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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pukunui" data-source="post: 8518944" data-attributes="member: 54629">I'll admit this show isn't as exciting as I was hoping it would be. I'm still enjoying it but it definitely could have done with better pacing. Since they called it the book of Boba Fett, I feel like they should have made each episode a distinct chapter in his life.Mixing the flashbacks with the present day (via the bacta tank, in which Boba conveniently picks up his memories where he left off the last time) is a bit jarring.I think it might have worked better as:Chapter 1: Boba escapes sarlacc and becomes a prisoner of the TuskensChapter 2: Boba earns the Tuskens' respect and is accepted into the tribeChapter 3: Tuskens die, Boba goes off alone, finds Fennec and saves her lifeChapter 4: Boba and Fennec recover his ship, get revenge on Niktos and sarlacc, hunt down Mando to recover armorChapter 5-7: After killing Bib Fortuna, Boba gets the lay of the land and struggles to win over the local crime families while fending off Hutts, Pykes, etc. (as we've seen in the present day bits)What do folks think of people's theories that the Pykes aren't the true enemies? Some people are suggesting it'll be Qi'ra and Crimson Dawn behind all of it. I think that's a valid theory, but I feel like this deep into the show, it'll just be a quick reveal at the end with a setup for a second season in which Boba has to take on Qi'ra.Also, I really hope they're leading up to some kind of thing where Boba ensures the Tuskens get better treatment / recognition of their indigenous rights / etc. It started off looking like that might happen, but then they killed off the tribe in that "I'm adventuring because bandits killed my parents and I want revenge" fashion, which was a little bit of a letdown. I was hoping he'd recruit them to his cause in the present. I don't want the Tuskens to end up being little more than a plot device to help Boba improve his life or something. (Fennec: "The Tuskens made you soft." Boba: "No, they made me strong." Hmm ...)Oh, one last thing: in this episode, Fennec pays off her debt by helping Boba get his ship back and then chooses to "stick around for the ride" ... so why then did she tell Mando on Tython that she was still indebted to Boba for saving her life? These shows were created by the same people. Did they really forget that detail?Yeah, I noticed that too. I hope that gets addressed in an upcoming episode.I don't recall anyone ever referring to Jabba as "daimyo" before. That's been rather jarring for me. Less so the other references.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.</blockquote>

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