The Book of Boba Fett Episode 6 From the Desert comes a stranger has finally released and
all I can say is wow.
We got an ominous look at horrid events Operation Knightfall and Anakin’s march on the jedi
temple, the long awaited meeting of Luke and Ahsoka and the biggest decision of Grogu’s
life.
So, lets break down everything that went down in this incredible episode, and how it connects
to the other Star Wars books, comics, tv shows and games.
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So the episode begins right off among the moisture farms of Tatooine where a group of
Pykes are in the middle of a spice deal, exchanging many new republic credits for Sansanna spice.
Immediately you’ll probably a nice little easter egg referencing the Ice cream machine
man in Empire strikes back, Willrow hood.
In that movie he holds a Camtono under his arm during the escape and you can see the
same being used here to hold credits.
It was also used by the client back in Mando season 1.
Right after that, Marshall of Mos Pelgo himself Cobb Vanth makes an appearance to stop these
spice deal before it can go any further.
You guys will obviously remember him from the Mandalorian season 2 with the Krayt Dragon
fight, but he actually originates in the Aftermath series of Novels, where he collects Boba Fett’s
armor from a Jawa crawler.
Awesome to see him back in the flesh and in live action.
In a beautiful display of speed, Vanth then manages to kill all of the Pykes except one
after they try to kill him, but he leaves one alive.
The reason he does this is to send a message to the leadership of the Pykes that Mos Pelgo
is off limits for their operations.
Again connecting to the star wars novels, Mos Pelgo was first introduced in the aftermath
series where it simply was known as Freetown.
After this Cobb Vanth kicks over the spice so that it doesn’t get into circulation
before we jump over to Mando is his brand new N-1 starfighter.
Mando then jumps to a very interesting planet which doesn’t have name yet and has only
been seen in the comics.
This is the temple world of luke skywalker and the location of his new Jedi school.
As we cut down to the surface we’re greeted right away by the legendary astromech droid
of Anakin and Luke Skywalker, R2d2.
Mando then tells the little astromech that he’s looking for a man named Skywalker so
that he can see Grogu once more.
While looking through the forest for Luke and his students, a really strange walking
droid appears in the distance.
These droids are known as ant droids and these are their first ever appeance.
These droids are currently in the process of constructing Luke’s first Jedi temple,
the same one we see burned down in the Last Jedi and also attended to by students in the
Rise of Kylo Ren comics…
This is the humble beginnings of Luke’s new order.
Either way, Luke is nowhere to be seen so Mando takes a seat and simply waits for someone
to greet him.
Following this we cut to the man we’ve all been waiting for, Luke Skywalker himself communing
with Grogu in the same way that he did with Ahsoka tano.
Write down in the comments right now your exact reaction to this scene, because I just
blew up haha.
I just have to say the deep faking on Luke in this scene is really a step up from the
Mandalorian season 2 finale and honestly looks close to indistinguishable.
This was probably helped along significantly by the fact that Lucasfilm recently hired
a Youtube named Shamook to help with their deepfaking.
He is known for doing many star Wars deepfakes like Han in Solo a Star Wars story and Leia
in Rogue one.
After this, Luke takes Grogu for a walk through the forest to hell him about a very wise Jedi
master that he once knew, Yoda.
He gets into the story but because Grogu can’t walk very fast his size, Luke hilariously
uses the force to push him along.
During the journey Luke tells Grogu Yoda’s famous quote “size matters not” from his
training on Dagobah in the Empire strikes back, before asking him if he can even remember
back home.
Now we know from Ahsoka in the mandalorian season 2 that Grogu has suppressed his memories
and his force sensitivity to protect himself after Order 66, so Luke helps him to remember
using the force to guide his mind.
Now this is where things get absolutely crazy…
Grogu is thrusted into a painful and traumatic flashback of Operation Knightfall and Anakin
skywalker’s attack on the Jedi temple from Revenge of the Sith.
Inside we see three brave Jedi Knights staring down Anakin’s 501st clone troopers as they
raid the Temple on the Republic’s darkest day.
This is actually the first time we’ve ever seen the raid on the Jedi temple from the
inside in Canon and even in legends we really only saw it in the Battlefront and Revenge
of the Sith video games.
Cutting back to Mando while he waits for Grogu he is swiftly woken up by the presence of
Ahsoka Tano.
Now of course we saw her appear in the Mandalorian season 2, but she originates in the 2008 Clone
Wars animated series and was the Jedi Apprentice to Anakin skywalker.
Ahsoka even references this fact by saying “im an old friend of the family” to Mando.
Now Ahsoka then takes Mando on his own little walk and begins asking him the tough questions.
Is he doing this for Grogu or himself.
Why does he really want to see the child.
Mando then tells her that he wants to give Grogu the Beskar gift because it is his right
as a Mandalorian foundling, but she in return asks: Is he a foundling or a Jedi padawan.
This indicates a huge upcoming decision for both Mando and Grogu.
Will he choose to follow his Mandalorian Lineage or his old Jedi way.
Whichever way he chooses, Ahsoka warns Mando that if he visits him up close it will only
make things harder.
Because of this, Mando hands the gift to Ahsoka and lets her deliver it for him.
Following this, Grogu watches Din jet off in his Naboo starfighter inside of a backpack
on Luke’s back.
This is a perfect Mirror of Yoda riding on Luke’s back in the Empire strikes back,
this time with the species reversed.
Honestly its a great parallel and is really showing that Luke is passing down exactly
what Yoda taught him to the next generation.
As george lucas always says, it’s like poetry, it rhymes.
During his training to help Grogu force jump for the first time, he gives a slightly modified
version of Yoda’s statement, there is no try.
Do or do not.
Luke says “don’t try, do”, further passing down Yoda’s teachings from Dagobah.
After this, Luke takes grogu on his training course through the bamboo forests of his temple
planet before pulling out his Green lightsaber and even the training droid that he used to
practice deflecting blaster bolts in a new hope.
Following grogu’s defeat of the wretched training droid, Ahsoka mentions that LUke
is teaching him well.
But in response Luke says that “it’s more he’s remembering than I’m teaching him”.
This might actually be a little loophole to save retconning who Luke’s first student
really was.
The rise of kylo ren comics and some other sources establish that Ben Solo was actually
Luke’s first student, so if Grogu is just remembering things more than Luke's teachings,
it’s a small little loophole.
Definitely still dodgy but it’s one of those certain point of view type deals.
After Ahsoka hands Luke the gift from Mando she mentions “you’re so much like your
father”.
Im sure this sent a tear down most of you guys’ faces, but this is a clear reference
to her time spent studying under Anakin during the Clone Wars.
As soon as this encounter ends, Ahsoka leaves in an ominous way, leaving Luke to wonder
whether he will see her again.
This could actually be the first hints towards Ahsoka finally making steps in the search
for Ezra bridger and Grand Admiral thrawn who were cast off into the unknown Regions
at the end of Star Wars rebels.
We know she was already gathering information about Thrawn back on Corvus, so maybe she
finally has enough to begin the journey.
Moving back into Jabba’s palace, all of the members of the gang that Boba has gathered
meet and begin planning their next move against the Pykes.
Fennec then says that with Black Krrsantan and the Mando joining, they now have enough
muscle to protect Mos Espa, but not enough numbers for an all out war.
Hearing this, mando proposes a solution which leads him to jet off all the way to Mos Pelgo.
Not to mention on the way to Mos Pelgo, a group of Jawas are hauling the skelton of
a Krayt dragon or at least the head.
This could be the one Mando and Cobb Vanth took down in the Season 2 premiere, or it
could be a fresh catch.
MOre likely to be the same one though, as those beasts aren’t too easy to take down.
Mando then courts Cobb Vanth to lead a garrison for him inside the local cantine, and inside
you can see a nice little easter egg back to that Mando season 2 premiere.
They’re using the ribcage of the Krayt dragon that they captured as an ornamental piece.
Nice continuity there from the previous seasons.
Funnily enough, Cobb Vanth has renamed Mos Pelgo to Freetown again, meaning they bounced
between Mos Pelgo and Freetown at least four times.
After this an ominous figure begins approaching Freetown which panics Cobb Vanth, leading
him to ward everyone inside.
As the figure gets closer we find out that it is the absouttely legendary bounty Hunter
Cad Bane.
Cad Bane was renowned as one of the absolute best and most lethal bounty hunters in the
Galaxy during the time of the Clone Wars.
He was an infamous Jedi killer and was even good friends with Jango fett before his death.
Now after his entrance Cad Bane gets into a fierce western Standoff With Cobb Vanth,
demanding that the Pykes be allowed free reign through Freetown.
Bane eventually blasts both Vanth and his deputy to the ground, presumably putting an
end to them for good.
Although in star Wars you never know.
This standoff is actually an huge callback to Cad Bane’s original western standoff
with Boba Fett in the final days of the Clone Wars.
In that unfinished episode of the Clone Wars, Boba was fed up with Bane treating their hostages
inhumanely so he mutinied and got into a showdown with him.
Both fired their blasters at the exact same time with one striking Bane in the head and
the other striking Boba in his helmet.
This is where Boba got his infamous helmet dent from.
Now the reason Cad Bane says “should have kept your armor” is because he is remembering
this exact fight during the clone wars, and how the exact same armor of Boba fett saved
the young boys life.
Amazing easter egg and connection from Dave Filloni.
Back inside the sanctuary in Mos Espa, two ominous looking Pykes enter the building and
drop off a small Camtono…
Now inside this Camtona is not money like we saw at the start of the episode, but inside
explosives which send the whole cantina into a fiery ball of smoke and ash.
We have no idea if this is the end for Garsa Fwip but hopefully not as she’s a great
recurring character.
Back on Luke’s temple world we enter the first hutt that has been built.
In the background you can possibly see the ancient Jedi texts from the last Jedi.
this would make a lot of sense as just recently in the comics we’ve seen Luke begin to collect
these from ancient Jedi sites across the galaxy.
Grogu is then presented with the gift from Mando with one massive choice.
He must either choose a lightsaber and stay with Luke to become his first student, or
choose the armor from Mando and become a Mandalorian.
Now this is a bit of retcon to the Darth Vader comics because LUke says this is the lightsaber
of Master yoda.
In the Vader comics we see Mas Amedda incinerate Yoda’s lightsaber.
But i'm sure he must have made multiple, so this isn’t that big of a deal.
Either way I hope you enjoyed that breakdown of the Book of Boba Fett Chapter 5, from the
desert comes a stranger.
Thanks so much for watching, I really hope you enjoyed the video.
Cheers guys, hope to see you in the next one!