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The Book Of Boba Fett (live action series) - a general discussion thread - * SPOILERS * — Page 24

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rocknroll41 said:

I gotta say: I’m really starting to hate the spice arc in the boba show. It rips off dune, for starters (which starwars already does too much as is). Also it makes Tattooine more important than it should be. What made Tattooine cool before is that it was a backwater world. The biggest thing tho is that why would boba, a crime lord, want to stop CRIME?

I’ve been saying this since they announced the show. If Boba Fett is going to be a crime lord, how can he be the protagonist of a show? The protagonist is supposed to be someone the audience can root for. If he’s a crime lord, supposedly he’d be committing crimes, ie doing cruel and unethical things for profit.

It’s like Disney wants to have their cake and eat it, too, without understanding the consequences of what they’re doing. They know people like Boba, so they gave him his own show. They also know people like the idea of Boba being a badass outlaw, but the two ideas are mutually exclusive. So we end up with this awkward show where Boba Fett is a crime lord who is also somehow honorable and noble, and doesn’t seem interested in committing any crimes other than collecting tribute from casinos. He also seeks help from Cob Vanth, an officer of the law, so he’s apparently a crime lord who also requests help from the authorities.

They could have side stepped this entire problem if they just kept him as a bounty hunter who is now working for the new republic, bringing in the galaxy’s worst criminals. That way he can be a likeable protagonist who is also a morally grey badass.

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Cthulhunicron said:

rocknroll41 said:

I gotta say: I’m really starting to hate the spice arc in the boba show. It rips off dune, for starters (which starwars already does too much as is). Also it makes Tattooine more important than it should be. What made Tattooine cool before is that it was a backwater world. The biggest thing tho is that why would boba, a crime lord, want to stop CRIME?

I’ve been saying this since they announced the show. If Boba Fett is going to be a crime lord, how can he be the protagonist of a show? The protagonist is supposed to be someone the audience can root for. If he’s a crime lord, supposedly he’d be committing crimes, ie doing cruel and unethical things for profit.

It’s like Disney wants to have their cake and eat it, too, without understanding the consequences of what they’re doing. They know people like Boba, so they gave him his own show. They also know people like the idea of Boba being a badass outlaw, but the two ideas are mutually exclusive. So we end up with this awkward show where Boba Fett is a crime lord who is also somehow honorable and noble, and doesn’t seem interested in committing any crimes other than collecting tribute from casinos. He also seeks help from Cob Vanth, an officer of the law, so he’s apparently a crime lord who also requests help from the authorities.

They could have side stepped this entire problem if they just kept him as a bounty hunter who is now working for the new republic, bringing in the galaxy’s worst criminals. That way he can be a likeable protagonist who is also a morally grey badass.

I think there have been plenty of instances of likable bad guys that they have built a story around. Sopranos for instance. But his change come via the Tusken Raiders and his time with them. That is pretty clear. Plus he has lost his armor.

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RogueLeader said:

A lot of my opinions have already been reflected in previous posts, but I’ll share a critique and a compliment.

I know it is a cliché, but I think Boba’s character change could’ve been better explained, and been interesting, if he got amnesia while he was in the Sarlacc. I know Legends had this idea that sarlaccs could assimilate the thoughts and memories of their victims, so there could’ve been a lore explanation to it. So when he wakes up in the desert, without his armor, he has no idea who he is or how he really got there. Then he begins living with the Tuskens and the story could play out similarly.

But when he saves Fennec, she recognizes him and reveals him who he is. This would give us an opportunity to have flashbacks of Boba Fett in his prime hunting days, which we’ve actually never seen in live action if you think about it. Boba really doesn’t do much in the OT, so it could’ve been a good opportunity to see where Boba got his reputation as a “cold-blooded killer”, and the greatest bounty hunter in the galaxy.

And more importantly to the narrative, we can see how Boba reacts to the contrast of who he used to be and who he is now, and see how he integrates his new life with his old one.

But I do think the story works well as-is, but I think it would’ve helped if we got a better understanding of who he was before he fell into the pit to understand how the desert really changed him.

On a positive note, I’ve liked some of the direction in the past two episodes. Bryce Dallas Howard did a great job with the last episode, and the long take in the lounge on ringworld made me raise up in my seat. Seeing more creative direction in Star Wars is exactly what I want to see. Because right now, I feel like we’re getting some good Star Wars television, but does it really stand on its own as good television?

I also enjoyed the Cobb Vanth and Cad Bane duel. I appreciate how Filoni stretched it out, allowing their to be these awkward pauses between their replies to build up tension. As well as the direction with the eyes, showing the Deputy’s nervousness and Cobb’s concern for his Deputy, which made him vulnerable to Cad’s quick draw. It reminded me a lot of how Filoni did Maul and Obi-Wan’s duel in Rebels. It’s clear character through action.

Star Wars television so far has felt pretty experimental in a few different ways (like some of the big narrative choices this season), but I hope they keep pushing projects to take more risks and not be afraid to stray off the path of the formula.

I love your idea. That plus a couple extra episodes to better build the current conflict and make it feel more tense. Plus I feel that if anyone is watching this who did not watch The Mandalorian, they are missing the entire arc of how Boba got his armor back. I love what they are doing, but it could have been better and you have nailed the biggest issue.

Though I do think the series made it clear that Boba is suffering from Sarlacc stomach acid burns. That plus laying in the sun after the Jawas stole his armor could explain why he can’t remember how he got out or where his armor is. It is kind of like George’s PT story telling, the clues are there, but it needs to be a bit more explicit for most people to get it on the first viewing.

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rocknroll41 said:

I gotta say: I’m really starting to hate the spice arc in the boba show. It rips off dune, for starters (which starwars already does too much as is). Also it makes Tattooine more important than it should be. What made Tattooine cool before is that it was a backwater world. The biggest thing tho is that why would boba, a crime lord, want to stop CRIME?

Arrakis may be a barren desert planet, but it’s made explicitly clear why it’s so important to the Imperium from the get-go. Tatooine on the other hand, has absolutely nothing of importance yet the people in charge of the storytelling are weirdly fixated on Tatooine.

A few online articles have been popping up criticising the writers’ insistence on revisiting Tatooine, as it makes SW very small despite its setting being an entire galaxy.

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Cthulhunicron said:

rocknroll41 said:

They could have side stepped this entire problem if they just kept him as a bounty hunter who is now working for the new republic, bringing in the galaxy’s worst criminals. That way he can be a likeable protagonist who is also a morally grey badass.

I love this idea. Boba Fett would essentially be doing the New Republic’s dirty work, venturing into places deemed too dangerous for Republic patrols.

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I would have settled for a revenge story. But so far I’m confused what he’s doing, or why Bib Fortuna… betrayed him somehow?

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fmalover said:

rocknroll41 said:

…What made Tattooine cool before is that it was a backwater world. The biggest thing tho is that why would boba, a crime lord, want to stop CRIME?

…A few online articles have been popping up criticising the writers’ insistence on revisiting Tatooine, as it makes SW very small despite its setting being an entire galaxy.

Agree on those points it does kinda cheapen the whole idea of a simple backwater world, but still enjoying the show as a whole at the mo.

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I suspect Boba is fine with the spice trade on Tatooine when it’s run by Tatooiners, with the citizens of Tatooine benefiting. The Pyke Syndicate moving into Tatooine and taking everything over does not meet that standard.

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Yeah, maybe a fan editor could work with an amnesia angle. I’d have to watch it again to see how it might could work.

I think Boba’s relationship with the Tuskens at least gives us a character reason for having yet another story on Tatooine. I feel like if the Tuskens don’t play a role in the finale, that angle might not work as well though. At first I thought he was wanted to control Tatooine because the Tuskens were outcasts on their own planet, and he wanted to change things.

But I do agree with the spice thing. If Boba isn’t going to continue the spice trade on Tatooine, I feel like he shouldn’t be saying, “I’m the crime lord now”. Sure, you have characters like Vito Corleone who didn’t want to run drugs, but like Cthulhunicron said, it’s weird that they want to make Boba a “crime lord” and a good guy.

I would say a potential edit could cut lines that imply that, and instead emphasize him wanting to simply rule Tatooine. Boba was reborn amongst the sand people. They are his people, they saved him and gave him purpose, and now he wants to make a better life for them.

But like I said, if the Tuskens don’t play a role in the finale that theme might be a little muddy. It does seem like he simply doesn’t want to be the one taking orders anymore. This angle seems to be more in line with him wanting to be crime lord. Obviously both things can be true, but I think this muddiness is what contributing to what people see as somewhat unclear motivations.

And the dual motivations might be intentional. For example, he sort of abandoned his old persona when he went on his Tusken walkabout. But then after his tribe were killed, he reclaimed his old identity (his old armor and ship). I just can’t tell how much of this ambiguity is intentional storytelling, or simply just weak screenwriting. And I think this goes back to what I said awhile back, that the show feels like good Star Wars television, but arguably not great television in general.

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Some very good points as usual from others around here. Well the 6th episode had some neat moments along the way, but it was yet another mixed bag for me overall.

The ‘cliffhanger’ that this penultimate episode ended on - ‘Grogu’ having to CHOOSE between learning to be a Jedi or rejoining Mando - is going to be the most important indication of how season 3 of THE MANDALORIAN is going to turn out. If ‘Grogu’ decides to stay with Luke, then Mando will be freed up to have adventures on his own without having to worry about having the child around anymore. Perhaps he could end up more like a ‘lone wolf’ kind of character, or perhaps end up with some other form of sidekick partner eventually? Either way, the show might feel refreshed somewhat if it goes down this route.

Additionally. we wouldn’t need to see ‘Grogu’ (or ‘deepfake’ Luke) again if he chooses this option. and the implication would be that ‘Grogu’ MIGHT be one of the students that were eventually massacred by Kylo and his followers in THE LAST JEDI movie… And seeing as Luke is portrayed as being dogmatic about the established Jedi ‘rules’ of ‘attachments’ in this latest episode, it adds weight to him beating himself up so much when we see him in that movie - adding to the impression that when he rails against the dogma of the Jedi order to Rey, he’s actually railing against himself and his own dogmatic ‘teaching’ failures too, and has understandably been brought low and cynical by the deaths it resulted in. Despite disliking the direction that the Sequel Trilogy storyline took with Luke and other characters, there’s a part of me that wishes that Disney and co. would go down this ‘dark’ route, and retire the cutesy character of ‘Grogu’ altogether at this point, to allow for this possible scenario to tie-in with THE LAST JEDI’s ‘training temple’ outcome. Hell, they were content enough to kill off ALL three of our main heroes from the Original Trilogy after all, so why not?

But the kids needn’t worry, as the chances of that happening are ZILCH…because there’s ongoing ‘Grogu’ merchandising to consider, no doubt…and a ‘starfighter’ toy with little Mando and ‘Grogu’ figures in it WOULD look pretty neat I suppose… 😉

During the previous episode, the mechanic Peli Motto made a point of saying that she had ‘hollowed out’ the space where an ‘astromech droid’ would normally fit on Mando’s ‘starfighter’…so as sure as ‘Grogu’ is green, I’m gonna guess that he WON’T end up wanting to be a Jedi after all…and that we will see him merrily whizzing around with Mando once again, come that show’s next season…

I just felt sad for the little guy for being made to ‘choose’ one or the other in the first place…as you just know that he desperately wanted a shot of that little lightsaber!

Anyway, the final episode is also going to determine how good an ending THE BOOK OF BOBA FETT show is getting, and I don’t mind admitting that I’m kinda nervous seeing as it’s another one by Robert Rodriquez! Hopefully he (and the writers) have come up with something better than his 2 previous episodes - the ‘MOD gang’ has been very muted since their initial appearance thankfully, and I just hope he doesn’t go overboard with any involvement they may have in this last episode. Someone on another site wished the youths had been given a more grungy, ‘Mad Max’-look to them and their bikes overall, rather than looking like something from a trendy ‘Coruscant’ fashion show…and I agree.

So we’ll soon find out if this particular show goes out on a high or not…but either way. I reckon that THE MANDALORIAN show in general is now inextricably linked with this one, and that fans of Mando and ‘Grogu’ really need to watch BOTH shows to understand things better - especially if Mando and a ‘chainmail’-wearing ‘Grogu’ start off their next season adventures in the ‘starfighter’. Still, anything could happen in the finale of THE BOOK OF BOBA FETT, so I’ll be watching with interest.

As far as the ‘facial look’ of Luke’s scenes in episode 6 go - although not all of them were 100% convincing, there were some that I thought were truly excellent. And some of the musical moments were really great during those scenes too, I thought. I wonder if these were 'Shamook’s first ‘official’ deepfake efforts since joining Lucasfilm? Some terrific work overall, but having studied those scenes a little more, I reckon I’d prefer to shorten some of them to remove the less effective shots I wasn’t too keen on, while retaining the ones I liked best. It’s pretty straightforward to do it the way I’d like.

In fact, there’s SO MANY potential ways that the entire show could be cut and re-arranged, that I might play around with more sections of it for fun, if the final episode makes it worthwhile for me. For instance, although I showed a possible way to alter the show’s opening scenes more to my liking back on page 10, there’s a very different style of opening I’d prefer to see now - INSTEAD of showing Boba having ‘flashbacks’ in his ‘bacta tank’ right from the off…I quite like the notion of the first episode starting in a much more straightforward, ‘linear’ way before that aspect of the show is introduced…which would involve kicking things off with a drastically cut-down version of Boba’s ‘Sarlacc escape’ which leaves it open-ended about HOW he actually got out…

We begin like this…

…then once the familiar blue wording fades to black, we open with twin suns against a blue sky, as we pan down to a certain desolate part of Tatooine…

…but instead of seeing Boba’s hand burst through the sand, we CUT to hearing heavy breathing from inside a familiar helmet as the music kicks in at this point…and we see an exhausted Boba collapse to the ground, as the music fades down again…

…then things continue normally as per the episode, as we transition to a Sandcrawler coming across Jabba’s barge wreckage at night, as the Jawas then steal Boba’s armour and knock him out…

…and then we continue on as normal, as the Tuskens come across Boba and take him back to their camp as a prisoner…as THE BOOK OF BOBA FETT titles appear…and Boba (who’s now shackled) then gets tormented by a group of young Tuskens, and gets stamped on his head, as everything goes dark…

…and at some point AFTER all this, I’d eventually introduce the fact that Boba is actually having ‘flashbacks’ of his desert experiences from inside a ‘bacta tank’ somewhere inside Jabba’s palace…and would have his first PRESENT DAY storyline ‘flashback’ be the scene of him and Fenec Shand infiltrating Jabba’s palace and killing Bib Fortuna, as he then takes Bib’s throne for himself…before eventually being wakened by Fennec…

But I hope to elaborate on all that and more on another thread someday, and in the meantime, it just remains to be seen if we get any more ‘scooter gang’ antics in the final episode, or not… 😉

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New poster for the series. Reminds me of one we got towards the end of Mando season 2, although I like this one more.

Good to see Luke finally showing up in some marketing.

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jedi_bendu said:

New poster for the series. Reminds me of one we got towards the end of Mando season 2, although I like this one more.

Good to see Luke finally showing up in some marketing.

They perfectly captured the look and feel of a Western movie poster from the 1960s.

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This finale and now in retrospect, this show, was a complete, and utter, mess.

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idir_hh said:

This finale and now in retrospect, this show, was a complete, and utter, mess.

I thought it was great, loved the rancor. There’s a post credit scene of the Marshall in Fett’s Bacta tank, he’s also getting a modification.

I liked the King Kong reference as well.

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idir_hh said:

This finale and now in retrospect, this show, was a complete, and utter, mess.

Having seen the last episode just now, I have to say I agree. I enjoyed all The Mandalorian parts, but the rest seems pointless. The Luke episode even more so. He did nothing but sit around. In 1983 I found Jedi Luke boring. 40 years later, I still do.
As for Fett himself, the best of this Book was last year’s teaser.
There were moments where I found the last battle interesting, but it was too long and at times unfocused. I liked all the Rancor parts. That worked well I thought.

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All in all, I thought that was a solid enough ending for the series. There’s the obvious issue that we should ideally have gotten some more build-up in the last two episodes than we did, but all things considered I’m reasonably satisfied with how it turned out. Not great, but perfectly fine.

All in all I think the entire show can be summed up that way too, it’s good-ish despite being somewhat underwhelming and oddly paced at times. I wouldn’t call it a failure like some do, but it is a noticeable step-down from the high quality of The Mandalorian. Hopefully this is only a fluke, possible due to some rushing trying to get a filler series finished between seasons 2 & 3 of The Mandalorian, or maybe they had to merge some ideas due to the cancellation of Rangers of the New Republic. Hopefully they’ll learn/recover from this, but even if the future Favreau shows are at their worst like this show then I can’t really complain all that much.

I might change my opinion of this down the line but at the moment I’d give the show as a whole a 7/10.


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Cad Bane was a lot more fun in this episode. Obviously in the last episode he was simply meant to be introduced as a threat and to look tough and intimidating, but it was fun seeing some of his more familiar mannerisms from TCW.

Cad’s scene with the Pyke leader and the mayor was pretty fun, seeing as there wasn’t any humans in the scene. It was essentially just two guys covered in foam rubber talking to a puppet and it seemed completely natural.

Odd choice to leave Krrsantan in the Thrandoshan district, though maybe they felt they’d stay out of his way after he ripped a guys arm off. Still, seemed like an invitation to trouble.

I was a bit surprised to see the majordomo stick around for so long, but he actually got to have some genuinely funny moments in this episode.

The Rancor going all King Kong on Mos Espa was a lot of fun.

This may seem like an odd gripe, but Sophie Thatcher’s character (Drash) really bugs me. First of all her acting is very wooden, and she delivers her lines like she’s in a LOTR film, not SW. And one writing decision that I am genuinely disappointed by is the line about her character having grown up in Mos Espa. That just doesn’t make any sense with her accent and was a dumb choice. I suppose maybe this can be explained away the same way Jyn Erso’s accent was seeing as she ended up with Saw’s rebels at the age of seven or eight, so she too technically “grew up” up in a setting not compatible with her accent.

I do like Skad though. I’d have replaced some of Drash’s scenes with him instead as he think the actors could have carried these moments far better.

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I was a bit surprised that Fett killed Cad seeing as he was just introduced to live-action, but from the casual fan perspective it makes sense narrative-wise, and even from a TCW/EU perspective it does add up character arc wise. I do like that Fett used his Gaffi stick to defeat him. That seemed very appropriate.

Has it been confirmed that this will get a 2nd season or are those just speculations? I suppose the mid-credit scene doesn’t technically have to imply a 2nd season seeing as he could show up again in another show.

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Grogu going back to Mando feels so rushed it smacks of a corporate call. The natural progression for Mando surely was for him to be on his own for a while at least for a part of season 3. Now Season 2’s finale doesn’t feel all that special…

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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.

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First post here, I finished the final episode but it just felt lackluster in how it was done. The fight and blaster scenes look quite bland and not enough power or veracity, making them look like they were toy props with a blaster effect slapped over After Effects. The choreography also felt uninspired and not enough “action” to it. (I know I shouldn’t expect much but this is just… eh.)

I wish they could’ve done more with it, especially with Cad Bane and Grogu. Speaking of which, the one thing that really didn’t sit right with me is how they reunited Grogu and Mando and completely took away the somber ending of Mando S2.

All in all, I expected a little bit too much out of this show and it eventually bit me in the ass with it. There were some great parts (my favorite being Episode 6) but overall it didn’t stick the landing for me and ended up become a let-down. I hope they do something else next time and do it right, especially with the Kenobi show coming around the corner.

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Well… yeah, to me the episode was ok. It was just ok to me, cool to see the rancor, cool to see some action, but at the end it was just ok, no better than the average Star Wars. Kind of ruined the finale of Mando season 2, i expected to see Din w/o Grogu for a bit and i hoped to see his decision only in season 3.

At the end i wonder why this whole series was important to begin with, looks like they added the Grogu/Din story to make it feel more important than what actually is for the big picture they’re building and sacrificed quality to make everything fit instead of just making a really good story and turn that characters that we already know into characters that we care and believe. But yeah, it was cool sometimes…

Now i’ll patiently continue to wait for the Kenobi series (i’m already thinking it will not be so good as i want it to be).

(I still can’t believe they just introduced Cad Bane in live action and killed him an episode later)

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I think a better direction for this series would have been to have shown different “chapters” of Boba’s life. Could’ve given more explanation for the title, which still doesn’t make much sense now that the finale is over.

Maybe you could’ve still jumped back and forth to present and past, or you could’ve gone chronologically.

You could’ve had one or two episodes showing younger Boba’s early bounty hunting days, maybe being mentored by Cad Bane. Maybe young Boba’s look and setting could’ve been inspired by the cancelled 1313 game. Use the budget for the ringworld from episode 5 to instead depict the Coruscant underworld. This young Boba story arc could’ve ended with Boba dueling Bane, beating him, and his notoriety beginning to spread.

Next, you could’ve had an episode or two showing Boba Fett at the height of his infamy. With his classic look. These episodes should really justify why Boba is considered one of the coolest Star Wats characters. Let’s see him hunt some bounties, show us if he is ruthless or honorable. Show us why he is the most feared bounty hunter in the galaxy, and what that reputation costs him.

THEN, we can see Boba survive the Sarlacc, and how he comes to live with the Tuskens. Now, when Boba changes from this experience, we have actually seen what Boba was like before this event.

Finally, we can have the present day plot, and we now should have a full picture of who Boba Fett is, and why he wants to take over Tatooine. You could be cutting to this present day plot throughout the whole series, but regardless of that, hopefully we can tie in themes and ideas that are set up in the past and paid off in future/present.

But, with the way the finale ended, it seems like Boba Fett might not even stay on Tatooine for long… bringing into question the point of it all. But we’ll see I guess.

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Now I’m thinking Mando S3 is gonna take place before BOBF Chapter 5. It could begin immediately after the S2 finale, with Din sorting the stuff out with Bo-Katan and the other Mandalorians, and his quest to find his clan again, and how he got to that guy that gave him the job we see in Chapter 5. I think that’s what’s gonna happen. It’s possible this was an interlude to Mando S3 as well, as opposed to a straight up sequel or being set entirely before as I’m suggesting. Really, it’s the only way to salvage this.

But in general, man, I think Rodriguez has earned his spot as the worst Star Wars director, and BOBF is, to me, the worst piece of SW media there is. TROS is awful, yeah, but I think on a technical level it has more going for it than this show has. Just really odd and bad, with a great and a half-assed Mando episode thrown in the mix because why not.

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Now I’m really pushing for a “Boba Fett is 100% dead, no questioning it” edit of ROTJ.

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On the one hand I enjoyed having something to watch, but on the other it seemed jumbled.

I had just watched a video essay about how Star Wars was very linear in its storytelling, introducing new things firmly in context of what came before and staying focused on the story. Maybe that was just on my mind, but this series certainly did not feel that way.

Boba Fett felt confused, and I don’t have much more of an idea who he is now than six weeks ago. I’m still not really sure how saving Mos Espa makes the Sand People’s lot any better.

Fortunately, this mess doesn’t have “Episode _” at the start of it, so I’m much more forgiving than if it had.

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My mind is all over the place for this show. To sum it up, generally speaking, I am conflicted with this show. I am not about rumors, conspiracies, etc. … but I can see the show may have been a result of drama behind the scenes with Disney / Lucasfilm … this show feels thrown together due to Mandolorian Season 3 delay. Again, I don’t watch YouTube stuff/clickbait/etc. … I just wouldn’t be surprise if this was the case.

Although I do believe Dave/Jon are the hope for Star Wars … after Bad Batch and this show … Kenobi is a bit shaky for me.

“Because you are a PalpaWalker?”