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Information
- Year
- 2021
- Runtime
- 38 min.
- Director
- -
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
- Rating *
- 7.5
- Votes *
- 0
- Checks
- 350
- Favs
- 13
- Dislikes
- 5
- Favs/checks
- 3.7% (1:27)
- Favs/dislikes
- 3:1
Top comments
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Siskoid
Structurally, the The Book of Boba Fett is rather wonky - we spend a lot of time in flashbacks and 2 of the 7 chapters are actually Mandalorian episodes (so fans of that show, take note, they're actually important to the character's journey) - but I don't think that's the show's biggest problem. No, its biggest problem is Temuera Morrison as Boba Fett. Clone stuff seemed to require his casting (damn you, prequels) and well, there's not much of a performance there. I can't quite connect this Bona Fett with the one in the original films. It doesn't really help that Ming-Na Wen's character is so serious because I know she can be much more fun than this. Problems aside, I did enjoy this series however. It's a good mix of the western and crime genres, and does advance Fett's story by making him learn the value of community in post-Sarlacc pit flashbacks (I really like the deep dive into Tusken Raider culture), then try to apply it on post-Jabba Tattooine. The show is otherwise mostly concerned with assembling a cast of characters AROUND him (with some success) so they can participate in an action-packed finale (Robert Rodriguez directs). I don't know much about the expanded universe, so to me, Boba Fett was largely a blank slate. It's good to hang a little something on that armor. 2 years 1 month ago