happening . Well , it just sucks because that's happening in real life , which is hilarious , absolutely , absolutely absolutely 100 .
Yeah , you know , and and with with palpatine . You know , we've seen it time and time again . He's standing in a room with yoda mace , windu obi-wan kenobi , you know , the jedi council , the most powerful jedi in the galaxy . They have no fucking clue who is standing right in fucking front of their faces . That's power . That's power .
That's it's , yeah , that's that's why . That's why one of the one of the coolest scenes with Palpatine , in my opinion , is the closing scene of .
Phantom Menace yeah he's , when he's literally just standing there among all of these people who literally just fought a war because of his manipulation , and not a single person there knows it , his boy literally murdered the guy that we're we're burning today and he's just like , yeah , it's good to be me , it's good to be me so and he , and he looks down at
anakin yeah , there he is we'll be watching your career with great interest .
Yeah , I bet we will , motherfucker . So this is what I'm challenging everyone . I challenge everyone , all of our listener , everyone here on the cast . I challenge everyone look at each episode with fresh eyes , as a building block towards the empire . Like , really look at every episode in that way .
Don't just look at it as an episode about Jar Jar Binks or about Padme or about Obi-Wan and Anakin blowing shit up like they do . Go deeper , look , deeper . Look and ask yourself how is Palpatine involved with this episode ? I think that's a fun little challenge that we could all do . I like that a lot .
¶ Mandalorian Neutrality and Balancing Cultures
The most innocuous filler episodes that just don't mean anything . Ask yourself how is palpatine involved in this ? Some of them will be obvious . Some of them because he's fucking in it and he just told that thing , but then others it might not be as obvious . So really look at these episodes and really ask yourself you know what ? What would papa palpy do ?
what ? What would palpatine ?
do ? How is ? How is he involved ? And I I would be really interested for us to talk about that , you know , next time . Like , what were your thoughts in on how palpatine was involved with that particular episode ? So , all right , so right . So we'll be done with the Voyage of Temptation , which was again great episode , real quick , though .
Mandalorian neutrality what are your thoughts on that ? Is it neutrality and that passivity , that pacifist culture , is it what's best for Mandalore or is it culturally it what's best for mandalore , or is it culturally suppressive ?
Because mandalore and mandalorians , they , they are a warrior culture , but that warrior culture did damn near destroy their entire life that's .
that's the problem . So there has to be a balance . I mean , her military is capable , obviously , so they're still capable . I think what she did , or whoever started the whole thing of this passivity and the peace , I think is smart , because you can still be a warrior race without destroying the whole system .
Yeah , I agree .
I think you don't need all that Right .
I think you really nailed it when you said balance . You know it's like you . You don't have to go full pacifist , but you don't have to go full on fucking death watch either necessarily .
Right , that's , that's the thing . Like she's carrying a weapon , yeah , either necessarily , right , that's , that's the thing . Like she's carrying a weapon , yeah , I mean . I mean she's good with it too , but it's not , it's not a blaster , it's , you know , it's to take , you know , I don't know what they call it deactivator .
Is that what obi-wan ? Deactivator ?
something like that . Yeah , so I mean , she still knows how to protect herself and she can fight a little . So they're still mandalorians . They feel oppressed . It's , it's the death watch . They're like oh , mom , won't let me go kill things , okay , well , because you shouldn't kill things , like there's no need , but it's still too .
It's too . Again , it always comes back to balance . Like you said , it's still two extreme sides of the same coin . You can still have mandalorian culture without non-violence , you know , and without all violence , you know , it's again . It's always going back to jedi and sith .
You know , the jedi aren't 100 right , the sith aren't 100 right , but you bring them together , you might have something . Louis , tony , I think she's wonderful . She's great , but she's still too far on that side . She's too much of a pacifist . I don't think so .
I think we can incorporate some more of the Mandalorian warrior culture without being just bloodthirsty Klingon-like fucking warriors just going through and spreading our seed of destruction across the galaxy .
I agree . They're too far polar opposites of each other . There has to be some kind of middle ground .
Yeah , and we get there eventually . I mean , quite frankly , I completely understand the ideal of neutrality and peace , but when you have a known faction of your own people doing what the Death Watch is doing , it is a disservice to your people to not fight . Yeah .
Yeah , but they can fight amongst themselves , they don't need the Republic . That's what she was saying . Agreed , yeah , agreed .
But granted Satine doesn saying we agree . But granted Satine doesn't necessarily know this . But the Death Watch , whether or not she's aware of it or not , they're acting on behalf of the Separatists . Yes , half of the war is already involved . You can't just ignore that .
But they're also using the separatists , like the separatists are using them , but they're using the separatists .
You know , the Death Watch , at this point in time , are referred to as terrorists , but , like we did here in the episode , that if the Republic does send troops , then the Death Watch will be looked at as heroes and liberators , correct , you know , so are . They are the death watch , the death watcher extreme . No doubt about it . I mean , there's no question .
Um , previsual is a fucking asshole and should not be leading that . That charge , um , but the death watch itself , you know , looking , looking to preserve mandalorian culture . You know , I , I don't think I'd call them terrorists . I think they're being , I think they're being led by a terrorist , um , yeah , yeah , or someone who's like extremely off the rails .
But yeah , I think they come together and find an even ground without the Republic . I think that that is her issue . She doesn't want the Republic there , because they need to deal with their own issues on their planet . You don't need to bring in more war . That doesn't make any sense .
Right .
So if they take care of it on their own planet with their own shit , that's what should happen right , I agree .
Um , all right . So , uh , wrapping up this episode , we'll move forward because the next episode , duchess of mandalore , we can no , no , don't be sorry , that's fine , this is a great discussion . So , moving on to duchess of mandalore , um , one last thing for voyage of temptation .
When , um , when merrick was talking shit at the end he was like you know , you know , duchess , you can't kill me , because then you're a hypocrite and you know you're . You're not gonna be a pacifist one . You can't kill me because you're gonna look bad in front of your girl here . So you know which one of you is going to be the cold-blooded murderer .
And then I love , I love that interaction . I love that interaction between him and obi-wan . Obi-wan's like , oh , anakin , and anakin's like he was gonna blow up the ship .
It's like but I don't know if you guys noticed , but when he does that , when he does , when he does sauce Merrick , you hear Darth Vader's theme in the background oh yeah , every time every time . So it's just him getting one step closer , one step closer . I thought that was nice , all right . So moving on , episode 14 , duchess of mandalore 21 , bby .
Chronologically , this actually takes place later on in season two , um , before episode 20 . So the events of this episode actually take place before the episode , the events of episode 20 here in season two . So we're all over the place . So , john , I mean it's over now . And Dave , please , you guys don't , don't do this again .
Don't ever do that again .
Don't ever do that again . Just fucking keep shit on , all right . So you know we've got .
¶ Palpatine's Manipulative Machinations
We've got more of the same going on in this episode . You know it's more with Satine trying to gain some kind of control , but we're also seeing more of Palpatine's actions like up close now because he's in the episode . So now we're seeing more and more of his maneuvering . And you know we're seeing more and more of Obi-Wan and Satine's relationship .
You know , in the last episodeakin was like did you know , did you know ? And obi-wan , of course , always a classy guy and he's like you know it's not relevant , but obi-wan did say something very interesting though too . You know anakin was like well , you know , we all know what .
You know master yoda says about attachment and obi-wan , you know he had said yeah , but he doesn't tell you about the remorse . He doesn't talk about remorse . As hardcore jedi philosophy as obi-wan is , he still recognizes that the jedi are not telling him everything . And and even told satine if you would have said the word , I would have left .
The jedi are not telling him everything . And and even told satine , if you would have said the word , I would have left the jedi order . Ah , when he said that , I . I felt it in my chest . I was like , oh , the love he has for that woman still and I think that that's one of the reasons .
It has to be one of the reasons why Obi-Wan always turned the other way when it came to Anakin and Padme . Oh yeah , cause Obi-Wan's not an idiot , right ? I mean , that's his best friend , that's his brother , like .
I still think he knows .
Even if he didn't know . No , he knew . You know what ?
I mean .
And he always turned that other cheek because he wants , I mean and this is one of the reasons why because he gets it .
He wants Anakin to have what he didn't , what he couldn't , you know . So he's not going to get in the way . He's going to let Anakin try to figure it out . So I think it's beautiful .
I really love , until he then says you know , I failed you , anakin . That could be part of the reason he feels that way , of course . That he just said something about Padme to the Jedi Council and they had gotten involved in their relationship .
Mm-hmm .
Maybe Anakin wouldn't have been tempted by the dark side as much Right .
I don't know . I believe Ki-Adi-Mund mundi . I think he's got a wife and kids , if I'm not mistaken . I'll have to look it up , but I'm I'm almost positive that he's got a wife and kids . So I I don't remember the reasoning behind that . I guess the cultural thing , or maybe their population was dying or something . I don't know .
I don't remember , but , um , I'll look back into it . So the jedi , they do make exceptions , but I'm curious what ? What are your thoughts ? Because there's really not a whole lot to dig into this episode .
Um , we see more of obi-wan's growth , which is great , and we , you know , try to keep him , keep this in mind as we see his progression and look at how he evolves once we get up to the kenobi tv show you know these , you know what we're seeing from him now will maybe answer some questions .
Oh , come on , man , when , when you watch the kenobi tv show again , louis , giving the thumbs down , I know you don't like it , but when , when you watch it again for a second time , you're gonna like it , I promise you , especially now , after seeing all this with kenobi I'm , you're gonna see it in a whole different light .
I promise you you might not give it a thumbs up , but you'll get a sideways thumb . It won't be a thumbs down , it'll be a sideways thumb , for sure .
I don't know . By the way , Kiati Mundi has four wives there you go , oh I was looking it up too .
Four wives . And how many kids that motherfucker you know he's poking Seven . Four wives . And how many kids that motherfucker you know he's poking seven daughters .
Seven daughters , there you go um how many wives four .
That's why I spend so much time at the fucking jedi temple . I wouldn't go home either with four wives .
I can barely handle one wife well , see , and that's that's some bull , I mean , that's bullshit . He can do it . So that means you can train everyone else to do it as well and teach them how it is separate from the force or whatever .
So that's bullshit . Was there a reason that he was allowed wives ? Was it because of his race or was it because of religion ? And the only reason that I say that is because , if it's a race thing , it could be that only that race is capable of something that other species can't .
I will quote off of Wikipedia . Due to the low Serean birth rate , he was allowed by the other Jedi to follow the Serean custom of polygamous marriage . There you go .
Lame . Right , it is lame , that's bullshit .
So basically he's allowed to be a more .
And he's a good be a more .
That's that's , and he's a good jedi correct yeah , yeah , he's yeah he's one of the best jedi , I think oh well , I wonder why ?
because he's probably free to do what he needs to do at home , so he's not oppressed sexually , hello the fuck , why is it always got to be sexual with you ?
Everything's about sex with you all the time . Sex , sex , sex .
I don't want to bring in religion , but there is a lot of them that are not allowed to get married and do other things where they're not supposed to be doing , because , guess what , that's part of our species as well .
And that's what happened with Anakin . He had a secret marriage and killed a bunch of kids .
Well , that's spoiler alert , all right .
Moving on .
Moving on . Moving on .
Quick question . Quick question about this . So again , so do we think that Palpatine we we know that manipulative ? We know that .
But in this particular case , as we're going along with these episodes and we , you know the , there was the whole the the the underlying aspect of these episodes were about getting the senate to vote down the creation of more clone troopers . Um , that got , that got , you know , vetoed , that got shot down .
But do we think that palpatine is manipulating every single aspect in the of the senate ? Or is he just allowing the already pre-existing corruption to just kind of run its course like we see , yeah , like we see him using the jedi's weaknesses against them ? He doesn't even have to interfere that much .
He just has to push their buttons and trigger them in order to move in the direction he wants them to , but he doesn't have to really push them because he's using their weaknesses against him . So is he doing the same thing with the senate like he's ?
He's just allowing the corruption to do its thing , or do we think that he's got his fingers in every single pot ?
I mean , he probably has his fingers in every single pot , but I think that in certain situations he is probably letting things unfold , naturally , but I think it's because he had already put the pieces in place for those things . You know what I mean like for that corruption to grow .
Okay , so he might have planted the seed , but he's just kind of standing back now and just watching the plant explode right . And you do see throughout uh , at least the live action , I'm sure , throughout the clone wars as well , as we keep watching um , you see , he does have to make changes . There are things that he didn't expect to happen .
You know , he obviously wasn't expecting luke right like that . That came out of nowhere , but you saw how quickly he adjusted to it . His plan changed , but it was also very quick .
Well like you said , tom , he's a master chess player , so even if there's a mistake , he circumvents it and knows how to get around it correctly . To to come back to him , like to make it in his you know how he wants it like I don't even think that he's like .
You know , in chess , you know you talk about , you know I want to be like x amount of moves ahead of you . I want to be 10 , 10 moves ahead . Yeah , palpatine is like 10 games ahead like he really is he doesn't even operate on the move level . He's operating like .
He's like one of those chess masters that can play like 30 games of chess against 30 opponents at one time at the same time , yeah right , he is that guy um . I think he uses the force to .
You know , see into the future at least a little bit of it . He it might . Some of it might be clouded , like Yoda , because that's just the way it is .
You can't see all of it , but he does see snippets and then he realizes like , oh well , I kind of feel like I should move in this direction to get these people on my side , or whatever the hell he's doing .
And also , how often is he using mind , mind , yeah , you know where you control them other people's minds , you know I , I was thinking about that too .
Yeah , actually the other day I was thinking about that . You bring up a very good point .
Well , that guy next to him like every time he kept looking at him . Yeah , all of a sudden the guy would say , you know some fucked up shit . But poppleting was like looking at him and I'm thinking I think he's fucking manipulating this motherfucker . That's what I think he's just like .
He's like jd vance , that's all I mean . He's just another jd man , anyway we're not bringing up a little no real shit , no real shit . My bad , my bad , um I , but I wonder . I wonder if he's , if he is using the force to manipulate my question is Of course he is .
Well hold on Hear me out .
Yes , but what I'm wondering is if he did that , would the Jedi sense it ? No , Because he's . But I mean , when you use a Force ability , it sends ripples out . I mean , that's just he can mask his presence . But if he uses the dark side , would the jedi be able to sense it ? I wonder . You don't think so .
I don't think so . No , no , no , I don't . I really don't , because he uses it every time he's in their presence to mask himself . He has to use it , so he's using it all the time . I think that's where the corruption comes in , because you know what you're like . You know it's like drinking If you do it all the fucking time basically , he's like the Hulk .
He's like you know , want to know , you know my secret I'm always , it's always I , the hulk he's like you know , want to know , you know , yes , my secret , I'm always .
My secret is always , I'm always angry , right .
So he's always using the force . All right , he's always using it because he has to build that shield around constantly agreed 100 .
I just do . I wonder I'm because he's always on that
¶ Force Abilities Through Midichlorian Ejaculate
. He's always . You know , it's like um , like wanda in in wandavision she was . I mean , she had to use all her . She was using all her power all the time to create that artificial world and every now and then , you know , she would like lose a little bit of control and she would slip , and you know , you know , weird shit would just happen .
But so palpatine has to do that , because it has to be incredibly difficult to mask yourself in front of all these jedi masters like well , just the slipping .
Is them finding the actual footage of this shit ? Um , that was a slip up , that was . He should have known where that footage came from already and I know he was kicking himself in the ass for it because his face was like oh shit oh yeah screen . I mean , she fucking had that she did go .
She did put it on the big screen , didn't she ?
she wasn't fucking pam , it wasn't fucking around and you could see popatine's face like fuck , he lost it for a minute .
Someone died over that . Someone died .
Someone died . He can't predict everything , but he can adjust really quickly . It doesn't take him long to regain his footing and get back to what he needs to do .
You're absolutely right . And speaking of the force and force usage , sherry had brought this up too . When we see bale and padme in that container yard , padme's got a little bit of force because she was . She was dodging laser blasts , she was anticipating things that I feel like otherwise a regular , normal person would not have been able to anticipate .
So I feel like she's got a little bit of force in her and maybe that's , maybe that's from anakin , I don't know . Maybe she has sexually transmitted force , she's got STF . I don't know , maybe it's sexually transmitted force If they're having enough . I've said dumber shit .
I mean , I'm just saying you might be on to something .
He may be filling her full of midichlorians as often as possible . I don't know how or or or it's the babies . Oh , you think she might already be preggers at this point no , it's too early , it's too early . It's too early .
It's years too early .
Clone Wars go on for like three years . It's still too early , she's not human per se .
We don't know what their gestation period looks like .
I would think the same thing , Tony .
Yeah , they're humanoid , but they're not from Earth . So they could have a fucking two-year-long gestation period , who knows ? Or , like an elephant , three years . That's very true . We don't know . We don't know . That's an interesting one . We need to find out .
I mean technically , like I don't know If it's Anakin's DNA , right I mean , and it's floating around in her .
Right , how does supercharged ? What does supercharged mean ? Guys , calm down . Well , now I'm curious Because , seriously , if you've got there's no doubt about it Anakin is supercharged with midichlorians , right ? He's got a higher midichlorian count than Yoda , yes , so if he is depositing those midichlorians , that's not a deposit .
It doesn't stay there .
But would it not be still absorbed through the walls and the membranes ?
I mean it has to stay in there for some amount of time . If he's doing it on the daily , he's not , and we yeah .
I really hate to make this comparison because it's one of the most disturbing fucking stories in Marvel history , but are you guys familiar with how Spider-Man killed Mary Jane ?
No so there is a storyline in which Mary Jane dies and Spider-Man visits her grave and basically says I gave her cancer because of all the radioactive activity every time that they had sex .
Okay , that's silly Interesting . I mean it's funny .
So he had radioactive sperm , essentially yeah , so he had radioactive sperm essentially Well you know what , though ?
I guess that could be true , because during chemo I was told the same thing . There you go .
Okay , what like ? You shouldn't do that because you pass radiation to each other .
Yes Me , I would pass radiation .
Right , exactly , you're just proving the point . Yep , see , I would pass radiation . Right , exactly , you're just proving the point . See , that's what it is . It is Anakin's sperm that is causing Padme to be able to use the Force .
There you go , we got it .
You had a nuclear hooch ? Yeah , nuclear coochie Nucci , we'll call it Nucci . Yeah , I mean , she even said use cocks . Yeah , nuclear coochie Nucci , we'll call it Nucci .
Can we call it Nucci ? Yeah , I mean , she even said use cops , yeah .
So there you go . Nucci . Nuclear coochie , yeah , but so yeah , anakin is giving her the force . He's giving her the force , but he's giving her some force abilities . She's starting to develop force abilities because of his super midichlorian charged ejaculate . All right , moving on , um
¶ Discussion on Star Wars Space Battles
. Also a very cool part in in this episode bail or gone or not . This episode , but in the next one , um , cat and mouse with good old Admiral Trench , that motherfucker . But in that episode Bale sends a message to Kenobi and he says help us , general Kenobi , you're our only hope . Oh my God .
That was so sweet , that was very , that was nice , that was very nice . And then , like 20 years later , his adopted daughter , leia , says the same thing to that guy . I love Obi-Wan's story . Like if you just watch it from beginning to end , it's just so cool . And those are the dots that we're connecting now and that's what .
Oh , my God , with the thumbs down , louis . Everyone remember this . Everyone remember this . Louis does not like the Kenobi TV series .
I don't know why , and right now it doesn't matter , because we're going to get into it , but I promise you , okay that when we do get to it and you watch it again , having watched all of this , I'm telling you you're gonna , you're gonna think differently . You're gonna think differently .
I promise you , and if you don't , I'm gonna give you a thousand dollars really really okay but I'm so confident that you're gonna think but , but , but see this motherfucker be like . No , I still hate it .
Give me a thousand oh no , I wouldn't do that a dark room somewhere , right , sherry , would sherry be like ?
oh no , I hate this , motherfucker , give me my money , but then she's over there . This is the best shit ever , okay ? So , cat and mouse very cool episode , just a lot of fun . Um , nothing , uh nothing . Uh , really crazy about this one , except that it is technically the very first episode , chronologically , of the clone wars animated series .
So this episode actually , um , comes before the events of the clone wars movie . So this is like the so before , like , as as we see , anakin and obi-wan on christophsis , you know , ahsoka's not there yet , so she , they're gonna now , they're on the planet , they're gonna be fighting the battles .
And that's why , like , if you notice , like anakin , you know , and you , lauren was like well , I , you know , I guess we're gonna end up being a great team , you know , but it's like , well , why would he say that they , you know , up to this point , they've already served together for like a year and a half .
But no , it's , this is like again dave doing what dave does . So , um , there were some really cool , you know , world war ii submarine vibes with the stealth ship . That was pretty cool , that was really cool . I really like that , um , and the stealth ship pilots . I'm fucking the the dopest clone trooper helmets ever . I I love their whole costume .
Their whole uniform is just so badass . The crew members I don't know , they have the weird Leia Bun helmets and they're okay , but it was man , that pilot . That pilot was just dope . No wall of remembrance for any of these episodes , so that's good .
Thankfully , because they made a whole point of naming the new guy and I was like , oh fuck , don't give him .
Our name I haven't written down . I was like , is the rookie gonna die ?
welcome aboard box . You'll be sitting across from me so I can keep an eye on you . It's like , oh god , a fucking control panel's gonna blow . They're all four sparks RIP . But no , he made it . He made it to the very end . So there you go . So here's my .
I don't know if there's a whole lot to really talk about with this episode , unless you guys have some standout moments , anything that really stood out to you .
Well , just Anakin's flying abilities and his , I mean , they're excellent .
I , I can't and the clone troopers were just like . Well you know what , when you're with , when you're with general skywalker , long enough you'll realize he's always on the offensive well , because he was like I thought this was a diplomat .
What is it ? A mercy ?
mission , a mercy mission , a supply mission . He's like yeah no , not when General Skywalker's flying . I was like alright , so it was a fun episode . I really liked it . It was a lot of fun . My problem and please I'm going to pose this question to the group it was said that the Separatists had impenetrable defenses .
It was , it was just just a straight line of ships . I I , I don't understand this . One of my biggest gripes about star wars are the space battles . It's like we'll never get through that blockade . Well , you could go above it or below it . You go around the back side of the planet and come in that way .
I mean , it's like you're , you're operating in three dimensions of space sherry you'd brought up about . You know , it's like fleet battles of ships on the water you're right , listen , the big battleships do not have good maneuverability .
So if you're already in that path because you're going that way , it is a little hard to turn around . But they can just go down .
But there are cheeks in there , oh my God , the thing is you don't have engines facing that direction to be able to post yourself that way . You don't know what they have .
Oh my God , they don't show it what they show are engines going straight ? You don't know their life . They've got maneuvering thrusters . They can turn , they can go left and right , they can lift lazily to the left and the right , but why don't they ever go up and down ?
Because then you wouldn't have a movie . You're right , I know .
You've got to have the fight scene . This is a common thing . They do the same thing in Star Trek and all the other shows . In theory , there's no correct up or down either , so there's no reason why every time the ships are all facing the same vertical direction .
There's no reason why a ship shouldn't be coming in on an angle like this . I don't know , In Star Trek they do go upside down and stuff they .
I have seen that I mean they maneuver upside down , but anytime they're facing off , they're facing off face to face . It's not like you don't see right but they don't see the enterprise here and the klingon warbird here .
Well , no , no , that's just the orientation , that's the orientation of the ship , but they don't just like go straight at each other . When we see like the enterprise and a klingon battle cruiser fight , they're almost dog fighting , I mean , they're like they're doing some maneuvers and they're big .
Those are big , large class ships , so they're they're fucking doing some maneuvers , like if you watch , like there's , there's some really cool battle scenes during the last few seasons of Deep Space Nine . There's the battle of Wolf 359 against the Borg and there is no just straight wall of boats .
No , they're upside down . That's a different genre , I know I agree with that .
I'm just saying the orientation thing is another thing that shouldn't be a factor yet there always is .
You know , when we see an orientation correction I think that was in , was it the Phantom Menace ? It was when they're coming into Coruscant . When they come in , they're kind of like upside down and then they do rotate the . The ship , there it's . It's the big nubian ship , the big chrome ship .
So when they're . That's it . That's the opening scene of um it's not phantom menace uh attack of the attack of the clones , yeah , so that's .
And then they all turn to orient themselves to the planet . I think that's the only time we ever see that , if I'm not mistaken . I mean , maybe it's , maybe it's in an episode buried somewhere , but as far as like the films , I don't think we've ever seen an orientation change like that before but but for the most part this episode was fine .
I mean , it was fun it was fun , animal trench , super cool um , but it .
He was quite weird . I was like damn dude . But again Palpatine using some lackey to do his fucking job and guess what ? Now he's dead . Well , he's , Come on it , hit the bridge . I mean , I know he's a spider , but Jesus .
And he took it . He just closed his eyes . He was like you know what I fucked up .
I'm like I know he's a spider , but Jesus , and he took it .
He just closed his eyes .
He was like you know what I ?
fucked up , I'm going to eat his missiles .
I fucked up . That was the recognition look of ah , don't fuck .
What do you do ? At that point it's just like oh fuck .
No , I thought it was a good episode . It showed Anakin again in his glory because he is smart , he is so smart , he is so smart . He's a shithead , but he is smart . And obi , just all right , anakin . I mean , he did listen to obi-wan I guess , for a minute , I guess okay .
But then when he figured out they were bombing the , he oh , yeah , yeah he did pick himself over , of course , them bombing . You know innocent people . So right , that's when I like anakin he's . He's picking the good side , of course it's just unfortunately he does .
Sometimes he'll do the bad things for for the right reasons well , sometimes you have to do bad things for the good , and we know this in life .
But the Jedi aren't supposed to .
But that's the thing . If they were taught properly , they could do it and be balanced .
And I think that's why Obi-Wan is such a great character , because he is such a good counterpoint to Anakin , because both of them as we've seen now with with Obi-Wan , and why I love these episodes particularly we're seeing the capacity for love that Obi-Wan has in his heart .
Oh yeah , you know he's so , he's so into the Jedi philosophy that you think that well , he , you know he doesn't believe in attachment . He , he , you know he doesn't believe in attachment . He doesn't . You know he cares and he loves everyone .
But when we're seeing him actually in love , when he said those words had you said the word , I would have left the Jedi Order In that moment . We now see that he has the same capacity for love that Anakin has , but unfortunately for Anakin , he allows that love to consume him and pull him in different directions .
If anything , that love that Obi-Wan has , it really grounds him and it keeps him focused .
If Palpatine wasn't in the picture , obviously it wouldn't be Star Wars , but I think Anakin would have been able to balance it out . I think he would have helped balance the Jedi that you can have love , you can have a spouse , you can have children and still be a great master Jedi .
So if he didn't have that evil pulling him , yeah , cause that's what happened .
He's like oh your mom . I mean you remember he was like oh your poor mother . What the fuck dude , why'd you even bring that up ?
But Yoda , yoda and Mace , they play a big part , I think , if you're getting rid of people you got , if if we want to see the Scooby-Doo ending for Anakin um , he's just gotta go . Yeah , it's gotta be mace and Yoda and Palpatine . All three of them need to go , because mace I don't think mace , because mace knows how to use . No , no , no , it's not .
It's . It's mace's complete and total dedication to the jedi philosophy . Like he's , he is , like we saw , remember , like we saw in uh tales of the jedi . He is 100 by the book , mace is by the book I get what you're saying yeah , so it's he has . There is no latitude for mace windu you know who should lead ?
it is the dude with the four fucking wives hello ki-edi mundi obi-wan , kenobi , anakin skywalker and ahsoka tano .
There's your jedi order , there's a jedi count um .
He lived qui-gon yeah , that's what I'm saying . There was no , they would have lived . So qui-gon would teach them living force , how you can love and do what I mean .
Had Qui-Gon , had Qui-Gon lived , we wouldn't have . There would be no Darth Vader . No , I know . No , I don't , I don't know , maybe I don't know . What do you guys think ?
Had , qui-gon would have been able to feel it Because of the living force , because he was using tapping into a different side of the , the correct side .
Sure the balanced side . This is why it was Duel of the Fates when Qui-Gon lost . That was it .
All the dominoes were set .
Yeah , that's right , Louis . What do you think ?
I agree that first of all , I like that Duel of Fates thing . That's actually a really good comparison . Would there still be a Vader if Qui-Gon hadn't died ?
Like Palpatine is still there , everybody else is still there .
It's hard to know , because so the thing was up until Qui-Gon had died . There wasn't . Palpatine didn't have as much influence in the Senate yet right so the likelihood that Qui-Gon and Palpatine had even really interacted up until that point is low .
Okay .
¶ Qui-Gon's Impact on Anakin and Dooku
I get it . So could Qui-Gon have seen through Palpatine's shroud ? I don't think so , because Yoda couldn't see through it . And I think of Yoda as like if Yoda didn't sense it , everybody else was fucked .
He's the bar Right .
Right . So I don't know that he would have been able to , but maybe he would have been able to keep a closer eye on Anakin , because we have to remember too that , like one of the things that influenced Anakin to become Vader was his training from Obii-wan .
Um , he felt some kind of way towards obi-wan , you know , like in in episode two he says you know , it's all obi-wan's fault , he's holding me back . Yeah , like there was . There was some resentment because obi-wan was very by the book , right , like he wanted everything to be by the book .
Qui-Gon wasn't that way . The council was pushing Obi-Wan to be that way though . Right , right , but Qui-Gon would not be that way .
He just straight up would refuse to be that way .
I think Qui-Gon .
He was so had he been the one that trained Anakin , you know .
The other fact that we have to consider here is if Qui-Gon had survived . Do we know if Dooku finally transitions because Qui-Gon's death was a large part of Dooku's switching , like he was already on that path . But if Qui-Gon had survived that , I don't know he might survived . That I don't know .
He might not have .
I don't know that's a good one that's a great question , because Qui-Gon's Qui-Gon's death hit Dooku hard . I mean , like we saw in Tales of the Jedi , that that hit Dooku pretty hard and I think that was . I think Qui-Gon's death was the tipping point for Dooku , right ?
oh yeah it happened that day , and I think that was I think Qui-Gon's death was the tipping point for Dooku , right ?
Oh yeah , it happened that day . Yeah , it did yeah .
Because that's when he killed Yaddle , right ? Yeah , he killed Yaddle . What the day after Qui-Gon died ?
Day after , yeah , yeah , not long after , within 24 hours of Dooku learning of qui-gon's death yes um , that was so sad . Anyway , that was very sad . I yeah , that was , that was rough , but uh , all right , yeah . So a lot of , a lot of things , and I do I wonder if palpatine would have just eventually had qui-gon killed .
I think qui-gon would have died in eventually as palpatine was continuing to ascend .
Um , I do agree with you that that um qui-gon would have held a much tighter reign on anakin , so maybe he wouldn't have gotten so many private one-on-ones with palpatine , because he was forever hanging out in palpy's office , so you know , and so palpatine was able to , you know , manipulate him a little bit more . Qui-gon wouldn't have allowed that .
But I think Palpatine would have seen Qui-Gon as a roadblock .
A threat yeah .
And he would have had . He would have had .
Qui-Gon would have gone out eventually anyway . So I mean that's what happened anyway . But yeah , that's what happened anyway . But I don't know . All right , all . So I mean that's what happened anyway , but yeah , that's what happened anyway . But yeah , I don't know . All right , all right , so that's it . We're gonna wrap it up . This was good shit , I like .
I like the discussions , guys , I like the discussions . All right , so homework for next week watch episode seriously . Seriously . You know it's a podcast , right , you know it's a podcast . We're you're pulling out the vibe right now .
I feel like you need to be somewhere else when we do the podcast , somewhere with fewer like , because you're just surrounded by paints and miniatures and sometimes very distracting , down here it is and so , like I have to ask you so what do you think , daddy louie ? um , uh , I just agree with everything . Everything you guys say , I agree , yes .
And then you just get back to painting . Whatever it is , you're painting .
It all sounds great .
Sure , this is good stuff everybody .
You should ask me first .
Yeah , I'm going to have to . Next time we're going to have to go because , if I ask you anything else . So , daddy Lou , what do you think about this ? Yep , I agree , it's great . Next question and that's it . Hey , I next question and that's it .
Hey , I had some insights today , and I didn't even watch the episodes .
I know Sherry wanted to say that Sherry wanted to kick you off the episode this week . That's a fucking lie . I didn't say a word . He didn't watch it .
He didn't get to be on the show , sherry would not say that . I would , but to your face . So that's bullshit . Oh , you know me , louis , would I say it to you ? I would , but to your face . So that's bullshit . Oh , ouch you know , me .
Louie , would I say it to you ? Yeah , you would .
Right , so no , I did not say that oh , wait a minute , we're almost done , aren't we Listen ? I can't pick up your daughter 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 .
Yeah , I don't think we finished the daughter 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 .
Yeah , I don't think we finished the episode 17 , 18 , 19 .
Are we still ?
recording there's 22 . So in theory we could do three for next week and three for the following week and be done .
Yeah , we can do that .
Or we could do six and take a week off . No no .
No , don't think .
All right , well , well , let's do three , all right you 17 through 19 next week yeah all right , no arcs or anything that we're gonna like .
F up is there I think there might be one , but uh , it's fine , we'll be okay , all right . So episode 17 , 18 and 19 for next week is your homework . And again , think about , uh , how palpatine could be responsible for the events in this episode . Let's look at you , know what would , uh how is palpatine involved be responsible for the events in this episode ?
Let's look at you , know what would , uh , how is Palpatine involved ? Just as a little extra little fun side piece challenge for that . So , let's , let's do that . So , and of course , uh , listen to back episodes . If you haven't , and if , uh , whether you love us or hate us , tell your friends , tell your enemies to listen .
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So tony asked if we're abandoning the rating system . I forgot about it . Um , I don't know . Do we need it ? I mean , I don't know . I . Do we need it ? I mean , I don't know . I thought we did fine without it . What do you guys think . Do you like the rating ?
It doesn't matter to me . I mean , I think rating , I don't know this was good . I felt like this was good , yeah , because we were not just discussing .
I was just asking the question , that's all .
Yeah , no , I think , rather than just straight up talking about the episodes , like contained within the episodes , just seeing how dig into it a little bit more , right , right , the overarching themes and how each episode evolves as the seasons go on . You see , the it's more about the growth of the individual characters that we know and love , and right .
Less about the actual actions of right .
Cause we don't need to to review every episode . I don't know you watch it . You come up with your own , you like or you don't . I mean , come up with your own , your own review of it , but let's get to those underlying things I think and talk about those anyway .
So lying things I think and talk about those anyway .
So all right , but we're done talking this week . So thank you all for tuning in . We do appreciate you listening to us . If you've made it this far , it's like an hour in um . So thank you very , very much . You could have been doing anything else right now literally anything else , um , but we do appreciate you .
So if no one has anything else , anybody got anything else ? Louis , you got any painting coming up anywhere where people can watch it ? Nope , nothing nothing .
I got like two weeks left , so I'll paint it next week .
Man , and in a couple of weeks we're going to be in Bostween . Yep , Hang it out In your lair .
Somebody will be right there and somebody will be over there .
We're not going to do it up on the couch in the living room .
I guess you brought that up to the senate and then it was vetoed . No , I , I thought we were gonna do just the , the watch , the watching upstairs . Are we gonna do the recording upstairs too ?
I don't know I was thinking about we could record our reactions as we're watching the episodes right , but then when we do the actual show , yeah , we'll be downstairs right right no , I'm bringing cameras and stuff where I I thought we'd set up at the game table oh , we can do that too yeah , I got . I got cameras , mics , I got cords and cables .
All right , I have to go . Yes , yes , we have . Yeah , all right , so that's it , we're all done here . Star warriors , thank you so much again for joining us and remember , as always , if no one does anything nice for you , do something nice to yourself , and we're going to see y'all next week . Bye .
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