Chat corner 37: The Book of Boba Fett

[annathecrow]

Welcome to the new year! Feels like the old year. Still, may 2022 be a better year for you than 2021 was.

Optional prompt

This week’s topic should be from the non-movie canon content category, so I’ll bite the bullet and make it The Book of Boba Fett. I’d say make it non-spoilery, since the first episode came out on 29th, but it is a first episode, so…??? (Wookieepedia article here.)

 

Comments

[annathecrow]

I will definitely post it! I'm too fond of it not to. :) Only now I'm wondering if I don't want to wait until TBOBF airs completely, and then make changes to it that would reflect the new canon.

My problem is, basically, that I have a lot of original worldbuilding around Tuskens, and TBOBF has Tuskens as well. I'm 100% ready to handwave it as "that's a different tribe", especially since the TBOBF Tuskens are pretty different from the ones in the movies and the ones in The Mandalorian already, but what if there's something relevant in the later episodes?

...but that would mean waiting another two months, sob. And on one hand, I've already sat on the fic for half a year so what's two more months... but on the other, two more months.

[astromech1138]

It sounds like a cool fic!

From what I've seen of BF, I think you could easily get away with "it's another tribe." I've been thinking about how Star Wars portrays planets as countries -- making everyone from a planet have the same culture, etc. -- but that's obviously not the case (for planets or countries). I think there's a lot of room to take it in whatever direction you want.

But I totally understand not wanting to put it out when there's so much new Tusken material coming out lol

[extrapenguin]

As someone who hasn't watched The Mandalorian or TBOBF, I say post it, especially if it's not Mando/TBOBF fic or the audience doesn't need to have seen Mando/TBOBF. There is always a dearth of original worldbuilding in fandom! And yes, you can always state that these Tuskens are from near Mos Ila or something, unlike the Anchorhead/Mos Espa Tuskens of the other media.