5 reasons to see ‘The Book of Boba Fett’ (beyond Mando and Grogu)

With my heart still in a fist for the moving farewell of Din Djarin and Little Grogu at the end of the second season ‘The Mandalorian’a post-credits scene left the ‘fandom’ of ‘Star Wars’ mired in bewilderment: the bounty hunter boba fettaccompanied by his right hand, Fennec Shandsat on the throne of Jabba the Hut as the new crime lord of the planet tatooine. At the same time, a sign announced without fanfare the premiere, for a year later, of ‘The Boba Fett Book’ instead of what everyone was waiting for: a third season of ‘The Mandalorian’despite the traumatic (and much mourned) separation of its two charismatic protagonists.

Indeed, a year later, specifically on December 29, 2021, it premiered on Disney+ the series dedicated to the laconic and expeditious bounty hunter, a historical figure from the ‘Star Wars’ universe who had already appeared as a guest star in a couple of episodes of the second season of ‘The Mandalorian’. Despite being set in the same ecosystem as the mother series, its managers were the same (Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni) and its wonderful visual bill, the start of ‘The Boba Fett Book’ aroused few passions while trying to explain the character’s present on Tatooine and, above all, his past after being swallowed by a sarlacc of the desert in ‘Star wars. Episode 6: Return of the Jedi’. Surely, and as it happened with the departure of Messi from Barçathe longing for Mando and his little one were too heavy a burden for the peaceful and often anticlimactic adventures of Boba Fett trying to earn respect as a new daimyo of Tatooine and, at the same time, remember his past as a tusken desert warrior after surviving the sarlacc.

At the end of episode 4, some musical notes changed everything: it rang for a moment the unequivocal tune of ‘The Mandalorian’ and time stopped. The reluctance for ‘The Book of Boba Fett’ was transformed, in the following two episodes, into Mandalorian madness, because not only did our charismatic hero reappear as great protagonist of the actionn, but also little Grogu and a host of old acquaintances, including Luke Sykwalker. An unexpected and disconcerting twist that banished Boba Fett in a dishonorable third plane, but that transformed the series into a vibrant season 2.5 of ‘The Mandalorian’. In the absence of only one episode (which airs this Wednesday) for the end of the series, we present five reasons why it is worth, and very much, to watch in full ‘The Boba Fett Book’, have read what they have read about her. Reasons, of course, beyond the jubilant presence of Din Djarin and Grogu.

A popular character in the canon

The bounty hunter Boba Fett had been a highly appreciated character among the galactic ‘fandom’ after his presence in previous films and series of the saga. Clone son of the also bounty hunter Jango Fett, his first big stellar appearance was in ‘Star wars. Episode 5: The Empire Strikes Back’, when, hired by Darth Vader, hunted down Han Solo and gave it to the obese Jabba the Hutt frozen in carbonite.

Everyone thought he had died in ‘Star Wars. Episode 6: Return of the Jedi ‘, well, as we mentioned before, he had fallen inside a monstrous sarlacc; but in the first episode of ‘The Book of Boba Fett’ we are told how he managed to survive inside his guts. The bounty hunter, whom we saw recover his traditional armor in episode 6 of the second season of ‘The Mandalorian’, was also a popular character from the animated series ‘Star wars: The clone wars’, as well as in video games, comics, and expanded universe novels. It is likely that, despite the good precedents, the character lacked the necessary ‘punch’; perhaps also the actor who plays him, a hieratic Tamuera Morrisonpure gestural sobriety with or without a helmet.

For better and perhaps less well, no recent ‘Star Wars’ series (that is, all those supervised by Dave Filoni, walking bible of the universe created by Lucas) can be fully understood without being aware of what came before. In other words: if the viewer’s intention is to continue watching ‘The Mandalorian’, they should read ‘The Book of Boba Fett’ verbatim, in which not only do they continue, in fact, the adventures of the bounty hunter Din Djarin and his adopted son Grogu, but seeds are also planted for other future television spin-offs. All series based on the timeline of ‘The Mandalorian’ (still to be released ‘ahsoka’about the great Jedi Padawan) will culminate in a “climatic plot event & rdquor ;, as explained by Kathleen Kennedy, president of Lucasfilm, at Disney Investor Day 2020.

Some believe that the ‘Star Wars’ universe has long, despite its expansive appearance, been trapped in a loop designed to fill in gaps and offer answers to old questions. There are those who consider, however, that the reason for the saga, its vibrant heartbeat, is precisely the perpetual self-reference. ‘The Boba Fett Book’ will satisfy supporters of both theses: the series advances the galactic universe and at the same time constrains it with a infinite rosary of self-tributes and reappearances of historical figures, capable, yes, of giving goosebumps. Between episode 5 and 6, we’ve seen the Mandalorian, Grogu, RD-D2, Luke Skywalker, Ahsoka Tano, black Wookiee Krrsantan, Marshall Cobe Vanth, and, mind you, legendary bounty hunter Cad Bane, star of ‘Star wars: the clone wars’. And finally, a N-1 Naboo starfighter, like the ones that appeared in ‘Star wars. Episode 1: The Phantom Menace’, with which Mando replaces his shattered RazorCrest.

Perfectly readable action

If anything we must thank the creator Jon Favreau, his right hand Filoni or the directors Robert Rodriguez (sign three episodes, including the first and last) and Bryce DallasHoward (author of the formidable number 5), is that commitment to a perfectly legible action, without excessive cuts, points of view or infographic ugliness. In the series there have been memorable action partsLike the rooftop chase and battle with the Harryhausen-style four-armed beast from the first episode, or of course, the Pyke Syndicate Spice Train heist in the second. That’s not to mention some shocking fights, of unusual forcefulness, matching the physical characteristics and personality of his hero, which Rodriguez has said to observe less as a “gunslinger & rdquor ;, in the style of Mando, than as a “barbarian & rdquor;. (That said, Mando also looked a bit like Conan when he ripped a badass in two with the dark sword in the fifth episode.)

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All of us critics like to complain about the ‘fanservice’… Until the fans within us receive the candies that we like the most on a platter. For its sixth episode, ‘The Boba Fett Book’ became ‘The Grogu Show’ and we had the opportunity to learn in detail his training at the hands of the digitally resurrected Luke Skywalker. Namely: Grogu floating frogs on his adorable head and resisting, good boy, swallowing them without chewing; Grogu on the shoulders of a running Luke; Grogu on one foot; Grogu somersaulting in the air to avoid the beams of a training droid… Like the Dagobah scenes in ‘The Empire Strikes Back’, only with Grogu becoming Yoda’s student and Luke becoming Yoda’s successor. At the end of the sequence, the former moisture farmer gave our little friend the choice between following the Jedi path or running into the arms of Din Djarin. ‘Cliffhanger’ of the century.