The Book of Boba Fett | 1x5 Chapter 5: Return of the Mandalorian | Reaction / Commentary

[@Spence709]

I love mid-life crisis Mando "Single dad gets kicked out of his apartment complex. has to take the bus across town to pick up a used car"

[@emme]

LMAO

[@0LadyV0]

Remember Kanan's lessons to Sabine, for weilding the Saber. She said it was heavy, until she connected with it, and released her fear.

[@WDanielFichtel]

Seeing the N1 Starfighter return was one of the most unexpected surprises in this series. You would recognize it in yellow as the ship young Anakin used in Episode I to destroy the droid control ship. It's sleek, it's fast, and is basically the space equivalent of a midlife crisis Corvette. 😂

[@nathandts3401]

And doesn't have enough room for the baby to chill.

[@senzanome7302]

⁠@@AppleFrogTomatoFaceI feel like it’s more of a resto or a rat rod type with all the mods

[@wolfman-up7dh]

Seeing Mando fly Beggar's Canyon in a freaking N-1 made me so happy.

[@davidbergfors6820]

18:17 The Episode 1 nostalgia is strong in this! First an N1 Starfighter, and now it flies the same racetrack Anakin did!

[@oneironaut420]

Peli’s droid R5-D4 is the same astromech droid that Owen originally wanted to buy instead of R2-D2 near the beginning of Ep.4, the one who blew his motivator.

[@davidbergfors6820]

Peli seems to collect every "background" Droid she can get her hands on.

[@chancegarrison7636]

7:13 yes, it's risky for every mandalorian to have pure Mandalorian Iron magic Rings to have pure Mandalorian Steel Spears because it can pierce Mandalorian Armor but it's worth the wrist.

[@jackson857]

Bryce Dallas Howard knocked it out of the park on this episode.

[@jonathanross149]

Mando takes over The Book of Boba Fett

[@stevegreen5552]

I binge watched all three seasons of The Mandalorian on DVD, enjoying it but noting a degree of discontinuity between seasons 2 and 3. Still, because I enjoyed it I sought out the DVD of the Book of Boba Fett. It was a total surprise when I found myself effectively watching The Mandalorian 2.5! Questions answered.

[@chancegarrison7636]

9:14 Sometimes Mandalorian need to spar with each other to get more skilled and get stronger.

[@Peacemaker2025-A9T]

14:18 Thats a Naboo starfighter from the planet Naboo, Anakin flyed one of those in The Phantom Menace when he was a kid!

[@tofersiefken]

Mando's new starfighter is the same model young Anakin used to defeat the droid army's control ship in episode 1. I love the mods they've done to it and the bare-metal look.

[@pierrejambrecina654]

The canyon Mando flew through with his new ship, was the same canyon from Episode 1, when Anakin competed in the pod race. Also the ship is a Naboo starfighter, which can be seen in the space battle of Naboo in episode 1.

[@madanevs]

And R5 is the Droid who has a bad motivator that Luke buys before buying R2D2

[@SLAPERZZ1]

The n1 star-fighter is OG , just imagine the pull in that thing

[@donaldwatson7698]

Nice little background tidbit: the actor playing the young "cop" in the X-wing, the one who didn't want to fill out paperwork, is Max Lloyd-Jones. You've seen him before, just not his face. He's the body double for Luke Skywalker. Mark Hamill worked extensively with Max to get the composite Luke just right, and once joked that Max looked more like young Mark as Luke than Mark did.

[@Jonno92100]

18:38 Now THIS is Podracing.

[@timmooney7528]

If recall on Rebels, Sabine Wren also found the darksaber to be heavy and hard to yield. Kanan had to each her her not to resist it. Since she gave it the Bo Katan, she never earned it in combat and the Mandalorians believed it was cursed. Beggars Canyon was where Luke Skywalker wrecked his T-16 Skyhopper mentioned in A New Hope and also seen in the pod racing scene in The Phantom Menace. Anakin Skywalker used the term "wizard" back then. Mando's new ship is a Naboo starfighter previously seen in The Phantom Menace. It's pre-clone war tech.

[@danielsherman2969]

Yep the highlight of the book of Boba with Mando coming back and what's to come! And as well as others said ,the explanation about the dark saber by the forger was an elaboration of the Sabine arc with the dark saber in Rebels. Also I just noticed the forger seems to know a bit about the Jedi ways which makes me curious what else she knows about them that she didn't tell🤔 A fun reaction! Waiting for the next episode🤩

[@Irish37]

While they were rebuilding the N-1, the music included disjointed snippets of Mando's theme, symbolizing his broken emotional state without Grogu. When they roll out the completed N-1, as you pointed out, the music plays Mando's theme in full on the cello, indicating that his heart is finally starting to heal.

[@Commander-vf1lk]

Bo-Katan & the other Mandalorian clans follow the maintstream way of Mandalore. Meaning modern. Unlike Mando’s clan, Children of the Watch follow a more ancient tradition way of Mandalore. It’s like that movie “The Last Samurai”. Japanese have different clans. They have a civil war. They supported different gov’t such as pro-emperor vs pro-shogunate. It’s like “Old Japan vs Modern Japan”. Shoguns who still use armors, swords, spears, bows & arrows, etc. vs the Modern Japan where they’re equipped with rifles, bayonets, cannons, railroads, western clothing, etc. This is best I can illustrate it. Sry, if I wasn’t able to catch the appropriate terms but then again no one is perfect. Not everyone can find the right words.

[@roytromb_strength]

“Doo doo doo dooo doo doo doo dooo” 🤏🏼🤏🏼

[@DToomer]

This is where the fun begins….

[@boomataco]

Mando is by farrrrr. The best "new" character in star wars.

[@crownedgambit]

Awesome video Emme

[@alexstrickland6911]

The speeder that the Marshall has is part of Anakin's Pod racer

[@bobbymartin440]

I can't wait to see Your Reaction to Mando's Return! I Love the way You caught Mando's Theme at the end of the last Episode!

[@jonmats8201]

Now this is pod racing

[@Honeybadger.61]

Picking up on things you didn’t notice for you :) The armorer said those who claim the saber without right will put a curse on mandalore hinting back to when Sabine handed it over to Bo Katan Moff Gidian shortly after laid waste to mandalore. Dins clan is deathwatch and they walk “The Way” which they stated in clone wars that their goal is to bring back old mandalorian traditions which includes not taking their helmets off. They took their helmets off in the clone wars but after the destruction of their planet they got closer to old traditions which is why they don’t remove their helmets now. Bo Katan departed from deathwatch after Maul killed Pre Visla which is why she removes her helmet and represents her own clan. I have a theory that the armorer is shady and still represents Maul because of the horns on her head but not completely sure. Mandos new ship is the same one Anakin used to blow up the trade federation ship when he was 9 in The Phantom Menace also Beggers Canyon is where Jabba held the pod race that freed Anakin.

[@wojtek561]

I always like theory that armorer is Rook Kast.

[@nathandts3401]

Even if she is still a Mauldalorian, Maul isn't that bad of a guy.

[@Honeybadger.61]

@@wojtek561was thinking the same thing!

[@donaldwatson7698]

One correction to that: Din's clan is a "clan of two" per the Armorer, namely the Mudhorn Clan, which is why Din wears the Mudhorn signet. Din's group or coven is not Deathwatch but the Children of the Watch, one of several descendant groups from the old Deathwatch group. The CotW have added to the Deathwatch's original teachings, leading to former members of Deathwatch calling them a "cult". Deathwatch was quite comfortable removing their helmets.

[@Jon_FM]

I love that star fighter. Such a sweet design but this refit is amazing.

[@Tinman452]

Paz has one of the most epic story arcs in star wars. Best mando character after Din and Bo

[@donaldwatson7698]

He's definitely top-tier. I'd put Sabine Wren in that group you named, but we're about to get a lot more of her story, so I'll adapt a wait-and-see attitude.

[@acereporter73]

1:47 Daddy's home...

[@jonathanross149]

12:37 It's like the Bartertown entry scene in Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome

[@JoeCensored]

If you didn't realize, it's an N-1 starfighter from Star Wars episode 1.

[@chancegarrison7636]

7:44 Bo-katan has not completely Lost the way...... she's still a mandalorian...... Mandalore is not a race or just a creed, it's a people.

[@Drudenfusz]

Yeah, our Mando simply took over the Book of Boba Fett.

[@Chessmadcrasher]

Mando Music “Do-do-do-doo” Mini robot dance Strong start to this reaction video. A couple of things set up. Go give Grogu his new beskar armor, atone for taking off his helmet, help Boba Fett. Things are getting interesting for season 3 on Mando.

[@impossible7163]

This is the way.

[@chancegarrison7636]

11:40 That's really not True, Bo-katan has removed her helmet all the time.

[@williamgillespieiii2600]

Congrats Emme, you've officially joined the ranks of the 3 content creators I give my likes to to support. Keep up the good work.

[@shadytano]

Wizard! That's what Anakin says in Episode 1

[@MaytrixMan]

This episode really makes book of boba fett more like mando season 2.5. Really should have been rolled into season 3 in hindsight.

[@chancegarrison7636]

Sabine should have kept the darksaber because it was rightfully her's.

[@benjaminroe311ify]

Yep Mando Season 2.5 this and the next episode are.

[@alexstrickland6911]

From the phantom mines

[@TearYouApart360]

It still makes me sad that the best episode of the Book of Boba Fett doesnt feature Boba Fett.

[@SigTheSauceMan]

7:00 Paz Vizsla is not a descendant of Pre Vizsla (he's too old), just another member of House Vizsla. - Side Note: Clan Vizsla is the head of House Vizsla. Clan Wren is also part of House Vizsla. 7:40 As I've explained before (and will explain again, though much, much more briefly: From an *objective* point of view, the "Children of the [Death] Watch" are indeed a cult (in that they are an extremist sect of their overall organization). They were raised with the beliefs of Death Watch, who themselves were an extremist version of traditional/old Mandalorians (the way Mandalorians were before different factions/sets of beliefs came along about a century prior). Also, just a reminder that Paz Vizsla is played by Jon Favreau (the director, and also Happy Hogan in the MCU). 11:40 You are correct. It is not true. The Armorer does not have the authority to declare someone "no longer a Mandalorian." No one does. This is simply her kicking Din out of their sect/faction, which adamantly believes that Mandalorians cannot show their faces to others. Din never did anything wrong. He just hasn't realized that The Tribe (the Children of the Watch) are wrong. 12:10 Even excommunicated from the covert, Din still defeated Paz Vizsla fairly, and so he still has a right to keep it. Or from the other side, they don't have the right to take it from him. And there already exists precedent that an outsider can hold the Darksaber (ie. Maul). The Armorer, and the rest of the covert are VERY likely Maul loyalists (those who remained with Death Watch after Maul took over as Mand'alor). 14:20 That is a Naboo N-1 Starfighter. You likely recognize it from Episode I - The Phantom Menace, as the starfighter little Anakin piloted and destroyed the CIS Lucrehulk-class Battleship. Except this one is like when you find a classic car and drop a built HEMI engine in it. 18:00 You have NO IDEA how relatable this scene is to car people. Finds a fancy old classic, fixes it up, slaps a hot rodded engine into it, turns it on, takes it out for a joyride, and gets pulled over. 18:48 Beggar's Canyon is actually a significant location. In the prequels, it's part of where Anakin did the podrace. And Luke also flew a T-16 through it regularly. Originally, Mandalorians were savages (like... uncivilized savages). And over time, the Mandalorians became more civilized and less savage, or even "weak". Then came Jaster Mereel, the Mand'alor of the time, who proposed basically a new constitution that brought them back to their warrior roots, but ditched the savagery part of it. Many agreed (the "True Mandalorians"), and just as many opposed ("Death Watch"). And then there were those who didn't care and stayed out of the conflict. In the end, the two sides wiped each other out, except for their leaders: Jango Fett (who succeeded Jaster Mereel as Mand'alor) and Tor Vizsla (who escaped). Jango was captured and sold into slavery, but eventually escaped and killed Tor Vizsla. He then went into self-exile as "just a man trying to make his way in the galaxy" until his death in 22 BBY on Geonosis. Meanwhile on Mandalore, those that stayed out of the fight rose to power in the absence of the warrior clans and called themselves the "New Mandalorians" under Duchess Satine Kryze. Death Watch briefly made a comeback, led by Pre Vizsla, and then Maul, but ultimately failed. The New Mandalorians would be deposed anyways when Order 66 resulted in the Occupation of Mandalore, which united all Mandalorians into two groups: those supporting the Empire, and those opposing it. Eventually, the Empire would be driven off Mandalore by Sabine and her friends with the help of Clan Wren. And of course, not taking too well to losing, the Empire basically glassed Mandalore, bringing us to where we are now in 9 ABY. So... allow me to explain lightsabers (including the Darksaber) and non-Force-sensitives. While a lightsaber can be said to just be a "laser sword" (and in Legends, was detailed as originating from "frozen baster" technology, where the blade is just a single blaster bolt that was frozen and contained in an electromagnetic field), it is a bit more than that due to the Kyber crystal. Kyber crystals are basically inorganic, but living, semi-sentient things. They are a mass of the Force itself, and as such, in the hands of someone who is capable of perceiving or using the Force (such as a Jedi or Sith), they're capabilities are greater. But in the hands of someone without the Force (such as our Mandalorian here, Din Djarin) it is a very cumbersome weapon. Keep in mind that unlike a metal sword, a lightsaber's blade has *zero mass* and therefore feels very different. Grab a lightsaber hilt (or just a small ~5lb dumbbell) and try to swing it around as if it had a blade. That's what a lightsaber canonically feels like (unless you have the Force). And while (as we've seen in Star Wars: Rebels, when Sabine was being trained with the Darksaber) a non-Force-sensitive *can* wield a lightsaber fairly effectively with training, it still has a spiritual component that non-Force-sensitives have a harder time overcoming. A lightsaber's blade is not just made up of physical energy, but spiritual energy as well (again, due to the Kyber crystal). The crystal (which provides the blade's energy) is a conduit that channels the wielder's energy into the blade. And it would appear that the Darksaber is either unique in this aspect, or demonstrates it to a much larger degree. Of all the known wielders of the Darksaber (Tarre Vizsla, Tor Vizsla, Pre Vizsla, Maul, Bo-Katan Kryze, Sabine Wren, Gideon, and Din Djarin), only two were Force-sensitive (Tarre Vizsla and Maul, who were a Jedi and Sith respectively). And we've seen Pre Vizsla, Bo-Katan, and Gideon wield it in battle quite effectively, despite not being Force-sensitive.

[@auntvesuvi3872]

Such a great crossover, right?! 🐺 Thanks so much for your reaction, Emme. #EmmeReacts #StarWars #TheBookOfBobaFett

[@officialmonarchmusic]

My favorite bit was by far the long take with the elevators and the top floor. BDH said in the behind-the-scenes that there were 0 hidden cuts

[@chancegarrison7636]

His name is Din....

[@Cristinas_watching]

You’ve reached the Mando Takeover arc!

[@haydo-9916]

By the way, that’s not the same BD droid from Jedi: Fallen Order. It’s another one of his kind

[@Freshfruitt]

MANDO

[@bobbymartin440]

I LOVED that Episode! Bring on Grogu! See You for the next Episode, Emme!

[@ElvisC506]

Next episode "From the desert comes a stranger" is the best one of the Boba series (yeah and it is not even related to Boba lol)

[@TheGagabond]

Лучший эпизод в книге бобы фетта

[@bidwell13]

4:00 Luke is only training Jedis. Also having Mando around while training Grogu would be an issue cause Jedi are supposed to forgo attachments and Grogu would be focused on Mando and Mando would be worrying about Grogu’s training. 9:26 he’s fighting the saber. He needs to make the saber apart of him. 11:41 Bo-Katan is from a different Mandalorian tribe. Mando’s tribe are religious zealots who believe that their founder is how they are supposed to live. He was able to take the saber with him cause he won the battle. 17:28 this is the same style ship that Anakin flew in Episode 1.

[@lvl-3bot]

And now starts the Book of mando

[@CMCustom112]

Best episode of BOB has NOTHING to do with Boba Fett..........

[@mareiramv]

Nice to see Emme's reaction to the Book of Mandalorian lol.

[@Sherman1fan]

Titles are supposed to be a surprise until you watch the episode, kinda spoils it in a reaction where the title is already known (and you speculate about it), maybe just go by episode _ and then get the name for it as you watch. Just a suggestion.

[@emme]

i can't really do that since i can't selectively close my eyes while i click on the play button for the show 😳

[@Sherman1fan]

@@emme Understood. Get ready, the last episodes will knock your socks off!

[@roystoyscomics1361]

It felt like an episode of The Mandalorian because it was shot first for season three. The numbers on Boba Fett ratingswise were dropping like a stone. So Favreau had to do something drastic to get the numbers back up. So they took the first two episodes of Mando season three and shoved them into Book of Boba Fett.

[@chancegarrison7636]

The Republic Fleet needed nine hundred gigillion Nebula class star destroyers and nine hundred Gigillion Endurance class star destroyers to fight The First Order

[@cmac3530]

Welcome to The Mandalorian Season 2.5

[@jacksonconley5117]

This felt like the Mandalorian season 2.5.

[@joshuawells835]

This is the part of "The Book of Boba Fett" that really becomes "The Mandalorian Season 2.5."

[@cd5sircoupe]

I hated that the Armorer was so adamant about destroying the spear. Beskar is for armor not weapons? Yeah, ok... says the person who uses Beskar to forge those Whistling Birds. And the fact that the Darksaber is presumably also forged using Beskar. I'm just gonna conveniently ignore those for plot reasons.

[@SatriadiSS]

Mando's new ship is a Naboo N-1 Starfighter, the same ship as the one little Anakin flew in the Battle of Naboo The part when Mando flew through Beggar's Canyon was also a homage to podracing

[@ivanrodzp]

🤩🤩🤩🥹🥹👏👏👏

[@sammiller7326]

Damn Emme! Love the drip

[@jaradsage8546]

The sudden Mando take over of Boba was purely bc of Disney & Kathleen Kennedy. Mando s3 was supposed to be just Mando, but they told Filoni & Favreau that Grogu had to be in it, so they were forced to shoehorn him back in before s3. Favreau threatened to leave Star Wars over it

[@kleineblaueaugen]

Eh, just sounds like more Kennedy/Disney-bashing to me. Pure rumor/speculation.

[@penkkh6349]

The next episode is the best Star wars live Action episode bye far

[@Qui-Jon]

That’s the ship kid anakin flew in episode 1 and blew up the droid control ship

[@joshuamatundura942]

Pleeeeeeeaaaaaaaasssss for the love of god watch love death and robots

[@alexstrickland6911]

That is actually Anakin's Naboo Starfighter

[@JJ-ds2uf]

as cool as this was, still, it should be The Book Of Boba Fett and not Mando S3😶‍🌫️

[@captaindc3889]

This show might have some abandonment issues

[@toddsmitts]

I was very conflicted about this episode. Yes, it's great to see Mando again, but this show is called "The Book of Boba Fett" and Boba Fett isn't even in it at all! Also, I feel like major life changes for Mando (being exiled from the order and getting a new ship) should've taken place on HIS show. Someone who didn't see this show would probably be confused. Sidenote, did you recognize Mando's new ship as one of the Naboo starfighters from The Phantom Menace?

[@hehu4025]

The actor playing Boba was joking about how Mando stole his show, and unfortunately, even though he was joking, I have to agree. It was supposed to be a series about Boba, not Mando Season 2.5. This is the effect when Disney forces a director to produce a certain series and imposes on them how it should look.

[@MrKevinFHaney]

Wooteedee !!! We finally made it to episode 5 🎉🎉🎉 yes

[@MrKevinFHaney]

That's funny that you said Saw reference to the movie I guess ,,,,, someone does get cut in half

[@MrKevinFHaney]

What is it well it's a Space Rod