Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett

[Andrew NDB]

So yes, it is a separate show from The Mandalorian (for a while I thought "The Book of Boba Fett" spoke to the new story arc going forward, kind of how "The Child" has been the story arc of season 1 and 2... well, not so). But also, according to Favreau, season 3 of Mandalorian won't even start filming until they wrap on Boba Fett season 1.

https://www.cnet.com/google-amp/news/the-book-of-boba-fett-all-your-questions-answered/

https://deadline.com/2020/12/the-mandalorian-jon-favreau-reveals-details-of-the-book-of-boba-fett-1234660041/

[sdp]

I love these shows, they feel exactly like the same stupid EU stories we used to get from books/comics/video games and Boba Fett makes the most sense since he pretty much built a lot of the EU with his stories. This is the dumb fun Star Wars we used to get, not to be taken too seriously but cool nonetheless since it showed stuff George Lucas would've never allowed.

But it'll be weird having two "mandalorian" shows, the can be different enough but perhaps not to the average person? Then again that didn't stop all the CW DC shows. Im hoping we get some flashback Boba Fett stories set before ROTJ.

[IMJ]

I love these shows, they feel exactly like the same stupid EU stories we used to get from books/comics/video games and Boba Fett makes the most sense since he pretty much built a lot of the EU with his stories. This is the dumb fun Star Wars we used to get, not to be taken too seriously but cool nonetheless since it showed stuff George Lucas would've never allowed.

I'm dying to see the difference between the shows being helmed as Kennedy tries to get her mits into this with Leslie Hedland and the shows coming out of the Favs/Filoni camp.

[Andrew NDB]

I suspect something will happen in "The Book of Boba Fett" season 1 with Grogu to where he gets repositioned back with the Mandalorian in season 3. i.e., they'll find a way to rub some "Baby Yoda" magic on Boba Fett season 1 before returning him to where people are going to expect to see him by the end, which is with the Mandalorian. That might explain the wait for season 3.

[CyberCubed]

It's too bad they can't have Boba Fett meet Han again, unless you want to see a CG young Harrison Ford, or...even worse, using the actor who played Han in the Solo movie.

[IMJ]

It's too bad they can't have Boba Fett meet Han again, unless you want to see a CG young Harrison Ford, or...even worse, using the actor who played Han in the Solo movie.

Weren't you the primary naysayer to Luke Skywalker's return when we were contemplating that in the Mandalorian thread?! :lol:

How is Han any different?

[TigerClaw]

I hope this series will explain how Boba Fett got out of that sarlacc pit from Return Of The Jedi.

[Andrew NDB]

I hope this series will explain how Boba Fett got out of that sarlacc pit from Return Of The Jedi.

"The Book" aspect of it makes me think that yeah, probably. It may even go forward and backwards in time.

[TigerClaw]

"The Book" aspect of it makes me think that yeah, probably. It may even go forward and backwards in time.
It could be something where he meets up with some character and he or she says. "I thought you were dead." and then it flashbacks to when he got out of the sarlacc pit.

[Leo656]

The guy has a jetpack. How is it a mystery? :lol:

[Shark_Blade]

Meh, Jango is a lot cooler and have more screen time than Boba.

Boba died a silly death hitting the side of a ship mid flight and rolling to his death into a sand pit mouth.

I don’t see what’s so appealing about Boba, he failed at his job lol.

The new series might improve that.

[Andrew NDB]

The guy has a jetpack. How is it a mystery? :lol:

Since the other dude had his whole armor and jetpack, it doesn't seem that he used it.

Putting 2 and 2 together, it seems like he was digested for a little while (the scarring, damage to armor) and probably slipped out of his armor somehow to escape, leaving it behind to be found by the jawas. So... probably a lot like his escape story from Tales from Jabba Palace, I think it was.

[Leo656]

Eh, maybe.

I never really "needed" an elaborate explanation for it. I never paid much attention to the various EU stories of how he managed to escape. In my head I always just figured that like, two minutes after he fell in there, dude was like "F*ck this sh*t! I have a jetpack!" and just zoomed away off-camera.

That's really all they NEEDED to do. But if there's one thing you can always count on Star Wars for, it's to make simple sh*t complicated for no good reason. :lol:

[TigerClaw]

Eh, maybe.

I never really "needed" an elaborate explanation for it. I never paid much attention to the various EU stories of how he managed to escape. In my head I always just figured that like, two minutes after he fell in there, dude was like "F*ck this sh*t! I have a jetpack!" and just zoomed away off-camera.

That's really all they NEEDED to do. But if there's one thing you can always count on Star Wars for, it's to make simple sh*t complicated for no good reason. :lol:
Given how Mandalorians are able to get out of a sticky situations. Boba Fett will be out of that in no time. It happened off camera. They could just flashback moments after the barge scenes from ROTJ and show him flying right out of it.

[Andrew NDB]

They could just flashback moments after the barge scenes from ROTJ and show him flying right out of it.

And then he gets jumped by Jawas who take all of his armor and jetpack? Highly unlikely.

[Leo656]

That's what I mean, though. It didn't need to be A Whole Big Thing. They made it one, but it wasn't necessary.

Star Wars has this habit of making every mundane event into something worthy of its own movie or mini-series. But you don't always have to do that.

Go up to anyone who only knows Star Wars from the movies, and say "Hey! Did you know Boba Fett didn't actually die in the Sarlaac Pit? He actually got away! Now how d'ya suppose THAT happened?" And every single person would say, "Well... didn't he have a jet pack? I assume he just blasted himself out and went along his merry way." Because that's literally as complicated as something like that needs to be. :trazz:

But no. It's "Star Wars", so of course it has to be a Whole Big Thing. Meanwhile, they drop bombshells like Midichlorians and then never mention them again. Sh*t's bananas.

[sdp]

If Palpatine survived I don't think Boba needs an explanation, it's so easy to explain "he climbed out", also there's this book and I'm sure a comic explaining it.

I agree Jango was cooler but technically because of the prequels Boba is a better Jango. Jango exists since Lucas wanted to have Boba Fett have "more of a role" in the story. I hope we get a re-release of that Bounty Hunter Jango Fett PS2 game, so much fun.


https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/76/Talesofthebountyhunters.jpg/220px-Talesofthebountyhunters.jpg


Isn't it ironic how the old Legends "non-canon" EU has slowly become canon now, The Emperor was revived, cloned, Boba Fett Survived, Darth Maul survived and fought Obi Wan in Tattooine and more and more stuff from the EU is being introduced not in comics but in actual "shows" and movies. I'm hopeful writers will find a way to polish the Sequel Trilogy turd into something that makes a little sense, not asking for much, just make it a little bit better. Imagine if Star Wars had gotten the Sequel trilogy we were promised (https://miscrave.com/articles/promised-sequel-trilogy/).

[IMJ]

Since the other dude had his whole armor and jetpack, it doesn't seem that he used it.

Putting 2 and 2 together, it seems like he was digested for a little while (the scarring, damage to armor) and probably slipped out of his armor somehow to escape, leaving it behind to be found by the jawas. So... probably a lot like his escape story from Tales from Jabba Palace, I think it was.

The only crazy gap is that it seemed that the Crate Dragon from the Mandalorian is what ate the Sarlaac. So there's an order of events there that are a little off - did the Crate Dragon eat the Sarlaac and it allowed Boba Fett to escape? But if so - hasn't it been six years since Jedi? How did Boba Fett survive for six years? If he climbed out of the Sarlaac on his own, how did he lose his armor?

I hope we get a re-release of that Bounty Hunter Jango Fett PS2 game, so much fun.

We did! I actually have two physical, factory sealed copies of it for the PS4. It was a Limited Run Games physical release AND it was included digitally with some new PS4's that had Battlefront in them.

https://i.imgur.com/50cSaWdl.jpg

[Andrew NDB]

But if so - hasn't it been six years since Jedi? How did Boba Fett survive for six years? If he climbed out of the Sarlaac on his own, how did he lose his armor?

5 years. But the Marshall guy said he got Boba's armor from the Jawas like 5 years ago... so Boba couldn't have been in there very long at all.

[Leo656]

"Crate Dragon". :lol: It's Krayt Dragon! :trazz:

Also, Darth Revan and Bastila Shan or I completely don't give a sh*t. :trazz:

[AquaParade]

Anyone ever read Boba Fett: Twin Engines of Destruction? Pretty cool comic, I wouldn't mind seeing adapted, although they may have already used it as light inspiration for season 2.

Basically, someone is wearing a copy of Fett's armor and claiming to be him in order to acquire bounty work. Fett hunts him down. It works.

[IMJ]

"Crate Dragon". :lol: It's Krayt Dragon! :trazz:

Also, Darth Revan and Bastila Shan or I completely don't give a sh*t. :trazz:

My nerd cred just took a hit..... :)

[Autbot_Benz]

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[Andrew NDB]

Anyone ever read Boba Fett: Twin Engines of Destruction? Pretty cool comic, I wouldn't mind seeing adapted, although they may have already used it as light inspiration for season 2.

Basically, someone is wearing a copy of Fett's armor and claiming to be him in order to acquire bounty work. Fett hunts him down. It works.

Yeah, I took that AS a semi-adaptation of "Twin Engines of Destruction." I don't see them doing Boba Fett imposter a second time.

[Andrew NDB]

Not sure what to make of this:

https://www.darkhorizons.com/boba-fett-team-tease-big-surprises/

Sounds like... a big Star Wars supporting character shows up and hangs out? About the only character that would have the level of "Whoa!" factor they seem to be insinuating and be relevant to Boba Fett would be Han Solo. It's been a few years since "Solo" and now Alden Ehrenreich is right about the right age for a post-ROTJ Solo... might be him.

[sdp]

I'd rather have a deep faked Harrison Ford honestly but that's just me

[Mayhem]

Yes, I've read there's going to be a de-aged Han in the series somewhere, as Harrison has done some filming.

[Andrew NDB]

Imagine for a second. Boba Fett and Han, forced to awkwardly go on some adventure together. That could be gold.

[sdp]

Boba Fett should be one of those guys that any face reveal would be a disappointment based on all the pre face stories he had. Despite that Temuera Morrison always felt right in the role. This is also inspite of Jango Fett also acting as a jobber in Episode 2

[Autbot_Benz]

Decent first episode I enjoyed the flashback scenes Jawas are still assholes. Loved finally seeing Boba escape the Sarlacc pit. good present day stuff too.

[Andrew NDB]

Is it really only 30 minutes? I wasn't thinking this would be a Cobra Kai-sized series.

[Autbot_Benz]

Is it really only 30 minutes? I wasn't thinking this would be a Cobra Kai-sized series.

38 minutes is what it said on the screen before I played the episode didn't feel like that.

[AquaParade]

38 minutes is what it said on the screen before I played the episode didn't feel like that.

Don't these shows have really long credits sometimes? I know the MCU ones do.

I'm going in with low expectations. Boba Fett is easily my favorite Star Wars character, but his appearance in Mandalorian, nor that show in general, have really done much for me.

I want to think this show will be something different. So far the reviews seem pretty mixed on episode 1.

[TigerClaw]

38 minutes is what it said on the screen before I played the episode didn't feel like that.
38 minutes which includes the credits.

[Shark_Blade]

I never got the hype of Boba from RotJ; to me he’s always that useless bounty hunter who died so quickly. Weird that he has such a huge following.

Thanks to this new series (and even Mandalorian which had his armor worn by someone else) I’ve found a new appreciation for him. He actually survived and now rule the planet replacing Jabba. Props to Disney for making him interesting, I look forward to the next episodes.

[TigerClaw]

Fennec Shand was pretty bad ass in the first episode.

[neatoman]

I never got the hype of Boba from RotJ; to me he’s always that useless bounty hunter who died so quickly. Weird that he has such a huge following.

Thanks to this new series (and even Mandalorian which had his armor worn by someone else) I’ve found a new appreciation for him. He actually survived and now rule the planet replacing Jabba. Props to Disney for making him interesting, I look forward to the next episodes.

I think it's probably his appearances in the Marvel and Dark Horse comic books, along with other tie-in material, that made him popular. Which would be ironic now that none of that stuff is considered canon anymore. Even if it isn't the comics or other tie-ins that made him popular, he still looks really cool, so maybe that's enough? It might be the reason he was even given any attention in those comics to begin with.

Regardless, yes, Boba Fett in the Original Trilogy is a total nothing character. His only real contribution to the plot of those movies was tracking down the Falcon to Bespin so he could deliver Han to Jabba, he didn't do or say anything noteworthy beyond that. But again, standing around and looking cool might just be enough...

[Andrew NDB]

I think it's probably his appearances in the Marvel and Dark Horse comic books, along with other tie-in material, that made him popular. Which would be ironic now that none of that stuff is considered canon anymore. Even if it isn't the comics or other tie-ins that made him popular, he still looks really cool, so maybe that's enough? It might be the reason he was even given any attention in those comics to begin with.

Regardless, yes, Boba Fett in the Original Trilogy is a total nothing character. His only real contribution to the plot of those movies was tracking down the Falcon to Bespin so he could deliver Han to Jabba, he didn't do or say anything noteworthy beyond that. But again, standing around and looking cool might just be enough...

It's more the mystery, I think. "Who is he under that helmet?" And people were throwing fuel on the fire after Empire about, "Yoda said there is another! I bet it's Boba Fett! Boba Fett is a Jedi!" and so on. Or a relative of Han, or this or that.

[CyberCubed]

Watched the first episode, it's fine for what it is so far. Basically showing how Boba Fett escaped the pitt, then got taken prisoner by jawas/tusken raiders, etc. Also what's the name of the big monster with the 4 hands and looks like Motaro from Mortal Kombat? I've never seen that creature in Star Wars before and they're from Tatooine.

[neatoman]

It's more the mystery, I think. "Who is he under that helmet?" And people were throwing fuel on the fire after Empire about, "Yoda said there is another! I bet it's Boba Fett! Boba Fett is a Jedi!" and so on. Or a relative of Han, or this or that.

Which is funny because Boba essentially has no relationship to any other character in the Original Trilogy. Vader and Jabba hire him but there's no implication either of them had history with him, he just seemed to be a hired gun.

[sdp]

I loved Boba Fett the first time I saw him, it was definitely the armor, I had no idea he was a fan favorite with star wars geeks, when I first saw star wars I was a little kid when the special editions came out on theaters so I had no idea what star wars even was but I liked Boba Fett. I never cared who was under the helmet or backstories, I only wanted more adventures of him in it.

[Autbot_Benz]

Chapter 2 was amazing one of the best Episodes of anything Star Wars

[AquaParade]

I'm pretty lukewarm on the first two episodes, but that's how I felt about The Mandalorian pretty much the whole way through. I suppose I'm just captivated enough to hold on for more and see if it gets better. I have a very soft spot for Boba.

I think I'm always wanting Star Wars to be a little more of something it's not, which is my own problem. I feel like it has so many elements I love in terms of fantasy-storytelling, but everything just feels so...safe.

And this might be related or it might not be, but I really wish they'd utilize language-translators more, or even subtitles. It's funny how our suspension-of-disbelief works, right? Well, there's something about aliens speaking English that really rubs me the wrong way. Especially when they aren't even human. I can forgive the humans, but shouldn't aliens have different vocal chords? Wouldn't the atmosphere be more palpable if aliens on a distant world didn't speak like Ned Flanders or Steve Erwin?

And someone help me out with this - When it comes to the proxy who was sent by the mayor to meet with Boba Fett, was that just another really mediocre actor or was it the English language again taking me out of the scene? Probably both.

Maybe I should just stick to Dune.

[TigerClaw]

Episode 2 was pretty good

Then this dude shows up, And he looks so bad ass, Heard he's from the comics.


Black Krrsantan

https://decider.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/black-krrsantan-book-of-boba-fett.jpg?quality=80&strip=all&w=1200

[CyberCubed]

Second ep was a bit mixed. Making most of the ep about the Tusken Raiders is kinda dull, if only because they're just more generic aliens and were never anything more than sand people who attack people and scavenge things.

[Autbot_Benz]

Second ep was a bit mixed. Making most of the ep about the Tusken Raiders is kinda dull, if only because they're just more generic aliens and were never anything more than sand people who attack people and scavenge things.

no it wasn't it was interesting to learn more about the tuskens and how boba fett was accepted into their village and gained his new costume/weapon.

[Andrew NDB]

So in episode 3 he fights for water, animal rights, and... his pet?

Jeeze. I'm fairly sure we're headed toward a place where Boba Fett completely does a 180 and becomes savage and ruthless again and everything so far is meant to misdirect so as to amplify the "Whoa!" when that happens. But if not? Yeesh.

[AquaParade]

I couldn’t sleep so I binged a bunch of Disney plus stuff during night.

This episode was pretty weak, imo. They tried to give a sense of consequence, and there were a couple cool visuals, like Boba watching Jango take off in the Slave-1, but overall the tone just feels off. It wants to be a gangster/redemption story but everything feels a little goofy.

It’s also becoming clear that these series really don’t have the budgets of the movies, as was sort of implied. Some special effects look sort of cheap and lame. Not everything looks bad, but it’s just not consistent in quality.

I haven’t lost hope though. The setup still has some potential, and Boba Fett is still the sexiest bounty hunter in the universe.

[IMJ]

I'm pretty lukewarm on the first two episodes, but that's how I felt about The Mandalorian pretty much the whole way through. I suppose I'm just captivated enough to hold on for more and see if it gets better. I have a very soft spot for Boba.

I think I'm always wanting Star Wars to be a little more of something it's not, which is my own problem. I feel like it has so many elements I love in terms of fantasy-storytelling, but everything just feels so...safe.

And this might be related or it might not be, but I really wish they'd utilize language-translators more, or even subtitles. It's funny how our suspension-of-disbelief works, right? Well, there's something about aliens speaking English that really rubs me the wrong way. Especially when they aren't even human. I can forgive the humans, but shouldn't aliens have different vocal chords? Wouldn't the atmosphere be more palpable if aliens on a distant world didn't speak like Ned Flanders or Steve Erwin?

And someone help me out with this - When it comes to the proxy who was sent by the mayor to meet with Boba Fett, was that just another really mediocre actor or was it the English language again taking me out of the scene? Probably both.

Maybe I should just stick to Dune.

I think it's mediocre as well. This and Mando are better Star Wars content than maybe 99% of what Disney has pumped out so far, but honestly everything just feels like a CW show now. Space-kung-fu.

And honestly, turning Boba Fett into a... I dunno... noble hero-villain or whatever is lame. Anti-hero cliche.

I don't hate it by any means. I'll keep watching it. But as great as Dave Filoni has been for Star Wars, many of the Filoni-forumlaic ways are wearing thin.

[sdp]

So in Disney Star Wars people just were hoodies and regular clothes? And they ride mid 90s CG Futuristic hover bikes?
https://johnhockenberry.com/nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/boba_fett_review3_bikes.jpg

[TigerClaw]

So in Disney Star Wars people just were hoodies and regular clothes? And they ride mid 90s CG Futuristic hover bikes?
https://johnhockenberry.com/nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/boba_fett_review3_bikes.jpg
Why not, All the designs are supports to look retro, Star Wars took place a long time ago.

[CyberCubed]

Those young punk biker characters are ridiculously out of place.

[TigerClaw]

Maybe they were from Coruscant.

[ProphetofGanja]

This episode was pretty weak, imo. They tried to give a sense of consequence, and there were a couple cool visuals, like Boba watching Jango take off in the Slave-1, but overall the tone just feels off. It wants to be a gangster/redemption story but everything feels a little goofy.

this show is supremely goofy

[Andrew NDB]

I feel like Disney wants us to fall in love with them for a spinoff. I'm not taking the bait.

That main chick was great in the movie, "Prospect." Interestingly, also starring Pedro Pascal.

[AquaParade]

this show is supremely goofy

True.

My favorite moment came in episode 3 when Boba set the wookie free and he jogged off-screen.
I’m not saying he should have walked, but it just looked… bad.

[frank_one]

So in Disney Star Wars people just were hoodies and regular clothes? And they ride mid 90s CG Futuristic hover bikes?
https://johnhockenberry.com/nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/boba_fett_review3_bikes.jpgThis doesn't look like Star wars at all. Was the costume designer on vacation?

[Leo656]

People still care about Star Wars. :lol:

Every nerd on the internet is just a battered wife with a keyboard.

[IMJ]

People still care about Star Wars. :lol:

Every nerd on the internet is just a battered wife with a keyboard.

Dudebro you like My Little Pony. :lol:

;)

[Sumac]

People still care about Star Wars. :lol:

Every nerd on the internet is just a battered wife with a keyboard.
That is RICH!! Coming from a guy who acts like an angry shitflinging monkey every time, when someone desecrates name of "Superman". :lol::lol::lol:

[Leo656]

Dudebro you like My Little Pony. :lol:

;)

That franchise's last movie was better than Star Wars's last three movies. Whattya want me to do, lie? :lol:

[IMJ]

That franchise's last movie was better than Star Wars's last three movies. Whattya want me to do, lie? :lol:

It's probably true! I believe you....

[AquaParade]

Episode 4 consists of the real Boba Fett showing up and blasting this impersonator Fett from behind, followed by a badass one-liner (key word: one), that chuckles along with the audience. - “No security?”

The Fett we’ve been following is obviously a clone. A lesser cousin. A cheap impersonation.

[Andrew NDB]

Episode 4 consists of the real Boba Fett showing up and blasting this impersonator Fett from behind, followed by a badass one-liner (key word: one), that chuckles along with the audience. - “No security?”

The Fett we’ve been following is obviously a clone. A lesser cousin. A cheap impersonation.

I'm not sure if you're being sarcastic... but that'd kind of be perfect. Fett seemed perfectly competent in Empire. Then Jedi... not so much? Now we fix it, in 2022?

Highly doubtful, though. Why burn 3 episodes out of like 6 building up this guy with flashbacks to AotC for basically nothing. Though if they went that direction... with misdirection... that'd kind of be really clever.

[AquaParade]

I'm joking, but that is what I would like to see. I'd turn this whole thing on it's head.

It would be a "gotcha!" on the audience, but in a satisfying way - "Ha! We knew that wasn't Boba Fett! Boba Fett doesn't caress alien guard dogs after knocking them out!"
Plus, I like that the title character shows up four episodes in, fashionably late, in badass fashion.
Welcome to Boba's show, hope you've made yourselves comfortable.

For all I care, it was Boba that raided the Tuskan camp. He's been around the whole time.

As for I incorporating the RotJ version of Boba, I don't see why not, necessarily. Could have potential. Maybe they don't tell us outright. Having two versions of Boba floating around sort of brings back the mystery a bit.

[ProphetofGanja]

Damn this show really blows huh!

[Andrew NDB]

Damn this show really blows huh!

Nah. My only complaints so far are, "blinding white teeth," "too much mask off," "where's the Wookiee pelt? I bet it's gone because of SJW reasons" and "I think they're going to rename the ship something other than 'SLAVE I' because of SJW reasons." Other than that, I'm good. Now, if it turns out Boba's recent pacifism isn't for a purpose, being used as a misdirect, or otherwise heading for a big twist... then I'll retroactively have big problems. But I don't think so.

I'm joking, but that is what I would like to see. I'd turn this whole thing on it's head.

It would be a "gotcha!" on the audience, but in a satisfying way - "Ha! We knew that wasn't Boba Fett! Boba Fett doesn't caress alien guard dogs after knocking them out!"
Plus, I like that the title character shows up four episodes in, fashionably late, in badass fashion.
Welcome to Boba's show, hope you've made yourselves comfortable.

For all I care, it was Boba that raided the Tuskan camp. He's been around the whole time.

As for I incorporating the RotJ version of Boba, I don't see why not, necessarily. Could have potential. Maybe they don't tell us outright. Having two versions of Boba floating around sort of brings back the mystery a bit.

Huh. You might be onto something there. Boba having some kind of schizoid/Dr. Hyde thing going on could be a real possibility.

[CyberCubed]

Having watched the 4 eps so far the show is just "fine" but that's it. It's not great, it's not bad, it's just there. My problem is there's no real story, so each episode feels padded since it's just showing Boba try to become a crime lord and take over Jabba's territory. Nothing really happens for most of the episodes.

[sdp]

I've only watched clips of the star wars tv shows, they seem good but only because they're playing with our nostalgia. I'm not sure how "well" the shows will actually hold up. Many of the things I read reek of Disney Star Wars, it's just that there are other moments that are making up for it. I still feel most fans watching are on a "high" to try to not find flaws in it. Similarly to how Episode 7 is mostly disliked now but it was loved at one point.

[Autbot_Benz]

Episode 5 is a Mandalorian episode Boba isn't in it at all it was really good.

[Andrew NDB]

Yeah, it's totally Mandalorian S03E00.

[ProphetofGanja]

Episode 5 is a Mandalorian episode Boba isn't in it at all it was really good.

"Best episode so far, main character wasn't even in it." :LOL:

But for real, that was a much better episode than any of the previous.

Yeah, it's totally Mandalorian S03E00.

They really just used the whole episode as like a MCU post-credits scene-kinda teaser for The Mandalorian S3

And speaking of, when does that come out?

[Andrew NDB]

They really just used the whole episode as like a MCU post-credits scene-kinda teaser for The Mandalorian S3

Yeah. And it's kind of weird in that way, because it sounds like Mando is NOT sticking around on Tatooine. He says he basically has to go and visit Grogu... so he may not be back at all this season.

Part of me thinks a last minute save in the season's end by Mando + Grogu could be in the cards, but Mando going to visit Grogu would definitely be a storyline to be tackled in The Mandalorian itself. They wouldn't just have season 3 open with Grogu already back with Mando.

And speaking of, when does that come out?

It's still filming so sh**... maybe Christmas, if we're lucky. They've said 2022 but no way it comes any earlier than that.

[IMJ]

I think it's some of the most boring Star Wars I've seen in my life. It's not offensive like the Last Jedi or a confused woke-joke like the ROS, but I can barely sit through each episode.

The colored motorcycle gang in ep 3 was f'n awful. Trying to turn the Sandpeople into a sympathetic honor-society was woke $#!( for the Power Ranger-lifers. It was awful and uninspiring.

And as much as I was looking forward to Temuera Morrison doing something more with the character, he is - at least in this show - I mean I hate to say this but - he's a terrible actor. He speaks with this phony tough-guy cadence that doesn't sell it at all.

As much as I love watching Ming-Na Wen doing basically anything, I think her character sucks. It's like a parody of a Star Wars character and I can't stand CW'd "kung-fu Star Wars".

Also, I honestly, deeply and truly never want to see f'n Tatooine in Star Wars ever again. The planet sucks. It always has, Star Wars staple or not. I'll only suffer through it again for the Obi Wan show if I have to.

[Roseangelo]

I've really enjoyed the whole show, but yesterday's episode was especially amazing. Not just because of Mando, but as a prequel fan, the Episode I callouts were so great!

[Andrew NDB]

Skimmed over the new one. Yeesh. Some pretty cool stuff in this one but... no Boba again and only 1 episode left? Is that right?

[IMJ]

Skimmed over the new one. Yeesh. Some pretty cool stuff in this one but... no Boba again and only 1 episode left? Is that right?

The last one I saw was the return of the Mandarlorian and it was a great episode. But calling it a BOBF episode is a complete misrepresentation. It was literally TM S03E01.

[AquaParade]

Another good episode. A shame it didn't really feature Boba. What a strangely structured, slight mess of a series.

[Coola Yagami]

Star Wars and their stupid spin offs. Just leave it at the movies. At least the originals.

[Autbot_Benz]

Cad Bane showing up was ****ing awesome

[NinjaPug]

It's really strange that we're essentially getting the epilogue of Mando S2 or prologue of S3 wedged into the middle of this. Feels like they want to replicate the Clone Wars structure where we spend 2-4 episodes with a set of characters and the move to another set for a different story arc.

Love that we finally got live action Cad Bane.

[ProphetofGanja]

This show's greatest blessing was ditching their own storyline and just becoming The Mandalorian Season 3 prologue :lol:

I liked this episode, not as much as last week's but more than any of the others. But there's really only one episode left? I don't know who tf we'll see next week

Also, I feel like Grogu is gonna try to take both :lol:

[Sumac]

Is it time for "Grogu has two Dads" joke?

[IMJ]

This show's greatest blessing was ditching their own storyline and just becoming The Mandalorian Season 3 prologue :lol:

I liked this episode, not as much as last week's but more than any of the others. But there's really only one episode left? I don't know who tf we'll see next week

Also, I feel like Grogu is gonna try to take both :lol:

Ya the last two were great. And they weren't true Book of Boba Fett episodes.

[Andrew NDB]

I'm sure they'll dovetail into the finale somehow... but jeeze. They should've at least bothered to work in Boba Fett somehow in this latest episode. It'd be one thing if this was like a 10 or 13 episode season... but we're already almost out of runway.

[Jester]

Boba Fett is in it...for a bit between Mando going to see Grogu and Mando going to see Timmy Elephant.

[CyberCubed]

Star Wars and their stupid spin offs. Just leave it at the movies. At least the originals.

All these "spinoffs" have been better than the last 6 movies. So I don't see the problem.

[Andrew NDB]

Boba Fett is in it...for a bit between Mando going to see Grogu and Mando going to see Timmy Elephant.

Oh, OK. I watched it all the way through now. Definitely kind of a mic drop episode, bringing the Star Wars feels. Only one episode until Emilia Clarke returns with Crimson Dawn. And that better be a giant-sized episode to make up for this side thing.

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No way Olyphant's character is dead. He was only shot once and everyone immediately rushed to him to where you can't even tell if he's breathing or not. Maybe he'll be given droid parts now, or something.

[IMJ]

I thought it was pretty clear that he was shot in the shoulder.....

[ProphetofGanja]

Boba Fett is in it...for a bit between Mando going to see Grogu and Mando going to see Timmy Elephant.

wow I literally did not even notice him

All these "spinoffs" have been better than the last 6 movies. So I don't see the problem.

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Only one episode until Emilia Clarke returns with Crimson Dawn. And that better be a giant-sized episode to make up for this side thing.

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Wait does some of this tie-into Solo or something?

[CyberCubed]

It's kind of ironic seeing characters who started in the cartoons like Ahsoka, Cad Bane, etc. now fully realized with actors in real life. All the people who turned up their noses on Star Wars cartoons over the years are now realizing all these characters are important and canon.

[IMJ]

I love the Ahsoka episodes and I couldn't believe how well Cad Bane translated to the screen.

[AquaParade]

I love the Ahsoka episodes and I couldn't believe how well Cad Bane translated to the screen.

Cad Bane was cool. I'd never seen him before but had heard his name. Love that gravely voice.

Btw, I watched Midnight Meat Train. Hell of a suggestion. Good stuff.

[frank_one]

All the people who turned up their noses on Star Wars cartoons over the years are now realizing all these characters are important and canon.It's not those cartoon characters being MORE important, it's Star wars itself being LESS important now. I'm sure for a lot of people the last three movies are less important than the old cartoons.

[IMJ]

Cad Bane was cool. I'd never seen him before but had heard his name. Love that gravely voice.

Btw, I watched Midnight Meat Train. Hell of a suggestion. Good stuff.

Oh cool! Crazy movie.....

[Andrew NDB]

Wait does some of this tie-into Solo or something?

A ton of stuff is pointing towards Crimson Dawn being the true syndicate pulling the strings behind the scenes. With Darth Maul dead by this point in the timeline that means Emilia Clarke's Qi'ra would be in charge of it.

The guys with shields Boba fought in the first episodes, they were all dressed in red and black -- Crimson Dawn colors.

[frank_one]

What's the time span between this series and Solo? 20 years?

[Andrew NDB]

What's the time span between this series and Solo? 20 years?

Something like 18? Solo ended 10 years before IV and Boba Fett is 5 years after VI.

[ProphetofGanja]

A ton of stuff is pointing towards Crimson Dawn being the true syndicate pulling the strings behind the scenes. With Darth Maul dead by this point in the timeline that means Emilia Clarke's Qi'ra would be in charge of it.

The guys with shields Boba fought in the first episodes, they were all dressed in red and black -- Crimson Dawn colors.

Hmm ok. I never watched Solo or Rogue One for whatever reason. I think maybe after seeing Episode VIII I just couldn't be bothered to care, til The Mandalorian pulled me back in. I might check those out when I do a rewatch of all the movies this weekend; the last episode of BoBF got me missing those OG trilogy vibes.

[Mayhem]

Dick move by Luke though :lol:

(slightly spoiled by talk of Grogu and his lightsaber colour online, but that doesn't mean we already know his choice)

[IMJ]

Dick move by Luke though :lol:

(slightly spoiled by talk of Grogu and his lightsaber colour online, but that doesn't mean we already know his choice)

I'm getting the vibe that Grogu will take the chain mail and go back to Mando. Later on, in a few seasons he will go back to Luke to finish training after he realizes that he has to for some reason.

Narratively then, this gives him the armor to survive Kylo Ren's massacre while he is being trained by Luke.

But quite frankly I wish they use some of the "force backdoor Universe" stuff from Rebels to just erase the sequel trilogy.

But ignoring the narrative action, if this was real life? Yeah that was a totally unnecessary and ridiculous "choose them or me" moment from Luke :lol: In real life it should be "yeah your buddy dropped off some indestructible armor for you. This will make you an incredibly powerful fighter. You are lucky to have it".

[sdp]

No matter how much they try to fix things, no matter how cool this period between Episode 6/7 becomes, it'll suck because we still end up with Episode 7. And I don't even think they're doing a great job. I still feel they're using our own goodwill as fans and abusing of nostalgia to carry these shows.

Having all these prequel characters alive post ROTJ is also a bit weird, it's cool seeing them but explanations on what they were doing during the OT is just weird.

[Coola Yagami]

No matter how much they try to fix things, no matter how cool this period between Episode 6/7 becomes, it'll suck because we still end up with Episode 7. And I don't even think they're doing a great job. I still feel they're using our own goodwill as fans and abusing of nostalgia to carry these shows.

Having all these prequel characters alive post ROTJ is also a bit weird, it's cool seeing them but explanations on what they were doing during the OT is just weird.

They're just milking this **** for what it's worth. Shoulda just stayed as movies.

Kinds like the MCU, it should have stayed as the MCU. We didn't need shows based off the characters. Daredevil and such was fine cause they didn't get their own movies, but the actual movie characters? I don't want to watch a TV series to keep in track with what's going on in the movies.

Don't end Black Widow with lead-ins to TV shows. Stuff like Yelena going after Hawkeye should be saved for the next time Hawkeye is on screen. I shouldn't have to watch Wandavision to understand any references Wanda might bring up in the next Dr. Strange movie. Leave the movie stuff to the movie stuff. Like Agents of SHIELD, nothing they did affected the movies, the movies affected the show, so if you didn't care, you weren't forced to watch their show to understand what's happening in Civil War for example.

[sdp]

I don't trust Disney, they don't care about a vision, only to have a sanitized profitable product. They got lucky with the MCU having someone with a vision guiding things but Star Wars wasn't lucky. And even then MCU has become so sanitized over the years and it'll never be able to be more than that because of Disney's kid friendly reputation they need to cover.

TV shows definitely work for star wars and super heroes, in some ways by a lot since movies always need to up the stakes to keep audiences interest but with shows you can make smaller scale stories. I think the star wars shows are in a fine line between nostalgia and good content but it can very easily be tipped and they'll have nothing going for them like the sequels trilogy showed. It especially has it tough since they need to come up with explanations to make the sequel trilogy make more sense.

[CyberCubed]

I don't see the argument here when the whole Star Wars EU existed for like 30+ years already with comics, videogames, books, etc. which expanded the story beyond the original 3 movies.

So nowadays that TV show production has caught up to movies and they have the money to do it, it makes sense to do a lot of cartoons and live-action shows filling in the gaps. Hell that's why George Lucas made the Clone Wars cartoon which started way back in 2008 because he wanted to show how the whole Clone Wars actually played out that he didn't have time for in the movies.

[sdp]

Lucas worked on a live action tv show and they had like 100 episodes worth of scripts for "SWs Underworld" a show that was basically "done" and they were only waiting for effects to get cheaper for a tv budget to start doing it. A shame we'll never see that. He loved the SWs, the reason Clone Wars looked better than Rebels was because Lucas didn't care if he had to put his own money into it, he preferred the show to look better, Disney only cared to make it profitable.

The second Clone Wars cartoon is actually doesn't do a great job in showing how the Clone Wars happened, It's a cool show but I never understood how people praised it that it "fixed" the prequels, it doesn't really do much of that, it just tells cool stories that for the most part feel unrelated to the actual clone wars.

Now the Expanded Universe multimedia project of books/comics/video games that started when Episode II came out and finished before Episode III actually did great job in telling a "war" story over the course of those 3 years, it had a beginning, middle and felt more of a civil war than the CGi Clone Wars cartoon did.

[IMJ]

No matter how much they try to fix things, no matter how cool this period between Episode 6/7 becomes, it'll suck because we still end up with Episode 7. And I don't even think they're doing a great job. I still feel they're using our own goodwill as fans and abusing of nostalgia to carry these shows.

Having all these prequel characters alive post ROTJ is also a bit weird, it's cool seeing them but explanations on what they were doing during the OT is just weird.


I don't trust Disney, they don't care about a vision,

I get it, man. But I think the possibility to truly retcon and "sanitize" the awful sequel trilogy is there with that "backdoor universe" comment I made just above your post.

I don't remember the canon name for it, but they basically invented this possibility in the Star Wars Rebels show where Ezra fights Palpatine in some kind of wormhole dimension of the Force.

Filoni could literally use the concept as the dues ex machina for the entire sequel trilogy.

[AquaParade]

Wasn't impressed with the finale. Only episodes 5 and 6 did anything for me, which is a bummer, considering they don't star Fett, who is my favorite Star Wars character. Or at least he was.

This finale was the same flavor of mediocre as most of the season, but with all the leftover budget splurging everywhere, which could have been utilized better throughout the show. This was a return to the quality of episodes 1-4, but I suspect fans will be a tad more lenient on it, because off all the crap they throw at the screen.

[Andrew NDB]

Eh... what a disappointment. Kind of a waste. Really, no twist at all to Boba Fett: redeemed good guy with heart of gold for no reason at all? It really was just the Pike Syndicate and nobody higher the whole time, even though they've been bottom-level grunts in everything else and they're like the least exciting threat ever?

Very bizarre choices in this show, and what a weak, weak first season.

[IMJ]

Very bizarre choices in this show, and what a weak, weak first season.

From the get-go I looked at this show as a one-off spinoff that was filler for whatever reason for Mando Season 3.

So it's sort of off-putting to consider it a "first season" as opposed to a spin-off mini-series, you know? Like... Boba Fett didn't need an ongoing show in the first place and the Book of Boba Fett proved that maybe the character didn't need a show at all.

[AquaParade]

Overall, it feels like the show has de-valued the character, which is a shame. Hopefully they try to redeem him, in some sense, rather than toss him aside now. It has to be done the right way. Maybe in a more subtle way.

[Leo656]

Sounds like Disney still isn't being the least bit subtle about ruining everything anyone ever liked about Star Wars in favor of pushing their own characters.

Makes you wonder just how awful the Obi-Wan spinoff is gonna be.

[sdp]

Dave Filoni should totally be in charge of star wars, he is indeed the Kevin Feige of Star Wars. To be honest I don't care much for Dave Filoni's Star Wars, something about it just enver rubbed me the wrong way, but at least it's consistent.

Book of Boba Fett is kind of weird, The Mandalorian already took the look of Boba Fett and his attitude in other ways from the past so when he got a show it's underwhelming, then again Jango Fett was underwhelming, only the comics and books did Boba Fett justice. This also feels like part of The Mandalorian like a side season instead of a proper show, it doesn't feel like it works alone.

I think Obi Wan Kenobi should be a good show but man are they so uninspired when they come up with the titles to these shows and movies jeeze.