Absolutely. So now people who just watch Mando are going to be totally confused when Grogu is with Mando again at the beginning of Season 3, and if they want to understand it they’re forced to watch this messy and awkward series.
Not only that, but having Grogu be back with Din so quickly totally deflates the emotional ending of Season 2. I expected Mando to have at least half a season, or even a whole season, without Grogu.
I did enjoy most of Mando Season 2, but knowing Season 3 is just gonna start this way, like the Season 2 finale didn’t even happen, honestly takes away a bit of my excitement. Yeah, Robert Rodriquez is responsible for the awkward direction, but Jon Favreau wrote this too. Were they really afraid to go more than a few episodes with Din and Grogu apart?
Regarding Cad Bane, I think they should’ve had Boba kill him back in the Clone Wars like the plan was. Boba killing Cad Bane to cement his place as the next great bounty hunter makes so much sense. Too much sense, apparently, for Lucasfilm. Instead, Cad Bane lives to show up briefly in the Bad Batch, and briefly in the Book of Boba Fett. At least Boba Fett killed him, but they’re both old men at this point, so, why now? What was the point of keeping him around all of these years? He was cool to see in live action, but even the relationship they reference in the finale makes no sense because most audiences never even saw it.
Anyway, there were some nice little moments throughout the series, but I honestly feel like they really messed up with the series. Boba Fett has arguably been one of the top 5 coolest Star Wars characters for the past four decades (overrated or not), and he’s literally a blank slate almost. Yet, they still somehow managed to make THE BOOK OF BOBA FETT, severally underwhelming.
This is definitely doom and gloom, but I think I need to to accept that Star Wars is generally mediocre, and it seems greater because of the few exceptions to that rule. It’s like a franchise that eats its own tail, and it’s doomed to be self-sabotaged by the pedestal people have put it on.
9/10
Just kidding. It was fine, just a lot worse than I expected it to be. Hopefully Kenobi proves my rant wrong.