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Fett for a King and throughout this video we're gonna be breaking down The Book Of Boba
Fett Episode 1.
First bit of amazing trivia for you though, The Book Of Boba Fett isn't a book...it's
a show.
However beyond that there's a tonne of easter eggs and callbacks to all things Star Wars
that we're gonna be going through in this video.
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Fett.
Ok so just incase you missed The Mandalorian Season 2, we watched as Mando trekked across
the Galaxy trying to find the Jedi so that Baby Yoda could start his training. Along
the way he ran into Cobb Vanth who we learned had taken Boba's armour even if it didn't
Fett right.
After helping him to defeat a Krayt Dragon Mando took the armour back and this sent Fett
out on a journey to take it back. Teamed with Fennec Shand he ended up joining forces with
Mando to help rescue Baby Yoda and alongside Cara Dune and eventually Luke Skywalker, the
crew got him back from the Clutches Of The Empire.
But it wasn't over for Fett and the second Season ended with him taking Jabba's Throne
from Bib Fortuna which is where we pretty much pick up here.
Now we start off in the Halls of Jabba's palace and see that it's no longer thriving like
it once was. The halls are empty and we catch Boba in a Bacta tank with a tube in his mouth
similar to how we saw Luke when he was recovering during The Empire Strikes Back.
This explains how the character has less scars on his face than he did in The Mandalorian
and why the guy has started looking slightly better. Cut to Kamino aka where the clones
were all created and we see Slave One docked there. Incase you missed the bad batch, we
actually watched the destruction of this as the Empire decided that Clones were no longer
needed due to the cost they incurred. They realised that recruiting regular citizens
was the best way to go about things and thus slowly replaced the Clones over time.
During these flashbacks we also see the moment from Attack of The Clones, namely when Boba
picked up his father's helmet. Helmets and their importance are laced throughout this
episode and it's sort of like Poetry...yes we've brought that back.
Beyond that though we also learn what happened to Fett when he was trapped in the Sarlaac
Pit. The iconography here pulls from the expanded lore book A Barve Like That: The Tale of Boba
Fett. In the original legends series Boba melded his mind with the Sarlaac and had some
back and forth before detonating his jetpack in order to escape. Here however he takes
the oxgen from a Stormtrooper and burns his way out from the inside. I dunno how a Stormtrooper
managed to get trapped inside but you have to remember that the digestation period of
the Sarlaac lasts for 1000s of years so he might have fallen in there all the way back
in a New Hope or before.
Climbing out of the pit we get lots of nods to the artwork from the expanded lore and
comic series and I even think they might have given nods to the fan films that were created
as it definitely feels like they're paying homage to how it's been depicted before whilst
also doing it better than it's ever been done. There's no sarlaac head though which was an
addition that Lucas added in for the special editions.
Amongst the ruins of Jabbas sail barge he's picked up by Jawas which is of course how
Cobb Vanth came to get the armour in the Mandalorian.
They abandon him and he's saved by Sand peop...sorry Tusken Raiders, we're inclusive here at the
channel. Given the food of the desert they drag him on Banthas and I got a lot of flashes
here of the desert scene from The Good The Bad And The Ugly. Star Wars has always given
nods to Westerns and watching him being dragged along during a sandstorm is just as gruelling
as that movie. The Twin suns beat down on him and they're of course something that Tattooine
is most famous for.
At this point we get the title of the Episode, Stranger In A Strange Land based on the book
of the same name.
This was about a man that was raised on Mars who ventured to Earth. Here he questioned
society and how it was run, namely with an importance put on religion and money and much
like Fett we watched as he attempted to rewrite the rules.
We're introduced to a Tusken kid who Darth Vader is probably gonna kill to impress a
woman. We also meet their chief and at one point see they have a Rhodian who you might
recognise as being the same species as Greedo.
Beyond that though we also see that they have a Massif who's a massive guard dog that the
Tuskens keep around. As much as The Mandalorian made the Tusken Raiders seem like civilised
people they clearly aren't. Also surely Sandpeople is the less offensive term yeah? Raider just
sounds horrible, anyway moving on...
Fett tries to escape but your boy isn't playing around and I've always appreciated the alligator
like jaw design to these beasts. Fett shows he's not one to jango with and he takes the
creature out pretty easily before offering the Rhodian an escape.
Unfortunately, he's a snitch though and he calls to the Sand...peo...tusken...sand people.
Whereas the child was happy beating the crap out of Boba, Boba stays his hand and though
he's caught, the situation does change for him.
Unfortunately these flashbacks are interrupted but we get an awesome suiting up scene in
which he's dressed by droids. Having their clothes put on by servants is something that
royalty and the emporers of old used to do and it shows that he's very much building
a kingdom.
Aliens of all kind have travelled to the palace to pay their respects and there's a lot of
Godfather throughout this scene. We see that though they dont have a protocol droid to
translate things they do have 8d8 who you might recognise as being Jabba's smelting
droid.
We also meet dokk strassi, a trandoshan who you might recognise as being the same species
as Bossk.
He calls Fett, Daimyo and shoutouts Simon A Burman on Twitter for pointing out that
this is a word from Fuedal Japan that means Lord.
He's brought gifts to welcome him to Mos Espa and this may be a wookie skin though it's
difficult to make out. The snake voice he has also makes him sound like he's threatening
Fett but That aint the real shade. We discover the Mayor won't come or offer tribute to Fett
because he wants one instead. This kinda sets things up for later down the line and we watch
as two gammorrean guards are broguht before them. It's advised that they be tortured but
instead Fett recognises their loyalty and wants them by his side.
They mask up and head out to Mos Espa which is where we venture to the Sanctuary and see
that your boy Max Rebo has continued busting those keys. What happened to Reebo has always
been a big mystery but it's great seeing him here doing what he loves to do. Alongside
him is a bith from the Cantina band and I kinda hope these two met up and decided to
collab with a new band...just not the one from Star Wars Visions as that was terrible.
Mos Espa was also where Anakin grew up and it's changed quite a lot since we last saw
it.
Unlike the dark and dingy cantina in Mos Esiley this one seems a lot brighter, has droids
in it and also some plants. If you cast your mind back to a New Hope you might remember
that Droids were banned from the Cantina but in The Mandalorian we saw that one was now
working there, meaning that times had changed. We see an astromech one serving drinks which
is similar to R2D2 doing it on Jabbas barge.
Two members of staff approach and offer to clean Fett's helmet which in England means
something different to what it does in Star Wars. They're here to meet Madam Garsa, however
these helmets being filled up causes some issues later on and it may have been done
on purpose.
Garsa is also a Twi'lek and it shows that the positions of power have slightly changed
as in Jabba's palace he of course had them all chained up. I know that the structures
in the star wars universe are different but I do feel like the race was chosen for a reason.
It was expected that Fett wouldve been carried in and much like the emporers of old this
is something that was often carried out by servants. Fett wants to walk on his own two
feet though, showing how he's changed. He's handed back his helmet which is filled with
coins that have the rebellion crest on them show that they now run the galaxy.
Now outside Fennec and Boba talk about Jabba and his vassels.
According to google a vassal is a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he
has vowed to pay tribute to.
We learn that he had a lot of different aspects to his Empire and that keeping them all in
check will be quite difficult. However, whereas Jabba would kill you if you didn't do the
right dance move, Boba intends to rule with respect instead of fear. What was the right
dance move? Jabba...jabba the struttt...ooofff.
At this point they're ambushed by warriors which leads to our first major action scene.
Now the red shields that they use here actually look very similar to the shield blast doors
that were seen in The Phantom Menace. This red force field can stop anything including
lightsabers and this scene actually reminds me a lot of when police try and break up a
riot in the way they have batons and the shields in front of them.
When it seems like they're cornered the Gammoreans come to the rescue, showing that Fett was
right to spare their lives.
Ya boy puts on his mean face and alongisde Shand and the guards they make light work
of them.
However Fett is badly injured during this and though he completely vapourises one of
them, he wants one brought in alive. Shand chases them down across the rooftop, showcasing
some of the skills we saw her pulling off in the bad batch. They go full parkour and
we watch them swinging through the skyline of Mos Espa.
Shand catches them both but as she just needs one she kicks the other off the edge of the
roof.
Boba is taken bacta the tank and here we get more flashback of his time with the...the
people in the desert.
The young boy he didnt beat the crap out of is slightly more sympathetic towards him and
he leads him and the Rhodian prisoner out in the desert. They come across swoop bikes
raiding a home and there's of course lots of callbacks to a new hope here, namely Luke's
house and the black smoke there.
They're instructed to dig for water and the episode kinda slows down at this point but
you know what, I was still really enjoying being back in this world. The Rhodian keeps
getting more and more water stones...is it a water stone and when Boba finds one he drinks
from it. He calls the kid a youngling which is of course the name for children in the
Star Wars universe.
Poor Fett, he just ends up in alderaan places and with a guy this greedo...he's lucky to
get any water at all.
Now Fett is furious that they could've escaped and he also mentions anchorhead which is a
small town on tattooine often used for transportation.
The Rhodian ends up digging too deep though and a beast amongst the sand rises up and
rips the Rhodian and Massiff a new one. Fett manages to save the Youngling and kill the
creature by strangling it with the chain, much like what he threatened to do to the
Rhodian.
He's won the respect of the raiders...sorry if there's any raiders watching this and the
child returns to the camp with Fett freed from his chains and the monsters head. We
know from the end of The Mandlorian Season 2 Episode 1 that Fett had the weapons of the
Sand People and therefore we kinda knew that he got accepted amongst them. Fett is given
water as a sign to show that he's an equal as in the desert this is of course a precious
commodity.
That ends the episode with us basically getting the same ending as Dune and we get that awesome
theme tune kick in.
Now as for my thoughts on the episode I thought this was a great first entry and the Disney
Plus Star Wars shows have continued to be really atmospheric and not only nostalgic
on a number levels but also highly intriguing in how they're gonna advance the story. As
much as I love watching the Jedi and the characters in the main trilogy, the side of Star Wars
that has always fascinated me the most is the darker, gangster heavy criminal side to
the stories that exist through certain characters. Growing up Shadows Of The Empire was one of
my favourite books and games and I was absolutely obsessed with the more low level criminal
organisations that existed just outside of the Empire and Rebellion. They really had
some incredible characters in them and watching Fett and Shand move through the underworld
is something that I think is gonna be really intriguing as we get further into the series.
I'd love to see a sort of fight for the throne in this show and though I don't think that
will happen, I think there's enough here to really get fans invested. If you've been following
the channel for a while now then you'll know what we've covered all the Mandalorian episodes
along with the Bad Batch and this slots in perfectly with them in telling a tale of someone
just trying to make their way in the Galaxy and all the potential threats that can pop
up because of that.
Watching Boba Fett return is something that fans wanted for so long and I'm so glad that
we're getting it in a series that has as high production values as this does. Say what you
want about the Marvel shows but I always feel like the Star Wars episodes especially feel
like films and they have such an authenticity to them.
This was a brilliant way to kick start the season and I of course will be back next week
to talk about the second episode in the series.
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