Sometimes it was to attract it's attention. I got the impression it was programmed to target threats.
Spoilers Book of Boba Fett [Spoiler Discussion]
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Sometimes it was to attract it's attention. I got the impression it was programmed to target threats.
I caught that but I thought sometimes they were just shooting at it as if to stop it.
It seemed to be about focussing as much power as possible on a single point.
The Wookie visibly weakened the shield in a certain spot for a short bit.
And when the rancor attacked the Droid hat to reinforce the front shield, which Din exploited by attacking from the back where it was very weak.
The Wookie visibly weakened the shield in a certain spot for a short bit.
And when the rancor attacked the Droid hat to reinforce the front shield, which Din exploited by attacking from the back where it was very weak.
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I can see why some would agree with this, but honestly for me, by bringing Grogu in, this removes the need to do it during Mando Season 3 and will let them focus on him getting his honor back (and whatever sides stories there are).
While bringing Grogu back unattended (other than Artoo) in the X-wing seems reckless, I think bringing fake-Luke back again might have looked a bit off. Plus, we'd question why Luke didn't just bring him to Mando and then stay to help in the fight. But I think we all know Luke wouldn't have wanted to help Boba Fett.
I imagine they were hoping sustained fire from blasters would wear the shields down eventually, if the blasters didn't give out first. Little chance it would, but they didn't have much else. I was yelling at the screen for Mando to walk through the shield and use the Darksabre on the bot. Finally he figured that out.
Never seen that before, and it did sound weird. I'm a little confused too, I thought Force of Destiny just focused on women/girls.
This was a pretty good finale. Mostly action, but we got some nice moments through out the action. I love that they gave everyone, even Grogu, a big hero moment.
It is a bit weird that the mod's bikes are so damn slow, they've got to be the slowest biker gang I've ever seen. I like them as characters, but they could definitely use better rides.
I totally forgot about the Rancor, so I was surprised when Boba showed up with it. I loved the Kaiju movie feel of those scenes.
The mid-credits scene was a bit of a let down, it was nice to see Vanth is still alive, but I was hoping for more of a clue what Season 2 is going be about, or even a trailer for the Obi-Wan show.
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Yeah it was a hole heap of fan service but I don't care, I really enjoyed that. Glad Boba get stuff to do this time, he and Mando teaming up was fun, but as some on Twitter have said, Boba Fett spent seven episodes trying to cement his position as a crime boss and then says "This isn't for me!" 
Glad Olyphant's character lived!
Half expected Grogu to use the darksabre, he was (of course) awesome, and knocking on the bubble to encourage Mando to put his foot down was so adorable.
Glad Olyphant's character lived!
Half expected Grogu to use the darksabre, he was (of course) awesome, and knocking on the bubble to encourage Mando to put his foot down was so adorable.
Since season 3 of Mando hasn't even seen the camera yet I really do see this as The Mandalorian: The Chapter of Boba Fett.......aka Mando 2.5......but they couldn't have told us that beforehand or it would have spoiled the last 3 episodes. Roll on Obi-Wan........
8/10. Surprisingly good finale, even if it doesn't quite recover from some of the series' flaws.
Ultimately I feel like Boba Fett's story just didn't get enough space here to do all they were trying to do with it. A couple more episodes without the Mando/Grogu/Luke Skywalker detours -- fun though they were in themselves -- might have given them a chance to flesh out and set up beats like Boba riding the Rancor, Boba's relationship with Cad Bane, or giving some real personality to Boba's various sidekicks. The finale has to set up and execute on all of this in the space of one episode, and inevitably, some of its suffers. (And I'm sorry... the Pyke Syndicate are kinda nothing bad guys. It's way too easy to mow their flunkies down by the dozen.)
Still, the finale was cool and certainly delivered as the strongest entry since the first three episodes. Excellent battle that felt genuinely dangerous, lots of twists and turns, and a capable job of making us root for the heroes and providing everyone (finally) with a clear common interest. Fett gets some properly heroic moments that feel well earned, we get some good fun out of Mando and Grogu, and all the Tattooine players get to shine. Solid wrap-up to a very uneven show.
Still, the finale was cool and certainly delivered as the strongest entry since the first three episodes. Excellent battle that felt genuinely dangerous, lots of twists and turns, and a capable job of making us root for the heroes and providing everyone (finally) with a clear common interest. Fett gets some properly heroic moments that feel well earned, we get some good fun out of Mando and Grogu, and all the Tattooine players get to shine. Solid wrap-up to a very uneven show.
Not my joke but someone on twitter said that Luke sent Grogu to Mando by Fed X-wing.
That was fun!
Haha.. Fed X Wing..
Can't wait for... Whatever is next..
Haha.. Fed X Wing..
Can't wait for... Whatever is next..
OK, I see.
As someone who enjoys "Star Wars stuff" I enjoyed the Star Wars stuff in this finale: the jetpack flying, the giant droidekas, the rancor stuff, Grogu having a nap and all that.
But yeah the whole season had serious structural issues that have already been talked about. What disappointed me the most was Boba's story as it just didn't work for me. I'm not even sure what he's supposed to be at the end? A crime lord who doesn't like crime?
He has a big personal issue with the Pikes because they killed hid Tusken family. The payoff would logically be him getting revenge by killing those responsible. Instead he fights Cad Bane...who had nothing to do with the Tusken massacre. And it's bizarre because all they had to do was have Bane show up earlier in the season and be the one who led the attacks on the Tuskens (obviously under orders from the Pikes.) He even kept taunting Boba about how the Pikes killed the Tuskens! At the very least they could have inserted a flashback scene here showing Bane slaughtering Tuskens. It was so weird!
But yeah the whole season had serious structural issues that have already been talked about. What disappointed me the most was Boba's story as it just didn't work for me. I'm not even sure what he's supposed to be at the end? A crime lord who doesn't like crime?
He has a big personal issue with the Pikes because they killed hid Tusken family. The payoff would logically be him getting revenge by killing those responsible. Instead he fights Cad Bane...who had nothing to do with the Tusken massacre. And it's bizarre because all they had to do was have Bane show up earlier in the season and be the one who led the attacks on the Tuskens (obviously under orders from the Pikes.) He even kept taunting Boba about how the Pikes killed the Tuskens! At the very least they could have inserted a flashback scene here showing Bane slaughtering Tuskens. It was so weird!
When they were talking about how the energy shields stopped blasters and their projectile weapon's were too fast, I flashed to Lynch's 'Dune'- "the slow blade penetrates the shield". I was expecting some follow through to that....
One big disappointment was the scooter Mod gang. They were talked about as having these special cybernetic enhancements which gave them an advantage but no where can I remember any sort of advantage being shown except for maybe the eyeguy reference. If they only did a simple Steve Austin stunt once I would have forgiven those stupid power ranger scooters.
While the big bsttle seemed more of a run away, get pinned down, help comes, run away, get pinned down cycle, all in all it was a fun watch. I do like how all the bad guys, including the Mayor, get taken out quickly one by one, Godfather style. If only the rest the season had followed that pattern...
One big disappointment was the scooter Mod gang. They were talked about as having these special cybernetic enhancements which gave them an advantage but no where can I remember any sort of advantage being shown except for maybe the eyeguy reference. If they only did a simple Steve Austin stunt once I would have forgiven those stupid power ranger scooters.
While the big bsttle seemed more of a run away, get pinned down, help comes, run away, get pinned down cycle, all in all it was a fun watch. I do like how all the bad guys, including the Mayor, get taken out quickly one by one, Godfather style. If only the rest the season had followed that pattern...
They've actually mentioned this one before, during The Clone Wars. The Droidekas (destroyer droids), which are really just the Scorponek droids little siblings, worked the same way. Clones learned to roll thermal detonators under them, slowly enough to punch through the shields and blow the droids up.
Themes, folks. It couldn't be personal with Bane, because if it's about vengeance it misses the point. Bane is a stand in for the man Boba was before he went into the Sarlacc. All business, cold as ice and willing to kill at the drop of a hat.
Boba wasn't fighting Cad Bane. He was fighting himself. When he kills Bane, he leaves that part of himself truly behind.
This Boba Fett has honor. Principles. Yeah, he frames it in the context that he already understands. Mob bosses, crime empires and such. But really he wants to protect people from folks like he used to be. When he lost his Tusken family it didn't break him, it gave him purpose. He finally saw the violence for what it was and, in his own way, set out to try and right that wrong for the people of Mos Espa. What Boba Fett really wanted all along was an excuse to protect the city and it's people.
I thought Trejo was going to show up to as he Tweeted about the finale the day before airing.
Which surprisingly works.
Has it occured to anyone else that Boba Fett should only be in his early forties at this point in the SW chronology, while Temuera Morrison is obviously a couple decades older than that? Boba was an unaltered clone, without accelerated aging. Maybe being in the Sarlaac's innards ages people prematurely, even while slowly digesting them for a thousand years.
Edit to add: okay, I googled it and apparently it's already been brought up a million times.
Oh, and I liked this episode.
Kor
Edit to add: okay, I googled it and apparently it's already been brought up a million times.
Oh, and I liked this episode.
Kor
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