The Book of Boba Fett Episode 3 (Page 1 of 2)

Short episode was upsetting, but I love his new pet!

Hoping it picks up again, those 4 biker characters he recruited seem super out of place, looks like something out of Cyberpunk 2077 lol

The new rancor and Danny Trejo was pretty fun.  The Ralph McQuarrie painting was a great Easter egg.  The Sand People tribe massacre was kind of expected but altogether brief and honestly didn't pack an emotional punch at all.  Didn't feel a thing that they were wiped out.  It all seemed too forced, predictable, and abrupt.

I agree with the scooter bike gang seeming completely out of place and just plain weird.  During the whole chase scene, all I could think of was "Oh no, it's DEVO!"  All they needed were the trademark DEVO "energy dome hats."

I mean, seriously?  Shiny little space Vespa's....

I think they made Din Djarin so much like the Boba Fett from the books and comics, they can't use Boba that way now or it'd just seem like they're copying "The Mandalorian" show, even though it's really the other way around.  Most of Din Djarin's character traits seem inspired from the more fleshed out Expanded Universe version of Boba Fett we got in the 90's and 00's.  They ended up making "The Mandalorian" the Boba Fett series fans wanted, and in doing so, limited themselves with what they can actually do with Boba now in his own show.

Ok.  If nothing else, Danny freaking Trejo.

I was disappointed by the tusken slaughter because 1, too soon.  Needed more character development with the chief, warrior, and kid.  And 2, no build up, just kinda happens, Boba finds it, cleans up, and moves on. 

The flashbacks have been the best parts for me so far, love seeing kamino.  Curious to see where I goes from here.

Armored Boba needs to fight more in the present.  We finally, sort of, got to see him fly, but he needed to be more active in that pursuit to inspire respect and loyalty.

Some of it just feels like he’s reading how to be a crime lord for dummies.

For the most part this was all around a great episode, but Boba really needs to keep his helmet on I mean people want to kill him and at this point he’s asking for it and hopefully he won’t need to use his Bacta tank for much longer and, Fett seems to nice for my liking he told fennic when she threatened the mayors greeter, wasn’t that a bit much or something like that which is lame and why didn’t boba end that slow chase by flying and shooting a missile at the speeder would have been much faster! But the talk with the hutts and the rancor was awesome! Look forward to that and hopefully he will actually wear his helmet more often cause if you don’t have your armor for 5 years and finally get it back you would think he wouldn’t wanna take it off as much and he is so much more intimidating with it on and black k was incredible so cool to see him in action and it was sad seeing the tuskens wiped out so soon but all the things pointing to the water taxers is exiting for the Kenobi show since he fought them in the comics to protect Luke so maybe we will see that happen in his show but back to Boba, I’ve seen enough kamino flashbacks it seems repetitive at this point and I really just hope Boba steps up his game cause fennic is a lot better than he is right now she is actually badass but Boba seems weak and that’s something that bothers me, but I thoroughly enjoyed myself and look forward to next week. helmet nod

Anyone else catch this?  ;-)

"I've ridden beasts ten times its size."

Also, someone pointed out online the obvious Back to the Future chase and ending, except with that fruit from Lothal in SW: Rebels instead of a manure cart.

One of my buddies and I have been reading and catching up on the War of the Bounty Hunters comics, lately.  We were talking about who might have ordered the hit on Fett, if not the Hutts, and who the Pykes needed to speak with about Fett's terms.  I'm more and more expecting a cameo from Qi'ra and Crimson Dawn, with them holding the leash of the Pyke Syndicate.

This episode was definitely a filler. This is unfortunate unless there is going to be a second season, which in my humble opinion I think is doubtful considering the amount of new series yet to be released and the fact that Disney clearly is not focused on this series. Anyway, overall I thought it was decent. Definitely the least great of the three, but not horrible. I definitely think they need to man Boba up, he's getting tossed around too much (yes, I know being in the Sarlacc sucks, literally, and I know it was Krrsantan, but still) and too easily.

The new Rancor hopefully hints at some AWESOME scenes coming up, and will definitely boost his image with the locals. Loved that bit.

Yeah, the speeder scene wasn't great. I don't know why, but Rodriguez just isn't killing it with the series he basically created. I'm sure it will only get better from here, but I hope Rodriguez gets to shine instead of just directing the fillers. SERIOUSLY, HE STILL HASN'T SHOT HIS EE-3!! WTF?!

So yeah, filler episode. It happened, probably has little rewatchablity, but it's there. So is the Rancor.

Yeah, it's somewhat frustrating. But I guess that's what happens when all the books and old canon get whitewashed. They seem to be hyping up some things a bit subtly, like Jango, which would be another awesome scene if that happens. I also feel like the Mandalorian stole a ton of what this show could've been, and TBOBF might not have existed at all if it weren't for the masterpiece of a return episode he got, WHICH also brings up the question where has Rodriguez been? I hope he gets more episodes with some action. Maybe Dave too.

Ya know it really depends on what your perception is of Boba. For point of reference I grew up with the og trilogy. So it was Jason Wingreen voicing. I don't care if its makes more sense to have Temuera for continuity. I will always hold dear to my heart Wingreen's performance. And that iteration of the character. A man of view words...does his job collects his money. The gunslinger. Clint Eastwood in space. That's the Boba I know and love. Obviously for many reason we can't have that with the character now. They put a face to him. And what is curious is Mando was kind of Boba Fett lite to me. As a fan what I (and many others wanted) was something akin to what you had with the Karl Urban Dredd movie that came out in 2012. Never takes of the helmet. Granted that cannot happen because Temeura is that character now.
    It would have been interesting if Robert Rodriguez made BOBF 20 years ago. When he was still dangerous as a director. I feel now with age and children he has softened. Yes, they have make the show accessible for kids. But that speeder chase reeked of Spy Kids to me. But imagine what it would have been like in Rodriguez' heyday....
     I'm still watching and will continue to watch, but I've always been in the camp of less is more with Boba.

Yes, I do agree. But at least this is the best we get right now, the 40-year gap really messes with everything.

My brother has classified him as a thus far..."incompetent bumbler" ...and from a business stand point he kind of has been. And maybe the point they might be getting across is that since hanging with the raiders Boba doesn't want to be a slim ball anymore and wants to be respected rather than feared (as he said)...but perhaps he is going to have to go back to his old..pre-sarlaac ways? In my dream of dreams that would be the arc...and wouldn't be the arc we'd predicted of him being noble. He goes back to being a bounty hunter & goes back to this character we've known about in legend. I would love that.  Again it's tricky because Disney (All hail house of mouse) has done this awful thing in the past 10 years of humanizing villains which is a terrible idea. (Cruella comes to mind) And there's a lot more to be digested I'm sure. I await eagerly each new episode...but please no more Spy Kids speeder bikes... . ....ALSO...has anyone talked about how Boba still has his blaster? Like after...you know..Luke....like...cut in half? Ooorrr is that a story for another time?  :I