The Book of Boba Fett

As for Krrsantan attacking when he did, I'll have to go back & watch again, but I was pretty sure it was in the nighttime. Boba seemed to have taken Jabba's chambers, so he'd have known where to go, & there didn't seem to be any coverings to the windows. Plus, most break-ins & robberies occur at night when the people are asleep.
My bad. You're right. I just re-watched the scene. It looks like it was dusk/twilight - not pitch black, but certainly not daytime.

Some of the lighting in that room can, at first glance, look like daylight. That's my story and I am sticking to it.

I still think it's weird that he was able to get to him (apparently) so easily. I wouldn't think of stealth as one of BK's strong suits.
 
EXACTLY!

Only problem is, we're standing over the shoulder of the guy making the connect the dots picture, & complaining before he gets the dots numbered or even all of the dots on the paper.
Well.....we have a little precedent, though, don't we? "The Mandalorian" suffers from a lot of these same problems. And the same guy who made those connect-the-dots pictures is making this new one. So I don't think we are totally unjustified in cocking an eyebrow.

But you are quite right - Favreau (and Filoni) still pulled together, if not every salient thread, at least the most important threads at the end of both seasons.
 
"I read The Book of Boba Fett for the articles."

The articles:

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If episode 4 had a soundtrack, this might be on the album

Caught in the Game​

Survivor

You swore you'd never again let yourself be tempted
Too many times in the past when you've opened up your heart
You've had it broken in pieces by too many lies
Still it's hard to acknowledge the past when she flashes those eyes
Over and over
The song skips
Just as the final refrain fades away
Like fools we are caught in the game
Caught in the game
Caught in the game again
Caught in the game
Caught in the game
I swore I'd never again catch myself believin'
Too many times I've been hurt, and it makes you hard inside
But when I saw you in the city tonight, was it just imagination?
Or did your eyes burn a little too bright? For purely conversation
Over and over
Those lights flash down at the corner arcade
Swept away
Like fools we are caught in the game
Caught in the game
Caught in the game again
Caught in the game
Caught in the game again
Caught in the game
Caught in the game again
Caught in the game
Caught in the game
Over and over
The song skips
Just as the final refrain fades away
Like fools we are caught in the game
Caught in the game
Caught in the game
Caught in the game
Caught in the game
Caught in the game
Caught in the game again
Caught in the game again
Caught in the game again

 
Well.....we have a little precedent, though, don't we? "The Mandalorian" suffers from a lot of these same problems. And the same guy who made those connect-the-dots pictures is making this new one. So I don't think we are totally unjustified in cocking an eyebrow.

But you are quite right - Favreau (and Filoni) still pulled the most important threads together at the end of both seasons.
Not to jump franchises, but I remember all the flack WandaVision took in it's first few episodes. I could care less about anyone else's opinion, but that was some of the best television I've seen in years, but that was when the whole was evaluated instead of the individual parts.
 
Unless again, that was all part of the stage play, to throw everybody off. It would hardly look like a real attack if there wasn’t some damage.
You're right about that, but again, would Boba have approached him outside of Sanctuary and say "You look like you could use a job" if they already had a working relationship?
 
Not to jump franchises, but I remember all the flack WandaVision took in it's first few episodes. I could care less about anyone else's opinion, but that was some of the best television I've seen in years, but that was when the whole was evaluated instead of the individual parts.
with all do respect, you know i love you brother but this is TV we are talking about. If it was a book and you got to the half way point and we only made it here, most books would have been thrown down and sold in the next garage sale by now. With TV the standard is even higher because it's ALL visual. People expect to be entertained quickly or else they'd read a book. If you can't hook people in on a show in the opening episode or 2 then that is not the viewers fault..(we are the ones paying for the product) so we expect a return on investment. Star Wars gets away with it because it's been around so long and they are using the name to sell the product.
 
My personal view was this...

(SPOILERY RECAP)




He was in the Sarlacc, maybe, anywhere from a few hours to a day. He spent the majority of those 5+years with the Tuskens. They get slaughtered & he spends a fair amount of time, just him & the Bantha, based on what he said when he released it. During that time of just the 2 of them, he begins planning revenge, but doesn't feel like assaulting the Palace alone, so he keeps checking back, looking for an opportunity. He rescues Fennec, recognizes her skill, & decides that now's the time. He gets his ship as step one, with step two being getting his armor. That leads to the side quest that was Mando season 2. He goes back & kills Bib with the idea of taking over, & the show is giving us what he goes through to get where he wants to be. That is, assuming what he really wants is to be the head of a crime family, which I'm not totally convinced of.
Im curious how many years pass just between scenes now... they absolutely conveyed none of that.. 5 years with the tuskens and we got.. Dig for black mellon and kill Goro... Train with sick... Fight the 'Gun Train'.... and drug trip "im goin on walkabout" to top it off hes wearing the same clothes throughout, and like others already said, the Tusken kids don't age
I'm on my second rewatch and genuinely I am trying to figure out if they're trying to say he was in the Sarlacc longer than we think... in which case removing the scars is all the more dumb.. Its all just really poorly executed and confusing to the viewer, which is never a good thing.
Also continuity error right at the start. There's no Boba sounds or spurs when he's walking up on Fennec like we saw in Mando...
 
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Not to jump franchises, but I remember all the flack WandaVision took in it's first few episodes. I could care less about anyone else's opinion, but that was some of the best television I've seen in years, but that was when the whole was evaluated instead of the individual parts.
I loved it, too. But I think that show was positioned as being patently absurd in terms of concept, so you knew something was "wrong" even before you started watching.

WV is a great example of a show that dripped info on you slowly, and you knew you weren't being given the full picture, but you also knew the drip was deliberately slow and with purpose.

I would be over the moon if that is what JF is doing here. But he's always had a rather straightforward "workman-like" vibe to his films, y'know? Not a lot of twists or other narrative acrobatics.

As I said before, I like the show, warts and all. Not sure if I love it, at least not yet. But I'll keep both the faith and an open mind until the end of Ep 7 for final judgment.
 
He did. And the slaver angle was already established in The Clone Wars. I'd have to go back and watch that story arc with Ahsoka and Chewbacca, but I am pretty sure there were references to Trandoshans targeting Wookiees specifically.
Cool, thanks!

However, if they haven't referenced it in this very show, then it's bad storytelling to expect everyone to have seen everything else. They wouldn't have to belabor explaining it, but at least a passing reference to it should have been made.
 
I think current SW would work much better if particular projects we'e targeted to specific audiences instead of always targeting EVERYONE. The OT was magic partially because it had mass appeal even though it was designed for 12 year olds. Trying to re-create that lightning in a bottle mass appeal seems to generally fail. The BOBF was designed for EVERYONE but lets just say it was designed for kids, fine, give us a SW show that's for adults. Or find any number of other ways to target to specific audiences- fans of the OT, fans of the ST etc. Yes audiences grow up, so change with them instead of always talking down to them. Anyhow just a few thoughts.
 
However, if they haven't referenced it in this very show, then it's bad storytelling to expect everyone to have seen everything else. They wouldn't have to belabor explaining it, but at least a passing reference to it should have been made.
Well, by this Logic, then no one should be upset that Boba said "My Firespray Gunship" not "Slave 1" as Slave 1 was never mentioned in any main line film and was only ever spoken aloud once, in the Clone Wars by Aurra Sing....:unsure:
 
Cool, thanks!

However, if they haven't referenced it in this very show, then it's bad storytelling to expect everyone to have seen everything else. They wouldn't have to belabor explaining it, but at least a passing reference to it should have been made.
I think that is a spot-on observation. You are right - superfans will know why BK lashed out at the Trandos, but a good portion of the audience are probably, like, "WTF? Those guys weren't doing anything to him."
 
I think current SW would work much better if particular projects we'e targeted to specific audiences instead of always targeting EVERYONE. The OT was magic partially because it had mass appeal even though it was designed for 12 year olds. Trying to re-create that lightning in a bottle mass appeal seems to generally fail. The BOBF was designed for EVERYONE but lets just say it was designed for kids, fine, give us a SW show that's for adults. Or find any number of other ways to target to specific audiences- fans of the OT, fans of the ST etc. Yes audiences grow up, so change with them instead of always talking down to them. Anyhow just a few thoughts.
Remember when we were all excited to get a Game of Thrones like StarWars show from D&D before they went and shot themselves in the foot with rushing Season 8 out the door? :lol:
 
with all do respect, you know i love you brother but this is TV we are talking about. If it was a book and you got to the half way point and we only made it here, most books would have been thrown down and sold in the next garage sale by now. With TV the standard is even higher because it's ALL visual. People expect to be entertained quickly or else they'd read a book. If you can't hook people in on a show in the opening episode or 2 then that is not the viewers fault..(we are the ones paying for the product) so we expect a return on investment. Star Wars gets away with it because it's been around so long and they are using the name to sell the product.
I get that, & I think that sometimes the creators take for granted that having 'STAR WARS' in the title automatically comes with the hook needed & comes with a fair amount of leeway & goodwill from the fans. Sometimes that happens to the detriment of the story, but gauging by The Mandalorian alone, I know that there were a few episodes that were crapped all over in both seasons, & admittingly, not all were home runs, but I can't think of one episode of that show that didn't have at least ONE, possibly insignificant at the time, but something nonetheless, that didn't add to the whole of the story.

A story that I might add is still being told. I personally don't see any reason that this (nearly same) creative team is would change the recipe.
 
I get that, & I think that sometimes the creators take for granted that having 'STAR WARS' in the title automatically comes with the hook needed & comes with a fair amount of leeway & goodwill from the fans. Sometimes that happens to the detriment of the story, but gauging by The Mandalorian alone, I know that there were a few episodes that were crapped all over in both seasons, & admittingly, not all were home runs, but I can't think of one episode of that show that didn't have at least ONE, possibly insignificant at the time, but something nonetheless, that didn't add to the whole of the story.

A story that I might add is still being told. I personally don't see any reason that this (nearly same) creative team is would change the recipe.
Sadly the Boba Fett returns episode "The Tragedy" was exactly that... I still don't understand how they OK'd Mando just.... forgetting about his jetpack... the one we watch him call like a dog using his gauntlet as a gag in EII of that same season... all for the plot to happen...

I was hoping that kinda crap would be the exception walking into this, but now its the set minimum standard to meet

Also did Slave I's wings fold the complete opposite direction during the sarlacc thing?
 
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