Chat corner 115: Boba Fett

[annathecrow]

Welcome to the Monday chat corner!

This is a current canon week, so lets revisit a topic we’ve talked about before: the miniseries The Book of Boba Fett.

More than a year after it aired, what do you think? Did it stick in your memory, or are you glad to forget it? Have you watched the whole thing, gave up mid-way, or avoided it entirely?

Comments

[yourlibrarian]

I liked it at the time, although I thought various critiques of it were fair (especially given that Boba didn't even get all the time in the Boba story). I haven't felt any urgency to rewatch, given that I haven't rewatched anything in forever.

Mostly I wonder if we are ever going to get more about how things are going with Boba, Fennec and Tatooine.

[colls]

As a "book" in the current timeline of the overall Disney+ shows, I loved it! I thought it balanced being fun with some heavier themes of Boba and the Tuskens, Boba and loss, Boba and his tribe, etc. Overall I think it added a lot to the story.

I read some of the criticisms of it when it came out and while it's not perfect by any means, most of the criticisms seemed to boil down to some fans' expectations not being met or some fans wanting Disney to focus in a different direction. I don't disagree with either of those points (I can't really, because they are 'opinions'), but my opinion is that it's nonsensical to claim something is "bad" simply because it wasn't what you wanted. For me, it was the story we are given and I aim to enjoy it.

And while I don't often follow creators on social media any longer, I did follow Ming Na from way back and the two leads obviously had so much fun making it.

I re-watched it, in a manner of speaking, to clip for vidding (and I've vidded it more than once - using both Djarin & Grogu footage as well as Boba and Fennec footage).
I do want more of Boba and Fennec adventures, and I'd like to know what happens to the Marhsall -does he become Mayor?

[goodbyebird]

I absolutely loved the first half of the show, before it devolved into fanservice, and the baffling choice to air the first two episodes of Mando's next season 🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️

[fleurviolette]

I was disappointed when Grogu was returned to Din. It negated the season 2 finale of the Mandalorian. I haven’t rewatched BoBF ever since.

[annathecrow]

oh lol, I'm gonna be the token hater XD I enjoyed the show, on average, but I have so many criticisms. The plot is a mess, there are some hints of character development for Boba that don't have enough space to work, the acting is so wooden it rivals some of the worst from the Prequels (not to blame the actors, at least half of that is because of the script)... and then, of course, two whole episodes of it belong to a different show.

Besides, I still can't forgive it for the way it portrayed Luke. It isn't one thing, more a list of little details that make him, to me at least, feel as if he's gotten a personality transplant between the show and the end of the original trilogy.

I mean, I don't hate the show, and some of its parts were fun, but I think it's just... not good.

[fleurviolette]

Lol let the salt run through! There was potential for the show to be at least entertaining like Mando but instead it was a mess.

Given the current state of LF and the writers’ strike, it’s going to be a while until they course correct and make better shows and movies.