Alien diplomats! A monotone Queen! Space wizards! Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace has it all. Brian and Van slog their way through a trade dispute as they cover the first half of the 1999 hit movie, infatuated with Nute Gunray the whole time. Van lectures Brian on things like the Cosmic Force vs the Living Force, Qui-Gon Jinn being a 'gray' Jedi, and Darth Maul's original voice. It all culminates in a somehow wackier version of Wacky Races where we're introduced to heartthrob competitors and an alligator clad in leather