# 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:** 3
**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, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-of-boba-fett/953653/41 "2021-12-30T17:11:47Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > 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? It has a convenient lack of attention from the authorities (even when the Empire had a strong grip on everything, it was practically run by gangs). And yet it has multiple functioning spaceports and other nods to civilization in its cities. I think it’s also handy to live somewhere that you can take someone into the desert, dump the body, and count on scavengers disposing of it pretty quickly. It’s sort of like Las Vegas in space, without the fancier bits. (If you want a world that’s basically a giant casino, go to Nar Shaddaa. Which incidentally is even more attractive to lowlifes, which is why it has the nickname “Smuggler’s Moon”.) Generally though, I don’t think people usually go to Tatooine unless they’re pretty desperate. Go to any run-down, extremely rural place in the real world, where people are struggling to get by and ask why anyone would live there. I’ve personally wondered that myself more than once in some places. > [@Galactus](#): > > Does Boba’s jet pack not work? You know, I wonder about that. We’ve seen Mandalorians in the prequel films, Clone Wars, Rebels, and so on. Their jetpacks are like personal aircraft. Yet Boba Fett almost never used his in either of the original films he was in; I think he used it once in the fight at Jabba’s barge to help him jump a gap, and then of course it was set off when Han Solo accidentally bumped it which led to Fett ending up in the Sarlacc to begin with. It might be fair to assume that his jetpack really does have problems and has never worked right. He really should get it looked at. I’m sure he can afford it now after all those tributes. ---
**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, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-of-boba-fett/953653/42 "2021-12-30T17:16:41Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > It has a convenient lack of attention from the authorities But from what we’ve seen, Tatooine gets A LOT of attention from the authorities. Even the Sarlaac has a belly full of stormtroopers. ---
**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, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-of-boba-fett/953653/43 "2021-12-30T17:20:46Z")
That was because they were trying to get those Death Star plans. It’s Artoo’s fault really. Technically it was under Imperial authority, and Bestine was their nominal HQ on the planet during the Imperial era, but even so it wasn’t a big priority for them. I believe that Bestine itself had quite a lot of Imperial activity, as they turned it from a shithole backwater town into the closest thing to a thriving city the planet had. Outside of that place though, they kept to themselves. Otherwise, Jabba wouldn’t have been able to operate the way he did. ---
**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 30, 2021, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-of-boba-fett/953653/44 "2021-12-30T18:01:06Z")
I wish they had filmed [this scene of his escape](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCJx2cSz-Lw) instead of the Oswalt version. ---
**Author:** ![Pavelb1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2021, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-of-boba-fett/953653/45 "2021-12-30T23:39:18Z")
I love how much work he gets now…some 20 years after I knew who he was. Shocked I didnt recognize his voice though. He’s easily my most out of leftfield impression I do. “This is my wife’s vagina, and this is my mothers vulva.” ---
**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 31, 2021, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-of-boba-fett/953653/46 "2021-12-31T11:22:58Z")
> [@Galactus](#): > > So slow, even the fight scenes felt slow. The parkour shield ninja fight was silly and badly choreographed I’m not sure whether to be pleased or disappointed about BF’s dubious fight performance in town. He wants to be the Supreme Crime Guy but just walks around and gets completely surprised when he’s attacked? WTF did he expect? This is some rookie shit. On the other hand, it does make a change from the usual “badass beats up gang of ninjas one at a time” trope. And also the “bodyguards are completely useless” one. Way to go, pigboys! ---
**Author:** ![Asylum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@Asylum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asylum)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2021, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-of-boba-fett/953653/47 "2021-12-31T12:00:09Z")
I wondered how strangulating the thing would’ve worked until I remembered that it also cuts off blood flow to the head. ---
**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 31, 2021, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-of-boba-fett/953653/48 "2021-12-31T12:20:43Z")
Yeah, I don’t think it was choked to death, it was knocked out and then decapitated. ---
**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 31, 2021, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-of-boba-fett/953653/49 "2021-12-31T13:28:20Z")
Using the chain to choke the critter had to have been a callback to Leia choking Jabba… 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 31, 2021, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-of-boba-fett/953653/50 "2021-12-31T14:48:05Z")
I like to think of the critter not as a wild animal, but Just Some Guy, an alien from a spacefaring species who came to Tatooine to live out his violent fantasies. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2022, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-of-boba-fett/953653/51 "2022-01-01T01:05:51Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > And also the “bodyguards are completely useless” one. Way to go, pigboys! Just imagine being a bodyguard to a guy in indestructible armor filled with a high tech arsenal. If there’s anything he can’t handle, what are **you** gonna do? Especially a pig man in a fuzzy diaper carrying an axe around. “Your job is to draw fire. Work on oinking loudly.” ---
**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:** [January 5, 2022, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-of-boba-fett/953653/52 "2022-01-05T21:57:17Z")
Those of you disappointed by the first episode may find episode 2, “The Tribes Of Tatooine” more to your liking. Full of action this time. Some may argue against the “outsider becomes part of the tribe” motif as problematic, but I don’t think it’s quite as bad as it might have been. And in any case, it’s okay to simplify these ideas down to tropes sometimes, especially for something like Star Wars. ---
**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:** [January 5, 2022, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-of-boba-fett/953653/53 "2022-01-05T22:14:10Z")
I’m enjoying it, but not as much as The Mandalorian so far. I think it’s because, so far, Boba Fett seems to be so remarkably naive, and not nearly as ruthless as he needs to be, as far as being a prospective crime lord. He should be making examples left and right of the ones who aren’t showing him the respect he needs. Or if he’s become legitimately kinder and gentler, they need a good explanation for this apparent change in his character since he was working for two of the worst individuals in the galaxy (Jabba and Vader). The Tusken back story is fun so far, but it hasn’t explained this, at least not yet. ---
**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:** [January 5, 2022, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-of-boba-fett/953653/54 "2022-01-05T22:49:57Z")
I kinda enjoyed this episode of _Dances With Sandpeople_. Also, I like the Ithorian (the mayor) having subtile fuzz now. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-of-boba-fett/953653/55 "2022-01-05T22:57:42Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > I kinda enjoyed this episode of _Dances With Sandpeople_ . I prefer “A Man Called Bantha”. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-of-boba-fett/953653/56 "2022-01-05T23:22:33Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > I’m enjoying it, but not as much as The Mandalorian so far. I think it’s because, so far, Boba Fett seems to be so remarkably naive, and not nearly as ruthless as he needs to be, as far as being a prospective crime lord. He should be making examples left and right of the ones who aren’t showing him the respect he needs. Or if he’s become legitimately kinder and gentler, they need a good explanation for this apparent change in his character since he was working for two of the worst individuals in the galaxy (Jabba and Vader). The Tusken back story is fun so far, but it hasn’t explained this, at least not yet. He also has no real organization, his entire crew is Fennec and two guys who tried to kill him and a robot that was probably stored in a closet. Why does he think he can just go around demanding tribute? for what? ---
**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:** [January 5, 2022, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-of-boba-fett/953653/57 "2022-01-05T23:32:05Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > I’m enjoying it, but not as much as The Mandalorian so far. I think it’s because, so far, Boba Fett seems to be so remarkably naive, and not nearly as ruthless as he needs to be, as far as being a prospective crime lord. He should be making examples left and right of the ones who aren’t showing him the respect he needs. Or if he’s become legitimately kinder and gentler, they need a good explanation for this apparent change in his character since he was working for two of the worst individuals in the galaxy (Jabba and Vader). The Tusken back story is fun so far, but it hasn’t explained this, at least not yet. I agree with all of that pretty much 100%. Except that I don’t think the Tusken backstory _can_ explain the kinder, gentler Boba Fett, since he’s _already_ kinder and gentler when he first encounters them. For example, in the first episode, when he sees the ~~biker~~ speeder gang beating up Random Moisture Farmer, he turns away with a look of disgust. Boba Fett, the most feared and ruthless bounty hunter in the Galaxy, doesn’t have the stomach to watch someone getting beaten? He just seems so drastically out of character from the beginning of the flashback. > [@DigitalC](#): > > He also has no real organization, his entire crew is Fennec and two guys who tried to kill him and a robot that was probably stored in a closet. Why does he think he can just go around demanding tribute? for what? Yeah, this, too. As I wrote upthread, > [@gdave](#): > > 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. ---
**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:** [January 5, 2022, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-of-boba-fett/953653/58 "2022-01-05T23:35:41Z")
Maybe Disney is afraid of making Fett a truly ruthless, nigh-amoral anti-hero. Which is odd, because I remember in the 2nd episode of The Mandalorian, the title character was disintegrating Jawas left and right. I thought that really set the tone of the character – this is a guy who really will kill you, without a second thought, if you cross him even by just stealing from him. And we saw his character change and become more decent, because of Baby Yoda (he even went so far as delivering the baby to the bad guys before changing his mind), and I thought it really worked. But I’m still enjoying it. Maybe something will explain this. ---
**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:** [January 5, 2022, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-of-boba-fett/953653/59 "2022-01-05T23:38:08Z")
> [@gdave](#): > > the ~~biker~~ speeder gang beating up Random Moisture Farmer BTW, the couple being harassed by the bikers later were officially Camie and Fixer. > **[Star Wars Makes A New Hope Deleted Scene Canon After 44 Years](https://screenrant.com/star-wars-boba-fett-camie-fixer-tosche-station-canon/)** > > It's time to officially meet Camie and Fixer! ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2022, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-of-boba-fett/953653/60 "2022-01-06T01:32:01Z")
Disney has done a very good job with the Tusken Raiders and their spiritual practices and stuff like that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-of-boba-fett/953653.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-of-boba-fett/953653.md?page=4)