I liked the flashback, and sorta expected one. There had to be one to show how Boba and Fennec ended up together.

At least the flashback wasn't the whole episode. It did eventually go back to the present.

The Sarlacc seemed pretty strong to hold a ship in place. But - it certainly had heartburn after that encounter.

A couple of echos I noticed:

-The droid in the kitchen with all the arms and knives was very reminiscent of General Grevious in Sith. The other droid was in one of the movies, working with the Jawas I beileve.

-Slave I going into the Sarlacc pit was very much like the Millennium Falcon landing on an asteroid, only to find out they were in the throat of some beast, before quickly escaping.

-Took me a minute to realize the bacta tank was the same contraption Skywalker was in after he got space-frostbite in Empire.

It's sorta cool to see where some of the beings from the original trilogy ended up right after the fall of the Empire.

Jennifer Beals is still gorgeous, even as a Twi'lek.

I noticed they have leeks in the long-ago-past-but-somehow-in-the-future.

It seems that this has to have a Mandalorian moment, since he showed up and got his armor in that series. And he's searching for this armor in this episode. It would be logical to have it reflect, since these series both run side by side immediately after Jedi.

onlyforaminute said:

I'm enjoying this. I never saw The Mandalorian, i see Ming-Na was there.

You should. These two shows take place shortly after Return of the Jedi, and run along side each other in the timeline. They happen at the same time, just in different areas.

Boba's in The Mandalorian, too, so his story is more full if you see it.

TrivialPursuit said:

Well, as cool as some of this ep was, seems to be filler.... some of the humor and call backs were cool and that droid was so cool to see! (yes I know where it came from).


And then it teased another similar ep next week?

With 2 epidods to go...seems like the end game is clear...

OnlyNDaUsa said:

Well, as cool as some of this ep was, seems to be filler.... some of the humor and call backs were cool and that droid was so cool to see! (yes I know where it came from).


And then it teased another similar ep next week?

With 2 epidods to go...seems like the end game is clear...

This is all you took out of "The Return Of The Mandalorian"???

TrivialPursuit said:

nayroo2002 said:

This Boba series takes place AFTER the Mando series.

Dunno what Ernest was on about...

nayroo2002 said:

nayroo2002 said:

This Boba series takes place AFTER the Mando series.

Dunno what Ernest was on about...

Yeah, just referencing Jon Favreau. He probably has no idea what he's talking about.

I really enjoyed this week's episode. it wasn't filler for me at all. Clearly, these stories are happening around the same period, in general. It's sorta easy to forget that Boba Fett is, in fact, a Mandalorian or closely connected to them, and that he could know Din Djarin.

I kind of enjoyed the sidetracking in this episode. I also enjoy the echos of past shows or movies. George Lucas always said that his stories were supposed to echo each other, like the verses of a song (which is either very original or very unoriginal). It's sorta like the "I've got a bad feeling about this" moment, or "Come with me if you want to live" from Terminator series. Whether it's Fett strangling the sand creature in the desert a la Leia killing Jabba, or otherwise, I like that it echos past stuff. It doesn't feel repetitive. Just gives the whole thing provenance and agency.

If The Mandalorian is any indication, the final episode could be epic in its own way. There are only two more episodes. (Which is good timing since Discovery, Picard, and The Orville are starting up (again) soon.)

So I stand by that this ep was 90% filler... Yes it may have some pay out in the last 2 eps but most of it was not at all necessary to the Book... it was basically a Mando episode... so yeah it was a fine episode ...of the Mandalorian... but crap Book of...

I did like the stuff in the meat locker as it is a call back to gangster trope... the line abut warm or cold was cool...

Him hurting himself with the saber was cool. (was that bacta spray they used on him?)

I am sure the dispute over the dark saber and that other mando will be important to season 3...

the bit of putting all the weapons in the crate was funny and reminded me of the Mad Max 3 (which I am sure was itself a throw back to some old western) but how did he get there with the head?

seeing the BD uinit was cool (yes I played that game to 100%)

an N1 seems impractical for a bounty Hunter but I guess he can use the droid port (with a bubble) for that?

the beggers canyon was fine but seems an uneccessary risky way to conduct a flight test....


over all a fine episode...jusy not a book of boba fett episode.

Boba needs muscle.

Fennec knows where to get that muscle.

The folks that never saw "The Mandalorian", but are now watching "The Book of Boba Fett",

get a glimpse of what Mando is and see the connection.

Then, those people watch "The Mandalorian".

Then, probably rewatch Star Wars, etc.

It's a viscious marketing scheme

nayroo2002 said:

Wow wee Waa! no direct spoulers just yet...

So yeah another heavy Mano centric ep but it was good and the big cameo! I struggled wih it. But I think it will lead to something much larger. (maybe a series will be annoubced at the end)


Ohhh wow wow (I am still watching it) the person walking up! no way!


And I saw that coming just befor...

so it should set things up for a big finish... Maybe the choice will lead to unexpected help?

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onlyforaminute said:

I am wondering why they're telling so much of the mandalorian storyline in boba fett.

Really??? Feels obvious to me.

Well, this is by far my favorite episode of Boba Fett. I love the continuing Skywalker story (and the face CGI was so much better). I loved the circling back to the Marshall, although he died.

I thought the whole episode did a lot to start more connections with both shows, show a bit of Skywalker's path, and establish new things to come.

Ooooohhhhhh!!!!

What's the Child gonna choose???

Protection or Weapon???

Inquiring Jedis & Mandalorians wanna know!

Tune in next week...

Same Boba-time, same Fett-channel!!!

TrivialPursuit said:

TrivialPursuit said:

Well, this is by far my favorite episode of Boba Fett. I love the continuing Skywalker story (and the face CGI was so much better). I loved the circling back to the Marshall, although he died.

I thought the whole episode did a lot to start more connections with both shows, show a bit of Skywalker's path, and establish new things to come.

the Marshall is not dead

By the way, there were some great mirror moments, like Luke carrying Grogu on his back, hiking thru the forest, like he did Yoda.

Also, Luke making all the frogs come up out of the swamp reminded me of Yoda pulling Luke's X-wing out of the Dagobah swamp.

I see R2 is still snarky and full of attitude.

It was an acceptable acceptable finale... and a short mid credit bit....being used indeed!

i just realized that within the theme song, the words "Boba" and "Fett" are acoustically sung

Tune in next time for "The Crazy-ass Adventures of Mando & The Kid"

I really enjoyed the finale.

One thing that stuck me out was when the Rancor was about to rip a Droidekas in half and Boba said, "Do it!" The same thing happened when Anakin had Dooku on his knees, between two light sabers. Palpatine said "do it" and Anakin beheaded Dooku. That was a big easter egg to me.

The story was really good, though. The whole thing with Mandalorian and Boba coming together felt good and right. Grogu kinda helping out felt good, too. And frankly, it echoed back to Yoda's fight with Dooku and his general badassery in Episode II and III.

The battle was epic, the Rancor being in there going from Godzilla to sleeping kitten was fun.

I did notice "Boba" and "Fett" in the theme song.

It was good to see the Cobb Vanth recovering, although I don't know what the dude was doing with the fancy lighter. It felt sinister. Am I missing something there?
We kinda knew Cad Bane wasn't going to make it. The character is just scary and creepy, but you do need that in a show.

I thought it was sorta interesting to see that the Hutts didn't show up any more. People thought they'd come back or something, but they seemed to just disappear and stuck to their deal. Allegedly.

It's interesting that Grogu chose the protection and was wearing it. I'm trying to put all that together. Why didn't he stick with Skywalker, and why was it such a big ass decision to choose Skywalker or the Mandalorian in the last episode? He's got to show up in Ahsoka's show or something.

Ahsoka is supposed to be filming now, but no sure of a premiere date. THey noted that these shows would all culimnate in a "climactic story event". So maybe the Grogu thing will be answered in that, as well as other questions.

Oddly, Rangers of the New Republic seems to be on hold and isn't fully developed. So I don't know if this big story even is going to be worked into the three (or almost three) existing series, or we'll just have to wait until Rangers comes out to see it all (whatever it is) come together.

I think we'll probably get another Mandalorian then Ahsoka after that.

There's also The Acolyte which doesn't start filming until this summer.

Anyway, the finale was really fucking cool. I'm glad it was a full hour.