The Book of Boba Fett (spoilers)

[Shades of Eternity]

Man, just finished watching the Droids Episode "The Race to the Finish." It had more Boba Fett than the last two episodes of the Book of Boba Fett...yesh.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Disappointment and constant warning against what Luke is trying to do.

Ahsoka left the Order, betrayed and disillusioned. Moreover, the Jedi's failures led to the rise of the Empire and her friend and mentor turning to evil.

The last thing she'd want is for Luke to restart the Order. Maybe it's me but I liked Luke in TLJ. He's at a place where Ahsoka was when she left.

I doubt she'd really be keen on going back to the old days of the Jedi imposing their peace on the Galaxy while turning a blind eye to the rot within their ranks.

Whilst Ahsoka wouldn't approve of Luke's attempt to rebuild the jedi order, at least not in anything resembling it's old form, she has probably learned that trying to argue a Skywalker out of anything isn't a good idea!

 

[Paul Farquhar]

5) To cast a live-action Cal Kestis, you'd ideally be looking for a ginger actor around 40 years old.

6) Domnhall Gleeson would be a fine choice except...

Cal Kestis looks exactly like his voice actor, Cameron Monaghan, who is 28. It's a lot easier to age someone up with makeup than age them down.

Not to mention that it would be rather odd for Cal's American accent to transmogrify into an Irish one!

 

[Enevhar Aldarion]

I wish we knew how much time has passed between the first and second meeting between Din and Ahsoka. As calm and relaxed as she was in episode 6, it makes me think that whatever will happen in her series will be in between the two meetings. I don't think she would be taking a break like that if she and Sabine were still hunting for Ezra and Thrawn, assuming that will still be the plot for that.

 

[MarkB]

I wish we knew how much time has passed between the first and second meeting between Din and Ahsoka. As calm and relaxed as she was in episode 6, it makes me think that whatever will happen in her series will be in between the two meetings. I don't think she would be taking a break like that if she and Sabine were still hunting for Ezra and Thrawn, assuming that will still be the plot for that.

It can't have been all that long. More likely, Ahsoka is still following clues prior to her meeting with Sabine, and she has some time to kill while some contacts of hers are making investigations.

 

[Aeson]

Another, there is.

Cal Kestis looks exactly like his voice actor, Cameron Monaghan, who is 28. It's a lot easier to age someone up with makeup than age them down.

Not to mention that it would be rather odd for Cal's American accent to transmogrify into an Irish one!

He's an excellent actor also. He was on Shameless and Gotham. He's had some pretty intense roles.

 

[Janx]

Weren't they?

The plotting is utterly basic. It's as if they don't even bother trying to convince us Fett is a believable crime lord. Everybody in Fett's circle introduced by this show is utterly cardboard cutout and one-dimensional.

How bad or dull must a Star Wars show be before you consider it actively so...? [emoji32]

I mean, I'm surprised since I was convinced these Fett-centric episodes had established themselves as the new definition of an actively dull SW show by now...?

More evidence to the problem:

the slo-poke car chase with the power strangers in pursuit...

giving away 2 episodes to The Mandolorian

The Boba Showba should have Fett actually struggling with his past as a bad guy bounty hunter, working with limited resources (Mr. I have plenty of credits). Suffering a huge setback like HIS base being blown up.

 

[Janx]

Meanwhile, in Episode 2 of The Mandolorian season 3...

they never should have given over entire episodes to non-Boba-and-his-plotline characters. A day in the life of the Gamorians? Sure. Mando? No. He literally has his own show.

The latest ep end in Luke making the Lucas-Mistake with Grogu. Isolating children to destroy attachment is how you get monsters. Making him choose between Bilbo's shirt and a light saber? Take both. Duh.

 

[Stalker0]

The latest ep end in Luke making the Lucas-Mistake with Grogu. Isolating children to destroy attachment is how you get monsters.

Sure, but remember this is the luke that destroyed the death star not that long ago. He's full of ambition, ready to rebuild the jedi back to their glory days. He hasn't really stopped to consider that the Jedi were wrong in many ways.

That's what makes Ahsoka such an interesting companion, she not only can fill in years of Jedi history for Luke, but she can also walk him through what she considers some of the mistakes. I hope they actually do that (whether its on screen or not), and not just have her pop in, hang out with luke for a day, and then just leave without telling him a lot of things.

 

[Stalker0]

I don't mind the mando focused episode as a part of Boba Fett innately, I mean we had a boba focused episode in mando as well. So the concept of doing that in star wars shows I can respect.

But I do think its a mistake because frankly....the Mandolorian is just plain better. He's more badass, more interesting, has more interesting side characters near him, has actually plot that I give a crap about. So bringing him back just makes it all the more obvious.

I think one of the issues with the Book of boba is that its spread too thin. If they wanted to do a backstory about Boba getting out of the rancor pit and working with the sand people, fine there's your season 1. If you want to show him taking power and becoming a crime boss, fine there's your season 1. It feels like they are just bouncing around with him, and none of its feels fully satisfying.