The Book of Boba Fett (spoilers)

[Morrus]

if he’s going to go back home to get something useful…. maybe bring his heavily armed spaceship next time not a rancor? (And maybe go grab that X-wing too?)

 

[Tonguez]

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..

yeah, I didn’t watch Clone Wars or Mandolorian but could easily pick that he was the black hat quick draw villain who had some history with both Boba and Jango. However was he a Pyke? He did look like one...

 

[Staffan]

yeah, I didn’t watch Clone Wars or Mandolorian but could easily pick that he was the black hat quick draw villain who had some history with both Boba and Jango. However was he a Pyke? He did look like one...

Nah, he's a Duros.

 

[MGibster]

Cad Bane was one of my favorite villains from The Clone Wars. He usually seemed to know what the hell he was doing at all times.

 

[Older Beholder]

I enjoyed the series all up. I thought it gave Boba Fett more depth, and highlighted how cool Mando is.

I went back and re-watched the Rodriguez directed episode from The Mandalorian S2 as I remember really enjoying it, and I was in the mood for more Boba Fett action. I'd forgotten it was in that episode that Mando's ship is destroyed, kinda fitting that he gets a new ship during his appearance in Book of Fett.

Even the Mod squad didn't bother me, they reminded me of the out of place sub-cultures that exist in country towns much like the one I grew up in. I thought they made the world feel more real. I think it also underscores the change in Fett, that he had his Tuskan friends killed by a biker gang, and yet he doesn't immediately judge these kids as he might have pre-sarlacc pit.

 

[Enevhar Aldarion]

One thing about Cad Bane. We know he survives all the way until 9 ABY, so he will not get killed off in future seasons of The Bad Batch, and who knows what trouble he got into in the almost 30 years between Bad Batch season 1 and his death in BoBF. That could make him a dangerous villain in other shows, since we know he won't just die in them.

 

[Enevhar Aldarion]

I went back and re-watched the Rodriguez directed episode from The Mandalorian S2 as I remember really enjoying it, and I was in the mood for more Boba Fett action. I'd forgotten it was in that episode that Mando's ship is destroyed, kinda fitting that he gets a new ship during his appearance in Book of Fett.

Regarding that episode and the slower-seeming combat pace in BoBF, in the Mando episode, Rodriguez filmed at normal speed and then sped the film up a bit to get that faster combat look. I am wondering why he did not do that as well with the BoBf fights.

 

[Older Beholder]

Regarding that episode and the slower-seeming combat pace in BoBF, in the Mando episode, Rodriguez filmed at normal speed and then sped the film up a bit to get that faster combat look. I am wondering why he did not do that as well with the BoBf fights.

All we can do is speculate, although I think what was mentioned previously in the thread about special effects maybe not working as well could be a factor, as the scenes with Boba smashing up storm troopers in Mando S2 were effects free.

Maybe in the previous series it was used a way to give Boba Fett a more brutal entrance that just wasn't considered as important in Book of Fett, a fear of dulling it's effectiveness if overused?

 

[Benjamin Olson]

Even the Mod squad didn't bother me, they reminded me of the out of place sub-cultures that exist in country towns much like the one I grew up in. I thought they made the world feel more real.

I agree but I liked them better before I realized they were literally named the "mods". Then the direct borrowings from mod subculture like the mirrors on their vehicles seemed a little a little too on the nose and puny to me.

But, it should be noted that as an American the mod subculture is only familiar to me because I'm a huge Quadrophenia fan. Most Americans (the audience the creators understand, whatever abstract intentions they have about a worldwide audience) probably don't quite make the connection.

 

[Benjamin Olson]

if he’s going to go back home to get something useful…. maybe bring his heavily armed spaceship next time not a rancor? (And maybe go grab that X-wing too?)

Look, adult me may realize it's ridiculous, but if 12 year-old me had been allowed to write a Star Wars TV show, you'd better bet it would have Boba Fett riding a rancor.