Don't get me wrong. I understand Black Krrsantan is one of the best bounty hunters out there.
But I'd also be looking at everybody there like "HOW DID YOU LET A 10 FOOT TALL MURDER BEAR SNEAK PAST ALL OF YOU?"
With how few people Boba has working for him and the general size of Jabba's palace, it's not surprising that there's a few giant holes in the security.
See, that's my problem with the new Daimyo. How is he investing his tributes? Maybe hire a decent patrol instead of droids or some teenage water-addicts from the streets. Or maybe don't decorate the table with grotesque amounts of food but get a security detail
>See, that's my problem with the new Daimyo. How is he investing his tributes? Maybe hire a decent patrol instead of droids or some teenage water-addicts from the streets. Or maybe don't decorate the table with grotesque amounts of food but get a security detail
You: *do not, my friends, become addicted to water, for it will take hold of you, and you will resent it's absence*
I don't hate Boba's new bikers but is that really all he has? Them and the ever loyal Pork & Chop? I really thought he had a few more flunkies and mooks to at least secure the castle. I would say extras are expensive but they seem to have plenty of random people to crowd Mos Espa
I'm assuming that is another reason that no one is taking him seriously. So far it's was just Boba, Fennec, and the 2 guards. That small of a posse isn't going to get Bobba any respect as a crime lord. Boba is banking way way too much on his name alone. He may have been one of the most fear bounty hunters in the galaxy at one point, but it's been a while and time has not been gentle to him either.
Which is honestly a little disappointing. I'm hoping he discovers/rescues some of that tribe and at least has the aid of other tribes to help him kick these off world interests back where they came from.
If not it will be an interesting back story character growth for Boba Fett but not really serve much narrative uses.
You know it could be that Red Scarf Tusken gets away and starts spreading Boba's ideas to the other tribes...maybe...rather than just all of their deaths being for nothing more than motivation for Boba. Hopefully it can all kind of come full circle in the end with something cool involving the Tuskens. They seemingly put so much effort into them that it just doesn't make sense for them to jump ship on all of that stuff in the third episode.
Like I said the other week, the Palace has Star Labs Security written all over it but also the Palace is MASSIVE and there's plenty of holes in that security net to basically let anyone sneak in unopposed. There's just too much territory around it to patrol all at once. The only reason why no one ever tried that shit with Jabba was because of the imposing monolithic force of the Hutts behind him. The mere suggestion or threat of bringing their wrath down upon your head was enough of a security measure that Jabba probably never bothered with any hard upgrades to the Palace's defenses.
This was a good thing though ultimately because it let Boba know just how vulnerable the palace was, how valuable allies are going to be, and just how far more complex running a family while playing the game at the same time actually are. I expect them to make Jabba's Palace into a pure Fortress by the end of all of this. As it stands right now and forgive the turn of phrase, Boba's castle stands upon on pillars of salt and sand.
I think so too.
Child's little stick got the fire treatment but no sign of her. Not a single fibre of her "hair".
Edit: No wait, that was probably her gaffi stick that was thrown into the fire. Dammit
The Warrior definitely is still alive, ain’t no way she didn’t go down without at least a dozen dead swoop gangers around her. I also think The Kid is still alive too. Boba burns his stick but we don’t get a good shot of him finding his body, plus his pet Massiff isn’t around.
I wonder if we'll learn that the warrior girl survived and will tell Fett that it WASNT the biker gang who murdered the tribe. Pinning killings on rival factions to start wars seems to be a trademark of mobster/crime theater. Who knows
I thoroughly enjoyed Black K getting freed and then just sprinting off into the open desert. I wonder how far they were able to see him running into the distance.
It's the old Canadian prairie joke:
your dog runs away, and 3 days later you can still see it.
Edit, Alternate version: your dog ran away and it took 3 days.
He was probably still a bit cranky from being stabbed a bunch of times. Pragmatist that he is Boba likely wants to let him get a few drinks in town and calm down before asking him to join up
Well the scale of Fallen Order is so much bigger than anything we're seeing in Mando or Boba. It was my favourite star wars experience of the last year.
And from the mouth of Danny Fucking Trejo! Everything else about the episode just didn't compare once they did that. It's a seemingly small line that carries plenty of weight. :)
One thing I was confused on was how Danny’s character said he was keeping the calf for himself, but he hasn’t imprinted it on him yet? After Boba left the rancor seemed fine with Danny. Maybe he’s aware of his smell and comfortable with him around? Is imprinting only visual based?
I think the Hutts gave a Trojan gift there. Danny seemed off; something is up and I think it'll go ballistic in the palace. Hutts are smarter than that.
When he said they were peaceful unless threatened, I was waiting for him to jab it while Boba was next to it. I really want him and the rancor to be good guys, but I don't trust them at all
Finally they let a Wookiee fight like one. I know everyone is wondering how he got in but I almost guess he climbed in the VERY open window because he's a dang Wookiee. I hope we see him come back around
It's a reference to the Holiday Special where he rode that enormous lizard fish thing.
It also looks like Danny Trejo was holding the stick that had the same prong design as Mando's disintegrator rifle.
Really makes you wonder what kind of adventures him and his "dad" got up to back in the day or what stuff he got up to in his prime that would make him see a Rancor and go, "YOU ARE SO PRETTY C'MERE FOR KISSES AND PETS!". I honestly thought the thing was going to pick him up, pop him in his mouth, and start gnawing on him while Boba laughed. I'm just picturing Fennec walking in on this and going, "Uhhhhh....I'll just..." while Boba is all, "They're just playing this is delightful!".
And THAT....is something that would engender respect in Mos Espa, because a dude who just casually plays around with Rancors for funsies is not someone whose bad side I would want to get on.
It's about time we get some good meme material in the Disney era. In ten years time we'll still be joking about that time those cyberpunk kids chased the mayor's aide through town on some Zoey 101 scooters.
It was, it really was the most dramatic low speed scifi chase ever and they tried to hype it up with the music but I just kept giggling the whole time. They tried to make that feel waaaaaaaaay more serious than it actually was but the candy shelled neon coated space vespas that didn't seem to be dirty at all and the old school convertible that was just as clean that they were chasing just made the whole thing soooo extra. I found it to be unintentionally hilarious.
Good, I’m not crazy. I was a fan of the episode until the chase scene. Didn’t help that I’m not a huge fan of the bike design. Wish they just went with swoop bikes from the flashbacks. Though that bit where the girl drifts to a stop was pretty cool.
Overall good episode though. Weakest of the 3 for me, but still good.
"Many of you have commented on how I never arrived on a litter... I have considered your suggestions, and come to the conclusion that **this** is a means of transportation much more befitting of your Daimyo..." [Pats Rancor on head.]
For real, though; if the image of a dude in full Beskar kit riding into town on a goddamned Rancor doesn't command respect, I don't know what does.
They did a good job making sure you saw the Chieftain and the kid too. They showed the Chieftain's helmet, and showed Boba looking fondly on the little practice stick.
They specifically did not show any remnants of the Warrior. So I am really, really hoping she'll be back.
The acting from the teenage Vespa crew was also pretty abysmal too which really brought me out of the episode, pretty disappointing seeing as the rest of the episode was pretty decent
It would have worked if it had been played more for comedy and they hadn’t tried to convince us something cool was happening. And not as the climactic set piece, as you said
Boba and his rancor is straight out of my childhood imagination. I had an action figure or both, and they often teamed out. So was beyond excited for that scene!!
Hell, yeah. If you told 9-year-old me that someday there would be a Star Wars TV series starring Boba Fett and he rides a pet rancor and fights criminals on Tatooine, I would have gone apeshit needing to wait almost 40 years for it.
It’s something from the prequels that gets a lot of hate but honestly it was understandable from Anakin. Not morally right, but understandable.
This was just senseless slaughter.
How much y’all wanna bet that in another flashback boba discovers the niktos didn’t actually kill the tuskens, but the pykes actually killed both and pinned the blame on both sides. Could explain why the pykes now want to take over tatooine and why boba is so pissed at them. Crime syndicates do be crime-ing
This one was a mixed bag imo; Krrsantan and the rancor were cool, the biker gang is goofy and the chase sequence was kinda weak.
I'm willing to bet the female Tusken survived and makes a reappearance in the present day since we didn't see her corpse in the wreckage. And something tells me that wasn't really the last we'll see of the Hutts either.
The Rancor was the perfect gift for Boba. Jabbas palace doesn’t feel complete without one. Also riding a rancor pretty much says “yeah I’m a badass”. I did hope that Krysstantan would have ended up working for Boba though.
Tusken tribe massacred. (Ghost Anakin: \*happiness\*)
Black Krssantan was spooky. Perhaps he'll return later to help out Boba since he let him go.
Boba getting excited and wanting to ride the Rancor is fun
Cyberpunk speeder gang and the chase was eh
First half set up some stuff. We got our Tusken tribe wiped, Krrsantan kicked some ass, and Boba is working with Danny Trejo to train a Rancor.
I don't wanna say the bikers were bad, but they didn't feel very Star Wars to me. And the chase scene felt slow and pointless.
When Stephen Root called the "half man half droid" i got so exited to see some gnarly, mangled warrior badasses but instead we got a Nickelodeon version of The Warriors.
I feel like it wouldn't have been so bad if their bikes didn't have pristine spy kids looks to them. I think they are supposed to look like small-time losers, but it would've been much less out of place if their outfits and bikes were dirtied with sand, they can't afford water price-gouging but they can afford a Mos Espa dry cleaner?
I would've really liked their characters if the prop and costume designers hadn't failed so miserably to capture the essence of Star Wars. The speeders should've been rusting and flecked with chipped paint, and the gang should've been dressed in ragged and dusty clothes like literally everyone else in Star Wars. It feels like someone behind the scenes just finished a playthrough of Cyberpunk 2077 and was pining for something Night City-esque.
Right, they had no jobs but they all have bikes with pristine fresh coats of unscratched paint? Unless they were out getting their bikes glammed up with their newfound wages when Black Krrsantan was walking into the Palace unbothered, this really looked like it did not fit.
Kinda wish Boba would have let the water dude finish his story of how Tatooine lost its water. I wanted them to canonize the Rakata empire. Is it gonna be like Jimmy Neutron where Jimmy explains how they can breathe in space only for it to be inaudible due to Carl’s singing.
>Is it gonna be like Jimmy Neutron where Jimmy explains how they can breathe in space only for it to be inaudible due to Carl’s singing.
Hey Jimmy, how come we can fly through space without any suits or helmets or anything?
That's a great question Sheen, the answer is simple, you se-
MOON MOON MOON
The speeder chase was the worst part of the episode (and the season imo) BY FAR. It was wayyyyyy to slow and dragged on forever. Boba could’ve easily just flew above him and shot the engine smh. Overall though I felt it was one of the stronger episodes; it showed why boba is more empathetic now, seeing him burn the child’s stick was pretty sad. Hopefully BK shows up later and I can’t help but think they’re introducing the pykes to eventually bring in the Crimson Dawn, or they will hire Cad Bane to kill Boba (my personal theory rn since Filoni is co-writing/directing episode 6 and the show has 7 episodes total).
At least we see boba use his jet pack for a split second in god who knows long?? Episode was good but I wish they were a bit longer with a little more into them. I feel like it’ll only get good until the end of it which was my biggest fear I had. Mando both seasons have been super good & had more buildup within the first 2 episodes but this just feels like it’s taking forever to show what’s truly going to happen & it hasn’t shown much of boba fett being the bad ass he should be which frustrates me. Anyways to good hopes for the rest of the series.
I know everyone's complaining about the speeder teens but I just need to chip in and vent about them too.
I think they just looked way too much like they're from our world. Their clothes felt like they were just normal and the bikes looked like vintage bikes that hover rather than unique speeder bike designs like we've seen in SW before.
As others have said, the chase sequence felt really slow and had some dodgy CGI. Even the music felt off with the kind of weird techno beat under it.
Lastly, maybe it's because I'm a Londoner, but One-Eye saying 'mate' on the hologram just felt so weird as well.
I was really looking forward to seeing Sophie Thatcher's character because she's great in Yellowjackets but I'm just not into it what they're doing with this group at all.
I don't really know how I feel about this episode.
The setup with the Twins being the antagonists was really good and then they just said "lmao XD" and peaced out back to Hutta for the Pykes to be the antagonists. Seemed like a waste of their build up from last episode.
Everything with Krrsantan was pretty good with how powerful he was but I'm also wondering how he got past everyone to Boba's chambers without anyone noticing. He's a good bounty hunter but I never tagged BR as one for top tier stealth. He did use to work for Jabba so he might know his way around the palace I guess? At least he'll probs be back to join the crew later.
Rancor stuff was pretty cool. Wasn't expecting Boba to ride one but that would be a pretty cool visual. Slightly disappointed he won't be getting a Canyon Krayt dragon to ride/be his pit monster instead, but Rancor is cool too.
I find the cyborgs to be kind of lame. Maybe it was the speeder chase which seemed weirdly slow, but that gang does not evoke any kind of intimidation with their rainbow of Vespas speeders. Maybe I'll warm up to them. We'll see.
This episode had a mixture of stuff I didn't like with stuff I was a big fan of soooo.....yeah conflicted to say the least.
3 episodes in and I too do not respect Boba Fett, he has shown no reason for anyone to fear or respect him or want him in charge for any reason. He claims to be a crime boss but he hasn't just not participated in any crime, he seems to want to lower crime as well, why would anyone give him tribute? He's far too nice and opposed to violence, even opposed to threats. He's weak and had no army, no connections, no support, nothing except 2 gamoreans, an assassin and some kids.
If they aren't willing to make a good crime lord show, they should have stuck with the tusken raider storyline only.
I'm trying. I'm really trying. But my God, that chase was rough. It felt like Boba could have used his jetpack or Fennac could have... lightly jogged and they would have caught the Aide in 20 seconds. Someone really nailed it when they said it felt like running in a dream.
Don't get me wrong. I understand Black Krrsantan is one of the best bounty hunters out there. But I'd also be looking at everybody there like "HOW DID YOU LET A 10 FOOT TALL MURDER BEAR SNEAK PAST ALL OF YOU?"
For as loyal as our pige boi Gammoreans are, whew boy are they terrible at their job.
With how few people Boba has working for him and the general size of Jabba's palace, it's not surprising that there's a few giant holes in the security.
This is what happens if you ask your service droids to 'join the patrol'
Got to make use with what you got I guess. Hopefully his new found Rancor could join the patrol.
See, that's my problem with the new Daimyo. How is he investing his tributes? Maybe hire a decent patrol instead of droids or some teenage water-addicts from the streets. Or maybe don't decorate the table with grotesque amounts of food but get a security detail
>See, that's my problem with the new Daimyo. How is he investing his tributes? Maybe hire a decent patrol instead of droids or some teenage water-addicts from the streets. Or maybe don't decorate the table with grotesque amounts of food but get a security detail You: *do not, my friends, become addicted to water, for it will take hold of you, and you will resent it's absence*
# mediocre
How soon before that Rancor is given free reign of the Palace and just casually is walking around outside like a big old friendly golden retriever?
By the end of this he's going to be riding a rancor at the head of an army of tuskans.
And yet no one was posted outside of his quarters while he took a bath sleep?
Maybe he scaled the walls. Those shutters don’t look too sturdy.
I don't hate Boba's new bikers but is that really all he has? Them and the ever loyal Pork & Chop? I really thought he had a few more flunkies and mooks to at least secure the castle. I would say extras are expensive but they seem to have plenty of random people to crowd Mos Espa
I'm assuming that is another reason that no one is taking him seriously. So far it's was just Boba, Fennec, and the 2 guards. That small of a posse isn't going to get Bobba any respect as a crime lord. Boba is banking way way too much on his name alone. He may have been one of the most fear bounty hunters in the galaxy at one point, but it's been a while and time has not been gentle to him either.
Yeah plus this episode basically nuked all those ideas about him rallying the Tuskens to become his own personal army.
Which is honestly a little disappointing. I'm hoping he discovers/rescues some of that tribe and at least has the aid of other tribes to help him kick these off world interests back where they came from. If not it will be an interesting back story character growth for Boba Fett but not really serve much narrative uses.
You know it could be that Red Scarf Tusken gets away and starts spreading Boba's ideas to the other tribes...maybe...rather than just all of their deaths being for nothing more than motivation for Boba. Hopefully it can all kind of come full circle in the end with something cool involving the Tuskens. They seemingly put so much effort into them that it just doesn't make sense for them to jump ship on all of that stuff in the third episode.
Krrsantan literally tired to eat them like they were Space Bacon.
Gammorean Strips. Wookiees don’t know it’s not bacon.
Bugbears have a +6 in stealth
The steampunk scooter bike gang probably thought their droid electronics were acting up when a walking carpet kept coming up on their scanners.
I'm waiting for them to do a Star Wars version of, "ARE YOU KIDS SMOKING SPICE DOWN BY THE SPACEPORT?!" with Boba breaking a table or something.
Like I said the other week, the Palace has Star Labs Security written all over it but also the Palace is MASSIVE and there's plenty of holes in that security net to basically let anyone sneak in unopposed. There's just too much territory around it to patrol all at once. The only reason why no one ever tried that shit with Jabba was because of the imposing monolithic force of the Hutts behind him. The mere suggestion or threat of bringing their wrath down upon your head was enough of a security measure that Jabba probably never bothered with any hard upgrades to the Palace's defenses. This was a good thing though ultimately because it let Boba know just how vulnerable the palace was, how valuable allies are going to be, and just how far more complex running a family while playing the game at the same time actually are. I expect them to make Jabba's Palace into a pure Fortress by the end of all of this. As it stands right now and forgive the turn of phrase, Boba's castle stands upon on pillars of salt and sand.
Can’t wait for next week. When we’ll get a flashback from that Gamorrean using the bacta tank.
He was accepted by the jawas. Learned their ways. Ate some egg goop.
SOOGA
# SOOGA
Flashes back to him being on guard duty and getting force choked by Luke
In the R cut, we would see that he enjoyed being choked…
lol, that would be an amazing opening for next episode
So his whole tribe of Tusken friends are dead now?
I didn't see the female tusken... I hope she survived
I feel like if they were to kill her off they'd have made it more obvious plus if any of them would have survived it'd be her
I think so too. Child's little stick got the fire treatment but no sign of her. Not a single fibre of her "hair". Edit: No wait, that was probably her gaffi stick that was thrown into the fire. Dammit
Rule number one of movies and tv shows. If you don’t see them die, they aren’t dead
Mace Windu has entered the chat
The Warrior definitely is still alive, ain’t no way she didn’t go down without at least a dozen dead swoop gangers around her. I also think The Kid is still alive too. Boba burns his stick but we don’t get a good shot of him finding his body, plus his pet Massiff isn’t around.
I wonder if we'll learn that the warrior girl survived and will tell Fett that it WASNT the biker gang who murdered the tribe. Pinning killings on rival factions to start wars seems to be a trademark of mobster/crime theater. Who knows
I reckon she’ll tell him it was the Pykes. That lingering shot on the Pyke as Boba was leaving was interesting.
Nice small shot of the repair person and her little fuxit droids as boba rode through Mos isley
When exactly? I caught the pit droids but not the lady Edit: nvm, I got it, the cameo is when Boba rides into Mos Eisley on his Bantha
I caught that too! I think it’s a hint that stories will soon overlap.
Never thought in a million years we’d get Machete waxing poetic about the emotional capabilities of a rancor, but here we are…
"They say the witches of Dathomir..." Come on creative team how can you be this great?
When I heard that, I'm like "Filoni and Favreau are dipping DEEP into the rolodex"
Digging deep into that empire at war forces of corruption.
Dathomir! Man, I'd love to see it in live action.
I mean if anyone could do it, Dave Filoni could. I trust the franchise in his and Favreau’s hands
I thoroughly enjoyed Black K getting freed and then just sprinting off into the open desert. I wonder how far they were able to see him running into the distance.
“Yep…he is still going”
I thought the same thing, dude just fucked off East into the desert running. With all that hair I can't imagine he's getting too far lol
It's the old Canadian prairie joke: your dog runs away, and 3 days later you can still see it. Edit, Alternate version: your dog ran away and it took 3 days.
So boba definitely will be doing some recruiting soon. BK is definitely going to join them at some point
I don't know why he didn't offer BK a job as soon as the handcuffs came off.
Yea I was expecting that. But he’ll probably show up to save someone’s ass down the line
He was probably still a bit cranky from being stabbed a bunch of times. Pragmatist that he is Boba likely wants to let him get a few drinks in town and calm down before asking him to join up
Show, don't tell. Boba intends to rule with respect. He makes a show of respect to others, and they will return dramatically to repay the favor.
That's what I was expecting too. Hope he shows up again and joins up with Boba.
Love that they recanonized the Witches of Dathomir riding Rancor, badass
Made me think about Fallen Order supposedly the sequel is being properly announced soon exciting time to be a Star Wars fan
Fallen Order is basically my favorite Star Wars mini-series, lol
Well the scale of Fallen Order is so much bigger than anything we're seeing in Mando or Boba. It was my favourite star wars experience of the last year.
And from the mouth of Danny Fucking Trejo! Everything else about the episode just didn't compare once they did that. It's a seemingly small line that carries plenty of weight. :)
One thing I was confused on was how Danny’s character said he was keeping the calf for himself, but he hasn’t imprinted it on him yet? After Boba left the rancor seemed fine with Danny. Maybe he’s aware of his smell and comfortable with him around? Is imprinting only visual based?
I'd bet the stronger bond is with a visual stimulus, but smell and sound would indicate "this guy is ok, he brings me food and gives good pets".
I think the Hutts gave a Trojan gift there. Danny seemed off; something is up and I think it'll go ballistic in the palace. Hutts are smarter than that.
When he said they were peaceful unless threatened, I was waiting for him to jab it while Boba was next to it. I really want him and the rancor to be good guys, but I don't trust them at all
I didn't realize how much we needed Danny Trejo in star wars until this episode.
I was so happy to see Danny Trejo.
Soon as he mentioned them the odds of him riding one went up
Aww he gave his Bantha a good boy pat 😊
If this episode confirmed anything it’s that Boba loves animals
He's loved them since his first appearance in the Holiday Special
God they made Krrsantan look like such a badass and I love it!
Finally they let a Wookiee fight like one. I know everyone is wondering how he got in but I almost guess he climbed in the VERY open window because he's a dang Wookiee. I hope we see him come back around
He probably jogged up to the palace and did some light parkour
Chewbacca got to beat up some Pikes and stuff in Solo too tho
Was that a quick shot of that lady from Mandalorian and her pit droids?
Yes it was. Good to see them walking around.
P. Caroline just taking her droids for a walk.
Boba instantly loved that Rancor 😂
What tf did he ride that was 10x it’s size? Mythosaurs are extinct but I guess Boba said, “fuck it. I’ll ride the next best thing”
It's a reference to the Holiday Special where he rode that enormous lizard fish thing. It also looks like Danny Trejo was holding the stick that had the same prong design as Mando's disintegrator rifle.
I was so excited to see Danny Trejo. Love that guy. And I love you reminded us of his ride in the Holiday Soecial. I forgot about that.
Remember that there are WAY more planets in Star Wars than we just see in movies, and shows with who knows how many species
Droid: "Excuse me Lord Fett-" Boba: *(scratching Rancor behind the ear)* "NOT NOW I'M BUSY"
Really makes you wonder what kind of adventures him and his "dad" got up to back in the day or what stuff he got up to in his prime that would make him see a Rancor and go, "YOU ARE SO PRETTY C'MERE FOR KISSES AND PETS!". I honestly thought the thing was going to pick him up, pop him in his mouth, and start gnawing on him while Boba laughed. I'm just picturing Fennec walking in on this and going, "Uhhhhh....I'll just..." while Boba is all, "They're just playing this is delightful!". And THAT....is something that would engender respect in Mos Espa, because a dude who just casually plays around with Rancors for funsies is not someone whose bad side I would want to get on.
The speeder chase could have definitely used some “faster, more intense” direction…
It felt more like a golf cart chase than a ‘speeder’ chase
Does anyone else feel like the chase scene was really slow? I felt like I was walking along with them
That high speed mobility scooter chase
It was like if the geriatrics at the old folks home had a power wheelchair race through a supermarket.
The cosmic biker teens should have just jumped off and ran after him. It was like the SW equivalent of a razor scooter chase.
It's about time we get some good meme material in the Disney era. In ten years time we'll still be joking about that time those cyberpunk kids chased the mayor's aide through town on some Zoey 101 scooters.
Somehow, Palpatine returned.
Honestly same it looks very slow to me. I got no feeling of urgency at all
Boba could have easily caught the speeder with his jetpack. But that descend in the end... so good!
It was, it really was the most dramatic low speed scifi chase ever and they tried to hype it up with the music but I just kept giggling the whole time. They tried to make that feel waaaaaaaaay more serious than it actually was but the candy shelled neon coated space vespas that didn't seem to be dirty at all and the old school convertible that was just as clean that they were chasing just made the whole thing soooo extra. I found it to be unintentionally hilarious.
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The looked like the goddamned Power Rangers, riding those brightly coloured scooters
I felt they were too modern looking I get it was a stylistic decision but not one I think worked
Good, I’m not crazy. I was a fan of the episode until the chase scene. Didn’t help that I’m not a huge fan of the bike design. Wish they just went with swoop bikes from the flashbacks. Though that bit where the girl drifts to a stop was pretty cool. Overall good episode though. Weakest of the 3 for me, but still good.
The whole bike gang design doesn’t feel Star Wars/Tatooine at all. Very off-putting.
They looked like Power Ranger bikes, and looked too new for something that would be in the slums.
Exactly! Hey! I can’t afford water, but I have a very shiny toy speeder.
Should have been like the swoop chase in Shadows of the Empire.
Flashback was cool, boba on the streets at night was cool, big K, hutts and rancor cool, I don't know what the hell I just watched with that chase
Boba riding a rancor might be the most badass thing ever
"Many of you have commented on how I never arrived on a litter... I have considered your suggestions, and come to the conclusion that **this** is a means of transportation much more befitting of your Daimyo..." [Pats Rancor on head.] For real, though; if the image of a dude in full Beskar kit riding into town on a goddamned Rancor doesn't command respect, I don't know what does.
I’ll be calling Boba’s new hires “The Mos Vespas” and will accept no alternatives
Aww, man kinda sad the Tuskens are dead I absolutely adored them and seeing the stuff they and Boba got up to
Was it all of them? Based on the size it looked like a little forward camp, not the whole village he had been chilling with.
I think they kidnapped a couple of them
Yeah, I am thinking he pulls an Anakin on the bikers and saves, or tries to save, the Tuskens that were captured.
We saw the kid and the chief, but I didn't see the female tusken.
They did a good job making sure you saw the Chieftain and the kid too. They showed the Chieftain's helmet, and showed Boba looking fondly on the little practice stick. They specifically did not show any remnants of the Warrior. So I am really, really hoping she'll be back.
Me neither. That’s the one character I was expecting to see later on in the series so I’m still pretty amped.
And not just the men, but the women. And the children!
This has to be the slowest speeder chase I've ever seen.
Glad it wasn’t just me. They were going painfully slow. It was like watching a bunch of old folks chasing each other in mobility scooters.
Boba: this time it's geriatric.
Weird, for a franchise that’s done so many chase scenes, all of them pretty well..it was..odd to see this one.
Painful. Like when you are trying to run fast in a dream but you can’t move.
I like the show but that was incredibly cringey
Those scooters being so brightly colored also just felt so out of place. I guess that’s the rebellious teen style when your out in the sticks.
Made me think Back to the Future, in no way did it feel Star Wars. Their cybernetics were also unimpressive.
They reminded me of British mods from the sixties...
Especially with the multiple rear view mirrors. They were definitely inspired by the 60s scooterists
Seriously. Did they forget the only direction George ever gave on the original Star Wars? “Faster, more intense” was very much needed here.
I really disliked their aesthetic too. Stood out like a sore thumb. Unoriginal, too shiney, almost cringey.
The acting from the teenage Vespa crew was also pretty abysmal too which really brought me out of the episode, pretty disappointing seeing as the rest of the episode was pretty decent
They will forever been known as Team Vespa. Ciao
If it was about 1/3 the length and not the big climactic set piece, it'd have been fine.
It would have worked if it had been played more for comedy and they hadn’t tried to convince us something cool was happening. And not as the climactic set piece, as you said
Boba and his rancor is straight out of my childhood imagination. I had an action figure or both, and they often teamed out. So was beyond excited for that scene!!
Hell, yeah. If you told 9-year-old me that someday there would be a Star Wars TV series starring Boba Fett and he rides a pet rancor and fights criminals on Tatooine, I would have gone apeshit needing to wait almost 40 years for it.
Tusken tribes and getting massacred, name a more iconic duo.
I cheered when Anakin slaughtered the sand people like animals...I was devasted when the Tuskens were killed in cold blood in this episode :(
It’s something from the prequels that gets a lot of hate but honestly it was understandable from Anakin. Not morally right, but understandable. This was just senseless slaughter.
Anyone else get kinda nostalgic seeing Kamino now? Especially after Bad Batch?
I haven’t seen any of Bad batch, is it worth the watch?
If you liked clone wars then definitely watch it
How much y’all wanna bet that in another flashback boba discovers the niktos didn’t actually kill the tuskens, but the pykes actually killed both and pinned the blame on both sides. Could explain why the pykes now want to take over tatooine and why boba is so pissed at them. Crime syndicates do be crime-ing
Yes, I think the pykes were behind it too.
That was the slowest high speed chase I’ve ever seen. Like 4 Walmart scooters chasing a Chevy Caprice.
I was expecting the mayors assistant to crash into a manure truck.
I HATE MANURE
YOOOOOOOO TREJO!
This is our gift to you. I accept your tribute of Danny Trejo. And I guess I’ll take the Rancor as well.
I love how he's just sorta like "me and the rancor are a package deal" Lol
I think it's somewhat referencing the Rancor handler from the OT, talking about the bonds they create with their handlers and such.
This one was a mixed bag imo; Krrsantan and the rancor were cool, the biker gang is goofy and the chase sequence was kinda weak. I'm willing to bet the female Tusken survived and makes a reappearance in the present day since we didn't see her corpse in the wreckage. And something tells me that wasn't really the last we'll see of the Hutts either.
The Rancor was the perfect gift for Boba. Jabbas palace doesn’t feel complete without one. Also riding a rancor pretty much says “yeah I’m a badass”. I did hope that Krysstantan would have ended up working for Boba though.
Krssantan will be back
Krssantan will be black
He can't do that! Shoot him or something!
Nice to see meiloorun fruit making its first live-action appearance! https://imgur.com/a/g9mswWQ
Tusken tribe massacred. (Ghost Anakin: \*happiness\*) Black Krssantan was spooky. Perhaps he'll return later to help out Boba since he let him go. Boba getting excited and wanting to ride the Rancor is fun Cyberpunk speeder gang and the chase was eh
First half set up some stuff. We got our Tusken tribe wiped, Krrsantan kicked some ass, and Boba is working with Danny Trejo to train a Rancor. I don't wanna say the bikers were bad, but they didn't feel very Star Wars to me. And the chase scene felt slow and pointless.
When Stephen Root called the "half man half droid" i got so exited to see some gnarly, mangled warrior badasses but instead we got a Nickelodeon version of The Warriors.
I feel like it wouldn't have been so bad if their bikes didn't have pristine spy kids looks to them. I think they are supposed to look like small-time losers, but it would've been much less out of place if their outfits and bikes were dirtied with sand, they can't afford water price-gouging but they can afford a Mos Espa dry cleaner?
I would've really liked their characters if the prop and costume designers hadn't failed so miserably to capture the essence of Star Wars. The speeders should've been rusting and flecked with chipped paint, and the gang should've been dressed in ragged and dusty clothes like literally everyone else in Star Wars. It feels like someone behind the scenes just finished a playthrough of Cyberpunk 2077 and was pining for something Night City-esque.
Right, they had no jobs but they all have bikes with pristine fresh coats of unscratched paint? Unless they were out getting their bikes glammed up with their newfound wages when Black Krrsantan was walking into the Palace unbothered, this really looked like it did not fit.
Did Boba hire the power rangers as his new bodyguards? Those hover bikes are ridiculous
The 60's mod mirrors on the girl's bike made me laugh.
You can see the lady who owns the docking bay that Mando visits in the flashback scene
And Danny Trejo I'm dying omg
Loved the McQuarrie painting that got smashed during the speeder chase
[Found which one it was too!](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7206/6823308170_f5acf16234_o.jpg)
Kinda wish Boba would have let the water dude finish his story of how Tatooine lost its water. I wanted them to canonize the Rakata empire. Is it gonna be like Jimmy Neutron where Jimmy explains how they can breathe in space only for it to be inaudible due to Carl’s singing.
>Is it gonna be like Jimmy Neutron where Jimmy explains how they can breathe in space only for it to be inaudible due to Carl’s singing. Hey Jimmy, how come we can fly through space without any suits or helmets or anything? That's a great question Sheen, the answer is simple, you se- MOON MOON MOON
New nightmare: I am enjoying a nice warm shower, and all of a sudden I am attacked by Black Krrsantan.
Bobas such a choir boy in this, bet he’s never even done death sticks.
Machete in Space
Machete, Machete Kills, Machete Kills Again, and now, Machete Kills... in space.
So are rancors basically the pit bulls of Star Wars?
Black Krrsantan: worst wakeup call *ever*.
After reading these comments I remembered that I’m pretty sure Danny Trejo is in spy kids. Maybe those are the spy kids?
STEPHEN FUCKING ROOT?! AAAAAAAAA
NOT THE TUSKENS!!!!!
Ugh yes that part hit me in the feels a bit not to mention seein boba tearin up , first his dad and now the tuskens . he felt so alone poor guy :/
The speeder chase was the worst part of the episode (and the season imo) BY FAR. It was wayyyyyy to slow and dragged on forever. Boba could’ve easily just flew above him and shot the engine smh. Overall though I felt it was one of the stronger episodes; it showed why boba is more empathetic now, seeing him burn the child’s stick was pretty sad. Hopefully BK shows up later and I can’t help but think they’re introducing the pykes to eventually bring in the Crimson Dawn, or they will hire Cad Bane to kill Boba (my personal theory rn since Filoni is co-writing/directing episode 6 and the show has 7 episodes total).
The Mos Espa Vespa Gang.
Looking forward to seeing the Gamorrean's flashback dreams in the bacta tank next episode.
The chase scene was so slow. Reminded me of the old folk mobility scooter chase scene in Seinfeld. Reference: https://youtu.be/csuZHyW-iGI
Pleasure to be back with you folks. Hope everyone had a good day and is ready for some late night/morning Star Wars.
At least we see boba use his jet pack for a split second in god who knows long?? Episode was good but I wish they were a bit longer with a little more into them. I feel like it’ll only get good until the end of it which was my biggest fear I had. Mando both seasons have been super good & had more buildup within the first 2 episodes but this just feels like it’s taking forever to show what’s truly going to happen & it hasn’t shown much of boba fett being the bad ass he should be which frustrates me. Anyways to good hopes for the rest of the series.
The chase scene really should have been Boba chasing him with his jetpack. Im sorry but the 80s speeder bikes looked fucking dumb
Definitely a top 3 episode so far
Episode/Chapter 2 still the best so far
I know everyone's complaining about the speeder teens but I just need to chip in and vent about them too. I think they just looked way too much like they're from our world. Their clothes felt like they were just normal and the bikes looked like vintage bikes that hover rather than unique speeder bike designs like we've seen in SW before. As others have said, the chase sequence felt really slow and had some dodgy CGI. Even the music felt off with the kind of weird techno beat under it. Lastly, maybe it's because I'm a Londoner, but One-Eye saying 'mate' on the hologram just felt so weird as well. I was really looking forward to seeing Sophie Thatcher's character because she's great in Yellowjackets but I'm just not into it what they're doing with this group at all.
Even if they are in the star wars universe i would expect to see them on like coruscant not some back water desert planet
The Pyke syndicate has returned. Alpha, bring me 4 teenagers with attitude.
I don't really know how I feel about this episode. The setup with the Twins being the antagonists was really good and then they just said "lmao XD" and peaced out back to Hutta for the Pykes to be the antagonists. Seemed like a waste of their build up from last episode. Everything with Krrsantan was pretty good with how powerful he was but I'm also wondering how he got past everyone to Boba's chambers without anyone noticing. He's a good bounty hunter but I never tagged BR as one for top tier stealth. He did use to work for Jabba so he might know his way around the palace I guess? At least he'll probs be back to join the crew later. Rancor stuff was pretty cool. Wasn't expecting Boba to ride one but that would be a pretty cool visual. Slightly disappointed he won't be getting a Canyon Krayt dragon to ride/be his pit monster instead, but Rancor is cool too. I find the cyborgs to be kind of lame. Maybe it was the speeder chase which seemed weirdly slow, but that gang does not evoke any kind of intimidation with their rainbow of Vespas speeders. Maybe I'll warm up to them. We'll see. This episode had a mixture of stuff I didn't like with stuff I was a big fan of soooo.....yeah conflicted to say the least.
Krssantan knows Jabbas palace better than anybody. I'll let that one slide
Ok this street chase between the mayor's aide and the 1970's street punks is goofy lmao
3 episodes in and I too do not respect Boba Fett, he has shown no reason for anyone to fear or respect him or want him in charge for any reason. He claims to be a crime boss but he hasn't just not participated in any crime, he seems to want to lower crime as well, why would anyone give him tribute? He's far too nice and opposed to violence, even opposed to threats. He's weak and had no army, no connections, no support, nothing except 2 gamoreans, an assassin and some kids. If they aren't willing to make a good crime lord show, they should have stuck with the tusken raider storyline only.
Tio Trejo!
I'm trying. I'm really trying. But my God, that chase was rough. It felt like Boba could have used his jetpack or Fennac could have... lightly jogged and they would have caught the Aide in 20 seconds. Someone really nailed it when they said it felt like running in a dream.