Qui-Gon Jinn and Anakin Skywalker put their plan to enter the Boonta Eve Podrace and Qui-Gon explores Anakin’s origins with Shmi in this segment from The Phantom Menace.

Greg McLaughlin from The Rebel Base Card Podcast joins us for this discussion.

The segment of the film we discuss runs from 44:14 to 55:02..

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

• Greg’s first experiences with this movie, his favorite scenes, and favorite characters,
• The deal that Qui-Gon makes with Watto to get Anakin into the Boonta Eve Podrace and some of the ethics around Qui-Gon’s actions,
• The conversation between Qui-Gon and Shmi Skywalker about where Anakin came from, his personality, and his abilities,
• Anakin’s friends and preparing his pod for the big race,
• Darth Maul’s arrival on Tatooine,
• The introduction of the concept of midi-chlorians, and
• Qui-Gon’s bet with Watto before the podrace begins.

Check out the prior entry in this series in episode 717.

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