Yeah. I think disney put themselves into a corner deciding to make him want to be a crime lord... without actually realizing what theyd need to have him do, on a disney show, to be a crime lord lol. They had him more of trying to be the kindly old incompetent neighborhood do-gooder. Where they are now having mando go completely away from bounty hunting, to being the new face of mandalor... they could have transitioned to having the boba series continue as the real bounty hunting show, while mando transitions away from it.
No idea where they'd go with S2 of boba, because he's supposed to be a crime lord... who will not allow violence, for the most part. *shrugs*
I wish they'd have him start teaming up with his old buddies, dengar, bossk, etc. Or, because they have shoved him in a corner as the 'crime lord' (crime lords don't get to go out on missions, they have to run the empire), they could have him send groups out to chase down smugglers that arent paying, shake down rivals,, send bounty hunters after their marks.... and follow THOSE characters as they go on their missions, then report back to him at the end of their arc.
Making HIM the crime lord, ,completely painted them into a corner for the series.
The guy that walked into jabbas palace at the end of mando s2 and without a word, executed bib fortuna, threw his corpse onto the floor and sat in his chair without a word.... that's the boba they'd need to show, to make a convincing crime lord. Not a bumbling old neighborhood grandpa. *shrugs*
It would be cool, if they did cast a new, younger actor, and had a bunch of episodes showing young, in his prime Boba's exploits.
Boba's first appearance showed him single handedly destroy a company of storm troopers and their transports.
Next time you see him, he gets in a bar fight with a mandalorian woman and tries to roast her alive with his freakin flame thrower, because she called him names.
Then he murderes bib fortuna.
The entire time you're thinking "whooooooa.... boba is a baaaad a********!"
Then he gets his show and turns into a smiling old man, walking around his neighborhood getting beaten up and telling Fennic "calm down, don't be rude to them... yeah, they almost killed me last night, but be polite, violence bad."
(deep breath)
Other than what you suggested of having episodes showing him back in his prime... I have no idea how they can make a s2 believably compelling.
I mean, for the love of god lol.
"I have money... what I don't have, is muscle"
Then they hire 1 guy (mando) and a town of moisture farmers. Instead of Boba thinking "hey,.... let me call my old bounty hunting buddies, or use some of my contacts from my 30+ years living in the galactic underworld!" lol
