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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