The Book of Boba Fett

In terms of how this series would end, I have a feeling that the Story Group is setting up Bo-Katan, not Boba, as the next Mandalore.

“The Rescue” had Boba pointedly stating that he never claimed to be a Mandalorian, and Din is supposed to be both the wandering gunslinger as well as a member of some ultra-orthodox fringe group. Neither seems to be teed up to become the Big Dog.

Mandalorian S3 might see some conflict between Bo-Katan and Din as she tries to reclaim the Darksaber the right way, but my guess is that we’ll see some rapprochement whereby she becomes Mandalore and he resumes his errant life, possibly with Grogu at his side.

As for Boba? I don’t see a “noble sacrifice” ending his story. Maybe he eventually goes back to the Sand People, as he clearly found some sort of home with them for five years. Or maybe his story doesn’t really “end” - we leave him triumphant over his enemies, his empire secure, but with an ominous “heavy is the head that wears the crown” vibe.
 
Halliwax said:
Ah yes!! I hope fett de-heads him
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Good call..
Maybe have a row of of Spiked Heads outside Jabbas Palace like in GOTs to show he means business and he's already got Bib Fortuna's head!

EDIT : double quote edited out
 
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CopperRevan said:
I may be dead wrong but what clearly pops out in my mind is:

1:what Boba possibly learned from the Tuskans while in captivity(their customs, rituals, values...humility)

2.How the people feared the Hutts and now maybe a new way to gain respect and show a different way of governance(Mos Espa)

3.Boba's flashbacks revealing MAJOR influences on his life (has he forgotten the Jedi's killed his father? or has he seen the effects of his Dad's ways leading to death and maybe doesn't want to travel that same path anymore?

it's very interesting how sickness, lack of health, and aging can start to make you think about what you are doing in life...it did me(in my past and very recently) i can tell you...had a very tough time with Covid and am still feeling the effects.(fortunate, to still be here, honestly)

All this, to me is a pretty good story even though i may not like the delivery so far but...must be patient and let it play out.
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1: What Boba learned was ALSO... how to break stormtrooper armor apart with a Gaffi stick! Now, keeping in mind the guy crawled out of an acid filled flesh bag in a twin sunned desert after being submerged for who knows how long... he was in pretty rough shape. And when you look at the majority of the canon resources (movies and Clone Wars animated), Boba is a weapons guy, not a melee guy. Maybe he needed to learn some technique?

2: To me, Jabba was a steel glove. An obvious threat and something to be feared. Oh, you disagree? Click, you end up in the rancor pit. Boba now is more of a steel glove covered in a velvet sheathing. The steel is still there... only to be used if the velvet doesn't get the job done. Sadly, some people don't accept the "soft" approach... and need a blaster bolt to the face. Or an electro pike/axe. :)

I like where the story is going, despite a couple wobbles/technical/pacing issues in the first episode.

Personally, I LIKE the new armor look, but I also like the original. "Why didn't he ever paint it in the original trilogy?" Because the costume designer thought it looked cool all banged up? Seriously, this suit was designed 40 years ago. Do the US Marines use the same uniforms they did 40 years ago? Nope. Heck, in ANH all we see are TK troopers. No Death Troopers, no scouts, no Shore Troopers. The SW story and design has evolved and has been "fit" into the universe. Why didn't Boba repaint his armor? Because it looked cool for the 5 minutes of film time he had on screen. :D
 
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Rook 3 said:
1: What Boba learned was ALSO... how to break stormtrooper armor apart with a Gaffi stick! Now, keeping in mind the guy crawled out of an acid filled flesh bag in a twin sunned desert after being submerged for who knows how long... he was in pretty rough shape. And when you look at the majority of the canon resources (movies and Clone Wars animated), Boba is a weapons guy, not a melee guy. Maybe he needed to learn some technique?

2: To me, Jabba was a steel glove. An obvious threat and something to be feared. Oh, you disagree? Click, you end up in the rancor pit. Boba now is more of a steel glove covered in a velvet sheathing. The steel is still there... only to be used if the velvet doesn't get the job done. Sadly, some people don't accept the "soft" approach... and need a blaster bolt to the face. Or an electro pike/axe. :)

I like where the story is going, despite a couple wobbles/technical/pacing issues in the first episode.
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Absolutely!!! customs...rituals But could you ever imagine (While Vader and Palps still alive) Boba braking faces of storm troopers? Now that they are gone from the picture( please excuse ST for this point...lol) he does it!! He wants that armor back!!! storm troopers or not. He has also learned how to negotiate as he offers an olive branch to Mando. His character has already transformed in front of our eyes(in the blink of one episode). I'm telling you, we are in for a ride!!! Many of us, maybe even myself , will get to the end of this season and think.." Man, i was to quick to judgement and should have been more patient"

if i'm wrong, well ...i'll be the first one on here to admit how clueless i am...lol

...and Thrawn is STILL out there in the shadows...
 
I forgot about his willingness to talk to Mando to get the armor back. Old Boba (ESB/ROTJ Boba) would have shot first and taken the armor without asking questions. :)
 
Rook 3 said:
Personally, I LIKE the new armor look, but I also like the original. "Why didn't he ever paint it in the original trilogy?" Because the costume designer thought it looked cool all banged up? Seriously, this suit was designed 40 years ago. Do the US Marines use the same uniforms they did 40 years ago? Nope. Heck, in ANH all we see are TK troopers. No Death Troopers, no scouts, no Shore Troopers. The SW story and design has evolved and has been "fit" into the universe. Why didn't Boba repaint his armor? Because it looked cool for the 5 minutes of film time he had on screen. :D
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Technically speaking, we are wearing the same uniforms from 40 years ago. Our service and dress uniforms have changed little in decades. But I get what you're saying and I also don't mind the new look, it just takes getting used to is all since we're so used to seeing it heavily weathered.
 
Technically speaking, we are wearing the same uniforms from 40 years ago.
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Technically, Din Jarin and Boba are wearing the same uniform... Except Boba is in 1982 Woodland and Din Jarin is in 2021 Marpat. :D Same basic feel, just subtle design changes. ;)
 
Riceball said:
Technically speaking, we are wearing the same uniforms from 40 years ago. Our service and dress uniforms have changed little in decades. But I get what you're saying and I also don't mind the new look, it just takes getting used to is all since we're so used to seeing it heavily weathered.
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I guess with a military uniform you are right...just changed camo patterns for functionality(Operation Desert Storm), and obviously with tanks and aircraft we have used same models for years and we have repainted etc. There is war time and peace time and training in between so i get it...but in the Star Wars universe (this example) we are dealing with a Bounty Hunter/unaltered clone watch the only father he has ever known be decapped by the Jedi(Mace) and came out of the Clone war era, Order 66, The Vader years(2 Death Star explosions and the end of the Empire), and now a Sarlacc pit and for many it's a time of peace and celebration but there are power vaccuums everywhere and opportunists are all trying to get a piece of the pie, while remnants of the empire try to regroup.

He has worn Dad's armour most of those years and Jango kept his armor pretty spiffy and that armor is his only connection to Dad(and the Slave1) and maybe that's how he is respecting his Dad's legacy...maybe there is a larger point here interwoven with the legacy of Star Wars as a whole...it's the only thing that is making sense to me right now from a storytellers angle and BTW, it happens to be Mandalorian armor...but it's his Dad's Mandalorian armor and this is a two-sided coin for sure...it might be the very death of him.

Imagine something contained within the armor itself that is making him sick while he's maintaining the outward appearance of it? naa...now i'm getting crazy...lol
 
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CopperRevan said:
I guess with a military uniform you are right...just changed camo patterns for functionality(Operation Desert Storm), and obviously with tanks and aircraft we have used same models for years and we have repainted etc. There is war time and peace time and training in between so i get it...but in the Star Wars universe (this example) we are dealing with a Bounty Hunter/unaltered clone watch the only father he has ever known be decapped by the Jedi(Mace) and came out of the Clone war era, Order 66, The Vader years(2 Death Star explosions and the end of the Empire), and now a Sarlacc pit and for many it's a time of peace and celebration but there are power vaccuums everywhere and opportunists are all trying to get a piece of the pie, while remnants of the empire try to regroup.

He has worn Dad's armour most of those years and Jango kept his armor pretty spiffy and that armor is his only connection to Dad(and the Slave1) and maybe that's how he is respecting his Dad's legacy...maybe there is a larger point here interwoven with the legacy of Star Wars as a whole...it's the only thing that is making sense to me right now from a storytellers angle and BTW, it happens to be Mandalorian armor...but it's his Dad's Mandalorian armor and this is a two-sided coin for sure...it might be the very death of him.

Imagine something contained within the armor itself that is making him sick while he's maintaining the outward appearance of it? naa...now i'm getting crazy...lol
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Not that it really has any bearing on the subject at hand, but the fatigue uniforms of the Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps have changed more than just their camo pattern over the years. With each new iteration of fatigue uniform, there are differences in the overall cut of the uniform. Things like the addition or removal of pockets, the material(s) they're made from, looser, tighter, and so on. The Army's ACU and to a degree the Air Force's ABUs are pretty different from the old woodland BDUs of the '80s and '90s in more than just a change in camo pattern. They have zippers and velcro in place of buttons, a completely different number of pockets, and in their placement, as well as a different fit. Marine Corps MCCUs are still fairly close in cut to the old BDUs with the largest difference being the removal of the lower pockets on the blouses and the addition of sleeve pockets, but otherwise, the cut is still very similar to the BDU.

As far Boba and his connection to Jango through his armor, while I agree that there is a bit of a connection, I don't think it's as deep as you think it is. As you pointed out, Jango kept his armor pretty much immaculate, to include minimal paint on it. Boba, on the other hand, had it completely painted but never seemed to, until now, bother to keep it pristine, preferring to leave it scorched, chipped, and scratched. It seems that Boba, until very recently, took a very pragmatic approach to his armor and probably only did what maintenance was necessary to keep it in good working order while not being particularly concerned about how it looked on the outside.

I wonder if the reason why Boba's armor is now freshly repainted and why he never seemed to care much before is because he was pragmatic about it. With his job of bounty hunting, he may have figured it to be pointless to be constantly cleaning and touching up the paint on his armor, he may not have had much down time between jobs so he'd rather spend it doing something else besides constantly cleaning and painting his armor. That and he figured, why bother, it's going to dinged up again on the next job. But now that he's "settled down" it's more worth his time to clean up his armor and repaint it. He doesn't expect to get shot at anymore, or as much, or do much of anything that's going to affect the paint job, so now is a good a time as any to finally fix up his armor a bit more. Plus, it's kind of also symbolic of him being reborn, as it were, and getting a fresh start, so to speak.
 
Riceball said:
Not that it really has any bearing on the subject at hand, but the fatigue uniforms of the Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps have changed more than just their camo pattern over the years. With each new iteration of fatigue uniform, there are differences in the overall cut of the uniform. Things like the addition or removal of pockets, the material(s) they're made from, looser, tighter, and so on. The Army's ACU and to a degree the Air Force's ABUs are pretty different from the old woodland BDUs of the '80s and '90s in more than just a change in camo pattern. They have zippers and velcro in place of buttons, a completely different number of pockets, and in their placement, as well as a different fit. Marine Corps MCCUs are still fairly close in cut to the old BDUs with the largest difference being the removal of the lower pockets on the blouses and the addition of sleeve pockets, but otherwise, the cut is still very similar to the BDU.

As far Boba and his connection to Jango through his armor, while I agree that there is a bit of a connection, I don't think it's as deep as you think it is. As you pointed out, Jango kept his armor pretty much immaculate, to include minimal paint on it. Boba, on the other hand, had it completely painted but never seemed to, until now, bother to keep it pristine, preferring to leave it scorched, chipped, and scratched. It seems that Boba, until very recently, took a very pragmatic approach to his armor and probably only did what maintenance was necessary to keep it in good working order while not being particularly concerned about how it looked on the outside.

I wonder if the reason why Boba's armor is now freshly repainted and why he never seemed to care much before is because he was pragmatic about it. With his job of bounty hunting, he may have figured it to be pointless to be constantly cleaning and touching up the paint on his armor, he may not have had much down time between jobs so he'd rather spend it doing something else besides constantly cleaning and painting his armor. That and he figured, why bother, it's going to dinged up again on the next job. But now that he's "settled down" it's more worth his time to clean up his armor and repaint it. He doesn't expect to get shot at anymore, or as much, or do much of anything that's going to affect the paint job, so now is a good a time as any to finally fix up his armor a bit more. Plus, it's kind of also symbolic of him being reborn, as it were, and getting a fresh start, so to speak.
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that's exactly what i said up in the feed...a new Boba, i have a habit of thinking too deeply...lol, as far as BDU's i was in the Army i just didn't want to exhaust that since i don't think it's the ideal comparison to Boba...he's a loner..or has been and his only connection to the Mandalorians is that armor, which really wasn't his so it's not really a uniform per se , that he belongs to a group. The armor is identifiable to the outsiders as Mandalorian...to him it's Dad's.

My Grandpa was in WW2...If he gave me his coat with name and rank and division etc...when he passed and i wore it publicly, some would be ticked because i didn't earn anything that my grandfather did that coat represents. Maybe i'm wearing it because i respect my grandfather's heroics and am proud of what he accomplished or i just miss him so much it's my connection to him. With all that being said, whatever his motivation is...there is a code that the Mando's live by...doesn't matter what his motive is to them. I'm not sure this is the fairest comparison though...just sharing my thoughts...you made good points
 
Lightning said:
The paint job wasn't just distressed after the Sarlac, it was completely trashed. No one would leave it like that. Plus if he didn't paint it, he'd be reminded of the horrible experience every time he looked at it.
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the jawas got it, then Vanth Cobb then Mando ....then back to Boba. It didn't bother any of them but now we are saying, it bothered Boba...which is probably true because it was Jango's ? Maybe they will address it, maybe not...depends on if it is essential to the story they want to tell.

Edit: ....and when he got it from Mando he didn't go into a panic because of it's appearance...which makes total sense given the situation
 
the jawas got it, then Vanth Cobb then Mando ....then back to Boba. It didn't bother any of them but now we are saying, it bothered Boba...which is probably true because it was Jango's ? Maybe they will address it, maybe not...depends on if it is essential to the story they want to tell.

Edit: ....and when he got it from Mando he didn't go into a panic because of it's appearance...which makes total sense given the situation
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My take was when he was actively wearing it, it was a laziness factor. Chipped paint didn't hurt the function of the armor, so who cares. But after the Sarlacc acid did it's job... there wasn't a lot of the "original" paint left, so something needed to be done. And the missing groin armor... "I" wouldn't crawl back into the sarlacc looking for it... even if it was dead. :)

I imagine getting rid of that rigid armor piece was a practical issue for the actor. The Imperial truck drivers/Shore Troopers don't have one any more. Makes it easier to sit down. :)
 
Rook 3 said:
My take was when he was actively wearing it, it was a laziness factor. Chipped paint didn't hurt the function of the armor, so who cares. But after the Sarlacc acid did it's job... there wasn't a lot of the "original" paint left, so something needed to be done. And the missing groin armor... "I" wouldn't crawl back into the sarlacc looking for it... even if it was dead. :)

I imagine getting rid of that rigid armor piece was a practical issue for the actor. The Imperial truck drivers/Shore Troopers don't have one any more. Makes it easier to sit down. :)
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Darn!!! i'm way over complicating it...it's really about the Toys!!! jk I'm way too picky lol
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