What Happened to The Book of Boba Fett? (Spoilers) 

My problem with the show was that it could have taken the Space Western of Star Wars and crossed it with a Mob Drama. A Man Called Horse mashed up with The Godfather. But there doesn't seem to be any commitment to concept. Din Djarin could have made an appearance and not have it turn into Mandalorian Season 2.5. This should have been Boba's and Fennec's stories. If they didn't want to focus on the underworld or the people of the Outer Rim, then why make this show?

This season actually reminded me of why I stopped reading Marvel and DC comics. I'd get invested in a story, in a specific arc, but once, maybe twice a year it would get completely derailed by making the series part of some big company-wide crossover event.

It felt like The Book of Boba Fett should've been a two-parter within a season of The Mandalorian. Just narratively all over the place. Setting up the Pike Syndicate to be this big bad but apparently all you needed was a Rancor and Fennec being an assassin (i.e. herself) to take out this sinister organisation that's been running this illegal spice trade for many years. It's absolutely baffling how many plotholes there were and how quick things were resolved without any explanation. Also, what's happened with Robert Rodriguez and shootouts? He used to be awesome and clever with those sequences (see Desperado and Once upon a time in Mexico), but all the episodes he's directed and has had action in them have been so poor and boring!

I also think that narratively, re-introducing Grogu and his choice would have more weight if they had left it hanging and not produced an answer until Mando season 3. They realized they had some weakness in Boba Fett's story, and tried to glaze some of it over with an, "awwww" moment. And the whole Mando story suffers for it.

Felt that Grogu going back to Mando pushed the story back. I could see Disney execs greedy with that Grogu merch money , forcing creators to add Grogu in the story.

When I first saw that Boba was getting a show I hoped that each episode would be an adventure from Boba's life. So, the framing device would be Boba is sitting on Jabba's throne like Conan the Barbarian and telling stories from his past. Each episode we would see him collecting bounties as a younger man. Interacting with the empire, flying Slave I around Star Destroyers. Battling other bounty hunters like Cad Bane or Bossk. That would have been so much cooler than what we got.

Ten years from now someone who didn't watch these shows week to week will watch mandalorian season 3 and be so confused about why Din and Grogu are together and not know that they needed to watch Boba Fett first.

Just for fun, I think the show would've benefitted from this timeline. Boba Escapes Sarlacc Boba loses armor Tuskens take him and train him (with a four years later reference to know how long it's been since Return of the Jedi) Train action sequence to prove his new found worth and way of doing things Tuskens are lost to the "biker gang" and now Boba has a new outlook Boba saves Shand, steals Slave 1, and gets revenge on biker gang/looks for armor Brief callback to Mando season 2 getting his armor back (this gives us a better idea of the timeline during Mando season 2) Boba takes Jabba's palace Boba finally heals in Bacta so we don't have to see the tank again (no flashback) Boba starts demanding respect from town etc. Boba rarely takes off helmet to be more intimidating. Deals with the Hutt's and gets the Rancor. Boba hires the mods (maybe the speeder bikes aren't so colorful and out of place) Boba visits the Sanctuary Boom. Rest of the show stays mostly the same. Great story, just the early parts needed some help pacing.

They dropped the ball. It was fun, but the story was a mess. Tons of great setup, with absolutely no resolution. I just pray Kenobi does not suffer the same fate. I think the fact that they’re calling it a mini-series means there should be no narrative jerking around

I heard someone compare this to Iron Man 2 and I thought that was right on the money. The actors are good and there's some good moments and concepts, but they are so distracted with what else is happening elsewhere in the universe that they don't concentrate on the story they should be telling. As a result the narrative turns into a muddled mess. Lots of great moments here, but they lack focus and are dragged down by missed opportunities.

Robert Rodriguez directs Star Wars as if it’s Audience are 6 year olds.

I think it was nice of them to let Boba Fett guest star in the last episode. 😉

I'm still not sure what the purpose was structuring with the flashback narrative. You could tell the story from Boba escaping the Sarlaac pit to his time with the Tuskens chronologically and not much would change. The moments of flashing back didn't serve much narrative purpose to what was happening presently.

What in the world happened with Robert Rodriguez??? I must’ve been one of ten people worldwide who really enjoyed everything leading up to the finale… but my god, that finale dropped the ball about as hard as a baritone. So many corny decisions, so many silly action shots, so much dogshit street-level skirmishing, so many missed opportunities. Rodriguez is a guy whose work I typically love, but this was wildly disappointing. The incessant need to reunite all the silly side groups really ruined this.

Dan you and me both man I even said it in my review which is now on my channel, I couldn't tell what the hell was going on this episode? Seriously this was a finale to a season of television?? Idk what Robert Rodriguez was smoking but clearly it made him direct something that wasn't anything like Star Wars or well put together. There is just sooooo much wrong with this episode and the bad far out ways the good. So disappointed man...

The Book of Boba Fett wasn't really a show; it was a series of "Hey, remember this?!" references to other Star Wars properties and products that people actually like or that LucasFilm is determined for you to consume.

The premise of BoBF is full of potential. FULL of it. Sadly, the show couldn't even deliver a fraction of even our lowest imagination from said premise. The fact that the best episodes are involving the Mandalorian again speaks for the quality (or lack thereof) of Boba's story & action.

I didn't have a problem with the Mandalorian episode, and I really loved the episode with Luke and Ahsoka, but yeah I think there should have been eight episodes so we could have devoted a full episode to building to the finale with Mando on the team. And yeah, I think they should have left Grogu coming back until Mando S3

Sounds to me like ep 5 and 6 should have been released after Book of Boba Fett ended as special episodes. Releasing these separately and before season 3 would be a good way to keep fans happy till the next Mandalorian is released. If you're going to make a series and name it after a character, then you better focus on that person and the path they are on. It feels like a disservice to do this. Also I don't like what they did with Grogu's story. What was the point of it all?

Now that you mention it, Shand taking out the Pikes, has serious parallel to Arya and the night king in the end of GoT.

Robert Rodriguez. That's what happened to Boba Fett.

I mostly agree with your review. I was really interested in the political maneuverings and motivation backstory for Boba taking control of crime on Mos Espa. Then the Mando episode happens and we take a huge detour from the main plot. When we eventually come back to it all the interesting political manipulation disappears in favor of a battle where everyone is fighting separately. Boba Fett never takes revenge on the syndicate leader for ordering the death of his adopted Tusken family. In the end they eat space fruit and laugh together with no thought for the innocent civilians killed who might have been saved if Fett had just brutally killed the first wave of syndicate to arrive in Mos Espa. Basically it's a standard Disney show where it teases interesting ideas in the first half, then turns into a big fight in the last half where some things don't make sense and no one learns anything or grows in any way.

I'd like to hear exactly what happened to all of John's original scripts .. bc I can bet there were like 3 or 4 more episodes that could've helped pay off all of these character moments that didn't really feel earned at the end... it felt like there was a budget issue .. and everything except the Mando stuff was like a cheaper version of what we were supposed to get ..

You've really laid out the problems I also had with this show - it's not really about the Quality of individual episode and Moments, but about the big picture and the way plothooks & development seeds didn't pay off. And I think in the Future People won't engage with this as a show: they'll rewatch favourite epps, favourite Moments, but I highly doubt there are many People that Will watch all 7 episodes in order again.

I think what happened here was there was drama behind the scenes with Pedro Pascal and Lucasfilm so the Mando S2 finale was made to give them options going forward if he didn't come back, and Bobba Fett was greenlit at a time that was uncertain, and then Pascal came back so they wrote him into Bobba Fett's final episodes. I'm one of the many who checked out after the first episode then came back for ep5. Then ep6. And now ep7, which was really just a muddled mess that mainly served to reunite Mando and Grogu for the greatly anticipated Mando Season 3. The question is, will TM S3 begin with ep3? lol

Undoing the Mando season 2 ending in BoBF was even worse than if they had done it in the first few episodes of Mando season 3. Not even sure why Ahsoka was around other than to just have her around with Luke. It was a big moment without the narrative to support it.

I found the lack of charisma from Boba an issue. Fennick being the backbone , and confident one made boba look even weaker to me. Him listening to one of power rangers about staying in the bar instead of his palace was baffling. I will choose to remember him as the badass standing behind Vader. I want to forget about this version.

It really felt like they filmed 5 episodes, realized that it was an awful show, so they decided to retrofit 2 mandalorian episodes into the middle.

Boba's little group was defined by their weapons, brass knucks wookie, pistol one eye guy, robot arm lady. They never became characters at any point and this show expected me to be happy when we see them smiling at each other in the end? And don't get me started on the Luke Skywalker algorithm

In regards to the future of Jedi in these shows after Grogu leaves his training with Luke, we do have Ahsoka coming up where she is looking for Thrawn. And where there’s Thrawn, there’s also probably Ezra Bridger.

There are some good elements in this show, but certain things have held it back for me. I think "fan service" (e.g. callbacks, references, crossovers, character appearances, etc. ) can work if it's incorporated sparingly and rationally, but I found it to be a little excessive and overboard in this series. For example, (spoiler alert), Boba riding the rancor while smashing giant droids seems to me like something that would come out of an exaggerated Star Wars parody.

Excellent breakdown, Dan. I'm essentially 100% in agreement with you.

If you take out the puppets and CGI the last episode is basically actors in Star Wars cosplay playing paintball.

I think the pandemic had a lot to do with it. Trying to combine certain stories I think, like Doctor Who, a lot of stuff got cut. I think we were meant to see more of a slow bonding with the rancor and that sort of thing. And under the circumstances they tried to combine what they could. Just a theory as certain parts appeared rushed.

My biggest gripe is with Boba's allies. The biker gang, a few assassins and the guards were his *entire* operation. I kept getting House Atreides vibes from how unprepared he seemed to be. We could've watched a season of Boba winning the loyalties of different groups in Mos Espa we could meet - with a whole episode focusing around each of them. Then, the finale could have brought them together against the syndicate, paying off the power of ruling through respect. What we got instead felt half baked, and just a little empty.

So diplomatic then, "maybe he should have stayed in the Sarlacc pit." Ouch!

"Here's a rancor and Danny Trejo." Man, what a birthday gift.

Boba Fett - "I'm a crime lord." Inigo Montoya - "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

“Had about” then proceeds to say a very specific number

you said it my man. couldn't have been said better

Excellent review. I totally agree. In Ep. 5 The title character is not in it. In Ep. 6 Boba doesn't say a word. Who's this show about? Disney certainly didn't seem to know.

Grogu was pushing Din to take him back to Luke at the end. That's what, "are you sure?" was about. They're not just going on more adventures together, because that story beat isn't over yet. It didn't really connect to Bobba's story, but it wasn't a plot cauldasac as you seem to imply.

I think perhaps they started filming and realized it wasn't working and course-corrected. It was like a different show after episode 4.

I am now afraid that Star Wars and Marvel Disney Plus shows will slowly devolve into CW quality shows, just for the sake of keeping their streaming content flowing. Book of Boba Fett is now a sign of this possible tendency.

That season finale was horrendous for me. Robert Rodriguez directed the worst episodes of the season and the finale was just bad. I did not care. Cad Bane was the only highlight. I liked the show till the season finale, even the earlier episodes but the finale was a disaster!

I gave up on this series after three episodes or so. The episode where the power ranger moped team has a chase. I had to stop there. They used an actor way too old for Boba Fett. They immediately removed all mystery and intrigue around the character by showing his face a lot. The anti-hero "I will rule with respect" schtick fell flat in a big way. It made him seem totally toothless and passive, so not only did he look like a grandpa he acted like a kindly old grandpa too. This show had big "get off my lawn!" energy, like it could have been called Boba Fett's Neighborhood. It's like the creators, directors and writers all wanted to make sure there wasn't a single really bad guy around. Like they wanted to make sure every single person in the show was someone who you could be friends with. It really made the show seem completely sterile, safe, non-antagonistic. It didn't have any edge nor take any chances at all. It was like being served up a heaping plate of plain mashed potatoes. It had no flavor, no spice. This show should have been a revenge story, of this bounty hunter crawling out of hell and then undertaking a merciless, highly personal quest to eliminate and overcome various criminal underworld figures on the path to taking Jabba's seat. We could have gotten two seasons of development re: Star Wars criminal underworld, how it works, and how Boba Fett painstakingly pursues and overthrows it. The scene of him sitting on the throne to rule in Jabba the Hutt's stead should have been the final scene of the series.

Luke babysits Grogu for an episode then Ubers him back to Kathleen Krappeddy's death grip. Boba on Fennec's short leash. Am I missing anything?

Dan you hit the nail on thr head with what was disappointing about this show. The flashbacks had no consistency in length or any balance between past and present which felt weird. I would have preferred they just start in the past and the episodes work their way forward in time. It's basically what they did while giving annoying teases about the present story line with hardly any forward progress. I loved the stuff that included about Mando, but I couldn't understand why they basically gave him 2 whole episodes. I also thought Grogu would gradually come back to Mando in the third season and instead they wanted a reset before season 3 even started. Good ideas not executed well.

I’m old enough to remember how much “preparation” we had for Star Wars ‘77 (absolute zero) and how much we ended up loving it anyway. Give the fans what they don’t realize they want, I would give fuck all to their “preparations”.

I really enjoyed episode 7, but yea it would have been better if Grogu's and Mando's story was played out in there on show, even though they were my favourite parts of the finale

Here is my lunch break synopsis fix for the series: Boba is in the sarlacc for most of the first ep. He struggles to escape, his armor is corroding and his suit is torn. He has flashbacks to his previous life as a child, his fathers death, revenge, regrets and his final moments before his fall. He sees many other lifeforms in the belly of the sarlacc, old and fresh. He resigns to his fate and stops struggling against the sarlacc and is transported down to where his jetpack is. He connects to his pack and activates his flamethrower. The sarlacc releases its grip and he jets out firing his flamethrower down at the grasping tentacles, buring out his jetpack in the process and falling unconsious to the sands. The series proceeds as written. Jawas steal his armor, tuskens enslave him. Boba saves the tusken child from the monster and is accepted by the tribe in a fashion. He does duties, training, he starts off a cold and serious, he begins to lighten up and connecting with the tribe, but still planning his escape from the tuskens. He is presented with a chance to leave, but chooses not to. He realises he has a new calling, a family. He smiles for the first time in years and feel like a new man. He goes through with the rites and so on. Years pass. The syndicate slowly begin to push into the tusken territory. They drive the synicate spice smugglers away by cunning and force. Boba showing them to ride swoops, like a bantha or whatever. The tuskens show him ambush techniqes like hiding under the sand and such. They defeat the syndicate trespassers using these means. By now he is a new man. Everyone is happy. Cut to present day story. We don’t know why he is suddenly alone and searching for his armor. He meets up with Fennec who is an android, because the stupid mods don’t exist. He fixes her in exchange for assistance in reclaiming his previous belongings from Jabbas palace and tracking down his armor. They get the ship from jabbas palace and have a tense encounter with Cobb Vanth who tells them the Mandalorian has his armor. Boba and Fennec finish the mission for his armor. Boba shares with Fennec what he is planning. He wants to take over Jabbas domain. ”Why?” Fennic asks. ”I have scores to settle. I can’t do it alone.” Fennec agrees to help, for a price. They fly off in Slave 1 away from the palace. ”Where are we going?” ”I told you, I have scores to settle.” Slave 1 decends and hover over the sarlacc pit. You can hear the whining of the creature below but it is not clear if it’s from the creature or if Bobas recalls his entrapment from years ago. Boba is silent, then aligns his cannons downwards and fires. He keeps firing. Fennec is disturbed but says nothing. The pit burns and an extended tentacle falls to the sand, dead. Cut to some episodes of Boba and Fennec cleaning up Mos Espa and driving the other criminal elements from the town by show of force between the two. It is also shown that Boba is not a brutal prospective ruler to the people of Mos Espa. He spends an episode or two recruiting others to his cause, by favors or money. Maybe already familiar characters like Dengar and Bossk, the old gang, and has sent word to Mando. Cobb Vanth and his people are not interested in joining. The other crime families agree to a temporary ceasefire since Boba says he means to repel the syndicate, and we meet Black K, he is defeated and recruited, like before an assassination attempt is made on Boba and he uses his bacta tank after receiving injuries. A flashback to the tusken camp. Boba returns from an excursion to find the camp on fire and bodies strewn all over the ground. Boba is devastated and angry, but there is one survivor, the tusken child he saved previously. Boba asks him who is responsible. The child draws the symbol of the syndicate in the sand. Boba starts packing his bantha but the child stops him and points to another drawing beside the syndicate symbol; a figure wearing a wide brimmed hat, fanged grin, a breathing apparatus and wielding two guns. Boba stares in recognition and the campfire light is reflected in his eyes. They look almost red. End of episode. Cut to Bane’s intro as the syndicate frontman. He guns down Cobb Vanth and warns the village of Boba. He tells them Boba is a cold bloded killer who worked for the empire and only lives for credits and deserves no allegiance. There is no mandalorian episode. Instead Boba keeps trying to make allies and planning for the syndicate takeover. The tusken child is with him in the palace. Boba meets up with Dengar(or another already established minor character) and tells him he need help with a special assignment. ”A delicate matter”. He enters his ship and exits with a data pad. He says this information is more than 5 years out of date. He says he should have done it years ago, but was torn between two families. Dengar promises to return when he has confirmed the data. The syndicate arrive in force, the assassination was their work, the mayor is their puppet and so on. Boba wants to set up a meeting with the syndicate. Cad Bane appears. Bane tries to bait Boba. Bane mocks him for his previous status as the ”best” bounty hunter and so on. Boba does not back down and Bane contacts the syndicate leader who orders Boba and his minions dead. Fennec scans the transmission and gets the location of the syndicate leader, Boba dispatches her to their location. A fight ensues between the syndicate and Bobas people, but they don’t just stand behind a speeder, there is some more clever action with jetpack-flying and a full display of the bounty hunter arsenal etc. (My lunch break is almost over and i don’t have time to write out an entire action montage). The syndicate brings reinforcements, but Cobb Vanth’s people arrive in heroic fashion. The tide turns yet again as the syndicate brings in one of the droids with shields, Cad Bane bringing up the rear. They blast the defences down and kill some of the defenders. They cannot penetrate its shielding. The Tusken child watches from afar. The shielded droid is heading for the defenders headquarter and they fall back into it. Boba orders his people to flee and offers to draw the attackers off. He readies his jetpack. The tusken child appears from the sand, he is directly below the droid, inside the shielding. He climbs the droid and starts hacking with his stick at the panels and sensors, the droid goes crazy and stars firing blindly around into the syndicate troops. Boba and troop counterattack and beat them. The droid powers down under the relentless attack from the tusken child. The tusken child roars in victory. Everyone cheers. Cad Bane appears and grabs the child. He says his contract is on Boba alone. Boba calls his people off and Bane releases the tusken. Bane taunts Boba and calls him ”nothing but a killer for hire. ”Not any more” Boba answers. ”A pale imitation of your father. You hide behind that armor and mask like a coward, because you know what you are. Take it off. Show your face.” Bane fingers his blaster. Boba replies ” This is my face.”. They draw. Bane is faster and guns Boba to the ground, his armor deflects the blasts, Boba jetpacks towards Bane and instead draws his tusken stick. He beats Bane down. Bane says ”I knew you were a killer” and tries one final time to attack. Boba beats him back. ”Do it then” Bane says. Boba stands over him, poised to stab, but hesitates. He lowers the stick and says ”You’re no good to me dead”. Cut to Fennic who has found the syndicate leaders. She does her silent assassin thing and kills the guards until only the leader remains. He calls off the rest of the syndicate forces at gunpoint and is killed by Fennec. Cut to Boba and his people regrouping, Fennec returns confirms the kill. Fennec asks ”What now?”. Boba says he has decided to stay. He calls the people of Mos Espa ”his people” and now formally claims Jabbas domain. Cut to the theme song. Boba Fett sits on his throne, Fennec beside him and the tusken child. The crime families leaders bow before him, the camera pans out over the throne room, we see the other surviving people of Bobas group. On the wall next to throne hangs a figure encased in carbonite, he has a wide brimmed hat, a fanged snarl and a furious stare. Zoom out of the palace, there are people going in and out, zoom out to the dunes, the twin suns are rising. End credits with theme. Post credits scene: Dengar enters Boba’s private room. He presents a holopad and says ”I found him”. Boba taps the holo. It shows a still image of a cloaked old man looking over his shoulder, he is missing his right hand, he has a full beard shot through with white and burn marks adorn his ebony face. End series.

A huge disappointment. I wanted to love it, but I couldn't.

I genuinely laughed when the biker gang member doing the twist and shoot afterward 😂

This video gave me peace, I was in serious conflict about this show, didn't know if I liked it or not. Turns out I agree with everything you said. There were enjoyable moments, but it was overall a mess.

Loved the show.. felt like the series would have been stronger if we had a more linear structure.. first 3-4 episodes could have played like Star Wars dances with wolves we could have had the Mando interlude and then catch up with the current era mob boss Boba n it would have flowed much better.. regardless show worked for me and it was definitely some of the best Star Wars in a while :)

I guarantee you that at some crucial point in Season 3 of The Mandalorian, Grogu will pull out Yoda's lightsaber and save the day - showing that Luke allowed him to choose both...that's why the choice was off-screen, to build a surprise reveal later on.

It was an enjoyable show but it also shows the creative limits of what a Star Wars show could be. This show could have been amazing, Peaky Blinders in space, but instead it's a hodgepodge of ideas and some set up for Mandalorian season 3. It is what it is and until we get something like The Acolyte, a show that's supposed to be completely detached timeline wise, we'll probably get more of the same. Marvel-esque crossovers, background material, safe writing.

I agree. I think it individual episodes were better than the show as a whole. I'm mixed on the Grogu situation. It feels like they are maintaining the status quo rather than doing what would be more narratively satisfying.

Dan, I agree with your analysis. To me, it seemed the show was missing 2 more episodes that could have finished off the narrative of Boba's journey from his bounty hunter solo identity to his new-found desire for family and community. I was expecting a better resolution to the Tusken storyline, especially with Fennec expressing doubt that the speeder bike gang could have taken out the Tuskens.

Yeah, it was weird, I liked bits, but i think the problem can be summed up in Cad Bane. During the final fight between Boba and Bane, when they started talking about their history, my girlfriend turned to me and said "do they know each other?" Paying off the relationship from another series that a lot of the audience won't have seen, instead of the relationships from the series we're watching isn't going to work for a lot of people. Telling the story you're telling seems like a good place to start.

As usual, Dan, you’re totally on point: as cool as every individual episode was (some cooler than others), it failed as a series ostensibly focusing on Boba Fett. Way too many elements thrown in which detracted from our interest in Boba and his journey. Too many antagonists and undeveloped chemistry between Boba and Fennec (didn’t work for me). One gripe I have which I haven’t seen expressed online is how unnecessary Boba’s “revenge”on the Sarlacc is; as I understand it, the Sarlacc is an instinctual creature (like a tiger or a shark) on which you would not wreak vengeance but just be glad you survived it. That struck me as very dumb! How much more meaningful would it have been if his Tusken affiliation had been maintained, showing him trying to save them and them coming to his aid when he needed it?

Dan....is that a Noles helmet behind you??? Roll Tide my friend!!!!!

Boba and Grogu haven't even met each other... wow.

TBOBF feels unplanned just like the sequel trilogy. Wouldn't surprise me to find out that it was comissioned last minute by Disney and they had to shoehorn in The Mandalorian 1st and 2nd episodes of S3 as fillers here, which is insane.

I was never terribly excited about the show, people really seem to forget that everything interesting about Boba Fett really came from the Star Wars EU thats been made non canon, like his entire role in the movies were like three lines of dialogue, a fedex delivery, and a pratfall death. When they did the reveal at the end of Mando season 2 it was like….ok i guess? I dont really give a crap about Tatooine or its criminal underworld, it was never built up in any meaningful way as something that I ever would want to hear more about, nor did it seem like Boba Fett had any connection to it beyond…he brought Han Solo there to collect a bounty the one time. Where the show personally really lost me was when he starts talking about why he wants to quit bounty hunting and says “I’m sick of being betrayed by people who would just let us die” or something to that effect, and all i could think was “Wait…When did this happen?” We’ve never seen him get betrayed or even hinted at it, like hell Vader literally caught his bounty for him, and just handed him right over to Fett no problem in Empire, then he is at Jabba’s until Luke and Leila kill everyone and he pratfalls into the Salacc pit. So it felt like he’s trying to build something on this resentment and past that we’ve never seen or heard anything about on a planet that only seems to have crime as its primary industry, and the entire reason he seems to be able to hold power is because of Beskar armor and people’s need to only hit where it covers him. Not saying he needs to die or anything like that, but it just doesnt feel at all like anything has been resolved when his entire fighting force is like fifteen settlers and the power rangers. Presumably the Pyke syndicate has more than two of those droids, all that seems to need to happen is send four instead of two and call it a day?

whole season about finding the jedi, spends a weekend then says, nah man, I like the shiny shirt

The Boba story was great, the Mods and Mando stuff was crap. Luke is a bum again - he quits as soon as he starts training Grogu and sends him back unaccompanied.

Agreed 100% (as usual, albeit not always) on every point large and small except for your speculated reason as to _why_ they forced the reunion of Din and Grogu (and the setup for that) into The Book of Boba Fett instead of doing it (no less too soon) at the start of season three of The Mandalorian. If any concerns over questions of "Already?!" impacting the masses squealing gleefully had been a factor, they would've waited until the end of that season at the very earliest. My money is on Pedro Pascal wanting to move on, so they wanted to make the most (in terms of seeing the two together) of the final season of a series (and on-screen duo) that's a known hit, whereas TBoBF was more of a gamble - that sadly they clearly didn't know what to do with regardless - so it was made to sacrifice its runtime.

I felt like it was made for young teenagers... Very cartoon like

I watch a lot of your videos but didn't notice Shipwreck over by the Star Wars VHS tapes until now. Is that subtle messaging? :)

My impression of the show? Payoff without setup. The finale would have been fine, especially with all the tension between Boba and Cad Bane, had we actually witnessed that backstory. In order for this story arc to work we needed to see four things: 1. Boba being trained by Cad Bane - and taught to be ruthless and self-centered 2. Boba being a selfish jerk, perhaps untrusting and not trustworthy 3. Boba being changed by his experience with Tuskens - but struggling with the change - having instinctual response that would reflect his former self. Only after being fully accepted his change would be permanent. 4. People of Mos Espa truly becoming his people. Him building genuine rapport with the common folk. It seems hard to believe that Dave Filoni - a good writer as he is - was not aware of the content that would make Boba's arc complete. What on earth happened here? As much as I love the two awesome "interlude" episodes it does feel like 70% of effort went into those stories that were not really connected with actual main story line, which should have received more attention.

I wonder how well it would've played had Disney released basically just the last three episodes and called it something like "The Mandalorian: The Book of Boba Fett".

Honestly most of the marvel and star wars shows on Disney plus is all over the place

Really interesting analysis!

Yep at first I would have been defensive but I agree that the story was so unrefined and jumbled. Even a few extra scenes and references would have been a good glue and made it flow better. I don't think many people would mind longer run times to tell a more cohesive story

If they had made the shows title somthing like star wars adventures and made the complete season available from the start then it would have been a pretty good little side show. But for what it was and how they hyped it up week by week it wasn't somthing ill comeback to rewatch

The made Boba to nice. He was suddenly a crime boss who didn’t want to do any real crime. The story was all over the place narrative wise and a 61 year old lead actor playing a character who was in his mid 30’s when we last saw him a week ago story time simply doesn’t work.

Baffled when Mando first appeared and soaked up so much screentime--he hijacked Fett's show!! The team working on this should've saved that for Mando's next season. Great criticism Dan.

I thought tBoBF did a great job of showing us why Boba was different in Mandalorian season 2, than we maybe thought he would be. It showed him learning and growing as a person, which helped explain how/why he's not the same guy anymore who worked for the space Nazis. 🍿

From a writing perspective these were the absolute worse ways to use flashbacks. Then you add in the mando flashback and grogu flashback and you start to wonder if the writers know how to tell a story at all

Yep, you're on it. It was a bit messy, and Boba got sidelined too much in his own show.

Good takes. 🐾

It’s honestly kind of sad that many consumers brains are trained to only accept one standard narrative form and a series that deviates from the standard is met by confusion and anger

There were moments when the finale was exciting but then there were stretches where it felt so uninspired and it brought the overall enjoyment of the series down. Let down by finale eps on Disney + is starting to become a thing.

Grogu’s return does undue season two finale in a poorly done way but I have to admit I am relieved the lil guy isn’t murdered by Kylo. This series was a bait and switch I could never get over. I didn’t hate the idea of flashbacks but they took to much time away from the crime intrigue they marketed and I felt lied to. Episode 3 was actually one of my favorites. It doesn’t deserve to be but it was a turn around from flashbacks to present and that gave it extra credit to me. The weird bikes were funny but I excused it and only now wish they weren’t so out of place in Mos Espa. And like the flashbacks I didn’t think the Mando episodes were bad, infact I thought they were great but I never got over the fact that this series wasn’t what it was advertised and that soured it for me. Good breakdown.

There was enough there for me to enjoy. There were some missed opportunities but I wasn't offended by what I got. And I'm okay with that.

Great analysis. I think the thing with Grogu is that Jedi's get all freaked out about attachment. So Luke potential ly allowed Grogu to start down "the dark path". I also thought Luke was acting very stilted and reserved when compared to his behavior in the trilogy. I probably wouldn't have minded the Mando episode if there had been at least a couple of scenes with Boba.

The last couple of episodes turned this around, but Cad Bane died too soon.

The best thing about this show was the theme song with the pseudo Latin singing his name

Even your review got taken over that mando was on boba show instead of talking about bane or other stuff that happened in the boba fett show.

Maybe season 3 of mandalorian will have Grogu tempted by the dark side

Sorry to say Dan I think anything Disney is following the Marvel template of making everything crossovers so every movie/show is "essential"

I absolutely loved what they did with episodes 1 and 2. I loved what they did with the Tuskans. I have a major bias for warrior culture. That being said, the penultimate conclusions of this series made me feel like someone was trying to pull a fast one on me. I felt like I was being narratively deceived/stabbed in the back. Not a fun feeling.

The name of the show was the give away "the book of baba fett" it's a part or book of the mandalorian story.

Boba Fett should have been the Mandorians adversary. That would have been an interesting shows because Fett would be able to be an actual crime boss.

Great analyzation!

They might've broken the group up in the finale due to the unreal engine background set's limited space. Just a theory.

This was a wonderful breakdown.

I 100 percent agree that this should’ve been one grand show like Dan said called Star Wars Stories or Star Wars Chronicles. Otherwise they should’ve kept Mando as it’s own thing and keep all these other characters out. Not everything has to tie in to everything else. The first season of The Mandalorian was still the best because, for the most part, it tried to be its own thing.

They kinda forgot about the tusken raiders