The Book Of Boba Fett (December 2021)

[chrisstbh]

I can’t wait for the to butcher Dins character next week.

 

[Waste Time Continuum]

Though I was hoping that Fett was going to surprise them all at dinner by revealing that he'd modified the trap door so that the entire grate collapsed. I was picturing this awesome scene of them mouthing off to him and then the whole floor, table and all, drops away leaving just him and Fennec sitting on the edge while the Rancor goes to town on the whole lot of them.

That didn't happen? I thought the whole point of those shots in the trailer was to setup the expectation that they would all be fed to Jabba's menagerie, otherwise why setup your dinner there? Isn't there a huge dining hall in that palace?

 

[Asta]

I felt bad for the Trandoshan.

He did nothing wrong and ended up getting his armed ripped off. If he survives, which is unlikely, he'll live the rest of his miserable life with a fake arm.

And why? For what?

They were just regular dudes at a casino. It looked like they were wearing the Star Wars equivalent of Members Only jackets or track suits. Probably a bachelor party or something. So they were drinking, having fun, winning some money, got excited, and then a violent criminal basically murdered him cause he's racist against their kind. It was a "hate crime."

This wasn't even like Obi Wan and Walrus Man. This guy didn't even have a gun and was literally minding his own business.

Are we supposed to LIKE Black Kerstan? He's an *******. He didn't need to do that.

Man. This show is really sending a lot of mixed messages.

They were being obnoxiously loud, when all Krrsantan wanted was to have a quiet drink.

Cobb Vanth was similarly annoyed in a bar in Justified, but it didn't end quite the same.

 

[Asta]

Trandoshans pretty much hunted Wookies for sport in their culture. I think BK may have take offense to that.

Ah yes, they were the ones who enslaved Chewbacca's family in the EU, weren't they?

 

[Khev]

Hovering from the front of the ship that is pointing at the ground? What lol

Yep. It was basically just the Slave I equivalent of Han "reversing the thrusters" on the Falcon to try and pull away from the Tractor Beam or flying in reverse outside of the Death Star hangar despite appearing to have no thrusters on the front of the ship.

 

[NAZGUL-KING]

Ah yes, they were the ones who enslaved Chewbacca's family in the EU, weren't they?

Not sure about Chewies' family specifically, but I believe they did enslave Wookies as well as hunting them as a right of passage.

 

[Asta]

Yep. It was basically just the Slave I equivalent of Han "reversing the thrusters" on the Falcon to try and pull away from the Tractor Beam or flying in reverse outside of the Death Star hangar despite appearing to have no thrusters on the front of the ship.

Yes, Star Wars has always been more science fantasy than science fiction. Lucas wanted to hear ships' engines in space, because it made for more exciting cinema than the majestic silence of the ships in 2001: A Space Odyssey, especially for children.

Science takes second place to adventure, just as it did with the old Flash Gordon serials which made very little sense but nevertheless inspired a massive franchise having captured the young Lucas' imagination.

 

[Mondragon]

"I'm gonna kill that fat slug who double-crossed me and take his throne."

Double-crossed? How?

Left him in the pitt?

 

[Kebron]

I agree about the honor part but there is also the part about true bad ass’s fighting like the true warriors that they are….

Well was in ESB you know 42 years ago

Fett had a fight scene in ESB?

 

[matticus]

Yep. It was basically just the Slave I equivalent of Han "reversing the thrusters" on the Falcon to try and pull away from the Tractor Beam or flying in reverse outside of the Death Star hangar despite appearing to have no thrusters on the front of the ship.

Eh but in space you can turn quickly around without having to take a wide bank. This ship is literally on the ground, on it's face in a pit no less. Yeah, not buying that at all. This is just a bigger exaggeration that I cannot get past, similar to them convincing me this is a Boba Fett show.

 

[Waste Time Continuum]

*Those Trandoshans were not bothering anyone. Luckily the victim's arm will grow back. That's BK for you. We REALLLYYYYY need Bossk, who is in his way, every bit as fearsome as BK is.

There will be some Legalos and Gimli type banter, except with monsters and subtitles. Their people hate each other, but I have a feeling they're going to end up as besties.

 

[Khev]

Eh but in space you can turn quickly around without having to take a wide bank. This ship is literally on the ground, on it's face in a pit no less. Yeah, not buying that at all.

It's totally consistent with what we've seen in SW many times before but eh, suit yourself.

 

[Khev]

Literally the only time he wore his helmet in this 49 minute episode was when they replayed the scene of him killing Bib on Mando.

 

[matticus]

It's totally consistent with what we've seen in SW many times before but eh, suit yourself.

Nah. It is a bad stretch like how Leia can force pull herself back into a ship bad.

 

[loki2371]

I still don't know if I'm gonna watch ep4 this weekend, or wait till the series is over.

But I still laugh every time at these parodies....

 

[greygoose]

I still don't know if I'm gonna watch ep4 this weekend, or wait till the series is over.

But I still laugh every time at these parodies....

OMG, that's hilarious!

 

[Ramatuelle]

Ah yes, they were the ones who enslaved Chewbacca's family in the EU, weren't they?

IIRC since Trandosha and Kashyyk are neighboring planets, and in fact in the same solar system, Trandoshans have been hunting, enslaving and killing Wookiees ever since they were first able to cross the distance between the two planets. Its a big source of sport for them and they're not shy about it.

I could see how perhaps Wookiees might take exception to that.

 

[Ramatuelle]

There will be some Legalos and Gimli type banter, except with monsters and subtitles. Their people hate each other, but I have a feeling they're going to end up as besties.

I doubt it; neither is anyone's friend in other media esp BK.

This is child-friendly tv, tho.

 

[The Buffinator]

Have to agree, he should have hovered Slave-1 in front of them, then jetpack dropped out, so they all get a good look who is coming at them, face forward charging at them flying, grappling, torching, and shooting the living hell out of them. (leaving one to tell the tale)
Yeah shooting from in the ship from the back is easy (and cheaper to film), yet it betrays the character.

Their vision of Fett is him chasing Robot-Ratso-Rizzo down a drain vent.


One scene I'd love to imagine, is Fetts rocket one day fail to launch. So he just pulls it out of his pack by hand, and just drives it into somebodies skull. And flies off as it explodes.

But we're @ Disney where everything is phoned in.

But from what we've seen of Boba, does it betray his character? Aside from his scene in Mando vs. the stormtroopers, have we ever really seen him in action? I was always under the impression that as a bounty hunter he got by more on guile & stealth. Plus you don't get a reputation for ruthlessness by fighting fair.
Or did you mean it betrays the character that he's becoming?

 

[Ramatuelle]

Literally the only time he wore his helmet in this 49 minute episode was when they replayed the scene of him killing Bib on Mando.

Ok, but most of this episode took place before he got it back.

And who wears a helmet at the dinner table? This series has its continuity issues, but for this episode it seems reasonable.