The newest release of the Book of Boba Fett is finally here, and Today’s episode, episode
4 was definitely something much different than we’ve gotten before.
We got a fantastic look at the brewing gang war, Black Krrsantan finally joining Boba’s
crime family, as well as a massive easter egg pointing at Din Djarin teaming up with
Boba fett to take down the Pykes with the darksaber in hand.
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 . As usual, remember to leave your episode
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So the episode begins right back inside of Boba’s Bacta tank, where he is violently
thrown back into the flashback sequences that we’re very used to by now.
As Boba is riding his Bantha, he immediately passes the remains of a Krayt Dragon, which
is very likely the same one seen in A New Hope.
That one itself was actually the skeleton of a Greater Krayt dragon, meaning it was
much stronger and more fierce than a normal one.
After this, Boba arrives at Jabba’s palace and points his rifle down at the lurking Kintan
Striders who have just done business there, but can’t take the shot because there are
too many guards.
As we cut back to his campsite in the desert, we actually see that Tatooine has three moons,
finally re canonizing that awesome little fact and bringing it back into live action.
The names of these moons are Ghomrassen, Guermessa and Chennini.
While Boba is sitting under the three moons of Tatooine, he immediately notices a group
of rising flashes in the sands behind him.
Now you may remember these from the Mandalorian Season 1 episode 5, where Toro Calican and
Din Djarin hunted after Fennec Shand.
This scene is literally pulled straight from that episode, except just from Boba Fett’s
perspective.
Another cool little easter is that they actually play the familiar Mandlaorian horn sound just
to remind us that this is pulled from that series.
After this, Boba Fett walks up and finds the nearly dead Fennec shand left for dead on
the Sands of Tatooine.
He then collects her and brings her back into town, where he comes across the young street
mods from the last episode, but obviously this time in the past timeline…
These guys might be from a different gang of vespa riders but they’re certainly into
the same aesthetics.
Following this, Boba drops a pile of cash on the table and demands that the modders
mod fennec in order to keep her alive.
They’re a bit hesitant at first, but the cash instantly changes their mind and they
begin work.
As we saw from the last episode, these guys have plenty of experience turning humans into
cyborgs with various droid parts, so the job is done very effectively.
Finally, they fix up Fennec and get blood pumping through the artificial veins.
Obviously we already saw this reveal in the Mandalorian, but it’s nice to see exactly
how it went down.
As Boba reveals what he has done to Fennec in order to save her life she is shocked,
but he insists that he drink some water from a Black Melon.
This is a really cool little easter egg connection to the Star Wars 2015 comic run, where the
Black Melons were officially named and introduced into the canon by Obi-Wan Kenobi.
These things are vital to the Tusken raiders, so it makes a ton of sense that Boba Fett
makes great use of them.
After Fennec Shand accepts the Black Melon, Boba Fett reveals that she is a master assassin
from the Mid rim of the Galaxy.
This is actually brand new information as we had no idea about her origin or homeworld
before this…
Although saying MId rim really doesn’t narrow it down much at all!
During his explanation of what happened on that Tragic day at the Sarlacc Pit, Fennec
says “Boba is dead”, indicating that she was either nearby on the dail Jabba’s sail
barge went down or that legend had spread so fast that Fennec was able to hear about
it.
Whichever one it is, it will be fascinating to see what it means for Fennec’s origin
story.
Further into their conversation, Boba Fett mentions that he wants to rescue his Firespray
Gunship from Jabba’s palace, which is now under the control of Bib Fortuna.
The ship is actually a gunship class vessel because it used to serve as a patrol vehicle
at one of the Galaxy’s toughest and most highly secured prisons known as Oovo IV in
the outer rim.
The ship’s full model is a Firespray-31-class patrol and attack craft and Jango Fett is
the one who steals it in the awesome Bounty Hunter Playstation Game.
Not long after this, Fennec sends in a spy droid to investigate the palace and see who
really runs the place.
Inside we see the two Gammorrean guards who will eventually become Boba’s guards in
the present timeline, as well as a horde of Nikto bikers from the Kintan Striders.
And just in case you haven’t seen last week’s breakdown video, The Kintan Striders actually
get their name from the board game Dejarik, where there is a piece called the Kintan Strider…
The strider is a very powerful creature both in the game and likely in the galaxy.
At the fireplace where Fennec and Boba are preparing for their raid on Jabba’s palace,
Fennec asks Boba if he wants to lead a Gotra.
In Star wars, a Gotra is a type of criminal syndicate which operates mostly stealthy and
conducts criminal operations in the shadows.
The one Gotra we currently know of in Canon is actually an extremist group who fights
for Droid rights across the galaxy, especially after the clone wars.
They serve as the muscle and firepower of the Crymorah Crime syndicate, striking fear
into organic beings across the galaxy.
As Boba and Fennec begin their stealth heist of Jabba’s palace they break through the
sewer grill from the outside and we get a look inside the palace Kitchen, where an assortment
of droids are seen cooking the lavish foods for the occupants.
These include EV-9D9 who showed up in Jabba’s palace in Return of the Jedi, as well as working
as the bartender at Chalmun’s Cantina in the Mandalorian.
There was also a COO series cook droid, which is the same model seen in Attack of the Clones
on Padme and Anakin’s freighter to Naboo.
As they continue towards the hangar, the two encounter a LEP droid, which first appeared
in the Clone Wars movie, but featured in numerous episodes, including being owned by Doctor
Nuvo Vindi and Tan Divo.
The LEP droid causes absolute havoc in the kitchen as Boba Chases it after it, practically
destroying half the place just to find it.
Once boba does find the poor droid it begins sobbing and Boba slams it into a wall, bullying
the little fella until it turns itself off…
Very cute but also sad scene.
Moving finally into the Hangar, Boba arrives at his infamous ship known as Slave I, and
in the backvground you can see a cool little Gonk droid waddling into its hiding spot.
Gonk droids provide power and some are even involved in a religious cult.
But that is a story for another time.
Boba and Fennec eventually get into a massive firefight with the Nikto gang members and
one of them even drops the word Sleemo, which was first heard in the phantom menace and
literally just means slimeball.
Boba Fett then gets himself into the Slave I and powers up its systems, while fennec
Tragicailly kills the GONK droid in order to blow its power cells.
It certainly worked, but its always sad to see a Gonk droid go down.
Following this, Fennec agrees to stay with Boba for the foreseeable future and they immediately
off in the Slave I to settle some scores.
This includes absolutely obliterating the group of Nikto bikers with the turrets from
the ship.
The two even fly over the wreckage of Jabba’s sail barge and the sarlacc pit from Return
of the Jedi, which is obviously a very traumatic and emotional location for Boba to Return
to.
Boba believes his armor will still be inside the Sarlacc after all these years to which
Fennec believes that it would be dissolved by now in the acid of the pit…
Boba however retorts this by revealing that it’s made of Beskar…
This is actually a huge statement and finally confirms something us fans have been wondering
since all the way back in the Clone Wars series and of course the Mandalorian Season 2.
REally awesome to finally have that cleared up.
After this Boba almost gets taken into the Sarlacc pit for the second time, but the situation
is quickly dispatched by an absolutely AWESOME seismic charge.
I know you guys just went completely silent waiting for that awesome sound.
Boba also offers Fennec a scurrier, which were actually first introduced in the A New
Hope special editions..
He then dives right back into the Sarlacc pit, with a rope this time to try to find
his armor, but nothing.
Obviously we know that it is with Cobb vanth by this point in the timeline but Boba has
no idea.
Him going back into the pit is also a cool little nod to Star Wars Legends, where Boba
Got out of the pit and then literally fell back in not too long after…
After this we get one final flashback of the mandalorian season 2 post credit scene where
boba Kills bib before he gets out of the tank.
Boba then immediately asks if the Mayor’s majordomo is speaking to which Fennec tells
him that he is “singing like a Yuzzum”.
Yuzzums were native to the forest moon of Endor and one named Joh Yowza even sang with
the Max Rebo band!
Back at the sanctuary in Mos Espa we find Black Krrsantan sitting at a booth.
I won’t go too far into Black Krrsantan in this video since I’ve covered him in
the last 2 breakdowns, but in the description or pinned comment ill leave a link to a full
explainer of his life.
After this Black Krrsantan goes absolutely wild, shredding up all of the nearby trandoshans
before being stopped by Madame Garsa Fwip.
She tells the tales of his time in the fight pits, which were seen heavily in the Star
Wars and Doctor Aphra comics.
Check out my video on him for more on that.
Garsa Fwip tries to calm Black K down but he refuises to listen and instead rips off
the arm of the Trandoshan, which is a nice little easter egg to all the way back in a
new hope where Han Warns that Wookiees can rip off arms.
Thankfully Black Krrsantan eventually joins boba’s crime family.
This also happened when Chewie ripped off Unkar Plutt’s arm in the Force Awakens deleted
scenes.
Eventually the former captains of Jabba the hutt meet with Boba and they work out a deal
with Boba.
He initially wants them to work together to vanquish the threat of the Pyke syndicate,
but is forced to settle for their neutrality at this time.
If the threat happens to be bigger than just the Pyke syndicate, like Crimson Dawn for
example led by Qi’ra, it’s likely that they’ll be forced into a more friendly agreement.
Eventually the captains leave and Boba and Fennec go to the balcony of Jabba’s palace
to discuss the upcoming gang war…
Fennec tells boba that money can buy as much muscle as they needs, before ominously ending
off with the Theme sound of Din Djarin, the same one we heard when Boba Witnessed him
using the flashes earlier in the episode.
So that tells us pretty muc for sure that mando will be showing up to join the crew
in the next episode.
Get hyped for that.
So that is my full breakdown of Star Wars: the Book of Boba Fett Season 1 episode 4,
“The Gathering Storm”.
Thanks so much for watching, really hope you enjoyed the video.
Cheers guys, hope to see you in the next one!