The Book of Boba Fett (SPOILERS possible)

[JediJman]

Yeah, the fight scenes weren't all that well thought through.  They wanted us to think those characters were goners, then be surprised when they were just wounded.  The Trandoshan thing bothered me the most - those guys supposedly hunt and enslave wookies, but a mob of them couldn't take one wookie down?  I can roll with the Boba riding a Rancor thing - doesn't he ride some big sea creature in the Droids series?  But if you're going that route, show him riding a big creature on Kamino instead of softly gazing out the window.  The visuals in this show were amazing, but the story flowed like a cheap cartoon.

[P-Siddy]

Yeah, the fight scenes weren't all that well thought through.  They wanted us to think those characters were goners, then be surprised when they were just wounded.  The Trandoshan thing bothered me the most - those guys supposedly hunt and enslave wookies, but a mob of them couldn't take one wookie down?  I can roll with the Boba riding a Rancor thing - doesn't he ride some big sea creature in the Droids series?  But if you're going that route, show him riding a big creature on Kamino instead of softly gazing out the window.  The visuals in this show were amazing, but the story flowed like a cheap cartoon.

Most of the Trandoshians we saw on Tatooine didn't look as imposing as Bossk.  Not sure what it was... so maybe these Trandoshans were soft. 

No idea about the Droids series and if he rode anything big there... that's why I said he could have mentioned it to Mando in passing.  "Since you've been taking up an episode and a half in my series, I've been learning to ride a rancor." 

But even still, he took off to the palace to grab the Rancor which meant their team was down another member with Fennic off to Mos Eisley.  I also felt that there was an insider in the group since the Pyke leader seemed to know about things happening in Fett's sphere about the same time he did.

I agree it was a good show.  Could have definitely been better though.  Just different than what I expected.

[JediJman]

I've never seen an episode of Droids, but this is what I was referring to.  I thought I caught some comment in TBOBF that eluded to him having ridden large beasts before and my mind immediately went to this. 

[Nicklab]

When he was looking over the Rancor he told Danny Trejo’s character that he’s ridden beasts ten times the size of the Rancor.  And I thought of this creature, too.

[Nicklab]

Evidently "In The Name Of Honor" had higher ratings than the season 2 finale of The Mandalorian.  Which was kind of surprising considering a lot of the criticism that's been circulating online about this series.

[McMetal]

I finally got around to watching it and liked it fine. Not amazing but enjoyable, which pretty well sums up the series for me. The only bit that seemed hard to swallow was him waiting to abandon the whole Daimyo thing by the end of the episode, which makes the whole thing seem like kind of a pointless lark.

Also, as someone who was never a big fan of the Cad Bane character, I would have thought I would have felt a nice rush to see him get dispatched, but SW has made such a mockery of on screen deaths, i can’t help but feel much more than skeptical.

Ironically i bet they would have no trouble finding a HasLab Rancor now, if it was BOBF accurate and came with a little Danny Trejo. What a missed opportunity!

[Dave]

I wonder if they knew that the Rancor was going to be in TBOBF, but the timing ended up being all off with their announcement and when the shows aired.

I still wouldn't have gone for it (just too big), but I'm sure it would have pulled in a few more people.

[P-Siddy]

I would have thought I would have felt a nice rush to see him get dispatched, but SW has made such a mockery of on screen deaths, i can’t help but feel much more than skeptical.

Yeah, I don't think he's dead.  As they focused in on him on the ground, there was a light blinking on his chest and a heartbeat sound in the background.  If he was going to be dispatched, I would hope that he would get a few more episodes in before that happened. 

[Diddly]

Finally got a chance to watch the finale after traveling out of the country for work.

Overall this show was really bad. The story was all over the place, stuff was introduced and then forgotten about... hell, Boba doesn't even appear in two full episodes. Also undoes the emotional finale of Mando Season 2 by bringing us right back to the status quo with The Travelin' Adventures of Din and Grogu. The characters were awful

As for the finale... that was the worst battle I think I've ever seen. Why on earth would they not hold up in Jabba's Palace, a literal armed fortress, instead of the blown up casino? Why don't they have any sort of ion cannons or ion weapons to take down those POTF2 Deluxe Figure Robots' shields? Why are the bad guys only able to hit Black ChrisHanson's bandolier, which only covers 10% of his body, tops? Why is Shand killing off the bad guy leaders (that scene was REALLY dark for Disney too) instead of Boba?

I wanted to like this show, I really did. But they've now ruined the Boba Fett character (had the story and timeline not been so inconsistent, that may not have happened), and actually kind of made me unexcited for Mandalorian Season 3.

[StBrianOfMinneapolis]

This "story" is fun to read from an inside perspective. The idea that the lead actor in the Book of Boba Fett is announcing "cutbacks" is clear as day to me with how poor that series was.

https://thedirect.com/article/star-wars-disney-plus-cutbacks-actor

[Nicklab]

I've been thinking about how a second season might happen, if at all.  My own take?

I see the potential for something akin to The Godfather Part III - Boba Fett is Michael, and just when he thought he was out of the Bounty Hunter's guild and working for gangsters, they pull him back in!  Perhaps that means something to do with the Hutt twins?  Or a possible conflict with some of the bounty hunters we saw in TESB?  And a threat to the peace on Tatooine.  You certainly have to think that the tag scene at the end of the final episode was teasing the return of Cobb Vanth in some capacity.

UNRELATED...

I've been checking out some fan made YouTube videos about the new Disney+ era of shows.  And this one keeps referencing the planet where Luke set up his Jedi academy as Ossus.  While there's nothing about Ossus on the official site, Wookieepedia seems to go along with that notion.  The planet has some old school EU backstory.  And I wonder what fans of that old EU material might think about this kind of connective tissue between EU stories that might have involved Exar Kun and Ulic Qel Droma, up to the Disney+ shows and the Sequel trilogy?

[Rob]

If that show is going to be any good, two things need to happen IMO. 

1) Don’t let Robert Rodriguez anywhere near it.
2) Get back to Boba Fett’s roots.  Go be a badass bounty hunter instead of a local crime lord who “rules with respect.”

Thank you for coming to my TED Talk. 

[Jeff]

I've been checking out some fan made YouTube videos about the new Disney+ era of shows.  And this one keeps referencing the planet where Luke set up his Jedi academy as Ossus.  While there's nothing about Ossus on the official site, Wookieepedia seems to go along with that notion. 

It was in the novel Shadow of the Sith where they named the planet as Ossus I think.  So not movie canon but book canon (subject to change if TV/movies want to go a different route).

If that show is going to be any good, two things need to happen IMO. 

How they made this show and had no cameo from ESB hunters like Dengar, Bossk, 4-LOM, Zuckuss, etc was a crime.

[Matt_Fury]

I think a season two of Book of Boba Fett could be awesome.  My thoughts on what it could cover:

1 - Have a bigger force behind the Pykes running spice through Tatooine.  Perhaps Crimson Dawn?  Imperial Remnant sowing chaos to destabalize the New Republic? 

2 - Have more or a payoff with Boba Fett and the Tusken Raiders.  Adding on to idea number one -- Boba Fett has to build an army to confront them and we could have a payoff when an army of Tusken Raiders join the fight to save them.

[Dave]

If that show is going to be any good, two things need to happen IMO. 

1) Don’t let Robert Rodriguez anywhere near it.
2) Get back to Boba Fett’s roots.  Go be a badass bounty hunter instead of a local crime lord who “rules with respect.”

If they can't follow the above guidelines they should just keep any Season 2 concepts buried in a Sarlacc Pit.