The Book of Boba Fett- Disney+ show starting December 29

[Pato del Muerto 52489]

Bane is more badass looking in this than animated. 
 

and the first scene when the spice is blowing away the first thing I thought of is they riffed off of treasure of the sierra madre. 

Edited February 3, 2022 by Pato del Muerto

[F250 28767]

Summation of my feelings after watching the latest episode.

[Xminus6 790]

They didn’t give Boba one line in the whole episode, which is fine by me. Mando is awesome. 

[Nivek 16923]

I do like how the towns folk ran to save Vanth and ignored the deputy. But I guess the extra shots to the deputy put him out of question.

[billfromlaketravis 11458]

I watched it again. My wife of course had to see Grogu. 

I think Grogu picks the chainmail. People would light themselves on fire if Baby Yoda is killed onscreen by Adam Driver. 

The Luke stuff is cool as hell, but Grogu could train with other Jedis. Ahsoka, maybe Ezra, and Leia (PLEASE GOD NO! gif). Yes I know, Cal Kestis and Cere Junda could theoretically be out there. 

[Nivek 16923]

I do like how the towns folk ran to save Vanth and ignored the deputy. But I guess the extra shots to the deputy put him out of question.

[mdmost 43001]

If you've seen the Clone Wars or Rebels shows, Filoni constantly interweaves storylines or has stand alone stories for some of the characters similar to the past 2 episodes. This is no different except the name of the show changes to match the main protagonist. Mandalorian set the universe where Ahsoka was reintroduced (she'll get her own story later), it reintroduced Boba who now has his own storyline, it brought in Fennec Shand, it gave us Cobb Vance, it now has brought in Cad Bane. All of these characters are brought in to move towards a larger story like Clone Wars or Rebels.  It's cool that he's now doing that in his live action shows. So yes this should be called The Mandalorians with Din as the main character like Ezra was in Rebels. Mando is the glue of the series. I don't think they'd show Luke and Grogu if it didn't lead to Grogu returning to Mando. So many great things about this episode. Order 66 from Grogu's perspective including the mystery of who saved him which is probably another Filoni Clone Wars nod to a character no one has seen since that show. The nods to the OT and PT are great because it's not useless nostalgia. The deep fake technology is so good that you could have actual shows with Luke as the main character. It's what a lot of us always wanted to see. 

Edited February 3, 2022 by mdmost

[Snake Diggity 4621]

How well they’ve done the Luke work makes me think in 10 years it’ll be possible for them to retcon a sequel trilogy.

[billfromlaketravis 11458]

45 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said:

I watched it again. My wife of course had to see Grogu. 

I think Grogu picks the chainmail. People would light themselves on fire if Baby Yoda is killed onscreen by Adam Driver. 

The Luke stuff is cool as hell, but Grogu could train with other Jedis. Ahsoka, maybe Ezra, and Leia (PLEASE GOD NO! gif). Yes I know, Cal Kestis and Cere Junda could theoretically be out there. 

I forgot about Quilan Vos. He's another Jedi that's still alive. 

[Captainant 27655]

49 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said:

I forgot about Quilan Vos. He's another Jedi that's still alive. 

He tangled with Cad Bane, too.... [FILONI INTENSIFIES]

Edited February 3, 2022 by Captainant

[NWBuck 8552]

First this series starts with scenes from Constable Bob's fever dreams, then this episode?
Just wow...

If only Cobb Vanth had fired a bolt into the sand and told that Pyke "next one's coming faster...." That would have given me a Marshall stiffy for sure. 

[CooterBrown 18006]

59 minutes ago, Snake Diggity said:

How well they’ve done the Luke work makes me think in 10 years it’ll be possible for them to retcon a sequel trilogy.

There was a rumor a few years ago of someone pitching a D+ series of the original trilogy from the Empire's perspective. The main beats from the OG trilogy would be there but you wouldn't really get to know the Rebels. They'd just be more like a terrorist organization from the POV of the Empire. It never got any traction but it's an interesting concept IMO.

[Js1 85311]

1 hour ago, Nivek said:

I do like how the towns folk ran to save Vanth and ignored the deputy. But I guess the extra shots to the deputy put him out of question.

1 shot to the shoulder versus 4 shots to the chest. 

[Captainant 27655]

1 hour ago, Snake Diggity said:

How well they’ve done the Luke work makes me think in 10 years it’ll be possible for them to retcon a sequel trilogy.

Apparently Lucasfilm hired the guy who did the Luke deepfake videos that touched up the Mando s2 finale

https://www.indiewire.com/2021/07/lucasfilm-hires-deepfake-youtuber-mandalorian-skywalker-vfx-1234653720/

Pretty crazy what he was able to do just as a fan, I can't wait to see what else he's able to do with studio-quality assets

[Aqua Buddha 14590]

Awesome episode.  Star Wars is the easiest thing to write for that it's amazing how badly they fucked up the movies.

Sure, have some new story lines but keep going back to the well.  Keep the feel of a western sci-fi.  Mark Hamill signed on?  Sweet.  Do some Luke Skywalker Jedi shit.  It's fucking awesome.

Star Wars fans want the greatest hits.  We're simple people.

[huge 3793]

I was thinking about this, how many clones would have been needed to take out Kenobi?  Or this version of Luke? Or Vader/Anakin?  100s?

[Pato del Muerto 52489]

1 minute ago, huge said:

I was thinking about this, how many clones would have been needed to take out Kenobi?  Or this version of Luke? Or Vader/Anakin?  100s?

Well dozens of dark troopers didn’t scratch him. 

[billfromlaketravis 11458]

57 minutes ago, Captainant said:

Apparently Lucasfilm hired the guy who did the Luke deepfake videos that touched up the Mando s2 finale

https://www.indiewire.com/2021/07/lucasfilm-hires-deepfake-youtuber-mandalorian-skywalker-vfx-1234653720/

Pretty crazy what he was able to do just as a fan, I can't wait to see what else he's able to do with studio-quality assets

Leaves the door open for Leia to return, but Carrie Fisher won't be involved in any capacity for obvious reasons. I wouldn't really be a fan of that. 

[hornian 5212]

 

 

[Viper 12108]

Cobb Vance is Raylan Givens, Space Marshall and no one can convince me otherwise.

 

The lone figure walking up to the town was intense and amazing. Second shot I notice a flat brimmed hat and say "Is that Cad Bane?" next shot I can see he's blue and say "Holy shit that's Cad Bane!!". My wife is meanwhile "Who?"

[Pato del Muerto 52489]

You mean raylan bullock. 

[oSuJeff97 3435]

3 minutes ago, Viper said:

Cobb Vance is Raylan Givens, Space Marshall and no one can convince me otherwise.

 

The lone figure walking up to the town was intense and amazing. Second shot I notice a flat brimmed hat and say "Is that Cad Bane?" next shot I can see he's blue and say "Holy shit that's Cad Bane!!". My wife is meanwhile "Who?"

LOL had almost the exact same reaction/interaction.
 

[Jive Turkey 12594]

we flipped the fuck out when we saw Ahsoka last night.  that was so cool.

if/when Ezra, Sabine, and/or Thrawn make their live action debuts, i'm not sure i'll be able to handle it.

this series has gotten awesome real quick.

Edited February 3, 2022 by Jive Turkey

[Red Five 40852]

8 minutes ago, Viper said:

Cobb Vance is Raylan Givens, Space Marshall and no one can convince me otherwise.

 

The lone figure walking up to the town was intense and amazing. Second shot I notice a flat brimmed hat and say "Is that Cad Bane?" next shot I can see he's blue and say "Holy shit that's Cad Bane!!". My wife is meanwhile "Who?"

Haha yeah totally.

(googles "Cad Bane")

[MissingInAction 25038]

Whoever designed the cgi for Cad Bane's face should be getting all the moneys.

When he looked up out from his hat I peed a little.

Edited February 3, 2022 by MissingInAction

[Guadaloopy 10960]

Really glad I made the time investment last year to watch all of the Clone Wars episodes.  Makes the payoff so much better when Filoni brings those characters to live action.  

[Guadaloopy 10960]

20 hours ago, Murfdogg21 said:

Episodes 1-3 of BOBF could have been condensed to 1 or 1.5 episodes, and save more time for shit like this. Here we are, eternally teased by not knowing what Ahsoka told Luke about his father, mother, Obi Wan, the various Sith, her encounters with Vader, or the events of Rebels. Or if Luke told her how Obi Wan died or what went down on Death Star 2. Glad we had 3+ episodes dedicated to Tusken culture and Boba dealing with local tavern owners and town mayors though!

This is why we can’t have nice things.  No patience.  

[Murfdogg21 4412]

8 minutes ago, Guadaloopy said:

This is why we can’t have nice things.  No patience.  

No patience? We have one episode left? Then we get to wait 18 months for 7 more episodes! At least with Mando, they only wasted one episode of season 2. I don’t bitch a lot about filler in animated shows that adds some future call back content because there are a lot more episodes per season. Every episode of these short seasons of live action is precious to our inner fan boys as Mark Hammill grows another year closer to being unavailable. 

[mdmost 43001]

Yeah, that's a silly criticism. We, the audience, know all that about Ahsoka's dealings with those characters. We don't need Ahsoka telling that to Luke other than little bits and pieces like the show did with "so much like your father". I'm sure if Filoni deems something necessary from Ahsoka's past to be presented to Luke to help progress the storyline, he'll do so. And I quite enjoyed seeing Tusken culture as that at least treads some new ground in the SW universe and isn't just a visual restatement of something that's previously happened. 

[NotActuallyALonghorn 4976]

Yeah, the earlier episodes set the stage for this and what is to come. Maybe they could have condensed them slightly, but not by much.

[mdmost 43001]

32 minutes ago, Murfdogg21 said:

No patience? We have one episode left? Then we get to wait 18 months for 7 more episodes!

Your statement isn't without a bit of irony given we had to wait 16 years for new Star Wars content from the end of Jedi. In this year alone, we're getting Boba, an Obi Wan limited series, and probably at least the start of season 3 of Mando. Not to mention more Bad Batch if you need more content. Next year, we'll get Ahsoka and the Cassian series. 

[Nivek 16923]

1 hour ago, Viper said:

Cobb Vance is Raylan Givens, Space Marshall and no one can convince me otherwise.

 

The lone figure walking up to the town was intense and amazing. Second shot I notice a flat brimmed hat and say "Is that Cad Bane?" next shot I can see he's blue and say "Holy shit that's Cad Bane!!". My wife is meanwhile "Who?"

My first thought was Embo because of the hat at a distance and me being in the kitchen prepping dinner.  As soon as I saw the details of the hat it was all Cad Bane.   

 

2 hours ago, Aqua Buddha said:

Awesome episode.  Star Wars is the easiest thing to write for that it's amazing how badly they fucked up the movies.

Sure, have some new story lines but keep going back to the well.  Keep the feel of a western sci-fi.  Mark Hamill signed on?  Sweet.  Do some Luke Skywalker Jedi shit.  It's fucking awesome.

Star Wars fans want the greatest hits.  We're simple people.

We accept new stuff all the time, it just has to make sense.  The Mandolorian is a new character with a new arc that was fleshed out of old material but never discussed (the fundamentalistic progression of the Death Watch).    We are also seeing a glimpse into the Empire's resistance methods, and the Republic's shift from a rebel force into a governing body trying to establish control and the opportunistic crime syndicates assert themselves.  

 My kid shouldn't be mocking the bombers in outer space.  

 

[Nivek 16923]

22 minutes ago, mdmost said:

Your statement isn't without a bit of irony given we had to wait 16 years for new Star Wars content from the end of Jedi. In this year alone, we're getting Boba, an Obi Wan limited series, and probably at least the start of season 3 of Mando. Not to mention more Bad Batch if you need more content. Next year, we'll get Ahsoka and the Cassian series. 

NOT ENOUGH! (/Headhunter Chief from Nate and Hayes)

[Guadaloopy 10960]

Mind.  Blown.  Just saw on IMDb that the actor playing the bartender in Mos Pelgo/Freetown is none other than W. Earl Brown aka Deadwood’s Dan Dority.   Should have had Ian McShane voice Cad Bane.  Judges would also have accepted Walt Goggins.  Would love to see a Star Wars  version of Boyd Crowder.  

[MissingInAction 25038]

Nah, you don't fuck with Cad Bane's voice. It's menacing guttural cadence is a huge part of the character.

Sounds exactly like the voice actor from cline wars. 

Edited February 3, 2022 by MissingInAction

[YChang 3443]

6 minutes ago, MissingInAction said:

Sounds exactly like the voice actor from cline wars. 

You'll be pleased to know it is the same actor. 

[F250 28767]

2 hours ago, Viper said:

The lone figure walking up to the town was intense and amazing. Second shot I notice a flat brimmed hat and say "Is that Cad Bane?" next shot I can see he's blue and say "Holy shit that's Cad Bane!!". My wife is meanwhile "Who?"

Same reaction here. As others have said, a Western quick draw scene involving Cad Bane and Sheriff Bullock/Raylan Givens was unexpected but so awesome. This episode was so brilliant. Just so much aawesomeness.

 

 

Scene with Mando leaving without seeing Grogu.

 

 

5 minutes later Cad Bane appears in the distance.

 

Luke making Grogu choose.

[F250 28767]

Would be cool if Hondo Ohnaka shows up for some pirate shenanigans during the fight with the Pykes.

 

[NotActuallyALonghorn 4976]

Cad Bane's hat in the animated series was actually much bigger with the brim sloped down kinda like one of those asian hats. This is an improvement, but still close enough that fans of the animated series could immediately recognize it.

[Viper 12108]

31 minutes ago, F250 said:

Would be cool if Hondo Ohnaka shows up for some pirate shenanigans during the fight with the Pykes.

 

They had a Weequay in the Mandalorian didn't they?

[kingkoopa6 8347]

12 hours ago, Xminus6 said:

They didn’t give Boba one line in the whole episode, which is fine by me. Mando is awesome. 

 

[F250 28767]

11 minutes ago, Viper said:

They had a Weequay in the Mandalorian didn't they?

The bartender that said "It's Free town now" is one, I think.

 

[Viper 12108]

1 minute ago, F250 said:

The bartender that said "It's Free town now" is one, I think.

 

I think you're right, just wasn't registering because of how wide his face and body were.

[kingkoopa6 8347]

8 hours ago, Viper said:

"Holy shit that's Cad Bane!!". 

this kid went super saiyan 8 

 

Edited February 4, 2022 by kingkoopa6

[Pato del Muerto 52489]

1 hour ago, NotActuallyALonghorn said:

Cad Bane's hat in the animated series was actually much bigger with the brim sloped down kinda like one of those asian hats. This is an improvement, but still close enough that fans of the animated series could immediately recognize it.

There’s been westerns where someone wears a hat like that but my immediate recollection is billy Jack, even though he isn’t the same character archetype. 

[atomheartbevo 89649]

5 hours ago, Jive Turkey said:

we flipped the fuck out when we saw Ahsoka last night.  that was so cool.

if/when Ezra, Sabine, and/or Thrawn make their live action debuts, i'm not sure i'll be able to handle it.

this series has gotten awesome real quick.

We will get Thrawn.  Ahsoka is hunting him.

We will most likely get Sabine - no way she stays out of the upcoming Game of (Mandalore) Thrones that is Mando S3.

Ezra's the wild card.

George Lucas has to be happy, given his role in creating the show and his personally hiring Filoni.

[Guadaloopy 10960]

14 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

There’s been westerns where someone wears a hat like that but my immediate recollection is billy Jack, even though he isn’t the same character archetype. 

Lee Van Cleef.  

[atomheartbevo 89649]

4 hours ago, Murfdogg21 said:

No patience? We have one episode left? Then we get to wait 18 months for 7 more episodes! At least with Mando, they only wasted one episode of season 2. I don’t bitch a lot about filler in animated shows that adds some future call back content because there are a lot more episodes per season. Every episode of these short seasons of live action is precious to our inner fan boys as Mark Hammill grows another year closer to being unavailable. 

Don't think of them as filler.  From what we have now seen in the past two episodes, Mandalorian, Boba, and Ahsoka are going to be intertwined.  Mandalorian setup Boba Fett, the fight for control of Mandalore, and the hunt for Admiral Thrawn - Filoni/Favreau didn't toss in a mention of Thrawn being around, without that happening.  Boba is definitely going to be backing Mando in S3.

Mando S3 will be later this year (they've been filming since last October).  Ahsoka's show won't be filming until Mando S3 wraps up, so I'm not sure if we will see it this year.

We are getting Obi-Wan and the Cassian Andor series this year, although both of those will be taking place much earlier than the Mandoverse.  We are getting more Bad Batch laster this year.  The Acolyte and Lando shows will be set outside of the Mandoverse (Acolyte is High Republic).

[Pato del Muerto 52489]

12 minutes ago, Guadaloopy said:

Lee Van Cleef.  

Yeah that’s the other one that better matches the character. But I always go to billy Jack first. 

[T’Boo Ted Marshall 2732]

Cobb Vance is Raylan Givens, Space Marshall and no one can convince me otherwise.
 
The lone figure walking up to the town was intense and amazing. Second shot I notice a flat brimmed hat and say "Is that Cad Bane?" next shot I can see he's blue and say "Holy shit that's Cad Bane!!". My wife is meanwhile "Who?"

Same. As soon as I saw a hint of a blue face I knew it was about to get real.