I don't want to see Boba kill anyone. He is not a bounty hunter now. He is a boss. Now he hires bounty hunters and gives orders to kill or to not kill ("Alive!").
Spoilers Book of Boba Fett [Spoiler Discussion]
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I agree to a point. I'm not totally sure what this show is at the moment either, and it hasn't drawn me in yet. Hopefully, I'll be more drawn soon.
Boba is a leader now, though, which is a fascinating status for a former bounty hunter.
And I understand that. But it's kinda fun to see him snuff people like no one else can.
It will take some good writing to transition Boba from bounty hunter to believable boss or "Local Don". I can't help but think of "The Godfather". Seeing an elder Vito Corleone Kill someone would not work, but it was OK to see his younger self kill in flashbacks. The same trick could work for portraying Boba.
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And he sure as hell did kill one of those assassins. Disintegrated him, even.
One of them is credited as a Pyke at the end. Pretty sure it's just a retcon of the species.
The maskless face is based off concept art for the Solo Pykes
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I was checking if that was John Ratzenberger behind the bar.
The way I'm coming at this is as one continuous story. 'The Mandalorian' was serialised, sure, but for the most part each episode was more or less a contained affair. tBoBF seems like it was all written as one giant 5-6 hour movie. That is unless they drastically shift gears in the third or fourth instalment.
As such I'm content and just go along for the ride. Indeed I'm enjoying not knowing exactly where they're going with it.
It's tricky no matter which way you approach it. The Jabba puppet was *huge* and a nightmare to operate. While it could be done entirely robotically these days (and with much more flesh-like silicone materials) that would be a very costly piece of hardware . . . a cost which you would then have to double, because: twins!
So it's less a question of whether it would look best as a puppet, and more a question of how much of the entire show's budget do they want to sink into just these two.
Yeah, that was my assumption too. My reservations still stand however, since if you compare them, the final design they went with was even less like the animated Pykes than this concept art is. Note the eyes and hands, for one.One of them is credited as a Pyke at the end. Pretty sure it's just a retcon of the species.
The maskless face is based off concept art for the Solo Pykes
Things happen when you translate from animated to live action.
Yup. As soon as I saw him I was like ITS THE GUY FROM THE COMICS!I just remembered, Black Krrsantan and Boba have met before in the comics. Jabba also called them his best two bounty hunters.
I like this fan service, because it doesn't feel like you're missing something.
I don't think you need to know that Wookiee did in the comics, he's large and scary looking, that's enough. Knowing him from the comics add backstory for you, but I don't think you'll have to read them to understand.
Same with the Tosche Station scene. If you've read about or seen the deleted ANH scene with that place and two of the characters there, it adds to it, but you don't really need to have seen it for the scene to make sense as it isn't important.
I don't think you need to know that Wookiee did in the comics, he's large and scary looking, that's enough. Knowing him from the comics add backstory for you, but I don't think you'll have to read them to understand.
Same with the Tosche Station scene. If you've read about or seen the deleted ANH scene with that place and two of the characters there, it adds to it, but you don't really need to have seen it for the scene to make sense as it isn't important.
Same. People go on and on about the Solo movie being the one people didn't ask for. Well, this series gets filed straight in to the same folder. Didn't ask for this at all.
A shame we don't have episode polls for this series. Two 10's so far for me.
Building on Star Wars lore in an amazing way. Two Hutts, a Wookie gladiator, the ongoing "lost years" flashbacks for Fett, a great look at the Tuscans and to top it off, the Great Tatooine Train Robbery.
Building on Star Wars lore in an amazing way. Two Hutts, a Wookie gladiator, the ongoing "lost years" flashbacks for Fett, a great look at the Tuscans and to top it off, the Great Tatooine Train Robbery.
The only thing that confused me about the whole speeder train thing was: where exactly was the spice going to and from? I mean it's Tatooine. Can't have that much of a narcotics market outside of the spaceports, which is exactly where the spice would arrive from in the first place.
I mean I guess there could be some secret storehouse or refinery somewhere out in the dune sea, and they figure a freight speeder would draw less attention than a starship lifting off, and instead are smuggling it into Mos Eisley and onto small charter freighters (like the Falcon) to get around paying Jabba/Bib import tax.
I suppose it doesn't matter that much, it just strikes me as odd given how active Tatooine is for such a backwater, which seems at odds with how dead Mos Eisley was in 'The Mandalorian'.
I mean I guess there could be some secret storehouse or refinery somewhere out in the dune sea, and they figure a freight speeder would draw less attention than a starship lifting off, and instead are smuggling it into Mos Eisley and onto small charter freighters (like the Falcon) to get around paying Jabba/Bib import tax.
I suppose it doesn't matter that much, it just strikes me as odd given how active Tatooine is for such a backwater, which seems at odds with how dead Mos Eisley was in 'The Mandalorian'.
Nobody asked for 'The Mandalorian' either, or an animated anthology show about the Clone Wars where Anakin is lumbered with a wise cracking tween sidekick. Luckily entertainment isn't produced based on requests alone.
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I can admit to thinking Boba Fett is/was cool, especially as a kid. Cool costume, had a rocket/jet pack, bounty hunter, competent, could talk back to Vader and not get smacked. I am old enough and was young enough to catch his debut on the Holiday Special. Worked for me.
Oh, I'm aware. I just find it amusing when people slight Solo for being unasked for as if that determines quality. Boba Fett and Mandalorian were completely unasked for yet somehow are "saving Star Wars."
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