The Book of Boba Fett (spoilers)

[Maxperson]

Possibly the best episode of the season. And it doesn't feature Boba Fett.

That's what I was thinking. And it's not "possibly" with me.

 

[Maxperson]

The Naboo starfighter is a cool ship, but it doesn't seem too practical for a bounty hunter. I suppose you could wedge a modest-size bounty target in the converted droid socket, but it'll be a tight squeeze.

As long as he's collecting them as heads, he has plenty of room.

 

[MarkB]

Much as I liked the episode, it does seem bizarre placing it here. Not only does its presence within The Book of Boba Fett undermine what standing the title character had, its absence from The Mandalorian will feel like a continuity hole when watching that series as a whole.

 

[pukunui]

I got Terminator vibes on the purge of Mandalore cut scene. Those droids knocking the Mando helmet for example.

Yes! Those Imperial security droids even resemble terminators in a superficial way.

It seems the series creators are intent on inserting as many Star Wars callbacks and pop culture references as possible.

 

[Mallus]

Damn that was good. So the Fett show only exists as support for The Mandalorian?

 

[Rabulias]

I think that Din will fulfill the prophecy, restoring and/or reunifying the Mandalorians in some way. If I am correct, then Mandalorians at some future time recounting this legend in a biblical/religious manner might well have a portion of the legend called "The Book of Boba Fett."

 

[Paul Farquhar]

I got Terminator vibes on the purge of Mandalore cut scene. Those droids knocking the Mando helmet for example.

Absolutely a Terminator homage.

I don’t think it’s any more sentient than the Force normally is. (Being a lightsaber crafted by a Jedi, it will be connected to the Force and will be difficult for someone who isn’t a Jedi to wield properly.)

Does it contain a Kyber crystal, or is that not yet established?

Yeah, I have to say that the “ring world” thing was a bit too Star Trek for my tastes

Star Wars has a history of grandiose structures, and there has already been a ringworld in TCW. It doesn't have to be hard SF.

 

[Levistus's_Leviathan]

Question about the Dark Saber:

Why is it heavy? The blade of a lightsaber is supposed to be some type of Plasma, but the Darksaber is different. I've seen a theory that the blade is a . . . sword-shaped black hole (which fits the appearance, but is pretty absurd, even by Star Wars' standards), which would explain it weighing more than a normal lightsaber, but there's a lot of holes in this theory (the fact that the gravity of the black hole would suck in everything around it and devour entire planets is the main one).

Is it because the hilt is made of Beskar? Is Beskar shown to be heavier than normal metals? From what we've seen of it so far, I wouldn't assume that, as Mando walks around in Beskar armor all the time and doesn't seem particularly weighed down by it. Just wondering if there's any canonical answer to this, or even theories as to why it's depicted as being heavy/hard to swing.

 

[MarkB]

The whole "Beskar is used for armour, not weapons" thing came across as an oddly contrived reason for getting rid of the Beskar spear, especially since one of the first ever things we see being manufactured from Beskar are the "singing birds" homing darts. And I notice nobody suggested melting down the Beskar hilt of the Darksaber.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

There are a few things to note here:

The person who took the Darksabre in battle then gave it to Bo-Katan was Sabine Wren (Rebels). She is due to be in Ahsoka, so that show might deal with her responsibility (if you believe the prophesy) for the destruction of Mandalore.

The characterisation of Boba Fett in TCW was "confused kid" not "ultimate bad-ass". This show continues this. I think the later was discarded with Legends.

This show might be more significant in how it links to the Bad Batch, and Boba's (Alpha's) clone kid sister.