I've really enjoyed the first 2 episodes, while others seems to more uncertain. But this is the first episode I've been worried overall about the series. The modern underworld story just isn't interesting enough - I was kinda hoping we would see more Boba Fett the Bounty Hunter, not this form of a makeshift leader.
The humans grafting droid parts onto themselves, is a new concept in the Star Wars visual world, to my knowledge but it was executed so poorly. It's the first time I've looked at anything in the Disney SW era, and thought, "that doesn't look like Star Wars".
I'm not sure where this series is really going but EP4 needs to pick up the modern underworld story in a big way.
Honestly, what the hell is this?
An ok episode. That car chasing sequence on those awfully colored floating bikes though… yikes :grimacing:
Jesus Christ, He's supposed to be a crime-lord, not some fluffy peace bunny. Come on Disney, just let him kill somebody, or at least let him beat somebody up. Boba Fett is like a teacher now, scolding misbehaving pupils during lunchtime.
More like "The Streets of Mos VESPA", am I right?!?!
The car+bike chase is the worst chase I've ever seen LOOL
Just me or someone get a reference to Back To The Future in the car chasing sequence?
And I never saw that colors used in the floating bikes in any other Star Wars movie/show. A little weird
If asked to describe classic Star Wars using three words, they might be “thrilling space adventure.” This series has the same characters (or species, at least) and locales, sky-high production values, and great cinematography, but none of the thrill, none of the space, and none of the adventure. It feels a bit like touring a Star Wars wax museum; I’m left appreciating the artistry but wanting the real thing and wondering what’s the point. I came wanting an adventure story but I’m getting a character study. It’s problematic because, for me, Boba Fett’s allure was his mystique. The more the show humanizes and explains him, the less mystical and less appealing he becomes.
Robert Rodriguez must be stopped at all costs.
All of you people need to chill out. If you cant appreciate good lore and back story then don't watch. Everyone for years is going what about Boba Fett? what about Boba Fett? And now you get the back story about what happened to him and your complaining. I have a feeling and I hope Favreau is giving us great lore and set up for and epic ending and second season. It's only episode 3 chill out people.
We should start with the worst part of the episode, the colorful young rebels. Aside from the terrible bike design, I understand the addition of the group to Boba's team, but it feels like they are there with the bikes so that later in the show, from start to finish, the show can have one of the worst persecutions I can remember.
Mistakes aside, the flashback is correct, showing what happened to the tribe, and I was already thinking about what might happen to them.
The fight with the Wookie was quite intense. I would add a bit more face-to-face between Boba and Krrsantan (hopefully I spelled his name correctly and he doesn't visit me while I sleep in my Bacta tank), and I would ignore the presence of the rebel gang.
Trejo's appearance was a pleasant surprise in a role that suited him well; we'll have to wait and see how he progresses. Boba riding a Rancor? Yes, please!
4 brightly painted Scooters chasing a speeder that looks like a 60s Pontiac and the whole pursuit is taking place at 20mph… sorry but that’s not what I expect from Star Wars. Other than that I really like the show so far…
What the hell is this supposed to be.
https://twitter.com/BenHartWithNoE/status/1481760863686172677?s=20 perfect representation of the car chase scene lol
That "car chase" sequence was so low energy and just plain awful!
Aside from how Camp it was to see English *Mods on their tricked-out Vespas in a town called, "Mos Espa," there were a number of seeds planted towards the stated goal of ruling with respect... I am sure the fruit they bear will come with satisfying emotional pay-offs. Maybe we'll even get to see a re-unified Sand People rise up against the Pikes! It was certainly satisfying in itself that Danny Trrejo got to explain how a previous character device thought to be two dimensional was in fact emotionally complex, and based on his intuition alone was willing to give Boba Fett the supreme gift of allowing the Rancor (Garthok) to imprint on Boba when he'd been saving that honor (for himself...? I may've stretched that reasoning in my mind).
Now it's Star Wars: we're back to a stupid sequence of adventures and pointless action. Costumes and places look good (Well the pursuit aside. That wasn't dynamic. Or was that meant to be funny?) but that's about it. Now that the flash back story has seemingly come to an end, he's just a crime boss collecting contributions for doing Mafia work (or like all criminals call it: police work) while being threatened by other gangs? That's not very intriguing. The most stupid thing are those wanna be Hells Angels Emo Cyberpunk teenagers on flying Vespas with a max speed of 25 km/h.
This episode brings an end to the flashbacks and is really focusing on Boba Fett's dealings in Mos Espa! We also get to see Krrsantan in action! We also get to see that the mayor is in league with the Pike Syndicate, tying into the flashbacks! Can't wait for more!
Except the bad and unnecessary car chase, I kinda liked this episode.
What is this?! Disney is really trying its best to destroy the amazing world that is the Start Wars universe. This episode was just ridiculous with this new colourful "gang". Are the power rangers joining in now?!
This is the episode where you realize this whole Boba Fett thing is going to be embarrassing -- for everyone involved.
Wookies, rancors, and Hutts… oh my. This was a fun set-up episode with some nice moments, but I hope we haven’t seen the last of the Tusken Raiders.
[7.5/10] Robert Rodriguez knows how to direct a fight, huh? It’s hard to remember a skirmish that felt as hard hitting and desperate as the one between Boba and Black Krrsantan. We’re so used to Chewie as Han Solo’s best friend, and the metaphorical realization of George Lucas’s faithful dog that we forget a seven-foot tall walking carpet of menace would be utterly terrifying. “The Streets of Mos Espa” restores that mystique with fist-pounding fury.
(And hey, shout out to Solo, a film I’m not otherwise enamored with, for aiming to do the same.)
What I like about the fight is that it comes in stages. We see Boba struggle just to survive the Wookiee’s initial assault. (Though how the hell did Black Krrsantan get in there in the first place) We see the teen cyborg squad show up and give their new leader some breathing room, which gives you a chance to exhale on Boba’s behalf while the threat’s still not neutralized. We see the Gammoreans intervene and take some shots, reestablishing the fearsomeness of this bounty hunter. And lastly, we see Fennec Shand take control, getting some shots in and luring the Wookiee over the rancor pit, finding a way to remove the attacker from the equation.
It’s a great sequence. Even if you can reasonably expect that Boba Fett isn’t going to die in episode three of his own show, the close quarters combat and letting Krrsantan gets his shots in sells the seriousness of the assault. The way it takes the whole team to bring him down shows the group coalescing in some way shape or form, and sending into the rancor’s habitat is a clever, well-set up way to stop him.
Maybe I’m ascribing too much to Rodriguez as a director. This is a team effort and the actors, the production and effects teams who make Krrsantan look so cool and believable, and the rest of the crew who makes this all work each deserves their laurels. But it’s nice to see another bone-cracking sequence from Rodriguez, who made his own bones with them once upon a time.
Speaking of which, Rodriguez brings in his longtime collaborator Danny Trejo as the new rancor trainer! It’s a good role, one that seems right for Trejo to join the milieu. We also see Boba being kind to multiple animals in this one. He rubs his Bantha’s neck before going to see the Pykes, and he, of course, has his imprinting moment with the rancor, even wanting to ride him. (Is his “I’ve ridden beasts ten times this size?” a reference to the Holiday Special, of all things?) They’re definitely highlighting a gentler, kinder side of Boba in this, and I wonder if it’s part of the point of his experiences with the Tuskens -- something that made him more appreciative and compassionate after his cold-hearted bounty hunter days. We see a little of that in his “It’s all in the game” farewell to Krrstantan.
The show also starts to bring the flashbacks in line with the adventures in the present, starting to reveal the purposes of the divided structure for the season thus far. It seems to hinge on the Pykes. Boba goes to seek tribute from the crime syndicate for passage through Tusken land, only to be told that the Pykes don’t care who controls it, they just don’t want to pay two sets of tolls, and the bikers still claim dominion over the dune sea. Especially after Boba finds his new countrymen slaughtered and their village burned, it becomes a story about how the Pykes’ indifference or malevolence hurts people, people Boba cares about, to where he harbors a grudge in the present.
That adds to the sense of ominousness when the Pykes arrive in Mos Espa. I’ll confess, I was initially a little bored at the power struggle among various factions within the city. But seeing the Mayor, the Hutts, the Pykes, and other power centers that have waxed and waned over the course of the city’s existence since Jabba’s death is intriguing. Boba tries to balance his desire to lead with respect rather than fear versus his desire to stay in control, and it puts him in some unique spots as the show unfolds.
Granted, I’m not crazy about his new quarter of bike-riding junior Power Rangers. There’s something a little too silly about them, even for the outsized confines of Star Wars. Still, any time you can add Stephen Root to your show, you should do it. Including him an obsequious but self-interested and predatory water-monger makes for an instantly memorable premise. And however goofy or expendable the robo-teens are, the car chase with the mayor’s major domo is another good dose of kinetic, Rodriguez-directed action.
All-in-all, this is another Book of Boba Fett episode that kept me invested and interested in a ton of individual scenes, even if I’m still piecing together how they fit into the broader whole. Watching one of the best genre directors out there plying his trade makes it easy to stay along for the ride.
Why is every fight sequence shot in the dark? This is unwatchable.
wow, shame what they have done to this. First episode was poor, second was quite good and this on is the worst by far. 5.3/10
Going into the new Star Wars trilogy a lot of fans said they had faith in JJ Abrams. No one would think that Robert Rodriguez even gets Star Wars more than him.
Since despite a lot of complaining this is still gets Star Wars more than the sequel trilogy.
Wow... That teen biker gang were so jarringly odd in the star wars universe and that chase was just plain terrible.
On the other hand, Rancor mount! Reminds me of a book I read about a young woman who trained genetically created giant sea monsters to protect ships from pirates. Same vibe!
Now the thing is that the underworld street gang as idea itself works well, gives depth to a location like Mos Espa that otherwise would only be a familiar backdrop to move already known characters.
So ok, nothing wrong with what...but is the how not the what..that is really kind of puzzling...at best.
First off the design of those speeder-vespas is so blatantly wrong, and I mean in everything, they do not look like Star Wars tech, they do not fit in the context, they are even without considering the colors simply designed bad.
Since the standard visual design of Star Wars is always been based on the styles set by McQuarrie/Mollo/Chiang..I find incomprehensible if not simply unbelievable how come that those designs managed to survive from exploring ideas in pre-production up to actually shooting something so evidently wrong.
So my main problem is that those ridicolous speeders screaming "WTF" pulled my attention to a not so good gang characterization, which is another thing that doesn't fit well with the overall Star Wars style...it may have been slipped in the background if at least most of those characters screen time wasn't on such silly vehicles.
Then there are another couple of things in the overall tone that are starting to bothering me, I do not like personally and maybe is just me but to be honest do not even fit well with the character characterization and the general SW lore: Boba Fett is becoming a bit too incline to diplomacy. A bit too much and a bit too fast I would say.
I do understand this is the old Boba Fett but after going through some transformative experiences, from the bonding with sand people to the new role of "daimyo", which ok means he has to switch from the solitary bounty hunter mindset to a different one as ruler of a more complex and variable organization.
Ok, there's going to be some "politics" to deal with. Still this is or too rushed or just too broad in how is represented, because after all a character need to stay true to a given nature, otherwise it will loose its own peculiar traits and personality.
The other thing, and I'm afraid this is unquestionably the heavy hand of Disney, is the progressive pet-ification of animal-like creatures...which now reached even the Rancor.
That is definitely the nowadays typical Hollywood histeric industry reaction to the dumb online criticism that already came around with how the Boba Fett showed the treating of wildlife.
We live in horrible days for creativity and art...
Let’s rip the band-aid off… this is terrible
I'm in the minority, because I actually liked this episode. I find the story moving away from the flashback with Tuskens to the present with Boba as the Daimyo of Tatooine to be the right move. I love that Boba is building his entourage with the inclusion of the Cyber gang. The scene with Black Krrsantin was insane with the physicality of the fight choreography.
I'm hoping that chapter 4 shows Boba finding Fennec, helping her back to health, and the beginning of their bond. I gave the episode a rating of 7.
The wookie not having a gun and shooting Boba on sight seems like a pretty big plot hole.
I loved this and the show overall. It's not what I expected, but I've been pleasantly surprised. I continue to be amazed by how the Disney plus shows have made me feel for the Tusken Raiders and now it's doing the same for Rancors? Amazing.
As for what people are saying about the mystery of Boba Fett, that still exists in his history as a bounty hunter between his appearances in the animated shows and ROTJ, what we're seeing now is the transition through the flashbacks to where he is now.
One of the worst car chase scenes I’ve ever seen!
What the hell was that?
Straight back to the future 2 vibes with this one.
The biker gang was just did not fit Star Wars and were a complete distraction. The special effects for the car chase were laughably bad. The first two episodes were engrossing because of the Sand People storyline, too bad that’s come to an end.
There is too much of Boba's helmet off. It kills his Mystique!!! The show is kind of going into joke territory now after this episode.
An enjoyable episode. I loved the short flashback scene on Kamino and the Rancor storyline is awesome. What I didn‘t liked at all were those street kids and their flashy bikes. Their design didn‘t fit the look of the show at all. Those scenes were really weird to watch as I somehow felt I was watching some Cyberpunk 2077 footage or something.
How did either The Teenage Mutant Ninja Teens get in Star Wars, or were they The Wiggles??
I had to double check what I was watching.
I get using slow heat to build over time in a new show, I really do, but why do we keep seeing Boba walking into town to either be attacked or turned away in every episode? Why doesn't the buy or acquire a Hover car?
What are we really watching?
I was initially excited to watch this particular show, but this episode was like stepping on a Lego piece.
Considering the flashbacks were the most interesting part of this show so far, the lack of them in this episode made me enjoy it a lot less then the last two.
The death of Boba's tribe was very sad, but other than that and a few cool scenes like the fight with Krrsantan and the new rancor, there wasn't much to this episode for me.
Also the biker gang that joined Boba's ranks felt weirdly out of place in the Star Wars universe with all the vibrant coloured speeder bikes and the odd outfit choices for the characters.
A good, but not great episode imo. 7/10.
PS: For those Rebels fans out there, hope you spotted the Jogan Fruit!
Just like in Scooby Doo it's those pesky kids ruining the day.
Which is a shame as I was enjoying it up until they showed their mugs.
Hopefully they'll be on-screen very little going forward.
Wow! That chase action sequence was really bad and the speeders look like they ripped them off a Fair kids ride.
I thought (hoped) it would be the same quality as The Mamdalorian. But it’s not. It’s slow, it’s boring and it’s not going anywhere. ==I mean, the ‘car chase’ was so lame. A ‘scooter’ crashing through a painting? Really? That joke was allready lame in the ‘80’s. ==
When I first heard about this show, I was expecting a Boba Fett who would be a compelling and lethal combination of Kirk and Khan. Three episodes in, the writers are clearly committed to giving me the wimpiest possible version of Enlightened Picard the Diplomat.
The speeder chase was awful.
The biker gang is weird. Almost feel like they should have just put wheels on their "bikes" or something… definitely not the bright Power Rangers colours.
Krrsantan apparently weak AF or he didn't intend on actually killing Boba because we all know Wookies are hella strong. Cool fight though.
War is coming
I have a feeling that the Rancor will play a significant part in the future, maybe we will see Boba Fett actually ride him into battle.. not to mention what a great moment to see Danny Trejom he's BADASS
Also seeing what happened to the Tusken was honestly sad, I feel like there's bad blood between Boba Fett and the Pykes, I feel like they're behind the killing of the Tuskens
I really didn't like the cyborg bikers, I was like WTF this isn't Star Wars for some reason,, they didn't fit in
I hate how these episodes end in this show, nasty cliffhangers every time LOL
anyways great episode
Remember that godawful episode of Stranger Things from season 2 where Eleven founds a gang of teenagers. About that...
Messy and has a weak setpiece in it's climax that somewhat cripples it but has a ton of interesting ideas, enough that I can't fully dismiss it. The best stuff continues to be in it's flashback sequences - thanks to last week's immensely satisfying and effective portrayal of the Tuskens, everything that happens here becomes a gut punch and Temura Morrison absolutely sells it. Some of the best cinematography of the series is present here as well and I especially love just how much this show, and likewise this era of Star Wars filmmaking, is using practical effects work for it's aliens.
The present day stuff is a little bit more of a mixed bag. On the one hand, some really cool ideas here, particularly in regards to Boba Fett's motivations. It seems like he has a vested interest in the disinfranchised of Tatioone, specifically Mos Espa, and I would not be shocked if his time with the Tuskens is what influenced that. This extends to the speeder bike gang we see in the episode - surgically modified with droid parts and with uniquely coloured speeders like a biker gang. While this is a little on the silly side for Star Wars, it's also fun and weird, and I wanna see more unique stuff like that in modern Star Wars. Everything with the rancor was also fantastic and sets up a unique perspective on these creatures that completely recontextualizes them - that nature vs. nuture theme from The Mandalorian showing up again. On the other hand, that speeder bike chase was really, really not great and the episode also suffered from similar issues as the pilot; weak dialogue and hazy character motivations outside of vague references abound. Overall it could be better but it's interesting, and I would rather interesting then outright bad.
Funny how the episode with the least amount of flashbacks is my favourite. Unfortunately, I've come to ask myself a pressing question: Why should we (or Boba) care whether he keeps control of Mos Espa? In "Star Wars: A New Hope", we cared whether the Rebellion destroyed the Death Star because we knew the Rebellion was stationed on Yavin IV—lives were at stake.
Why should we care if Boba loses Jabba's empire? What's at stake?
7/10
This one didn't work quite as well for me. I like how they are trying to give Fett depth and story. I actually really liked how he treated the Wookie (which might payoff later) and especially the Rancor. That shows his character apart from just being a bounty hunter. This is not the Boba Fett we knew from the first trillogy, he's changed by what happened to him. And I can understand where this puts people off. But I think it makes him much more interesting.
What I absolutely didn't like was this teen gang. It does not feel like something I would attribute with Favreau or Filoni but rather something that came "from above". Plus, the whole scene itself looked slow and the CGI outdated. Add in some useless humor and this was a low point for me. Yes, the way Boba treated the kids showed again how he want's to be percieved but that is by now established and adding the bunch really does nothing at all. Leave them back in the alley and it works just as well. It should have been Fett chasing the Majordomo anyway.
Seeing the Tusken butchered was a real punch in the stomach and I'm already looking forward for the repayment that is hopefully to come.
As with "The Mandalorian" I'm sure there is an endgame so I'm very lenient with how they play this. Some very cool stuff in the background that gives this a timeframe.
And welcome to the SW universe Mister Danny Trejo.
Continues the solid vibe, despite some comically bad CGI during the speeder chase.
Those scooter hover bikes are trashhhhhhhh! What’s up with the bright colors? That doesn’t at all reflect the colors and culture of the planet. It would work on Curoscant, Tatooine? Hellllll nooooooooo, what were they thinking!!
Three of the worst, cringe worthy episodes of Mandalorian and Boba Fett are all directed by Robert Rodriguez. What the hell happened to the man? He was once one of the edgiest coolest directors, spoken of in the same sentence as Tarantino.
That said, this is by far the cringiest one of them all. First episode of the show was just boring. This is almost in "so bad it's good territory", it certainly felt way shorter than "Dances with Tuskens" which felt as long as Avatar. We've moved from Dances with Wolves to something between Spy Kids and Back to the Future in this episode, and you really don't know if you should laugh or cry. I literally covered my eyes and watch the chase scene through my fingers, partly because of cringe, partly because of disbelief that someone thought this is good idea.
So the big question here is which one is cringier - Leia chaise scene from Kenobi or this chase? I think Boba Fett loses this one as well. Leia scene is just infinitely replayable,and every time you notice some new ridiculous detail. This is just ridiculous first time around and dull for the second time.
7.5/10 - Very cool so far and the story is also promising. I like the new cyborg crew and this finally made me realize that Star Wars also has quite a few connections to the cyberpunk genre.
Theirs bikes are too slow though and feel like vespas. That chase should've been faster (it wasn't that much of a big deal for me and definitely better than without it but it didn't feel like a proper chase).
And Fennec is still so badass! :)
I quite liked this one even though it is completely moved into the present, there is only a short flashback as Boba leaves the Tusken village in order to negotiate with the Pykes on Tuskens' behalf, only to find the village burned down and all his Tusken friends dead. It is a very sad moment for Boba as he found his place among the Tuskens and now he has to start all over again. The majority of the episode is set in the present, and we see the ridiculous Hutts again. Earlier on, he has to resolve a dispute between water monger and people who steal his water, and Boba ends up "adopting" the gang as his bodyguards. They are a bit ridiculous too but overall it is rather a humorous addition to the show. The girl who is the leader surely has pluck and the speeder bikes chase was quite fun to watch. The Hutts first send the bad Chewie to assassinate Boba, but the threat is removed with the help of the gang. Later the Hutts apologise and give Boba a present, which is a sort of monster called rancor, according to its trainer, these creatures can be very friendly and form bonds with their owners, and it looks like the creature really liked Boba, but I wonder whether it is some sort of a plot to assassinate Boba after all and the trainer is not honest with Boba and intends to set the rancor on Boba someday? Apparently the Pykes come to attack Boba's city, they were not friendly to him in the retrospectives, and Boba found the sign of the orc-like creatures who featured in the previous episode in the destroyed Tusken village, so maybe these two things are connected. I really loved the scene when the mechanic lady from "The Mandalorian" is shown with her droids, it was a nice call back to the earlier show and a sort of continuity.
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Stephen Root... Danny Trejo... awesome cameos!
on the other hand, the gang of scooter-riding-calvin-klein-models look way too comical for this show --- wtf??