EFAP Mini: Reacting to The Book of Boba Fett S01E07 - The Grand Finale!

[@darkpuppetlordful]

"Hey Finn, catch. This lightsaber should be with you" *Luke throws Mace Windu's lightsaber*

[@darthdarth4297]

Hey Finn here’s Lando’s blaster, mace windows Lightsaber, android proof condoms. L3 likes black men

[@Red-zh7vq]

Finn: “But Ki-Adi Mundi was my favorite Jedi” Luke: “Ah, but you’re black mate, you have to have Windu’s lightsaber.”

[@darken2417]

Based, would unironically make the sequels better.

[@soyuzdavillan721]

If Finn gets Windus lightsiaber and Grogu gets Yodas... if AOC was a Star Wars character then she would definitely get Plo Koons lightsaber, being as though they look like the same species lol

[@seank.2589]

😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣👏👏👍

[@lumeronswift]

Legitimately one of the most terribly-written episodes of anything I've ever seen. Not a single character makes a reasonable decision at any time. The biggest frustration I had was watching two jetpack-users fly aaaaaaall the way out of their good cover, but instead of finding a vantage point or any kind of fresh cover with a view, they both landed in the most exposed place the street had to offer.

[@TheMasterpiecePD]

The writing for these star wars shows reminds me of when you're sleeping and during the dream you feel as if you're experiencing the coolest story Ever but then you wake up and realise it made no sense and it was just random stuff happening with no coherency ... Except these star wars writers never woke up

[@rascoehunter3608]

It would have made more sense if they had kept flying around making themselves hard targets to hit. And just throw grenades at the enemies.

[@rascoehunter3608]

In Clone Wars jet packs are very effective tools and opens up so many different opportunities for combat.

[@AAhmou]

My worst "nitpick" is that nobody out of the cast brought a spaceship to do a few strafing runs on the gang members in the open or the big anti-tank Scorpnek droids (That should have definitely killed the rancor btw).

[@rascoehunter3608]

I have seen people try to defend that using the Rancor would make more sense than using the ship. Their only reasoning was that the ship would be too easy of a target and would just make the fight too easy for the heroes. Both of these points are very stupid.

[@darkbum1510]

The whole Luke AI thing is why I actually prefer the German dub. In it, the voice actor Jan Makino is voicing Luke, he is the son of the original voice actor for Luke back in the 80's, Hans-Georg Panczak. Their voices sound very much alike and he has also voiced Luke in the end of Mando Season 2. He sounds... good, I'd say, he definitely has a more human delivery, but that doesn't take away from the fact that Luke as destroyed again...

[@johannesseyfried7933]

Huh. Now I actually have a reason to watch The Mandalorian. In german, no less. 😄 I normally tend to watch Shows in English, because they are easier to find on the Internet.

[@darkbum1510]

@@johannesseyfried7933 Though, at that point, could you tell me where you find English shows and movies? Most of the time Burning Series and Serienstream have both, but sometimes not. Edit: Seems like my previous comment didn't get through. Tell me if I you can see two comments as answers to your comment.

[@johannesseyfried7933]

@@darkbum1510 No, I can only see one comment, that you appeared to have edited.

[@darkbum1510]

@@johannesseyfried7933 I haven't. It go deleted because I posted links in it. Okay, you can find the pages Burning Series and Serienstream through Google. Have fun :)

[@wojak-sensei6424]

I imagine he says "Git bac up, ja. Olveys Git bac up."

[@Syy]

So let me get this straight. The Pyke Syndicate is SO rich and powerful that they can afford 2 Scorpenek Annihilator Droids - who's canonical ONLY downside is that they're crazy expensive to manufacture - but they simultaneously CANNOT afford to give their assassins any fucking guns. To the point where half of them have sticks, and the other half have to resort to crawling over a Wookie like they're fucking zombies. Okay. 😐

[@eros5420]

The Annihilator droids were BOGO. And if cut into the projectile weapons budget. Its all explained quite clearly if you read the 'STAR WARS Syndicate: Tales of the Coupon Cutters' Comic Series. Smh. Stop Nitpicking.

[@sanemaniac7416]

It's like a rookie in an RTS where they spent all their money on uber powerful units but support them with basic units after running out.

[@rascoehunter3608]

Or Starfighters. It would have made more sense if they had done a double battle with both star fighters battling and ground forces battling. That would explain why Boba didn't use Slave 1. But no that is not what we got.

[@Red-zh7vq]

I’m not one for talking during movies, I absolutely hate it and will call people out in the theater, but when I was watching this at home I could not help myself. I saw them pull out knives and I just screamed “WHERES YOUR GUNSSS?”

[@drlee2]

I don't get it. Where were all those Pykes who showed up late to the fight after the droids had been there for what felt like forever? Why weren't the Pykes flanking Boba's forces or something while the droids were shooting at them? Forget flanking, just shoot at them from higher ground. There's nothing they could do at that point since they were trapped.

[@abastionofbricks7575]

I love how the windows 95 controlled b1 battle droids in phantom menace shot the Gungan shields for like 2 seconds, realized it didn't work and stopped, while Boba's collection of intellectual titans didn't stop firing at the shields for half an hour.

[@mertarican5456]

BUT IT WAS SO KEWL

[@f3ynman44]

And once the shields were gone, they STOPPED shooting at them lol

[@NimbusTM]

Boba Fett vs Cad Bane should’ve ended after Bane’s quote of “being alone is best” with the Rancor rounding the corner, Coruscant Drift style in Vin Diesel’s car, blasting ‘See You Again’ as they run him over. Then, Boba gets up and shakes hands with the Rancor, like Arnold Schwarzenegger and Carl Weather’s characters do in Predator.

[@WrathofArchon]

would have made more sense and been better than what actually happened

[@Ceyx000]

'See you again" by Miley Cyrus? . Fuck yea!

[@brofist1959]

Boba Fett vs Cad Bane should have ended during the "negotiations." You know what would have been a sick crime lord maneuver? Telling your snipers to execute the enemy while everybody sits in safety because you've set yourself up a killzone. Cad Bane could have died the moment Boba learned he shot Cobb. It would have been easy. Trivial, even. Not only that, it would have proven that Boba isn't incompetent and deserves the title of "crime lord," but for some reason Disney decided that Boba just isn't interested in being ruthless (or in running a criminal empire, for that matter), so instead every character continues to make nonsensical decisions for the next 30 minutes.

[@NimbusTM]

@@brofist1959 you should post that as an individual comment, not underneath this joke comment, cause that’s actual criticism rather than what I put here

[@brofist1959]

@@NimbusTM Honestly, the entire series is a joke, so I don't think it matters much.

[@charliec4862]

Baby Yoda has a history of pressing random buttons in the Razor Crest's cockpit. Sure is lucky nothing went wrong on Grogu's trip to Tatooine

[@JohnSmith-zl1tr]

Could have been disabled for the trip.

[@WseEntertainment]

"baby" is 50 jears old they meanten this in mando sesaon 2

[@scorptarget]

💯😂😂

[@HunterMearo]

@@WseEntertainment seems that Yoda and Grogu's people also mentally mature at a much slower rate too, looking at Grogu's response to a friendly arm wrestle, his actions in the Razor's cockpit and his general selfishness when he frequently tries to eat the eggs of the frog lady. Tldr Grogu is 50 and acts like a 5 year old. Seems like they both physically and mentally mature at a far slower rate.

[@sparkypack]

1:26:08 Luke! Yoda, Yoda, Yoda, Yoda, Skywalker, Luke! 🤣

[@lumeronswift]

"Look out for yourself; anything else is weakness" says Cad Bane, while very caringly looking out for Boba by putting himself in the most vulnerable possible position that a gun-wielder could possibly put themselves in...

[@SagaciousNihilist]

It almost seemed like he didnt want to kill him.

[@jedibusiness66]

Still, such a reputedly clever bounty hunter wouldn’t leave himself so vulnerable. It was a dumb move.

[@aytony4090]

Wasn't Cad Bane basically a father figure to Boba in the clone wars series? It would've actually been kind of cool to see the 2 together again but like wtf did they do here?

[@The1337guy1]

@@aytony4090 No the "father" figure for Boba was Bossk and the rest of the crew they had. Cad Bane and them didn't really seem to get along from what I remember.

[@JakeMXZero]

Every step forward he took made me furious.

[@Necromancer4267]

The Book of Boba Fett simply took away any possibility to theorize or attempt to rationalize Luke's TLJ portrayal by removing the unknown time between his portrayal in RotJ and TLJ. Now instead of being able to surmise that something *drastically* changed Luke's perspectives in the 30 or so years between the two films, you have to concede that Luke begins acting contrary to his portrayal in RotJ near imediatly after the credits roll. They did the impossible once again and made Luke's radical shift even more unbelievable.

[@canderoussnurd4265]

Also I’m noticing that a lot of this series was written by either hipsters or people that grew up in boring suburbs and never had a hard day in their lives. The Vespa gang being portrayed as “victims” while the water merchant in ratty cloths is portrayed as “greedy asshole”. Vespa gang leader is portrayed as tactical genius while grizzled veteran mercenary is portrayed as gutless for wanting to organize a defense from a highly fortified position in enfilade. Just what I observed watching this but I’d bet my last dollar that whoever wrote this was a spoiled brat as a kid and never had so much as a fist fight growing up.

[@redinho1994]

The Vespa gang members are also portrayed as noble social activists, who want to defend their community.

[@HerohammerStudios]

@@redinho1994 My favourite is the black guy who looks straight out of the casino in TLJ. He actually makes me angry whenever he shows up lol

[@doopdoopdopdop7424]

Their “enhancements” don’t even make sense. The girl’s arm is so shrimpy, the guy’s eye adds so much weight to his face. The others have random pistons and shit. WHY?! At least with Vader it actually added to his size and strength, making him a terrifying mass of defiant strength. These kids are basically just a pack of high school goths.

[@jamess.8279]

@@doopdoopdopdop7424 not to mention he requires the suit to live.

[@doopdoopdopdop7424]

Exactly.

[@aaronmueller1560]

I love how these recordings have slowly turned into essentially full EFAPS

[@JohnSmith-zl1tr]

Full Faps

[@petriew2018]

when there's this much bullshit to cover, is it any wonder?

[@stock6600]

"Efap mini" 2 fucking hours yeah

[@araposkulo]

It's like an EFAP origins callback, seeing a two-hour video.

[@SumThingFawful]

@@stock6600 tbf 2hours is mini for efap

[@JohnDoe-yp3zv]

So those big battle droids are Colicoid Annihilator Droids and are, clearly, the big brother to the Droidekas that are also made by the Colicoids. They've existed back in the prequel era, before Disney took over, and I know this because of my source, the New Essential Guide to Droids, published back in 2006. Their two dual laser cannons are described as rapid fire and high intensity and can "deliver blistering barrages that can crack the hulls of enemy tanks". One was able to eviscerate, within minutes and through cover, three platoons of clones that were deployed to the Colicoid homeworld of Colla IV to stop the production of Droidekas and Tri-fighters. One could "turn a dozen AT-TEs into smoldering husks" and required Republic commanders to commit "unacceptable numbers of heavy units in order to take down a single annihilator". Their only limiting factor is the prohibitively high costs to produce in mass quantities, with "fewer than one hundred existing on all of Colla IV" with a scant few sent to the front lines. At the end of the Clone Wars, they were deactivated and Palpatine had them moved to the Imperial Department of Military Research, where they would quietly be funneled to Palpatine's citadel on Byss. ...And in Book of Boba Fett, they are made into jokes with slow rate of fire, no aim, barely causing collateral damage, taken down by a bunch of country bumpkins whose only saving grace are a rancor, a Jedi, and a lightsaber, and they are operated by some crime organization on a nowhere desert world and not being hoarded by some Imperial Remnant or old Separatist warlord because of how clearly valuable they ought to be but aren't shown as in this dumb show. Disney acquired a world with nearly limitless potential with so many things already made for them and they squandered it.

[@PlakeFilmmaker]

Watch out on season 2 where we find out the Annihilator Droid is actually just depressed and are peaceful machines.

[@MasterSkyrim1000]

I think I still have that book myself...loved looking at it as a kid. So sad what Star Wars has become since then.

[@tuskinradar8688]

Man I love that book

[@darken2417]

Just another piece of good lore which will need to be purged when the retcon finally comes. Purged because once Disney ruins something we can never use it again in a retcon since we don't want people to remember the Disney sequels. Same reason why in a retcon sequel trilogy we will need to wipe out whole systems from the lore to make sure there are no disney sequel references,

[@benjamingrant5970]

@@darken2417 Not necessarily. That's like saying we shouldn't have had Andrew Garfield and Jamie Foxx in No Way Home,just because the TASM movies were garbage. THEY managed to be rehabilitated,anythings possible.....

[@atreides213]

The problem is that the team Disney has in charge of Star Wars is incapable of innovating, either because of executive interference or a dearth of creativity. Rather than Luke pioneering a new, less monastic jedi order, his philosophy reverts back to that of the jedi in the prequels. Mando can't get a new ship, we have to rehash a prequel ship people haven't seen since episode 1, even if it doesn't make sense. No advancement, just regression.

[@WrathofArchon]

it sucks too because a show about a bounty hunter would be a cool way to showcase different planets/destinations or even just different aspects of planets we’ve already explored, and they can’t even do that with Disney levels of money for some reason. Not just that but the story doesn’t even have to be incredibly complex, it can just be bounty hunter guy goes to a new planet to do a thing and runs into trouble, and it would still be more interesting and feel more alive than the current shows we’re getting.

[@pumpernickelrye9736]

As Tolkien once said, evil is incapable of creating. All it can do is corrupt it until it is ruined.

[@graye2799]

All they had to do was use the EU ad a general outline.

[@Red-zh7vq]

The Phantom Menace nostalgia in episode 5 of BOBF was mind blowing

[@Red-zh7vq]

@Knox2Don just go back to the EU, that’s the real canon

[@ChrisBenoit-angermng.counselor]

The book of Boba Fett is like watching my 8 yr old nephew playing with his action figures, except his dialog is better.

[@drlee2]

The editing and choreography is probably better, too.

[@personanongratis]

I was 8 and playing with toys, I remember inventing more coherent scripts then the clowns at Disney!

[@sirpepeofhousekek6741]

When I would play with action figures when I was young, I distinctly remember having them use *cover.*

[@zachrohler1047]

I'd rather hear your nephews dialog. Atleast then their wouldnt be expectation lmao

[@HellsFallenAngel1]

Book of Bofa Fett

[@JohnSmith-zl1tr]

"The Gamorrean guards..." Why not call them "the Gamorreans", or "the guards", or "Bob and Fred"? I guess their race really is "Gamorrean Guard".

[@braddl9442]

Omg....it is.

[@hugehuman1]

They wouldn't even give the Twins a name, so it's no wonder they'd forget to do the same for these hapless Gamorreans

[@silvernova354]

And while they are at it, provide them with guns too.

[@Cyberleader672]

"How do you miss a Rancour!?" is now one of my favourite Mauler lines And yes Rags. I was fucking pissed when they killed Cad Bane like that. They made him a moron like everyone else. They didn't even go into his history with Boba like how he helped train him or how he knew Jango

[@mrshmuga9]

I had a good laugh when Jay said, “Lol, ratio”. Because it really does exemplify how stupid it is.

[@sparkypack]

Rags got broken and I think he became drunk doggo 🐶🍻 after the recording.

[@redbigun]

I imagine Luke sent Grogu off by himself and unprotected because he's salty that Grogu chose Mando. 🤣

[@willbeard4835]

That's the one part I stopped the show to laugh out loud. Dude put a baby on an xwing with a robot and sent him across the universe back home because he didn't choose Yoda's lightsaber. So God damn funny

[@Jordie_42]

He cant be salty. He's a robot

[@Rantsnrambles808]

That’s how it felt

[@sparkypack]

1:25:05 🎵🎶 LUKE! Skywalker, Skywalker, Skywalker, Skywalker, LUKE! 🎵🎶🎶

[@lakabaka]

@@willbeard4835 Sent him to Tatooine, one of the most dangerous planets also.

[@cpt.riptide473]

Canonically, Cad Bane was an incredibly competent and talented bounty hunter who was capable of taking on multiple Jedi in combat. This ending for him was pretty pathetic.

[@Red-zh7vq]

To be fair, he should be like 90 years old at this point, it doesn’t make a whole lot a sense he’s walking around at all

[@JakeMXZero]

@@Red-zh7vq If he's sharp enough and agile enough to see the flamethrower coming and dodge roll out of the blast and land that precise shot on Boba Fett, then age simply cannot be used as an excuse. He in no way should have lost that fight, that was insane

[@Red-zh7vq]

@@JakeMXZero oh no I wasn’t excusing it, I’m just the character is really old and I’d doubt he’d even be alive right now

[@xolotltolox7626]

@@JakeMXZero That's just because he has 200 hours in Dark Souls

[@darken2417]

@@Red-zh7vq We don't know how his species ages though.

[@Daniel145D]

It’s actually impressive how Robert Rodriguez can make anything boring. He made *boba fett on a rancor* slow and hard to watch

[@-Zakhiel-]

Rodriguez is a hack. I don't understand how people can still love him as a director. His work is, at best, generic and boring. His "best" movies are adaptations where he didn't have to do much except for using the original materials as a litteral story board. His movies are overall bad. His best movie is From Dusk till Dawn, wich is not realy his movie. It's a Tarantino movie. The script was writen by Tarantino. Tarantino was an actor and on set, he was the one directing the other actors.

[@unpopularopinions7407]

@@-Zakhiel- Sharkboy and Lavagirl is a cinematic achievement and I will not hear otherwise

[@-Zakhiel-]

@@unpopularopinions7407 I stand corrected.

[@christopherjones5446]

He had to have done it on a dare. It’s the only explanation. “Hey, Robert. I bet you can’t take two of the most exciting elements of the original trilogy and make them duller than a college dissertation”.

[@soulsearcher9620]

@@-Zakhiel- i can believe that.

[@samzilla567]

Bionic Girl: "No Boba you must defend the city!" Boba: "The Pykes are only after my head. Wouldn't me being in town put lives at risk? Bionic Girl: "No shut up it's fine! It's not like people will get hurt and half the town will be destroyed."

[@sparkypack]

It's so bizarre. They opened with different syndicates and factions wanting to kill Boba's over his position. In episode 6, they kinda turned away from this idea and made it about a spice "drug" issue. Drug problems are primarily not solved by killing the providers Disney. The problem is reduced by educating and helping the population. + Drug addicts don't just stop taking drugs from tomorrow, they will do whatever necessary to get their stuff so the Pykes still get their money in the end.

[@JorraneRei]

I think the reason Di$ney Luke doesn’t work, has never worked and will never work is that they’re seeing him through the lens of a cultural phenomenon they feel they have to conquer instead of understanding he’s literally the heart of the story and compromising the heart will always be in detriment of everything else. You make your heart bitter and resentful the entire thing falls apart. You strip him of his kindness and optimism and even his humanity by replacing him with a computer generated mask and you’re left with nothing except aesthetics and a superficial glow. He’s a party trick now. Nothing else.

[@Rinksiderips]

Disney's people to assassinate: 1. Han Solo ❌ 2. Luke Skywalker ❌ 3. Leia ❌ 4. Palpatine ❌ 5. Boba Fett ❌ 6. Luke Skywalker (Again) ❌ 7. Obi Wan 🎯

[@BiggieTrismegistus]

I know I'm a couple of years late but I think you're absolutely right about the "cultural phenomenon" they need to conquer part. He's a white male hero who is synonymous with Star Wars and they don't want that anymore. I think it's similar to have Star Trek has gone off the rails too. The future as presented in that show was built upon on science, reason and other Enlightement values meaning it was the kind of future a scientifically inclined white guy would create. It was also a very earnest show; their was any postmodern "irony" in it. Neither one of those things would fly nowadays as far as modern producers are concerned.

[@adriansuknjov9757]

The sheer stupidity of this show especially the finale left me dazzled. There were so much things annoying me to no end like 1. Boba showing for like the first time ambition and authority by saying they will defend from the palace, but the cyber punk teen knows better saying they will stay here in this burnt down building, because reasons. Boba throws his guts immediately out of the window and bows to his will. Otherwise this episode would have a completely different set up and outcome. 2.The absence of any tactics and strategy. Everyone runs to the ruins after they have a little fight so they can get easily surrounded by the enemy to generate a sense of danger. 3.Boba being surprised the other crime bosses stabbed him in the back and saying to Mando it would be a miracle if anyone survived now. Nooo it would've been a miracle if anybody would die, Bob.A Feet 4.Bobas heart of gold to protect his city, but letting his fight play out in the midst of they city and getting the rancor to wreak even more havoc and the most laughable part is the townsfolk thanking Boba and cheering him as a sort of hero, although it's his fault. Could've been avoided if he did stay tf in his palace. 5. Black Krrsantan being so injured, he can barely walk anymore. The super duper droids arrive and he's able to run and fight again, like nothing happened. 6.Grogu being there at all made no fucking sense, just here so he and Mando can go back to status quo, putting the rancor to sleep and raising the stakes for Mando. 7. Mando fleeing from the Droid, seeing Grogu. Wanting him out of danger but continuing staying on their trail, while the Droid is on his, instead of leading it elsewhere. And of course no one's ever really gone.

[@Rantsnrambles808]

Remember the good parts of game of thrones when cerci said “the peasants don’t care who rules”

[@SwiftNimblefoot]

It was hilarious - why would the people care if Boba or the Pykes rule over them, both are ruthless crime lords and will tax them to starvation.

[@sparkypack]

1:42:00 it's no use. Some people give a damn about good writing and such reviewers should be ashamed to call themselves a content creator. All they do is pumping out a wrong picture of what good content is.

[@bengale9977]

Everything about the show is bad. Even the "good parts" are just mindless nostalgia and fan service. Everything in the show is just old lines from the prequels and OT or even mandalorian. Even Cobb Vanth appears only to say the same line he did in his one episode and then get shot by Cad Bane in more fan service.

[@soulsearcher9620]

We did it Fennec! We saved the city! *Rancor biting Mando's head off in the background* (god, the rancor should've killed mando.... that didn't need to happen, they wrote this... and they either thought it was good or they just don't care)

[@schwaaard]

A fitting finale: the culmination of character assassination, poor dialogue, nonsensical plot, and vacuous “action” scenes. It doesn’t get worse than this!

[@SagaciousNihilist]

Yes it does, just watch the reaction videos they posted in this stream, these knuckle dragging zero IQ mouthbreathers are eating this shit up, ensuring that this shitfest will continue.

[@lukas5293]

Not until kenobi or mando season 4

[@sithman1]

@@SagaciousNihilist It's clear Disney is making it for these people, if the fanbase wants this then they can have it, time to move on I say.

[@sparkypack]

and Rags has been broken. 😔

[@Rinksiderips]

Disney's people to assassinate: 1. Han Solo ❌ 2. Luke Skywalker ❌ 3. Leia ❌ 4. Palpatine ❌ 5. Boba Fett ❌ 6. Luke Skywalker (Again) ❌ 7. Obi Wan 🎯

[@vashviper9346]

Cad Bane was way more interesting in the clone wars, he didn't monologue, he didn't stick around in a fight he couldn't win, he was hyper intelligent and with his tactics and plans with multiple fallback plans incase something goes wrong, He was actually into a bit of banter and was always open to negotiation to avoid having to fight a Jedi in a one on one fight...and this is the shit we get. And they made him the most cringe shitty bad guy I have ever seen. His voice here sounds different from the original too, it sounded like he spoke with a deep voice but with a higher pitched mechanical voice box that made him sound iconic, he wasn't always glaring and baring his teeth at people like he does here...and they kill him with a fucking stick in what is the most embarrassing action scene in star wars I've ever seen...Thanks I hate it.

[@partypete2542]

Disney fans will say: But he's much older now!! Still ignoring the fact that if youre a bounty hunter who's made it to his 60s or 70s or whatever you really would have to be one of the smartest, fastest and toughest guy out there. The fact that cad bane went from duping the entire jedi order several times in the clone wars to losing a street fight against an old boba is criminal.

[@vashviper9346]

@@partypete2542 Which also doesn't take into account that we don't know how much older he's gotten or of that effects his race. And even IF his age would weaken him like humans, then WHY is he not taking more of a tactician role or being his own boss? We've seen him work with a crew before, having him be the brains of a small Bounty hunter group with all his years of experience and connections would play for an interesting antagonist...but no we got this floompy fingered joke.

[@codyopperman5930]

Don't forget the tiny hat. Cad's hat was fucking massive in the clone wars.

[@gageowo9527]

Plenty of cowboys who lived to that age could still draw their gun way faster than some young dude who thought he could take them. One of the things you don't lose with age is common sense unless you have dementia. Maybe that's what held bane back lmao.

[@steffanyschwartz7801]

Cad Bane literally was on verge of killing Obi won and Anikan. Young Boba almost killed MACE WINDU. Yet they can barely do anything in this show

[@jacobhardin9119]

Luke: This is my master’s lightsaber. Baby Yoda: Where did you get that? Luke: A good question, for another time.

[@mertarican5456]

Yoda shows up : the master, i am Luke : but master, how?? DARK SİDE İS FULL OF MANY POSSİBLİTİES SOME WOULD CONSİDER UNNATURAL. Proceeds to massacre everyone.

[@dadocta5168]

Must've used the time travel technique from Rebels because that lightsabre was destroyed in the Disney comics.

[@AndersonClips]

@@mertarican5456 somehow yoda returned

[@AmranAziz-c9g]

I was thinking the same thing

[@redbigun]

"You shouldn't have left your friend without his armor." Is he talking to Boba because Mando left Cobb without armor.

[@McGregor43]

Boba in his head was probably like "who the fuck is Cad talking about?"

[@SwiftNimblefoot]

The writers confused them since both are just bounty hunters in mandalorian armor...

[@sparkypack]

@@SwiftNimblefoot Writers: So is Boba the green one or the silver one? Writers: Ah, doesn't matter. The audience clap anyway.

[@Ranadinn]

All "Mandalorians" look alike.

[@DuneStone6816]

Well Cobb had been wearing Boba's armor specifically. Maybe Cad somehow knew this and had assume incorrectly that Boba took it from Cobb personally. But there I go writing the script for them . . .

[@Archphoenix1]

So bobas army was a bunch of un armored bikers, a naked wookie, a sniper,a naked rancor and a bunch of unarmored,unarmed miners. SOMEHOW the cartels didnt just destroy them

[@fr0ck360]

I find it hilarious the droids can’t even aim towards the running freetown people in a straight line

[@horseradishpower9947]

You can tell the writers learned their military and fight tactics from episodes of Benny Hill... While on LSD. Hence the reference to Spice...

[@wwapd1]

Wookie isn't unarmored, silly. He's got the Xena kind of armor that covers like 10% of your body but attracts 98% of hits.

[@SwiftNimblefoot]

And barely any of them die. Only like 2 bikers and 3 freetowners died?

[@SwiftNimblefoot]

@@horseradishpower9947 Nah, they learned it from Westworld. Y'know, where trained mercenaries stand out in the open while firing, and continually advance against melee enemies.

[@Vethorm]

I feel like the natural progression for Luke would be to train his students to be strong enough to face the problems that come from atachments without falling to the dark side as he himself did. But no, he has to be stupid enough to repeat mistakes from the previous jedi. Also, giving Grogu the choise to leave with mando after being train to use the force, but not having control of his emotions is the perfect way to create dark side users.

[@wojak-sensei6424]

Yeah, pretty much transition the Jedi out of the complete drone-like, stoic nature they've been used to and into a perspective that's more flexible and adaptable to what it means to be someone with this unique gift in the galaxy. The prequels, the Clone Wars, KOTOR, pretty much any Star Wars content with Jedi on them have always preached that a true Jedi still acknowledges his vulnerability to attachments, emotions, and all things deemed "irrational" in the Jedi lens, but their ability to still remain true to the light and do the right thing is what ultimately makes them powerful than any other Sith or Jedi. The main message is that the pursuit of absolute rationality itself is an irrational thought, and if we make peace with our demons rather than trying to suppress, we'd be better off for it. Luke should know that better than anyone. This is Jake Skywalker with a text-to-speech voice.

[@nhagan001]

Yep, Luke is setting up Grogu to be his own Anakin Skywalker if he ever sees Mando die.

[@Vethorm]

@@nhagan001 If you think about it, when mando is dying of old age, Grogu will still be a child. Wouldn't be a surprise if Grogu wanted to make mando immortal...

[@petriew2018]

they went to so much trouble assassinating his character in the disney trilogy is makes no sense to give him any character development now...

[@nhagan001]

@@Vethorm I wonder if Snoke will be his "Palpatine" then!

[@leroyjenkins2030]

If Alderaan had a plate of Beskar, they could have deflected the Death Star beam.

[@kvltofsobek90]

Like a literal dinner plate just placed on the grass wherever the laser made contact

[@jacobhardin9119]

It was so ridiculous for a 60 year old Boba to say, “I’m not a little boy anymore.”

[@handles_are_a_bit_rubbish]

It was recycled from Clone Wars arc that never got aired, Boba would've been 13 or 14 at the time so the line would've made sense there but not here. As it stands we have two characters with zero history on screen (not even in TCW) acting like they're having this epic confrontation when it's literally been built up for around half an episode. I swear that Filoni & Favreau are either completely phoning it in or have completely lost the plot and have a completely different story in their heads that they've completely failed to transfer onto their scripts, since the latter is what's happening in RWBY thanks to the writer's commentary giving incredible insight into what the hell they were actually doing.

[@rollrcoastrbacon2725]

I have a feeling it wouldn't take more than a little boy to outsmart this Boba

[@billsimms2511]

This and who wrote the female mechanics lines? She is supposed to be comic relief but her lines are all cringe . Her character is dreadful

[@EBMZEQUENZER]

He grew up surrounded by little clone boys

[@HerohammerStudios]

@@billsimms2511 eh, she's fine. Not funny mind you, but fine. The fucking mayor's assistant guy however. Holy shit is he unbearable. I'm getting really tired of the 'elderly female character is a huge slut who has fucked everything' thing they seem to love doing though

[@vetrais7965]

Alot of people have justified the slaughter of thr bikers as they were badguys. In the show, we see a couple of them roughing up someone to steal their water and be rude to people in a bar. That's not too much worse than the Mods, and the Mods apparently have lots of money for new bikes, clean fancy clothes, and cybernetics. The Mods appear more criminal than the bikers.

[@Rantsnrambles808]

And then you remember boba is a crime lord

[@benjamingrant5970]

@@Rantsnrambles808 Too bad the writers didn't.

[@joshuabonesteel2303]

They also attacked the farmers in one of the first episodes of the show. That is when we see the mark they leave when they have done something. It's how Boba connected them to the tuskans.

[@vetrais7965]

@@joshuabonesteel2303 yeah...they were stealing water and he(the farmer) tried to stop them. Considering the tuskens seem to outnumber the bikers (comparing the dance scene to the strafing run) and none of them are ever seen to have guns (bar fight and that farmer) it again seems very unlikely they'd randomly decide to and be capable of slaughtering the tribe. Not saying they're saints, just that Fennec could figure it out it didn't add up with 0 details.

[@khoid]

I agree, it makes total sense to steal their bikes and then kill them unceremoniously with military grade starfighter and anti-tank missiles. For you see I am sociopathic like the writers of this show.

[@ianjohnson182]

Cad Bane broke a hutt (that committed treason) out of Republic prison. He broke into the Senate building and held several senators hostage then got away. He is (was) cannonically one of the most competent people in the galaxy. This level of stupidity, arrogance, and recklessness is as much of a character assassination as what was done to luke in this season. Please just let star wars stay dead.

[@johnnyboy2537]

Already is to me. Don't consider anything Disney had released canon and didn't see anything past TFA.

[@fluff6811]

@@johnnyboy2537 I envy your ability to compartmentalize anything post Disney acquisition out of your thought process, I really do.

[@johnnyboy2537]

@@fluff6811 When you get used to kicking trash out of your life it's a lot easier to do with fiction.

[@fluff6811]

@@johnnyboy2537 Fair

[@darken2417]

Another issue is that they never really established why he does those jobs. If its just money then he should be all set by now after all those years and big jobs.

[@davidmendez3899]

I love that they turned Luke into Ned Flanders despite also being against “attachment”. “Hey baby Yoda! I cut your hair while you were sleeping!”

[@nhagan001]

Thank god it was just his hair!

[@wojak-sensei6424]

I still can't believe that Luke would use robo ants to build stone huts at a snail's pace when he has the power to make temples with just his mind. Instead of the farm boy doing manual labor, putting himself in peak condition, he's sitting on his ass until Grogu came into the scene. And wouldn't Luke want the Jedi to be close to the Republic as possible? Not only does he have a powerful benefactor there in Leia, but he can also make Jedi live normal lives instead of the stoic detachment that made his father fell to the dark si- oh wait, he's all for detachment now. The more I stare into the Disney Star Wars void, the more it stares back.

[@Red-zh7vq]

@@wojak-sensei6424 in the real canon Luke puts his temple on Yavin IV at the suggestion of Mon Mothma

[@sparkypack]

1:25:11 Thank you Boba Fett! Boba, Boba, Boba, Boba, Fett! Boba, Boba, Boba, Boba, Fett! Everything is so cringe worthy!

[@sexycenturion7074]

Luke: Stella why you making me yella stellaaaa!!!!!

[@anonmcincognito4692]

My headcanon is that the stormtrooper inside the Sarlacc was one of the last living clone troopers and replaced Boba Fett (explaining the age difference). The poor guy is trying to impersonate Boba Fett but he only knows a few tidbits about him

[@berserkasaurusrex4233]

That actually makes a lot more sense than anything in all of Disney Star Wars.

[@Latno-Ziroh]

And he went back to the sarlac for his stormtrooper armor lol

[@apocryphicdeath]

@@Latno-Ziroh Lmao at least that would make sense! Boba looks a Jawa right in the face when they take his shit and he still thinks in just came off in the pit?

[@HerohammerStudios]

"Oh, ehm, yeah. I grew up surrounded by water! I'm totally Booby Fat!"

[@jamesstranack2233]

The Man Who Sold the World starts playing

[@ClassyVigilante]

I was more emotionally invested in Rags leaving the call than the actual show.

[@superspeph]

“I’m still faster than you” “But I have my armor” “Let’s find out” Writing

[@WrathofArchon]

would have been better if they cut out the armor part

[@fluff6811]

I had to double take that exchange when watching just to fully realize the sheer levels of retardation my ears were being subjected to…. who writes that and thinks “What a badass line for my main villain to deliver” Who… well I guess we know who… but I’m still in utter disbelief that someone could write that whilst unaffected by either drugs or alcohol

[@williamcronshaw5262]

I grew up surrounded by armor.

[@henryjenkins2839]

@@williamcronshaw5262 Armor is part of my religion.

[@NDenizen]

Do you go to the Cloud City often? Be seeing you then!

[@peterstarkey6528]

What could possibly go wrong sending Grogu on his own across the galaxy in a tiny starfighter with only a single panel of glass between him and the void. It's not like it's been established that Grogu messes with the controls of starships and pushes every button he sees. Luke didn't even give him a booster seat. Thanks, I hate it.

[@WrathofArchon]

imagine what would have happened if palpatine found grogu somehow

[@lieutenantcoloneltanyavond8273]

Considering ftl in SW is pretty much teleportation now, he wasn't alone in the cockpit for that long.

[@sparkypack]

Can R2 disable all the controls? Sending Grogu on his own is definitely something Luke wouldn't do.

[@RedDogDragon]

If it wasn't for the fact that there are so many adults who practically worship Star Wars and Disney knows it, I'd swear they made this with children in mind. The industry has a long history of making children shows so god awful because they can get away with it. Watching this show is like watching a train wreck. It's hard to not marvel at its utter insanity.

[@Mr-or9pn]

My thoughts exactly. This is a children's show. A live action continuation of the clone wars animated series. It's goofy and dumb but it takes itself too seriously. Or tries to anyway.

[@benjamingrant5970]

A Gun Train wreck?

[@dudeduderson4077]

That's an insult to children's shows

[@ivanhenderson31]

You're on point. It's the same in the sequels. Dialogue is slow, watered down, and extremely slow. The 0roblem is it isn't even childish - the original SW was loved by kids and adults alike. This new Mouse crap is in tradition with Disney's writers not being capable of understanding that basic concept and misconstruing the themes that made it great. Let's not forget the political and social commentary and other b.s. they have to forcefully throw in that flattens the characters, story, and stakes to the nth degree. Disney since SW has been mostly downhill. Let's hope they don't ruin more.

[@Agiranto]

From the wiki: A single Scorpenek annihilator droid could decimate a dozen AT-TEs and make them nothing more than smoking husks. Not surprisingly, these droids struck fear into their enemies' hearts, and turned the tide in the battles at Palanhi and Formos to score Separatist victories. In the Outer Rim Sieges, Republic commanders had to send a large number of clones to take out *a single annihilator*, causing the Republic to further curse the massive droids. However, they did not have a huge influence on the war's outcome due to their huge price tags. They were so expensive in fact, there were believed to be less than a total of 100 annihilator droids in existence. Please make it stop...

[@socialjihad5724]

Tbh, that wiki makes these droids sound like super-fanfic cringe, like back in my kid days where I made a ship the size of a star destroyer that had a laser so powerful that it could destroy a super star destroyer in a single shot (huh, maybe JJ consulted 11 yr old me when he wrote TROS). There's no way something this small should be able to take on an AT-TE

[@lilwinniepooh]

These things really makes me wish to have a live action Clone Wars war movie

[@mertarican5456]

@@lilwinniepooh why though? They will just fuck that up too. Im done with this IP.

[@lilwinniepooh]

@@mertarican5456 facts lmao. I can only dream it….

[@dylangrizzle]

@@socialjihad5724 It's not the size of the weapon, it's the size of the payload. 😜

[@btn6]

The fact that Boba was surprised by the other crime lords turning on him is embarrassing. They were established in that dinner scene as Jabba's ex captains who split after Jabba died. If his goal is really to rebuild Jabba's organization for himself, those are the exact people he needed to recruit. That was who his army was supposed to be. Instead, he summoned them and threatened them to stay neutral in his war with the Pykes. Nobody wanted to fight the Pykes anyway, to the point that the Hutts fled the planet rather than fight them. What he did was renounce any claim to Jabba's empire, validate all of them as his rival warlords, who he would have to fight next after the Pykes, and give them an out to not support him in a fight that they didn't want to have in the first place. They were never going to be allowed to remain neutral. The Pykes are taking over, and the local crime bosses are getting pressure put on them. The only way to stop them from being pressed into the Pykes' service was to commit them to his side first.

[@aaronrowell6943]

imagine if this show was like star wars sopranos, that would have been neat. Oh well....

[@matthewmuir8884]

The only good thing about Luke being anti-attachments in Disney Star Wars is that it means that Mara Jade will be spared from having a ruined version of her appear.

[@horseradishpower9947]

We can but hope...

[@isaiahgarraway5568]

Technically we got the sucky gender bend version of her with Finn but hes such an afterthought so he doenst even fully count.

[@AAhmou]

I mean... Palpatine somehow returned...

[@lieutenantcoloneltanyavond8273]

Is she? Or will Filoni make her hook up with Ahsoka?

[@jimmyjohnson501]

@@lieutenantcoloneltanyavond8273 *oh no*

[@regis1077]

Imagine a Machete coming back from the weekend to see a poor rancor covered in burns and high caliber laser holes:"Wtf Boba,they are emotional creatures"

[@fluff6811]

It’s ok, his battle damage pops in and out of existence between shots, it should be gone by the time they get back to the palace.

[@SwiftNimblefoot]

Don't worry, much like wookies, apparently rancors have a healing factor.

[@romarudarkeyes]

@@SwiftNimblefoot except for doors... Doors are Rancor kryptonite...

[@elizabethtaylor8428]

😂

[@rollrcoastrbacon2725]

I'm surprised he stills has a tongue left after the 'Spicy Surprise' Mando gave him. Then again, the whole episode mistakes the Rancor for Godzilla by giving him hyper-invulnerability when in ROTJ, Luke didn't have any tangible weapons like a blaster with him in the pit that would establish this

[@matthewmercer623]

Watching Star Wars back then: *rooting for the heroes to overcome the odds and defeat the villains* Watching Star Wars now: *rooting for the villains to overcome the shitty writing and plot armor to defeat the heroes*

[@SwiftNimblefoot]

I half hoped when the crime lords do their sudden and totally expected betrayal that this was it, Boba will be forced to flee and realize he is shit at this job. But nope.

[@sparkypack]

Not with this show's magnificent plot armour. It's the strongest that ever existed. Shoot the Wookie point blank, he survives. Shoot Mando and Boba totally in the open, they survive.

[@dondoesdoodles9726]

​@@sparkypack B-But but the shots hit their armour! There's probably bullsh!t appendices in some Wookiepedia article explaining that the armour, somehow, attracts the blaster bolt with some space-jargon-magic.

[@liamhogan4369]

@@dondoesdoodles9726 I’d bring that BS up, but considering what blasters do to fully armored battle droids, you’re right on the money.

[@devildeer292]

So are we not gonna talk about how the entire point of Mandolorian Season 2 has just been rendered pointless now that Baby Yeetus is with him again? It's been boiled down to Mando becomes friends with Boba, because he gave Boba his armor back, because he took it from Town Sherrif Guy, who was only introduced to have that Alaskan Bullworm side quest and get ass slapped by Cad Bane, who was ALSO ONLY INTRODUCED TO BE KILLED in a lame headache inducing fight scene. Just keep the Razor Crest, get rid of the dark saber for a vibro blade, and get him kicked out for taking his helmet off to eat food and boom, Book of Boba Fett Mando. I can't wait for Kenobi.

[@BobbyWanKenobi]

At first I was excited to see Ewan as Kenobi again, but now... I wish they wouldn't, because if this is the type of quality one can expect then what am I actually to look forward to?

[@bobmcevil6374]

@@BobbyWanKenobi a slow and agonizing death

[@BobbyWanKenobi]

@@bobmcevil6374 I hope it's not too bad. I don't want to change my username.

[@spritingk6879]

@@BobbyWanKenobi forgo your attachments to the Canon, it's for the best.

[@BobbyWanKenobi]

@@spritingk6879 I did that a long time ago. But I am still dissapointed.

[@CrustlessKing]

Imagine all the interesting scenes and dialogue we could have gotten if Luke had bothered to come to Mos Espa to drop off Grogu. How does Luke feel about returning to Tattooine for the first time in who knows how long? What apprehensions does Luke have about Boba Fett being alive and in charge of his childhood home planet? Would Luke struggle to trust Mando with Grogu's care knowing that he is now hanging out with old Imperial mercenaries like Boba? Well too bad, we'll never get those moments because the CGI for his face was getting too expensive I guess. Or maybe they really thought it was important for Luke's character that he continue to sit around his rock hut and send off the only force-sensitive child he's met in years on a lone interstellar voyage to a dangerous crime hub to hopefully bump into someone at random who happens to know Mando. How can they keep finding new ways to assassinate characters who have already been murdered and hacked into tiny pieces? How is it even possible?!

[@InceyWincey]

Imagine all the interesting scenes and dialogue we could have got if the writers had souls and/or brains.

[@Gunleaver]

Actually, given the lack of dialogue about Luke's feelings about anything in his appearance in the Mandalorian, it's probably just as well he never comes back to Tatooine, since they probably would not have given us any of that.

[@iainbearyay2236]

The whole show is deep, deep, and I mean deep into the uncanny valley. It's like nearly Star Wars but wrong in such a way that it's completely fucked

[@horseradishpower9947]

They dragged Star Wars through Pet Semetary...

[@Ghost-fv8gd]

It honestly feels like Bollywood trying to do Star Wars.

[@lieutenantcoloneltanyavond8273]

Luke is uncanny valley personified. Literally.

[@iainbearyay2236]

@@lieutenantcoloneltanyavond8273 Data Skywalker is a symptom, not the disease

[@Gannoh]

@Knox2Don Bollywood has that special charm where you can enjoy it and know not to take it seriously. This show wants you to take it seriously, and think it's good. That's not charming or funny, it's just sad.

[@horseradishpower9947]

Boba has Slave I. Mando has a Naboo fighter. But riding an emotionally unstable rancor into battle is the best they can do. I need new words for stupid to describe this episode.

[@schwaaard]

I am grateful for this show-particularly this episode. By virtue of contrast, it has elevated the Ewok’s battle on Endor. I will watch that with fresh appreciation, knowing that, somehow, it could have been much much much worse.

[@mrminecraftcubeable]

Ewoks had more startegy than boba

[@BanditoBurrito]

Literally makes more sense. And the Empire actually get some kills during it.

[@aidenhuizinga9757]

The funniest thing about this episode is that the giant killer robots killed zero people

[@PickledShark]

Damn bro I didn’t even notice this. And that with so many expendable characters…… 🤦‍♂️

[@scottk1525]

I love how Feneck's impromptu strategy implies that they have the entire city covered with their soldiers. Then you see a bird's eye shot of Mos Espa and remember that it's the size of fucking Los Angeles and they only have about 8 soldiers.

[@BR-dy1ie]

It’s really sad that even boba fett didn’t escape the destructive tide of Disney. Even being dead can’t keep you safe these days. It’s like every interesting character from the OT is being systematically destroyed

[@SangheiliSpecOp]

Speaking of destruction, he destroyed more of Mos Espa than the damn droids did lol

[@NDenizen]

Noone's ever really gone.

[@RogueFox2185]

And just remember: Kenobi is NEXT after this series, dear god they’re gonna butcher that man character wise.

[@maximilianramirez8386]

And it’ll happen again with Obi Wan, Darth Vader and all the other old characters they shoehorn into their 14 other shows

[@matthewmuir8884]

@@RogueFox2185 Perhaps the saddest part is that the reason they're making the Obi-Wan show in the first place is because, back before everyone saw how badly Disney would mishandle Star Wars, an Obi-Wan story was by far the thing most requested by fans. Seriously; the fans were excited, the actors were excited to return, and the idea of an Obi-Wan story is ripe with material; it should be the easiest slam dunk ever for Star Wars, and yet, we know it probably won't even be average.

[@rogerpuzzitiello]

What a lousy way to kill Cad Bane. He’s not even my favorite character, and I think it just sucks the way they did it. What’s worse is that there’s this unused footage from The Clone Wars where Boba kills Cad in a old fashioned Wild West duel, which felt like a way more appropriate send off for him. But here it’s just, “Oh, he died. Okay.”

[@rascoehunter3608]

That choreography was so trash.

[@WrathofArchon]

it’s even worse when you realized he could have killed boba, multiple times.

[@aarone1981]

He's still alive, he will be revived as a partial robot, along with the 2 pigs that fell off the cliff!

[@lordofthepizzapie9319]

@@aarone1981 Chonky pig bois will return in Bantha: a Star Wars story.

[@isaiahgarraway5568]

It sucks we never got that footage or the other stuff like Grevious finding a supposed crystal for the death star and other lost stuff.

[@wishuponamonkeyspaw2458]

Drinker was bang on the money: this show is content. It's the writer(s) smashing Star Wars action figures together in the break room that somehow got a budget.

[@Darkness1984]

And just like bac then when we did that as kids, it was fun.

[@Darkness1984]

@King Wobbegong, Sea Urchin Farmer it was his father who because of his emotional attachement brought Darkness overcthe galaxy.

[@electricbayonet2]

They put Black Krrsantan in "Trandoshan territory"? The mere presence of Trandoshans being happy in the same bar drives him to commit gruesome acts of unprovoked violence...and out of their entire group, _he's_ the one they send to a part of the city they explicitly call _Trandoshan_ _territory?_ With tactical brilliance like that, I'm actually surprised they didn't specifically post the cyberpunk rejects right next to that guy they were stealing water from.

[@MorallyDubiousFrog]

Sending Krrsanten to guard the Trandoshan territory is like sending a skinhead to guard the Synagogue.

[@The-Arsenal]

*Robots miss every single shot* Boba: "Hammer tech?" I didn't expect to able to make a reference to Iron Man 2 with this episode. wtf

[@LegacyComics100]

Justin Hammer: *Crying in the corner*

[@steffanyschwartz7801]

Favroe is mocking the one time they didn’t give him the iron man movies and puts them in this show

[@benjamingrant5970]

OF COURSE the Rancor could tank massive damage, while the original one from Return Of the Jedi was taken out by a door closing on it! Doors are INCREDIBLY powerful! That's the only way they could kill Wesker in the Resident Evil movie series finale,when one closed on his foot,remember? He was far too powerful to be taken out by other methods!😎

[@MasterSkyrim1000]

Now this is a quality comment. :)

[@The_Friendly_Fire]

I see I wasn't the only one to make that connection.

[@sparkypack]

You see, such shows adapted the video game logic of health bars. Rancor 9999 hp Pyke 1 hp

[@janbosch5951]

@@sparkypack The Build engine logic of video game health bars. Doors can insta-gib you if you get stuck inbetween them.

[@wheeliebin18]

#footsmooshing

[@DrViperVideos]

Oh no those droids have shield generators. If only we had starships capable of shooting through those. We.. literally SAW a naboo starfighter shooting through those types of shields. But no no, unleash a giant man eating monster upon the city youre trying to protect

[@lieutenantcoloneltanyavond8273]

And X-wings have proton torps.

[@PlakeFilmmaker]

Hey it's not like they have a naboo star... oh they do.

[@Red-zh7vq]

And in the clone wars they were able to get thermal detonators through the shields of droidekas if they were moving slow enough

[@darken2417]

I actually wouldn't risk trying to take off while the base is surrounded and while there are those enormous droids on guard and any potential enemy ships that those things came from. Especially not if those droids were lore accurate, my ship would get one shot for sure. Without those I'd still be worried about regular blaster fire since there are so many enemies, not even just rockets.

[@apocryphicdeath]

@@darken2417 Wasn't Mando's ship at the palace where Boba went to get his pet? It can't be seen from the town (as far as I know), so I think it's a safe area to take off. Dive attack the droids from high altitude and don't get close to get shot down by small arms that appear to be horridly inaccurate even within 100 metres. That's just reacting to the droids. In a rational world they would've forced the pykes to attack the palace and travel in the open desert. Then use Slave-1 and the space mustang to wipe them out before they ever get to the palace. Boba already did it with the bikers but he's got dementia. Maybe you could say the pykes would wipe out the town to try to lure them out of the palace, but why? Why bomb the cantina to begin with? Don't they need customers to sell the spice to? So far we have seen only pykes giving spice to pykes. If they don't need the towns people as a market to sell spice to then why do they even care about any of this to start? There is no rationale to any of the events in this show.

[@RogueFox2185]

So let’s review: This series has given us Jake Fett who was almost completely 180’d as a character who rolls over almost on a whim to random strangers, ANY goodwill that some people may have found after Mando S2 is flushed down the toilet with Grogu coming back almost immediately before Mando S3 and Luke Skywalker was both a glorified babysitter and nostalgia bait. Also Cad Bane was wasted in this series and he should have been the antagonist from the start, Fennic should have been the crime boss with Fett only being hired muscle because Bounty Hunting is the element he works best in let’s be honest. Best part of the series was the Tuskans getting massacred, this would have been awesome as the Serpranos on Tatooine but instead we got…this.

[@IronTulikettu]

Seems about right.

[@TheDataByteChannel]

Hell, the f***ing Bad Batch did him better than this bullshit.

[@fr0ck360]

Sheeps/shills excuses be like: “Huurr Cad Bane’s not ded, he still has his beepi-“ That doesn’t matter, he’s useless without any buildup and was heavily rushed

[@isaiahgarraway5568]

@@fr0ck360 Yeah it feels he came out of nowhere for a half assed finale. Also I feel they used him as a cheap jab at people criticizing how Boba was made soft and incompetent in the show.

[@fr0ck360]

@@isaiahgarraway5568 Then their cheap jab gets parried by sacrificing Cad Bane being an incompetent rushed main villain

[@SuperKillJoy15]

"Hes depressed, Rancors are emotionally deep creatures" I get it, he hasnt been allowed to go on a rampage in a long time. The Rancor is having tge time of his life.

[@aaronrowell6943]

it's got like Mr. Blue Sky in its head

[@tonig.1546]

1. That cheering behind the van sounds like a stock sound effect. 2. I like how there is absolutely no tactical knowledge in any if these Star Wars characters. Like 1 grenade and everyone behind that van is dead. 3. Nothing can be shot anymore. In the OT, a single shot meant death or sever injury, but now everyone can just tank multiple laser shots like nothing. 4. Dave Filoni already did that shit in his cartoons where characters just tank multiple laser shots until the script removes their plot armor

[@spectral_force5097]

Those droids, man. Remember automated turrets they put on starships, the ones that can calculate the trajectory of spacecraft and shoot them with a reasonable degree of accuracy save for incredible feats of piloting?

[@lieutenantcoloneltanyavond8273]

It's Robert Rodriues mate. After his mando episode i expected noting more than complete and utter re..... I can't' say it or YT will censor me.

[@patchmoulton5438]

You know what's truly sad? The B1s have a higher average accuracy than these things.

[@321cheeseman]

​@@lieutenantcoloneltanyavond8273 I don't really understand blaming Robert Rodriguez specifically. He didn't write the episode, and all the action scenes in the show (as well as Mando S1 and 2), regardless of director, are abysmal, with action driven almost exclusively by the incompetence of every party involved + rule of cool.

[@lieutenantcoloneltanyavond8273]

@@321cheeseman I do, because we know Favrou's scripts are not heavy on descriptions of action scenes from Rodriguez's own comments. As for action being shit in all episodes, I would extend that to majority of modern Hollywood productions. They are not special in that regard.

[@markmcgibbon7013]

The 'battle' gave me a stroke. Clearly a million dollar company can't hire a military advisor

[@personanongratis]

This is a show made by a bunch of leftist hipsters, pissing all that money away like it was nothing!

[@dragonknightleader1]

Even a Filoni Wars expert either. In Clone Wars, Ahsoka taught a bunch of guerillas how to kill droidekas by bowling grenades at them. In this episode, not only would it have made more sense for her to show up with Grogu, hardened veterans like Boba and Mando don't know about rolling grenades under the robots. Instead, they keep shooting at it like idiots.

[@markmcgibbon7013]

I loved it when mando used used baby yoda as a human shield even though he has plot armour

[@darthdarth4297]

@@markmcgibbon7013 when. Let me see.

[@markmcgibbon7013]

@@darthdarth4297 oh god I can't remember the time stamp but I remember vividly a part where comes around a corner aiming/shooting with baby yoda held to his chest

[@jjfajen]

Oh no! All of our men got ambushed simultaneously while they were spread out all over town. If only we had some sort of fortress where we could concentrate our strength and have a defensive advantage!

[@canderoussnurd4265]

Seeing the CGI Luke is just......creepy. Like looking at the Burger King King. There’s just some lack of warmth, lack of ticks and quarks that make up a human. I know that’s a “no shit” statement but honestly it’s so unnerving. Even worse, is seeing so many who enjoy it. As if they never had human contact before. From a sociological perspective it’s terrifying to see so many take joy and comfort in the synthetic and the linear. It’s like we’ve lost a bit of our own humanity. Worse still it’s celebrated. Like watching a group of madmen burning down their own town and then celebrating about it. Horrifying. Truly horrifying.

[@tuskinradar8688]

That was a painfully well put description of how accepting people are of the CGI Hollywood future, but more of just SWs sheer degeneration of both fan base and content. Imagine still being a diehard SW fan for modern content coming out from Disney's shows, movies, Canon, etc. What is that headspace?

[@misterairborne654]

Remember how in the two times in the PT that droidekas used shields against our heroes, they immediately recognized that without a prolonged and unconventional fight, they wouldn't be able to take out the destroyers, and so they retreated without further meaningless conflict? The good old days, when characters acted with a shred of intelligence.

[@happynihilist2573]

Mauler: "Do these people not understand wat force is?" both

[@lorddamocles2222]

It's female. ... and therefore weak...

[@sirpepeofhousekek6741]

@@lorddamocles2222 Based.

[@haydendill6288]

Luke putting Grogu in the X-wing and sending him over to the random garage to be dropped off is the equivalent of sending a 1-year old to daycare by himself in a self-driving car and assuming everything will work itself out. ._.

[@JTViper]

On the whole "that's how light works" thing; can confirm. I've played paintball games at this old, former mental institution and one of the building's features is this double doorway covered by an overhang. If you're hiding in their during the daytime, you're invisible; you can't see in there because your eyes can't handle the brightness of the outside contrasting with the darkness of the doorway under the overhang. It's a GREAT ambush position and you'd be amazed how close people can get to the doorway without seeing you.

[@liliesaregoodfortheliver2954]

That's an excellent point, but I'm fascinated by the fact that you're playing paintball in a former mental institution. That's awesome.

[@JTViper]

@@liliesaregoodfortheliver2954 yeah, sadly they're shutting down after this season; the county is renegging on the lease of the property in order to tear it down and build houses in what's become the 'Niagara of the County" :/ Rich city folk flocking into wine country and ruining all the county fun. Look up PRZ Paintball

[@jtvatsim1498]

When the annihilator droids are totally ineffective, the gang sounds like a bunch of angry devs when players glitch a boss fight. "How is it missing?!?!? It's missing so many times!!?" 🤣

[@InceyWincey]

Today we have automated cannons that can fire thousands of high explosive shells with such high accuracy (or target area saturation, to be a little more precise) to shoot down supersonic missiles. Meanwhile the Star Wars Annihilator droid can’t even hit a person standing still not 20 feet away. That’s just embarrassing.

[@Draanor]

@@InceyWincey Imagine if they made TV shows where the characters had to make smart decisions because they'd die if they ran out in the open. They would have to actually become people instead of someone playing Doom with God mode on.

[@jacksimpson8529]

They've existed back in the prequel era, before Disney took over. The source for them is the New Essential Guide to Droids, published back in 2006. Their two dual laser cannons are described as rapid fire and high intensity and can "deliver blistering barrages that can crack the hulls of enemy tanks". *One* on these Colicoid Annihilators was able to eviscerate three platoons of clones that were deployed to the Colicoid homeworld of Colla IV to stop the production of Droidekas and Tri-fighters. *One* could "turn a dozen AT-TEs into smouldering husks" and required Republic commanders to commit "unacceptable numbers of heavy units in order to take down a single annihilator". Their only limiting factor is the prohibitively high costs to produce in mass quantities, with "fewer than one hundred existing on all of Colla IV" with a scant few sent to the front lines. At the end of the Clone Wars, they were deactivated and Palpatine had them moved to the Imperial Department of Military Research, where they would quietly be funnelled to Palpatine's citadel on Byss. These droids should've demolished HALF THE TOWN and absolutely PULPED that Rancor, never mind just wiping out any resistance they were up against.

[@dondoesdoodles9726]

@@jacksimpson8529 That requires the people making Star Wars to know ANYTHING about Star Wars.

[@aravenofmanyhats9867]

The theme devolving into the singers actually saying "Boba Fett" as part of the song is just the icing on the cake to wrap up this hodgepodge of childish gibberish. This show is genuinely embarrassing. Where the sequel trilogy was an embarrassment in its own way, and an absolute travesty of production on a writing level, this show is shameful in so many respects. Is it strictly worse? I don't think so. But there's no part of this show that doesn't have enormous errors. This was so incredibly bad.

[@darwinxavier3516]

The BoBF theme sounds like a satirical riff made by HISHE. dum dada dumdum da dum dada dum

[@steffanyschwartz7801]

What’s worse, this or batwomen ?

[@williamcronshaw5262]

They should have just used Fett's Vette as the theme.

[@QuantumRangerPower]

I really can't comprehend how actually brain dead you would have to be to watch the robot fight sequence and not realize how awful it is. There's just so much wrong with it for so long.

[@P.T.S.E.]

For two seasons of Mando, baby Yoda was tracked with a magic thingy and hunted by countless forces, but Luke sends him out unattended in a space fighter plane, where he can't even be strapped in. Luke be like: "Nah, it's gonna be fine."

[@Bannschwert]

Also Fobs where re-introduced in S05 of Booby Fed, so they are still a thing and Dr. Pershing propably still is around somewhere.

[@benjamingrant5970]

_Xwing starts up_ "Now go away now!"

[@collingreen9517]

Cad is massively out of character, he’s a professional who wouldn’t compromise his employers by spilling confidential information. Cad and Boba also have barely any conflict in the recourses we have that are available so this is all based on nothing.

[@isaiahgarraway5568]

Yep literally an episode where he had to be jedi mind tricked by THREE JEDI just to get a Sliver of information which turned out to be bait

[@doodledangernoodle2517]

Remember when Cad Bane was cool and competent?

[@fr0ck360]

Cad Bane wouldn’t risk himself taking out his opponents in the open area after the Pykes are dead

[@PlakeFilmmaker]

I don't think anyone is in character in this show.

[@rascoehunter3608]

@@doodledangernoodle2517 he basically fights like Batman utilizing certain gadgets whenever he needs it.

[@shadowcouncil9570]

I miss Luke using the Yavin 4 base as his Jedi temple.

[@forsaken22]

The whole "being against attachment" thing doesn't make any sense. The prequels showed how flawed their ideology was and how it changed Anakin. This is not even mentioning the fact that Luke himself was very emotional. Maybe they're trying to set up why Luke thought the Jedi order was flawed. None of it makes any sense character wise though.

[@tuskinradar8688]

I kinda hate the way that the Attachments rule was settup/explored in the prequels, bc you're right as is i can admit doesn't make much sense considering the OT. As a concept I think there's room for it, and tend to disagree w people who make a bunch of noise about how oh man No Attachments thats dumb ugabooga, I can see the Jedi as an order of Sagely Monks who seek harmony with the Force, and warn against growing overly attached to people and things, as the excess can easily be a fast track to emotional turmoil, and can cloud their judgment from what is right for the Force, rather than right for the particular times. It's what makes the Jedi Order an Order, not just a bunch of people w cool powers, the layer of monastic separation from the rest of society seems like a part of what becoming a member of the Jedi Order means. Furthermore, if every Jedi is a tortured loved one away from falling to the Sith, that poses a serious risk to their order. But the implementation in the PT is kinda botched, and it can't help be muddled in the OT, Luke's fear for the well being of his sister is what brings him to the brink of the Dark Side, but Vaders love for his son redeems him from the Dark Side as well.

[@AnimaVox_]

My understanding of the PT and OT's theme of attachment is that emotional attachments aren't inherently wrong, but rather the inability to let go of them when the time comes (like in death) and not mastering one's emotions are. The Sith are ruled by passion-it's literally part of their code in the EU content-and they're extremely destructive because of it. It's a pretty consistent theme in the Lucas movies. The idea of attachment that the Jedi present in the PT actually bears similarity to Buddhism, which is where Lucas got it from, I think. However, Luke's acceptance of constructive attachments is very Western in nature (I personally think this borrows from Christianity), unlike Buddhism's total rejection of all attachment.

[@ArcticWolf00Alpha0]

@@AnimaVox_ To clarify... people (including the EFAP crew) get the "Jedi cant have attachments" thing all wrong. The Jedi define attachment differently then what it is commonly defined as. Attachment is defined by the average person as having "affection, fondness, or sympathy for someone or something." The Jedi define attachments as "The inability to let go of things you have no control over" Truth is the Jedi have attachments all the time. Its only natural in every living thing. BUT when the attachment a Jedi has to another person matters more than doing what's right or following what's in the Jedi code, THAT is when the Jedi have a problem. Anakin's problem wasn't that he was attached to people he cared about, Anakin's problem was that he DIDNT LET GO of those people he was attached to when it was necessary to do so. When Anakin lost his mother, he acted out of anger and continued to harbor resentment over her death years after it had occurred. When Anakin got too attached to Padme and married her, he screwed himself over so much more because he couldn't let go of Padme after dreaming about her dying. This is ultimately what led Anakin to the Dark side in the first place, his unwillingness to let go of what he feared to lose and what he had no control over is what screwed him over. When the Jedi advise against attachments the Jedi are referring to someone being so attached to another person to the point that they will sacrifice everything else for that person even if its sacrificing good people or what's right for example. When Anakin is telling Yoda that Hes worried about people dying (Secretly referring to Padme) in ROTS, Yoda tells Anakin to "Let go of everything you fear to lose." Telling Anakin to not worry about things he has no control over and not allow himself to continue to be attached to someone after they have died. There is nothing wrong with that rule. If anything its actually very helpful. What made Lukes actions towards Vader so special is that not only was Luke attached to Vader, but he didnt let go when it would have been necessary to do so. Luke could have focused solely on killing Vader instead of bringing him back to the light as Obi-wan and Yoda thought Vader was long gone and couldn't be saved, but when Luke was able to save Vader because he CONTINUED to be attached to him...thats what made Lukes sacrifice special, he didn't give up and he didn't give in. Bottom line, The Jedi were NEVER against attachments, it was CONTINUING to be attached to something when it was not necessary or healthy to do so that the Jedi advised against....There's nothing wrong with the Jedi thinking there.

[@viysnjor4811]

@@ArcticWolf00Alpha0 True, unfortunately they don't do a very good job of explaining it on the actual movie (or tv) screen, it's mostly relegated to novels and other EU stuff that people can't be expected to have all the knowledge of going into a show like the book of boba fett.

[@ArcticWolf00Alpha0]

@@viysnjor4811 Yeah George Lucas shot himself in the foot with that scene between Anakin and Yoda, mainly because of his over-the-top dialogue, he completely ruined what the scene was actually conveying to the audience.

[@Doug-89]

When Shmi got abducted by the sand people to be tortured for weeks, her simple farmer husband and his friends got on their bikes and went out to try and rescue her. Imagine that group of bikers were just on their own rescue mission.

[@fieldmarshalbaltimore1329]

Oh yeah, they were framed by the pikes.

[@thejemstone9219]

One of them got crippled by a wire trap the Tuskens set up too, had his leg severed at the knee, he floats in on a hover chair. Tuskens were fucked up, dude

[@adruvail]

"We'll be in the fortress." "But we need to protect the town!" Boba SHOULD have replied, "That's WHY we'll be in the fortress. They're coming for US. Let's keep the battle AWAY from the townspeople." "Krsanton is in Trandoshan territory." Why would you station your wookiee, who has attacked Trandoshans unprovoked in a previous episode, in Trandoshan territory? By himself, no less. ...Why is Fennec's communicator ON HER WAIST??? ...and in grand Dave Filoni tradition, our protagonists use a peace negotiation to ambush someone. That's a war crime for obvious reasons but, you know, whatever.

[@Bannschwert]

He does that more than once?

[@johnnyboy2537]

Why would a story about war care about war crimes? That'd be silly.

[@SuperMicklovin]

@@Bannschwert in the clone wars finale Anakin baits the droids into dropping their guard by pretending to surrender and then the 501st ambush them.

[@fieldmarshalbaltimore1329]

@@SuperMicklovin the clone wars movie does the same with obi wan

[@LN997-i8x]

Conducting your crime-lord turf dispute in the middle of town and causing massive collateral damage is a bizarre way to defend "the people".

[@wyattfrye8262]

Yeah the way cad bane dies is absolutely insulting. He has jetpacks on each of his legs he would’ve rocketed out of there, if I was directing. He should’ve killed bubba feet in their fight he’s the greatest gunslinger in the history of Star Wars, but he dies because plot armor. I hate it so much

[@apocryphicdeath]

I'll never get over how miscast Boba Fett was for this series. He should be in his thirties or early 40s and in his prime. Young enough to fight and old enough to have experience not to act like a complete moron. "I'm not a little boy anymore." No shit man, you're in your 60s and headed toward the grave with no family and no protege. He should be fit, intimidating, and uncompromising. Instead we get floompy old man Boba with pure tism for brains.

[@BumbleCrumble1072]

They should've gotten Daniel Logan to play Boba, since he's in his mid-thirties now.

[@doopdoopdopdop7424]

Sadly yes, I feel for Temeura Morrison since it’s obvious he really enjoyed his time as Jango, and if they ever had made 1313 back in the day, Morrison might’ve been able to make a good performance there.

[@lilwinniepooh]

@@doopdoopdopdop7424 what’s 1313? Was it a scrapped series or movie?

[@doopdoopdopdop7424]

Yeah. It was a TV Show that George Lucas wanted to do in live action. It would’ve followed Boba in his early years as a hunter on the lowest level(s) of Coruscant, chief among them being Level 1313. It was scraped because of how expensive it would’ve been to pull off, which is more tragic because of the shows that would later come like GoT and of course, these retarded Disney productions with budgets big enough to feed Africa.

[@doopdoopdopdop7424]

In addition there was a very good looking 1313 game which was also canceled. Shame. Sadly I also can’t say the original fandom is innocent, with what happened to some of the actors in the prequels, but I grew up with the prequels, so I do like them.

[@bourgeois4494]

I find it odd that the show centered around Mos Espa instead of Mos Eisley. The residents of Mos Eisley make up a quarter of the planet's total population, thus making it a very important city and it was the center of all illicit activity on Tatooine, thus why Obi-Wan said, "You'll never find a greater hive of scum and villainy."

[@MediumRareOpinions]

So Droids can't aim anymore, Stormtroopers can't aim anymore...remind me how they fought a Galactic war if neither side can ever hit their targets?

[@Bannschwert]

There was a lot of work for the Jedi to do...

[@jackobrien47]

@@Bannschwert But Stormtroopers beat Jedi easily. and then Ewoks beat stormtroopers. so logically a handful of Ewoks would have wiped the Jedi out in an afternoon

[@ritenac6770]

@@jackobrien47 technically clone troopers are what wiped out the Jedi, one of the cartoons did make a point that clones and stormtroopers are different things.

[@DillsyYourDaddy67]

They can only aim when they're going up against characters without plot armour like the rebels in rogue one or the mandalorians in S1 mando

[@keshonhend2047]

It’s hard to work out how much praise Filoni deserves. The Clone Wars had massive involvement from George Lucas too, it wasn’t all filoni. It’s also important to remember, that as good as they are, the good clone wars episodes barely make up 20% of the show. There are just as many terrible Clone Wars episodes as there are brilliant ones. Cad Bane was cool and this show did him dirty.

[@BanditoBurrito]

That’s true, suppose we gave Filoni too much credit. I thought the show I grew up watching as a kid was all his genius but god damn, he’s just some Redditor apparently lmao. George was definitely the one making it good.

[@Red-zh7vq]

I mean, Bad Batch has been pretty good, maybe he should just stay in animation

[@ElectromagNick]

@@Red-zh7vq It all hinges upon Boba Fett's twin sister, the girl who was the key to everything. Yeah, so good. Have I ever mentioned how stupid it is for a clone to end up the opposite sex? That always makes me roll my eyes whenever it's used.

[@petriew2018]

@Humanity Galatica 'meh' is being generous. Everything he makes lives on JJ Abrams level of plot contrivance. People get overly attached to his characters and seem to completely overlook how absolute dogshit the world building around them is. This applies to literally everything he's ever done, there is no consistency to any of it.

[@ryhnoking]

@@Red-zh7vq All the problems of this show was present in the Bad Batch right down to a two episode arc that had little to do with the titled characters and focused on a character from another show. I like Clone Wars (flaws n all) and even parts of Rebels but its clear as time goes on Filoni's product only goes down by his influences. Remember her created Star Wars Resistance one of the most weakest animated series from D Cannon.

[@nukesova7150]

As someone who felt like walking out early during TFA in the theater, it's amazing to see how far things have fallen.

[@TheSharkIsWorking_23]

Boba’s idea: Jabba’s palace- a fortress w/ minimal entrances, large sealed doors w/ locks, 0 human civilians, high ground advantage, & ability to see who or what is coming in the distance. Cyberpunk girl: destroyed nightclub- the complete opposite & worst location to post up for war. Thank god this awful show is over with. Unfortunately, Disney will be back :( I am a lifelong Star Wars fan and this show was beyond garbage.

[@Tenchi212]

First, why the actual fuck would anyone put a giant Wookie in a ghetto filled with Trandoshans? Those two species HATE each other. That fight wasn't the Pyke's sending mooks, it was just a random racial attack! xD Second, that HK droid stepping on Mando's leg? Didn't the same shit happen in LOTR? An Ogre stabbing Frodo in the chest with a spear? Yeah sure, Mythril is indestructable, but Frodo's chest certainly isn't! Third, Cad Bane has fought multiple Jedi at the same time, one of which was Obi-Wan Kenobi, and lived to tell about it. He is not dying to an old guy with a wooden stick.

[@doopdoopdopdop7424]

I agree with everything, although I think it was kinda a poor choice to have the troll stab Frodo in the movie instead of an orc captain.

[@papapalps2415]

I'm not really sure using hilariously poor writing like Bane fighting 2 Jedi at once and surviving to justify why equally laughably poor writing like him dying to a senile geriatric like Fett is the route to go, if I'm being honest. Again, to use an analogy I have used before, its like saying that, I dunno, Rey losing to Black Widow in the inevitable crossover movies a few decades from now is poor writing, because don'tcha know, she's beaten Kylo Ren and Palpatine. Its....not technically wrong, per say, but....

[@Tenchi212]

@@papapalps2415 Noted, it is "hilariously" bad writing for one of the galaxies best head hunters to both survive and escape an encounter with two Jedi that weren't even trying to kill him in the first place. I can only assume that you have not watched that fight in a while, or at all, otherwise i would find it hard to beleive that anyone could compare the two with any degree of honesty.

[@papapalps2415]

@@Tenchi212 The fact you think being the 'galaxies best bounty hunter' in a universe as endlessly, fascinatingly retarded in every facet imaginable as modern Star Wars is, similarly, 'noted' (see, see, daddy? I can do the passive aggressive word games too!), but, in the same breath, disregarded. It doesn't matter, because its nothing but flowery fluff on your part to hype up a character you like. The actual, physical reality of the matter is, Bane is a muggle, and perhaps even MORE importantly, a seemingly non enhanced or otherwise superhuman one, too. He has zero connection to the Force, so far as we are aware, bar the obvious bare minimum needed to be alive that everybody has. With that established and out of the way, that also means he has zero passive defenses against the Force being used on him like Jedi and Sith implicitly but obviously do to stop themselves from being ragdolled or neck snapped or such. Do. You. See. The. Problem. Yet? Bane. Does. Not. Have. A. Defense. Against. The. Force. Once again, just to make sure this is illustrated, crystal clear as daylight. Do. You. See. The. Fucking Problem. Yet? I need to hammer this in, because its very important. Because if Bane has zero defenses against such, bar shooting at them a lot to distract them with deflection (which is its own problem, naturally, but let's ignore that for now), as well as I suppose his goofy as fuck hover boots (that physically don't actually work with many of the stunts we see him do, but I digress) to stop just being cheap and levitating him in the air and laughing, then that means, therefore, he can't really prevent or stop something like....hm, I dunno. Say, being Force pushed hard enough to knock him out or otherwise kill him, as we see Jedi do near constantly throughout the entire franchise, from Padawans up. Or having his weapons yoinked out his hands (again, non enhanced by all indications, so no superhuman strength). Or being pulled into the business end of a saber. Or so on, and so forth. The possibilities are endless. Telekinesis is one of, if not THE, most versatile powers in the entirety of fiction for very good reason. Its also, coincidentally, incredibly overpowered in most cases, just as much if not more than similar shit like super speed or such (which....oh, fuck, Jedi ALSO have. WOOPS). You will, of course, naturally, object to this. I like to think I've been around the Internet, and this excuse for a fanbase, long enough to be pretty good at predicting things, so let's see if I can nail a hole in one, shall we? Hm, let's see. You could go with the ever-classic tHe FoRcE iS, LiKe, SUPER DUPER hArD tO uSE. Which is, of course, nonsense, and doesn't bear any worth or value, so it's not really worth a response past that. If you want to try to pretend as such, then feel free, but assuming you have even the slightest hint of a brain located in there, you know just as well as I do that finding examples of Jedi using the Force to instantly incapacitate (or fuck, at least to knock on their asses) humanoid combatants is....uh, plentiful, to put it lightly, even in TCW itself. So this isnt viable, but then, when has that ever stopped Internet randoms, amirite? You could also go with, as you implied in your comment, that the Jedi weren't trying to kill him, so therefore, it's totally fine that a muggle 1v2'd two Jedi simultaneously and not only escaped, but nearly killed at least one of them (with both of these Jedi, of course, being some of the best in the entire galaxy, and Obi Wan in particular being one of the best in history). Again, not really worth a response, though I will 'note' I find the irony of urging me to rewatch the episode hilarious if you earnestly believe this crap. Fucking Jesus, 'not going for the kill', get the fuck out of here. Hm, what else...? I suppose you could go for a non-argument (even moreso than the others, that is), like b-bUt, JeDI areNT uNbeAtAblE, DoNt yOu KnOw?!?!?. Which...well, again, 1, not an argument, but 2, its not really true in this context, either. If I'm being quite fucking frank and honest, a random, generic, faceless, unnamed, mook Padawan should be able to 1v1 and beat nearly ANY muggle. Its...really that simple. The Force, plus the saber, is just too much. Nevermind that we aren't TALKING about a faceless random generic mook, we are talking about some of the most powerful and famous Jedi in history, and with this battle specifically, TWO of them, AT ONCE. The irony of this is, I don't even have much of a problem with muggles being able to contest or even beat Jedi, SO LONG as they are properly outfitted and, more importantly, enhanced or superhuman in some regards. Because no, Jedi aren't unkillable demi gods of war. Even the most faptastic shit from Legends will still have Godmaster Luke Skystomper dying to a well placed blaster bolt if it nails him in the skull. They are, fundamentally, still just vastly enhanced humans (or people, whatever) themselves. Somebody like Grevious, or the Vong, or so on, that have counters to most Force shit and have enough martial skill or ability to beat Jedi in combat, are fine. What isn't fine is some fucking random funny accent Duro's cowboy man winning or otherwise escaping almost every fight he is ever in, even against the vastly superhuman magical space monk wizard cops, because MuH ElEctRiC gAunTlEt. Its shit, garbage writing, which people willingly overlook because they are either too braindead, too brainwashed, or too apathetic to care or even notice. Or too busy choking on Uncle Filoni's long, thick, hard co-I mean, uh, writing ability. Obviously.

[@Tenchi212]

@@papapalps2415 Oh good, an impotent rant, i apologize, but i am not going to waste my time reading thought such drivel, feel free to take that as a faux victory if you like, it makes no difference to me. I shall simply end this "discussion" with: Bane lost, i repeate, lost, that fight with Obi Wan and Quinlan Vos, what made it impressive is that he managed escaped at all. My point being that Bane, who can, at least to some degree, give a Jedi Knight a hard time, means that it would be unlikely, nay, "hilarious", that he would get killed in such a pathetic manner.

[@dagmus]

Finally my weekly dose of frog floating action. This is Star Wars.

[@Neo2266.]

Lol just levitate Fringy the Bird

[@stygames5450]

@@Neo2266. I can confirm that Fringy is a bird, He’s got that beak on his face.

[@TyrDrum]

@@stygames5450 more like a green penguin.

[@TokyoXtreme]

They float now!?

[@BionicleFactory]

@@TokyoXtreme They float now!

[@carbonmonoxide5052]

I was so pissed how they killed Cad Bane. Of all the insane decisions in this episode, they decided to kill one of the coolest characters from TCW like THAT.

[@TheGruspastej]

You forget: no one is ever really gone.

[@corruptangel6793]

People have pointed out that in that final overhead shot, you can see a red light beeping on his left peck, which apparently is a heart moniter. Meaning he is still alive.

[@ritenac6770]

Just give him a new robot stomach and he’ll be fine

[@carbonmonoxide5052]

@@corruptangel6793 Possible, but I wouldn’t put it past them to get little details like that wrong. For example, the shirtless male Twi’lek in the bar didn’t have human ears as all other male Twi’leks do, but instead the female hearing organs.

[@Сайтамен]

I'm ok that he is dead. At least they will stop using him for nostalgia.

[@vetrais7965]

So with the super secret double deep fake of Luke's voice being a thing, I really wonder if Pedro actually voiced the Mandalorian in this season. Like the whole monotone thing is already part of his delivery. Not only did Mando not show his face, but Pedro was missing from behind the scenes photos. He literally could've been uninvolved in this show at all at this point.

[@WrathofArchon]

what if they did it in mando season one? it’d be the perfect way to test the new technology

[@mrshmuga9]

Would make sense since he’s probably busy shooting The Last of Us series.

[@benjamingrant5970]

Safe to assume it was John Wayne's grandson under the mask again,and Pedro spent an hour in a recording booth.

[@vetrais7965]

@@benjamingrant5970 oh 100% was the stuntman. More meant it's entirely possible he (Pascal) didn't even do that much and they just faked his voice like Luke's.

[@MaxRovensky]

Luke: I am a great Jedi master and I will do everything in my power to protect this force-sensitive child that’s been entrusted to me Also Luke: Get in this Tesla, it will get you across the galaxy

[@travisvwright]

Lol Giant robots attacking crowd. Rags and Mauler (Giving crowd advice): Turn a corner, don't run in a straight line. Go inside. Fringy (Chooses to advise the robots): Aim Up

[@sophisticautistic5453]

Why didn't the wookie put his gun through the shield and start shooting? It is established in Star Wars that driod shields can be walked through as long as the momentum is low. The wookie tries this but he puts his hand through first. This hurts him to do this yet the gun barrel wouldn't hurt him. But he continues to just electrocute his hand very slowly... Is everyone in this show a moron!?!

[@darthsamba]

Better yet, mando could walk through with the dark saber off and turn it in once inside the shield. They can be walked through, it’s done several times from past shows and movies

[@lieutenantcoloneltanyavond8273]

I wonder, if you put barrel part way into the shield, would gun explode from barrel obstruction? If you do that with water they do.

[@mrshmuga9]

Maybe it’s because I’m watching at double-speed, but I thought it was foreshadowing that they’d used electricity to pierce through or destroy the shields. They could have even showed that the shields were weakening, and is re-routed to the front where the rancor is hitting (like Iron Man’s armour in his fight against Thanos). That would have explained why the back was exposed, because you see the shield flash (weakens) and then move towards the front. Instead it’s just… red on only that section for no reason, rather than not being projected there. Or if red is just “weak” and not “off” then have some struggle to get through because it’s still active, not just waltz right in. Because why are you wasting energy to project an inactive section of shield? This whole show is so stupid.

[@BalrogUdun]

It wasn’t a ray-shield. They made up a whole new thing for that. I highly doubt they bothered to double check how ray-shields are supposed to work and just said eh it’s a video game force field.

[@socialjihad5724]

There's actually a line in this episode, before Boba fucks of to get his pet, that the shield deflects energy weapons, and that their "kinetic weapons have too much velocity", implying that yes, low velocity material SHOULD be able to pass through so....

[@iivin4233]

I just watched Blade Runner for the first time. The replicants were simultaneously far less emotive and far more truly human than the Hamplicant is. I won't be sleeping tonight.

[@TheCustodians]

Boba Fett saves the city by refusing to move the fight elsewhere and sicking his 5 ton dinosaur gorilla on the inhabitants.

[@sparkypack]

Boba is like Superman in MoS.

[@Сайтамен]

@@sparkypack To be fair, Superman couldn't save the cities even if he tried to lure them out in the mountains. They were terraforming Earth anyway and they went for his mom to find him.

[@jonbaxter2254]

Love how most discussion now turn back towards Arcane. Fantastic show.

[@liliesaregoodfortheliver2954]

I'm so glad I started watching it hoping it would be an utter cringe fest, but ended up invested and enjoying myself.

[@noneofyourbusiness4133]

Frieza from Dragon Ball was killed by vaporization three times: Once on namek after being cut in half Once on earth after being cut into a billion pieces Once on earth after being wished back to life and getting his ass handed to him due to his arrogance.

[@PatrixBest]

Cad Bane has not always talked like that. It's weird, I think it's the actor speaking slowly to get the words through the makeup and fake teeth

[@fr0ck360]

Yeah his words are so clunky/slow

[@lermadaniel]

But the actor is just dubbing the voice, no?

[@GhostLink92]

@@lermadaniel it very much looks like the original voice actor doing the voice, and the physical actor mouthing the lines. Plus, he's pretty damn old by now. Still, doesn't hold up to his portrayal in TCW/Bad Batch. Maybe he'll show up again in BB Season 2 the way we remember him.

[@socialjihad5724]

@@GhostLink92 Is it really the OG voice actor? Because it doesn't sound at all similar to the clips I e seen, and not just because of the electronic filter they put over his voice in the Clone wars, since in that show, he has some kind of Nordic accent, not a western one

[@GhostLink92]

@@socialjihad5724 pretty sure IMDB credits him in both shows. Bane is older here, so he might be been told to "age" the voice a bit.

[@pumpernickelrye9736]

What is the purpose of The Book of Boba Fett? Disney brings back a character to make him a crime lord in his very own show, except he does no crime and little lording. He starts out hanging with Tusken Raiders because apparently he has no priorities in his life and is cool with hanging out in a desert for months rather than getting his ship and going home or look for more bounties. His motivations for hanging with the Tuskens or becoming a crime lord are still a mystery. Why does he want to rule Tatooine? To make money? To be famous? To free the people? Why would he work for Jabba and then wish to free the people? If I was asked what Boba's character in this show, I have no idea how to answer. Despite the show taking place on one planet for the most part, the world building doesn't exist. How did Tatooine react to Jabba's death? Are they better or worse off because of it? How does the spice trade affect the lives of the people? Why would the Hutts ever give up the planet when they are likely the largest crime faction in the galaxy and could easily fight off the syndicate? A bunch of idiots managed to do it so the Hutts could have easily done the same. How has Tatooine changed since the empire's fall? Where is pod racing? How far did Jabba's power stretch? What were his operations while he was alive? The show gives so little of a fuck about its premise that I learned more about Mandolorians and Jedi training that I did about Tatooine. I ask again what the purpose of this show is. What did the writers want to accomplish using Boba Fett? Two episodes were spent with Mando without Boba saying a single word. Cad Bane was brought back (from the dead I think) for two episodes to do nothing but spit dialogue, shoot people, and die an embarrassing death. None of Boba's actions relate to being a crime lord. Why was there so much focus on the Tuskens when they just died off shortly after? Was it all to explain Boba's stick? What has Boba accomplished overall? Okay, he took Jabba's place and beat the syndicate. What does that mean for him? What does that mean for Tatooine? How will this affect other Star Wars shows since they will be tied together? Was it all just to reunite Mando with Baby Yoda, undoing the dramatic finale of Mando season 2 in a different show? If they do make Mando s3, we won't be able to get cool bounty hunting like we did in ep 5 because he's stuck with Baby Yoda again. TLJ is considered to be the worst SW content because of how it assassinated characters but this could beat it for not only doing the same thing, but also because nothing in this show convinces me the writers cared for what they wanted to write. Deviantart fanfic writers show more passion toward their craft then people writer for multi-million dollar shows in Disney. The Prequel Trilogy was better written.

[@InceyWincey]

Question: What is the purpose of TBOBF? Answer: To make money.

[@lilwinniepooh]

It annoys me that baby Yoda is back again. This mofo should be back at his home planet with his species. Grogu doesn’t deserve to see 4 owners die before he reaches his teens. Why hasn’t ghost Yoda even talk to Luke about Grogu? Surely there should be advice exchanged between Luke and Yoda about this species. Maybe we could see Luke actually visit Yoda’s planet; he could expand his knowledge about the force (maybe receive training too). This show is absolute $h!t

[@WadeArchives]

Yes, binging their reactions of these book of boba fett episodes I'm actually convinced they're worse than sequels which I never thought I would say about anything

[@strategicperson95]

Those are questions I ask too. I don't even understand Boba's reasoning to even be "crime lord" (because as you said, he does little if any crime related stuff) doesn't make sense. "I'm tired of working for others who don't care about my well-being" Boba, you worked with the Empire, did your job without any hassle. Hell, Vader even promised to Compensate you if Han didn't survive the Carbonite freezing. And by RotJ, you delivered your bounty and got your reward from Jabba. You are the one that decided to stay at Jabba's Palace. You didn't have to stay, but you did. All the way to the Sarlacc pit, where you made the poor decision to fly directly into Luke's personal space and got yourself beaten by a new Jedi and a blind man. Your woes we're self-inflicted. Moreso that I am willing to believe the Drunk Boba skit from Robot Chicken is more Canonically true. But yes, you hit the nail on the other problem with the series that can be summed up with a funny scene from the videogame Bounty Hunter: "What's my motivation?" What is Boba's motivation for doing what he does in this show?

[@StreetPreacherr]

You could tell they just had a LIST of 'cool' bullshit that they 'HAD' to include. Using their jetpacks, check. Back to back fighting, check, Ride the Rankor, check. Black wookie 'kicking ass', check. Boba using his sand people stick to turn the tables,check. Strong female warriors saving the day and being smartest, check. Boba using his missile, check. And does the wookie have SUPER HEALING powers? one second he needs support to walk, next second he's back at full strength, then maimed again, then back to full strength a second later...

[@Lemmiwings]

He got a health pack.

[@personanongratis]

This show is a video game!

[@Lemmiwings]

@@personanongratis Yes, that's why they continued to shoot the shields, we just couldn't see the very long healthbars of the droids.

[@lilwinniepooh]

ofc, it’s never Boba’s other weapons that actually do damage or help him in a fight until this episode. Even now, he killed bane with a stick? Of all the weapons he had? I get he was disarmed, but it’s still stupid.

[@PickledShark]

Crazy that just a few lines from Arcane were enough to give me chills. God damn that show is spectacular. Book of Boba looks like such a goof next to that 😅

[@shiravalen]

Luke obviously spent the 5 years acquiring all those rock-hut-building droids, to build a single rock hut really, really fast. Which can definitely scale a vertical surface somehow, and also not collapse a curved pile of rocks while doing so. Truly the creation of a genius mind.