# 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:** 9
**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:** [January 19, 2022, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-of-boba-fett/953653/161 "2022-01-19T23:41:54Z")
1. I loved that instead of hunting them down and having a fight, he just used his ship to kill all the biker dudes. Anti-climactic, but just right. 2. Where did they get his armor from? I mean, Timothy Olyphant had it in Mando, but how did he get it? ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2022, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-of-boba-fett/953653/162 "2022-01-19T23:49:14Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Where did they get his armor from? I mean, Timothy Olyphant had it in Mando, but how did he get it? Olyphant gave it to Mando for helping him and Mando gave it to Boba after he proved it was his. ---
**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 19, 2022, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-of-boba-fett/953653/163 "2022-01-19T23:50:52Z")
IIRC the Olyphant character bought it from Jawas. ---
**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:** [January 20, 2022, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-of-boba-fett/953653/164 "2022-01-20T00:18:08Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > IIRC the Olyphant character bought it from Jawas So they fished it out of the pit? Huh. ---
**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:** [January 20, 2022, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-of-boba-fett/953653/165 "2022-01-20T00:18:24Z")
> [@DigitalC](#): > > Olyphant gave it to Mando for helping him and Mando gave it to Boba after he proved it was his. And I was asking how Olyphant got it. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-of-boba-fett/953653/166 "2022-01-20T00:27:12Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > So they fished it out of the pit? Huh. Boba had the armor when he crawled out of the pit, the Jawas knocked him out and took it. All this was in episode one. I don’t know why he forgot this on the last episode. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-of-boba-fett/953653/167 "2022-01-20T00:50:13Z")
He was half-dead from dragging himself out of the Sarlacc pit when the Jawas took it, and semi-conscious during the actual theft. It’s not a stretch that he’d have no memory of what happened to his armor. ---
**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 20, 2022, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-of-boba-fett/953653/168 "2022-01-20T01:25:47Z")
> [@DigitalC](#): > > He specifically called it firespray. I think this is the first mention on-screen in core canon, but in the Expanded Universe material, _Slave I_ has been termed a _Firespray_-class since at least the late 80s. I think the original toy might even have specified it was _Firespray_-class ship. It’s possible they’re retconning that, so _Firespray_ is now the name of Boba Fett’s specific ship, not the name of the class. Or he might have been referring to his ship by the generic class name, like saying, “We need to get my Mercedes back”. I suspect the latter. > [@iiandyiiii](#): > > Was very happy to see Fett behave a lot more like a ruthless killer this episode. Mercilessly slaughtering a biker gang that pissed him off fits the character better than letting various unsavory types insult him and live. Yeah, he seemed more in character, and more consistent with his depiction in _The Mandalorian_. I was actually genuinely starting to wonder if Favreau was deliberating tweaking Star Wars fandom, and making a sort of meta-joke. Like, Boba Fett has only a few minutes of screen time and couple of lines of dialogue, and gets chumped by a blind man by accident, yet fans, and the EU, have treated him as an uber-cool badass for decades. I really was starting to wonder if Favreau was playing with the idea that Boba Fett isn’t actually nearly as much of a badass as his reputation makes him out to be. But this episode seemed to veer back to “badass”. Well, at least until the summit dinner, where he kind of meanders from asserting himself as the new Daimyo to just asking everyone to at least please stay neutral while he fights the Pykes and just please don’t stab him in the back. ---
**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 20, 2022, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-of-boba-fett/953653/169 "2022-01-20T01:33:47Z")
> [@gdave](#): > > Or he might have been referring to his ship by the generic class name, like saying, “We need to get my Mercedes back”. Yes, he specifically called it “my Firespray Gunship” which is a description rather than a name. But in _The Mandalorian_, Din Djarin calls his ship The Razor Crest, but that is also just its class, as the Rangers in the X-Wings refer to it as that when apprehending him. In any case, it’s a decent enough way to distance itself from the name “Slave 1” without contradicting established canon. ---
**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:** [January 20, 2022, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-of-boba-fett/953653/170 "2022-01-20T01:46:03Z")
So was it just me, or did they play a few notes of the Mandalorian theme when Fennec said “Credits can buy muscle, if you know where to look.” ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-of-boba-fett/953653/171 "2022-01-20T02:06:48Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > But in _The Mandalorian_ , Din Djarin calls his ship The Razor Crest, but that is also just its class, as the Rangers in the X-Wings refer to it as that when apprehending him. That would be a mistake, the Razor Crest is a [ST-70 Assault Ship](https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/ST-70_Assault_Ship). ---
**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 20, 2022, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-of-boba-fett/953653/172 "2022-01-20T03:20:55Z")
> [@gdave](#): > > I think the original toy might even have specified it was _Firespray_ -class ship. No, it was just “Slave 1, Boba Fett’s spaceship”. > **[Slave I - Complete in Box](https://4thmoontoys.com/products/slave-i-mint-in-box?variant=34446840955012)** > > Boba Fett's iconic ship, the Slave 1. Made by Kenner in 1980 for the release of the Empire Strikes Back and recently featured in The Mandalorian and Book Of Boba.  Toy is in excellent condition and 100% complete. Ship is complete in... ---
**Author:** ![TwoCarrotSnowman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/twocarrotsnowman/32/15879_2.png) [@TwoCarrotSnowman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoCarrotSnowman)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-of-boba-fett/953653/173 "2022-01-20T08:14:12Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > So was it just me, or did they play a few notes of the Mandalorian theme when Fennec said “Credits can buy muscle, if you know where to look.” Yes indeed. As an aside, I think the music on both the Disney+ Star Wars shows is superb. ---
**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:** [January 20, 2022, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-of-boba-fett/953653/174 "2022-01-20T16:36:45Z")
I liked this ep more than the previous ones and I think it did work to reestablish Fett’s badassness (even though that has fluctuated all over anyway: baddass in _Empire_, goes out like a chump in _Jedi_, watered down further in the Special Edition when he ogles at a dancing girl…) and helped give better reasoning for him wanting to step in as daimyo. Temuera Morrison doesn’t seem as strong of an actor as Pedro Pascal, but he has his moments. I had a chuckle when Shand called the biker gang “Mods.” Yeah, they’re patterned after mods, but they also MODify themselves with tech. Putting that together made me laugh. When I saw the biker gang in the desert, I knew that they were going to be in a world of hurt. I also wondered if Fett was going to leave one alive to “tell the tale.” That last missile may have been a little overkill, but it was a fun scene. Krrsantan was absolute badass in the casino. My son and I excitedly watch the build, waiting for him to start wrecking trandoshans. We weren’t disappointed. When Krrsantan hoisted up the last one, I was hoping to see him rip an arm off. Maybe we’ll see a Krrsantan series in the future. According to the Internet, he’s a popular dude now. I thought it was a little silly to have the droid declare that Fett is “fully healed” after the bacta treatment. I thought that making Fett deal with the effects of being in the Sarlacc gave him a neat weakness to overcome and build strength. How much does a bantha eat? Fett tossed his one little piece of food and was like “there you go, now you’re happy.” Cows and horses basically need to graze throughout the day. I guess banthas are more like camels, who can go days without water and months without food. ---
**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 20, 2022, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-of-boba-fett/953653/175 "2022-01-20T17:49:33Z")
Has it ever been established how Bib Fortuna “betrayed” Boba Fett? ---
**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:** [January 21, 2022, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-of-boba-fett/953653/176 "2022-01-21T20:44:19Z")
So apparently, the Sarlac survived a Boba Fett sized hole being burned through its stomach? I guess I called it on Fett hiring the Wookie. Anyone else having trouble keeping the timeline straight on this show? How many years did he spend with the Sandpeople? ---
**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 21, 2022, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-of-boba-fett/953653/177 "2022-01-21T20:53:10Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > I guess banthas are more like camels, who can go days without water and months without food. But how long with poodoo? > **[I'm Confused About Bantha Poodoo and So Is Everyone Else](https://gizmodo.com/im-confused-about-bantha-poodoo-and-so-is-everyone-else-1844434426)** > > Bantha poodoo is the most notorious insult in Star Wars—well, maybe tied for nerfherder. And I have to admit some confusion. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-of-boba-fett/953653/178 "2022-01-21T21:00:14Z")
> [@Galactus](#): > > Anyone else having trouble keeping the timeline straight on this show? How many years did he spend with the Sandpeople? I had a bit of a hard time with it, too, but in this episode, as they’re flying to the Sarlacc pit, Fett says something to Fennec along the lines of, “I was abandoned here for years.” _The Mandalorian_ (which is, more-or-less, contemporaneous with the “present day” parts of BoBF) is set 9 years ABY (After the Battle of Yavin, a.k.a. the time frame of the original Star Wars movie); _Return of the Jedi_ is set in 4 ABY. Fett fell into the Sarlacc in 4 ABY, and by late in the year of 9 ABY, he’s the self-proclaimed daimyo of Tatooine. So, there’s five years to account for. My WAG is that he was in the Sarlaac for about 4 years, then spent about a year with the Tusken tribe. His rescue of Fennec (depicted during this past episode’s flashback) occurs at the end of “The Gunslinger” (Season 1, Episode 5 of _The Mandalorian_); Fett finally meets up with the Mandalorian in “The Tragedy” (Season 2, Episode 6), in which he gets his armor back, and at the end of “The Rescue” (Season 2, Episode 8), Fett and Fennec take over Jabba’s palace. So, the “present day” portions of BoBF are taking place shortly after the end of the second season of _The Mandalorian_. ---
**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:** [January 21, 2022, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-of-boba-fett/953653/179 "2022-01-21T21:23:02Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > he was in the Sarlaac for about 4 years Four years without food and water or, apparently air, since he had to borrow some from the Stormtrooper? I was figuring he was only in there a day or two at most. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-of-boba-fett/953653/180 "2022-01-21T21:30:00Z")
> [@Galactus](#): > > Four years without food and water or, apparently air, since he had to borrow some from the Stormtrooper? _shrug_ Science works weird in the Star Wars universe; at least in the old, no-longer-necessarily-canon Expanded Universe stuff, it was explained that the Sarlacc’s digestive system would keep victims alive for years (reflected in Threepio’s speech about “you will find a new definition of pain and suffering, as you are slowly digested over a thousand years.”) As far as using the air from the Stormtrooper’s armor, I could hypothesize that he was getting some air that wasn’t full of Sarlacc digestive fumes. If you don’t like that explanation, then, he spent 2 days in the Sarlacc (despite his quote in this latest episode), and then 4+ years with the Tuskens. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-of-boba-fett/953653.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-of-boba-fett/953653.md?page=10)