Star Wars The Book of Boba Fett Season 1 Episode 1, Stranger in a Strange land has finally
been released, kicking off the story which will give us a glimpse into the life of Boba
Fett, both in the past and the present. The show will look at all the major moments of
his life as flashbacks, as well as his struggle in the present to tame an unwieldy criminal
syndicate which will compete for galactic dominance of the underworld. So, lets break
down everything that went down in the episode, and how it connects to the other Star Wars
books, comics and tv shows . And before we dive in make sure you drop your episode rating
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The first major connection and hint at the future to break down is the title theme composed
by Ludwig Gorranson. The theme is definitely very different from most others we’ve heard
in Star Wars, but this one gives us a little hint at who will serve as the main Rival for
Boba Fett's crime syndicate. If you listen about halfway through the title track you
can hear the exact same motif that appears in the Crimson Dawn theme from Solo: A Star
Wars story. I’ll play that for you now…
This probably hints that they will be the main threat to Boba and possibly even points
to Qi’ra making a return to face him down.
So with the title theme out of the way, the episode begins right out of the gates with
Boba Fett fresh out of the Sarlacc pit and inside of a medical bacta tank to heal his
harsh wounds. Inside the tank Boba Fett is in a deep trance which whirls him through
a flurry of traumatic flashbacks covering his time on Kamino with the Slave I parked
nearby, and then moves onto flashbacks from his time at the Geonosis Arena. This footage
is a mirror of the Star Wars Episode II scene, only moments after Boba Fett’s father Jango
has his head sliced off by Mace Windu. Although this footage is actually re-filmed and remade
specifically for the series and with a different actor playing a a young Boba Fett. This could
tell us that we’re going to get many more flashbacks with this young Boba. In the background
we can of course see the b-1 and b-2 battle droid remnants of the Jedi’s fierce arena
battle. This is the battle that actually kicked off the Clone Wars and sent the galaxy into
a downward spiral which eventually led to its fall. Boba then continues having horrific
flashbacks including holding Jango’s helmet, which plays a huge role in the 2008 Clone
Wars series.
AFter that we get to see Boba Fett's horrible experience in the belly of the Sarlacc covered
in the vicious acid which would keep him alive and sustained for millenia, stuck there…
Boba Fett then cleverly uses the internal breathing tubes of an unlucky stormtrooper
who also died in the Sarlacc pit, and then manages to use his Mandalorian flamethrower
to blast his way out and dig up to the surface. This is very slightly different to the legends
explanation for how he escaped the sarlacc, where he tricked the Sarlacc into constricting
around his jetpack causing it to explode, and giving him a way directly out of the mouth.
He was then rescued by Dengar. In this version he was of course saved by Tuskens and digs
out from the side but it’s still awesome to see nevertheless.
After managing to save his life and escape the huge beast, Boba is eventually found and
completely scavenged by the nearby Jawas who strip him of his armor and leave him for dead
on the sands of Tatooine… This is actually a huge connection to the star Wars: Aftermath
novels where Cobb Vanth eventually finds a mysterious set of Mandalorian looking armor
inside of a sandcrawler, which we now know was actually Boba’s. This was of course
later covered by the Mandalorian, but for a long time after Aftermath came out, it was
a huge mystery.
Following this Boba is left lying in the sand for a very long time before he is eventually
found by a clan of Black Robed Tusken raiders who check to see if he’s alright and give
him a bit of a medical drink of the Tusken People.
He is then taken as a sort of prisoner and delivered back to their camp in a single file
of course, to conceal their numbers, just like Obi-Wan told Luke in a New Hope. Once
at the camp, he finds that he’s not alone, and that there is another rodian prisoner
with him… both being guarded by the tribe’s spiny backed Massif, which were first seen
in attack of the Clones but later showed up in the Mandalorian, Clone WArs and Bad Batch.
Boba Fett then awakens the Masiff and knocks it out, before using it’s teeth to escape.
Sadly he can’t help his fellow Rodian prisoner, but he’s got bigger problems at this point.
The clan has chased him down and challenges him to a duel to prove his worth.
Following that, Boba is snapped out of his traumatic flashbacks by Fennec Shand who tells
him that the Crime Lords are here ready to greet them.
Back on his new throne, Boba is greeted by one of his underlings and behind him is the
Smelter droid 8D8 droid we see torturing a Gonk Droid in Return of the Jedi. This one
has always been one of the creeper ones for me.
As this is happening, in comes one of Boba’s old bosses, a Trandoshan and he brings a Wookie
Pelt as a tribute. This is an awesome throwback to the Trandoshan Tradition known as the Bloodletting,
where a young Trandoshan is sent by his clan to kidnap and steal a wookie, before torturing
and killing it as a rite of passage. Most young Trandoshans participated in this tradition,
so wookies were very terrified.
Following this the slimy underling of the Mayor of Mos Espa arrives and instead of paying
tribute to Lord Fett like the rest of his people, this Twi’lek asks for the opposite…
He’s lucky Boba intends to rule with respect. And just for those of you who don’t know
this man holds the rank of Majordomo, which pretty much means second in command among
the criminal syndicates and dodgier parts of the Galaxy, like Tatooine. Now we do already
know who the mayor of Mos Espa is, which is the Ithorian from the trailer voiced by Robert
Rodriguez himself, so we’ll likely get a good look at him in the next episode!
After pardoning two Gammoran who were previously loyal to Jabba and Bib Fortuna, Boba Fett
enters the main townscape and once he arrives you can see two dog-like droids. These are
actually using the Spot robots created by Boston Dynamics!
Moving into the Mos Espa Cantina We get an awesome look at Max Rebo and one of the members
of the cantina band from A New Hope. This cantina is clearly more lavish than the one
in Mos Eisley, filled with rich gamblers and elites. Interesintly, the music played during
this scene is a bit of a remix of the old cantina music from A New Hope, telling us
right away that this place is definitely not the wretched hive of scum and villainy that
you would expect. You can
also see a Kyuzo, the same species as Embo, and an assortment of other species in the
background! Always cool to see and Embo definitely needs to show up in this series. He’s a
bounty hunter and this is the show of bounty hunters!
Immediately after this, as Boba and Fennec are leaving the Mos Espa Cantina they are
ambushed by a group of savage Red clothed assassins, hoping to embarrass Lord Fett and
his claim to the throne. A huge brawl then breaks out across the streets of the city,
with Fennec giving chase and eventually catching one of the mysterious fighters. Now this is
pretty much the major cliffhanger of the show, even though it wasn’t played up that much
in the actual episode. I think next episode we’re going to find out who this red clad
clan really is and why they will pose such a major threat to Boba’s reign. My money
is on Crimson Dawn right now, considering their theme is literally in the Book of Boba
Fett title theme and they’re a band of ruthless murderers, so they’d be the ones to contest
boba if anyone.
Meanwhile, Boba is forced to immediately rush back to the Bacta tank as his previous injuries
re emerge and cause him great struggle. This is quite surprisingly honestly as there was
no sign that Boba was reliant on the Bacta tank in the Mandalorian Season 2, but I guess
this beating was the biggest he’d received since the Tuskens…
This sends him right back into the painful flashbacks, and where he is forced to dig
for water for his Tusken overseers and even see’s a mysterious homestead being vandalized
by a group of gangsters with an ominous symbol. This will probably play a major role in the
upcoming underworld feud and probably represents one of Boba Fett’s soon to be fierce rivals.
The process of digging is long and arduous, but in the middle of it, the Rodian uncovers
massive beast which ferociously emerges from the sand and attacks the group. Eventually,
Boba manages to overwhelm the four armed beast and strangle it with his chains, allowing
his overseer to return the head of the creature to the clan. This is a completely new creature
for Tatooine so its really cool to see them branching out from the typical few Tatooine
creatures. This makes the Tuskens gain immense respect for the grizzled bounty hunter and
he is very soon welcomed into the clan as a strong and fierce warrior.
And I just want to throw in there as a really random and insignificant little easter egg,
that in the mos espa cantina you can kinda see a guy that looks exactly like cobb vanth.
Even his red scarf is the same. It makes a whole ton of sense for him to still be around
honestly but I doubt this will have anything to do with the story. Just a cool little detail
to make the world feel lived in!
And thats about where it ends off. Let me know what you thought of the episode down
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hope you enjoyed the video. Cheers guys hope to see you in the next one!