The Book of Boba Fett

For some reason a lot of people don't want to admit this, but The Book of Boba Fett is often better than the Mandalorian. Not always, but often enough.

There are already many reviews of this show, so my own review will address the common criticism of the slow pace. I don't think The Book of Baba Fett is slow. In fact, I think the pacing is it's greatest strength. The storytelling is brilliantly structured with cliffhangers, intrigue and plenty of action.

My main criticism of the show is that Boba is a bit too nice. He tries to be everyone's friend. In my mind, Boba Fett should have had much more of a mean streak. He's a bounty hunter and crime boss, so he should have had a more cruel demeanor. Still, the show does what you want it to (unless you're one of the strange people that thinks it's too slow).

I actually liked The Book of Boba Fett more than I expected to. After reading all the mixed reviews I didn't think it would be that good but I'm definitely on the side that think it's worth watching! The only thing wrong with it is the casting could be better. Temeura Morrison (Boba Fett) and Ming-Wa Wen (Fennec) both look out of place, you get used to it after a while but they should of chose better actors. They're just not that believable as bad asses when they fight, both being 60+ years old doesn't help. I still liked the story though and wouldn't mind seeing another season. If you're a Star Wars fan or even just a sci-fi fan then you should give this a try.

Boba Fett is one of the most fascinating and even important characters in the Star Wars saga. He has incredible potential in storytelling. Unfortunately, Disney fell flat in this opportunity to explore more of the Galaxy through the eyes of Boba Fett. They did however fill in the gaps of his past, which was something we definitely wanted to see. Developing the Tuskan Raiders as a people showed creativity and risk from the showrunners.

Boba Fett's character stays consistent with what we know of him from the Star Wars films. Temuera Morrison continues to portray this with ease. Regardless of poor storytelling, we are still committed to this character.

Halfway through, the series falls flat, with a pending climax that the creators knew would not fill up the rest of the series. Thankfully, the Mandalorian saves the day. Two episodes are spent on Din Djarin and Grogu, without even a mention of Boba Fett. This makes The Book of Boba Fett essentially 'The Mandalorian Season 2.5'. The series is 7 episodes long, different from the standard 8-episode length The Mandalorian S1 and S2 followed - another indicator that the writers did not have a strong enough plot to continue the story for that long.

The rainbow biker gang Boba Fett enlists in his rebellion against the Pike Syndicate is a joke. A jarring inconsistency with the rest of Tatooine, and even Star Wars as a whole. They look like they don't belong and are useless to the plot. The character design of Cad Bane is impeccable. This is where the creators succeeded. Identical to his animated counterpart from The Clone Wars, he is a villain to fear. Unfortunately, he didn't get the involvement, development, and screen time his character deserved. So much missed potential here.

This is the first time we see the Dark Saber since the end of the Mandalorian S2, and E7 is almost entirely dedicated to developing the power and lore of the Dark Saber. If you're not going to give us the Boba Fett we want, then give us more of this.

The climax and final battle of the show seem silly and unbelievable. The 'rainbow biker gang' doesn't help with this perception. With all the build-up surrounding the Pike Syndicate, they don't put up a very good fight - and then a pair of massive battle droids that were way too out of place show up out of nowhere.

Overall, the show's purpose was to reintroduce us to a classic character, to let us know he's still alive and active in the galaxy (or just on Tatooine?), to carry the storyline of the Mandalorian forward, and to connect the two main characters. Din Djarin and Grogu are reunited, and ready for their new adventure in The Mandalorian S3.

The show is a mixed bag. That is If you count 2 good episodes out of 7 a mixed bag.

Let me say at first that to this day, I still don't get the hype about Boba Fett. Is the mask, is it the jetpack or what? I get Mando, because we actually see him be a total badass for two season. But Boba? We only saw him for like 5 minutes in the original trilogy. So I'm not much of a Boba Fett fan and don't understand why this series needed to exist and after watching it, I still think it was unnecessary and did more bad than good.

Now firstly I'm gonna say what's good about it then I'll give a mini-rant about the bads because I ranted a lot in the episode reviews.

The good:

• Ludwig Göransson does it again with another iconic piece of music.

• Episode 5 and 6. Which are not about Boba and they're about Mandalorian, a better and more badass bounty hunter. And that's cheating too because they put Mandalorian season 3 episodes in here so people keep watching this show.

And that's it! That's the only good thing about this series.

Now the bad:

• The power ranger gang.

• Boba is not a badass. He slept with Tuskens two nights and now he's a benevolent ruler and wants to rule the city with his soft heart I guess.

• Boba has no strategy in the whole 7 episodes. He just agrees with what others say and can't assert dominance on any one, he's a laughing stock for all the other rulers and commanders in this series.

• Boba is a complete idiot and does some significantly idiotic Baffling things, prominently in episode 4. For example; Boba: "Look at me, I am Boba Fett." Boba 5 minutes later: "There's an advantage to people thinking you're dead."

• The power ranger gang.

• The show, apart from episode 5 and 6, doesn't feel like Star Wars at all. It feels likes I'm watching a weird Sci-Fi that ripped off these characters and names from Star Wars and not actually watching Star Wars. You can see the clear contrast of it when you watch episode 5 after the fairly excruciating first 4 episodes. It doesn't feel, look and sound like Star Wars.

• They tried to make a badass character off of Boba and they succeeded beautifully with Mandalorian, but realized they effed up and now that they're making a Boba Fett show, they have to make him different, and thus less badass and that's the reason they ruined Boba Fett.

• The power ranger gang.

• Fennec Shand is more of a badass than Boba.

• The Pykes are hyped to be this evil and powerful syndicate that have an army to destroy everyone and take over the city, but they're laughably weak and shorter in numbers than they claimed to be in the finale.

• Cad Bane was wasted and should've been the main adversary from the beginning.

• Boba needs men and more soldiers but in no way he attempts to hire even one person before the big finale.

• Episode 3.

• Flashbacks should've been shorter and they should've made episode 2 and 1 into 1 first episode and got rid of episode 3 and the power ranger gang entirely.

• The direction and writing of episodes 1,2,3,4 and 7 are abysmal.

• Episode 5 and 6 being actually good and everyone enjoying them shows that even the creators know that nobody wanted this and they didn't even know what to write and do about Boba Fett.

• Lots and lots of plot holes about Boba being the Daimyo.

• There were a of lot better stories to tell, like how Boba actually became the Daimyo, instead of showing us flashbacks and the disappointing Pykes as the main villain.

I hope they learn their lesson and don't just make a new show about every character if they don't have a pretty good idea about it, especially if it's and old and known and fan-favorite character.

And I think even giving it a 6 is too generous considering I only enjoyed the last 3 episodes.

And like I said in the title, only watch it for episode 5 and 6 to get ready for season 3 of much much better show.

Three eps in, and a boring plot that drags on and on - Boba trying to be recognized and respected, and he continues to just look lame.

No one can shoot, mercy for every single enemy, Boba can't seem to fight without others stepping in to help (he hasn't used even one of his suit gadgets, yet!), he has hired some Power Ranger wanna be's, and he's going to tame a rancor...?! :(

Also disappointing is that the episodes barely break a half hour!

I'll watch a couple more, but I have a feeling this series is best suited for either Saturday mornings, or after school specials.