Chapter 7: In the Name of Honor

The story was sound. The execution, direction, sound, visual FX, storyboarding and cinematography were second rate.

Feloni, you need to man up and tell them to sort it out.

I mean King Kong? What the actual...

Disgraceful.

What bothers me the most is the fact, that so many dialogs just described exactly what was happening on screen so that even a 4 year old could understand why people do this and that. That´s just poor writing and directing when you need to explain absolutely everything. How are you as an audience supposed to get intrigued if the director doesn't use the medium he´s working with.

This episode was predictable, anti-climactic, and flat. The action was a mess. The tension was forced. The plot was muddled. There weren't any surprises.

And top of it all, Robert Rodriguez cannot direct.

Unfortunately it was the Boba Fett production that was behind the helm here and as usual made the episode total travesty after the last 2 quality Mando-centric eps. Everytime those absurdly ridiculous bike kids appear with their woke lines ones wants to throw something at the screen. Not to mention the absurd Mech fight or endless plot armor of whomever director feels like.

The ep had a few good dialogues and scenes, a likely gift from Mandalorian crew, however for the most part it was total trash. I honestly feel for the guys from Mando production that had to work with the talentless hacks that helm the Boba production.

Please FIRE whomever is responsible for this absolute travesty of a season aside from the couple Mando eps.

Both exactly what I was expecting and oddly anticlimactical, is how I'd describe the finale of the first season of "The Book of Boba Fett".

Team Fett gather together at the site of the bombed-out bar and then spread out around Mos Espa looking for signs of the Pyke Syndicate. They fail though to see Cad Bane (Corey Burton) who approaches the bar to negotiate their surrender. Their refusal kick starts a battle between the two forces. Betrayed on numerous fronts, and hopelessly outgunned by battle droids, Boba Fett (Temuera Morrison) makes a desperate decision. Meanwhile, a lone X-Wing lands in Peli Motto's (Amy Sedaris) hanger.

It was apparent, from very early in the series, that the finale was going to be Boba Fett's stand against the overwhelming odds of the Pyke Syndicate. I want to start with some of the positives about the episode. It looked amazing; the scenes with the Rancor running amok looked great and the fight scenes were much better than they have been earlier in this run, even if the targeting on those battle droids definitely needs an upgrade.

My big problem is that I don't feel like there's any connection between Fett and the people of Mos Espa. It feels like the Pyke Syndicate should have taken over immediately after Jabba's death and been cruel overlords, only for Fett to act as liberator, effectively repeating what he did with the Tusken Raiders in the flashback story and inspiring an uprising. But that's not what actually happened, Mos Espa appeared to be doing reasonably well without Fett, only for him to come in, aggravate the situation, get several of them killed and incur lots of property damage, much of which was caused by the Rancor HE RELEASED, only for them to treat him like Don Corleone at the end of it anyway. Guys... he caused the problem he's then saved them from?!?

As a series, I didn't hate it... but I do feel it's been a lot less self-assured than "The Mandalorian" has been. Would I watch a second season? Of course I would, we've established a bunch of characters and I'd really want that Star Wars / Deadwood style show that I mentioned a couple of episodes back. However, I'd really like them to decide if there's a story worth telling, before going ahead with it.