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Having seen seasons 1+2 of The Mandalorian I was optimistic this would be a pretty good spinoff. Boy was I wrong.

The worst aspects from The Mandalorian seemed to be amplified to the max here. The writing for the most part is pretty poor and underwhelming. The story doesn't really go anywhere for a while and when it eventually does go somewhere it's not great. The episodes directed by Robert Rodriguez are unbearably bad. The action is horrific and amateurish and what you'd expect from someone who directed Spy Kids/We Can Be Heroes. The vespa crew are one of the worst things to be introduced to Star Wars in it's history. I had nothing against Rodriguez before but I certainly don't like the idea of him being involved with Star Wars again. There's so many other directors who would do a million times better.

Episodes 5/6 were exceptional but I don't consider them to be part of TBOBF as Boba isn't in them. They're more like Mandalorian specials and keep me optimistic that Mando season 3 will still be really good.

I think the worst part of all of this is what they did with Boba Fett. They made him too passive and soft. He tries to appease everyone and then blabbers about how strong and tough he is when almost everything he does in the show contradicts that. Just from watching the show you wouldn't know he was once the most feared bounty hunter in the galaxy. I see what they wanted to do and I'm fine with Fett changing and being more of a hero but they should have had kept his tough side, someone who is strong willed and doesn't bow down to anyone. Fett never really had much of a character but he had huge potential, it was sorely wasted.

I went into the show looking forward to every scene with Boba Fett in it, but by the finale I was dreading every frame he was in. I wouldn't be upset if we never see his character again.

Wow...

Although a shorter season than the previous instalments, each episode is packed with great moments, big decisions, great characters and overall concludes perfectly.

Playing in September 2021 I had the benefit of playing through all four seasons in the span of a few weeks. What a journey. I'm sad it's come to an end but I'm happy it happened.

My rankings for all four seasons: #4 - A New Frontier (7/10) #3 - Season Two (10/10) #2 - The Final Season (10/10) #1 - Season One (10/10)

I look forward to playing all these again one day. But I am going to be replaying The Final Season very soon because I enjoy the ending so much.

Thank you Telltale and Skybound. Thank you very much.