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Yes, it’s another “you might call me slow” observation.
Mando’s starfighter. Nabbonian (Nabooian?). A culture known for liking its shiny chrome. A shiny relic of the Old Republic. Now largely stripped back to its bare metal. Tarnished, untidy, imperfect. Like the current state of the Galaxy.
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warboss wrote: Tomorrow is the season finale, right? I only see 7 episodes listed on IMDB. It feels odd to have an.. well.. odd number of episodes for some reason.
Alternately, it was originally meant as a 5 episode series.
Then the people making it were like 'this sucks' so they shoved 2 episodes of Mandalorian Season 3 in there XD
Best moment for me was Krrsantan coming back, thought he was a goner and in the most ignominious of ways. Him just fighting, blasting and hobbling his way to safety was epic.
Rancor going full on King Kong was great, as was Grogu's interactions first rocking the Skorpek (whatever it is called) then putting the Rancor to sleep.
Theý really made me think that Fett was dead...but glad that it was his own skill that saved him and defeated Bane.
Thought for sure in the post credits that it was Bane in the Bacta tank rather than Vanth.
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I’m pretty sure Cad Bane is not in fact all dead to death. Critical for sure. But I did notice the shot of his body had a wee blinky light on the left hand side of his chest…
Also, no blood that I could see. That of course might just be Disney Disneying (and fair enough), but I’m not sure.
So, Cobb Vanth as Daimo, given Boba has accepted he’s not cut out for that role.
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At this point once defeating someone in the Star Wars Universe you would think you would have the body pulped, cremated and scattered to every corner of the galaxy
Fun, action packed finale. Overall I did enjoy this episode but I’m still gonna pick the nits of the dumb stuff that stood out to me…
“We’ll see them long before they see us.” Queue montage of the most conspicuous sentries of all time.
Boba fired his rocket. I noticed later that it was back. Does he carry spares somewhere on his person?
Standard horror movie cliche of the slow monster keeping up with fleeing victims. Dang things were practically Weeping Angels, moving at a crawling pace when you look at them, but blipping a hundred feet down the street if the camera so much as blinked.
The assassination was weird. Small room, tiny windows, visible blaster bolts that all come from the same direction, and no one seemed to realize what was happening. Then a dude gets hung from the ceiling, and sure there’s what appears to be a hole in the center, but he wasn’t in the center. Were they Spider-Maning from the ceiling somehow and still unseen?
Had to rewind and pause and take a moment to recognize who that was in the post credit, but I find that to be not the least bit surprising. I’d expected them sooner really.
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Graphite wrote: Oh, no! Was really hoping for a post credits of the Gamorreans staggering back to the palace...
I don’t believe they were ever given names, which makes them quite expendable.
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Quite enjoyed it overall but the series has felt a bit disjointed.
I'll not be one of these negative nellies (though I think some of the criticisms are justified, I personally wanted more of the Tusken stuff) its just a a shame that the two best episodes didnt feature Boba.
Onto the Good stuff!
Spoiler:
Krrsantan. (Best looking Wookie costume so far IMO)
Pacific Outer Rim. ( Awesome seeing Rancor , vs really big droids )
"It wasn't the blasters...twas Grogu beat the beast"
Cad v Boba. Didnt play out the way I expected, but nobody draws faster than Bane.
He's funny, he's green, he loves going fast. Grogu is a speed freek.
I'd say I'll give the series 7/10. not as good as The Mandalorian, but enjoyable nonetheless.
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Head Writer (HW): Ok, I've got this great idea for a final episode. Writer #1 (W1): Lay it on us boss! Writer #2 (W2): This should be good. HW: Ok, so, our crew will hole up the exploded Sanctuary. W1: Bit like the end of first season Mando? HW: Oh yeah... I didn't think... never mind. They're in the Sanctuary, or what's left of it. W2: Cool. HW: And the Pikes will surround them. W1: Good shooting positions. Lots of cover. HW: Well... I mean... most of them will stand in the street, but yeah, good shooting positions overall. W2: And they shoot their way out? HW: A ruse using the Mayor's aide to draw attention. The fans love that guy. W1: I dunno about love... but go on! HW: So Boba and Mando will jet in and start taking names. Zap, zap, zap. Pikes falling everywhere. W2: And Shand? HW: She's off doing assassin things. She's not really in this episode. W1: Oh... ok... so... HW: So, yeah, they're just blitzing the Pikes, but then they start taking hits to their Beskar. W2: So they're not getting wounded. HW: No. Just knocked around. W1: But otherwise fine? HW: Mostly. But then the people from Freedonia- W2: Freetown. HW: Whatever. They show up on a speeder, and start blasting the Pikes. W1: Bold sacrifice for the towns people. HW: Well, none of them will get shot. The Pikes only hit when shooting Beskar. And a Wookie. W2: Wookie? HW: We'll get to that. W1: So the townsfolk, Fett and Mando get into a big gunright with the Pikes, who mostly all die, and who all miss their shots, except for against Beskar. HW: It's going to be awesome. And then the Wookie comes back after nearly being killed by a horde of Trandoshans - the peopole who specialise in hunting Wookies - who fail to kill him. A Wookie. W1: You just said they specialise in kill- HW: And he gets shot heaps of times trying to make it back to Fett's side. W2: A noble sacrifice for our big Wookie friend! HW: Oh no. He's pretty much fine. He gets behind the speeder and helps them fight off the Pikes. W1: So they've won? HW: Oh hell no! They're going to get attacked by these two massive feth off droids. Scorpenek or something. Four big blade-legs, and these two massive double-barrelled blaster cannons with these huge ammo-hoppers coming out the back. W2: Why... why would a blaster need an ammo-hopper? HW: Doesn't matter! Anyway, so these huge droids have shields like Destroyers from TMP. And their cannons are just blasting away! W1: So a real problem for our heroes. I'm guessing a bunch of the townsfolk bite the dust here as they flee? HW: Not a single one. Their speeder explodes though. W2: They don't get shot? At all? HW: Not yet. Anyway, they flee from these things, and Boba/Mando take on one whilst the others run away. They can't get through the shields, but they keep shooting them over and over again anyway. W1: And our heroes never get shot? HW: Never. Our Wookie friend though, he manages to weaken the shield with repeated close range blasts, and then he gets through the shield partially, until the giant robot with massive feth-off cannons and blade legs turns to face him. W2: A noble sacrifice for our big already-wound Wookie friend. HW: Oh no, nothing like that. He's going to get hit into a wall, and the two Mos Espa Vespas who have had lines so far will help him get away. W1: Wait... really? HW: So after Mando uses the Darksaber to damage one of the droids, he'll be at the mercy of its remaining massive feth-off cannon. W2: Which hasn't hit anyone yet. HW: Exactly! But Baby Yoda- W1: Grogu. HW: Whatever. Will come along and pull something out of it leg, so it collapses. W2: S... sure...? HW: Then it's Fett - Rancor Rider time! W2: Yes! Finally. HW: He pretty much eviscerates the first droid, and then they go to find the other one that's been after the Freetown people. W1: They must be pretty low on numbers after that chace! HW: Nope. Hasn't killed one of them yet. W2: What? HW: So they've holed up in this small courtyard outside the front of a building, and the Scorponok- W1: Scorpenek. HW: Whatever. Has them hemmed in, and more Pikes have shown up. And the townsfolk are returning fire, but everything against them is just going crazy. W2: The droids big- HW: Big feth-off cannons! W2: Yeah those. I presume they're just making a complete mockery of the wall the poor townspeople are hiding behind, right? HW: No. No shots are getting through. They're pretty safe actually. I reckon one might die, but not the two in the least amount of cover. They're going to have a whole conversation about flanking one of the droids. W1: What's their plan after they flank the droid? HW: Doesn't matter. Anyway, the Fett shows up with the Rancor again, and goes to down on the other droid. W2: Sweet! HW: And then the Rancor gets shot a bunch by the droids huge feth-off cannons. W1: Ah! A tragic loss to defend Moss Espa. HW: Oh no, the Rancor kinda just 'Hulks' it a bit here. The shots only make it angry. W2: So you've got two Scorpenek- HW: Sub-Zero. W2: That's not what their called. Anyway, two giant robots with huge feth-off cannons, that have been sent in by the Pikes to wipe out Boba. And so far they've missed every shot against the people they were sent to kill, failed to kill an already-wounded Wookie when it had him dead to rights, can't penetrate an aggregate stone wall, and when they finally did hit something, they didn't kill it? HW: Yeah! It's going to be epic! W1: Won't it kinda kill the stakes if despite all these forces, they're never in any real danger as they never ever get hit by anything. HW: I mean maybe one of the townsfolk gets shot by a lucky Pike shot or something. W1: I don't know if that'll be enou- HW:And then we're going to do King Kong with the Rancor!!! W1: What? W2: What? HW: 'Cause I played Kinect Star Wars last week, and the end is going to be a bit like that, only Baby Yoda will make the Rancor go to sleep. W1: Huh? W2: Why? HW: Oh and Shand will kill all the other people silently and even garrote/hang/break the neck of the Ithorian mayor! W1: But only one of the townspeople- HW: Yes, only one of them will die. So - what do you think? W1: Maybe the Mando episode and the Luke/Baby Yoda episode will be enough to make them like the show? W2: I hope so. Obi-Wan's not far off either, so hopefully that'll make 'em forget about this show. HW: C'mon! We'll even have Cad Bane get killed in single combat by Jango! W1: Boba. HW: Whatever.
I mean... they were never under threat. Never. I think only one of them get shot the entire time. Those robots. Hit. Nothing.
What the feth???
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It's not good when the best parts of the show have feth all to do with your title character. They should return Boba Fett and company to the sidelines. I skipped forward through every mod scene. That gang is the most painful thing I've seen in Star Wars since the Anakin-Padme romance.
The only way we can ever solve anything is to look in the mirror and find no enemy
Trying to be nonspoilery for those who haven't seen it. Mindless popcorn pew pew summer blockbuster JJ Abrams style fun and one of the better episodes trailing behind 5 and 6 which, given the description, is sort of a backhanded compliment. Regardless, worth a watch to see Boba actually do something finally. A bit too bad western meets 90s John Woo clone at times in style over substance as the episodes was basically one long action scene of connecting moments. Still, some of those moments were pretty darn cool. I'd just have preferred them not cranking it up to 11 at times personally.
'These people of Mos Espa are counting on me.'
What? When have we gotten _any_ indication that the people of Mos Espa give two damp figs about Boba Fett? And why are they 'his people?' They never bothered to give him a motivation beyond 'he wants to do this now.'
I was really worried about the fight choreography- the early scenes (especially with the orcs) were trash. But it really picked up at the shootout (presumably because gunplay is easier to CGI).
And then... uh, yeah. That happened. HBMC has a pretty good summary.
Anyway, sadly disappointed that they're advertising it as the 'season finale' and not the 'series finale.' Because honestly... this was just mostly sad.
And had Boba let Fennec have two minutes to do her job earlier in the season, there wouldn't even have been an issue.
....why is the rat-chaser droid part of the gang in the end?
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For season 3 of Mando, they really need to work on the Grogu puppet. Walking it in well-lit, open space just does not work.
...ah. Windshield tapping. In space. yeah, I'm done.
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When Grogu walks you shouldnt see the feet lift up like they do, it should just be a robe that kind of drags/slides along the ground, maybe some movement where his feet or knees push it forward.
As far as the window tapping, that would actually l work because the sound would travel thru the structure of the ship, not space. His head ain’t all that far from where he’s tapping.
Series review:
Relied too heavily on legacy additions from other Star Wars things. The concept was cool but somehow it just felt like so much filler waiting for the finale to kick off.
The thing is, I'd hate to see a second season that was just Fett going around killing things and being "cool". That would just be recycled Mando.
TBH they should drop it. It was a nice one-off but Fett just can't carry a story IMO. Kenobi at least has that 30-year gap to work in how Obi-Wan adapted to his life post-Purge and they can easily work in plotlines from the movies and Clone Wars without it feeling forced. Not looking forward to more Tatooine though.
They got to say his name more clearly in the end-credit music. We went back to previous eps, and it is vaguely there, but in this end music, it is definitely his name.
As for the show itself, it can't have been the Pykes who shot all of those Storm Troopers on spikes in Mos Eisley.
Yeah, the window tapping must have been through the chassis.
Those Mod 'speeders' needed more speed.
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A.) I wasn’t imaging things then! Cause yeah, it occurred to me they were clearly saying his name, and I was disappointed at myself for having somehow missed that until now, but if it’s because the song changed slightly then I feel redeemed.
2.) Now I’m imaging an hours long shootout between a squad of Storm Troopers vs a gang of Pykes, just firing at each other from across the street, no one landing a single shot. Neither side even has cover.
AduroT wrote: A.) I wasn’t imaging things then! Cause yeah, it occurred to me they were clearly saying his name, and I was disappointed at myself for having somehow missed that until now, but if it’s because the song changed slightly then I feel redeemed.
2.) Now I’m imaging an hours long shootout between a squad of Storm Troopers vs a gang of Pykes, just firing at each other from across the street, no one landing a single shot. Neither side even has cover.
What did you not miss because apparently I did? As for #2, I'd imagine it would have been a matchup worthy of this cross property meme as well!
AduroT wrote: A.) I wasn’t imaging things then! Cause yeah, it occurred to me they were clearly saying his name, and I was disappointed at myself for having somehow missed that until now, but if it’s because the song changed slightly then I feel redeemed.
2.) Now I’m imaging an hours long shootout between a squad of Storm Troopers vs a gang of Pykes, just firing at each other from across the street, no one landing a single shot. Neither side even has cover.
And yet, Pykes on a speeding train versus Tuskens in cover at the top of the dunes... Pykes were expert marksmen. To a degree that seemed slightly absurd at the time.
This batch were just... idiots. 'Hey someone came out to talk, lets leave cover and just gather in the street' is not a sane response in this situation.
Though I don't know why the 'good guys' kept leaving through the front door, either. No side windows or kitchen entrance at all? Though presumably, given how the city stood up to heavy weapons fire (but not Kaiju wrestling), its probably impossible to cut doors or windows into whatever the hell they're using for concrete.
TBH they should drop it. It was a nice one-off but Fett just can't carry a story IMO.
Not the Fett they created for this story, at least. If he had a... less muddled... motivation, maybe he could have.
Kenobi at least has that 30-year gap to work in how Obi-Wan adapted to his life post-Purge and they can easily work in plotlines from the movies and Clone Wars without it feeling forced. Not looking forward to more Tatooine though.
Going to be honest, the best thing Kenobi could do is an establishing shot of him on Tats, a messenger showing up (or Force dreams, whatever) for plot reasons he's needed off world (to close off some old business with a friend), and then he comes back in the epilogue.
Trying to track down someone (or hide a stray padawan) on the Ringworld we didn't see enough of would be nice, for example.
He's got a lot of baggage and friends from the Clone Wars series (or even the prequels) that they could easily do something more interesting.... if they want to.
It could even involve the surviving clone officers from his regiment- we know they were kicking around for awhile, or flesh out the reason why Leia's adopted father felt like it was a good idea to send her to Kenobi in a New Hope..
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What I feared about this show - that Boba would attempt to become the crime lord of Tatooine, but really just be Disney-fied so he's doing nothing criminal - is exactly what happened. Even stopped the spice trade, and wiped out the leaders of all the other crime families.
And I feel the inclusion of Bane is the worst type of example of taking your audience for granted. It's occasionally fun to have a "sink or swim" mentality to writing - we're not going to explain this, so please try to keep up! - and I think Fringe might be a great example of this, but the way the show treated Bane was that everyone watching the show will already know who he is, his relationship to Boba, and why that's significant. I doubt this was the case for many people, and I'm sure once my parents watch this I'm going to have to explain who Cad Bane is and why he's important.
And man... those giant droids with their inability to hit anything ever. What a waste...
I have to side with the critical side on this one.
Especially compared to the tension and stakes of Mandalorian's first season, Book of Boba Fett starts with incoherent mumblings and ends with a whimper. The actions okay I guess, but the stakes for this show were always kind of 'what the feth is Boba even about?' and since that was never established at any point since he does nothing but concede to everyone on every issue, a full episode of final battle feels like it came before the show ever really got started. The two Mandalorian episodes were great and I loved how those kind of played into the finale in a fun way, but it still feels like Boba played second fiddle in his own show.
Also:
Spoiler:
Hey, let's abandon all mobility afforded to us by our vehicles and jet packs to stand in front of a building and shoot guns... Really?
At least the Rancor was cool, even if I groaned when the scene started because plotless action is really only fun in pornos *wink wink*
By the end of it, this whole show just feels lazy and like no one was particularly interested in making it.
Why not just have Boba Fett renounce crime, bounty hunting, and all that gak and declare himself sheriff? Honestly, it probably would have worked better and better lined up with his actual behavior. Could have even used it to build a new conception of his background as a boy who grew up in the chaos of the Clone Wars and came to prize order, so he sided with the Empire and the Hutts. Until it turned out their order wasn't worth the price when the Pikes murdered his Tuskan bros. So he sets out to make his own order.
That would have worked, even as a different conception of his character than the old EU built.
Instead it feels like the people making this show were so disinterested or afraid, they just dropped a guy on screen, called him Boba Fett, and started thinking of action scenes for him to run around in. And how to shoehorn in their secret desire for a remake of Dances with Wolves (In Space). Cad Bane left more of an impression in a couple minutes than Boba did across the whole show.
In conclusion;
Spoiler:
The best part of Boba Fett was really the Mandalorian, and see Grogou decide to return to Mando. Super bright side? We no longer have to wonder if Grogou was killed when Kylo went Anakin on Luke's Jedi academy. Presumably, he instead became a little Yoda-Mandalorian which is honestly going to be way funnier to see in Mandalorian Season 3 when we've all forgotten about Boba Fett and that he was even in this show).
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Why not just have Boba Fett renounce crime, bounty hunting, and all that gak and declare himself sheriff? Honestly, it probably would have worked better and better lined up with his actual behavior. Could have even used it to build a new conception of his background as a boy who grew up in the chaos of the Clone Wars and came to prize order, so he sided with the Empire and the Hutts. Until it turned out their order wasn't worth the price when the Pikes murdered his Tuskan bros. So he sets out to make his own order.
Huh. The sad thing is, you're right, and further, this could have been the Book of Freetown Sheriff Guy with little to no alternation.
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