Welcome to the Heavy Spoilers show I'm your host Paul and everywhere I go I make the Mando,
Jango.
The fifth episode of The Book Of Boba Fett is now here and throughout this video we're
gonna be breaking down the full episode, talking about all the easter eggs in it and also giving
our review of how the show is going so far.
Full Spoilers ahead so if you don't want anything ruined then the videos gonna be a little short
like Yoda. Is that it? That, that the best we've got this week, pfff ok then.
With that out the way, thanks for clicking this, now let's get into the Book Of Boba
Fett.
Now last week saw us discovering how Boba met Fennec Shand and it tied in directly with
the fifth episode of The Mandalorian. With this new ally, Boba and Shand raided Jabbas
Palace and managed to take back Slave one.
(There's that word again)
In the Prisoners With Jobs 1 he did a driveby on on the Niktos Raiders and went looking
for his armour in the Sarlaac pit. Alas it was probably with Cobb Vanth at this point
and in present-day Boba met with the household heads.
They came to an agreement that they wouldn't intervene in the coming war between Fett and
the Pykes and we closed out with Fennec saying they were gonna have to hire some muscle.
Now the episode is called Return Of The Mandalorian which...spoiler alert, is because the big
guy is back. Directed by Bryce Dallas Howard it's one of the best in the season so far
and we pretty much get a Mandalorian Season 3 pilot as we follow him after the events
of Season 2.
We open in meat packing factory that looks like it was ripped straight out of Rocky which
is where we're reintroduced to the character. Hes come to collect a bounty named Kaba Baiz
(kabba bayez) but Kabba no Jabba in the meat slabba. Now Mando is still carrying the armaments
that he picked up in the second season including the beskar spear that he got from The Ahsoka
episode and the Darksaber which Mando ended up taking at the end of Season 2.
It's still up in the air whether he will have to fight Bo Katan for this as not only is
it a badass weapon, but it's also a ceremonial one that decides who leads Mandalore.
He also has the tracking device that popped up in his show and he comes across Kaba gambling
in the back. Boba has actually run into Klattoonians before and you might remember that they raided
a village during the first season.
He knows he's him because he has his hologram bounty chip which too showed up when he was
hunting Fennec and because the subtitles say it's him. The Klatoonian isn't messing around
though and he doesn't want to go in which leads to Mando fighting his men in one of
the best action scenes so far. Now the fight isn't exactly one sided and Mando does struggle
at points throughout it showing how unweildy someone can be with a lightsaber if they're
not properly trained.
He cuts Kaba in half and takes the Klatoonians head with him. Mando really shows how much
he's changed as a character because he says he has no quarrel with those that he doesn't
need to fight and he even leaves the credits behind for them to take. Republic Credits
are the new currency in the galaxy right now and we did see in episode 1 that they even
had the rebellion crest on them when they rolled out of Boba's helmet.
Cut to space for the first time in the season and it's nice to actually be off Tattooine
for once.
This is a giant orbitting ring that feels like it was ripped right out of Elysium which
I've put on screen now just incase you haven't seen the film. Now we don't know exactly what
this location is but it could be Ringo Vinda, a space station that has a similar design
to the one we find ourselves on.
Shoutouts Simon A Burman on twitter for pointing out that the way the ships come in is very
reminicent of the Star Destroyers in The Empire Strikes back and it helps us to fully gauge
the scale of how bit this thing is.
Your boy slowly limps along due to being shot in the leg and he has somewhat of an awkward
elevator ride with one of the locals. May be a nod to the one in Spider-man 2 but that's
probably just me looking for connections on the web that aren't there.
That's not even a good pun. However what is good is how they use this one shot take to
completely emerse you in the world. We go from the walk, to the elevator to the bar
without breaking or cutting and it just completely emmerses you in what's going in.
Here Mando comes across his contact, an Ishi Tib which is an amphibious species that come
from the planet Tibrin. Normally they're green but I'm guessing that living in space has
change this ones complexion up.
It directs Mando to Kolzoc Alley and we further continue the one take as we see exactly what
he was after. I love how this scene is pretty much a day in the life of the character and
we can watch as he trades bodies and bounties on the black market in order to gain access
to higher things.
Mando uses the infared detective vision scanner to locate hidden sigils and this popped up
in the first season when he was tracking Cara Dune.
Here he comes across one that looks slightly like a mythosaur a symbol that The Mandalorians
used to mark their territory and it leads him to the Armourer who is back with one of
the soldiers that also appeared in the first season. Thisis Paz Viszla who weilded a
Mini-gun on Nevarro. We find out some of the details that we didn't know in the wake of
that episode including how most of The Mandalorians were wiped out, leaving just these three.
Mando collapses and thank god we don't go to a Bacta tank because ey, I've had enough
of em.
After presenting the Darksaber The Armourer recounts the history of it and how it was
been with the Mandalorians for 10,000 years. She also talks about how it must be won in
combat which is why Bo Katan didn't take it at the end of Season 2.
It very much gives us a run down of the Darksaber including it's creator Tarre Viszla who was
both Jedi and Mandalorian. He was the ancestor of Paz and this somewhat makes him believe
that it belongs in his hands.
The weapon has been contested for Millenia and along with Moff Gideon it's also fallen
into the hands of Darth Maul.
Sabine Wren also gave it to Bo Katan and this somewhat plays into the next part of the Armorers
speech. She talks about her royal lineage later on and talks about how the character
is somewhat a cautionary tale. She says that the character lost her way and the differences
in the creeds were seen in her and her crew removing their helments whereas the others
wouldn't.
The Armorer discusses how it's prophecised that if it falls into the wrong hands without
being traded in combat that this can lead to the destruction of Mandalore. This is very
much the case and we've seen not only in Gideon and Maul how the planet has been racked with
war because of those that seek it.
Mandalore used to be a thriving planet, however inner civil war and the galactic one led to
it becoming a harsh landscape much like Tattooine. Even though it's just a harsh rock at this
point, the people still fight for it much in the same way that Boba fights for tattooine.
Mando joins the covert and this is the way it looks like things are gonna be. We also
learn that Gideon was sent off to be interrogated by the New Republic but the group don't really
have faith that he's gonna get the justice he deserves.
Moff Gideon, Mandalorian Season 3 confirmed.
They rebuild the forge and forge the spear into armour so that it can't be used as a
weapon on other Mandalorians. As she melts it she brings up the moon of Concordia and
also the Great purge.
We see it being ransacked by Tie Bombers on the night of a thousand tears. This happened
in 19 BBY, during the Siege of Mandalore. This was mentioned in Episode 8 of The Mandalorian
and Gideon was very much at the heart of it.
We also see several droids gunning down the survivors and these include your typical probe
droids as well as the same model as K-2So who you might recognise from Rogue One. This
KX model of droid was primarily used for security but here it's been sent out to destroy and
we watch as the fire burns into the night.
There's a lot of imagery here that also evokes Terminator and Bryce Dallas Howard really
knocks it out the park this entire episode.
Mando wants the spear made into something for Grogu and though it's against the Jedi
way to have attachments, the Mandalorians are very much the opposite of this.
We get an awesome welding scene and all that's left is a small pouch for the boy. I love
the way that the bow is tied on this parcel and the head and ears even somewhat resemble
Grogu's head.
It's such a cool bit of imagery and it's one of my favourite parts of the episode that
makes us desperate to learn what's in the package.
Because Mando is so crap with the Darksaber he starts to train with the Armorer who uses
Beskar weapons which as we know are capable of blocking it.
The blade gets heavier the more that Mando weilds it and this is because the Armorer
says that he's fighting against it.
The weight of this is clearly symbolic on a number of levels and it could be the case
that Mando is actually fighting against not only it, but also what it truly means. Whoever
weilds it is thought to be the leader of Mandalore and though Bo has often been thought of as
being the true air, I think it would work better if Mando's destiny was to take back
the planet and become it's ruler.
Him fighting against this weight shows that he doesn't want to go down this path but it's
only when he embraces it that becomes easier to weild. His mind is distracted, likely over
his need to be with Grogu and it's at this point that Paz contests the weapon.
Removing their Jetpack they fight on a bridge that looks, looks very precarious that and
there are flashes of when Vader fought Luke in Empire.
Paz puts up one hell of a fight and he manages to grab the blade from Mando but as he can't
really weild it either he struggles with the weight of it which allows ya boy to win.
Now the Armorer asks Paz if he's ever removed his helmet and she asks the same of Mando
which as we know, yeah guy has done it a fair bit.
She says that he's no longer a real mandalorian, not a real fan, not a reaaal one and thus
he must travel to the living waters beneath Mandalore in order to somewhat baptise himself.
Rumour has it that they're destroyed and thus Mando heads out Flight 1020 to tattooine.
This is the same ship that we saw the Pyke army arriving in and amongst the droids are
some that look like the RX from Galaxy tours and also what appeared in the sanctuary.
Guy sets off the metal detector and thus he has to remove his weapons in order to travel.
This includes his blaster and the whistling birds as well as several detonators, a wire
spool and the darksaber.
I love how it takes so long that the queue in the bakcground pretty much disappears and
he heads out into the galaxy.
On the flight he meets a Green Rhodian child that looks somewhat like Greedo and there's
also a dark grey astromech droid.
Mos Eisley itself is filled with several droids and as the ship lands we see the same Japanese
esque structures that also appeared in the background of Episode 3.
We also come across a BD droid which you might recognise as being what Cal Kestis as his
loyal companion in Jedi Fallen Order.
It's difficult to tell whether this is the same one but it does get called BD and yeah,
lets just say it is mate cos I wanna see Cal at some point, even though I think Cameron
Monaghan is showing up could be a politician now or something.
There's also R5 who appeared in a New Hope and on the top of him is a hole where his
busted motivator exploded during that film.
Next to him we see a telescope droid which too appeared in that film. BD is grabbed by
a womp rat and at this point Peli Motto breaks away from dating Jawas to come out and blast
it. Amongst her are her pit droids which she had in tow when we saw her pop up in episode
3.
They're pretty useless but Mando shows up to save the day.
He's here to get the Razor Crest fixed but instead Peli has the scraps of an N1 Starfighter
which you will probably recognise as being the ships that Naboo used for their defenses
in A Phantom menace.
I've always loved the design of this ship and spent many hours flying it in ye Olde
star fighter games.
The ship is off the grid because the Empire didn't register pre war craft and thus it's
somewhat similar to the Razor Crest which was also able to fly under the radar. Peli
says that she'll modify it to make it faster than a Fathier which were the animals that
popped up in a Last Jedi...during the...the best scene in a Star Wars movie ever.
The ship can also jump to hyperspace without docking rings which is an issue that the jedi
starfighters had.
We spend a lot of time watching the ship get fixed up and during this scene you you can
catch markings along the bottom of the cockpit. I was hoping that these would be the same
as the ship that Anakin had but after checking they are different so it's another vessel.
We also see a Gonk droid being used as a battery and BD showing holograms to outline where
the panels should be placed.
The ship ends up looking very silery which of course mirrors The Mandalorians beskar
armour and I'm probaby gonna waste most of the money I make from this video buying a
model for this.
It's at this poiint that the Jawas arrive, Peli talks to them in their own language and
we also get lip service paid to how the Pykes are prretty much running the planet at this
point.
The dawn is rboken by the noise of Star Wars version of a rooster and the ship arrives
completed, even though it still looks like it's falling apart.
The astromech droid port has been removed and this is because, as we learned Mando didn't
like droids. However he did come to find an appreciation for them after IG-11 saved his
life and he does seem a bit gutted he'll not have any company on his flights.
He stars the baby up which looks like it might even have podracer elements in it and we actually
pass the race track that appeared in The Phantom menace. Mando touches on several of the locations
that Anakin passed through including beggars canyon and the ramp that had it's fence broken
during the match.
It's a great little callback to what's come before and Mando ends up flying alongside
the Rhodian kid once more. Bit goofy but ey I liked it.
Much in the same way he had to master the Darksaber, Mando now has to master flying
a starfighter as opposed to a gun ship.
He says Dank Farrik, a curseword that has showed up in the star wars universe several
times.
Speeding causes a lot of trouble though and thus some X-Wings come in to act like Policeman.
He's almost booked up but Carson Teva recognises his voice and you might recognise him as being
the X-wing pilot that popped up in the second season of The Mandalorian.
Mando denies being the Razor Crest pilot that he's encountered before and he blasts off
into space. Carson lets him go because ey, he's ya boy.
Mando returns back to the Hanger which is where he's greeted by Fennec Shand who's come
looking for him.
She needs that muscle and it's on the house but Mando has to pay a visit to a little friend,
a little green friend if you will.
Likely ya boy Grogu who we could be seeing possibly a bit more grown up come the next
entry.
As we know from Force Awakens, Kylo ended up wiping out Lukes Jedi training academy,
but Mando going to get him here could save the character and mean that he isn't exterminated.
Perhaps they will leave together and that will pretty much remove him from the second
Jedi purge that he could have been a part of.
Now I can already tell that this episode is gonna go down well with most people who haven't
enjoyed the show so far and I imagine all the comments will be saying the best book
of boba fett was the one without him in.
That's pretty funny to be fair and ey this was agreat entry that I really enjoyed.
It was brilliant seeing the continuation of Mandos story and the entry was also littered
with cool easter eggs and callbacks.
We have the penultimate episode next week and then the finale the one after and I think
it's gonna get really interesting as we watch the war play out on Tattooine which I will
of course be back for.
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