Yeah it had some def nods to that hover board scene eh?
The Book Of Boba Fett - A Mandalorian Star Wars Story - Premiered December 29, 2021
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Also not so sure about that bit.
I'm going to give it a pass and pretend it didn't happen so I can hopefully enjoy the next "chapter" lol.
It's good enough that I'm just going to "buy in" for now.
Black Krrsantan > Baby Yoda
Yeah, best new character to be introduced so far. Love those electro shock knuckle dusters.
A few reasons why I didn't care much for this episode:
Too much cheesiness (Saying "I am Boba Fett!" to a goofy droid, bonding with a Bantha, etc.)
Where were the spur sound effects when Boba found Shand?
How did Shand survive that long ass ride to the modder?
That modification montage was unnecessarily long with the cheesy ass music.
Shand says the speed biker gang likely didn't wipe out the Tusken tribe. Boba wipes out the speed bikers anyway.
Slave 1 turning on its forward thrusters...to go backwards.
Nobody really cares about Boba Fett - the factions aren't even intimidated by him.
Just too much conversation to explain things. The series should show, not tell.
Too much cheesiness (Saying "I am Boba Fett!" to a goofy droid, bonding with a Bantha, etc.)
Where were the spur sound effects when Boba found Shand?
How did Shand survive that long ass ride to the modder?
That modification montage was unnecessarily long with the cheesy ass music.
Shand says the speed biker gang likely didn't wipe out the Tusken tribe. Boba wipes out the speed bikers anyway.
Slave 1 turning on its forward thrusters...to go backwards.
Nobody really cares about Boba Fett - the factions aren't even intimidated by him.
Just too much conversation to explain things. The series should show, not tell.
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I certainly missed it, but apparently at the end of the most recent episode....
...when they mention using credits to get extra muscle, the theme music from The Mandalorian plays....
I had the same issues, but still generally liked the episode, but the series feels a bit like a mixed bag. I respect them for taking so many chances, but not everything is paying off.
I will say that The Mandalorian felt more "professionally made", so far. That might also be that it took its time more. This just feels a little rushed... I know "pandemic" , but this is a LONG awaited revival!
I liked it but I think I see where you’re coming from.
It has wonkiness but I maintain that there is much difference in quality between this and Mandalorian and that the cuteness of baby yoda blinded people to any of its flaws.
And also people have created an idea of Boba Fett that doesn't actually exist. He had like 2 lines in 2 movies.
And also people have created an idea of Boba Fett that doesn't actually exist. He had like 2 lines in 2 movies.
Mando worked because it was a new story in the old universe. It was old but new at the same time.
This is just a nostalgia ride that isn't horrible but isn't good either. Fett was never a character, he was a suit of armor and a cool toy we all made up stories around.
Tatooine is just too much too. How many people are going to stand on the same exact spot that just happens to be a tiny trap door. It mentions a tiny character from the originals who we know only because Kenner made a figure out of so we actually knew his name.
Not to mention visually, Fett looks like an old guy in a suit of armor that doesn't quite fit. The action just isn't the same. What's funny is Fett looks more bad ass out of the armor.
Star Wars needs to let the trilogy be after this. New stories set in the same universe would be way more interesting.
This is just a nostalgia ride that isn't horrible but isn't good either. Fett was never a character, he was a suit of armor and a cool toy we all made up stories around.
Tatooine is just too much too. How many people are going to stand on the same exact spot that just happens to be a tiny trap door. It mentions a tiny character from the originals who we know only because Kenner made a figure out of so we actually knew his name.
Not to mention visually, Fett looks like an old guy in a suit of armor that doesn't quite fit. The action just isn't the same. What's funny is Fett looks more bad ass out of the armor.
Why does he go looking for his armor in the pit when he knows he climbed out with it? Just to go shoot the sarlacc?
Star Wars needs to let the trilogy be after this. New stories set in the same universe would be way more interesting.
This series version of Fett makes me rethink if he really is that cool of a character as I thought when I was a kid.
You guys haven't read any books/comics about Boba Fett, have you? I know most of them are no longer canon, but there's a lot of lore out there.
He did good fit for Jango at a prime age, but he's old now... Maybe not too old (Clint was a wrinkled badass) but couple age with that out of shape body and he looks (like someone here already said) like a bad cosplayer even when he's in armor.
They should've gone with a different actor... Or maybe just keep him in helmet for 95% of the time (and put him on an exercise bike and some "chicken and broccoli" - regime).
It's like when I first saw Anakin without a helmet in the end of ep 6 and Darth Vader suddenly lost a huge chunk of coolness.
Chapter 5
This is the best episode of the Book of Boba Fett by miles and it doesn't even have Boba in it, LMAOOOO
Yeah, I really wasn't expecting a full episode of The Mandalorian inside of The Book of Boba Fett, but I'm definitely not complaining. Even effects budget seemed obviously larger than the rest of the show.
This episode proves how much better this series should have been.
I can tell where my personal tastes and preferences lie with how much many complain about this series versus the generally positive response to the Disney+ Marvel series so far, which I've found all to be poorly thought through, inconsequential dreck. This is also inconsequential nonsense, but I've personally found it far more watchable and entertaining.
Factor in Disney's abysmal track record of Star Wars films as well, I'd happily take this series over most everything they've done outside of The Mandalorian and maybe Force Awakens. I'm not thrilled with the portrayal of Fett in the series so far either (Mando managed to kick more kiester in the first scene of this episode than Fett has the entire series), but I'll still take this over the portrayals of every other legendary Star Wars character that Disney has crapped out in their movies.
Factor in Disney's abysmal track record of Star Wars films as well, I'd happily take this series over most everything they've done outside of The Mandalorian and maybe Force Awakens. I'm not thrilled with the portrayal of Fett in the series so far either (Mando managed to kick more kiester in the first scene of this episode than Fett has the entire series), but I'll still take this over the portrayals of every other legendary Star Wars character that Disney has crapped out in their movies.
So I heard the latest episode is great! Will watch Friday night as I am away on business. BUT if it’s good, why don’t they just keep the same director through all the show, I.e let them shoot every episode.
yeah I get it, it might be because of other work commitments etc but surely the show runners/producers see the change in quality/consistency etc and how it must impact the overall standard of the show.
yeah I get it, it might be because of other work commitments etc but surely the show runners/producers see the change in quality/consistency etc and how it must impact the overall standard of the show.
It's Bryce Dallas Howard, and she has this touch... I dunno, but this just seems so much more professional looking than a lot of what we've seen in both shows. I haven't looked it up, but it looks like maybe she has her own DP?, as there's very clearly, a more cinematic look going on here. Editing also seems great, and it just seems more cohesive. After knocking some of the recent episodes for feeling a little more amateur, this just doesn't feel like that... So, I'm starting to think that maybe Robert Rodriguez has been holding the show back, even though I quite enjoyed his Boba episode in The Mandalorian... and not saying that I didn't enjoy some stuff already in this, namely Ep2.
In the original movies, he was barely a character at all. He was a cool suit of armor and ship, who's major action in the plot didn't happen on camera (probably because of the difficulty of special effects). He actually did one thing on camera and again that was limited because of the dated special effects.
He was mysterious, and later on stuff would leak about mandalorian armor, but none of that was ever mentioned in the movies. In reality we knew nothing about the guy.
Half the reason we know of certain characters is because they sold toys. They sold a Bossk toy for a guy who just stood there for 2 seconds.
And episode 2 is also one of the ones Robert Rodriguez didn't direct.
The shows biggest problem is being stuck on Tatooine. It doesn't give them the opportunity to expand the universe like. The Tusken stuff is the best parts so far because its the one that is that new. That is a problem with all their spin off content so far though.