Star Wars: The Disney+ Empire Strikes Again and Again and...

Well, Star Wars: Visions is out, there is an option for Japanese tracks, burned through them all yesterday and that was a damned good effort all around. The various behind the scenes short videos for each are also good to watch. I don't know I have a specific favorite given the stylistic and thematic range but the two TRIGGER shorts are great for sure. Absolutely loved "Tatooine Rhapsody," and was especially interested in "The Ninth Jedi" since Kenji Kamiyama's on deck for the LOTR anime in a couple of years, and clearly he's on a good roll here.

Will definitely give credit to Science SARU for having two of the most tonally different shorts as well.

Why yes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOJ1cw6mohw

Gonna wait to watch this one with the kid at home tonight, he was just asking when this was on the way.

I totally forgot about this whole thing. (No Mando costumes last night; saw a few good other SW ones, though.)

So Boba remains Fetting re the first episode -- pretty logical extension of The Mandalorian's general tone but I appreciated the even sparser dialogue approach. Plus Matt Berry playing a droid because why not.

it was pretty good
fight scenes were kinda bland & overly choreo’d but that is my only ~slight~ negative, not a dealbreaker

Found it so dull I frequently found myself looking at other things in the room. No connection to the supposed “no disintegrations” contract killer he was supposed to be.

He was a younger, more impulsive Fett then

Fettlife

Not much “magic of Star Wars” in ep 1 for me (low midichlorian count?)

Boba Fett is definitely a character I am not v.interested in getting to know - he was best as a mysterious badass and not sure this show can do anything but diminish what was cool about him in the first place.

But I watched it happily enough.

This Was Fine. Rodriguez direction goes a long way for me.

It replicates the texture and atmosphere of The Mandolorian well enough, but is sadly lacking a central dynamic anywhere near as compelling as Mando & Child. Temura Morrison is not the most charismatic actor. I'll carry on watching though.

Pivoting

This character is cool because you know nothing about him

to

This character is cool because you now know everything about him

Is a tough ask.

Couldn't stop thinking he was Bezos Fett

Emsworth otm

I bet it will get better too

We all enjoyed it

Watching this now, a few beers in… I LOL’d as soon as it cut to the in-Sarlaac footage.

The Sarlaac looked extremely easy to bust out of.

Yes, like hey Stormtrooper with the full body armour and the air supply Fett needed …

shit sorry I don’t know how to spoiler tag, but I guess not egregious

Even having watched the episode, there are certain plot points I would appreciate having “spoiled” (as they make little sense).

It seemed this focused more on the action and especially choreographed fight sequences, which were handled rather expertly I thought.

funny how Luke was so concerned about sandpeople when there were 6 legged spoilersauruses chillin an inch below the surface

spoiler: Luke was racist

*thinks back to original film's dialogue*

LUKE: "Sandpeople! Or worse."

*concludes the 'or worse' covers spoilersauruses, sues Neanderthal for slander*

Hot take

choreographed fight sequences, which were handled rather expertly I thought.

The fighting was so slow!! omg, I was laughing

I mean, do we remember the first light saber fight in the SW universe

like it was yesterday. "oh my goodness, a lightsaber! ... or worse"

I don’t even care about Star Wars but the fact that they made Patton Oswalt’s fillibuster fan fic story from Parks and Rec and actual thing in Book of Boba Fett is amazing! pic.twitter.com/MvwSWvSryk

— Ashley's feeling 2022 🍾🍾 (@craftyashley_) December 30, 2021

lol that rules

Holy shit, lmao

Exactly my first thought when Fett burst out of the sand was that P&R scene.

That is really funny

I guess even "official" SW is at least 1/3 in-joke at this point

So this new episode was mostly full on deep original film lore shit and I loved every second of it.

:D i cant wait

very excited to watch!

No spoilers of course and the templates throughout are, how you say, obvious/resonant, but basically you just learn a hell of a lot about Tatooine and those who live there, and it's handled really well.

Though I *will* say it's also pretty interesting due to the sheer accident of timing that this is running just a couple of months after Dune made a big splash.

Oh and check the end credits for the cast carefully. There is some REALLY deep original film lore shit going on, trust me.

Didnt think this show was gonna have boba going on a spirit journey to make his own gaffi stick but i guess everybody gets a backstory these days

this was ok, still a bit drab? i also feel lightly outraged that Boba Fett saying “tricky little bugger” is now canon

When are we getting an Ewoks series?

But we already did! :-D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQLpoy37LL8

This was great fun and very weird. Much less "Buck Rogers"-y (as in the 80s TV series) than the first episode - I'm still not into the casting of very "Special Guest Star" tv types in minor roles on these shows. They feel like they've walked off a Donny & Marie skit.

https://i.imgur.com/yVwPAM6.png

I enjoyed this episode! and without spoiling: showcases the worst most unpleasant method of getting high that i have seen #justsayno

not really familiar with the wider universe & had to look up stuff afterwards but it wasnt a hindrance to my enjoyment of the episode

I dug this episode. Like emsowrth upthread, I was a little worried about this show pulling back whatever veil of mystery remained with Fett and over-explaining everything, but this has been a pretty fun ride so far. My 10 year-old, absolutely loves it and has already proclaimed it "better than Mandalorian". I'm not exactly onboard with that sentiment just yet, but it definitely helps my enjoyment to watch him geek out over it.

once again, the theme music is fuckin' great