Streaming : The Book of Boba Fett

Originally Posted by General Maximus

It isnt in keeping with the character.

So you think you know more about his 'character' than the writers, producers & directors at Disney ?

I think not .........

[General Maximus]

Originally Posted by Paul

So you think you know more about his 'character' than.......Disney ?

yes


We are only 2 eps in so I am willing to acknowledge that there is plenty more to see and something may happen which results in him regressing and returning to a more ruthless Mandalorian but I can't see it happening. They have taken a character which has a certain background, image and reputation and are trying to completely change him and do something different with the character. It is just doesn't work and would be better suited to a previously unknown character so we can get to know him and watch him grow every week but if they did that they wouldn't be able to put "Bobba Fett" in the title and far fewer people would watch it.

[BenMcr]

Before The Mandalorian Boba Fett had 5 minutes of screen time. So what do you mean by a certain background, image and reputation?

Originally Posted by General Maximus

yes


We are only 2 eps in so I am willing to acknowledge that there is plenty more to see and something may happen which results in him regressing and returning to a more ruthless Mandalorian but I can't see it happening. They have taken a character which has a certain background, image and reputation and are trying to completely change him and do something different with the character. It is just doesn't work and would be better suited to a previously unknown character so we can get to know him and watch him grow every week but if they did that they wouldn't be able to put "Bobba Fett" in the title and far fewer people would watch it.

He isn’t going to regress. They have very heavily trailed the key line of dialogue “I intend to rule with respect” which exists in the “now”, and they are exploring lengthy flashbacks to his recent “then”, which show exactly why he’s even interested in ruling a portion of Tatooine at all, and why he is interested in doing so respectfully.

I don’t understand why you think you know anything about Boba Fett that prevents his story being developed in this way. Prior to his appearance in The Mandalorian, he had had less than 7 minutes of screen time and spoke just 4 lines of dialogue. And, as a bounty hunter, he was more tolerable to the authorities than Han Solo was as a smuggler and quick-shooter, so even within the two-dimensional characterisation he is given in the original trilogy there’s actually a whole massive grey area to explore.

[admars]

years ago, my dad had a season ticket, used to go to every home match, renewed it every summer for my entire childhood, didn't matter what team, what the weather was like, he went and watched, would watch motd, would take his radio with him to listen to other scores at half time etc. I remember when I was a kid him sitting in the dining room watching football on the small tv, any match that was on normal tv.

One summer, he didn't renew his ticket, he said he was paying a lot of money for something he wasn't enjoying any more. nowadays he never watches a full football match on tv, he may watch the highlights or motd if he can be bothered.

General Maximus - you should be like my dad, call it a day, Mandalorian and Boba Fett don't seem to be your cup of tea, you've grown apart, it is what it is, Star Wars has changed, you've changed, time to move on, or just stick with the stuff from the past, Han did shoot first, that's fact, nothing will change that

I'm loving book of Boba so far, I enjoy playing SWGoH - there's talk Jawas should be made dark side and Tuskens Light side now

[Pierre]

Originally Posted by General Maximus

yes something may happen which results in him regressing and returning to a more ruthless Mandalorian

Is Boba Fett a Mandalorian? I don’t think he is. Was Jango Fett a Mandalorian?

[BenMcr]

Originally Posted by Pierre

Is Boba Fett a Mandalorian? I don’t think he is. Was Jango Fett a Mandalorian?

Yup, but depends how much of this is still in universe history https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Jango_Fett

Originally Posted by General Maximus

yes

I'm afraid you do not.
Thinking you know a previously very minor character better than the shows writers is astounding.

Get your head out of whatever fantasy land you are in, and just enjoy the show for what it is.

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Originally Posted by Pierre

Is Boba Fett a Mandalorian? I don’t think he is.

He was adopted as a Mandalorian I believe.

[admars]

Jango was, Boba says he's not when talking to Mando, but Mando lets him have the armour as it was his father's.

[heero_yuy]

Watched E3 last night. This picked up the pace a bit. Good.

[downquark1]

The writing really irritates me, no one seems to understand what being a crime boss means or how the economics works. Bobba Fett doesn't actually seem to want to be a crime boss, make you wonder why he killed the last guy.

[admars]

I think that's the point, he's learning, and I think it's nice he hasn't just walked right into it, and it's not easy with everything handed to him on a plate.

I guess it's what happens in real life, ppl get promoted to manager after being a grunt for x years as they've "earned" it, and then have to learn that being a manager is different to doing the actual work

Originally Posted by downquark1

The writing really irritates me, no one seems to understand what being a crime boss means or how the economics works. Bobba Fett doesn't actually seem to want to be a crime boss, make you wonder why he killed the last guy.

We may yet discover a link between Bib Fortuna and the killing of the Tusken tribe Fett adhered to. Who knows.

What's clear is that in this series we are getting a deep-dive into some of the cultures and traditions of Tatooine, that are actually central to the entire Star Wars saga but which we have been asked to take at face value so far.

Anakin Skywalker and his mother were slaves on Tatooine. Shmi Skywalker was eventually kidnapped by Tuskens who tortured her; this directly led to Anakin's first taste of the dark side and his interest in necromancy that then caused him to become a disciple of Darth Sidious. Luke Skywalker was raised by moisture farmers on Tatooine. His family dealt with Jawas and Tuskens from day to day. Plus, the Hutt family operation on Tatooine drew Han Solo into the fray.

In this series, Boba Fett (who has only ever known bounty hunting, and only because it was his father's trade) is learning how to live and move amongst these cultures, and through him we learn too.

Also, last night I loved that we got a decent in-universe explanation for the distress of the rancor keeper after it was killed by Luke Skywalker. All that stuff about the creatures bonding with their owner was quite lovely. I can't wait to see where they go with it.

[admars]

Originally Posted by Chris

Also, last night I loved that we got a decent in-universe explanation for the distress of the rancor keeper after it was killed by Luke Skywalker. All that stuff about the creatures bonding with their owner was quite lovely. I can't wait to see where they go with it.

a baby rancor turned up in Bad Batch as well

[General Maximus]

Originally Posted by downquark1

The writing really irritates me, no one seems to understand what being a crime boss means or how the economics works. Bobba Fett doesn't actually seem to want to be a crime boss, make you wonder why he killed the last guy.

hallelujah

Originally Posted by admars

a baby rancor turned up in Bad Batch as well

i watched that episode this evening