Spoilers for Book of Boba Fett. Since Book of Boba Fett has just concluded, I have some thoughts on it. First off, I think the flashbacks were the best sequences of the show for the most part. They did some intriguing things for the Tuskens that I really enjoyed. It painted a different perspective to them that mirrored real life treatment of Indigenous groups and gave a new light to them, which I was fascinated by. However, the flashback for episode 4 didn’t do much for me, as it’s a part of Boba’s story I didn’t need to see. I wasn’t interested in seeing him meet Fennec and getting his ship back, but overall the flashbacks were a nice inclusion to the show. On the flip side, I think the present timeline was lacking. Characters like Boba, Fennec, and Krrsantan weren’t used to their greatest potential and I feel they didn’t exactly know what they were doing with it. I wish we got more character moments throughout the series instead of just primarily in the finale. The decision to spend episodes 5 and 6 with Mando was odd to me as it’s something I feel could have been saved for the Mandalorian season 3. Sure, it was nice seeing Grogu, Luke, Ahsoka, and the Mandalorians again, but it’s something that I feel was only in this series to explain why Grogu ends up with Mando again. I think they could’ve taken out the stuff that had to do with Grogu and find a better alternative, as it would’ve given us more of the titular character. Don’t get me wrong I loved the duel between Din and Paz, seeing some of Grogu’s training, and some nice callbacks with Ahsoka and Luke, but it didn’t feel like the right place for it. The villains weren’t intimidating enough, as we only first saw them attack in the penultimate episode. They could have sprinkled in parts of the Pykes being bad guys throughout the series, which would have made the final episode more impactful and raised the stakes. What we did get was cool, but it didn’t feel like the war that was being talked about towards the middle of the series. The finale did give some amazing moments though, as I loved seeing Boba stomp around on a Rancor, the battle in the streets with Din and Boba using their arsenals, and the reveal that the Pykes were the ones who killed Boba’s tribe. That was all stuff that the show really needed throughout, but while it was awesome to see, it didn’t have the buildup to make them satisfying enough. They were cool scenes, but it would have been more satisfying if we would have seen a buildup instead of just randomly getting it. Finally, the inclusion of Cad Bane is something I’m split on. While I love him as a character, his death felt underwhelming. For such a significant figure in the Star Wars universe, he died easier than what I expected. I do like how Boba uses what the Tuskens taught him to kill Bane and the amazing duel between Cobb Vanth and Cad Bane in the episode 6. Overall, I’m split between the Book of Boba Fett, as while I love a lot about it, I also felt that they could have utilized certain things better and it left me wanting more from its first season.
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