![]() ![]() The Book of Boba Fett took us from a tense standoff to the tranquil peace of a training session in an area with the most greenery this series has ever seen. It didn’t help matters that we were then swept along with Mando to the planet where Luke Skywalker is training his foundling, Grogu. Perhaps, I was too excited about Cobb’s cowboy swagger and ‘Think this through’ mentality to realize that his threat, which wasn’t too far off from Boba’s demands to the Pykes in “The Tribes of Tatooine,” would become a major problem with predictable consequences. ![]() Reader, this is where I should have seen the events of the end of the episode coming but, alas, I did not. Anyone one who tries to run spice through his territory will go missing, never to be heard from again. They, of course, lose and there’s one Pyke left to carry Cobb’s message back to the syndicate. He’s willing to let the Pykes go and explain away the situation as them reading the map wrong, but it still ends in a shootout. As Marshal of the Mos Pelgo territories, he won’t tolerate spice being sold in the region. They’re there to do a spice drop but Cobb warns them off. We open “From the Desert Comes a Stranger” with Cobb Vanth, our first cameo of the episode. The Book of Boba Fett has become about everyone but Boba This is in large part due to the storyline surrounding his and Grogu’s separation.īut, before we dive into that bit of story which left me in tears, let’s talk about how good Star Wars becomes when it leans into the space western elements of its universe’s story conventions. There’s real emotional stakes carved out here that’ll definitely see viewers returning to Mando’s story, watching his series if they haven’t, or catching up in time for season 3’s premiere. Still, once again this was a solid episode. It’s just not the primary focus and, in some ways, felt like the side plot in The Mandalorian not the main plot of The Book of Boba Fett. That’s not to say the plot of The Book of Boba Fett wasn’t pushed forward by the episode. ![]() It’s less insular and hyper focused on Mando which allowed for the world to open back up, but the majority of the plot work done in it is set-up for the bounty hunter’s third season. This is a series about Boba Fett, and it’s somehow become about everyone but him.Įpisode 5, “Return of the Mandalorian,” was basically a pre-season 3 episode of The Mandalorian and now episode 6, “From the Desert Comes a Stranger,” is essentially the same thing. Don’t let my criticism fool you, I enjoyed every moment of episode 6, but my issue with the episode is the same one I had last week. We’ve reached the penultimate episode of The Book of Boba Fett and once again the plot isn’t about him. ![]()
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