I could talk about what went wrong in the storytelling for me this week, but I am kind of over it.
I think this show just is not aimed at me, and I am okay with that.
I'm with you, and I do think the show is at least somewhat aimed at us. Although my teenage kids like it a lot more than I do.
My biggest gripe is with the storytelling. It seems people sent a bunch of emails that have driven the storylines from week to week. This week it was:
- How did Boba get his starship back?
- How did Fennec Shand survive the gut shot from The Mandalorian?
- How did the Sarlacc die? (I love that we spent five minutes on Boba looking for his armor in the Sarlacc and then we jump ahead in the timeline and he just has it, but we already know how he got it so why even bother???)
This show gets way in to the weeds about details that don't matter to the story. This show is at its best when it moves the story along but doesn't try and explain every last detail about every odd question someone may have. At least when they were showing Boba get his ship back it was kind of a fun set of scenes, even if the droid scene was probably aimed at young kids.
Its surprising to me because I think for the most part The Mandalorian is really well done and there aren't too many story clunkers. I think its mostly the same crew doing BoBF, but it just feels a lot more cumbersome.
The good in this week's episode is when Boba meets with the local syndicates to plan on how to deal with the Pykes and when he sits around the fire talking to Fennec about his change in approach and why he wants to be a crime lord (I still think this could have been better, but at least it develops Boba's character). I'm hopeful we've answered nearly all of the "what about" questions and can now get 100% in to new story telling.
Seeing all the Twileks in the casino and how they pull off Black Krrsantan make me hopeful that we might see a return of the crew of The Ghost at some point, maybe even in their own series. My daughter was asking about Hera, Zeb, Chopper etc. I don't think they fit in to BoBF or The Mandalorian, but it'd be great if they get their own series where they're running missions. If they can do a Cassian Andor series they should find a way to do a Ghost series potentially in this general timeline.