once again, the theme music is fuckin' great
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 6 January 2022 18:39 (two years ago) link
my god this is great
― Ssäm Sauce | Martha Stewart (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 7 January 2022 04:57 (two years ago) link
I thought this episode was fairly boring, and parts were just ridiculous, but my kid seemed really into it. This show seems good for kids. The assault on the train was cool.
― i woke up alarmed (morrisp), Sunday, 9 January 2022 04:43 (two years ago) link
Pleasantly surprised to see Nat from Yellowjackets show up in this, even if she was dressed like she walked off the set of that show straight onto this one. Her little gang and their Vespa speeders were so goofy though! lol
Still not sure if I’m sold on this show yet but it’s keeping my attention at least
― Roz, Wednesday, 12 January 2022 16:43 (two years ago) link
That whole hover moped sequence was cringingly bad
― groovypanda, Wednesday, 12 January 2022 20:13 (two years ago) link
I still don't get why Fett wants to be Don Tatooine in the first place – rather than, say, going anywhere else; finding Han Solo and kicking his ass; etc. (was this made clear at the end of The Mandalorian S2)? I imagine his "motivation" will also come into focus as the flashbacks slowly progress...
― i woke up alarmed (morrisp), Wednesday, 12 January 2022 21:22 (two years ago) link
He was a bounty hunter like Jango. You can only climb so high hunting the bounties yourself, so it's natural he'd get into management.
― Ssäm Sauce | Martha Stewart (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 12 January 2022 21:49 (two years ago) link
the show is about Peter Principle
― they were written with a ouija board and a rhyming dictionary (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 12 January 2022 21:55 (two years ago) link
also the near-death experience in the sarlacc pit and forced time with the tusken raiders has given him this new interest in justice. the Tatooine daimyo seems to have more power than the mayor in shaping daily life for those living there. he disagrees with the Hutt way and wants to change things. perhaps he also enjoys the respect.
― Ssäm Sauce | Martha Stewart (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 12 January 2022 22:00 (two years ago) link
Plus, hanging around with space mopeds. (Quadrophrenia mixed with a guy wanting to dress like Doctor Who?)
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 12 January 2022 22:23 (two years ago) link
Anyway, Danny Trejo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_IXzU-lnLU
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 12 January 2022 23:49 (two years ago) link
xpost Boba don't text
― they were written with a ouija board and a rhyming dictionary (Neanderthal), Thursday, 13 January 2022 00:07 (two years ago) link
Lads i think this show sucks
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 13 January 2022 02:22 (two years ago) link
one long scooter ad
― Ssäm Sauce | Martha Stewart (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 13 January 2022 03:26 (two years ago) link
How did he know those guys who rode by on the speeders were bullies & thugs whom he could justifiably beat up and jack their gear?
― i woke up alarmed (morrisp), Thursday, 13 January 2022 04:07 (two years ago) link
i love this show so much and enjoyed this episode a lot but that was the SLOWEST goddamn chase i have ever watched lmao
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 13 January 2022 06:52 (two years ago) link
I was thinking that but I also kinda liked it for that reason? It made it weirdly more tense!
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 13 January 2022 07:10 (two years ago) link
how long until disney makes palpatine a good guy
― adam t. (abanana), Thursday, 13 January 2022 08:15 (two years ago) link
you either die a villain, or live long enough to see yourself become the hero
― Vinnie, Thursday, 13 January 2022 09:23 (two years ago) link
seeing some theories floating about: chiefly why the Drash character, played by American Sophie Thatcher, is British i.e. she could be either Rey's mother/related to Palpatine, or Kenobi's daughter/granddaughter. I hate this shit already.
― Roz, Thursday, 13 January 2022 09:44 (two years ago) link
that chase reminded me of the early Harry Potter quidditch match scenes, and not in a good way.
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Thursday, 13 January 2022 13:46 (two years ago) link
Drash just has the same virus Leia had at the start of Episode IV it will wear off.
― nashwan, Thursday, 13 January 2022 13:55 (two years ago) link
Drash got a droid's british accent to do proper ultraviolence on her scooteries with the droogs
― Ssäm Sauce | Martha Stewart (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 13 January 2022 17:21 (two years ago) link
Quite jarring to hear a London accent in a Star War - Englishers in it are usually incredibly posh.
― chap, Friday, 14 January 2022 08:28 (two years ago) link
(Even ones raised as parentless dessert urchins)
― chap, Friday, 14 January 2022 08:30 (two years ago) link
*desert
Watto:"Chut! Chut! Gando doe wallya. Uni panna cotta." (Watch the store. I have some dessert urchin to eat.)
― Ssäm Sauce | Martha Stewart (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 14 January 2022 14:22 (two years ago) link
My kids actually caught the subtle Peli Motto (Mandalorian season character) cameo that was in the background of one shot. https://screenrant.com/book-boba-fett-mandalorian-amy-sedaris-peli-motto-cameo/
The chase had to be quite deliberately covering all the cliches - halfway through when they got to the two guys carrying a big thing across the street, I was like “ok, now where is the cart of watermelons” and then there it was. My husband also thinks the scooters were a Quadrophenia reference. The. design of the one with all the redundant mirrors on the front convinced me too.
― Kim, Friday, 14 January 2022 14:49 (two years ago) link
After seeing a prior attempt of Boba Fett’s to be a leader, where he leaves for a negotiation and it ends up being an utter tactical failure, it’s pretty funny that in the present he’s recruiting teens.
― mh, Friday, 14 January 2022 19:55 (two years ago) link
those teens must think it's so lame that none of his fancy mando parts are actually integrated into his biomass
― Ssäm Sauce | Martha Stewart (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 14 January 2022 20:39 (two years ago) link
Can't wait to watch this, sounds swell!
― (Still) Swingin’ on the flippity-flop (morrisp), Friday, 14 January 2022 20:48 (two years ago) link
Stephen Root was the only glimmer of interest in this episodeAmong everything else, the contrast btw the gravity of the flashbacks and goofiness of the “present-day” scenes in not a sign of a good show
― Rockin’, and rollin’, and whatnot (morrisp), Saturday, 15 January 2022 21:46 (two years ago) link
Enjoyed this piece -- the author is Native American.
https://gizmodo.com/how-the-book-of-boba-fett-evolved-star-wars-view-of-the-1848361263
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 15 January 2022 21:49 (two years ago) link
Ep 4 certainly answered the questions about why he ditched hunting and became daimyo.
― Ssäm Sauce | Martha Stewart (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 21 January 2022 11:38 (two years ago) link
also, lots of "I am Bóba Fett" not Boba Fétt
― Ssäm Sauce | Martha Stewart (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 21 January 2022 11:40 (two years ago) link
This week’s episode was a pleasant surprise!
― Roz, Wednesday, 26 January 2022 15:05 (two years ago) link
Forgive the thread spam, but I wanted to note that all the ding dang star wars shows what aired in 2021 are nominated in the ILX TV poll, with voting ending this weekend:
ILX's Best Television of 2021 Poll / VOTING AND CAMPAIGNING THREAD / Voting Ends After January 31, 2022
If you like this show and you'd like to see it have a good showing in the poll (running in February) all you need to do is submit a ballot including it and your other favorites (3 minimum, 25 maximum, ranked by your favorite to least favorite) to forksclovetofu at gmail. It'll take five minutes; get to it!
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 26 January 2022 20:56 (two years ago) link
Mostly this episode highlighted how much more I now like SPOILER than Bobba. The ringworld was sick, but could've used a few parks.
― chap, Wednesday, 26 January 2022 23:36 (two years ago) link
I used to date a jawa
― mh, Thursday, 27 January 2022 01:08 (two years ago) link
omgthis episode <3
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 27 January 2022 05:24 (two years ago) link
Yeah that was good all around, both on the serious and fun tip. Nice how it seems to partially set up a third season of something else.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 27 January 2022 06:16 (two years ago) link
cranking that fan service dial up to 1000%
― mh, Thursday, 27 January 2022 17:21 (two years ago) link
I mean, this entire series is 1000% fan service from the jump, so that seems an odd complaint. I'd argue that the entire Disney+ series ecosystem (Marvel, Star Wars) exists solely as fan service.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 27 January 2022 17:25 (two years ago) link
It just feels like it's losing momentum with each episode, though I guess that's not a common complaint.
― a hallan shaker loon (dowd), Thursday, 27 January 2022 19:04 (two years ago) link
that wasn’t a complaint! i’m a fan and i appreciated the service
― mh, Thursday, 27 January 2022 19:25 (two years ago) link
Sorry, I think I'm just so used to people using "fan service" as a pejorative that I made a faulty assumption.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 27 January 2022 19:27 (two years ago) link
Wait so Grogu shows up? Guess I gotta watch the rest of this mess. We gave up after ep 2, where they got into a fight with some people riding on a train for no good reason.
― DJI, Thursday, 27 January 2022 19:38 (two years ago) link
where they got into a fight with some people riding on a train for no good reason.
This is.. not what happened? A spice syndicate was passing by on a train, shooting at (and killing a couple of) the Tusken Raiders that Boba Fett had been captured by. He led an attack on the train in revenge.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 27 January 2022 20:25 (two years ago) link
Seemed to me a train was driving by and the tuskans were shooting at it. Why would the spice traders randomly open fire on the tuskans from a train?
― DJI, Thursday, 27 January 2022 20:38 (two years ago) link