Honestly the finale shows that Boba had barely progressed any from his origins by how much plot armor his side needed to win. In such a lopsided fight I was expecting them to crack out the Slave and the N1 to even their terrible odds, or something smart. Instead Boba becomes the idiot he hated who gives retarded orders, like spreading out and standing in the middle of the street by themselves when they know they’re outnumbered 20 to 1 with only half a chance of reinforcements from a hick town. Who though his 2 green guards could hold a literal spaceport with 2 hand axes? Or a single Wookiee in the middle of the city center? He chooses to not use a barge procession to not show the people his authority, fine. Then he decides to show his authority to the people by making his command post a deserted and gutted cantina he failed to protect? Who is he trying to impress, the whole zero pedestrians on the street since the bar patrons all died inside?

As one of the most well written caracters said: Indeed.

Yeah, because half the season was spent following Din Djarin, if they used their time more intelligently, they wouldn't have created this problem

@@Bogdan221192 t'Ilk from SG1?

@Ankh Morpok *Teal’c , but yes.

how is he a crimelord? nobody seems to work for him, he has to do all the work by himself it seems, everytime there is a minor problem he has to walk in by himself, it is like the writers learn what a mob boss does by playing GTA.

I agree. I don't remember the show mentioning a lot in wanting to be a crimelord, but that of a Daimyou.

Daimyo

He's still be lazy and incompetent but at least it wouldn't have made a mockery of the advertising.

@@Napoleonic_S ō = ou, typically

It's a bold move, Cotten

It works... if one doesn't have the personnel to build defences around the town... force the enemy into urban warfare where they have clear the streets block by block, building by building...

Rancor ended up being the cause of most property damage. The spider droid isn't that scary when you consider a) Its cannon can't penetrate a low wall and b) It has problems tracking fleeing targets that follow the Prometheus school of running away from things.

Also... "I just took over the ruling seat of one of the largest crime empires in the galaxy, and entered a war with another rival empire. Lets engage their forces with a tiny band of misfits that would make a Chicago street gang look powerful, let alone any generic drug baron from earth. We'll be equipped with regular small arms, dressed in rags, and next to no special equipment worth speaking of. That will surely be sufficient force to win this war." Typical problem in holywood and live action TV series. They love to downplay the scale of everything, to fit the camera shot of a handful of actors and the budget attached to it. Gotta get them close ups right? Is part of why animated series always seem to do more justice to fictional settings. They know when to give characters their moments, and when to zoom out and show the big picture without worrying about milking the most "star power" out of their actors screen time. They don't constrain the writers to making every scene occur on a human scale.

@@neocomp92 And I thought the ED-209 sucked.

To be fair they did feel a bit too drawn out and very slow.

@@jaffakeks4403 they were the best by default

Book of the Mando

@@brandonwalker5011 *Compared* to the rest of the episodes i agree, but they did feel like a massive waste of time with the mando bench building part

They wasted time that should have been used to build boba's story better, making the final battle feel underwhelming

Yeah, it feels like they gave up on telling the actually story halfway through: “Okay we’re done with the done with the flash sections of the show and we now know what Boba was doing between Return of the Jedi and Mandalorian season 2… now what?” “Mandalorian Season 2.5!!!!” Also the Mandalorian connections in Book of Boba Fett suck because now it forces Mandalorian fans to watch Book of Boba Fett to understand why Grogu is suddenly back after the finale of season 2. I’m fine with Mando being an ally who helps out Boba in the later episodes, but he pretty much steals Boba’s show from him, the emotional core of the ending is Grogu and Mando getting back together.

You’d have thought that Boba would have at least tried to ally with the other Tusken tribes outside of crime family control given his experience in the early arcs, but no he doesn’t. You’d expect his friendly tusken tribe to be on pretty good on defense after raiding an entire armored train full of weapons and supplies, gaining the “machines” of the sky folk for themselves. Nope, instantly killed offscreen like dogs. Basically waste of half the season’s buildup. He controls a grand total of 1 of Jabba’s cantinas, where are the protection tariffs, the blockade running smuggling, the podracing betting circuit, and all the other stuff the Hutts did? Never even brought up. He’s a crime lord who controls no crime. Mando spends half an episode building the N1 starfighter then never uses it in combat. Would have been good vs the scorpiteks or for clearing the streets. Mando has that whole scene where the dark saber fights him and is too heavy, then grogu chooses the armor over the lightsaber. I totally expected grogs to wield the dark saber to become a giga chad with the help of his foster dad. Nope. The armor never comes into play and the dark saber is used perfectly fine one handed in the finale fight by mando. Hell Fennec runs off to assassinate the enemy leaders in the beginning of the episode and only shows up to kill them after they start almost shooting themselves because the battle fell apart. She didn’t do anything useful because the leaders were already defeated and thus disrupted nothing. There is just really shitty or no payoff for so many things. Hell, nobody even gets paid properly in all of Boba’s crew.

@@InquisitorThomas exactly, they threw away the set-up of the first four episodes the focus on Din Djarin and Grogu again

You pretty well described neutrality, now if only they could have eliminated monetary poverty.

Yes, this is the "Why Boba Fett's Criminal Empire Doesn't Work" episode. Then like you say, they can do a "Boba Fett's Criminal Empire Reimagined"

This would be awsome.

Yes, this!

Or make him a criminal with a moral code. Like he won't sell slaves or allow Spice trading in his territory, so you still have conflict with the other crime lords.

@@shinyagumon7015 The other crime lords don’t get enough screentime to even know what any of them do. Hell, Boba himself doesn’t even do anything as crimelord except hold meetings and try to get taxes.

@@yoloman3607 That's right too. We know nothing about the Mos Espa families except that they aren't trustworthy and we know even less about the major crime factions. The Pikes apparently want to use Tattooine as a Spice Hub and the Hutts well they seem to not even care at all about Tatooine or Boba. They literally show up just to leave.

@@shinyagumon7015 What makes no sense is the pikes smuggling drugs by train in a universe run by flying starships. Who exactly is receiving the drugs on the ground in this sparsely populated dustball of a planet? Why even bring drugs there at all when you can just fly past in hyperspace? Just fly those drugs on the spaceships that brought them, get a smuggler to fly them out. Why ship a fucking train to the middle of nowhere when you can just fly black market gunships out of range of the natives?

@@yoloman3607 Boba just made an HOA but in space

How can he rule with respect if the writers don’t respect him enough to have him come up with his own ideas?

Meanwhile darth maul fucking blasts through shady mercenarys in their own fort, takes drug deals from pikes, funds space terrorists, breaks corrupt politicians out of jail as a puppet ruler, fucking attacks the hutt homeworlds, fights the 501st, traps Jedi, and much much more. That was the taking over of the criminal underworld we were expecting. Not a man who decides to struggle and walk down the street when he can literally just fly at the press of a button.

It was a city actually, it was a struggle for Mos Espa

@@AeneasGemini by the end but really he barely maintained control of that one club

@@AeneasGemini Most of the battle occurred in front of a bombed out nightclub which had no strategic value, only morale for the bikers and town's folk. It was barely a war and more a gang fight seeing as all the bikers fled their positions of holding the rest of the city

@@Ozpawn what town folk? Everyone from the bar died in the bar when it blew up. Not one citizen showed up to even take a look, much less even help so it was a pointless stunt that nobody saw. I bet mos Espa doesn’t even have a public news outlet at this point.

and if you didn't get amazed you are of course hater....

I've always said that the flashback stuff in BOBF felt like it came straight out of that 2014 to 2017 era of Star Wars, and the modern stuff felt like it came straight out of the 2019 to 2020 era of Star Wars. That's why I like the flashback stuff. It sort of has the same vibe as the SWTOR expansions and the canon novels that came out back then.

@@tTaseric Damn, that's on point with my feelings towards the "story before the story" The flashback also "kills" the "old" Boba Fett character, but it fails to make me believe it so when we get to the modern stuff. I really can not believe, or immerse myself into believing that that new guy is supposed to be Boba.

@@dredeth Nobody says this but to the people who nitpick stupid things like Bane being off by 1 shade of blue lmao .

@@dredeth Did not like that Boba "trained" the Rancor way too fast, way too easy? Then you're supposedly a hater... JUST. CONSUME. PRODUCT.

Fennec just voices what the audience is thinking, “bro this is stupid” And Boba just shrugs her off saying: “I’m doing it my way, the new and shittier way”

@@yoloman3607 At some point, I really thought she would just hijack the whole crime empire out of Fett's hand.

@@nairocamilo If he wasn’t so soft he would have put a bomb in her robot torso. But he’s Disney boba so probably not.

I agree she didn’t get much to work with, but I thought she was infinitely more interesting than Boba. She felt like the real crime boss.

@@samuraispartan7000 I felt the same too! (sorry for the late answer)

I feel the power ranger weren’t exactly a bad idea, I think what they were going for was they were trying to show the positive effect Boba could have on Tatooine, taking those without work, those who are just causing problem and instead of punishing them he’s uplifting them, giving them purpose and a way to improve their lives. But the way it’s shown was off, and again colorful scooters. How about, we go with the Sand people idea, that gives Boba some manpower to work with, the sand people seem like they’re spread out over most of the desert, say while he was looking for his armor he was also organizing them, preparing them for the day he took over Jabba’s empire, have him walk into the palace with an army behind him during that scene at the end of the Mandalorian, you wouldn’t even need to hire that extra many actors, you could four or five guys with him during those palace scenes and say most of them are out securing the planet, specially trade lanes between the various settlements. Boba controls the deserts so now he has some credibility when he says he controls the planet (make that train jacking a sign of what’s to come instead of just a conflict for that episode,). But now Boba has to focus on gaining control of the settlements, the towns, he needs control over both the people and more specifically any ports. Tatooine itself has few resources, it’s importance is its position relative to trade lanes, he wants Jabba’s empire he needs to control the commerce. Now he needs people who can work in the settlements, something which the Raiders aren’t suited for, maybe he could try hiring some bodies from his bounty hunting days or from the clone wars, Londo might have some favors he can call with his old pirate crew, get him some more ships with crews. Bosc could act as an enforcer, maybe get some more Trandosian hunters to help, stuff like that. But maybe he wants to try hiring locally because just bringing in outsiders might not work long term, then do the whole storyline with the cyborgs, but instead of having them suddenly be his guards (something which is handled by raiders) they’re his eyes and ears, the ones doing leg work in the town.

@@somerandomschmuck2547 I like that but thought of another direction Instead of him walking in with an army, the some of the sand tribe survive the attack, know it was the Pikes but know they currently don't stand a chance so they decide to spread out and get the other tribes on side and wait as Boba does his thing taking over from Jabba. He does some of the same moves but during the series he keeps getting messages from a source we don't know about. When it comes to the finale, all the Pikes attack but as the assault they get ambushed from all directions by the sand tribes. Turns out Boba was luring all his enemies, seeming weak and soft to hit him with everything they have in one place so they could be trapped and anhilated. Also make so if the droids come he already had the Rankor in place as the sand tribes spying for him knew of them.

Really hoping the two of you are on-staff writers for the next book, because this is gold.

@@sumguy01 I wish but wrong politics to get hired by them, I'm closer to Gina in terms of opinions and you saw how she was treated.

or ditch the sandpeople as that intro part is very very lame and dumb and really pointless

Eh, the Hutt brother & sister duo took over the rest of Jabba's empire.

@@tennozeorymer They did?! I don't recall them saying anything about Jabba's off planet holdings.

@@ukmediawarrior Yes Jabba was in charge of the Hutt council and they controlled Hutt space so yes Jabba has territory outside Tatoonie it’s just that Tatoonie is Jabba headquarters

Disney doesn't have the balls... why do you think Jack Sparrow was an incoherent character in the later films? Disney can't make a story told from the POV of a villain... or an anti-villain, lol.

Yeah, him calling himself a crime lord made his motivation make little sense, it felt like an odd about-turn at the end of the show when he started acting like he wanted to end all crime on tatooine

They have a creative conflict there. On one hand they have Boba Fett, through whom they can explore the criminal underground of Star Wars further. On the other, they want to make him a hero so the audience can root for him. Pulling off a heroic gangster is extremely hard and requires a lot of character depth, which the writers couldn't handle.

@@Mediados What is something else is that Jon was the writer along with Filoni for 1 ep

@@Crocthunder You're telling this the wrong person, I like the prequels just as much as the originals, Ep 1 included XD

that's another problem boba fett was never remotely a good guy,he is a cool villain, wtf is this BS.

If anything I'd argue the opposite, from a callous point of view, the Hut system has proven to be the most stable form of civilisation in the starwars galaxy that surpasses even the republic. It's not all that great for the majority living within it, but stability beats war in my books.

@@igncom1 You're not wrong, the majority of people in Hutt space get by, live alright lives and often barely even come into contact with their Hutt overlords.

it is therapeutic

I'd say the show started off terribly, and continued to be terrible. Then it rushed through what should have been a full season of The Mandalorian in only two episodes, and then had a droopy conclusion. (Definitely agree that the two Mando episodes were the best part.)

Nah, cracks were showing in episode 1. He got attacked by a squad of assassins who forgot to bring any lethal weapons.

I think they could've had him be a complex character, a ruthless man (but with the belief that being ruthless was the only way to bring peace to somewhere like Tatooine).

@@AeneasGemini yeah that would have been a good idea. Obviously this means Disney will never use it

Hes literally dude who stood around and died hilariously to most people . Not everyone read everything and even in the CW he had a conscious

@@AeneasGemini Yep, this. He was a ruthless career killer, but there's still a difference between that and a crime lord. It would be easy enough to tell a story about him basically wanting to "settle down" but doing that the only way he knew how (violence). So he'd set himself up as a "lord" (not a crime lord) by taking out an existing one. He'd then deal with all his problems via expertly applied violence. He's not in it for the money, or even really power on any wider scale, and might well upset the balance of power as a result, but he's sure as hell going to build a reputation as someone you don't fuck with. He'd seek to make life as easy as possible for himself, and by extension his citizens and followers, however the easiest way he knows to do things, is to apply blaster bolts til the problem stops being a problem.

Boba went to his palace and decided to get the Rancor instead of his heavily armed and shielded gunship.

I hope so!

People love to gawk at a train wreck

@@thelittleredhairedgirlfrom6527 not me. I attempt not to give money to people that hate me.

@@thelittleredhairedgirlfrom6527 Yet this means the show succeeded and will get more , hope for better content not by Jon

Normies tend to just be "it's new so it's good" when it's current. Consume product and get excited for next product.

Exactly! They were too fracking shiny.

@@hellacoorinna9995 Yeah it almost seemed like the bikes and the Mods belonged to a CW adaptation of Power Rangers. They looked completely out of place on Tatooine (and most of the Star Wars galaxy, though they MAYBE could have worked if they were hanging around Dexter’s Diner on Coruscant)

@@zobblewobble1770 True. Or Naboo. But Dexter's Diner (and M'aal't Shop) us more thematic with their space-50s cyberpunk motif.

Someone needs to make a parody of the old "Ballad of Davey Crockett" but with Boba Fett.

It's a pathetically written story.

He’s fucking Yes Man of an independent Vegas, trying to bring water to the strip

They do look alike... :thinks:

@@Theosake , *Looks at his positions on pseudo-science* . . . *Looks at how authoritarian the right is* . . . *Looks at him agreeing with racists* . . . Yes.. it's the left that's horrible.

@@Theosake , You're just like those anti-vaxx, anti-mask folks... just ignore the science. Studies showed ivermictin was very effective for treating intestinal parasites in patients with Covid and nothing else... It's something the scientific community knew since the start of the pandemic. Yet, they had to waste their time doing the studies to show conclusively, that Joe Rogan and many other conservatives peddled in shit. Shit, that they still deny.

@@aralornwolf3140 masks don't work.

Fennec seemed like the mastermind and Boba like the sidekick other than explicit decision-making authority.

@@theflyingkaramazovbrothers6 I personally felt like Fennec was more like the super capable and loyal henchman and Boba was literally just the rich dude bank rolling the adventure.

After the new trilogy I genuinely can't fathom how any Star Wars fans (that aren't young ass children and Virgin neckbeard nerds) have *any* hopes for the entire franchise 👀

Pretty sure Disney owned Star Wars when KOTET came out so there's some positives

@@tTaseric People are always wishy washy , they prais mando , the praise Clone wars , then praise more mando , then one kinda boring show everything is bad lmao . No nuance

@@Crocthunder Mando wasn’t very good either, and Clone Wars wasn’t written under Disney. Really bad examples.

@@killgriffinnow the best part of Clone Wars was written under Disney.

@@killgriffinnow Oh, I get it. So now the mandalorian wasn't that good either. I mean, at the end of season 2 we had people literally crying for the triumphant return of Star Wars, but now isn't as good. Ok. Now I just wish they return to the sequels again and kill Star Wars. You really don't deserve things like mandalorian.

I’m keeping my expectations for kenobi low until I’m shown otherwise. And there is so much lore to work from and they just focus on the same period which I feel is pretty already well covered.

I'm prepared for the bastardized version of Last of the Jedi and Kenobi.

Where did the loner Cloned Jango Fett get supporters? That's where the narrative should start then work from there, right?

Hey guys, we decided to try working speeder racing tusken into the script just for lolz, because usually they shoot at flying machines. Maybe have them do a train robbery, we’re writing a space western here. So what if tattooine is a shithole with no infrastructure, just make the train fly or something. Yeah it doesn’t matter that everyone can just fly cargo everywhere with spaceships, it’s gotta be a _train_ just like in solo.

Well... it's a planet. It should have more than two "major" settlements. The "major" settlements should have their own space ports. Each "major" settlement should have a reason for existence. Each "settlement" should have clear logistics (especially where are the food and water the people who live there need comes from) to support its population, an explain how the economics of the settlements (how do the people pay for their food and water) function, and the local/regional politic entities. The bigger problem for Tatooine is... water security. Those who control the water supply, control the people. When the local economy is based around servicing the criminal organizations and a new person goes around saying "no more criminal organizations, or I'll kill you"... that new person just put so many people out of a job. Without the recently unemployed people spending money, the local economy _will_ experience a depression (think of what caused ghost towns). When enough people are out of water, they will turn on the new guy... _unless_ the new guy gives them alternate means of employment/source of water. George Lucas did the barest bones explanation of Tatooine in Episode IV. He then expanded on it in Episode I. Book of Boba Fett had an opportunity to greatly increase the lore, and provide concrete explanations for how everything on Tatooine functions.

Those days were over the second Filoni retconned them not to be Mandalorians.

@@saberiandream316 I'm extremely salty about that. You know the only two guys in the movies that wear Mandalorian armor and whom the entire bounty hunting Mandalorian civilization is based on? Those guys aren't Mandalorians anymore, surprise!

Yeah blame the fictional character don't blame the horrible writing from Jon Favreau and Robert Rodriguez.

The Mandolorian is basically what everyone expected Fett to be, so now he has to be something else

​@@DB-ku7vu A stupid oaf? I don't think a single person wanted that lmao. Almost like they're ruining Boba Fett to make their Boba Fett clone look better.

Hm, bad writing, nonexistent writing, or fandom delusion. Which is the least disastrous tool for building a story, I wonder.

@@thebigbrzezinski3201 Fett has been a great character in things like comics, games, books and even in the clone wars show. None of that was fandom delusion, he's a character that's been done well in several mediums, it's this show which f'd it up . Although tbh, fairly sure that you're just trolling anyway