I like the continuation of the expansion of the sand people, without them going full noble savage.
Boba looks good, but I am like 90% sure that Ming Na Wen and Paul Rudd are going to end up in a sword duel for the Prize. Not in the show, in reality.
It was a bit short, but honestly I kinda view these as parted out movies so we will see.
Boba looks good, but I am like 90% sure that Ming Na Wen and Paul Rudd are going to end up in a sword duel for the Prize. Not in the show, in reality.
It was a bit short, but honestly I kinda view these as parted out movies so we will see.
Question do you think the bar owner was in on the hit? That's a clever way to get his helmet off.
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To be honest, more than anything else in the Disney Canon (yes even rogue one), this feels like an old EU story.
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I now understand the value of Gammorean Guards, those pig-men are ride or die.
Also I'm starting to think Disney hates Jawas.
That said, overall very strong start. I kind of wish we got more from the non-flashback sections but what we got was good.
Also I'm starting to think Disney hates Jawas.
That said, overall very strong start. I kind of wish we got more from the non-flashback sections but what we got was good.
I enjoyed the episode in general but this bit about Jawas really struck me.
I don't think Disney hates Jawas. I think Disney is doing the same thing to Jawas they're doing to just about everyone in the Star Wars universe. There are good people and there are bad people. The Jawas that we got to see in The Marshall* were basically decent individuals. They found Cobb Vanth out in the desert alone and dying of thirst. They rescued him and, when they discovered he had valuable goods, traded with him. They didn't rob him. They didn't actively screw him over. They treated him like decent people would in that situation.
Unfortunately Jawas are pretty much only shown in lawless parts of the Star Wars franchise. People living in those conditions are often in a survival mode. So it makes sense for those individuals to do things like strip the Mandalorian's ship for parts if they thought it was abandoned. (Or they wouldn't get caught.)
For my money there's a kind of "spectrum" including good Jawas (the ones who helped Cobb Vanth) or "reasonable Jawas" like the ones that interacted with Din. Even with Din having killed several of their people they were still willing to talk about their conflict and trade something for Din's ship components. I just wish I could figure out if the Jawas that more-or-less mugged Boba Fett for his armor were the same ones that helped Cobb Vanth. Is that an unreliable narrator in Cobb? Did those Jawas trade Boba's armor to a second group of Jawas? I honestly don't know.
* The Mandalorian, season 2, episode 1.
Seems alright so far. Amazing that Jawas consistently have a pretty competitive performance against Mandos good for them. And not gonna lie I did enjoy seeing the man the myth the legend renowned Jizz musician Max Rebo.
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I, err, found it dull 
and didn't feel like I understood what his motive for this is any better by the episode's end. I'm still asking "why's he doing any of this?"
The flashbacks were long to the point that they might as well have done a full prologue episode, but also seemed to function solely on a "this is how those events happened" level. Equally, they're not really motivated themselves in terms of Boba having cause to reflect. He just happens to be dreaming memories, and we're told this has happened before.
The fight was an odd stumble, on the page as well as in terms of camera work. Given what we've seen of Boba prior, I'd have thought we'd get some fun beats where this wily old Mando badger gets the upper hand, but nope.
On a nitpick level, does anyone find that the new look of how live-action Star Wars shot really heightens the sense of artificiality with sets and especially costumes? I really struggled to look at the Gamorreans and not see men in rubber suits.
and didn't feel like I understood what his motive for this is any better by the episode's end. I'm still asking "why's he doing any of this?"The flashbacks were long to the point that they might as well have done a full prologue episode, but also seemed to function solely on a "this is how those events happened" level. Equally, they're not really motivated themselves in terms of Boba having cause to reflect. He just happens to be dreaming memories, and we're told this has happened before.
The fight was an odd stumble, on the page as well as in terms of camera work. Given what we've seen of Boba prior, I'd have thought we'd get some fun beats where this wily old Mando badger gets the upper hand, but nope.
On a nitpick level, does anyone find that the new look of how live-action Star Wars shot really heightens the sense of artificiality with sets and especially costumes? I really struggled to look at the Gamorreans and not see men in rubber suits.
I, err, found it dull
The flashbacks were long to the point that they might as well have done a full prologue episode, but also seemed to function solely on a "this is how those events happened" level. Equally, they're not really motivated themselves in terms of Boba having cause to reflect. He just happens to be dreaming memories, and we're told this has happened before.
The fight was an odd stumble, on the page as well as in terms of camera work. Given what we've seen of Boba prior, I'd have thought we'd get some fun beats where this wily old Mando badger gets the upper hand, but nope.
On a nitpick level, does anyone find that the new look of how live-action Star Wars shot really heightens the sense of artificiality with sets and especially costumes? I really struggled to look at the Gamorreans and not see men in rubber suits.
Yeah, like I said, the crime lord part felt weak in the face of the survivorman part because they are clearly invested in telling the story in media res while also giving us a background narrative. I feel like the split should have been better handled with the crime lord part starting with overthrowing Bib and not, well, immediately afterwards, cause you know they are gonna flashback that too.
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+ Almost ten minutes of no speaking, save for Boba wanting to help the Rhodian. Why did he refuse?
+ Needing to go into bacta all the time is just an opportunity for drama.
+ Boba is both a vet and weirdly naive when it comes to running a capital C crime empire.
+ Gamorrean Guards! Wished they had fuck off axes. These bastards killed me so much in OG Battlefront II.
+ THE RETURN OF MAX REBO
- where were the guards when Boba and Fennec were ambushed? They only appeared after the toe got attack
- why didn't Boba just jump pack away? Or why didn't they pull out their guns? Had no problem rocketing one of the motherfuckers
- yeah splitting in media res and current war lord shenanigans is a bit distracting but not too much
I like it a lot! Not as strong as the openings for Mando 1 and 2, but still very fun
+ Needing to go into bacta all the time is just an opportunity for drama.
+ Boba is both a vet and weirdly naive when it comes to running a capital C crime empire.
+ Gamorrean Guards! Wished they had fuck off axes. These bastards killed me so much in OG Battlefront II.
+ THE RETURN OF MAX REBO
- where were the guards when Boba and Fennec were ambushed? They only appeared after the toe got attack
- why didn't Boba just jump pack away? Or why didn't they pull out their guns? Had no problem rocketing one of the motherfuckers
- yeah splitting in media res and current war lord shenanigans is a bit distracting but not too much
I like it a lot! Not as strong as the openings for Mando 1 and 2, but still very fun
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On the Rhodian, probably thought Boba would fail and he might get better treatment if he proved himself a loyal prisoner.
The Guards probably were either being hosed off or were expecting an ambush and hide in preparation.
Pretty sure narrow confined space plus jetpack would be bad for the assassin lady
The Guards probably were either being hosed off or were expecting an ambush and hide in preparation.
Pretty sure narrow confined space plus jetpack would be bad for the assassin lady
It was pretty good, how Boba survived the Sarlacc reminded me a lot of how he survived it in Dengar's story in Tales of the Bounty Hunters. That and them going for a feudal Japan feel with Fett being considered a Damiyo is interesting.
I do wonder if those assassins were The Crimson Dawn, Maul might be quite dead but Emilia Clark's character from Solo might still be around.
One other thing. It's weird seeing Boston Dynamics Spot drones done up as droids. It's a cool practical effect but it's weird realizing that we technically have droids now.
I do wonder if those assassins were The Crimson Dawn, Maul might be quite dead but Emilia Clark's character from Solo might still be around.
One other thing. It's weird seeing Boston Dynamics Spot drones done up as droids. It's a cool practical effect but it's weird realizing that we technically have droids now.
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No dum dum, that obviously happens in the last minute of the finale where someone calls Boba over and he puts a book down. The camera then pans over and zooms into the cover of the book titled "The Book of Boba" Smash cut to black.
Anyways, as for the first episode did anyone else feel like the combat was a little...clunky? Like, weirdly slow? Or was that just me?
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No dum dum, that obviously happens in the last minute of the finale where someone calls Boba over and he puts a book down. The camera then pans over and zooms into the cover of the book titled "The Book of Boba" Smash cut to black.
Anyways, as for the first episode did anyone else feel like the combat was a little...clunky? Like, weirdly slow? Or was that just me?
No, it was definitely real not great. Not sure where their fight mojo went, but maybe it'll get better/we'll see the money was spent elsewhere.
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Honestly I think the problems in the fight are more on the page than in the direction. Unless it's saying that grizzled Boba Fetts, with his quarter-century spent dealing with crime lords and military leaders alike, has come into this all complacent... but is the episode treating that as the point? Mot sure there is a point beyond "he didn't think to get an interpreter, olol."
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Watched the first ep and it got a big fat "eh" from me. Not really sure why Boba needs some extra time in the healing tube given that he was happily beating the shit out of Stormtroopers left, right, and center on Mando, but it's a decent hand wave to paper over Temura Morrison not wanting to wear the scarification makeup all the time.
I dug the fight with the Ray Harryhausen-looking monster, but the definitely agree that the action looked flat, slow, and underwhelming. This ep was directed by Robert Rodriguez who directed the similarly underwhelming "The Tragedy" episode of Mando, so it might just be a feature of his quick-and-dirty, do everything himself style not really translating to the bigger budget.
I know it's a snap judgement based off a single episode but I'm still not seeing any real reason for this to exist beyond "Boba Fett is cool, watch him do Boba Fett stuff." Like, by the end of the first ep of Mando he's discovered Grogu and we're locked into the predicament that's going to power the rest of the season, and here we've got, uh…Boba Fett's gotta deal with some goons? I guess? And a disrespectful mayor?
I can't claim credit for this, but someone on Twitter made the comparison that a Boba Fett show is the Star Wars fandom equivalent of overturning Roe v. Wade for the GOP - now that they've got it, uh now what?
I dug the fight with the Ray Harryhausen-looking monster, but the definitely agree that the action looked flat, slow, and underwhelming. This ep was directed by Robert Rodriguez who directed the similarly underwhelming "The Tragedy" episode of Mando, so it might just be a feature of his quick-and-dirty, do everything himself style not really translating to the bigger budget.
I know it's a snap judgement based off a single episode but I'm still not seeing any real reason for this to exist beyond "Boba Fett is cool, watch him do Boba Fett stuff." Like, by the end of the first ep of Mando he's discovered Grogu and we're locked into the predicament that's going to power the rest of the season, and here we've got, uh…Boba Fett's gotta deal with some goons? I guess? And a disrespectful mayor?
I can't claim credit for this, but someone on Twitter made the comparison that a Boba Fett show is the Star Wars fandom equivalent of overturning Roe v. Wade for the GOP - now that they've got it, uh now what?
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Tbh, the show is inviting this issue by not laying out any motivation for us. We've no indication of what Boba actually wants. Does he sincerely believe that the way to better Tatooine is to rule the underworld and run it on a deeply moral basis (possibly to be cemented with him righteously killing Cobb Vanth?)? Does he just want power? Is this about something else? We don't get to know, and we don't know how to feel about Boba taking over.
And I'm not sure it even successfully turns into a hook (which tends to be the goal of this stuff). We're just left with this hole where a central plank of the story should be.
Admittedly we also don't know which Boba Fett we've got here. The man of honour with an impeccable moral code (you see, the Space Nazis are the legitimate government and it's only morally wrong to work for them from a certain point of view), or if it's this Boba Fett:
Outside of what little we have of Boba's character (there's stuff in TCW and The Mandalorian) he's a pretty blue collar guy, he's worked for Jabba, Vader, and a who knows who else, but he's usually been a one-man show and he's not been the boss of an outfit.
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I'm just left wondering why he gives a shit. Like, why set himself up as the new crime boss of Tattooine? What's in it for him beyond making money? Why does he care about any of this, and therefore why should I?