its insane how many people dogpiled this show... i think its better than mandalorian... but i dont rly like that show so im not that big into either of them. but it is refreshing to see someone who actually knows that theyre talking abt and has a measured take on the show. so much screeching and moaning by the star wars nerds was so frustrating because they dont even kno why they dislike things half the time besides the fact that its just ... new star wars lmao. yet they still buy tickets and merch everytime it comes out. absolutely insane and unhinged hahahah
I still wonder why this show got so much hate. im not a huge starwars fanatic so i dont know what boba fett should be like. I only knew he was a clone bountyhunter and i like his journey in the show.
@@hab0272, the story (as described by Ben here) is really good. But the execution is where it kinda falls flat on its face. Which I think is a problem with a lot of Disney Star Wars. The concepts are good, but they aren't brought to life in a satisfying manner.
@@occam7382 Yeah Disney forces short seasons and short runtime. Look how many episodes Andor has, it's no wonder it's so good, they were able to tell its story properly. All of the other Star Wars shows under Disney are way too short, and become rushed and unfinished as a result. Not to mention the major lack of cohesion and planning between all of the shows and films.
@@TristanLNealthroughout that arc he had remorse for not just the clones. He straight up says that the only one he wanted dead was Mace Windu and that he was forced into violence. in the end he even saves admiral killian
Hell even Din himself goes through this self discovery arc about rising above what you thought you could be in his first episode. He's kicked out of his cult and then has to get a ship he doesn't originally want. Thanks Ben, keep being the ray of optimism in a sea of star wars fans.
I think a positive thing with the Star Wars fandom is that love and appreciation will always outlive hate and bitterness. This happened with the Prequels, and while they obviously had flaws, they are finally getting the love and recognition they deserved after many years of people hating them and bullying Lucas & the actors. George Lucas wouldn't have sold Star Wars to Disney if the fans respected him... So now that Star Wars belongs to Disney, it comes with its own negative quirks and flaws, but I believe eventually fans will come around to the Sequels and Boba Fett again. Like poetry, it rhymes!
Another thing with Boba's sense of honor and respect is that, to my knowledge, that's how he was raised by Jango, and we see that in the final arc of season 2 in Clone Wars. He's trying to get revenge on Mace Windu for killing Jango, but when anyone else gets hurt, he feels remorseful, and in the end, he's convinced to give up the hostages when Hondo brings up Jango and his honor.
It also gives us a sense of that alienation Boba feels from his bounty hunting colleagues; these people are very different from him, and they don't have any sense of honour. Boba neither fits in normal society nor is a perfectly savage bounty hunter, and that nuance is crucial.
@@kaizokuAUTO, an alienation that is only solidified in the canceled Season 7 arc of The Clone Wars, where Boba teams up with and eventually faces off against Cad Bane over this conflict. One of the things I really like about this arc is the idea that Boba would team up with Sugi and her more honorable way of bounty hunting would rub off on him, to the point where he even takes her blaster after she gets killed by Bane (spoilers).
@@occam7382 Good point, I totally forgot about those cancelled S7 arcs (one of which ofc is Dark Disciple I believe, or that might be an S6 cancelled arc)
@@kaizokuAUTO, oh yeah. There were a lot of those. Aside from the Bounty Hunters arc and the Dark Disciple arcs, there was also the Son of Dathomir arc, a Return to Mon Cala arc, an arc where Rex and R2 get stuck on one of Ryloth's moons, an arc where Ahsoka finds a hidden Sith shrine under the Jedi Temple, an arc involving a Yuuzhan Vong scout, the Crystal Crisis on Utapau arc, an arc where Yoda and the Bad Batch go to Kashyyyk... they had a ton of stuff planned. It was crazy.
My favourite part of Boba's story in this show is that it's the inverse of his father's story. Jango was trying to get out of the mercenary lifestyle, but he could never truly walk away and it ultimately killed him. Boba is succeeding where his father failed, and that's kind of beautiful to me.
Was he though? In canon Dooku chose Jango as the template for clones as he had witnessed Jango killing multiple Jedi, something that was obviously very hard for a non force sensitive to do. He got all the compensation "which was considerable" from the Kaminoens. But ya. If he hadn't been at Geonosis with Dooku, never would've died right in front of his son.
@@EddyA1337 Jango never took jobs from anyone else after becoming the clone template. All he wanted to do was to train boba to carry on the family legacy. But he kept taking dangerous missions from douku which resulted in his death
An interesting add-on to that is that in Legends, Jango was actually the leader of a faction of Mandalorians (the True Mandalorians), before they were wiped out by a Jedi task force led by Dooku, after which Jango got sold into slavery, escaped, murdered the leader of the Death Watch, and then became a bounty hunter. Boba basically has the exact opposite story: He starts out as a bounty hunter and does that for decades before getting munched by the Sarlacc, and after escaping and going through all the nonsense with the Tuskens, realizes he really doesn't want to live that kind of life, and ends up becoming a crime lord on Tatooine. Almost like he's succeeding at the role his father failed at, which set him up on the life that led to his death. That just seems pretty interesting to me.
Honestly I always liked the Book of Boba Fett, because this has kinda always been how he is. Ever since people first started writing stories about him some wanted him to be a bloodthirsty killer and some wanted him to be an honorable warrior. Over time, as more stories were written that initiall contradiction was slowly retconed into basically this character arc.
It’s because the analysis of the show is better than the show itself. I dare you to watch The Book of Boba Fett again. You will realize it is still a poorly written show that was thrown together at the last minute with no planning ahead of time.
My favorite part is that Temeura Morrison has such an understanding of who he's playing that he's not just playing Jango Fett. He holds himself differently in Boba Fett's armor then he holds himself in Jango's armor, and that's fucking nuts. Edit: ty fer the likes lol
@@frailvoid5844 He's actually lost a bit of that weight he had at the start. You can see how the armor sits better on him toward the end of the season.
Did people not? It was amazing! It also redeemed the Tuskens as characters instead of making them the way George Lucas did. He based them off of stereotypes of "Savage Indians." But they took this idea and put actual representative spirituality in the story that mixed with Boba's transformation. It was amazing.
yeah because wholesome and sad is exactly what I wanted from a boba fett spin off.. NO dude. I don't want a spiritual journey into something new, I want the OG bad ass Boba Fett.. think of the limitless opportunities they missed. They turned him into a new Boba Fett, it was boring as f
I’m glad someone actually appreciated this show for once.I actually enjoyed it and I think his character arc is well done.They portrayed the tusken raiders pretty well rather than just maniacs that killed Anakin mother.Cad Banes appearance gave me real chills for a guy who hasn’t watched the clone wars.
I love the Knights of the Old Republic take on tusken raiders. But think its ruined by being portrayed in comic books. For a taste you find out that the Jawa sandcrawlers are the remnants of a mining operation by the Czerka corporation. In the course of the game you have to find a droid that speaks tusken. To understand an ancient artifact on Tatooine. And you get alot of interesting lore on them from the local sand people oral history guy. It's cool stuff. But you know. People should ideally play the game to find it out.
This video perfectly describes Boba Fett's character progression and also summarizes why I enjoyed the show. It did have some stuff that I didn't love, like the acting and action scenes being subpar at times, and two whole episodes of the show being basically Mandalorian season 2.5, but the character growth is what made the show very enjoyable to me. Boba's arc of him discovering the value of family, trying and failing to become a pacifist, and realizing at the end that his strength lies in his newfound morals as well as his desire to rule fairly and protect people so that no family ever senselessly dies at the hands of greedy criminals, just like his own adopted one, are all very powerful moments.
ugh, Ben, you are a breath of fresh air as well as an excellent creator. your editing skills legitimately are what I aspire to be. you’re inspiring and you’re so positive.
@@Kaptain_Scout Ok just because someone expresses how much they like something not a lot of other people like, that doesn’t always mean it’s “toxic positivity”
The reason Fett stood out at the time was there were not many "morally grey" characters in film or TV that kids would see. It was very compelling. And he had the wits to match up with our heroes. Who WAS this guy!?!?! Small things like, him giving the nod of approval to Leah (disguised as Boushh) in the Jabba the Hutt throne room, when she "played Poker" using the Thermal Detonator. Just underlined him as a cool customer.
I'm really glad someone did a video essay about the actual story here. I think a lot of people missed it. Either because they had their own expectations for what they wanted a BOBA FETT show to be and didn't give the story a chance, or because they couldn't follow considering how it was told so completely out of order. But it made sense to me, so I guess that makes at least two people on the internet.
That's why I don't try to speculate much, just make a few predictions and expectations but nothing more,I really find myself getting higher expectations while watching and when the things don't meet them I still love the thing I watch, overall it's really hard for me to have something
How so? Structurally it's a mess, what with the flashbacks that abruptly go nowhere, the utter lack of development of the "current timeline" story, and the half-assed mashing in of Mandalorian Season 3 plotlines. It made sense but it was sadly a very mixed bag.
it’s cuz the story is trash, you have to be a literal sheep to enjoy this, they have so many opportunities to make this show better but the went with what they made which is absolute garbage
Wow, as someone who really did not enjoy the show, you did an amazing job arguing for where it might actually have merits. I'm never going to rewatch the show... but I might rewatch a re-edit that tells the story chronologically without the Mando filler.
You’re so refreshing man, it’s so much more fun watching a video that praises a show than one that hates on it. This video also made me, and many other people actually like the story on book of boba fett. Nice video!
As someone who's been a fan of Boba Fett from the time I was a child, I absolutely LOVED the Book of Boba Fett. It felt like a character arc done right.
@@bailysawyer804 how is he a wuss? Because he didn’t kill a bunch of jobless college kids? Because he didn’t wanna immediately turn to bloodshed whenever he had a conflict? That’s a dumb reason to call someone a wuss
@Ultimate Sora I mean solid try but he wasn’t one dimensional in legends and had a lot more build up as to why he changed his life for the better as well as depicting his motivations accurately. It’s okay we can’t all use critical thinking
When I was a kid, before the prequels were even a thing, when I would play with my Star Wars toys or I would go out side and pretend I was Boba Fett, I would always have him switch sides, and work the the rebels. I loved portraying Boba as a hero. So this series was kind of a validation of how I always felt about the character. To me he was much more than a Bounty Hunter. When I read Tales of the Bounty Hunters in middle school, Boba wasn't just a one dimensional villain. In the book, Leia is brought to Boba as a gift from Jabba the Hutt, during her imprisonment in ROJ, and Boba doesn't touch her. He allows her to use his bed while he sleeps on the floor, and even mentions how he believes r*pe is immoral. I don't know if that book was ever really canon, but it did paint my view of the character permanently. I've never looked at Boba Fett and thought he was nothing but a ruthless killer. The Book of Boba isn't perfect, but I absolutely loved it, and hope to see more of his story.
I found part of that book trilogy to be alittle cringy but exactly how I have always felt about Boba. Hell they make him the leader of Mandalore at one point in the old EU. He was always this morally grey character. Hell we root for Han Solo, a drug trafficker who smuggled the Star Wars version of cocaine. Boba fett was just a man wanting his bounty, also what I find really interesting from ESB, Vater says to Boba no desinnerations but then later Boba says to Vater, he needs Han Solo alive so they were on the same page in the first place. Makes Vater’s comment seem very condescending 🤣.
So it wasn't just me? I have no idea WHY she felt coded as female. Maybe because paired with the other leader they felt like a warrior king and queen duo with that little one as their prince? Not really sure. But i'm glad other people saw what I saw.
Isn't it wild that chances are there's someone out there, today in 2022 that would read that fact and be like "ugh, a feeeeeeeeeeemmmmmmmaaaaaaaleeeee tuskin raider? Unwatchable"
Yes, finally! A video essay on BOBF that feels like it was made by someone who actually saw the show! Thanks for making this, man, as a big fan of the series (and all things Star Wars) it's nice to see other people still like Star Wars and can appreciate what it's doing narratively.
Didn't like how they sometimes portray him as inept. That whole scene where hes gatting ganked by shields, seemed very odd to watch. I love that they try to go for a benevolent godfather sort of figure and that he rules with respect instead of fear but we still don't really see the results of that in effect, as his army only grows to like 8 people in a massive castle. I hope for the second season they actually show more of the relationships and alliances and raports that you would usually envision for a crime boss type scenario instead of him and like a handful of friends, being a one man army. It worked for the first Avengers movie because that was a different kind of story, which this isn't.
It always struck me as odd how he was trying to be some sort of feudal lord over Mos Espa while only commanding 8 teenagers and a temporary paramilitary of conscripts, who aren't even really loyal to him.
@@binbows2258 thing is the people of Tatooien were acustomed to having a feudal lord as there already were some long before jabba basicaly all the way back to when it was first settlet only that it was a corp back then. Thats the reason everyone looked strange at the begining as him going down to their level was something they couldn't even comprehend. Immagin chilling on a park bench having a beer with some friends and suddenly the president shows up with a sixpack and joind you. The pure absudety would shock everyone because its put of the ordenary. Same goes for the notion of disrespecting the Daimio when he only has 8 people as army, yes a strong leader of another crime syndicate could take him but a normal civilian? That mever happend thats just incomprehensile
@@Blutwind People may respect him, but there's no way he's gonna be able to hold out against a determined foe without a real army. 8 teenagers and 50 civilians with rifles won't cut it. Of course, the only reason the pyke syndicate lost is because they deployed the Scorpenek Annihilator droid incorrectly. If it had been used with supporting Droidekas (as intended by the manufacturers), they would have steamrolled Mos Espa and defeated Boba Fett.
Was that him being inept? Or the reality that when you're ambushed by professionals chosen to counter your combat skills, it can be damn hard to survive.
@@Ocker3 he could have easily flown above him with his jetpack. So yes, that scene was horribly inept. There would be nothing stopping him from flying up, then using his explosives to smear them on the ground. You haven’t thought this through, or your tactical competence is lacking.
You really articulated so many of the thoughts I was struggling contextualize with my feelings towards this show and how it made Boba into a real character
A lot of people were upset because they had an idea in their heads of who Boba Fett was, and this show made him someone different. But I was perfectly fine with it because the entire point of the show *was* precisely to do that - to have him “reborn” after his “death” in the sarlacc and then to remake him into a new man - and an actual developed character instead of the mysterious background figure of The Empire Strikes Back.
Thing is, yeah Boba gets some good development, but at the end of the day people don't want to see a nice guy Boba Fett, they want a badass kicking ass Boba
@@1Chasg, I mean, he is still a badass who kicks ass, the fight scene on Tython in the Mandalorian and the finale of BOBF show that clearly enough, but what is shown here is that Boba, for probably the first time in his life, actually has something to fight for, something worth fighting for.
@Elizabeth Bennett while it’s true disney has had a tremendously negative effect on Star Wars from the start, I do think the people put in charge of this show really were trying their best to make him a better character that isn’t so one note. The sad thing is everything else just feels like fanservice, nostalgia bait and fanfiction but then again that’s always been the case with Star Wars media outside the main film saga.
so glad to see a RU-vidr who understood the character development in the show. The other RU-vidrs act like there's no indication about where the change in character is coming from
The issue is the vast majority of actual Star Wars fans wanted to see Boba kick ass and be a bad ass like he has done in the comics and books for past 30 years. Nobody gives a shit about character development and being a nice boy.
@@zaab-yaoh9302 Lmao are you trying to say that as a negative for the show? You're just proving that SW fans are a bunch illiterate buffoons. "nobody gives a shit about character development" yeah well to make a story you need that.
@@zaab-yaoh9302 “the actual Star Wars fans want to see the boring story we’ve seen for the past 30 years because they don’t actually like stories or character development they just want memberberries” fixed it for you
@@TrueGamer22887 people do care for stories as long as they are about interesting characters and not some random ass villain that was only there for action
This video was actually really refreshing to hear. I had expected Boba Fett to be a mass murdering anti-hero like character, so I was a little disappointed when he became a pseudo pacifist who got his ass handed to him all the time. However, with this video unpacking everything in a coherent fashion, everything thematical in his arc makes sense and is pretty satisfying. Ignoring other parts of the show, I'm pretty pleased with where Boba's character is. (I just wish he would win more fights than he lost from now on.)
I mean that kind of makes sense to me- Not every character should be invincible. I think they gave him a little more weakness that a character should have instead of making him just an OP character. It was interesting to see.
But now that he has handled his weakness, I agree with Fart Butt (🙃) and hope to see how he has become stronger and less easy to defeat as a character.
He actually hated working on it sadly. He disagreed on every decision the creators made when telling the book of Boba. He felt Disney just cared about having a character that was kid/family friendly so they would buy his merch.
@@DagothUr69 He didn't hate it at all. Watch any interview, he enjoyed and loved working on the show and you can see his enthusiasm and love for the character. Just because he had a different opinion doesn't mean he hated it, he had some gripes but he loves his job and loves the show.
@@darthvader6.934 it’s not that I think, there was an interview with him, and he said that he completely disagreed with how they treated the character. He said that Boba talked too much, was way too passive compared to original trilogy and Mandalorian, and took off his helmet for no reason. He was disappointed
I completely agree: Fett was a completely wasted character, for decades: The Mandalorian and BoBF make him the much more 3-dimensional character his popularity always called for.
@@davebee70 did you not watch the video at all? he’s still a neutral character, while protecting the people he rules he still embraces his killer instinct
When Ben from Canada decides to make a video on a given topic, it invariably becomes the best video anyone has made on the topic. And now I want to read the Boba Fett novel Ben just outlined so lucidly.
@@Inkbudthey aren’t strange and odd, this is what happens in real life when people grow and mature. Others around them say they changed and dislike it.
The story was good, the action was too much like kids playing with their toys where the good guys couldn't get hurt no matter what. I need a whole series directed by Bryce Dallas Howard, her episode was so beautiful
Yeah my biggest problem with this show is I just personally don’t like Robert Rodriguez’ style of filmmaking, it’s really over the top and cheesy, on purpose, but it has never worked for me. I think the show could have been better but I did like it a lot and I hope more people come around on it in the future.
This is Bryce Dallas Howard's third episode (she also directed the Seven Samurai-esque episode of the Mandalorian with the walker attacking the village and the episode where Din and Bo-Katan hijack an Imperial ship), and she's got a hell of an eye.
@@CEWThree Yeah these were some of the very best episodes to come out of D+. I think the Bo-Katan episode was my favorite Mando s2 episode and Return of the Mandalorian was definitely my favorite BoBF episode.
Huh, interesting take on things. I mean, I'm an old timer, I will never not be bitter that they scrapped decades of extended story for the Star Wars universe. But this is a thing that is refreshingly different and nice. This is the kind of thing I wish the sequel trilogy of movies had done: take the universe, and put an interesting new spin on things.
The sequel trilogy DID do that, it was called the last Jedi, it introduced a new evolution for the franchise, brought new and interesting concepts and themes of balance,and people hated it, so the writers went back on it. Star Wars fans have no idea what they even want anymore.
@@CountOfMonteCristo_ Last Jedi was the movie that made me decide I wasn't a Star Wars fan anymore. I've not even seen Rise of Skywalker, because Last Jedi was that terrible. Its take on a balanced view of the force was a cool idea, and it was a cool idea back the books did Grey Jedi, (before the rugpull, anyway). It was a cool idea when Jolee Bindo was a character in KotOR, the one example of the concept I know of that actually was in a story that was otherwise of acceptable quality. But that's just it, one good idea does not make a good movie. We spend a good third of the movie's runtime on a wild goose chase around the galaxy that somehow involved Finn's team escaping the great inescapable stalemate that achieves nothing. We have laughably bad leadership in dealing with Poe's attempts to understand what the hell the plan is. (You guys are an anti-authoritarian militia, your very nature selects for people who have a tendency not to trust authority, that means you can't lead by saying "trust me, I'm an authority figure." YOU SHOULD KNOW THIS!) There's also the terrible space combat - the WWII carpet bombing in space at the start, the hyperspace ramming that completely invalidates all other forms of warfare throughout the entire series because why don't you just strap hyperspace drives on asteroids and throw big rocks at the speed of light to solve your problems? The only reason it made sense that this wasn't the dominant strategy in space combat was the hypothetical that hyperspace worked in a way that such collisions could not occur. Ray's whole plotline in Last Jedi, Luke's refusal to teach her, the revelation that her lineage is *not* actually important and that she's not some mystical chosen one. That was actually good. I even enjoyed seeing Ben betray Snoke on screen, finally getting to see the Rule of Two pay off with its implied system of succession. (Could have done with better choreography of the fight with his Red Guards, given the budget, but it served its purpose in not denying the audience the expected spectacle of a lightsaber fight.) If the whole movie had been on the level of Ray's plotline, I'd have been all about it. But when you write a movie with several plotlines and only manage to make one of them coherent (and have that one also be subverting a lot of expectations in a way you know is going to be controversial)....you're making a bad movie. (And when you then go back on pretty much everything that movie established, the way Rise of Skywalker is reputed to have done, you just make that movie even worse by making it incoherent in the larger narrative.)
@@rashkavar im not going to bother defending the film because I know whatever I say wont change your mind, I will sya this however, don't you think you are overexaggerating just a little bit? I understand your hatred for the film and even share a couple complaints, all Im saying is that if you seriously reconsidered your love for Star Wars over this film, then Im sorry for you.
@@CountOfMonteCristo_ I still like the old stuff, it's just Disney's stuff I'm not willing to spend money on. At least not blindly. Rogue One was good, and Mandalorian and the Book of Boba Fett both have enough positive discourse to have gotten my interest. If they can maintain that kind of track record I'll probably start at least giving them a chance again eventually. But they've blown the uncritical trust I had for the series with those two movies. Never again will I watch a new Star Wars thing without having seen reviews like this one. I don't mind spoilers, so it's a small loss for me, but it means they'll probably never get my contribution to box office sales, just an occasional month of Disney+ or whatever when I pop in to watch things that I know are worth my time.
@@rashkavar I honestly respect your opinion, and thank you for leaving civil reasons as to why you dont enjoy Disney era star wars (besides some exceptions of course) I personally enjoyed 2 out of the three sequels, I thought they where much better than any other franchise revivals at the time and even now ie: Ghostbusters, Jurassic World to name a few, in my opinion, Disney Star Wars seems to have so much more effort and care than those, I do hope you reconsider your stance at some point, im not saying to immediatey tyrn around, but I commend you for trying out other projects like Rouge One and The Mandalorian, so thank you for your stance on the matter!
I've always wondered why everyone hated so much on this show, even the slow space car chase wasn't even that bad, I felt like the narrative beats were so amazing in the context of star wars and boba fett.
I already liked Book of Boba Fett, but watching this video made me appreciate it even more. Thank you for making me an even bigger nerd, Ben From Canada.
Is it possible that you're the first one to really "get" The Ballad of Robert Fett? I think you are. I mean, I enjoyed it well enough, but this completely flipped my perspective on the whole thing
@@John-Doe-Yo Well he's gone uptown now. Probably trying to project some formality. I'm sure Fennec would still call him Boba but everyone else will have to use his Sunday name: Robert A Fett, esq.
I keep coming back to this essay, it's nice to have someone to enjoy the great things about this story without the need of analyzing or judging its quality.
May I say, I found it really refreshing to see a depiction of the Tuskan Raiders more as indigenous people with real culture and community protecting what land they have left. I loved seeing the rituals, the training, and the ceremonial moments. Also felt like they turned the idea of a white saviour narrative on its head by having an Māori actor playing a character that joins the tribe and is immersed in the culture and embraced as part of it in solidarity, not becoming its leader that ultimately tries to change things. That’s the part of the Star Wars world in general I wish we saw more of.
It doesnt really turn it on his head because he isnt white. Rather because the struggle bacame his own instead of him taking the spot light from a point of privilage.
@d R Ok, just because certain favorable characters appear in series like Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett, etc.; it doesn’t always automatically mean it’s a “fanservice rehash.” Yes fans do get excited, but there ARE actual story reasons why they appear. But it’s not like you Fandom Menace jocks will listen or understand. That’s just your pathetic nature, and hence why you’re not worth wasting time with.
I liked it a lot. I think if they showed everything chronologically and saved mando story for mando season 3 and shorted it up a few episodes it would have been stronger
much agreed, but maybe it’s like yoda talking. he talks backwards so you pay attention and think about what he’s saying, that’s how this show felt like you yourself had to put it together to understand jt
Iirc the book of boba fett wasn't planned as a series(at least this early). It was supposed to me Mandalorian S3 but due to circumstances they made this one. Might be wrong tho
I also love how the story structure of the series mirrors that of an epic poem. Like all epics, it starts in the middle of the story before going back and establishing how he got there, before coming back to see how the hero develops as a character. Many epics also have themes relating to home and family, so that was an interesting touch as well. This really was the “Book” of Boba Fett.
This really makes me feel like they should have produced the series differently. Imagine if they showed all of the stuff with the Tuskens in the first two episodes without being in flashbacks. Then, cut out the first Mando episode and leave it for his show. The 'present' time stuff could start with Boba and Fennec returning from helping Din and Grogu. Maybe a line about Fennec seeing Luke just to confirm that, get a little nod to RotJ, then boom. The rest of the Daimyo show happens across the last three episodes. Regardless, this was an incredibly well done video and I wish everybody could see it and understand how well this show really did handle Boba's character. If you're in it for the shooty lasers, yeah it's not the best, but it let Boba grow into a character that was already sorta there. We saw him have respect and honor in past material. The show brought it front and center, this video perfectly showcases what the producers of the show failed to properly get across.
Yeah I couldn't agreed more. I never understood why many didn't like the Book of Boba Fett. I wish they would bring in a Season 2 or at least have Boba be the hero in Mandalorian Season 3.
My thoughts were what else are you going to do with this kind of character? For anyone who didn't watch the animated series, he is one dimensional. How dull would an entire season of Boba un-aliving people be? He needs to grow and change. This series made a lot of sense to me. I loved all of it.
Less dull then boba fett walking around a dusty town, waiting for things to happen to him. They could’ve actually showed him struggling on the lines to regain power *whilst* also struggling with a newly rejuvenated code of honor. Call him one dimensional all you like, but they threw out a enough material (canon and otherwise) that they could’ve made something more nuanced then the yes man version of a godfather.
"Criminal with a code and rules of their own" stories are some of the most classic fiction of all time, I'm baffled by this viewpoint. Like... every heist movie, John Wick, etc. all have this sort of style and you're acting like it wouldn't be possible to make that interesting? It's kind of hard to make that completely UNinteresting, actually. Versus the horrible mess this show turned into.
@@SBJ_Tube I mean, that kind of story obviously could work, it's just... I don't feel they executed it all that well with Boba Fett. I mean, it's alright, but it's not great.
You have helped me understand a lot of points that i was feeling while watching this show. Sometimes it can be hard to get an overall story arc when watching a show, so this was a nice way to understand it better. Even though we will never see bounty hunter boba fett, I happy that disney are keeping him alive and giving him a good story arc to grow on along side other charcters
I love your narrative framing- its so much more refreshing to relate with *understanding* a film than grinding a critical lens on it. There is so much of the latter, and so little of the former. Thank you.
I recently rewatched the original trilogy (and because I was stoned off my ass it let me "re-experience" it to a certain extent) and one of the things I realized was that Boba Fett had no personality. He wasn't even a minor antagonist, just a slightly more menacing goon. The villainy equivalent of a double-stuff oreo. Book of Boba Fett had to reinvent his character because a double-stuff oreo can't make for a good protagonist.
That’s ridiculous though. In the legends canon, he was John wick in space. He was Heisenberg of bounty hunters. He was a villain who could do anything. Why did they reinvent the character to be this? A discount Star Trek character
@@dope8878 no the legends canon had him act very inconsistent. Every writer characterized boba differently, sometime he was an emotionless killer and other times he was a moral hero. The legends canon had interesting stories that were better than what we got but to say it was all better is dumb
@@someguy9496 but it is better. He was minorly insconsistent, but the overall vibe and direction of the character is better than what we got. By a king shor
I saw a post that makes a nice companion piece to this video. It said that Boba probably came to his new views on family/loyalty while in the sarlaac. Han had a whole found family that was willing to break into jabba's palace to save him, but nobody was gonna save boba. He had to crawl out of the pit himself. That's what starts his big change of heart.
I can understand the criticism of how "Book of Boba Fett" tells it's story, but I agree it's an interesting story. I do wonder if the real underlying issue many people have with BBF is that it's not the story they wanted or expected.
I think it's the execution tbh. It spends too long on some things and not enough time on building the characters - like were we supposed to care when the gamorian guards died? Cause I laughed. It also spends no time setting up the finale. Too much interesting stuff happens off screen when it becomes mando 2.5. It's also really repetative structurally. Basically the pacing is so weird for the story it's trying to tell. Also, a lot of the dialogue is terrible imo. I don't think a good story can save a show with this many problems. Just my two cents.
I loved the show from the beginning, had my doubts after spending time on the Internet, but you made me love it again, you made some great point and I hope this video finds more people.
@@O1OO1O1 Well sure, they felt a bit out of place, but I didn't really mind them. The colors could have been a bit toned down maybe, a bit more weathered, but else, not really a problem. And the director took inspiration from 50s bikers, so it's also interesting
@@O1OO1O1 the only problem is really that they were too clean for tattoine, if the mods were on Corrusant or any other urbanized planet you wouldn`t have noticed them imo.
I like how the show wasn't about Boba becoming a badass again, this was him becoming a better person. A better person that realizes that tatooine deserves better.
@@jangomango66 I suppose that there should be no "bad guys" in Star Wars anymore. I think they should just make everyone good guys now. The Sith aren't evil...just misunderstood...and they actually want to help everyone achieve their best life. Thrawn when he comes into it should really join the New Republic in building a utopia. I mean let's turn Star Wars (where there was OBJECTIVE evil) into Star Trek now...utopia and cooperation is what Star Wars was all about anyway. Conflict is silly in the Star Wars universe. I never WANTED Boba Fett to BE a good guy...I wanted him to be a badass bounty hunter and a story around that. But whatever...it seems this wasn't for old school fans. This show was basically a live action cartoon...palatable but really harmless and forgettable.
@@jangomango66 but why can’t he be? Surely a life changing experience like falling into the sarlacc and emerging into a new world surrounded by a new family would change a man
I loved your perspective on this, it humanises Boba Fett more as this socially awkward man who’s only ever lived as a this bad man bounty Hunter so a lot of things that could come across as Boba Fett being incompetent could be his lack of understanding on how too be a good person so he double downs on what he believes is morally right and less pragmatic too what he use too be.
There's nothing inherently wrong with a change of heart but it requires a good reason and for me the way it was done doesn't hold up to even slight critical review. Being number 1 bounty hunter for the Empire and the Hutts implies a certain amount of indifference, brutality and callousness. No questions asked, no humanising the enemy, hit and run. Otherwise you don't end up at the top next to a cold blooded Reptilian (Bossk) and a killer robot (IG88). He was doing the dirty work for the bad guys - years of conditioning to be a cold killer of unpleasant good guys with actual values. And Disney wants to make me believe that an encounter with some slaving sadistic sand savages that shoot and torture random strangers changed his character and showed him the true meaning of love and how to be a good person? The guy that worked for the space nazis and the Hutt mafia that probably killed shitton of political dissidents fighting for moral causes? Sorry but i don't buy it.
@@kabakaprime5127 I completely agree with you,I just like this video because it rationalises a lot of the frustration I had with the show, and makes sense of all the strange character development, I would say that this is a good formula for a redemption arc but a bad Boba Fett story
@@Waywardpine Yeah, there are definitely details you can miss or see slightly different. For me though I don't think it changes anything though cause I refuse to believe Boba's motivation and the overall forced narrative in the first place. They just wanted to much. A weird good guy mafia savior story mixed with wild west dancing with the wolves. His enlightenment with the Tusken doesn't work for me, cause they treat him like utter shit when he already has PTSD from the sarlacc probably and there's hardly any kindness he received to give him any reason to like them. Playing along with the rituals would only be logical for survival but it would be natural if he held a grudge on his sadistic slaving torturers - the Tusken aren't 'misunderstood', they are bad people. And the story ark of wanting to take over a famous crime boss's organisation without being criminal and without anything to take over other than a shitty palace doesn't really make much sense either. Nobody asked him to save Mos Espa. The Tusken which he grew so fond of probably shot Mos Espans for fun and the majority of the city probably lives of crime, yet he has to come as their saviour. That's not even a redemption story - where's the redemption? - nor a story that would work well for any other character without major changes to be relatable.
@@kabakaprime5127 Well they gave him respect for his strength which is all boba knows. In the world of bounty hunting the strongest survive and are respected. He stays with them because unlike his former employers they seem to care for him after he’s proven himself. Also these guys specific say they hide in the desert and don’t survive by killing unlike other tribes. Point is his connection with the tuskens makes sense form his POV.
Wow dude. I don't know why I feel so overwhelmed by this video but you took a show that I have actively tried to justify as not bad somehow and showed how this new boba isn't a weak pushover. It's sad that it's this complicated to pull it out but wow I love this video. Excellent job.
@@BruceWayne-fj9bm yea Ofcourse but there’s a huge difference between legit criticism and yelling about how much you hate Disney, complaining how woke something is or how stupid something is without giving valid reasons. I swear that’s all most Star Wars essays are nowadays. I love essays with valid criticism but It’s refreshing to watch an essay without constant yelling or complaining. Some of my favorite Star Wars essays I disagree with the RU-vidr on multiple things.
I'd argue that we saw the seeds of THIS narrative back in the early seasons of Clone Wars. Particularly in the episodes with Windu. And for me it's why I loved this series(more-so after I did a chronological re-watch of TPM to this in the timeline)
Just found your channel and I'm so glad I did. You really made me reassess these episodes. You have a real talent for breaking these shows down. Thanks
It is exactly how I saw the series while looking at it and was quite puzzled by people not liking it saying it was "boring". They were not prepared for a story about a character becoming a new person. Thank you for expressing what I felt about the show in a more complete way that I could!
Oh yeah because Boba was such a good person in Mando. Where he crushed skulls and beat the shit out of people for disrespecting him. He had such a change of heart in exactly 1 minute between the finale of Mando S2 and BoB that he became a good, understanding guy. Lmfao give me a break man
Gawd DAMN Ben you always seem to make stories that don’t get the common appreciation and reveal how compelling they actually are. I’ve only had negative reviews of BOBF so far but this actually gets me to want to watch it, and not cause you’re singing its praises, but am honest on what the core of the show is about
This is exactly why I love Boba Fett and his show, and why I honestly think his next big test as a character would be to face Mace Windu. Temuera Morrison agrees 👀
I loved this take! Your reorganisation of the story makes me appreciate it more. I’m still disappointed in the season because of directorial choices. But you brought the story out a bit more, so thank you!
I love you dude. Every video essay you do, I cant help but watch it, start to finish. My only wish is that you made more content, the wait’s alright as long as you keep up the quality.
Your willingness to meet a show or movie on its own terms instead of either chasing views through negativity or proselytizing about some sense of moral or intellectual superiority over the showrunners or funders with all the nuance of a kindergartener is incredibly refreshing and one of the many reasons that makes you one of the few people I whose Star Wars related content I watch. No ranting, no overused buzz words about quality or claims of having any sort of high ground, and trying to stay away from this inane mentality that things have to be absolutely perfect. I really appreciate it.
The only time I feel like I’ve agreed with someone on this show. Just because he’s gone through a character arc that changed him doesn’t mean he’s not Boba Fett. Granted it’s a Star Wars show… everyone will nitpick regardless of quality.
Thing is, yeah Boba gets some good development, but at the end of the day people don't want to see a nice guy Boba Fett, they want a badass kicking ass Boba.
@@1Chasg this reminds me of the people who wanted a whole movie of Vader chasing down Jedi. That’s not a movie. There would be no characters, themes, anything. All the characterization would have to be in the Jedi he’s hunting, who we know all just die. Star Wars fans seem to just want memberberries
I really liked the backstory honestly. He was a nothing character. People say he was "ruined" but was never anything to ruin. So might as well make him a something character and giving him that Dune-lite arc was an intriguing way to do it. Watching a very cold hearted man learn kinship, loyalty, and frankly a purpose to fight and live. I wasn't as into the crime boss arc but like this video explained, it fit the themes well enough. The Mandalorian parts were really the parts I could do without. Boba was given a compelling enough arc I didn't need cameos from another show and an underwhelming resolution to the end of Mando S2.
Hey Ben, loving your content and in-depth analysis. I genuinely missed a lot of the character development you've covered here. Expertly entertaining and enlightening, keep up the great work!
I really liked Book of Boba for the same reason I like the Prequel trilogy. Sure the dialogue and side characters are a bit cheesy and the set-pieces are leaning towards the "campy popcorn action"-side, but the underlying themes are strong and poignant. Something I feel the sequel trilogy was lacking; theme. Also, like the Prequels...gotta love them memes. Like a Bantha! Yes?
I love your analysis! I felt this on my first watch too, but looking back, I think the pacing issues and how everyone talked about the show soured the experience a little bit. So thanks haha
Thank you, Ben, for eloquently articulating my feelings of TBOBF. I thought the whole thing was fantastic. It didn’t all make sense along the way, but once everything was wrapped up and all the themes of reflection, reinvention and the importance of tribal loyalty were made clear, it was beautiful. Honestly my favorite piece of Star Wars media now. …Also Boba riding a Rancor is the coolestmostmetalfuckinthingthatseverhappenedinstarwarssofuckinCOOL!!
it's good to know that other people actually thought about the show instead of just hating it cause it wasn't The Mandalorian. Also that Rancor is a big part of why so much of the show looked kinda Cheap, most of the Budget had to be in that and the Luke Deepfake.
And I thought I was the only one who liked this show… From ‘man called horse’ moments to the Cad Bane/Angel eyes moments, the BoBF has styled itself as something different. And sure, It seems inevitable that it would suffer DS9 syndrome yet those unique, divergent elements and the slightly more static situation mean that the hit, run & hide strategies of the rebellion are not suitable in this environment. Deserving of another series, those first steps towards building Mos Espa as a gem of the outer rim. However…
This perspective is so great, your comments are well formed, meaningful, and add a lot of insight to a different view on this discourse surrounding this show. Awesome video.
Book of Boba Fett had its problems, but I'm reminded of when Rebels first started, and everyone who had been huge fans of Clone Wars expressed disappointment in season 1. It seemed like a step backwards for a lot of people, and a rejection of the higher stakes, complex world building and prequel rehabilitation that CW represented, in favor of simpler storytelling and a lack of focus. But eventually that series proved to be just as good, and just as high stakes as CW as it evolved into itself, and I strongly believe Dave Filoni will pull that off with Boba Fett as well. But with on key difference: That previous work in animation was all side stories, working within the framework of the movies, which commanded the franchise. These D+ series, however, ARE the new command, driving the franchise. There are no more mainline movies left, so the new task at hand for Lucasfilm is how to secure the future legacy of Star Wars for years to come, and it stands to reason that the ultimate goal of these shows is precisely that.
Rebels does not compare to the clone wars one bit. Rebels was kiddy show garbage and all the non named character were voiced by the same dude. It’s repetitive and annoying
@@Last_Victory Hey person who clearly stopped watching after season 1, need I remind you how many fans wrote off Clone Wars as kiddie show garbage after season 1 and stopped watching? Cuz guess what it was a LOT of people.
@@z-beeblebrox I watched all of rebels it didn’t improve half of all the episodes were them stealing stormtrooper outfits and sneaking into imperial compounds with great ease and no consequence. All deaths were off screen and all non named characters were voiced by the same dude. Clone wars season one had its issues sure but it taught us valuable lessons and morals as an anthology series and grew from there. Rebels did not grow had repetitive plots, and annoying characters who didn’t progress or evolve. And everyone died off screen. Not to mention the animation quality is a severe down grade. The only good thing about rebels was maul and Ashoka and ima leave it at that. Unrealistic gripe here, Vader gets bested once and then peace’s out for the rest of the series. Okay. It was a show about space terrorists yet it was played as a kids tv show intended to sell toys. If you want to see a full comparison whatch cosmonauts review on the series.
@@Last_Victory "half of all the episodes were them stealing stormtrooper outfits and sneaking into imperial compounds with great ease and no consequence." I no longer believe you've watched ANY of Rebels.
WOW. It was right in front of me the whole time, thanks a lot Ben! Really turned me around on this show! Genuinely appreciative of the time and effort you put into this
I honestly do appreciate the perspective you bring to the subject of this video. After watching Book of Boba Fett initially, I did have some questions as to what kind of direction Fett was going in now that he's back. But you ended up bringing up some points I've never thought about before and...you're right; it does change how I look at many of these scenes knowing the backstory that's been brought forth throughout the show.
