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Spoilers Book of Boba Fett [Spoiler Discussion]
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They're the Tatooine Chapter of the Assassin Brotherhood from Assassin's Creed.
The symbol looked to be a pair of bird's wingbones. Maybe an angel's wingbones? Like the Angels young smooth-talking Anakin was comparing Padme to?
"An angel. I've heard the deep space pilots talk about them. They live on the moons of Iego, I think. They're the most beautiful creatures in the universe."
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More to the point; he was supposed to be, at least in the OT. The PT and Clone Wars have already covered a fair amount of ground, which this show is explicitly building on.
Still, weird how in a franchise enamoured with celebrating random background characters, one never sees this complaint levied at the likes of General Rieekan, Droopy McCool, or Momaw Nadon. Singling Boba Fett out for lack of depth just because he looked really cool and interesting always struck me as rather contrarian.
Would "reborn on a desert world" suffice as being adequately poetic?
Nah. This seems way more likely since, you know, it looks nothing like a stylised "A" made of knives.They're the Tatooine Chapter of the Assassin Brotherhood from Assassin's Creed.
The symbol looked to be a pair of bird's wingbones. Maybe an angel's wingbones? Like the Angels young smooth-talking Anakin was comparing Padme to?
"An angel. I've heard the deep space pilots talk about them. They live on the moons of Iego, I think. They're the most beautiful creatures in the universe."
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It was a joke, hence the smiley face. I was not seriously suggesting they were part of an ancient Earth order of assassins from a video game.Would "reborn on a desert world" suffice as being adequately poetic?
Nah. This seems way more likely since, you know, it looks nothing like a stylised "A" made of knives.
Reading some of the criticisms of this first episode is just downright bizarre. I'm seeing people complaining that he has the helmet off too much, but then in the same breath lament the sparse dialogue. I mean do they even know what they want? The stoic, taciturn man of mystery from the OT, or Bane from The Dark Knight movies?
I know, but I've already seen this idea gaining actual traction, so I thought it best to present the actual likely answer.
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No they do not. Never have.
When those characters get to the level of fan popularity that Fett did prior to the PT and the like then I'll put them on equal footing.
Nope, not even in the slightest.
How is that even relevant? The filmmakers don't MAKE a character popular, that's purely down to the fans.
So like I said, it's just a subset of fans being contrarian, because all the other fans like him, because he looked cool.
I don't follow at all. I've watched Fett rise to ridiculous levels of popularity just with the OT and I find that, well, ridiculous. Yes, I would rather see Rieekkan or Nadon get more screen time but that's just me. I'm not trying to be contrarian-I'm completely mystified by Fett's popularity. That he got a show mystifies me still further.
It was an okay start, but like one poster mentioned above, this didn't 'grab' me the way the first episode of The Mandalorian did.
There's a lot here that doesn't seem right in that Boba Fett seems to be getting a lot of kowtowing by the locals, yet he really doesn't have his own 'gang' or 'network' to really protect/keep what he has and IDK - the attempted assassination just didn't seem a well choreographed or even somewhat exciting fight; everyone just seemed to be going through the motions as it were - and why no one gave either of them (Boba or Fennec) a Blaster shot to the head is beyond me.
It held my interest enough to keep watching though, and I hope it will get better.
There's a lot here that doesn't seem right in that Boba Fett seems to be getting a lot of kowtowing by the locals, yet he really doesn't have his own 'gang' or 'network' to really protect/keep what he has and IDK - the attempted assassination just didn't seem a well choreographed or even somewhat exciting fight; everyone just seemed to be going through the motions as it were - and why no one gave either of them (Boba or Fennec) a Blaster shot to the head is beyond me.
It held my interest enough to keep watching though, and I hope it will get better.
Playing by Batman Rules.
This isn't rocket science. He was popular because he looked cool and seemed mysterious. That's ample reason for a bunch of 8-12 year olds to be enamoured with any character. Such things leave a lasting impression, even after said 8-12 year olds grow up to be 30 or 40-somethings.
Then I am just dumb. Or contrarian or whatever term is preferable.
Which is fair but few of my Star Wars fan friends read the books. I suppose understanding of a "rule of cool" idea is a fool's errand for someone like me.he got a ton of books and comics based around him as well which added to his popularity.
For those who actually followed those things.
Fun (?) fact, there was a novel where Fett says sex between those who are not married is immoral
I had the same moment. While I remember Boba's death getting a laugh in the theater (*breaks hip*), that moment was the first in a string of disappointments I'd experience from George/Star Wars. That kid in the theater would be thrilled to know that Boba survived and would get his own TV show.
Another moment I had was, after decades of the mystery of what he looked like under the helmet, it feels weird to see him strolling around without it. I remembered this card by Dan Bereton from the Star Wars Galaxy set, speculating on what he might look like under there. I know we had at least an idea after Attack of the Clones, but it's weird sometimes to be on the other side of that particular mystery.
As for the episode, I liked it, for the most part. Nothing really bothered me, but there's some sameness between it and the other Disney+ shows. I hope it finds a way to distinguish itself.
I guess this is a minority opinion, but compared to The Mandalorian, I don't think it was anywhere near as good. I'm fine with a slow pace, but it felt like it had like 1/4th of the dialogue of the average Mando episode. Not to mention no characters within it really had coherent character arcs, and I even plot wise it felt more like a series of vignettes than a coherent plotline.
Would have been better IMHO if the first episode was entirely flashbacks to after Boba escaped the Sarlacc pit. The sections which take place in the "present" didn't really have the same impact. I wonder if they just included them so that Ming-Na Wen would be in from the beginning of the series.
Lots of fanservice/memberberries of course, but IMHO the lack of the sort of unique/tight production style from Mando just makes it feel like another generic Star Wars property.
Edit: Also, I feel like this series would be much, much better with "R-rated" levels of gore. This isn't kiddie-friendly tonally, making it kiddie-friendly in terms of depictions of violence just doesn't make sense.
Would have been better IMHO if the first episode was entirely flashbacks to after Boba escaped the Sarlacc pit. The sections which take place in the "present" didn't really have the same impact. I wonder if they just included them so that Ming-Na Wen would be in from the beginning of the series.
Lots of fanservice/memberberries of course, but IMHO the lack of the sort of unique/tight production style from Mando just makes it feel like another generic Star Wars property.
Edit: Also, I feel like this series would be much, much better with "R-rated" levels of gore. This isn't kiddie-friendly tonally, making it kiddie-friendly in terms of depictions of violence just doesn't make sense.
I had a similar thought. Not necessarily that it needed gore, per se, but I'd like to see why Boba Fett is so feared in the galaxy. It seems like a bit of a missed opportunity for the show to be "John Wick in Space." (He said, fully aware that he's tired of John Wick clones, let alone a literal one.)
Something in the vein of the Boba Fett Dark Horse comics would be cool.
As it is, I'm not really sure why this show exists yet, except for--gag--content generation for the platform. Hopefully, it'll give us a reason.
R rated Star Wars is a big nope for me.
I don't think everything should have gore, but if you have a monster attack several individuals and kill one of them, having the encounter entirely bloodless just takes you out of the story. I mean, several of them were grabbed by large, clawed arms, and the Rodian was stamped on!