The Book of Boba Fett (spoilers)

[Paul Farquhar]

I don't remember there being a ringworld in the Clone Wars.

Season 6, Episode 1 "The Unknown". It's a lot smaller than Glavis, apparently built around a gas giant planet if my memory serves.

 

[MarkB]

No no no. Go back and watch again. When he is just using it as a weapon while on the bounty hunt at the beginning of the episode, he used it just fine. No weight issue. That only started when he began training with it and was trying to master/control the sword just by strength and force of will. The sword resisted that and grew heavier the more Din tried. Whether that is just how the Force flows through the blade, we don't know. And if Din is not Force sensitive, he may never fully control it.

He wasn't exactly having a great time of it even in that first fight. He did manage to wound his own leg with it.

I agree with the comment that it's largely a psychological weight. Sabine Wren had to go through a similar training process before she could wield it properly, and she had Jedi to train her.

 

[pukunui]

The horns on her helmet are reminiscent of Maul's Mandalorian followers.

Ooh, now there’s a thought! I wonder if the Children of the Watch were influenced by Maul’s leadership of Death Watch.

That would certainly add more nuance to Bo-Katan’s dismissive opinion of them.

 

[reelo]

Ooh, now there’s a thought! I wonder if the Children of the Watch were influenced by Maul’s leadership of Death Watch.

That would certainly add more nuance to Bo-Katan’s dismissive opinion of them.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure the Armorer's Coven is an offspring of the Deathwatch. They're basically Mando-Taliban.

 

[Wolfram stout]

My guess is that we are still heading to a big cross-over (just without Cara Dune and the Rangers show). I think we will see part (or the majority) of Mando season 3 being him exploring the Darksaber and in Ashoka we will see Sabine either teach him how to become one with it or she will win it from him (non-lethal combat) and become the leader of a re-emerging Mandalore.

 

[Mezuka]

I really don't get the big buzz about this week's episode. I found it very predictable. They didn't have to make a full episode to get the Mando to join Bobba.

 

[billd91]

I love the Mandalorian, but this is absolute nonsense. (Well, given that an extremist cult of zealots made up these rules, that could be an in-world explanation for that, but that's still a pretty weak argument.)

That's a zealous sect for you. There aren't reasons as much as rules to follow that may be idiosyncratic, even somewhat contradictory. There is no why, there just is. And asking why just indicates lack of the all-important faith.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

I really don't get the big buzz about this week's episode. I found it very predictable. They didn't have to make a full episode to get the Mando to join Bobba.

No, but they needed a full episode to throw Mando out of the order, establish a new atonement quest, foreshadow developments with Grogu and the darksabre, and get him a new ship.

 

[MarkB]

No, but they needed a full episode to throw Mando out of the order, establish a new atonement quest, foreshadow developments with Grogu and the darksabre, and get him a new ship.

Of note, they've got him firmly pointed at delving into the depths of Mandalore now, which means he'll probably be diving blindly into politics he neither knows not cares about. Good luck convincing anyone that he's showing up there with the Darksaber and delving into lost holy sites purely to get back into his little club, rather than as a power play.

 

[Mallus]

I loved that Mando's new ship has a place to insert Baby Yoda right behind the cockpit, also that Amy Sedaris hooked up with a Jawa.

The more I think about it, the more I'm convinced this Boba Fett show is a kind of miniseries/side story. The quirky, Star Wars-y details it serves up are great, and largely the point of the show. I don't think it's supposed to have a strong narrative thrust, or a second season for that matter. It is Mando season 2.5.