:28:01
I mean, that's what life is:
a series of down endings.
:28:04
All Jedi had was a bunch of Muppets.
:28:07
There was something else
going on in Jedi.
I never noticed it 'til today.
:28:10
- They build another Death Star, right ?
- Yeah.
:28:12
The first one
was completed and fully operational
before the rebels destroyed it.
:28:15
Luke blew it up.
Give credit where credit's due.
:28:18
- The second one was still
being built when they blew it up.
- Compliments of Lando Calrissian.
:28:21
Something just never sat right with me
that second time around.
:28:24
I could never put my finger on it,
but something just wasn't right.
:28:27
- And you figured it out.
- The first Death Star
was manned by the lmperial Army.
:28:30
The only people on board were Storm
Troopers, dignitaries, lmperialists.
:28:34
- Basically.
- So when they blew it up, no problem.
Evil's punished.
:28:38
- And the second time around ?
- it wasn't even done being built yet.
:28:41
- it was still under construction.
- So ?
:28:43
A construction job
of that magnitude would require...
:28:46
a lot more manpower
than the lmperial Army had to offer.
:28:49
I'll bet they brought independent
contractors in on that thing.
:28:51
- Plumbers, aluminum siders, roofers--
- Not just lmperialists.
:28:54
- Is that what you're getting at ?
- Exactly.
:28:57
To get it built quickly and quietly,
they'd hire anybody
that could do the job.
:28:59
You think the average Storm Trooper
knows how to install a toilet main ?
:29:02
- All they know is killing.
- So they bring in
independent contractors.
:29:06
- Why are you so upset ?
- Those innocent contractors
brought in are killed,
:29:11
casualties of a war
they had nothing to do with.
:29:14
Look, you're a roofer. Some juicy
government contract comes your way.
:29:18
You got a wife and kids,
the two-story in suburbia.
:29:21
This is a government contract
which means all sorts of benefits.
:29:24
Along come these left-wing militants
who blast everything...
:29:26
within a three-mile radius
with their lasers.
:29:28
You didn't ask for that;
you had no personal politics.
:29:30
- You're just trying
to scrape out a living.
- l don't mean to interrupt,
:29:33
- but what are you talking about ?
- The ending of Return Of The Jedi.
:29:36
My friend is trying to convince me
that independent contractors
working on the Death Star...
:29:41
were innocent victims
when it was destroyed by the rebels.
:29:43
I'm a contractor myself.
I'm a roofer.
:29:46
""Done And Ready Home improvements.""
:29:48
Speaking as a roofer, l can tell you
a roofer's personal politics...
:29:51
- comes into play heavily
when choosing jobs.
- Like when ?
:29:54
Three weeks ago, l was offered a job
up in the hills. Beautiful house.
:29:58
Tons of property.
A simple re-shingling job.