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...ions-answered/

https://deadline.com/2020/12/the-man...tt-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]

Originally Posted by 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.

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]

Originally Posted by 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.

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

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]

Originally Posted by TigerClaw

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]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

"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?

[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]

Originally Posted by Leo656

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

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.

[TigerClaw]

Originally Posted by 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.

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]

Originally Posted by TigerClaw

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.

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.





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.

[IMJ]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

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?

Originally Posted by sdp

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.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by IMJ

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". It's Krayt Dragon!

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