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Post by Mushgnome on Jan 6, 2022 12:25:23 GMT -6
Now you got me imagining a Star Wars version of Blues Brothers, where Max Rebo is trying to get the old band back together again.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2022 12:29:28 GMT -6
Now you got me imagining a Star Wars version of Blues Brothers, where Max Rebo is trying to get the old band back together again. You don't even wanna know the canonical genre he plays in. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2022 8:18:34 GMT -6
Episode 3
RIP to the Tusken tribe. That was surprisingly touching.
Evil Wookiee assassin! I kinda like Boba's new gang of vespa cyborg mods. I can see why some people think they don't fit Star Wars but it's a big galaxy and they feel natural enough to me.
Danny Trejo with a Rancor is something I never thought I needed, but I definitely do. And of course Boba wants to ride it.
I liked the chase. "Now this is podracing!"
There was a cameo of the ship repair lady from Mandalorian when Boba rode his Bantha to Mos Eisley early in the episode.
I love to hate the mayor's majordomo. I love to see him get his comeuppance.
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Post by Mushgnome on Jan 12, 2022 10:02:17 GMT -6
I was a little sad we didn't get any more Deadwood cameos this week  but they more than made up for it with.. Stephen Root and Danny Trejo, hahahahaha!
The rancor still isn't Muchi, is it? When BF said "I've ridden creatures 10 times this size" that was totally a reference to the Holiday Special.
The bacta-tank wookie jump scare was highly effective. I wasn't expecting a showdown with Black K so early in the season, so that caught me totally off guard. Is that the first time we've seen a wookie use their teeth as a weapon? I don't recall Chewie ever biting anyone. I suspect that the gesture of sparing Black K's life, will come back around. I'm sure that's not the last we've seen of the character.
We didn't see Red Scarf Tusken Warrior's body, so I assume she is alive and possibly a prisoner of the biker gang? She's too important for an off-screen death. There is a wacky fan theory that she's not who she appears to be, and that she is secretly a well-known Star Wars character under her Tusken suit. But I'm not buying it.
I agree: David Pasquesi (the actor playing the mayor's Majordomo) is killing it!! I love how jumpy and obsequious all the NPCs are after living under Jabba's yoke for decades.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2022 12:52:38 GMT -6
Yes. It's plausible Red Scarf was another non-native adopted into the tribe like Boba was. She could be wearing the mask by choice or because she's more deeply integrated into society than Boba had an opportunity to become.
I wonder what happened to Muchi, too, or if Boba knows Fennec is the one who killed Taun We. I'm fact, I wonder how Boba feels about Kamino's destruction since he dreams about it so much. He didn't react well to being called a clone in Mandalorian but he also disavows his Mandalorian heritage.
Just who does he want to be? He clearly still cares about his dad and his legacy. He took the time to recover and restore the armor and space ship after all. I wonder if he will ever interact with any surviving clones like Rex. We know he is still alive at this point. It would be interesting to see Tem play multiple roles in the show. |
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Post by Mushgnome on Jan 12, 2022 13:30:08 GMT -6
I'm totally down with Tuskens adpoting foundlings into their culture (similar to the Mandalorians) but my argument for Red Scarf simply being of the Tusken species (instead of some big secret-identity reveal) is that she communicates in the Tusken "braying donkey" language. If she were really Fennec-in-disguise then why would she not speak to Boba in English/Basic? Nope; I think the Tuskens are just Tuskens. Boba risking his life to rescue a Tusken would be a nice callback to Anakin rescuing his mom from the Tuskens.
I totally forgot about Fennec's appearance on Bad Batch! Yeah, that's a good point. The obvious way to work that into the plot, would be if Omega makes an appearance, she would recognize her. (Too bad they already used Katee Sackhoff as Bo-Katan; she'd make a great Omega! Or, it might be cool to cast a trans or non-binary actor as Omega.)
If they're going to bring Rex back, I bet it will be on either the Obi-Wan or Ahsoka series. Don't clones age faster than normal?
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Post by Mushgnome on Jan 12, 2022 14:14:21 GMT -6
Now you really got me wondering In-universe, how widespread is the knowledge that Boba Fett comes from the same genetic stock as the clone troopers?
What percentage of the general populace would recognize Fett as having the same face and voice as the clones? Are there people who maybe assume that Fett is a veteran of the Clone Wars when they meet him for the first time? For example Camie and Laze at Tosche station, did they maybe think Fett was a veteran Clone Trooper?
It's a little weird to me, that nobody has remarked on the strong resemblance. The Pykes, for example, were major players in the Clone Wars, so it strains my disbelief, they would not recognize Fett's face and voice. Or the Twins: Hutts have long lifespans, so the Twins must have been alive during the Clone Wars. Do, or don't, the Twins recognize Fett as looking/sounding just like a Clone Trooper?
What about Fennec? Does she know Boba is a clone? I would like to think she's figured it out (since she's even been to Kamino) but has she said anything to indicate her character has this knowledge?
Or is it just such common in-universe knowledge ("Duh! Obviously!") that Boba Fett is one of many Jango Fett clones, and that's the reason why it never comes up on the show? It's just so obvious, that nobody thinks to mention it?
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Post by tdenmark on Jan 12, 2022 14:41:31 GMT -6
EPISODE 3 Non-spoiler hot take: This episode started a little slow and picked up pace pretty quickly. We were introduced to several new characters, in what I thought was an awkward segment. The whole first half came across quite stilted. There were so many gags I thought maybe George Lucas himself had directed it, it felt very prequels to me. The last half was better, and we did get a great surprise confrontation. It concluded with a chase scene that strangely felt kind of slow, maybe I'm so used to the fast pace of action in modern movies, it was a bit of a throwback to the pacing of Indiana Jones (which was thrilling back in 1981). To me it was not as good as episode 2, which was amazing, it wasn't even as good as ep. 1 which was kind of meh. I don't know, I haven't lost interest, but I have higher expectations from Robert Rodriguez. Spoiler:
I'm betting that Rancor is muchi.
I got what I was hoping for seeing Krrsantan in action. I expected him to be a little more badass, you know tearing limbs off and such. But it is Disney after all. So he came across as a bit disappointing and too easily defeated.
It was really sad to see the Tuskan Raider tribe wiped out. That was way more impactful than Anakin going Sith on the sand people in Attack of the Clones.
I hated the colorful speeder bikes, they looked like mopeds!
The mayor's majordomo is a jerk, he is so going to get it.
Those gang kids that Fett got to serve him, I don't know. They didn't do much for me.
Holding out hope that eps 1 & 3 were flukes, and that the rest will be more like ep 2 or better.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2022 15:02:28 GMT -6
Now you really got me wondering In-universe, how widespread is the knowledge that Boba Fett comes from the same genetic stock as the clone troopers?
What percentage of the general populace would recognize Fett as having the same face and voice as the clones? Are there people who maybe assume that Fett is a veteran of the Clone Wars when they meet him for the first time? For example Camie and Laze at Tosche station, did they maybe think Fett was a veteran Clone Trooper?
It's a little weird to me, that nobody has remarked on the strong resemblance. The Pykes, for example, were major players in the Clone Wars, so it strains my disbelief, they would not recognize Fett's face and voice. Or the Twins: Hutts have long lifespans, so the Twins must have been alive during the Clone Wars. Do, or don't, the Twins recognize Fett as looking/sounding just like a Clone Trooper?
What about Fennec? Does she know Boba is a clone? I would like to think she's figured it out (since she's even been to Kamino) but has she said anything to indicate her character has this knowledge?
Or is it just such common in-universe knowledge ("Duh! Obviously!") that Boba Fett is one of many Jango Fett clones, and that's the reason why it never comes up on the show? It's just so obvious, that nobody thinks to mention it?
Well, in the episode "The Rescue" of The Mandalorian, Bo Katan says she's heard Boba's voice thousands of times. He also declined the infiltration job in "The Believer" on the grounds his face would be too familiar to the Imperials.
Rex could plausibly still be active at this point. In the finale of Rebels it was mentioned he fought at the Battle of Endor. It would make more sense for him to appear in Ahsoka due to their personal history but you never know. Omega definitely makes more sense for this show.
I feel like his family legacy and status as a clone will play a bigger part as the story progresses. He is spending a lot of time in that Bacta tank and there's clearly something wrong with him. I know the Sarlaac did extensive damage but I have to wonder if his body isn't breaking down due to imperfections in the cloning process. He wasn't subjected to the growth acceleration or flash training of the troopers but even "perfect" clones aren't natural people. It's possible he's got some kind of degenerative disease.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2022 15:10:24 GMT -6
EPISODE 3 Non-spoiler hot take: This episode started a little slow and picked up pace pretty quickly. We were introduced to several new characters, in what I thought was an awkward segment. The whole first half came across quite stilted. There were so many gags I thought maybe George Lucas himself had directed it, it felt very prequels to me. The last half was better, and we did get a great surprise confrontation. It concluded with a chase scene that strangely felt kind of slow, maybe I'm so used to the fast pace of action in modern movies, it was a bit of a throwback to the pacing of Indiana Jones (which was thrilling back in 1981). To me it was not as good as episode 2, which was amazing, it wasn't even as good as ep. 1 which was kind of meh. I don't know, I haven't lost interest, but I have higher expectations from Robert Rodriguez. Spoiler:
I'm betting that Rancor is muchi.
I got what I was hoping for seeing Krrsantan in action. I expected him to be a little more badass, you know tearing limbs off and such. But it is Disney after all. So he came across as a bit disappointing and too easily defeated.
It was really sad to see the Tuskan Raider tribe wiped out. That was way more impactful than Anakin going Sith on the sand people in Attack of the Clones.
I hated the colorful speeder bikes, they looked like mopeds!
The mayor's majordomo is a jerk, he is so going to get it.
Those gang kids that Fett got to serve him, I don't know. They didn't do much for me.
Holding out hope that eps 1 & 3 were flukes, and that the rest will be more like ep 2 or better.
Disney is weirdly inconsistent with their family friendly schtick. I watched "Get Back" last week when I had the Flu. John Lennon was dropping F bombs left and right. But in this show, we can't see a Wookiee rip people's arms out of socket. Ah well.
I will have to say the brightly colored mod gang seems on brand for Rodriguez when you remember Spy Kids. I was reminded of those teenagers from Dimension X in the old TMNT cartoon. I didn't hate the chase scene. The slowness of it seemed like a deliberate bit of slapstick to me. On its own, it's fine. I think what bothers me is the tonal whiplash. You have these heart wrenching scenes of Boba burning the gaffi sticks of his tribesmen and the day glo speeders in the same episode. Seems like two different shows almost.
I like the crime triangle with the Hutts, the Pykes and Fett at least, and the lore and world building about politics on Tattooine. The idea of Fett riding his Rancor around the streets of Mos Espa is something they had better deliver on, too.
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Post by tdenmark on Jan 13, 2022 0:22:05 GMT -6
Disney is weirdly inconsistent with their family friendly schtick. I watched "Get Back" last week when I had the Flu. John Lennon was dropping F bombs left and right. But in this show, we can't see a Wookiee rip people's arms out of socket. Ah well.
I will have to say the brightly colored mod gang seems on brand for Rodriguez when you remember Spy Kids. I was reminded of those teenagers from Dimension X in the old TMNT cartoon. I didn't hate the chase scene. The slowness of it seemed like a deliberate bit of slapstick to me. On its own, it's fine. I think what bothers me is the tonal whiplash. You have these heart wrenching scenes of Boba burning the gaffi sticks of his tribesmen and the day glo speeders in the same episode. Seems like two different shows almost.
I like the crime triangle with the Hutts, the Pykes and Fett at least, and the lore and world building about politics on Tattooine. The idea of Fett riding his Rancor around the streets of Mos Espa is something they had better deliver on, too.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 13, 2022 6:53:13 GMT -6
I mean, part of me kind of gets it. It is Star Wars. Gotta sell those action figures to the kids, right? I'm guessing that must be the demographic for those characters. It's not the OG Star Wars fans like me and you. At least we got a Rancor and a Wookiee fight this week.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 13, 2022 7:32:23 GMT -6
Well, the episode was ok.
I think they delivered too much in a single episode.
Meeting the gang, Krrsantan attack, delivering Rancor, the tribe wipeout.
It sounds like it could have been at least two or three different episodes for me, I don't like this fast paced style.
Something I really liked in The Mandalorian is that things were slow paced but very good planned. You received different things on each episode, and not an avalanche of information at once.
Not only this but this episode was 39 minutes only... I was thirsting for more.
I wasn't expecting the tribe being wiped out, it was kind of sad.
But, I'm not sure everybody is gone... It seems like to me that it used to have more people before than I saw dead bodies later.
Also, the little tusken youngling was always showing up, and I didn't saw any child body later on.
My friend said that maybe they're captured and we might see some of the tribe later.
The chase took too much time, just like I feel like the fight in the first episode took too long...
The thing about a fight, or a chase, finishing fast is that it does have emotion. It is everything a surprise and then suddenly is over.
When you have a long fight scene like in the first episode, or the long chase in this episode, everything is very much boring and predictable.
I mean, everything was totally predictable, the car messing the market and the constructions, and even ending up cornered with a lot of fruits falling on top of it. I saw scenes like this in cinema my entire life and it always goes the same, and end the same...
Krrsantan attack got me, I was not expecting and it was a good surprise.
But I don't like the Hutts just going away. As I understand the Hutts they're miserly and proud people, I can't see they just "we're going, bye, sorry for everything".
It doesn't feel right to me.
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Post by Mushgnome on Jan 13, 2022 8:25:20 GMT -6
It just occurred to me that Stephen Root's character could be a spy! Maybe the true purpose of his visit was to scope out the Palace's defenses, and that's how Black K was able to sneak in so easily, based on his intel. Wishful thinking but is there any possibility that Drash (the Billie Eilish looking leader of the mods) is Omega? Her skill with cybernetics would be totally in-character. The vespa gang looks straight out of Coruscant and I think that's what's worrying the fans: They give off a 'Prequels' vibe with their youthful energy and oversaturated color palette. What if this whole season is building up to a climactic pod race??  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 13, 2022 16:36:38 GMT -6
It just occurred to me that Stephen Root's character could be a spy! Maybe the true purpose of his visit was to scope out the Palace's defenses, and that's how Black K was able to sneak in so easily, based on his intel.
He's an old mercenary, worked with Jabba for years, he might know the Palace Defenses. Also, even if he doesn't, that's part of a mercenary job, he's just good at it.  The Power Ranger vibe is really strange, but I confess if you guys didn't pointed it out I wouldn't notice. |
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Post by tdenmark on Jan 14, 2022 4:57:28 GMT -6
Rewatched episode 3 because my daughter wanted to see it.
Alright, it wasn't quite as bad as I remembered. It isn't the worst and there are some good scenes and moments in it.
I still don't like the power rangers and shiny sparkling colorful vespa speeders. But whatever.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2022 17:45:37 GMT -6
Apparently Tem Morrison isn't 100% on board with Boba's characterization. Maybe this is being taken out of context and overblown. Maybe it's not to the extent that Mark Hamill felt Luke would never behave that way. It's not a great sign, though. I'm still being cautiously optimistic here. So far it hasn't blown me away like The Mandalorian did. I feel like a lot of the things that made Boba the character he was got transferred over to Din Djarin in that show, and now Boba has to take on different characteristics and adventures that don't suit the image that long-term fans have in our minds. It's not necessarily a bad thing, but it could be. We'll see.
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Post by tdenmark on Jan 18, 2022 18:35:55 GMT -6
Apparently Tem Morrison isn't 100% on board with Boba's characterization. Maybe this is being taken out of context and overblown. Maybe it's not to the extent that Mark Hamill felt Luke would never behave that way. It's not a great sign, though. I'm still being cautiously optimistic here. So far it hasn't blown me away like The Mandalorian did. I feel like a lot of the things that made Boba the character he was got transferred over to Din Djarin in that show, and now Boba has to take on different characteristics and adventures that don't suit the image that long-term fans have in our minds. It's not necessarily a bad thing, but it could be. We'll see. If I understand Temuera's point it is that Boba Fett should talk less and let Fennec Shand do more of the talking. I agree. He should be a lot more like Clint Eastwood's man-with-no-name character. It would leave so much more to the imagination, keep him mysterious and bad-ass, and also give more opportunities to develop Fennec. I agree with Temuera. I also agree with Mark Hamill about The Last Jedi Luke. That wasn't Luke. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2022 12:23:48 GMT -6
Hmmmm. I liked this episode a bit more than the last. It still hasn't grabbed me like Mando did, but it has some interesting high points.
Seeing Boba save Fennec was kind of cool and kind of not because they're pushing the whole body mod/cyberpunk think again. Now there's similar gangs in two cities on Tattooine. Something about them doesn't fit this planet's aesthetic. Cyborgs have always been part of Star Wars. Lobot, Grievous, Vader, the list goes on, but this specific aesthetic of cyborg feels like something out of Bladerunner.
Boba's friendship with animals was unexpected, but I'm okay with that aspect of his character. It makes sense for a guy who was orphaned at a young age and who endured hardships and lonely times to have an affinity for pets and mounts.
Boba calling Slave I "my Firespray Gunship" isn't technically incorrect, but it would be like Han calling the Falcon "my modified Corellian Freighter." I really hope they don't completely try to rewrite Star Wars history to rename this ship entirely.
That kitchen scene was something else. The general Grievous reference made me laugh.
Boba got brutal against that Nikto Swoop Gang. He felt like his old self for a minute there.
He must have been delirious when the Jawas took his armor. He thinks it's still in the Pit of Carkoon.
RIP Pit of Carkoon. Never would have thought a sonic blast would be the way that particular Sarlaac would bite it.
It's interesting they took a middle ground between the original ROTJ and Special Edition designs for the Sarlaac. The beak lives farther down inside and it comes up occasionally.
The Rancor is powerful leverage.
The scene where Black K tore off the Trando's arm was hilarious. Reminds me of the Colossus speech from Deadpool. You really think he's gonna do the right thing, but nope, and I'm glad.
Okay, so Din Djarin is definitely showing up by the end of the season. They played his suite twice this episode.
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Post by Mushgnome on Jan 19, 2022 13:34:11 GMT -6
THUNDERCAT!!!  My problem with the cybernetics, I feel like Fennec's extensive mods should be rare and expensive! This major, life-saving surgery should be happening in a Kamino-level medical facility, not a dingy tattoo parlor. It reminded me of the back-alley doctor who turned Jack Nicholson into the Joker. Fennec has fresh surgical wounds and exposed cybernetic organs, and she's just lying on the ground in the sand? Where is the Mod Squad this week? Boba: "We need more muscle." Where are the 4 people you hired last week? Garsa Fwip is such a great character. She's fearless, diplomatic, and successful in business. Why isn't Boba offering her a seat at the table? Banthas eat meat?!? I liked the Rancor scene. That was well-done. My biggest problem with the show continues to be, I don't like the heavy use of bacta-tank flashbacks. I feel like, if they had simply told the story chronologically, we would still be in exactly the same place, plot-wise. When the medical droid told Boba he is healed and his bacta treatments are over, is that the writers' ham-handed way of saying, the flashbacks are over? Musically teasing a Mando cameo!! |
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Post by tdenmark on Jan 20, 2022 16:14:45 GMT -6
A much better episode than last week's. Problem is now I am super leery of anything goofy - and there was quite a bit of goofiness. Like that little robot Fett chased around the kitchen. I get Star Wars is for kids, I'm cool with that, but silliness and gags can break the mood.
There was too much seeing stuff we already knew. Rescuing Fennec. Breaking into Jabas' palace.
The cyborg theme is fine, it is very Star Wars. It is tricky to get the aesthetic right, it can too easily become body horror (like that weird half-head cyborg serving drinks in the Solo movie).
Slave 1 is now Firespray. A bit like renaming the Millenium Falcon to Corellian Freighter. okay.
Fett talks too much. He needs to be a dangerous man of few words. And he's too nice.
I always wondering what Bantha's eat, but I never thought they eat meat! I didn't like that.
Seeing Krrsantan tear off an arm was a good dramatic moment, this series needs a lot more of that! I mean A New Hope had Obi Wan slice off an arm and we saw the bloody stump on the ground. So it fits.
As it unfolds we see the flashbacks unnecessarily convolute the story telling. It could have just been told straight forward and probably would have been much more engaging and taken the audience to the same place, probably even better.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 20, 2022 16:31:35 GMT -6
This is a non-spoiler observation about SW media in general - I'm personally getting kind of tired of seeing Mandalorian armor all the time.
It used to be really cool and mysterious, but now we're over-saturated with it. I hear Bo-Katan is getting her own show now. That's cool in a way because she has a unique character arc, but that's gonna be three shows about characters wearing armor based on a common template. They really need to vary the aesthetics a little.
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Post by Mushgnome on Jan 20, 2022 17:06:58 GMT -6
Piggybacking on your comment @ampleframework, Star Wars has always been about "MacGuffins" (the Death Star plans in A New Hope for example, or Grogu in The Mandalorian). The Book of Boba Fett needs a strong plot device like that, to create urgency and keep the characters moving forward from Point A to Point B. The show can't treat the obvious (Mandalorian armor) as the big MacGuffin, because that MacGuffin already got thoroughly De-Guffined on The Mandalorian. The one thing that truly sets Boba Fett apart from other Mandalorians is that (switching to spoilers) he is a clone.
But, has the word "clone" been spoken even once on Book of Boba Fett?
If you weren't a Star Wars fan, and you were casually watching the series, would you even pick up on the fact that Boba Fett is a clone?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 20, 2022 17:26:13 GMT -6
Piggybacking on your comment @ampleframework , Star Wars has always been about "MacGuffins" (the Death Star plans in A New Hope for example, or Grogu in The Mandalorian). The Book of Boba Fett needs a strong plot device like that, to create urgency and keep the characters moving forward from Point A to Point B. The show can't treat the obvious (Mandalorian armor) as the big MacGuffin, because that MacGuffin already got thoroughly De-Guffined on The Mandalorian. The one thing that truly sets Boba Fett apart from other Mandalorians is that (switching to spoilers) he is a clone.
But, has the word "clone" been spoken even once on Book of Boba Fett?
If you weren't a Star Wars fan, and you were casually watching the series, would you even pick up on the fact that Boba Fett is a clone?
That's certainly an aspect of his personality. What's interesting is that there were two "perfect" unaltered clones, and he's one of them. Makes you wonder if they'll explore his potential relationship with his sister someday.
I can't keep up with what's canon these days but I recall Boba never considered the clone troopers his brothers and he felt nothing for them whatsoever. He responded with anger when being called a clone in Mandalorian season 2, but he also joked about it. It seems it depends on the circumstance and his mood how he takes it.
This is almost certainly Legends now, but in the old Battlefront II game he even led a strike team to Kamino to destroy the last clone vats personally.
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Post by tdenmark on Jan 20, 2022 19:27:24 GMT -6
I'm not tired of the Mandalorian armor aesthetic, I think they keep finding fresh ways to create new designs. All the variants in The Mandalorian were fantastic. Even with Fett if you pay attention they make differences, such as going from light blue gray to black.
The point about the missing mcguffin in Boba Fett nails the problem. The story just drifts along, I have no idea what Fett wants or where this is going. He needs some kind of goal.
Now that 4 episodes are down it is clear this is not going to be anywhere near as good as The Mandalorian, unless they somehow manage to really step up their game from here.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 20, 2022 19:44:44 GMT -6
I'm not tired of the Mandalorian armor aesthetic, I think they keep finding fresh ways to create new designs. All the variants in The Mandalorian were fantastic. Even with Fett if you pay attention they make differences, such as going from light blue gray to black. The point about the missing mcguffin in Boba Fett nails the problem. The story just drifts along, I have no idea what Fett wants or where this is going. He needs some kind of goal. Now that 4 episodes are down it is clear this is not going to be anywhere near as good as The Mandalorian, unless they somehow manage to really step up their game from here. I keep seeing the same handful of sets all the time* and Mos Espa feels strangely empty to be such a bustling town. It almost feels like this is a filler show to hold us over. I'm not seeing the apparent use of Disney money we saw in Mandalorian, at least not in every episode. The effects we do see are gorgeous and well-made, but something about this show just feels "small" in comparison to Mandalorian. So far, anyway. *Like, seriously, he's gotta visit this same tavern in every single episode? And it usually has the same background extras. |
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Post by tdenmark on Jan 20, 2022 21:15:44 GMT -6
I keep seeing the same handful of sets all the time* and Mos Espa feels strangely empty to be such a bustling town. It almost feels like this is a filler show to hold us over. I'm not seeing the apparent use of Disney money we saw in Mandalorian, at least not in every episode. The effects we do see are gorgeous and well-made, but something about this show just feels "small" in comparison to Mandalorian. So far, anyway. *Like, seriously, he's gotta visit this same tavern in every single episode? And it usually has the same background extras. Correct. If you've been following any of the rumors it was well known a year ago there was a LOT of drama behind the scenes, and it is questionable if we'll even get another season of Mandalorian. Favreau slapped this together quickly to tide the fans over while things got worked out. And it shows. Really we should be getting a well produced and budgeted Mandalorian show right now, you don't just let a hit show languish like this. The firing of Gina Carano didn't help at all, it was clear her character was being set up for a fantastic arc. |
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Post by tdenmark on Jan 20, 2022 21:17:51 GMT -6
Do you remember back in the olden days when a show would be all shot on just a couple of sets? Getting a new location was almost jarring!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2022 5:27:52 GMT -6
Do you remember back in the olden days when a show would be all shot on just a couple of sets? Getting a new location was almost jarring! I notice that a lot when I watch Gunsmoke. I guess the strength of the cast and script usually overcomes the visual repetition in the classic tv shows. |
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Post by tdenmark on Jan 21, 2022 13:05:31 GMT -6
Do you remember back in the olden days when a show would be all shot on just a couple of sets? Getting a new location was almost jarring! I notice that a lot when I watch Gunsmoke. I guess the strength of the cast and script usually overcomes the visual repetition in the classic tv shows. The writing in old tv and movies is fantastic! My recent deep dive into old westerns, a genre I wasn't particularly into before, has opened my eyes. They just didn't have all the bells and whistles to work with we have now. The writing on Boba Fett feels rushed, like it needed a little more time in the oven to properly develop. I stick by episode 2, that was some excellent writing and directing, even if a couple things were a bit cheesy. |
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but they more than made up for it with..
