The Fall of Boba Fett

[@brokencircuit1898]

Temuera Morrison deserved better. He's been a huge part of this franchise for 20 years!

[@FullFatVideos]

Yep.

[@superjumpbros64]

@@FullFatVideos yup

[@runthejudes]

@Ewan Callister yes

[@runthejudes]

@Ewan Callister okay, not 20 consistent years, but just because ewan mcgregor hasnt been in a star wars project since 2005 doesnt mean he hasnt also been a massive part of the franchise for 20 years

[@akirafuto7783]

@Ewan Callister he also replaced Jason wingreens voice for Boba Fett in the 2004 special edition of Empire, played the voice of Jango Fett, Boba Fett and the clones in Battlefront (2004) and Battlefront 2 (2005) even delivering some of the sickest 501st clone monologues during the BF2 campaign. Not to mention he reprised his role for Boba in Battlefront and Battlefront 2 (2015-17) Idk maybe you didn’t play a lot of Star Wars video games growing up but I totally agree that Tem has played a huge role in the legacy of Star Wars. more than most of the other prequel actors, that’s for sure!

[@AppleWasMyIdea]

One of the major problems with this show, is its tone. I hate how a Star Wars show about Bounty Hunters and the criminal underworld feels so tame and sanitised for a 'Disney' audience.

[@FullFatVideos]

Its not even as dark as the first season of Mando!

[@AppleWasMyIdea]

@@FullFatVideos Exactly. Even Mando's first scene in Book of Boba Fett has the kind of tone this show needed. I think this show should've been set on Coruscant or even been a show about Boba tracking down and taking out those who had wronged him like he did with Bib Fortuna. I'm actually surprised they didn't tie this into Omega from Bad Batch actually, considering she's technically his sister.

[@MRDLT00]

Not to mention it fell under the whole "Found Family" troupe Filoni has been pushing with The Mandalorean and The Bad Batch. He keeps going back to the same damn well. XD

[@GothicXlightning]

Fuck Exactly ! but that is why the PG-13 + Disney's Filth is DESTROYING everything

[@CoolGuy-kq8iv]

@@AppleWasMyIdea I really hope they don't drag in Omega. That would completely kill the stakes present in the Bad Batch, which is a much better (if flawed) show. Not that ruining things just to build hype is something that they'd be averse to doing, as shown in the Book of Boba Fett.

[@Pacmanfan-po9rn]

Book Of Boba Fett was basically "Hey remember THIS CHARACTER" the show imo. Like hey look Bib Fortuna! Hey look Ahsoka Tano! Hey look CAD BANE!!!!

[@FullFatVideos]

I loved Boba Fetts cameo in Episode 6

[@crazykirsch]

'meMBeR bIG cHuNGUs!!?!?!

[@superjumpbros64]

@@FullFatVideos yes, the cameos were the best

[@jlx256]

Same as Mando Season 2 honestly

[@valentinchepushtanov]

Well, Filoni did kinda the same thing with Rebels. I remember season two when first there was Ahsoka, then Rex, Wolf and Greg, then Hondo, then Lando and Leya... And Wedge Antilles, Bo Katan with Maul and Obi-Wan in season three. It's like his signature move... Like he peaked good writing with "Clone Wars" and now just makes callbacks to it whenever he doesn't know what to do with his current shows.

[@petertracycarroll]

They managed to make one of the coolest Star Wars characters a side character in his own show toy gotta respect that

[@williampearson6299]

They could've copied Mad Max Fury Road

[@jackrussell3084]

He was a side character in ESB and RoTJ with one or two lines though..

[@SefniAsheforr]

@@jackrussell3084 But those movies weren't about him. This was supposed to be his show and he was apparently the protagonist despite how the show played out.

[@user-vr5zk9ox8d]

@@SefniAsheforr Exactly… He’s the title character for God’s sake 🤣

[@DynastyZwarrior90]

@@jackrussell3084 He wasn't a side character in ESB, he had a major role, he was basically the no2 villain of the movie.

[@Bill_9999]

I get that they wanted to differentiate boba from being a masked cold protagonist like Mando, but man the mystery with boba was what made him such an interesting character. I feel like they should have let his actions speak louder than his words, like Mando, but then differentiate the two by their story. Boba fett has always been a mercenary/anti hero so it would've been cool to make the story reflect that rather than make him some goody two shoes crimelord. Idk if I make any sense

[@Carabas72]

Boba Fett hasn't been the slightest bit mysterious ever since first the damned EU detailed every possible last detail of his past and his future, and then George Lucas gave us kid Boba in the prequels and Clone Wars.

[@rienjen]

To be fair, Boba was a villain. He worked for the cruelest crime lord in the Outer Rim and then Darth Vader. He watched Jaba's slave girl be torn to shreds by the Rancor and didn't bat an eye. He almost shot Chewie in ESB because the Wookie was having a tantrum about his friend being dunked in carbonite and even Vader had more compassion there. So they could have differentiated the character by simply making him a villain, but with some standards (like his own personal code). It would have given him some honor but still kept him ruthless, and not like Mando, who deep down has a kind heart. Boba stood on his own principles but he was not compassionate. Simple, and they somehow screwed that up. Makes zero sense.

[@MrAskmannen]

The only crimes boba commit is ONE murder (killing Bib Fortuna) and then he runs a half assed protection racket on like two businesses. What a ""crimelord""

[@santi_super_stunts2573]

To be fair boba fett was a cold blooded killer who worked for the empire

[@miguelmontenegro3520]

Bounty Hunter's music means everything Boba should have been in the show: Menacing, shadowy, ruthless

[@FullFatVideos]

the main theme is so damn good!

[@theprodigalknight7156]

That's Jeremy Soule for you. Always knows how to compose amazing music for games.

[@K1LLERSQU1D]

@@FullFatVideos yes I fucking love star wars bounty hunter had such fond memories of dying over and over again to the bando gorra

[@CommanderCourage]

Morrison’s “As you wish” at 4:40 is a 1000% superior line reading to the one from the updated ESB. They just should’ve used that!

[@voodoocustompickups2547]

Sounds closer to the original line too

[@Dalenthas]

The standoff between Cobb and Bane should've happened in episode 1. Cad Bane needed to be the main antagonist of the whole series, or at least the Heavy. There also needed to be a scene where Fett explains his history with Bane for people who don't know or don't remember their interactions in Clone Wars.

[@balsasjekloca9308]

There lies the main problem with Boba and Bane in the show - they had no interaction in the Clone Wars show or any tie in material for that matter. There was supposed to be an arc where Bane would take Boba under his wing, but it was shelved after the show was cancelled. In other words the final enemy the protagonist has to face in this show is someone whose history with him has never been, and probably never will be, televised.

[@juancabardo21]

Yes. The episode should have started with Boba and maybe the flashbacks then cut to the Cobb Vanth and Cad Bane scene

[@thelicensednerd1626]

It is concerning that temmura knows more about the fett's than the directors

[@milkman_thegreat4818]

It’s incredible that the show was created by the same people that made clone wars and the mandalorian

[@imotekh6110]

They seem to have that syndrome, going from the quality of the Clone Wars to the atrocity of the first half of the last season, that was then followed up by some of the greatest Star Wars media in the entire franchise. Let us not forget they also made Rebels, it's almost like a bi-polar switch. Can't have it be consistently good, gotta throw in shit every few times.

[@nighthawk6777]

@@imotekh6110 Wow, I think you are on to something. It actually makes a lot of sense creatively. When you try new things and go all in, sometimes it's great, and sometimes it sucks. I still prefer the highs and lows of taking risks like this, than the consistently-watered-down trash of the sequels.

[@9810AB]

@@imotekh6110 Rebels is an excellent show, first series isn’t great but it improves massively with the last two series being brilliant.

[@imotekh6110]

@@nighthawk6777 As much as the showing so far has been very mixed in what's put out. A part of me understands that comes with the nature of experimenting with the series. Ideally they learn the experiments in Book of Boba went poorly and correct with the newfound knowledge. It goes to show when the most well received episode of the franchise has little or nothing to do with the titular character.

[@tobylerone4285]

For myself it absolutely makes sense as all those shows are at least 50% unwatchable soporific filler which I do not have the patience to Wade through. Mandalorian is still filled with ass characters and dynamics and a general sense of purposelessness (which has now been exacerbated by all the core story implications from s2 being resolved in… a completely different fucking show. While this is the worst of all of them, it’s hardly the huge step down people claim either. After all, favreau followed up Iron Man with Iron Man 2; he’s a bit hacky

[@alien4292]

I reckon that the show would have benefitted more from delving into an inner conflict of Boba perhaps trying to move beyond his brutal past and his near death experience at the Sarlacc Pit makes Boba want to change to become a more honorable man. However introduce Cad Bane earlier through flashbacks and set up the fact that he was Boba's mentor and reason Boba went down a brutal and malicious bounty hunting path, therefore you can have Bane be the physical manifestation of Boba Fett's past and provides a good conflict which would make the pay off of the final confrontation between the two more impactful and satisfying that Boba has defeated his past.

[@sergiomanzanares6817]

I think Marcus from cosmonaut variety put it really well, everything that made Boba Fett cool was given to the mandalorian, so they couldn’t really do Boba Fett without it being like the mandalorian. He’s been replaced basically

[@alexcross7583]

Not true, yes there is similarities, but from wat I seen in the mandalorian boba fett was more ruthless and would have no problem doing things din would never do and all that was thrown out, it honestly doesn't mean anything any more

[@zachhecita]

With the introduction of Din Djarin, Boba Fett was rendered redundant. They are both cut from the same cloth. In this situation, when you have two similar characters, they should be written as foils to each other. That was my expectation for the Book of Boba Fett. When I saw the end credit scene to the Mandalorian season 2 finale, I thought it was a stroke of brilliance having Boba Fett become a crime lord, a more organic direction for his character than his Legend's counterpart, in my opinion. I never thought Fett made a good Mand'alor, neither did his father for that matter. If Din Djarin is shaping up to be sort of a "knight king," Boba Fett, the kingpin, makes for an interesting contrast. It's too bad the series squanders this opportunity. The route I would've taken is this. While Din is beholden to tradition and honor, Fett is only motivated by pragmatism and strength. While Fett understands respect, he thinks the Mandalorian ways hold them back, shackle them from achieving total victory. Even the Mandalorian season 2 demonstrates that Fett and Din are not the same person from their fighting styles. Fett is described as a barbarian to Din's gunslinger. The series should lean into this savagery that makes Fett different from other Mandalorians. He can still rule with respect rather than fear, but he is motivated by self-interest. We can keep Din and him working together to fight the Pykes, but throughout the battle have Din realize that Fett and him are not as alike as he once thought. Fett routes the Pykes and a few of them surrender. Din leans towards sparing them. I would think it might be seen as dishonorable to kill an enemy that already surrendered. However, Fett executes all the prisoners, reasoning he doesn't have the manpower to keep them locked up in Jabba's palace and that they are likely to rejoin the Pykes Syndicate if freed. His debt repaid, Din leaves Tatooine. The next time they meet. Fett's faction has grown to be the most powerful crime syndicate in the galaxy. Boba Fett, once again, is working with the Empire. Din, assuming his duty and destiny as Mand'lor, builds a Mandalorian army and joins the Jedi and New Republic's fight against Thrawn's Imperial Remnant. Boba Fett and Din Djarin find themselves on opposing sides. This highlights how they are foils to each other, two sides of the same coin.

[@sergiomanzanares6817]

@@zachhecita that sounds brilliant actually, what a shame

[@justthinking650]

@@zachhecita Funny how random people you encounter on the internet could come up with much better ideas than actual writers in charge

[@dozyproductionss]

@@zachhecita wow

[@manofthewest5395]

Honestly, I think Morrison's performance as Delta 38 in Republic Commando is my favorite of his star wars roles.

[@sealionstudios8597]

I really feel that the big mistake from that start was making him a crime lord cos that somewhat limits what you can do with the character and he essentially has to stay in one location. They should have kept him as a bounty hunter cos then you can travel to other planets, meet other characters and sure, we kinda already did that with Mando but you can then explore the idea of Boba being a much older and experienced bounty hunter who maybe needs to think his way out of things cos he can't fight like he used to. I dunno. What do you think?

[@1mikerider]

I completely agree. From the offset, it limits the character. Also mando was what boba should have been.

[@tophat2776]

I mean you can find stuff for a crime lord to. You have characters Vito corloene and Tony soprano. It's usually about the build up to the end.

[@GP.Records]

I absolutely love this and wish you had written part of the show.

[@bustanut5501]

I like your part about Boba thinking his way out of conflicts. But I'd rather have it be a skill he uses because he can and not because it's his only way out. It's not like Boba is has aged that much since ROTJ. It's just been 5 years. Yes, Temuera Morrison is 61 years old, but Boba himself is merely in his mid-thirties.

[@sealionstudios8597]

@@GP.Records Thank you, that means alot ✌️

[@w-james9277]

Im just glad we got two Mandalorin episodes.

[@FullFatVideos]

Same tbh

[@andrewrivera4046]

I'm... not.... I wish we focused more on Boba. The Mando episodes should have been saved for Mando Season 3... I'm glad they exist but they sucked the life from the rest of the show.

[@_mikeacuna_]

I was hoping, when it was first announced, that the book of boba fett was going to be a wild story about Boba hunting down Han Solo for revenge, and maybe him becoming some kind of antihero throughout the story by changing his moral compass as he hunts Han down. Maybe even have a Maul and crimson dawn boss fight thing to tie it all neatly with everything else. And making it take place ANYWHERE but tatooine, I agree it has been over used, and Kenobi will use it too...

[@FullFatVideos]

I’m so sick of that planet

[@voodoocustompickups2547]

So sick of Tattooine. And on a further note, Jakku, which was just Tattooine for the new trilogy.

[@elliottknifton8902]

@@voodoocustompickups2547 I agree, what is it with deserts? At least Geonosis actually feels like a different planet rather than a copy of Tatooine.

[@TheeDawson]

Could of had half an episode with Jango and the other half with boba bening mentored by Bane. Would have set up the theme of getting out of his fathers shadow of being a killer AND actually set up a relationship with Bane and Boba

[@nighthawk6777]

Instead they waisted Bane, one of the most legendary bounty hunters and coolest characters. :'(

[@tenji8084]

I honestly thought the show was meant to show the events before rotj. Would’ve been cool to see a young, brash but skilled Boba.

[@akirafuto7783]

6:15 your description of episode two can basically be applied to 80% of the episodes of the Mandalorian. Din is literally like a video game protagonists that does side quests and gets new/upgraded gear every other episode haha

[@jameskurk5178]

Yeah but he doesn’t have anything better to do unlike Boba

[@BlazerK1914]

The Book of Boba Fett is an enjoyable show, but I like The Mandalorian more. Quotes of Boba Fett: • “He’s no good to me dead.” • “Like a Bantha😁”

[@CMGThePerson]

Jon Favreau kickstarted the entire MCU during a writer's strike yet he has also given us Mufasa getting decked in the face by Scar

[@katherinealvarez9216]

Can’t all be winners 😆

[@SefniAsheforr]

2008 Favreau was a lot better than the version we've had for the past half decade.

[@IcyDiamond]

@@SefniAsheforr Mandolorian was good though

[@bounthunter1194]

The comic blood ties literally made this story better and added more backstory to Boba and how he was shaped by Jango.

[@CassDaMan1138]

Too bad they had to make it non-canon for those shitty sequel movies

[@TheJadedJames]

I never played that old Jango Fett game. But the thing that really bugs me about Book of Boba Fett is that they should have made Cad Bane the main villain from the very beginning. I think that could have fixed most of its problems, because while I enjoyed the flashback storyline, the present day storyline is to vague. But the presence of Cad Bane not only gives the show a potent threat, but one that is relevant to Boba’s underdeveloped quest to go semi-straight

[@DoubleHelixReviews]

I've always said Bounty hunter is basically a playable spin off movie I'm so glad others are starting to realize this as well.

[@francisco9909]

I understand all the criticism for the book of Boba Fett but I really liked it. Anyway bounty hunter is really awesome and way better

[@jacobp249]

Yeah, BoBF was kinda underwhelming but a good time nonetheless. Bounty Hunter is Legendary though. Still never beat it, but I love that game

[@StarGhostss]

In the making of Mando S2 on D+, Robert did say that he made boba like that as if that would be the only time we would ever see him again, and personally I think BoBF was still in the development stages then

[@Arclight104]

Well bounty hunter had Jango actually hunting bounties, confronting his troubled past and deadly rivals and trying to shut down a deranged group of inter-planetary drug dealers/users led by an insane ex jedi. At the end of Bounty Hunter, Jango seems an even bigger badass than when the game starts when you consider all he accomplished and the impact his actions will have on the wider galaxy. Overall much more interesting in both character development and action than anything we see in Book of Boba Fett.

[@marcosloayzamiranda9775]

And unfortunately it is something that will never be seen in a program of the magical mute of Disney with favrou and filoni.

[@nedalsoned9940]

fully agree with basically everything about this vid lol. id compare the scenes of luke in tbobf to the scene where he implores vader to remember his past on the walkway on endor: one of the favourites and the tone is what i think the robot is trying to emulate. all the warmth, the trappings of humanity that an actor cant help but convey in their voice, are absent in tbobf. its a xerox.

[@confusedcabal342]

An animated series styled like the clone wars featuring Luke would be brilliant.

[@DamnFineCupOfCoffee]

What is the honest to god answer this isn’t happening. Someone please explain

[@eyiss7236]

Star Wars Bounty Hunter is one of my favorite game revolving around Star Wars. Really enjoyed the comparison, great points; continue with the great work.

[@petertracycarroll]

The thing about this show is that this isn’t the version of boba we wanted we wanted the gun slinging taking names and kicking ass bounty Hunter he was in the comics legends and even the mandalorian (imo he should have just stayed a mandalorian character) the version we got was one who already went through his character development and now just kinda exists they could’ve done something cool with him and the rancor bonding but they traded it for mando and Luke which was cool but just never felt right save those moments for mando season 3 and the Ahsoka show not for the Boba fett show

[@GP.Records]

Agreed wholeheartedly. With Boba, less is better. His appearance in Mandalorian was excellent, whereas this show sucked

[@a.firkaly6548]

Completely agree, I am so god damn sick of desert planets in Star Wars… and we’re going back there AGAIN for Kenobi. The characters themselves always say Tatooine is a back water shit hole, what does Disney keep going back there?

[@thewhitewolf7886]

Nostalgia.

[@DerFinder]

In german we have AMAZING voice actors and they really nailed to match the lips with the voice while still bringing their own acting talent into it. And get this, the freakin son of the voice actor, that voiced Luke since 1977 (!!!) until now, voiced Luke in Mando and Boba!! How cool is that! Not only does it sound very familiar but also fresh and young. And cmon as if the fact that the son of the previous voice actor takes the role of Luke Skywalker isn't the most Star Wars thing ever then I don't know. So yeah it's kinda trash for you with the voice but for us germans it's actually quite nice! I think it's also reason why I could almost forget that Luke was deepfaked

[@cykurosaki1337]

I love TM as Boba and Jango Fett so it’s sad the the non-mando episodes were pretty embarrassing. It was a wasted opportunity not to touch on the Jango-Boba relationship more!

[@AmIWhoIThinkIAm]

The Book of Boba Fett was greenlit and funding was cemented before 2020. Lost the cheap unregulated filming in Georgia. As such, the entire script was hacked to bits and cost 10 times as much to film, on the original budget. It was filmed in L.A.

[@maddenboseroy4074]

1. Despite having enjoyed the show myself, I couldn't agree more with you. Literally the only legitimately good things in the show are the show's insight into Tusken life, Fennec and Boba's first meeting, and the main theme. 2. I don't know enough about Ahsoka to know if she lived Luke's love-is-the-light-side-of-the-Force arc, so her anti-love rhetoric since Mando s2e5 made sense to me. I would really like your discourse on this point. 3. Cad Bane did not die. There are easter-egg videos about it. 4. I think you can blame the lack of George Lucas (though Dave Filoni does make up for that where/when it counts) for the sequels crap. Ah, what the hell, I'd like your thoughts on Star Wars: Visions.

[@aaronsheppard6246]

I liked the show but I can see there are big problems with it and I understand and respect your opinion full fat vids and love your videos dude your the best video essay channel on the platform.

[@jacksonturner242]

This music blending the Mandalorian theme with Bounty Hunter with the Empire is absolute gold. Love it.

[@abdullahfahad53]

Its from Samuel Kim, its called "Star Wars: Boba Fett Theme | Epic Mandalorian Version"

[@PeverellTheThird]

Best part of this show is watching Boba undergo the type of character growth most male SW fans are genuinely terrified of going through with in their lives; healing childhood traumas and embracing change.

[@SlashManEXE]

As conflicted as I was about the show, at least I can say with certainty that Temuera wasn’t at fault. In fact, it’s more disappointing that they wasted his potential (not unlike Luke). He’s been in the game long enough to understand his character, and took issue with some of the creative decisions

[@The_Real_Frisbee]

So glad someone remembers Bounty Hunter. It was one of my favorite Star Wars games as a teen.

[@TheBrickGuy7939]

The show very clearly had no other purpose than to show Boba standing around as a cash magnet and to eat up as much air time as possible. Obi-Wan Kenobi was exactly the same. I am so sick and tired of old oversued planets and characters returning and being treated like garbage.

[@shonenbag6478]

I just have to say - your linear timeline idea is simply sublime.

[@JGooden762]

Everything about this analysis is right, but at the end of the day, I will still have a much easier time including this series in my personal Star Wars cannon than the Sequal Trilogy...I'm sure I'm not the only one...

[@gensteps923]

Thank you for basically touching upon everything I have been saying and feeling for a long time now. BoBF should have taken significantly more inspiration from SW: BH. You basically summed it all up perfectly. I'm just glad more people are appreciating how well put together SW:BH was.

[@chrisburns514]

Uhp, didn’t think I’d have a reason to say it, but Duros look the same in literally every iteration. The way Cad Bane looks in The Clone Wars is the way every duros looks in every form of media. He looked good, but let’s not pretend the design didn’t lean into a practical applicability rather than being accurate, while the Trandoshan’s and Krrsantan look like real things that exist

[@chrisburns514]

Also rest in piss bozo, hope he doesn’t come back in this timeline. Cad should have only been in a flashback imo.

[@marvellousprime9445]

I feel like we can tell Luke sounds fake because Mark hamil actually had emotion, where as this one is just monotone

[@1mikerider]

They are going to need to nail the Kenobi series more than anything. Kenobi and Vader are the most important characters in SW. They will need to be wary of the OT and PT. To get the balance between this time spot on. We cannot have filler episodes, every episode must be meaningful to the overall plot of the skywalker saga.

[@CtrlAltDelete14]

Really should’ve been a couple of boba-centric episodes of Mando season 3 than a couple of mando-centric episodes of the boba show

[@user-vr5zk9ox8d]

“Why is everyone so excited to recreate an emotionally stunted order of Jedi?” . . . This was my exact question. Ugh, their complete disregard for these characters and the incongruous portrayals infuriates me. Even more so after they gave us The Mandalorian (edit: because it gave me hope), then told us they’re making a show around Obi-Wan and Anakin (while bringing back their original actors). I was so excited. However, after the sequel flashbacks I got from BoBF… I’m honestly more scared than anything else that they’ll ruin my two favourite Star Wars characters. I don’t want this canon anymore, it’s an abusive relationship.

[@RileyScarletSpiderGirl]

Instead of a Boba show Mando S3 should have had some Boba Mando team up episodes. Because Boba at this point works better as a side character imo.

[@jasonwrathorn9281]

I think it is a perfectly valid opinion to say that the deep-fake and voice of 'Luke Skywalker' isn't believable yet. It's probably a mistake to say it will never be as believable or convincing as a real actor. It's really hard to perfectly predict what technology will be able to accomplish... even now, if they had been given enough time, and no budgetary restrictions... there is reason to think they could have done better. When all is said and done I think I would have preferred to have Luke recast. The tech is really cool, but i would rather have a promising actor given the opportunity, and the CGI budget saved for something more interesting.

[@andrewrivera4046]

This video sums up everything I have felt about this show. I don't understand how they could have missed the mark with the potential they had. If anything, this feels like the first draft of a book. They needed to revise it and give it more purpose.

[@DelphanGruss]

Man, Cad Bane's death could've been something truly awesome - the character is the Duros version of a 100 years old at this point; he's long past his expiry date and he's clearly seeking a glorious death. Dying in a final showdown with Boba Fett could've been SO INCREDIBLY HYPE. Hell, the unfinished 'double headshot' animation of him having his shoot-out with young Boba was better than this. They did my man dirty. They did Boba dirty. They did Temuera dirty. So much dirt on this sandy-ass planet.

[@jayfolk]

*Good video.* Didn't know about the game actually, the cut in edits were all funny. Be neat if the Boba Fett spin-off had gotten the budget, and attention to goals, fight choreography, or even the cinematography as any episode with Mando. Moreso when unique storm trooper designs go: darth vader, stormtrooper, boba fett, mandolorian books, jango fett, clone troopers, the mandolorian show, and the return of boba fett played by the jango fett actor.

[@orlandofurioso7329]

That game is pretty fun, even though the camera is hot Bantha garbage

[@MrDarthT]

I personally really liked the prequel and Mando elements of this series. Far more that the main plot. I actually really liked the vision quest elements of him building his gaffe stick. It felt like, after having been his father's clone for so long, Boba was finally making something for himself, through his relationship with the Tuskens. It's a shame that it wasn't revealed that the female warrior and child Tuskens hadn't escaped, and wound up rallying the other clans to help out in the finale.

[@urmas1486]

The Book of Boba Fett should have been about Boba becoming a mandalorian and achieving the goals that Jango set him to do, also carrying out Jaster's legacy like he did in the Legends.

[@barkasz6066]

I like the idea of the Jango / Boba flashback. Perhaps it could have been triggered by Cad Bane and Bane being the character to tie it together. Bane shows up for whatever reason and reminds Boba that Jango was better so Boba thinks back to his childhood with Jango and it is the jumping off point for seeing some adventures with Jango. Perhaps you could have thrown something in the mix like the reason why Cad is back has something to do with a job Jango did decades earlier. In the end Boba forges a new path not by being like his father but finally embracing the things that were lacking in both his and Jango’s life. In the same vein we should have seen Fennec start out as a parallel to Zam but in the end we see that Boba actually cares about her and treats her like a person while Jango ultimately treated Zam like a pawn. It would have worked not only because of the typical “son stepping out of the father’s shadow” story but because of that extra twist of Boba being an exact clone of Jango.

[@justmike3018]

Yeah, spot on. I agree with most if not all your points; Luke is a creepy robot now who's on-course to becoming Jaked, and now Ahsoka's apparently cool with the Jedi now. I'll add that I didn't care at all about Boba's gaffi stick combat. The fact you can shatter Stormtrooper armor with that just means Stormtrooper armor is worthless; it's defeated by wood clubs.

[@CoolDudeProducts]

I agree with everything except for your analysis on Luke in episode 6. I think the CGI isn’t in any valley at all. Sure some parts, but on the whole, it looked authentic %75-%80 of the time. Also, the voice sounds great. It’s exactly what I remember when watching the originals on VHS at the age of five. Now I might be biased because I happen to be a VFX artist for an advertising agency, but I also have some pretty reasonable friends, and they mostly said the same.

[@berrypretty6305]

Dave Filoni, Jon Favreau, and the other "new hope of disney"s' formula, apparently, is to drown fans in the fanservice disney has starved them of, only to weaken and mar characters who would've been better off without.

[@SuperLuis225]

I keep hearing the excuse that the tuskiens made bobba go soft, but then these people forget mando season 2 where bobba: -Threatens to kill grogu if he doesn't get his armour NOW -Kills 12 stormtroopers with a stick brutally and painfully -Kills even more and 2 troop carriers with his suit whilst they were retreating -Starts a bar fight with the queen of Mandalore cuz she called his dad a 'Donor' -Raided and destroyed an imperial mining facility -Hijacked an imperial shuttle -Staged a dogfight for a heist -Storms jabbas Palace and kills bib fortuna no questions asked And then.... He is nice to everyone, beats up bad guys, recruits and forgives anyone that tries to hurt him and even gets himself a pet that he falls in love with. He's so kind he even dips out of his own show so mando and fennec can have the spotlight

[@maxwellcannon8999]

Came for the videos on my favorite shows, stayed for that accent

[@FullFatVideos]

haha thanks

[@Scarecrowbooger]

Star Wars Bounty Hunter was such a hard game, but man do I feel nostalgic when you talk about it.

[@FullFatVideos]

so awesome to hear!

[@TheJobberHunter]

Those biggest issue with Luke in this series was him making Groggy choose between being a Jedi and having personal attachment. Luke defied this in the OT and the legends canon. It was the right move because it was step a way from the old order.

[@ontasbulent5709]

Boba Fett from the expanded universe and his canon comic book version looking at the show version: pathetic

[@nighthawk6777]

So true

[@kokot6764]

"Kud'ar Mub'at pointed one of its jointed fore-limbs toward him. "Tell me first-or tell me again-what you think of the Guild. You know; the Bounty Hunters Guild." "I don't," said Fett. He gave a slight shrug. "It's not worth thinking about. If any of its members were at all proficient, they wouldn't be in it. An organization like that is for the weak and harmless, who think that by combining their forces they might become deadly. They're wrong." True Boba laughed - then Disney show how easy he abandon his mercenary way, and start cooperation with freaks to bring "Good" in world.

[@stevesamuals2651]

My only problem with boba Fett is the credits system and the weapon balance. It was super tedious to have to stop, use the eye gadget, lock a target, wrap them, and then send them away. Especially annoying if they're in a crowd and are wanted alive more then dead. If I had to pick a solution, it'd be to have L3 active scan mode and have your shots auto avoid any bounties. That way, you can preserve them till the end. I'd also make the credits system work towards new items, so playing the game multiple times could lead to some refreshing experiences (and not for art). As an example, what if one of the purchasable weapons was a mini gun, and you can use it to mow down enemies like butter. As for the weapon balance, hated multiple people with rocket launchers, and aside from the coil and sniper, most of the other weapons are just worse then the default blasters. A missed opportunity to show how the trade requirements need alot of diverse gear

[@proctifer9833]

You did notice that they really tried to avoid showing Luke's face when he was talking? The cgi looked fine because they didn't really animate his face moving.

[@OfficialRaveBlitz]

I've said it before, I'll say it again: Legends will always be better than Disney Canon.

[@GothicXlightning]

thank you for bringing up the BOUNTY HUNTER of true SW game i adore that game always ever since i first played in Gamecube and yes that game was extremely beautiful for the time it came out i will only update aspects about the control scheme then it will be one of the best SW games of all times it is that game that makes you have a whole new level of appreciation for the Jango and you grow to truly hate and feel terrible about seeing him dying as he did in EP2 Damn you Mace Windu.. but yeah the great direction of this game captures perfectly the soul of the Mandalorian's world and how it should have been done in that Book of Boba Fail series to me this epic game is SUPERIOR in about every way than that series god that truly was a massive wate of potential for so many reasons if only they gave us the BOBA FETT that we see at 1:20 the moment of Mandalorian was exactly what we should have got for the whole useless Book of Bon WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED?? how can you go from so much RIGHT to complete WRONG?? that always will bug me god really miss and wish for better days such when Bounty Hunter came out when SW was in that Galaxy Far far AWAY from Shitty Disney

[@NickSibz]

Bounty hunter is one of my all time favorite games and easily put Jango as my 2nd favorite character within the universe. Jango was portrayed as such a cocky yet casual badass that it just worked. I wish they did Boba better and 100% agree that Mando basically got Boba's entire personality and traits we all wanted. I love your idea of us getting a Jango flashback episode instead of the Mando one...would have been so awesome. Temuera wanted to do it justice but was working with next to nothing.

[@Johnathanbyers]

Bro my heart hurts knowing that even morrison wanted this show to be so much better than it was

[@FullFatVideos]

Same

[@Thecatspajames]

“I don’t think every character in Star Wars needs to have a spiritual awakening and come out redeemed.” Your right, which is why Darth Maul was so awesome in clone wars 😁

[@cloudsombrero]

Am I the only one who's sees a bit of parallels between jango and Sam along with boba and shand

[@badgerscorner9347]

Seeing Cad Bane show up in a Jango flashback in say, episode three, would’ve made his surprise return in the penultimate episode so much more interesting too. In the actually show Cad Bane showing up feels very disjointed, you’re not entirely sure why he’s there or why he has any personal business with Boba. Setting him up early on, making you forget about him, and then having him show up towards the end would have both set up Bane’s relevance in Boba’s life and made Bane’s appearance far less disjointed

[@RemoGutierrez1]

They should have given him a Daniel Plainview arc when he fell into the pit with the Carlac. He gets out builds a little empire.

[@BushmasterH]

Ironically I found the tusken raider mission the most difficult

[@zbh9268]

Super Frame did a video about an episode that should have been made with flashbacks of young Boba and Cad Bane showing their relationship. I think your idea about Temuera returning as Jango in a flashback could've easily tied into this episode idea. Book of Boba really needed 8 episodes instead of 7 and this theoretical episode could have happened between Episode 6 and 7. And if we bring back young Boba we can have Daniel Logan return to play him in live action.

[@SandyCheeks1896]

It’s a shame we have such strong Taatooine burn out before Kenobi

[@Vol-Tear]

Thing with Boba Fett and Mando is that there is a bit of an overlapping problem cuz originally in legends Boba took on the mantel of Mandalore and gave up bounty hunting to build the Mandalorians up, problem is that we already have that with Din Djarin is pretty much already what Boba would have been and they cannot resolve that without Boba and Din going at it and possibly killing the other. Also given how mando was just about bounty hunting (aka what a Boba Fett show would be about) with the potential of getting all GOT with the Mandalore stuff (again what Boba would have done) we are gonna have basically 2 shows about the same thing. More Jango and Cad bane? YES PLS, it would be interesting to see Cad as a younger more hot headed hunter who learned to temper himself and know when to let his aggression out in a controlled manner with Jangos training, could even go further along to the cut stuff from clone wars where young Boba and Cad worked together, you have the actor for young boba at the right age for It I think and then have that carry on into book of boba.

[@tracytron7162]

Tatooine has become the Green Hill Zone of Star Wars

[@28starwarsfan]

I'm getting rumors that in the wake of Mando S2, Kennedy got very involved in the shows. They weren't Citizen Kane before, but this was quite the drop. I wonder if this has an effect.

[@marsgrey8964]

As much as I agree with you, showing calm Luke from the show and angry Luke from RotJ is a weak argument, because we don't know how angry deepfake Luke would look like, he is calm just like he was calm in most of the RotJ, so you should comapre those scenes.

[@ArmouredProductions]

Jango is my favorite character because of Star Wars Bounty Hunter and I was really hoping he would've shown up in flashbacks but no. I'm nostalgic for Temura from Bounty Hunter OG Battlefront II & Republic Commando so I felt he was shafted in his own show.

[@walter7199]

each of those episodes needed to be an hour and a half and focused solely on a game of thrones style thing, where you have mafia vs mafia and fett actually has a real army

[@Mr-Tibbster]

I'm glad someone else brought up the SW Bounty Hunter game. A classic and it's what I was expecting/hoping BOBF to be.

[@dancingvalkyrie]

Star Wars Bounty Hunter is criminally underrated. My fav aspect of it has to be the rivalry between Jango and Montross. It's not even the typical hero vs villain kinda rivalry that BoBF painfully recycles either, it's more of a conflict between two ruthless killers but one of them just does it for the money while the other simply enjoys the bloodshed.

[@1Rhettsgirl13]

Tf did yall think we were going to get trying to recreate a person and voice digitally? Of COURSE it's not going to sound or look like Luke from 40 years ago. Everybody is so excited to see Jedi Master Luke after Jedi, but then tears the depiction apart! Nerds can be so annoying. I guarantee you, everyone's experience wasn't ruined because of Luke's voice, as many chose not to focus on it.

[@MRDLT00]

Man I loved the Bounty Hunter game back in the day. You having the main theme playing throughout the video was giving me goosebumps. :D

[@FilmSpeak]

Genuinely the best video I've seen on The Book fo Boba Fett man. LOVED the idea of having a series that addresses the dynamic between Jango and Boba that allows Temeura to give a great two hander performance and then exploring how that relationship shaped Boba. Also your critique of the Ahsoka and Luke meet up is so fucking on point. Imagine wasting that moment. UGH frustrating doesn't even begin to describe how I feel about this show and the sate of Star Wars. Excellent work dude!

[@HashbrownMashup]

One thing you gotta remember is that the Vader and the Empire were keepers of ORDER, and what has Boba done since coming back to Tatooine? Keep order.

[@EnergyChasms]

Played Bounty Hunter a ton as a kid, love that you've covered it.

[@LankyTurtleMedia]

Totally agree! A jango fett focused story/ episode would have been so much better!!

[@Opi_812]

I basically agree with everything you said here, but I honestly hadn't even thought of a Jango flashback. What a phenomenal idea, especially if they tied it back to Bane. What a missed opportunity like the rest of this show. I had fun with it and seeing Cad Bane in live action was awesome, even if they wasted him too... Side note can we just appreciate that Clancy Brown has seamlessly played 3 characters in Star Wars, crossing all 3 mediums- video game, animation (Savage Oppress) and live action. What an absolute legend he is for stacking that onto his already monster catalogue as a live and voice actor.

[@tropicalcatdetective]

So many good points raised in this video, some of which bothered me as well, and some of which I hadn't considered but just add to the my feelings this show was messy and a bit of a missed opportunity overall. I never played Bounty Hunter but I really like some of the ideas presented here about how the BoBF show could have incorporated Jango Fett, and it was quite a refreshing critique by comparing the show with this earlier video game and using some aspects of the game as a source of inspiration from which to derive a possible storyline to base a show about Boba Fett around, instead of the middling and muddled tale we got instead. I mean if Disney isn't interested in telling a crime story full of moral ambiguity and violence then why even go in this direction? Not to mention most stories about crime lords follow a pattern of the rise, corruption and eventual downfall/negative consequences of choosing such a lifestyle, and never end well for the main character. It's a bizarre narrative for the Lucasfilm story group to have taken with this character whilst also trying to make him out to now be a reformed character. In the first few episodes of the show I had a much simpler idea as to where I thought the show was heading and how ti would all make sense. I thought we were jumping back and forth between this inexplicable plot about Fett wanting to be a crime lord, and his experience with the Sand People, for a reason. I was expecting Fett's motivation to take over Jabba's holdings was all an elaborate ruse, and would secretly be in service to the Tusken tribes to try make the (Dune Sea?) a much safer region for them to reside in. I thought the show would draw inspiration from the Sergio Leone 'Dollars' films and have Fett cause all the outlaw gangs and organised crime elements to go to war with and destroy each other over the course of the second half of the show. After completing this hidden agenda of dismantling the criminal empire that had been present on Tattooine for so long, returning the deserts around Mos Espa to the tribes, it would end with the Tuskens bidding farewell as the Slave I flies off into the twin sunset with Fett and Shand returning to the world of bounty hunting at the end of the season. When the Tuskens were all massacred my heart sank as I realised the 'crime lord' storyline was to be taken at face value and really was all this show was about. The Tusken plot was just filler, and barely related to the central 'daimyo' premise in the end.

[@vadar0521]

I’m happy I wasn’t the only person who noticed Luke’s robo voice

[@harrykatsos]

I didn't like how he tried quoting everything like a jedi, I just kinda wish he spoke of the lessons of the jedi in his own words.

[@dfolz1101]

The thing about the "redemption" with tusken raiders is thats still pre-mandalorian s2, where he threatens to murder a defenseless child...

[@MCLegoboy]

The Book of Boba Fett is Star Wars' really long Amazing Spider-Man movie. There's a bunch of good stuff in it like characters, plot threads, and action scenes, but that story as a whole is all over the place. I love the Pykes, they're decent badguys, I liked seeing them. I've never read the comics with Black Krrsantan, but I knew of his existense, it was cool to see him show up. Boba shedding the life of a Bounty Hunter to become a Crime Lord (but actually just a defender I guess) is an interesting idea. That final episode has a lot of great action moments in my opinion. The Mods are not a terrible idea, they just feel out of place on Tatooine. Finally seeing Cad Bane in live action is great, and he's portrayed wonderfully, but despite my knowledge of the unfinished Clone Wars story with him and Boba, it does kind of come out of nowhere that they have beef with one another. All the stuff with the Mandalorian and Luke and Ahsoka and Grogu is the best, it just does not belong here in this show. A lot of this stuff is working on its own, but as a narrative, it's bouncing around the timeline, it's cramming in stuff that doesn't need to be there, and the focus is changing every episode on what the actual plot is. It's a really long Amazing Spider-Man movie. There's a lot of the right people involved, there was a lot of potential for greatness, but simultaneously, everything went wrong.

[@FullFatVideos]

oh wow the ASM comparison is actually so apt! particularly 2

[@johnsonartchive8826]

Temuera Morrison has a very unique presence. He's very gruff, and naturally intimidating, yet undeniably charming, and even when he's playing the most despicable characters, he always seems to have a fatherly feel to him that doesn't often feel deceptive. He reminds me of the best characteristics of Peter Mullan, Tom Hardy, and James Gandolfini. I commend George Lucas for seeing his talent, but I don't think that the majority of Star Wars writers (including Lucas) are equip to write something for Morrison that compliments his nuances, and the more experimental writers just aren't interested in the character of Boba Fett (for valid reasons).

[@SandyCheeks1896]

As much as I loved seeing Luke, Mando and Ahsoka, most of that stuff should have waited for Mando s3 or Ahsoka’s show. Also Grogu DEFINITELY should not already be back with Mando outside of his own show. That should have taken a whole season.

[@skinner219]

I wish season 3 of Mandalorian had happened instead of The Boring Of Boba Fett. For season 3 you can still have Mando’s new ship, including Cad Bane, Luke, Ashoka, R2, and Grogu. First episode is a standalone with Mando doing a random mission, but trying to accept Grogu isn’t with him. From episode 2 - 8 is one story arc. The streets of Tatooine have been quiet, no life, nothing. The mechanic lady tells Mando there’s this gang who have taken over the town, and if anyone tries to get them, then they’ll send their greatest weapon. Mando goes after the gang, and in return they send their greatest weapon. Cad Bane. They pay Cad a lot of money. Mando and Cad have a duel, Cad shots first but Mando lives. Cad wants to challenge this younger bounty hunter, and see if in the future he’s ready for a rematch. Mando tries to do better than Cad in a duel, he learns his history. We see flashbacks of Cad. In one episode, we see the parallels of a young Mando and Cad how they were brought up, how they came to be. Mando fears he can’t win this one, so he melts the spear and makes a little bullet proof vest for Grogu, hoping to see him one last, and this plays out like what happened in episode 6, but longer with no Boba. I would call this episode “The Masters and The Apprentices”. What this title means is that Luke is teaching Grogu, but at the same time, Ashoka is teaching Luke how to be a good teacher. At some point the trio go to Ilum, to find Grogu’s lightsaber. When he returns from the cave he makes his own lightsaber the colour being yellow. Grogu overhears Ashoka and Luke talking what Mando said, this might be the last time he’ll see him and might die from Cad. Grogu becomes concerned and wants to help. Luke gives him a choice, the lightsaber or the vest. Grogu grabs both objects and pushes Luke back and jumps out of the temple. Ashoka holds Luke back and let’s Grogu go. The two Jedi Knights have a little duel. Grogu joins the fight with Mando, at some point Grogu gets shot, Mando is in shock brutally beats up Cad. Cad gets the upper hand removes Mando’s helmet, point and shots him, but the laser is being hold back from Grogu. He pulls it back and destroy Cad’s gun. Mando and Cad have one last face off. Cad pulls first, but Mando shots first. Cad is dead. Mando and Grogu have a an emotional, sweet reunion. He takes Grogu into the new ship and they fly off to the sunset.