Really? It seemed clear to me.
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Really? It seemed clear to me.
How cool was it when Grogu snuggled up with the rancor?
He gets so sleepy when he uses the Force. His species may be very susceptible to exhaustion from Force powers when they're that age.
It's pretty consistence with how Yoda could bust out some crazy agility, or great display of power, but the second he's done, he looks exhausted. Even lifting that X-wing seemed to be more effort than he was letting on. After the Dooku fight, he immediately had to grab the walking stick again, etc.
Any body that small, but also so slow to grow and develop must have a very strange metabolism. They certainly don't move as slow as tortoises, so they must burn through their energy very quickly. Which I guess also explains the appetite and mostly carnivorous diet.
Any body that small, but also so slow to grow and develop must have a very strange metabolism. They certainly don't move as slow as tortoises, so they must burn through their energy very quickly. Which I guess also explains the appetite and mostly carnivorous diet.
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He's effectively 6 years old in human terms. Didn't need a nap after doing any form of major exertion.
Yeah, I take that back. Rewatching Chapter 4, it was laid out explicitly.
My main problem with the idea that Cad Bane could have survived is, why would Boba Fett presume Bane was killed just from being impaled? Why didn't he go all the way to ensure 1000% that Bane was dead and not coming back, like incinerating the body or feeding him to the Rancor or something?
He needs to stay
ing dead.
Everybody make sure to sign the "bring back Cad bane and piss off fireproof78" petition!
Sounds about right for today.
I understand his change in attitude was supposed to be because of his time with the Tuskens, but what wasn't clear was why of all the things he could do he decided to take over Jabba's criminal empire.
I suppose because of everyone Boba knew in his world, Jabba didn't take orders from anyone. This is a Boba that was done being used by others. It might have been cool if towards the end he jettisoned the idea of being a crime lord and turned into more of a marshal like Cobb Vanth, which... I suppose is what happened? Definitely got a marshal of the town vibe at the end than a crime boss doing crime things.
It was visually quoting a scene of the soon-to-be-prior mafia don in The Godfather, Part II. Or, perhaps more familiarly, Homer Simpson imagining himself in that scene when he was thinking about all the criminal connections he could make as a union boss. Even the music is similarly orchestrated. He's definitely the crime boss (though, perhaps, not one who's in it for the long run, for better or worse).
No, that misses the point entirely. The entire arc for Boba is that he is fighting that last battle for principles. Not because he's a mercenary getting paid, and not because there's a selfish underlying motive like a personal vendetta. He's doing it JUST to protect the city and the people in it. Even being a crime boss is just window dressing. If he wanted to be a proper crime boss, he wouldn't have stayed in the city, he would have holed up in Jabba's palace, a much easier place to defend. He stayed because what was really important to him isn't a title, or fealty from the other crime families, but trying to keep the general populace out of the violence.
Making the final stand off with Bane personal by making it about revenge for the Tuskens takes all the wind out of Boba's principles and just makes him another selfish git with an agenda.
I said it upthread, but Boba vs. Bane is really about current Boba battling the mercenary killer he used to be. It's a better man (still maybe not a good one, mind, but a better one) fighting a terrible man. Skilled, and terrifying, but terrible. To make that just a selfish vendetta completely changes the tone of the scene and completely undercuts Boba's journey to that point.
Fett vs. Bane works better taking in the whole of their history, as well as Fett's own personal journey, from orphaned child, to bounty hunter protege, to hired hand for a crime lord. Fett's killing Bane, while low key in the show, is full of history, and it's Fett closing the chapter on his past life, and starting a new chapter in this book.
The story could play out the same but I thought there'd be an additional connection for Boba if Cad had confessed doing the deed on the behalf of the Pykes. It would make it even harder for Boba to just let him walk away in the best interest of the city.
In the end, he killed Bane just the same which seemed to prove his point, he's a killer (or is he...). When Bane said to look out for himself as anything else is a weakness I thought maybe one of Boba's "family" would help him but no.
This is just them leaving the door ajar on the off chance they want to use him down the road. I mean he already survived a headshot, so it's within the realms; I could honestly see an ongoing thing where every time he comes back with more cyborg parts. Really lean into the Kane Starkiller "more machine now than man" concept from the Rough Draft that would sort of evolve into Vader.
I mean also, reality check: do we really think he survived THIS long in THAT business without contingencies against mortal wounds? Bane is nothing if not a survivor.
Finished the series in two sittings (I had some time for myself this weekend...). I found it enjoyable, but the flaws are hard to miss. I liked how it was structured in the beginning: The past and present storylines showing what Fett was up to between escaping the Sarlacc and taking over as big boss of Tatooine (or just Mos Espa?).
And then they just abandoned that. We see a buildup to Fett and Shand infiltrating Jabba's palace, and then the confrontation with Bib Fortuna is done away with in a brief flashback. Then we suddenly get a Mandalorian episode, and the Book Of Boba Fett is not really about Fett anymore. Now it's about Mando, Grogu and more than a few supporting characters from that earlier series. Sure, I like that series and Mando is a good character (I really liked the restoring-the-Naboo-starfighter scene), but this was not his show.
I liked seeing more of Tatooine society with all the species that are part of it. I would have liked more of that. Even the Mods, the Nikto speed bikers and the Pykes could have been interesting characters if developed a bit more. Fun too to see a rancor (and why just one scene with Danny Trejo? More Trejo, please).
And Luke... Could he be any duller? The dialogue was stilted, emotionless Yoga-lite. Grogu made the right choice getting as far away from Skywalker as possible. We've seen Luke in the original trilogy. We really don't need to see more about him apart from a very brief cameo every couple of years, such as the one in The Mandalorian.
Lastly for a casual Star Wars viewer like me Cad Bane is really an enigma. We get that he history with Fett, and we are supposed to assume he is dangerous (saw him shooting the deputy coming from miles away), but why? What's his deal? Why is he on Tatooine, why should we fear him, apart from the fact that he is apparently a good shot? I think that's a big problem with shared universes, not just for Star Wars. Not everyone is going to know every character from every movie or series.
The Book Of Boba Fett is enjoyable and fun enough, but also very frustrating at times.
And then they just abandoned that. We see a buildup to Fett and Shand infiltrating Jabba's palace, and then the confrontation with Bib Fortuna is done away with in a brief flashback. Then we suddenly get a Mandalorian episode, and the Book Of Boba Fett is not really about Fett anymore. Now it's about Mando, Grogu and more than a few supporting characters from that earlier series. Sure, I like that series and Mando is a good character (I really liked the restoring-the-Naboo-starfighter scene), but this was not his show.
I liked seeing more of Tatooine society with all the species that are part of it. I would have liked more of that. Even the Mods, the Nikto speed bikers and the Pykes could have been interesting characters if developed a bit more. Fun too to see a rancor (and why just one scene with Danny Trejo? More Trejo, please).
And Luke... Could he be any duller? The dialogue was stilted, emotionless Yoga-lite. Grogu made the right choice getting as far away from Skywalker as possible. We've seen Luke in the original trilogy. We really don't need to see more about him apart from a very brief cameo every couple of years, such as the one in The Mandalorian.
Lastly for a casual Star Wars viewer like me Cad Bane is really an enigma. We get that he history with Fett, and we are supposed to assume he is dangerous (saw him shooting the deputy coming from miles away), but why? What's his deal? Why is he on Tatooine, why should we fear him, apart from the fact that he is apparently a good shot? I think that's a big problem with shared universes, not just for Star Wars. Not everyone is going to know every character from every movie or series.
The Book Of Boba Fett is enjoyable and fun enough, but also very frustrating at times.