# 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:** 2
**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 29, 2021, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-of-boba-fett/953653/21 "2021-12-29T17:25:06Z")
The makeup effects budget seems a little low in this one. The Twi’lek seemed to have less facial prosthetics, and the Gamorreans less body prosthetics. ---
**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 29, 2021, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-of-boba-fett/953653/22 "2021-12-29T17:26:29Z")
> [@DigitalC](#): > > [I knew I recognized those ninjas that attacked them](https://www.3djoes.com/night-creeper.html), I had one as a kid! Why are they dressed as Optimus Prime? ---
**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 29, 2021, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-of-boba-fett/953653/23 "2021-12-29T23:32:12Z")
Honestly, that was kind of disappointing. I was hoping they wouldn’t try to go back and do anything with the Sarlacc, since anything they did to try to explain Boba’s survival and escape would likely to just be kind of dumb. And…yep. He just…punched his way out? I get he had some gadgets and weapons in the armor, but still, that just seemed kind of doofy. And unnecessary. So I guess the series is going to alternate between scenes of him trying to establish himself as the new Daimyo with flashbacks of where he was between _Return of the Jedi_ and _The Mandalorian_? That also seems unnecessary. The whole thing just seems kind of off to me. In the present, he just kind of declares himself Daimyo, and…some of Jabba’s former vassels just accept that? Others obviously don’t. But…it just seems really weird that a criminal empire would work like that. I’d expect Boba to have to do _something_ to establish his power and authority, beyond just ganking the last guy to hold the throne. And presumably he will in future episodes. But he seems to just kind of expect ruthless criminals to fall into line. It’s just kind of weird. Also, in both the flashbacks and the present scenes, he seems…kind of nice. Not like Ted Lasso or anything, but he hardly presents as the most feared bounty hunter in the Galaxy. I get that as the protagonist, they don’t want to portray him as a straight-up villain. But even in _The Mandalorian_ he seemed to have a bit more of an edge. Here, he just seems…off. And oddly passive. Maybe Sarlacc digestive juice mellows you out? I _loved_ the first season of _The Mandalorian_ and enjoyed the second, so Filoni and Favreau have built up more than enough goodwill with me that I want to see where this goes. And this episode wasn’t really _bad_, just…off. ---
**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 29, 2021, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-of-boba-fett/953653/24 "2021-12-29T23:37:34Z")
> [@gdave](#): > > I was hoping they wouldn’t try to go back and do anything with the Sarlacc, since anything they did to try to explain Boba’s survival and escape would likely to just be kind of dumb. And…yep. He just…punched his way out? I get he had some gadgets and weapons in the armor, but still, that just seemed kind of doofy. And unnecessary. Also, when did it eat a Stormtrooper? ---
**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, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-of-boba-fett/953653/25 "2021-12-29T23:51:56Z")
Any time in the previous 1000 years. [![](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7BEauEfb1yk/VbXL14X4HNI/AAAAAAABjMs/-RPcxMsAWSU/s1600/Bandai%2B12th%2Bscale%2BSandtrooper%2B%25281%2529.png) ](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7BEauEfb1yk/VbXL14X4HNI/AAAAAAABjMs/-RPcxMsAWSU/s1600/Bandai%2B12th%2Bscale%2BSandtrooper%2B%25281%2529.png) ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2021, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-of-boba-fett/953653/26 "2021-12-30T00:08:19Z")
The scene of Boba crawling out of the sand after escaping the sarlacc is word for word straight out of Patton Oswalds infamous Park’s and Rec speech. ---
**Author:** ![Fair\_Rarity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fair_rarity/32/153_2.png) [@Fair\_Rarity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fair_Rarity)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2021, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-of-boba-fett/953653/27 "2021-12-30T00:39:45Z")
I laughed so hard because just before it happened I was like “I wonder if it’ll be like Ted Day.” But, on the other hand, there really wasn’t another way to show him exiting unless he jetpacked outta there. It was an ok show for me. What I expected (incorrectly) the Mandalorian to be. I’ll keep watching but I won’t be counting the minutes. I expect the flashbacks with the sandpeople are establishing his current good relationship with them and when he has trouble with the Twileks and what not, the sandpeople will be his army ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2021, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-of-boba-fett/953653/28 "2021-12-30T00:43:10Z")
> [@Fair\_Rarity](#): > > But, on the other hand, there really wasn’t another way to show him exiting unless he jetpacked outta there. Maybe not, but it was dead on starting with the pan down from the twin suns to the sarlacc pit. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2021, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-of-boba-fett/953653/29 "2021-12-30T00:45:57Z")
> [@gdave](#): > > I was hoping they wouldn’t try to go back and do anything with the Sarlacc, since anything they did to try to explain Boba’s survival and escape would likely to just be kind of dumb. And…yep. He just…punched his way out? I get he had some gadgets and weapons in the armor, but still, that just seemed kind of doofy. And unnecessary. They pretty much had to show _something_ so the super fanbois wouldn’t burn down the studio. I was thinking, “Well, at least they got it out of the way right away.” Now we can see something new, not just re-treads of longstanding arguments/fantasies. ---
**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:** [December 30, 2021, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-of-boba-fett/953653/30 "2021-12-30T01:36:27Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > They pretty much had to show _something_ so the super fanbois wouldn’t burn down the studio. I was thinking, “Well, at least they got it out of the way right away.” Now we can see something new, not just re-treads of longstanding arguments/fantasies I fully support this episode as backstory and setup. Now we can move on. ---
**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 30, 2021, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-of-boba-fett/953653/31 "2021-12-30T03:03:11Z")
Yes – I’m OK with backstory in this episode, but future ones better be 90+% “new” (I could tolerate some backstory if it makes sense – maybe it directly relates to the “present”) So the announcer droid just announces.and can’t do translation? Didn’t Bib get a protocol droid that can translate? I would have expected removing Mandalorian armor to be more difficult – maybe Jawas are skilled enough. Gamorian guards proved useful – who knew? 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 30, 2021, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-of-boba-fett/953653/32 "2021-12-30T03:12:35Z")
> [@N9IWP](#): > > So the announcer droid just announces.and can’t do translation? That is not 8D8’s skill set. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/4O0-dCLFadQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Return of the Jedi - Gonk Torture") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4O0-dCLFadQ) ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2021, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-of-boba-fett/953653/33 "2021-12-30T03:59:58Z")
I was surprised to see that the droid was voiced by Matt Berry. Looking forward to him saying “Yes I can hear you, Boba Fett.” And I thought the desert creature was kind of doofy looking but it’s a universe of doofy looking creatures so… _shrug?_ I also thought the escape was kind of tropey but there really isn’t much else they could do with it. Have him punch out and get on with it. Just because it’s a trope doesn’t mean it can’t be done decently. ---
**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 30, 2021, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-of-boba-fett/953653/34 "2021-12-30T06:01:26Z")
It the original run of _Star Wars_ comics it _spat_ him out. > **[I Love Ya But You're Strange - Boba Fett's Sad Day Out of the Sarlacc Pit](https://www.cbr.com/i-love-ya-but-youre-strange-boba-fetts-sad-day-out-of-the-sarlacc-pit/)** > > In their latest spotlight on strange comic book stories, CSBG looks at the time that Marvel brought Boba Fett back from the dead for an issue. ---
**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:** [December 30, 2021, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-of-boba-fett/953653/35 "2021-12-30T10:03:44Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > And I thought the desert creature was kind of doofy looking but it’s a universe of doofy looking creatures so… _shrug?_ I kind of wondered how strangling a creature that literally spent hours completely buried in the sand worked but hey, whatever. ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2021, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-of-boba-fett/953653/36 "2021-12-30T13:31:35Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > And I thought the desert creature was kind of doofy looking but it’s a universe of doofy looking creatures so… _shrug?_ It also had inconsistent scale. The size of the first claw uncovered indicated something much larger than the +/- 12’ tall thing it ended up when Boba strangled it. I was expecting a last tongue out gasp, a la Jabba’s last breath. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2021, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-of-boba-fett/953653/37 "2021-12-30T16:52:16Z")
Was that just the claw that was first showing? I was thinking that it may have been its arm. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2021, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-of-boba-fett/953653/38 "2021-12-30T17:02:05Z")
> [@DigitalC](#): > > The scene of Boba crawling out of the sand after escaping the sarlacc is word for word straight out of Patton Oswalds infamous Park’s and Rec speech. Here is Patton’s speech, the part that covers Fett: > Begin with standard title sequence and John Williams fanfare followed by a scroll to be written. I would like to mention that Brian de Palma wrote the original opening scroll for Star Wars Episode 4: A New Hope. I think it would be a nice nod, uh, to the franchise if were to write this opening scroll. Then pan down from the twin suns of Tattoine, uh, we are now close on the mouth of the Sarlacc pit. After a beat, the gloved, Mandalorian armor gauntlet of Boba Fett grabs onto the sand outside the Sarlacc pit and the feared bounty hunter pulls himself from the maw of the sand beast. There’s not much though. And he didn’t pull himself out of the mouth, it looks like he went out the side of the Sarlacc after burning a hole with his flamethrower, then dug up from the sand. I also thought it was extremely appropriate that Fett’s armor was jacked by Jawas. Those little turds would strip your car to the frame if you left it outside long enough to grab a cup of coffee. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2021, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-of-boba-fett/953653/39 "2021-12-30T17:05:18Z")
Since we get to see the inside of a Sarlaac, I wish Boba had spent a little more time exploring it. I’ve always imagined that most of the victims would still be alive but trapped. Maybe have a long lived alien who laments that he still has 900 years before he’s completely digested. Nearly 45 years later, I’m still wondering why anybody (even smugglers and such) would set up camp in a hellish monster infested shit hole like Tatooine. Does the moisture taste particularly sweet? ---
**Author:** ![Galactus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galactus/32/3581_2.png) [@Galactus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Galactus)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2021, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-of-boba-fett/953653/40 "2021-12-30T17:06:40Z")
Was very disappointed with the first episode. So slow, even the fight scenes felt slow. The parkour shield ninja fight was silly and badly choreographed. Does Boba’s jet pack not work? Felt very low budget compared to last season of Mandalorian. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-of-boba-fett/953653.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-of-boba-fett/953653.md?page=3)