Master Control Podcast

Alexandra Nicolae, Tarek Madany Mamlouk

Master Control is a weekly podcast hosted by Tarek and Alex. They discuss everything from the latest tv shows, movies and video games. Whether you're a casual fan looking to stay up to date on your favorite genre or hardcore fanatic searching for in-depth analysis of the latest episode, this podcast is for you. read less

Obi Wan Kenobi - Part 6 - Obi The Butcher
Jul 5 2022
Obi Wan Kenobi - Part 6 - Obi The Butcher
Episode 6 of Obi-Wan Kenobi starts on Tatooine with Reva looking for Owen.  Meanwhile, Obi-Wan and the other rebels attempt to hold out from Vader and the star destroyer. Obi-Wan jumps on a drop-ship in order to pull Vader away from the refugees. Vader prepares his ship as he wants to face Obi-Wan alone on this planet. On the surface Obi-Wan and Vader fight. Obi-Wan buries Vader under some rocks But Vader escapes. Then Obi-Wan cracks Vader's helmet. “Anakin is gone. I am all that remains.” Vader says. Obi-Wan takes off, leaving Vader alone on the planet and the Star Destroyer lets him pass for some reason. Meanwhile, on Tatooine, Reva reaches Owen’s farm.  Reva chases after Luke. Obi-Wan heads down to Tatooine where Reva knocks out Luke and looks set to kill him. Before she does, she sees herself in Luke’s position and changes her mind, realizing she’s pure evil. Reva carries an unconscious Luke across to Owen while Obi-Wan is watching on.Meanwhile, Vader heads back to Mustafar and speaks to the Emperor about how he’s going to probe every system and find Obi-Wan. Obi-Wan decides that Owen and Beru are the only protection Luke needs and decides to walk away, after meeting Luke with his trademark “Hello there”. Obi-Wan takes off and notices Qui-Gon’s force ghost out in the desert. HighlightsAwesome lightsaber battlesQui-Gon is back! LowlightsWhy does the star destroyer let Obi-Wan pass?How can Obi-Wan catch up with Reva so fast?Why does Obi-Wan leave Anakin again partly dead after a fight, fully knowing that Anakin is dead and that Vader will spread terror and death throughout the galaxy?Why is Obi-Wan stopping to watch over Luke a day after an almost deadly assault?
Obi Wan Kenobi - Part 5 - Demoted by Double-Stabbing
Jun 18 2022
Obi Wan Kenobi - Part 5 - Demoted by Double-Stabbing
Highlights:Since his former Padawan Ahsoka Tano and Rey struggled to do so in The Clone Wars finale and The Rise of Skywalker, respectively, Vader dragging down the ship with the Force appears to showcase his might (and mimics a sequence from the 2008 video game The Force Unleashed). When the ship is discovered to be empty, it seems less spectacular. In reality, Vader appears to be an idiot (don't tell him I said that).Reva is revealed to be a Jedi youngling who survived Order 66, when clone soldiers turned on their Jedi comrades. Anakin seemed to knife her as he invaded the Jedi Temple, and she pretended to be dead amid the remains of the other youngsters to avoid detection. That's really terrifying, and it's likely what caused the "upsetting" scene warning that precedes the program.The Grand Inquisitor is shown to have survived being skewered by Reva – which will come as no surprise to anybody who has watched the CGI animated series Rebels, given it is set after this and he is the major villain in season 1 – and he indicates that his thirst for vengeance helped him survive. He was probably also thrown in a bacta tank, which usually helps.Lowlights:Despite this, Obi-Wan sees an opportunity in Reva's quest and surrenders, offering her the opportunity to kill Vader while he is preoccupied. However, it's all a ruse to allow Leia, Obi-Wan, and the refugees an opportunity to flee.Obi-Wan notices a number of lightsaber hilts in a box at the Path base, but none of them appear to belong to anybody we know.Following a botched assassination attempt on Vader, a gravely injured Reva notices Obi-lost Wan's commlink and hears a garbled message from Leia's foster father, Bail Organa (Jimmy Smits), that includes "learned of the children," "Tatooine," "Owen," and "the kid."