*SPOILERS* The Book of Boba Fett Discussion

[Short4ATrooper]

I think Favreau and Filoni botched it so far.

What has been plaguing my mind since the start of this show is - what has changed?

I get such a sense that the dynamic somewhere has changed. Someone is having more input and influence on the show than they did with Mando, it's the only explanation I can come up with that explains such a stark difference in quality.

 

[B0BA FETT]

LOL@the scooters.
I thought it was absolutely hilarious that they looked so out of place. Shiny metallic hot rods, like supe'd up nissan civics... in mos espa looked so out of place, then to top it off, they made them look like they moved at a crawl. No sense of speed to how they were made with cgi

I suppose the speed of the mopeds was true to life.

I actually dont ever want to see that scene again it was shocking.

 

[Rue1977]

All we have is this: Prequels which setup the background, an OT where Boba looks cool, brings Han to Jabba and then falls stupidly into a pit in the sand. I'd say there's quite a bit of a blank slate there to work with.

I was just talking about this yesterday to a friend. That was clearly a big part of the draw for the character, and gets pointed out a lot, but the mystery. You can assign so much to him as far as motivations and even personality. A lot of leeway. And now this creative team, for better or worse, has taken that blank slate in their own direction. Morrison has made some choices on what to infuse the character with. I get people being disappointed when it's not the direction they expected or preferred though.

Maybe time to see Daniel Logan as Fett

I'm still hoping for flashbacks to before ANH.

 

[ShortFuse]

Helmet off

Helmet on

Helmet off

Helmet on

Helmet off

Helmet on

Helmet off…

sigh.

 

[ShortFuse]

I don't think good story telling starts with fan serving a niche within the fandom, who made up there completely own version (fueled by comics and books) of the character in their head, which they then started to revere. (I am exactly like that, but I like the new show).

I would dismiss all the things I personally don’t like about it if it was actually good story telling…but it’s not.

 

[CGClone]

I would dismiss all the things I personally don’t like about it if it was actually good story telling…but it’s not.

BINGO

 

[B0BA FETT]

BINGO

+2

 

[Rue1977]

I would dismiss all the things I personally don’t like about it if it was actually good story telling…but it’s not.

I've come to a weird place with this show where some aspects I really enjoyed but the issues I have are starting to overshadow. I know there's still plenty more and maybe they'll turn this around but I do have some plot issues that I keep coming back to.

I get your point and I would agree but I also will add that I would have an easier time dismissing all the things, including the story telling etc, if they hadn't done that speeder chase the way they did. When I think of the episode, that outshines everything else and I genuinely wish I could unsee it. They finally got me to reach this point.

 

[ShortFuse]

I've come to a weird place with this show where some aspects I really enjoyed but the issues I have are starting to overshadow. I know there's still plenty more and maybe they'll turn this around but I do have some plot issues that I keep coming back to.

I get your point and I would agree but I also will add that I would have an easier time dismissing all the things, including the story telling etc, if they hadn't done that speeder chase the way they did. When I think of the episode, that outshines everything else and I genuinely wish I could unsee it. They finally got me to reach this point.

 

[Rue1977]

I've come to think of this show as "Dumb Yojimbo", where a cool loner wanders into town and comes to care about the locals and barely stays ahead of the rival gangs he pits against each other. It's just the gangs pitting Boba against himself I guess.

If Favreau doesn't mention Yojimbo in the BTS episode they do once this show is over I will be shocked. I feel bad for these guys that they had such faith in this project.

 

[Short4ATrooper]

I finally got around to watching episode 3.

Wow.

First of all, LEAVE THE F**KING HELMET ON.

Awful acting all around. The biker gang...Jesus, shockingly bad. Reminded me of a school play about peer pressure. Danny Trejo - bad. Tem - wooden as ever, probably his worst performance in this series so far.

Is Boba Fett a crime boss or department of work & pensions? Why is he taking lip from a kid about their being no work Is he the new manager of Mos Espa job centre? (Joba Gett?)

Did he really say "you got guts, I'll give you that." Writing straight from the big book of Hollywood cliches. What's next? "We got company?" "I gotta get me one of those!" ?

The bikes. Oh God, the bikes. No no no no no no no no. What is this, the' Taste The Rainbow Mod gang - sponsored by Skittles?

A beat-by-beat copy of the shot of the frog thing eating a creature and burping - why?

Boba getting saved by My Chemical Romance who take out Black Krrsantan. Great work everybody, the one credible threat we had - dispatched in an episode. Did you learn NOTHING from Darth Maul? Boba striding into the aftermath in a dressing gown like Noel Coward getting out of the bath haha this cannot be real. And speaking of wasted opportunities - the Hutts. WTF? "sorry we tried to kill you. Have a rancor."

Cheers lads, reckon I'll saddle this one and ride it about for a laugh! And the whole "there's a good boy" stuff between Tem and the Rancor. Oh my...oh deary, deary me.

Also, this makes nothing with regards to the hutts make any sense at all. "This territory has been promised to another crime syndicate." Riiiiight...so...why did you try to assassinate Boba Fett then? What's the point in claiming the territory if itahhh this is sh*t

Fennec Shand: "You're the head of a family." FAMILY?! 2 gamorreons and the Emo Powerpuff Girls? Charles Manson had a better family.

Krrsantan just jogging off after Boba let him go That's it lad, get your steps in!

I'm going to have to stop now, I can't stand any more of this steaming hot dog eggs. This is disgusting, if you enjoyed this you're delusional.

 

[Short4ATrooper]

I finally got around to watching episode 3.

Wow.

First of all, LEAVE THE F**KING HELMET ON.

Awful acting all around. The biker gang...Jesus, shockingly bad. Reminded me of a school play about peer pressure. Danny Trejo - bad. Tem - wooden as ever, probably his worst performance in this series so far.

Is Boba Fett a crime boss or department of work & pensions? Why is he taking lip from a kid about their being no work Is he the new manager of Mos Espa job centre? (Joba Gett?)

Did he really say "you got guts, I'll give you that." Writing straight from the big book of Hollywood cliches. What's next? "We got company?" "I gotta get me one of those!" ?

The bikes. Oh God, the bikes. No no no no no no no no. What is this, the' Taste The Rainbow Mod gang - sponsored by Skittles?

A beat-by-beat copy of the shot of the frog thing eating a creature and burping - why?

Boba getting saved by My Chemical Romance who take out Black Krrsantan. Great work everybody, the one credible threat we had - dispatched in an episode. Did you learn NOTHING from Darth Maul? Boba striding into the aftermath in a dressing gown like Noel Coward getting out of the bath haha this cannot be real. And speaking of wasted opportunities - the Hutts. WTF? "sorry we tried to kill you. Have a rancor."

Cheers lads, reckon I'll saddle this one and ride it about for a laugh! And the whole "there's a good boy" stuff between Tem and the Rancor. Oh my...oh deary, deary me.

Also, this makes nothing with regards to the hutts make any sense at all. "This territory has been promised to another crime syndicate." Riiiiight...so...why did you try to assassinate Boba Fett then? What's the point in claiming the territory if itahhh this is sh*t

Fennec Shand: "You're the head of a family." FAMILY?! 2 gamorreons and the Emo Powerpuff Girls? Charles Manson had a better family.

Krrsantan just jogging off after Boba let him go That's it lad, get your steps in!

I'm going to have to stop now, I can't stand any more of this steaming hot dog eggs. This is disgusting, if you enjoyed this you're delusional.

Ok, add to this -

the bike "chase". What. The. Hell. was that.

That was the slowest chase I've ever witnessed - full of every single car chase trope ever created and I'm sorry but making one of them crash through a painting that's a piece of Ralph Mcquarrie concept art is not cool and 'meta' - it's actually a rather fitting analogy for what is being done to the OT with this dross. Whether they intended to be like "ha! We're smashing down old ideas with cool, funky new ones!" or not is unclear but it wouldn't surprise me.

 

[ShortFuse]

I finally got around to watching episode 3.

Wow.

First of all, LEAVE THE F**KING HELMET ON.

Awful acting all around. The biker gang...Jesus, shockingly bad. Reminded me of a school play about peer pressure. Danny Trejo - bad. Tem - wooden as ever, probably his worst performance in this series so far.

Is Boba Fett a crime boss or department of work & pensions? Why is he taking lip from a kid about their being no work Is he the new manager of Mos Espa job centre? (Joba Gett?)

Did he really say "you got guts, I'll give you that." Writing straight from the big book of Hollywood cliches. What's next? "We got company?" "I gotta get me one of those!" ?

The bikes. Oh God, the bikes. No no no no no no no no. What is this, the' Taste The Rainbow Mod gang - sponsored by Skittles?

A beat-by-beat copy of the shot of the frog thing eating a creature and burping - why?

Boba getting saved by My Chemical Romance who take out Black Krrsantan. Great work everybody, the one credible threat we had - dispatched in an episode. Did you learn NOTHING from Darth Maul? Boba striding into the aftermath in a dressing gown like Noel Coward getting out of the bath haha this cannot be real. And speaking of wasted opportunities - the Hutts. WTF? "sorry we tried to kill you. Have a rancor."

Cheers lads, reckon I'll saddle this one and ride it about for a laugh! And the whole "there's a good boy" stuff between Tem and the Rancor. Oh my...oh deary, deary me.

Also, this makes nothing with regards to the hutts make any sense at all. "This territory has been promised to another crime syndicate." Riiiiight...so...why did you try to assassinate Boba Fett then? What's the point in claiming the territory if itahhh this is sh*t

Fennec Shand: "You're the head of a family." FAMILY?! 2 gamorreons and the Emo Powerpuff Girls? Charles Manson had a better family.

Krrsantan just jogging off after Boba let him go That's it lad, get your steps in!

I'm going to have to stop now, I can't stand any more of this steaming hot dog eggs. This is disgusting, if you enjoyed this you're delusional.

Reading this was more enjoyable to me than any of this series has been up to this point. Thank you.

 

[CGClone]

I've come to think of this show as "Dumb Yojimbo", where a cool loner wanders into town and comes to care about the locals and barely stays ahead of the rival gangs he pits against each other. It's just the gangs pitting Boba against himself I guess.

If Favreau doesn't mention Yojimbo in the BTS episode they do once this show is over I will be shocked. I feel bad for these guys that they had such faith in this project.

Yep. And Filoni will put George on a pedestal even higher than last interview with some new only he knows SW factoid.

 

[B0BA FETT]

I finally got around to watching episode 3.

Wow.

First of all, LEAVE THE F**KING HELMET ON.

Awful acting all around. The biker gang...Jesus, shockingly bad. Reminded me of a school play about peer pressure. Danny Trejo - bad. Tem - wooden as ever, probably his worst performance in this series so far.

Is Boba Fett a crime boss or department of work & pensions? Why is he taking lip from a kid about their being no work Is he the new manager of Mos Espa job centre? (Joba Gett?)

Did he really say "you got guts, I'll give you that." Writing straight from the big book of Hollywood cliches. What's next? "We got company?" "I gotta get me one of those!" ?

The bikes. Oh God, the bikes. No no no no no no no no. What is this, the' Taste The Rainbow Mod gang - sponsored by Skittles?

A beat-by-beat copy of the shot of the frog thing eating a creature and burping - why?

Boba getting saved by My Chemical Romance who take out Black Krrsantan. Great work everybody, the one credible threat we had - dispatched in an episode. Did you learn NOTHING from Darth Maul? Boba striding into the aftermath in a dressing gown like Noel Coward getting out of the bath haha this cannot be real. And speaking of wasted opportunities - the Hutts. WTF? "sorry we tried to kill you. Have a rancor."

Cheers lads, reckon I'll saddle this one and ride it about for a laugh! And the whole "there's a good boy" stuff between Tem and the Rancor. Oh my...oh deary, deary me.

Also, this makes nothing with regards to the hutts make any sense at all. "This territory has been promised to another crime syndicate." Riiiiight...so...why did you try to assassinate Boba Fett then? What's the point in claiming the territory if itahhh this is sh*t

Fennec Shand: "You're the head of a family." FAMILY?! 2 gamorreons and the Emo Powerpuff Girls? Charles Manson had a better family.

Krrsantan just jogging off after Boba let him go That's it lad, get your steps in!

I'm going to have to stop now, I can't stand any more of this steaming hot dog eggs. This is disgusting, if you enjoyed this you're delusional.

That’s a funny read.

Magnificent.

 

[B0BA FETT]

I’m glad I am not the only one, over on the Jedi council forum (or whatever it’s called) they love it and get offended by anything negative.

No doubt already out in the shed, with a rattle can, spraying there scooters or skateboards hot rod red, Or baby blue.

 

[roger12RAMJET]

Are they intentionally trying to kill the legacy of Boba Fett?

Watching this was like enduring nails on a chalk board. The dialogue is pure cringe and clichéd. The action, when it does happen, is so slow and not particularly smart.

When the water monger mentioned augmented people, I was seeing characters like those in Alita: Battle Angel or Cyberpunk 2077. What we actually got made me want to vomit.

It can’t get much worse that this, right?

 

[B0BA FETT]

Are they intentionally trying to kill the legacy of Boba Fett?

Watching this was like enduring nails on a chalk board. The dialogue is pure cringe and clichéd. The action, when it does happen, is so slow and not particularly smart.

When the water monger mentioned augmented people, I was seeing characters like those in Alita: Battle Angel or Cyberpunk 2077. What we actually got made me want to vomit.

It can’t get much worse that this, right?

The only way is an ever so slight incline in my opinion.

 

[ConvergenceProp]

Are they intentionally trying to kill the legacy of Boba Fett?

Watching this was like enduring nails on a chalk board. The dialogue is pure cringe and clichéd. The action, when it does happen, is so slow and not particularly smart.

When the water monger mentioned augmented people, I was seeing characters like those in Alita: Battle Angel or Cyberpunk 2077. What we actually got made me want to vomit.

It can’t get much worse that this, right?

To answer your question, you need only look at what Disney did for the OT characters in the ST.. Thats exactly what they are going to continue doing here, because Djin is now the new Boba, just like Rey was to be the new Luke and they hollowly raised her up, while they bought him crashing down...
Its corporate manipulation to drive sales of their "new" product over prolonging sales of the "old" product

 

[B0BA FETT]

To answer your question, you need only look at what Disney did for the OT characters in the ST.. Thats exactly what they are going to continue doing here, because Djin is now the new Boba, just like Rey was to be the new Luke and they hollowly raised her up, while they bought him crashing down...
Its corporate manipulation to drive sales of their "new" product over prolonging sales of the "old" product

Yep been saying it all along.

I would not be surprised (and what they are doing) would suggest there is a legal monetary clause around the original trilogy that is not attractive to Disney.