The Book Of Boba Fett (live action series) - a general discussion thread - * SPOILERS * — Page 4

This doesn’t really make me hyped at all to be honest, but then I’m not that excited for the future of Star Wars TV shows in general right now.

This is very intriguing. Do we think the show is pretty much all set on Tatooine, or will it only start there, then move elsewhere as the new Fett Corporation expands to fill the void left by Jabba’s demise?

Andor and The Acolyte I’m looking forward to for different reasons. The rest, not right now. I don’t want to be a downer and go into lots of detail though. Currently my enthusiasm for Star Wars is being carried by the High Republic project and the current comic runs which I’m really enjoying!

timdiggerm said:

This is very intriguing. Do we think the show is pretty much all set on Tatooine, or will it only start there, then move elsewhere as the new Fett Corporation expands to fill the void left by Jabba’s demise?

I’d bet it’ll move elsewhere - the trailer is deceptive, as it’s like the Mandalorian season 2 trailers in that it’s probably only footage from the first few episodes. In fact it’s feasible that everything in this teaser is from the first episode alone.

Huh! Jennifer Beals was in the BoBF trailer - playing a Twi’lek:-

https://deadline.com/2021/11/the-book-of-boba-fett-jennifer-beals-casting-disney-series-trailer-1234865816
 

fmalover said:

Does Jennifer Beals ever age? Same goes for Ming-Na When.

Both actresses are 57… there must have been something in the air that year. Ageless.

Looking forward to seeing both of them in TBoBF.
 

timdiggerm said:

Robert Rodriguez said:

Wait until you see what’s coming. It’s going to blow your mind. That’s all I can say. I can talk it up all I want, because I know it over-delivers. It way over-delivers. People are going to be so pumped when they see it.

This may be true, but surely this is also how he talks about every project?

No way the show can live up to that bar alone, him having said that gives me less confidence in BoBF

Thanks for sharing Rodney, didn’t know this and it may be helpful (although I’m not sure if it all applies in the UK or not…)

A new ‘tv spot’ for the BOBF…
 

‘Reign | The Book of Boba Fett | Disney+’:-

www.youtube.com/watch?v=crABxPcIzCU - a 30 second video at the official Star Wars youtube channel.

& https://twitter.com/bobafett/status/1464643772390641664 (official ‘The Book Of Boba Fett’ twitter account)
 

The way he says “I am Boba Fett” is eerily reminiscent of the same line in the Holiday Special.

Message | The Book of Boba Fett | Disney+
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCAlNWNbN5c - 30 second trailer from the official Star Wars YouTube channel.

Definitely fair to say flashbacks are confirmed for the series now. Previous teaser had Boba in his old black robes, latest one has him in a bacta tank. That’s making me excited. I know I’d previously said I wasn’t really hyped for the show but… I’m going back on that now. Natasha Liu Bordizzo being cast as Sabine somehow made me more hyped for the Ahsoka series as well.

Also, The Book of Boba Fett is confirmed to be 7 episodes by the Star Wars social media account. Strange that it’s an odd number and not like The Mandalorian’s 8 episodes, but I’m glad they can take as many (or few) as they need to tell the story.

RogueLeader said:

I also wonder if we’ll find out that Boba got amnesia after being rescued. This would explain why Boba waited so long to try and get his armor back. Maybe Fennec knew Boba from before and helped him remember who he is whenever he saved her.

This is a very good idea. It would explain a lot, but also sounds like a whole other story worth a series in itself. I have a feeling it won’t be explained and we’ll just have to accept the time gap. I think the occasional holes in the writing of The Mandalorian season 2 lead me to expect that.

I’m also guessing that shot of Boba in the bacta tank isn’t from when he was initially rescued from the Sarlacc, but it’s something that he does at the beginning of the season to explain why he no longer has the facial scarring like he did in Mando S2.

And this is a good point. Didn’t even occur to me. In that case I’d guess the bacta tank is in jabba’s palace perhaps, and it’s the first time since the sarlacc pit he’s had access to good enough medical facilities.

Rodney-2187 said:

The krayt dragon in S2E1 of The Mandalorian was living in an abandoned sarlacc pit. Din Djarin hypothesized that it may have eaten the sarlacc and move into its pit. Is this the same sarlacc Boba was in?

But wasn’t that sarlacc pit in a cave, rather than a hole in the ground? Surely it can’t be the same location. I honestly think the best explanation might be that Boba had more gear than your average sarlacc victim and was able to claw his way out. The sarlacc likely died when Jabba’s sail barge exploded anyway.

Explaining how Boba parted ways with his armour might be more difficult. I can guess they might just not explain it, and we’d just have to accept that somehow Boba and his armour were separated for the sake of story convenience. But a cool explanation might be: after he escapes the sarlacc, he wanders (jetback is presumably broken) in search of life without food or water, and like Cobb Vanth, he is found unconscious by Jawas. Although the Jawas rescue Cobb Vanth when they later find him, Boba Fett’s villainous reputation comes back to bite him as the Jawas recognise him and instead choose to steal his armour and leave him for dead. I like that idea and it would really humiliate Boba, a big part of his ‘fall from grace’ that leads to him being a more honourable man in The Mandalorian.

Rodney-2187 said:

Doesn’t the sarlacc also keep its victims alive inside? I wonder how long he was in there. Cob Vanth had his armor for a while. Maybe Boba hadn’t been free all that long and is just now going about setting this right.

That’s a really interesting, not to mention disturbing, idea that I don’t think I’ve ever heard theorized before. Theoretically someone should be able to survive months, maybe even years or centuries, inside a Sarlacc before they’re too far gone to come back out. It might be a bit too grim for Disney SW, but I do like the idea that he spent some time tortured inside the Sarlacc, giving him plenty of time to reconsider his life. Maybe he got amnesia or temporarily lost his mind like Maul did? Either of these ideas could explain why it took him about 5 years to go looking for his armour.