The Book of Boba Fett

[ScourgiousJinx]

Omega from The Bad Batch has yet to appear in live action. Maybe she's part of his motivation for wanting to be a crime lord? That's my prediction for the inevitable unnecessary "shocking" fan service reveal or at least one of them. I really hope they don't go that way though.

 

[Wolfsburg]

Same here. Unless she's Tem in a blonde wig, I'd be just fine if they don't go that way. lol

 

[mluder]

Morrison I think is an amazing actor and has awesome teeth.. actors are directed.. i blame direction over Morrison

I don't know that it's that simple. I've seen Hayden Christiansen and Natalie Portman give way better performances than the PT so was it the directors fault? Maybe. But George also directed ANH and the cast has been very clear that his direction was pretty consistent... "Faster... More intense." Not to mention cast comments about the clunky dialogue. "You can write this stuff, George, but you can say it." So why is ANH generally regarded as better than any of the PT films? Because the actors were great at what they did. They took what they were given and had the talent to turn it into a believable performance that was interesting and exciting. Looking back at the PT who stands out? Ewan? Liam? Anybody else? Neeson and MacGregor are talented actors who, like Ford, Fisher, even Cushing and JE Jones, could take what they were given and turn in masterful and believable and entertaining performances regardless of script and director.

So, what's my point... Some actors need a great director to get a great performance. Some can't be helped at all LOL. But a great actor can overcome a poor script and a bad director and give a performance that is interesting, believable, and entertaining.

 

[kalkamel]

 

[mluder]

Maybe we are all over reacting, maybe after all the disrespect.. fett is going to have a major melt down and slaughter everyone..

That doesn't excuse the Skittlebike Gang.

 

[robstyle]

Hate to say it, I'm officially done with this show.

*drops mic


Peace out y'all

 

[squirk]

I agree, but as I said earlier, movie wise, Vader brought in a slew of bounty hunters. Boba just happened to be the one who caught up with them. He didn't even capture them. He told Vader where they were, Vader made the 'deal' with Lando, then Fett just hung around to take Han as his payment.

Also, I personally think Vader saying "No disintegrations" was directed at ALL the bounty hunters, but he just stopped in front of Boba & Boba responded that he understood. Even if it was, how does disintegrating your quarry make you a BA?

Those are just my thoughts, but I've thought about them for years. LOL

Different folks will interpret that scene differently, but I took it as Vader gathering the “best of the best.” For such important quarry - critical to capturing Luke - why would he retain anything less? He certainly wouldn’t take the time to personally address a bunch of schlubs, and he clearly has no patience for incompetence.

And when he said “no disintegrations,” he purposely (in my “read,” anyway) stopped at Boba to punctuate that point. Which telegraphed that he had used Boba before, that Boba was pretty merciless, and that Vader wasn’t entirely displeased with any previous disintegrations (because he would have killed Boba if he had been). Again, he called Boba back because he was satisfied with his past performance. And if the notoriously hard-to-please second-in-command of the Galactic Empire wants to use you more than once, you must be doing something right.

As far as not capturing them, the task was to “locate” the Millenium Falcon. Which Boba did in, like, two seconds. Given that he instantly sussed out Han’s ruse when neither the Empire (not even Vader!) or any of those other BHs had a clue, I always took the meaning to be that Boba was really, really good at his job.

I mean, the movie could have spent another few minutes really driving home his street cred, but just speaking for me, I think I got enough to understand where they were going with the character.

 

[Kroenen77]

Episode 3 was ok.Not so good like number 2.
But these "kids gang"...really?And they are driving these "vespas"..I really hate that.So a cheap design.
But Danny Trejo as the new Rancor keeper is great.The fate of the tusken group was so sad.I really hate that nobody survived.

 

[Usagi Pilgrim]

I love that we can discuss this character & our interpretations from over the years, & even though I don't like/agree with EVERYTHING the creative team does, it's allowed for us to connect in, I think, some great discussions. I really appreciate it.

Truly.


Maybe I'm just watching the show all wrong & with the wrong mindset. I'm going to try something different next week. I just ordered these because the seller said I could get them pre-twisted. I'll wear them all week & go into the next episode with the right attitude...

LOL

Just having fun folks. No offence.

 

[Usagi Pilgrim]

So I'm looking in other sites about the show, & several are saying they feel the rancor & Machete are Trojan horses. That it's really loyal to him & not Boba. It was mentioned here before, but I really didn't get that. Am I in the minority here?

 

[squirk]

I don't know that it's that simple. I've seen Hayden Christiansen and Natalie Portman give way better performances than the PT so was it the directors fault? Maybe. But George also directed ANH and the cast has been very clear that his direction was pretty consistent... "Faster... More intense." Not to mention cast comments about the clunky dialogue. "You can write this stuff, George, but you can say it." So why is ANH generally regarded as better than any of the PT films? Because the actors were great at what they did. They took what they were given and had the talent to turn it into a believable performance that was interesting and exciting. Looking back at the PT who stands out? Ewan? Liam? Anybody else? Neeson and MacGregor are talented actors who, like Ford, Fisher, even Cushing and JE Jones, could take what they were given and turn in masterful and believable and entertaining performances regardless of script and director.

So, what's my point... Some actors need a great director to get a great performance. Some can't be helped at all LOL. But a great actor can overcome a poor script and a bad director and give a performance that is interesting, believable, and entertaining.

I have absolutely no facts with which to back up the following assertion, but I’ve often wondered if young George interacted with his young actors differently in 1976 than old George did in 2001. In ‘76, he was “George Lucas,” with one hit film and one artsy indie sci-fi film under his belt, and not that much older than Hamill and Fisher (and actually younger than Ford).

Contrast that with 2001. He’s now “GEORGE LUCAS,” a true mogul and an instantly-recognizable part of Western culture. He’s been around the block, maybe feeling himself a bit more nowadays, and is much older than his two principal leads.

Did he feel less inclined to collaborate with the “kids” in ‘01 than he may have in ‘76? Was he more willing to accept and play with feedback from his young actors in ANH than he was in AOTC, where he might have been more inclined to just tell Portman and Christiansen “this is what I need you to do”? And were Portman/Christiansen perhaps so awed and even intimidated by working with GL whereby they just “did as they were told,” vs. pushing back on the crap dialogue?

Also, I’m going to throw in Ian McDiarmid there as another PT actor who could spin straw into gold. Once he became the Emperor, there was some pretty goofy scenery-chewing, but up until then, some really great work.

 

[squirk]

So I'm looking in other sites about the show, & several are saying they feel the rancor & Machete are Trojan horses. That it's really loyal to him & not Boba. It was mentioned here before, but I really didn't get that. Am I in the minority here?

I actually did wonder about that. Twins trying to lull Boba into a false sense of security, only to have Trejo and the Rancor turn on him in the end.

But knowing the rancor is a baby, assuming he will indeed be shown to imprint on Boba and show him some real affection and loyalty, and knowing how real-world marketable it would be for Disney to have Boba own a fiercely-loyal pet rancor that he rides as a mount, I’m going to put my money on the rancor being here to stay. Trejo may still turn out to be a plant, and the rancor may even be controlled by Trejo to fight Boba for a time, but eventually, the rancor is going to “land” as Boba’s loyal steed/companion.

 

[Usagi Pilgrim]

I have absolutely no facts with which to back up the following assertion, but I’ve often wondered if young George interacted with his young actors differently in 1976 than old George did in 2001. In ‘76, he was “George Lucas,” with one hit film and one artsy indie sci-fi film under his belt, and not that much older than Hamill and Fisher (and actually younger than Ford).

Contrast that with 2001. He’s now “GEORGE LUCAS,” a true mogul and an instantly-recognizable part of Western culture. He’s been around the block, maybe feeling himself a bit more nowadays, and is much older than his two principal leads.

Did he feel less inclined to collaborate with the “kids” in ‘01 than he may have in ‘76? Was he more willing to accept and play with feedback from his young actors in ANH than he was in AOTC, where he might have been more inclined to just tell Portman and Christiansen “this is what I need you to do”? And were Portman/Christiansen perhaps so awed and even intimidated by working with GL whereby they just “did as they were told,” vs. pushing back on the crap dialogue?

Also, I’m going to throw in Ian McDiarmid there as another PT actor who could spin straw into gold. Once he became the Emperor, there was some pretty goofy scenery-chewing, but up until then, some really great work.

One thing that ABSOLUTELY changed was the working conditions. For ANH he was surrounded by a crew in England that openly questioned every aspect of the project on a daily basis. Contrast that with the PT where he had Rick McCallum & an absolute army of yes men that treated every idea as gold.

 

[squirk]

One thing that ABSOLUTELY changed was the working conditions. For ANH he was surrounded by a crew in England that openly questioned every aspect of the project on a daily basis. Contrast that with the PT where he had Rick McCallum & an absolute army of yes men that treated every idea as gold.

Yes, exactly.

 

[Usagi Pilgrim]

I actually did wonder about that. Twins trying to lull Boba into a false sense of security, only to have Trejo and the Rancor turn on him in the end.

But knowing the rancor is a baby, assuming he will indeed be shown to imprint on Boba and show him some real affection and loyalty, and knowing how real-world marketable it would be for Disney to have Boba own a fiercely-loyal pet rancor that he rides as a mount, I’m going to put my money on the rancor being here to stay. Trejo may still turn out to be a plant, and the rancor may even be controlled by Trejo to fight Boba for a time, but eventually, the rancor is going to “land” as Boba’s loyal steed/companion.

Another genius Disney marketing plan. Having the image of Boba riding into battle on a rancor, BUT, they made it a calf to save shelf space, & the cost of new tooling & manufacturing in general.

 

[squirk]

Another genius Disney marketing plan. Having the image of Boba riding into battle on a rancor, BUT, they made it a calf to save shelf space, & the cost of new tooling & manufacturing in general.

Ha! I would have said the opposite - the calf is going to magically grow to full size over the course of, like, two eps, so that it’s really impressive and iconic, and Disney can sell gigantic, insanely-expensive rancor toys that scale properly to Black Series BOBF action figures.

 

[Usagi Pilgrim]

Ha! I would have said the opposite - the calf is going to magically grow to full size over the course of, like, two eps, so that it’s really impressive and iconic, and Disney can sell gigantic, insanely-expensive rancor toys that scale properly to Black Series BOBF action figures.

Well, Hasbro crapped the bed with their HasLab rancor, which was in scale with the Black Series. Didn't even come close to getting funded.

Now that I think of it, I wonder if it was too make up to the fans that funded the Razor Crest, then it got destroyed 2 weeks later on the show. They may have thought that people would have bought it as fans of ROTJ, then had a surprise new mount for Boba to ride.

 

[squirk]

Well, Hasbro crapped the bed with their HasLab rancor, which was in scale with the Black Series. Didn't even come close to getting funded.

Now that I think of it, I wonder if it was too make up to the fans that funded the Razor Crest, then it got destroyed 2 weeks later on the show. They may have thought that people would have bought it as fans of ROTJ, then had a surprise new mount for Boba to ride.

Good point. I forgot about that. I was really surprised that didn’t fund, as you said, if out of nothing more than ROTJ nostalgia.

 

[Mottrex]

Maybe we are all over reacting, maybe after all the disrespect.. fett is going to have a major Meltdown

 

[Grievous]

Several days ago, one of our members (I can’t recall who, my apologies) was hoping that we would see Boba was 10 steps ahead of everyone in the end. That may happen eventually, but right now it is one of my biggest issues to see him wandering around getting played by everyone. In TESB, he KNEW where Han was going to be and found him immediately. Right now he is wandering from place to place and anticipating NOTHING. The Pykes tell him about the biker gang and he says he will take care of it. Dum de dum, riding my Bantha slowly back to my Tusken friends…Oh dang, what happened here? Didn’t see that coming. The traps are right in front of him (Rancor, biker gang being set up, Hutts) and I’m sure there will be a plot twist or traitor but he seems awfully oblivious to the dangers around him. Either that or incompetent, which is more infuriating, actually.