The Book of Boba Fett (spoilers)

[Morrus]

Well, yes, but I still think there's more than a few nods to Quadrophenia specifically. Did the real mods have a ridiculous number of side mirrors on their Vespas, or was that just Quadrophenia? It was really that minor detail that made me think Quadrophenia. And if you google "Boba Fett Quadrophenia", you'll see I'm not the only one who made that connection.

Well, I'm not really interested in what people who aren't in this conversation think, so I won't be Googling anything. But yes, the mirrors specifically are reminiscent of that movie, and that particular detail about those mods was likely a nod, but would be pretty reductive if that was the scriptwriter's only influence when including a cultural aspect of another country in their show (I mean maybe it is, and the scriptwriter really is that reductive, but if so what the heck?)

Nah, I think the mods and the bikers (rockers) were based on mods and rockers, and the Quadrophenia mirrors were a little added nod to a specific movie for fun.

Hey, I could be wrong. And maybe lightsabers are based specifically on one single movie which had swords in it, rather than the existence of swords in general! But I suspect otherwise.

 

[embee]

They don't lie; everything is "true from a certain point of view."

"It depends on what your definition of 'is' is."

Obi William Jefferson Kenobi

 

[embee]

nyet, Threepio is a great translator.

He just keeps being put into situations where he's completely unsuited.

Not his fault that he's not listened to.

I'm not buying it.

There's no indication that he was accurately translating anything the Ewoks said.

Also, most translators don't call people "filthy" standing right by them.

Like, he straight up said Jawas are filthy standing by the Jawas.

Worst. Protocol. Droid. EVER!

 

[MarkB]

I'm not buying it.

There's no indication that he was accurately translating anything the Ewoks said.

Yeah, but they're a pre-spaceflight tribe on an obscure moon. That he could translate their language at all is astonishing.

Also, most translators don't call people "filthy" standing right by them.

Like, he straight up said Jawas are filthy standing by the Jawas.

Worst. Protocol. Droid. EVER!

He wasn't being employed to be nice to them. I think he can be cut a little slack for not taking well to the people who imprisoned and sold him.

 

[FitzTheRuke]

I get what you're saying but people are still pretty lippy to a guy holding a rifle and a galaxy-wide reputation as willing to use it. I dunno. Strikes me as inconsistent.

He's been "dead" for something like seven years. I think his rep has softened.

 

[Shades of Eternity]

Is c-3p0 a hero?

edit: going to go for a weekly schedule now. new posts drop on thursday. Is c-3p0 a hero? I'm going to say yes for starters an opene...

breadthofpopsanity.blogspot.com

Thanks for giving me an excuse to dust off this.

I'll even add an amendum, where, in the rise of skywalker, where he sacrificed his memory to save the galaxy.

 

[wicked cool]

great episode. not loving the cyberpunk stuff but have no choice but to accept

 

[Paul Farquhar]

I'm not buying it.

There's no indication that he was accurately translating anything the Ewoks said.

Also, most translators don't call people "filthy" standing right by them.

Like, he straight up said Jawas are filthy standing by the Jawas.

Worst. Protocol. Droid. EVER!

He was built by a 10 year old kid, what kid wouldn't program a droid to be rude, given the opportunity?

 

[Kobold Stew]

I'm beginning to think that Threepio was being a little overly dramatic.

 

[Kobold Stew]

I would interpret it as myth, not literal truth.

Although I don't believe Boba could have been in the Sarlacc for more than a few days, since the crash site was still being looted.

Five years with the Tuskans is a good title for a memoir.