disney+ The Book of Boba Fett

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Premieres a few days before the end of 2021.

 

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The first chapter came out yesterday.

So far, meh OK not exciting but I'll keep watching. I get the why, but I felt there was a bit too much remodeling origin story onward from the sarlacc pit. (Is that a spoiler? Did anybody think they wouldn't begin with the sarlacc pit?) Or maybe there was not enough Ming-Na due to that.

Spoiler

I have no problem with the speed of egress Boba manages from the sarlacc. If they'd followed along with the expanded universe stories, the entire episode would have been about his escape, and I really don't care enough about a giant, tentacled, sentient hole in the sand to have to sit through that.

Temuera Morrison does a pretty good job with the "Stranger in a Strange Land" version of Boba, especially during his crime lord training. The "Hey, he used to be *my* boss!" asides nicely point out just how fish out of water the old bounty hunter really is in that chair.

Ponderings:

• The bacta tank (I looked it up!) is one hell of a dream weaver.
• Hey Boba, crime lords don't walk, they drive Escalades.
• That chase with Fennec over the buildings was some serious parkouring with the coolest backflip!
• Also, the "I only need one of you" shot. hehe...
• The idea the sarlacc takes a thousand years to digest its prey? Anyone ever come across hyperbole in a fantasy before? If not, talk to Han Solo, or at least Madmartigan from Willow.

One thing in the flashback sequence I found interesting and felt added something to the Star Wars mythos was the sandpeople 'tribe'. From the kids beating the crap out of Boba to the drink the chief handed him after his return from the Harryhausen sand monster fight, the story itself was pretty tropey but they gave so many of the Tusken Raiders enough personality and peculiar traits that I watched it all with a sense of genuine gratification.

 

[Khamon]

The Star Wars universe can be lived in without being @TENTHOUSAND1 all the time. A bounty hunter west wing sitcom might be refreshing for a change. But I have not Disney+ to find out.

 

[Arilynn]

My boys love Star Wars. We just watched the first two epizzzzZzzZzzzZZZZZzzzz

 

[bubblesort]

I loved the Mandalorian, but bringing Boba Fett back was stupid. I love Boba Fett, but I also want him to stay dead, so I have no interest in this show.

 

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Well I'm enjoying it. And the second episode I found to be pretty great.

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The "long speeder" chase was the best sequence of this sort I think I've seen in a Star Wars product. And the continued mythos building with the Tusken Raiders tribe or clan was cool.

I guess a Star Wars show without a lot of space battles and laser swords takes some getting used to.

 

[Beebo Brink]

My boys love Star Wars. We just watched the first two epizzzzZzzZzzzZZZZZzzzz

Tonight I made it through about 20 minutes of the first episode before my attention wandered so much that I lost track of what was going on. Lots of frenetic activity, but nothing that made me care what happened.

 

[Khamon]

Does he sparkle in sunlight?

 

[danielravennest]

I can't get into a show that sounds like Grandma's collection of feta cheese recipes.

 

[Beebo Brink]

I can't get into a show that sounds like Grandma's collection of feta cheese recipes.

I keep thinking of tapioca beads.

 

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Chapter 3.

Spoiler

 

[Lexxi]

Did they fire the guy playing Fett? He's been in, like, 3% of the last two episodes. Vague recollection of him giving a short speech, but otherwise, he hasn't been in the last two episodes. It's been "I never take my helmet off" man episodes.

 

[danielravennest]

But what about his uncle/brother (all the Jango Fett clones are genetically the same) who went rogue and became a traveling circus entertainer?

 

[Veritable Quandry]

Their culture has a rich history of entertainers.

 

[Noodles]

I started watching this finally and all I have to add is, I saw a lot of people complaining about the colorful scooter gang, and I don't get it. They seemed pretty inoffensive and were not really super present even during their big chase moment.

Though maybe some chunky Swoop bikes would have been better and more "gang like" than the scooters, they are essentially kids, or at least younger, and I imagine Swoops are expensive and harder to drive in a dense city like Mos Espa.

 

[bubblesort]

 

[Noodles]

So, I finished it.

So I still need spoilers in an old thread related specifically to a show?

I will, replies if any can decide to keep or not.

Spoiler

Why did they abruptly transform into The Mandalorian Season 2.5? I mean I imagine everything was cut and done when Episode 1 dropped so it wasn't some ratings push.

CGI Luke did look weird. The hair was off for sure. And like a lot of these, he also just "carried" himself wrong.

Also related, Luke is a fucking asshole and a shitty teacher. Hi, let me give you some good memories, PS, its going to give you PTSD of watching Jedis get slaughtered during Order 66.

Also, "I COULD give you a perfectly sized lightsaber AND a piece of Lightsaber resistant armor, but I have rediculous jealousy issues against your father figure and DESPERATELY need you to choose me over him because well, my dad was the most feared mass murderer in the galaxy for a while and I have my own daddy issues as a result, so I want you to pick one. And if its not me, I will have my droid dump you off alone on a fucking desert planet full of scumbags, Good Luck kid "

Its no wonder Kylo Ren lost his shit and became a Sith.

Episode 5 and 6 really had way too much "Hey, remeber this!"

I liked the biker gang people for the most part. I kind of wish we could have learned more about them. Also that big Wookie dude.

RIP Gamorean dudes. That made me sad.

I didn't expect a Star Wars style Kaiju battle for a climax but there it was.

Why did they have to drag Baby Yoda back again? And spend a whole episode on it? Oh right, merchandaising probably. I can see the Mandalorian being relevant to coming back but Grogu felt a bit gratuitous. Still, did we need a whole episode dedicated to just Din Djarin.

Cad Bane's random appearance also felt needless, but would have worked had they at least hinted at him earlier, maybe they did in the Episode 5 that they left out that happens in Tatooine and gives us some back story for Drash and Skad and isn't 30 minutes of Pimp My Starfighter.