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The Aimless Tale of The Book of Boba Fett

Published: May 14, 2022, 5:40 p.m.

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Hyperspace Theories podcast returns to the realm of Star Wars storytelling with this month\\u2019s episode, in which Tricia Barr and B.J. Priester discuss\\xa0The Book of Boba Fett. In addition to its seven chapter, we also consider insights from the\\xa0Disney Gallery\\xa0episode exploring the development and production of the Disney+ series.

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We begin with the titular character. The first four episodes of\\xa0The Book of Boba Fett\\xa0portray two sets of events in his life: his experiences from his escape from the Sarlaac Pit until his appearance in \\u201cThe Tragedy\\u201d chapter of\\xa0The Mandalorian\\xa0season two to reclaim his father\\u2019s armor, and his return to Tatooine to establish himself as \\u201cdaimyo\\u201d upon the throne previously occupied by Jabba the Hutt and Bib Fortuna. Each of these storylines contains some interesting ideas for Fett\\u2019s character development, but both fail to meet the potential of those ideas. In addition, the series at times relies heavily on homages to famous cinema (like\\xa0Lawrence of Arabia\\xa0or\\xa0The Godfather) and references to previous Star Wars material (including comics, books, and videogames) without challenging or subverting some of the damaging tropes frequently found in those sources, particularly in the thin characterization of the female characters and the fate of the indigenous Tusken tribe that welcomed Fett into its community. Although the finale episode delivers exciting Star Wars action sequences, it ends on a meta-referential note: Fett himself wonders aloud whether he should have been pursuing the objective of becoming daimyo in the first place.

Even more jarring, the fifth and sixth chapters of\\xa0The Book of Boba Fett\\xa0barely even include him at all. Instead, the focus on events that we would have expected to appear in season three of\\xa0The Mandalorian, including Din Djarin\\u2019s return to the Armorer\\u2019s covert, his acquisition of a new starship to replace the\\xa0RazorCrest, and his paternal caring for Grogu. Another appearance by Ahsoka Tano delivers unexpected emotion for Din in doing what\\u2019s right for Grogu, as well as for the audience with dialogue overtly linking her current role in the galaxy to her past with the Skywalker family. A surprisingly lengthy appearance by Luke reveals more about Grogu, while also testing both Luke and Grogu in their commitment to the Jedi path. Directed by Bryce Dallas Howard and Dave Filoni, respectively, these two episodes offer far stronger Star Wars storytelling than the rest of\\xa0The Book of Boba Fett.

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