A lot of questions have been raised in the Book of Boba Fett.
With each new chapter, there are new questions.
This latest episode is no different.
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Warning: from this point forward, there will be spoilers.
If you haven’t seen the episode yet, go back and watch it.
then, come back here for my full review and breakdown.
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Okay, you’ve been warned.
The Mandalorian Season 3 Chapter 1…I mean the Book of Boba Fett Chapter 5 showed us
that the creative team behind the series isn’t afraid to do something different.
Okay…was that really a question to begin with?
But this episode is much different.
In the way that Boba Fett isn’t in it at all.
Nor is most of the Boba Fett cast.
Before you run away and say you hate it and refuse to watch it…I’ll explain.
Remember at the end of Chapter 4 when they played the music from the Mandalorian, and
everyone got excited?
Well…he’s back!
And not just a brief cameo…the whole episode is centered around him.
Yes, this is a bit sooner than I expected.
Remember, I said there was about a 90% chance that the music meant he’d be back, but it
wouldn’t be until Chapter 6.
I don’t mind admitting when I’m wrong.
It makes me work harder.
I’ll preface my critique of this episode by saying…I loved it!
But I do take issue with a bit of it.
So, first I’ll give a quick synopsis, then the criticisms, then the positives (and there
are a lot).
I’m sorry, I won’t be able to add footage due to copyright restrictions.
So, if you can…watch the episode with the volume down to follow along.
Or just listen to my nifty soothing voice.
The show opens with a Klatoonian Taun-Taun slaughterhouse.
And I’ll tell you, it’s a real sausage fest in there.
But wouldn’t eating Taun-Taun be like eating horse?
One Klatoonian walks casually in front of the camera.
We’ve all seen this guy in our own world…we’ve worked with him.
He’s the one who never seems to be doing anything but talks about how he doesn’t
know what the company would do without him.
3 years later…he’s still there…in the same entry-level position.
Anyways, behind the plastic flaps, meant to keep cold air in one area, there appears a
Mandalorian.
Not just any Mandalorian…the Mandalorian…Din Djarin.
Yes, you can all rejoice now.
Your safety net has arrived.
That isn’t a bad thing, we humans like familiarity.
Mando walks to the back of the slaughterhouse and engages in friendly conversation with
the Klatoonian behind the desk.
Mando asks if he’s seen a dude and the respectable businessman says that he hasn’t, but he
will let him know if he does.
Mando then uses his classic line, I can bring you in warm, or I can bring you in cold.
Judging by how many plastic flaps are on the doors of the slaughterhouse…he can probably
keep his word.
Well, the gentleman decides cold is a better option.
A fight ensues and Mando beats the crap out of all present Klatoonians.
The best part of this, he uses the darksaber for the entire fight and we see how strong
Beskar is once again.
The only kicker is, Din Djarin has had no saber training and nicks his leg with the
darksaber blade.
Lucky he didn’t cut the damn thing off.
Seriously dude, be a little more responsible with your weapons!
Learn the safety of them before using them.
O…M…G…I’m joking!
Take it easy.
I like the scene.
It was fun.
Anyways…Din Djarin goes through the flappy door with the Boss’ head in a bag…so much
for Disneyfication.
And more of the same critters he just fought are on the other side.
He gives them the option to take the boss’ money and let him leave…or… yeah, I don’t
think there was an or.
But they do the right thing and let him leave.
Mando then travels to a space ring sprawling with all races in the galaxy, including a
couple we’ve never seen.
He finds his employer and throws the head on the table, still in the bag, and demands
to know a location of something he has been searching for.
The Ishi-Tib gives him the money, and the location.
When he reaches the location, we learn quickly that its his old covert…Children of the
Watch.
We learn that so quickly because the armorer is sitting with her back to the camera.
Then, Paz Vizsla joins them.
He tells them of his adventures, asks about Bo-Katan, and shows that he won the darksaber.
Almost immediately he’s challenged by Paz for the right to carry it, and Din accepts
the challenge.
Mando makes short work of the guy, and the decedent of the Mandalorian who made the dark
saber is defeated.
I’d really be ashamed if I were Paz…his family carried that blade for centuries.
As he has Paz by the throat…literally…the Armorer asks them if they have ever removed
their helmets.
Din says yes, and boda bing boda boom he’s kicked out of their covert…and perhaps Mandalorian
society.
Yet, they allow him to leave with the darksaber.
The next stop for Mando is Tatooine…to Pelly Motto’s garage and hanger.
She has a new ship for him…a turd of an N-1 Naboo starfighter.
Remember those?
Anakin used one to destroy the droid command ship in A New Hope.
Well, he helps her restore it and it actually turns out pretty bad ass.
Faster than any fighter we’ve seen.
Note…I said fighter.
Not freighter, not command ship, not cruiser.
While he was away testing its flight capabilities, Fennec Shand had arrived to recruit Din into
Boba’s tight, loving family.
She offers him money, he says he will do it for free, and the deal is made.
But first he has to see his surrogate son, with a gift.
Okay, that’s the synopsis in a nutshell.
I didn’t give away every detail…who has that kind of time?
I know you don’t want to sit through all that.
So, now I’ll move on with the negatives, and I don’t have many.
First, I don’t know how I feel about the lack of Boba Fett in an episode of a show
titled The Book of Boba Fett.
It just felt like the Mandalorian Season 3 Chapter 17.
I know that sounds harsh, but it really isn’t that much of a big deal.
But I really think, what contributed to my feeling that way, is my second and only other
criticism.
The first half of the episode was amazing…but the second half was just good.
The first half had a lot of Mandalorian lore and story building that can be carried over
to both shows…even a Bo-Katan show, if the rumors are true.
But the second half should have reminded some viewers of the filler episodes they complained
about during both seasons of the Mandalorian.
But there was enough good stuff in the second half to keep my interest.
Now for the positives: The beginning told us a lot about what Din
Djarin has been up to.
He went back to bounty hunting.
Still doesn’t look like high profile BIG jobs like Boba Fett had.
But I guess they can’t have Din Djarin outdo Boba in that aspect.
If you were looking for killing, the first half is your episode.
There is a lot of action.
And in this we learn more about the darksaber.
It was good to see more lore added to this and why Bo-Katan was a failure as a leader
carrying the blade.
We also got to see a flashback to the Night of a Thousand Tears…the Purge of Mandalore.
K2 Security droids and Viper Probe droids in abundancy.
His conversation with Paz Vizsla also gave us clarity that he IS the descendant of Tarre
Vizsla, the Mandalorian who created the darksaber.
His questioning of Bo-Katan Kryze also helped explain why the darksaber is both a curse
and a gift.
If you aren’t worthy to carry it, it’s a curse on your leadership.
Bo-Katan apparently was never supposed to carry it.
We also got to learn more about actually using the darksaber in combat.
That was a nice bit of lore to add.
In the second half, seeing R5-D4 is still doing well was a pleasant addition.
The N-1 Starfighter was great to see again.
We haven’t seen them in a long time.
It’ll also help prequel fans feel more connected to this and the Mandalorian.
The return of Captain Carson Teva, played by Paul Sun-Hyung Lee was another great surprise.
But it made me wonder, where is Dave Filoni’s character, Trapper Wolf?
Did something happen to him?
Perhaps he got married and settled down on a nice mid rim planet or something.
Maybe his absence will be explored later.
But Carson Teva’s X-Wing is a Red Leader fighter, whereas his new partner was flying
a blue wing.
I just thought that was interesting.
To sum up my thoughts, I don’t see how the Book of Boba Fett can stop at a single season
with 7 episodes.
There is too much to wrap up with only two episodes left.
But maybe it’ll just continue into the Mandalorian.
We do have 2 Mandalorians in exile now, getting ready to team up.
So, that’s a possibility.
I did say that could happen about 6 months ago or so.
Overall, I would give this episode an 8/10.
Points off for the lack of Boba Fett, in his own show, and the feeling of the return of
filler for the Mandalorian.
With Boba Fett not present in the episode, it felt like an episode of Friends without
any of the cast.
I know everyone is excited to see Din Djarin return, as am I, but remember, this is the
Book of Boba Fett Chapter 5.
Not the Mandalorian Chapter 17, with a cameo by Fennec Shand.
But I will say, this episode added a lot of Mandalorian lore…something we can all use
more of.
And each episode continues to impress me.
But what did you think of the episode?
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