Thackeraye
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Enjoyed it, but I just hope it moves away from what the Mandalorian is. It could have easily been another Mando episode and no one would have noticed.
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LeeVing
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It's Robert Rodriguez, I guarantee they did it as an homage. It's beat for beat.
TCell
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I might be in the minority, but I thought it was slow and underwhelming, despite the great score. Hopefully the plot picks up, because if all it is is a show about the struggles of a bounty hunter-turned crime boss with tertiary Star Wars characters and a stoic lead, I'm not sure I'm enough of a fan-boy for that. Glad to read so many of you enjoyed it though.
DJSJ
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Watched the first episode, mainly just made me want to read my old Boba Fett comics and the Bounty Hunter Wars trilogy.
It kind of rubs me wrong when new SW content takes inspiration from Legends material, but absolutely butchers them. Almost like throwing away the old continuity was a brash act and not really thought through....
The Mandolorian was great because it was 95% new content. Setting up The Thrawn trilogy in that 20 year gap between Mandolorian and TFA? Mehhhhhh
It kind of rubs me wrong when new SW content takes inspiration from Legends material, but absolutely butchers them. Almost like throwing away the old continuity was a brash act and not really thought through....
The Mandolorian was great because it was 95% new content. Setting up The Thrawn trilogy in that 20 year gap between Mandolorian and TFA? Mehhhhhh
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Mather
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Okay so 185 lb Boba Fett went into the Sarlaac pit, and a day later 250 lb Bubba Fett came out. Motherfucker must have eaten his way out.
I still cannot fathom why they decided to use the same actor from the prequels. He's so bloated the outfit looks comical on him, looks like a plumber in low rent cosplay.
And I have no idea why they've decided that Boba Fett is some sort of brawler who bludgeons people with large sticks and fights using brute force when there is literally not a single instance of his character doing any of this in any of the prior movies. I can only assume it's from the comics?
I thought that episode was something I'd expect to find halfway through the fourth season of a 22 episode run when the writers have run out of ideas. As the debut episode of a new series I thought that was horrendous.
I still cannot fathom why they decided to use the same actor from the prequels. He's so bloated the outfit looks comical on him, looks like a plumber in low rent cosplay.
And I have no idea why they've decided that Boba Fett is some sort of brawler who bludgeons people with large sticks and fights using brute force when there is literally not a single instance of his character doing any of this in any of the prior movies. I can only assume it's from the comics?
I thought that episode was something I'd expect to find halfway through the fourth season of a 22 episode run when the writers have run out of ideas. As the debut episode of a new series I thought that was horrendous.
mdmost
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I think we're going to find he has to adapt after losing his armor and picks up the fighting style of the Tusken Raiders which is bludging your opponents with gaffi sticks.
Filoni is a prequel guy and Lucas already reset the canon with Jango being who all the clones were based on. So Temuera Morrison was always going to be old man Boba. Plus, the dude's pretty kick ass.
And look man, people get puffy as they get older and hit middle age. Look at Uncle Owen. And frankly, some of us have experienced that very thing. 185 me in my 30s is a lot different than 185 me in my 40s.
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Mather
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It's not the old age puffy thing that I have an issue with though, it's the fact that he aged all that time in the 12 hours he was in the Sarlaac. And the costume looks ridiculous on him, adjust it or something. Yes the actor is undoubtedly badass, I mean he was in Once Were Warriors which is about as badass a movie as you can get. But beyond all that dear God what is the point of this show. It's the same show as Mando but with a different lead. And that episode was all filler AS A DEBUT EPISODE. I just really wish Star Wars would have the balls to do something different and stop trying to please absolutely everyone. Do your version of Wandavision, do something out there. Do a noir detective show, do anything other than this. Pretty please.
imtheocean
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I agree, underwhelmed on the first episode. Not quite sure where this is going. Also have no idea why he'd want to be a crime lord, besides it being a plot point to jump the series on.
Was a nice surprise to see:
Was a nice surprise to see:
Max Reebo back on the keys, and Captain Rex from Star Tours in the bar
mdmost
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Eh first episode though. Maybe don't write it off just yet. I'm hoping we'll get a more adult Star Wars. Star Wars never really delved into the criminal underworld so to me that's at least a fresh take. Mando was just a dude doing jobs and had a questionable morality. If they make Boba a softy then it will be a Mando retread. This was the catch you up episode on how he survived. I'm sure they'll piece together more of his backstory and how he aged so much in 5 years. I mean Obi Wan is going to go from mid 30s to high 60s in under 18 years living on that desert planet.
DJSJ
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Not really. There's moments where Boba fights with a vibrosword or even a lightsaber, but he'll almost always rely on his bounty hunter tricks, blasters and detonators, and of course his cunning. The action in this episode felt very Robert Rodriguez and not Boba Fett.
I agree Temura Morrisons figure is definitely...offputting. Looked like that in the Mandalorian, and I was hoping this would take place months later and he'd get back into shape. Nope.
If anyone wants to read "the good version" of this, read The Mandalorian Armor by K.W. Jeter, first book in a trilogy.
Max Sterling
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Pretty sure none of that is canon.
DJSJ
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None of what? The comics? Yeah that's all in Legends continuity now since Disney knows best... /s
Mather
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Look I mean ultimately I'm kinda just having fun with this, I'm not mad. But I just don't understand why they steadfastly refuse to tell new stories and why they must always diminish the best character traits of their established characters. Han was cool because he was a scoundrel, because he wasn't Luke, he was badass and shot first. Until he didn't because won't someone think of the children. Boba Fett was cool because he was mysterious and dangerous and no one knew his story. Until he became a sniveling clone child exactly the same as a trillion other clones. Which is, in my opinion, if you were to attempt to create in a lab the worst most boring awful origin story for Boba Fett, it wouldn't even come close to this. And now, we have clone Boba Fett, who used to be awesome and mysterious and dangerous but is now a giant teddy bear, and we get to watch an entire series about his very important quest... to get his armor back from a bunch of Jawas on Tantooine whilst becoming a crime lord on Jabba's throne while also making friends and learning lessons about how to live laugh and love along the way... because won't someone think about the children. The guy is a universally feared intergalactic bounty hunter and here we are, on Tantooine AGAIN, in Jabba's Castle... AGAIN... searching for stolen clothing.
Once again... in a lab, you could not come up with a worse idea for a Boba Fett series.
In my opinion.
Once again... in a lab, you could not come up with a worse idea for a Boba Fett series.
In my opinion.
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mdmost
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Well, you can blame old George for all of this. George was also the guy who "killed" Boba at the height of his popularity. The same mistake he made with Darth Maul that Filoni also retconned.
Maybe he got tired of being someone's employee and decide he wanted to be the boss. Perhaps that's what the show will lead us to....if we can have a little patience. But yeah, I hope they go offworld because I'm tired of Tatoonie being the darkest spot in the universe yet everybody knows about it and goes there.
DJSJ
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In Legends, Boba Fett takes the title of Mandalore and leads his people into becoming a feared and dominating force in the galaxy once again, amassing a large power-base through 2 galaxy wide wars. He takes Jaina Solo, the child of Han and Leia, under his wing and trains her to be one of the most ruthless yet lawful Jedi the galaxy has ever seen, a true "center" of the force (suck it Ahsoka).
Just sayin.
Just sayin.
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