# The Book of Boba Fett **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted, disney-hulu\ **Created:** [November 1, 2021, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-of-boba-fett/953653 "2021-11-01T20:36:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2021, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-of-boba-fett/953653/1 "2021-11-01T20:36:42Z")
The trailer for the series is up. > **[The Book of Boba Fett’s first trailer teases the spinoff fans have been...](https://www.theverge.com/2021/11/1/22757196/the-book-of-boba-fett-first-trailer-disney-plus-star-wars)** > > Streaming December 29th. I see that B’omarr Monks are still hanging around on Tatooine. Is it too much to ask that Ephant Mon get a prominent role in the Fett administration? [![](https://i.imgur.com/t88uM6H.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/t88uM6H.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2021, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-of-boba-fett/953653/2 "2021-11-01T22:02:05Z")
I’m optimistic since Mando is such a great show. I hope they do a great job. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2021, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-of-boba-fett/953653/3 "2021-11-02T13:17:16Z")
Looks great! Kind of like the Sopranos but Star Wars. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2021, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-of-boba-fett/953653/4 "2021-11-02T13:35:53Z")
One of the comments on that site says > [@](#): > > What I wanna know is are they going to show how he escaped the sarlacc in the first episode or are they going to dangle that like a cheap carrot to hope you keep watching? Didn’t they already explain in _The Mandalorian_ that the Sarlacc got eaten by the big sandworm thing and that’s how he escaped? I vaguely recall something to that effect. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2021, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-of-boba-fett/953653/5 "2021-11-02T13:39:22Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Didn’t they already explain in _The Mandalorian_ that the Sarlacc got eaten by the big sandworm thing and that’s how he escaped? I vaguely recall something to that effect. They _told_ us that, but didn’t _show_ us. Being a visual medium, show is much better than tell. But I’m not wanting them to; that’s old news now. Give us new stories. ---
**Author:** ![gdave](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gdave/32/3683_2.png) [@gdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gdave)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2021, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-of-boba-fett/953653/6 "2021-11-02T13:55:17Z")
The show said that a Krayt Dragon ate _a_ Sarlacc. The Marshal from the nearby settlement had Boba Fett’s old armor, which he had found nearby. As Mando speeds off at the end of the episode, we see Old Boba Fett watching him from a distance. The implication was clearly that the Sarlacc involved was the one that had ingested Boba Fett, and that the Krayt Dragon eating it had allowed Boba Fett to escape, but that he had somehow lost his armor in the process. But that was all by implication. I personally hope they leave it at that. Trying to actually show the mechanics of how all that happened would probably just wind up being stupid. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2021, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-of-boba-fett/953653/7 "2021-11-02T14:00:42Z")
> [@gdave](#): > > I personally hope they leave it at that. Trying to actually show the mechanics of how all that happened would probably just wind up being stupid. Agreed. Look, he got out because he has a cool outfit and became popular with people later. We get it. I mean, we legit learned about his dad in Episode II only because Lucas(who claims not to listen to the fans) clearly listened to the fans and decided to show us where action-figures(uh, I mean his character) comes from. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2021, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-of-boba-fett/953653/8 "2021-11-02T22:35:17Z")
> [@gdave](#): > > As Mando speeds off at the end of the episode, we see Old Boba Fett watching him from a distance. Ooh, I didn’t notice that (I might have seen someone watching him leave, but didn’t realize who it was, and forgot about the foreshadowing before it was addressed). ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2021, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-of-boba-fett/953653/9 "2021-12-09T01:36:38Z")
In the latest TV Spot trailer there are a couple of easter-egg shots that have made the nerds extra excited, if that’s even possible. One shot shows Fett arriving through a door in his tattered original jumpsuit, another shows two aliens (Nikto) fighting two civilians. These appear to be Fixer and Camie at Tosche Station, i.e. characters from scenes cut from the original _Star Wars_. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Bi9GRafMz2E/maxresdefault.jpg "The Return | The Book of Boba Fett | Disney+") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bi9GRafMz2E) [![](https://i.postimg.cc/pLntXytZ/STAR-WARS-KOO-STARK-FOTOR-2.jpg) ](https://i.postimg.cc/pLntXytZ/STAR-WARS-KOO-STARK-FOTOR-2.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2021, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-of-boba-fett/953653/10 "2021-12-09T15:13:32Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > . One shot shows Fett arriving through a door in his tattered original jumpsuit, another shows two aliens (Nikto) fighting two civilians. These appear to be Fixer and Camie at Tosche Station, i.e. characters from scenes cut from the original _Star Wars_ . Koo Stark’s imdb page doesn’t list “The Book of Boba Fett”, so I guess they got a different actress. Lame. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2021, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-of-boba-fett/953653/11 "2021-12-09T16:06:56Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > Koo Stark’s imdb page doesn’t list “The Book of Boba Fett”, so I guess they got a different actress. Lame. _TBoBF_ is based less than 10 years after _ANH_. How were they supposed to explain the 45 years of aging? ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2021, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-of-boba-fett/953653/12 "2021-12-09T16:13:39Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > _TBoBF_ is based less than 10 years after _ANH_ . How were they supposed to explain the 45 years of aging? Hey, they brought Mark Hamill back to play Luke in “The Mandalorian”. I was mostly joking though, especially since Camie never actually made it onto screen. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2021, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-of-boba-fett/953653/13 "2021-12-27T13:53:48Z")
Do we want to use this thread for episode reactions? I say open spoilers after an episode airs, and open speculation, but blur any leaks. Personally I never got the Boba Fett hype, (I did think he was cool, but not UBER cool) but I did really like him in The Mandalorian. I am looking forward to this series. “Ethical” criminals (or at least criminals that follow some sort of rules – for example, assassins who once hired cannot be bribed to alter their target) are interesting to me. We will see what rules Boba adheres to. Brian ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2021, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-of-boba-fett/953653/14 "2021-12-27T15:56:20Z")
> [@N9IWP](#): > > Do we want to use this thread for episode reactions? That was my intention. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2021, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-of-boba-fett/953653/15 "2021-12-27T16:54:50Z")
Apparently pretty much all of the trailer footage shown so far has only been from the first half of the first episode. So it looks like we’re gearing up for a “Baby Yoda” like reveal. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2021, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-of-boba-fett/953653/16 "2021-12-27T19:18:32Z")
When do episodes become available? ---
**Author:** ![gdave](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gdave/32/3683_2.png) [@gdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gdave)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2021, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-of-boba-fett/953653/17 "2021-12-27T19:55:10Z")
This Wednesday, in the U.S. market. Disney+ usually releases episodes midnight Pacific time (3 am where I live, in the Eastern time zone). ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2021, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-of-boba-fett/953653/18 "2021-12-29T08:47:39Z")
**EPISODE ONE IS OUT** At one point showrunner Robert Rodriguez said in an interview that what we’d seen in the trailers was only from the first half of the first episode. I think he exaggerated slightly, and it seems a lot of what we’ve seen in other teasers since then is clearly from further down the line, likely mostly from next week’s episode. But that was still a cool fun adventure so far. A kind of prologue, as a catch up to explain what happened between ROTJ and now. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2021, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-of-boba-fett/953653/19 "2021-12-29T15:11:22Z")
[I knew I recognized those ninjas that attacked them](https://www.3djoes.com/night-creeper.html), I had one as a kid! ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2021, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-of-boba-fett/953653/20 "2021-12-29T15:12:14Z")
Enjoyed the first episode. Nothing spectacular and no big surprises, but still fun and with a similar tone to The Mandalorian. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-of-boba-fett/953653.md?page=2)