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The Book of Boba Fett (spoilers)

MarkB

Legend
It was all fine. Not excellent but fine. I think the Mods will take over for Fett.

Personally, I feel like the series didn't need the two mando episodes. Mando could have shown up out of blue, with Grogu in a satchel, at the bar saying "maybe I can help with that." That would have been awesome!

The two mando episodes destroyed the tempo and climatic build-up towards the final episode.
I'd agree with that, if the series up to that point had actually gathered any momentum. As it was, it basically just consisted of Boba showing up, shooting the old crime boss, and then being surprised that he was getting pushback after declaring himself the new boss, and that other parties might be interested in claiming the region for themselves.

That, and throwing a bunch of Tuskans under the bus in the flashbacks.
 

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Rabulias

the Incomparably Shrewd and Clever
A crucial backstory element from The Clone Wars is not actually in TCW - the first confrontation between a young Boba Fett and Cad Bane. They did not complete the episodes, but they showed a rough animatic a few years back and you can see it here:
 


Dioltach

Legend
The scene with Grogu arriving with R2 in Luke's X-wing felt like the scene in Return of the King where Elrond shows up with Anduril to give to Aragorn.
 

The Boba/Bane showdown really doesn't make a whole lot of sense without the relevant The Clone Wars episodes.
Honestly I don't think I had any trouble parsing out the relationship from context in the final showdown. Where I think they messed up was that I didn't realize there was a relationship when they faced off the first time earlier in the episode.

Personally, I feel like the series didn't need the two mando episodes. Mando could have shown up out of blue, with Grogu in a satchel, at the bar saying "maybe I can help with that." That would have been awesome!
I mean, those episodes were my favorites in the series up until the finale, so there's that. But I do feel like shoehorning season 2.5 of the Mandalorian into this other series was a weird choice. It was a prime opportunity to simply have Mando on his own, without childcare responsibilities, showing up for an episode or two of one off adventure that didn't develop the plot of his series. Instead they stuck major plot and character developments for the one series into the other. Crossovers are cool, but I think a series should still be able to stand on its own even if you don't watch every series, especially if they are going to have so many different shows.
 

Zardnaar

Legend
Looked very familiar.
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