In this episode of Retcon Air, Devon and Shelby break down Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.

Table of Contents

Intro: 

     - The Amory: 1:48

Shelby is reading Ramses the Damned, written by Anne Rice 2:02

Devon thinks Shelby should play Assassins Creed Origins because of its Egyptian location. 2:30

Devon just beat The Last of Us Part II 4:13

A second episode in a row, talking about the ridiculous toxic online community 7:00

     - Writers Room: 8:44

     - Deep Impact: 10:20

- Top Positive Review: 10:35

- Top Negative Review: 11:20

- What did Shelby think of Episode I 12:10

- What did Shelby’s dad think of the Prequels? 12:30
- What did Devon think of  Episode I 14:48

     - There and Back Again: 17:20

     - Synopsis 17:51

     - Chapter One:  A long time, in a galaxy far far away…18:25

- Enter Qui-Gon Jin and Obi-Wan Kenobi 19:45

- So many hooded figures and holograms 20:47

- Those sweet ass rolly droids 21:40

- Palpatine starts messing around 22:00

- Devon does his best Gungan impression 24:00

-  In Defense of Jar Jar binks 24:50

- The trip through the Planet Cooooorrreeeee 27:40

- The escape from the Trade Federation 29:00

- What the Jedi Order was supposed to look like 30:12

     - Chapter Two: The Boy on Tatooine  33:01

- Devon can’t remember how to say Mos Espa - 33:04

- Well, hello there Anaiken 33:40

- Why was Qui-Gon so quick to believe Anaiken was the Chosen one? 34:50

- What’d we think about Darth Maul and Qui-Gon? 

- The similarities between Darth Maul and Warmonger 

- Maul vs Jin: Round One 

     - Chapter Three: The Jedi’s Weird Ass Rules 40:48

- Qui-Gon requests to train Anaikin 41:00

- The Jedi could have prevented everything right there 41:42

- What do the Jedi Trials look like? 46:00

-  Did Qui-Gon push Obi-Wan out too early at the sacrifice of his Padawan? 46:35

     - Chapter Four: The 60 year War 48:07

- Why on earth would you put a child in a fighter jet? 49:10

- The Duel of the Fates 50:00

- The fall of Qui-Gon Jin 50:50

- Devon hates the Jedi Braid 52:36

 

     - If We Could Retcon Star Wars Episode One: The Phantom Menace 

Community Retcon!!

• Resounding feedback from the community 53:35

• Ric Nimrod (which, great name), knows how to fix Jar Jar Binks - 53:16

• Jonathon Brothers wrote in and said something really cool about the Emperor 55:16
• Josh Jones writes that he wishes Darth Maul and Qui Gon didn’t die 57:00
• Patrick Lepine wishes the actors had better direction 59:33

    - What would Shelby Retcon? 1:02:02
    - What would Devon Retcon? 1:06:54

Closing: 1:10:57