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beast_gts wrote:
He could have had a Bacta tank in Slave 1, or wearing his armour again is putting an increased strain on him.

I wonder where Slave 1 was while he was with the Tuskens - does Jabba's palace have parking?

Jabba's palace has a hangar underneath, you can see the hangar door in some of the trailers so presumably Slave 1 was parked up there for the duration. Hopefully they validate parking or that will be an expensive bill

https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Jabba%27s_Palace/Legends

There’s also a possibility he’s not a perfect Clone after all, which could tie into later plot lines as he seeks a permanent fix for organ degradation etc.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
There’s also a possibility he’s not a perfect Clone after all, which could tie into later plot lines as he seeks a permanent fix for organ degradation etc.

and Omega could tie into that but she's unlikely to appear in live action until they've finished up the Bad Batch story - assuming she's still alive

It’s also possible he’s still just healing from the Sarlacc.

Sure his skin looks great, but given Bacta is a liquid, one suspects it works from the outside in. So any organ damage (and we saw there wasn’t much fresh air in there, hence the breathing tube, so his lungs might be knacked) could take longer.

 chromedog wrote:


Gideon's cruiser was an ACTUAL model, not just a 3d model that looked like a kitbash. There is footage of the crew setting up the motion control camera shots for the compositing. It's in the BTS features.

Glad to hear they built the physical model for Gideon's ship as well.

 Manchu wrote:
Just something to note, Boba Chap 1 and Mando Chap 14 that warboss linked above were both directed by Robert Rodriguez. Mando Chap 14 is IMO the worst in the entire show and a lot of it is due to the eye-rolling, boring action sequences.

Something that’s been nagging at me: why was there a Storm Trooper with Boba in the Sarlaac Pit?

He was looking for droids and fell.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
It’s also possible he’s still just healing from the Sarlacc.

Sure his skin looks great, but given Bacta is a liquid, one suspects it works from the outside in. So any organ damage (and we saw there wasn’t much fresh air in there, hence the breathing tube, so his lungs might be knacked) could take longer.

This is my thought as well.

The sarlacc digestive juices are meant to dissolve a person for years, thousands if I'm right. So that might also mean the juices have a means of preserving the life of the victim at the same time as they digest them.
He was in the pit for a while and he obviously was exposed to enough of the digestive juices for it pit his skin and turn it grey. My thought is the juices worked their way into Fett much deeper than we saw and are causing nerve and muscle damage forcing him to rely on the bacta tank to stem their effect.

That Stormtrooper could have been there for a longgggg time

I thought it was decent, though I think the pig dudes should’ve had more clothing.

 nels1031 wrote:
I thought it was decent, though I think the pig dudes should’ve had more clothing.

Now see here i was thinking they needed less.
Oink Oink.

 nels1031 wrote:
I thought it was decent, though I think the pig dudes should’ve had more clothing.

Their heads were much better than the RotJ ones, but they looked cheaper by being semi-nude.

that’s a fair take trexi

EDIT: I’m kinda torn about whether it’s a bad thing, I wonder if the producers are going for less bleak, gritty look

I think the new live action Gamorreans are a good bit less corpulent than we've come to expect from Return of the Jedi.

Skipping bulking up the bodies makes them look more like real life wrestlers with a mask than aliens.

I'm generally down for the look of the Mandalorian and Book of Boba. There's some great stuff there, visually. But the (more or less) background aliens aren't always that well done. Lekku are another area where the costumes are lacking, generally being too rigid. For contrast Boba's Rodian pal seemed fine.

I think it may be a case of so many things being well done that the instances where that's not the case stand out. It's not just aliens either. I had my doubts about the beaten Stormtrooper armor look in Mandalorian. It didn't look properly weathered to me. Too artificial.

Back to Gamorreans, I thought their outfits looked fine in principle. They don't need to be covered up more in universe. Real life, more coverage would make it easier to bulk them up without having to worry about making the organic parts look good.

 Geifer wrote:
I think the new live action Gamorreans are a good bit less corpulent than we've come to expect from Return of the Jedi.

You're right! They are a lot smaller. They're also greener. On a strictly technical level TBBF's aliens are better than the OT...I'd say the designs are generally better as well. The camera angles and specific cameras they're using are making it look...worse? I definitely think lighting and shooting angles aren't helping things.

Pretty meh on this one to be honest. I'm not the biggest Boba fan though. It didn't overstay its welcome though, just kind of bland. Curious to see where it goes.

Voss wrote:
The whole fight was weird, from the distant bodyguards, to Fett shooting a missile directly at the shield (which was only ever going to blowback on them), not using his flamer on their exposed legs, neither Fett nor Fennec ever drawing their guns

To add insult to injury the concept art at the end credits shows the two with their guns drawn in that scene, which obliviously never happened in the episode.

I too thought it was odd that there was a Storm Trooper in the Sarlacc. Just random Storm Troopers lying around the galaxy in a helpful way is kind of nice, I suppose.

I didn't hate it but it definitely feels like they are not going to be as brutal as the story of a Crime Lord rising would need to be. I think in the end The Mandolarian will have been more violent than this and that the amoral bounty hunter is gonna pull a lot of punches in an attempt to make him something of an anti-hero.

Yes I am late I just go to see it last night.

trexmeyer wrote:

 Geifer wrote:
I think the new live action Gamorreans are a good bit less corpulent than we've come to expect from Return of the Jedi.

You're right! They are a lot smaller. They're also greener. On a strictly technical level TBBF's aliens are better than the OT...I'd say the designs are generally better as well. The camera angles and specific cameras they're using are making it look...worse? I definitely think lighting and shooting angles aren't helping things.

Lighting makes the biggest difference. It's worth remembering that almost all scenes with alien costumes in the OT were shot in dim rooms. The skiffs were basically the only exception, and the Weequays (?) basically look like guys in bandanas and a bit of face putty. And there are a surprising amount of distance shots there to make up for it.

Its the traditional big cheat of creature scenes,show it but obscure, so the audience tricks itself

I thought the mayor’s aid looked a lot worse than the Gamorreans.

Typically, I’m schedule for a phone shift at 8am tomorrow.

Still intend to stick it on as soon as it’s available, and hope the phone shift is quiet.

Yeah, gonna rewatch Ch. 1 right before Ch. 2. I think it will feel more satisfying that way.

 Ahtman wrote:
I think in the end The Mandolarian will have been more violent than this and that the amoral bounty hunter is gonna pull a lot of punches in an attempt to make him something of an anti-hero.

I'm going to rule by respect rather than fear.

Okay Mr. "No Disintegrations"

 LunarSol wrote:

 Ahtman wrote:
I think in the end The Mandolarian will have been more violent than this and that the amoral bounty hunter is gonna pull a lot of punches in an attempt to make him something of an anti-hero.

I'm going to rule by respect rather than fear.

Okay Mr. "No Disintegrations"

That was One Time! You people just won’t let that go!

 LunarSol wrote:

 Ahtman wrote:
I think in the end The Mandolarian will have been more violent than this and that the amoral bounty hunter is gonna pull a lot of punches in an attempt to make him something of an anti-hero.

I'm going to rule by respect rather than fear.

Okay Mr. "No Disintegrations"

Well, he’s had a bit of a journey since then and seems to be embarking upon a new career.

Will “respect not fear” last? Who knows! I suspect it may come to a mix. So long as you respect him as Big Boss, and pay your dues? You won’t be subject to the whims Jabba and indeed Hutts are said to be noted for. But, that comes from a fear that if you try to shaft Boba, you’re dead.

You guys aren’t buying this whole “I don’t know what I’m doing” con Boba is pulling, do you?

I think he is acting naive to draw out his enemies and get them to underestimate him.

Or maybe the show writers are playing 4d Dejarik instead!

 Manchu wrote:
You guys aren’t buying this whole “I don’t know what I’m doing” con Boba is pulling, do you?

I think he is acting naive to draw out his enemies and get them to underestimate him.

Not sure anyone has suggested that

We’re given the impression he’s still not to be effed with. And we know he’s at least feigned injury after some relatively, as his line of work used to be, light combat.

That could all be for show. A way for an ultimately nascent crime boss to draw out those who might be problematic nice and early.

All speculation from me though.

 Manchu wrote:
You guys aren’t buying this whole “I don’t know what I’m doing” con Boba is pulling, do you?

I think he is acting naive to draw out his enemies and get them to underestimate him.

If its a con, it seems weird that its directly almost entirely at Fennec (and the audience)


The injury certainly isn't feigned, as the orcs had to pull him off the street and drag him to the bacta tank.

 Manchu wrote:
You guys aren’t buying this whole “I don’t know what I’m doing” con Boba is pulling, do you?

I think he is acting naive to draw out his enemies and get them to underestimate him.

Not about him specifically but the show in general. It should be an R affair but could get by as a PG-13 but in the end they will go PG to ensure it is a softer, family friendly organized crime story.

He…he blew someone up in the first episode. Fennec hoofed someone off a roof in the first episode. We saw a decapitated beasties’ bonce, and whilst not graphically, exactly how it happened to be careless enough to lose its bonce in the first episode.

None of it graphic, but all of far from implied violence.

 Ahtman wrote:

 Manchu wrote:
You guys aren’t buying this whole “I don’t know what I’m doing” con Boba is pulling, do you?

I think he is acting naive to draw out his enemies and get them to underestimate him.

Not about him specifically but the show in general. It should be an R affair but could get by as a PG-13 but in the end they will go PG to ensure it is a softer, family friendly organized crime story.

I'm not all that familiar with the criteria for the American rating system. According to IMDB the original and prequel trilogies are rated PG. You know, the ones with torture and slavery, terrorists happily murdering private and state security, the mining accident on Alderaan, the little oopsy with the younglings at the Jedi temple. Seems to me that themes that are hinted at or executed without excessive violence or swearing don't appear to warrant much of an age rating. Without blood, boobs or drugs Star Wars seems to have been considered family friendly from the beginning.

What makes you think an R rating would be warranted when historical precedent suggests Star Wars media can get away with stuff just fine by telling you all about it but not showing it graphically?