Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****
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@kirwan said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@mn5 yes, but he was in the end finished up by a blind guy and Lando in the process of being grabbed by the sarlacc. So he has a history of getting his arse handed to him.
Hmmmmm, I call that Han getting extremely lucky ( as he was prone to do )
I’m glad Boba is getting the redemption he deserves although all things considered I still reckon his old man was better.
Chewie and Lando did absolutely fuck all in that fight, Han was excused for being blind but if this was remade today they’d take out loads on their own too ( or maybe not cos they’re not female )
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@kirwan said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
My point is that Fett is just a bounty hunter in great armour. The flashbacks with the sand people show that without his armour he had a lot to learn.
Not entirely accurate, definitely capable, but they were far better at stick fighting than he was.
Don’t forget his old man ( direct clone ) nailed Obi Wan with a head butt back in the day so he’s certainly not a clueless fighter.
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@mn5 said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@kirwan said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
My point is that Fett is just a bounty hunter in great armour. The flashbacks with the sand people show that without his armour he had a lot to learn.
Not entirely accurate, definitely capable, but they were far better at stick fighting than he was.
Don’t forget his old man ( direct clone ) nailed Obi Wan with a head butt back in the day so he’s certainly not a clueless fighter.
Don't think Boba got much training in hand to hand combat from Jango at 11 (or however old he was then)
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@kirwan said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@mn5 yes, but he was in the end finished up by a blind guy and Lando in the process of being grabbed by the sarlacc. So he has a history of getting his arse handed to him.
I'm not sure if a blind guy accidentally hitting his backpack is a good example of him being bested in a fair fight. Regardless, I don't really care that he got his arse kicked. Even Tyson Fury or Anderson Silver would probably get the shit beaten out of them in a stick fight against a much smaller and weaker expert.
What I find amusing is his love of the Sand People. The same people who enslaved him, beat the shit out of him and were basically going to work him to death until he killed a deadly creature. Boba is supposed to be the biggest bad ass in the Galaxy after Vader. He should have seriously fůcked the Sand People up after that. But instead he embraces the same people who had him tied to a stake, beat him up and forced him to dig for mini pumpkins. Same with all the dopey decisions he makes. He would have died multiple times if not for Fenik and even that white robot seems exasperated at his stupidity. I guess the coolest thing about Boba was his mystique. We knew sweet fa about him. Maybe it was better that way. I always thought Mando was like a poor man's Boba and Mando was pretty farking cool. But shit, Mando looks far more canny and deadly than Boba has so far.
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Rumours from those in the show/know is that what we have seen so far makes much more sense from the last couple of episodes.
With regard to his character they could have left him as a bounty hunter but that would have probably got boring quickly in a rinse and repeat way. The bounty hunter vs his employers story has been done already as well.
This 'Book of...' is meant to explain his journey away from being a bounty hunter. His humbling from the sand people and change of occupation. His humbling from reliance of his armour.
Don't forget that it was only this week that the droid said 'you are now fully healed' which explains away his weakness in fighting.It has been a clunky ride but they also have to fit in some set pieces somehow.
The worst part has been the introduction of the tech modding. Trying to work that in as a play on words with 'mods' and the brit subculture of the same name has been truly awful. I suppose they thought that 'punk' had been done to death?
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@crucial said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
Rumours from those in the show/know is that what we have seen so far makes much more sense from the last couple of episodes.
With regard to his character they could have left him as a bounty hunter but that would have probably got boring quickly in a rinse and repeat way. The bounty hunter vs his employers story has been done already as well.
This 'Book of...' is meant to explain his journey away from being a bounty hunter. His humbling from the sand people and change of occupation. His humbling from reliance of his armour.
Don't forget that it was only this week that the droid said 'you are now fully healed' which explains away his weakness in fighting.It has been a clunky ride but they also have to fit in some set pieces somehow.
The worst part has been the introduction of the tech modding. Trying to work that in as a play on words with 'mods' and the brit subculture of the same name has been truly awful. I suppose they thought that 'punk' had been done to death?
They should have left the cyberpunk side alone and just had droids do the modding. Fits the universe more IMO
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@crucial said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
Rumours from those in the show/know is that what we have seen so far makes much more sense from the last couple of episodes.
With regard to his character they could have left him as a bounty hunter but that would have probably got boring quickly in a rinse and repeat way. The bounty hunter vs his employers story has been done already as well.
This 'Book of...' is meant to explain his journey away from being a bounty hunter. His humbling from the sand people and change of occupation. His humbling from reliance of his armour.
Don't forget that it was only this week that the droid said 'you are now fully healed' which explains away his weakness in fighting.It has been a clunky ride but they also have to fit in some set pieces somehow.
The worst part has been the introduction of the tech modding. Trying to work that in as a play on words with 'mods' and the brit subculture of the same name has been truly awful. I suppose they thought that 'punk' had been done to death?
Excellent point.
Just reinforces how shite storm troopers are though, he fucked them up in Mando when he hadn’t even had one bacta tank session.
I’m assuming when you wake up from one you’re still pretty groggy which explains why he struggled against bad Chewie ( who to be fair is obviously a ferocious opponent )
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@kirwan said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@mn5 is that right? To be on that planet he must have had his ship right? So far through his healing.
I'm not paying too much attention to the timeline though
His meeting with mando was after the latest flashback ( fennic alive and artificially fixed ) but before he took over the Palace which happened at the end of Mando…..I think…..
Things would have been very interesting if he met up with Luke again when he turned up to pick up Grogu.
Now I think about it the storyline of Cobb using the armour is a bit stupid.
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@kirwan said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@mn5 how did he get off Tatooine without his ship?
If I have the timeline right it goes like this...
In BoBF he got his ship back then went looking for his armour,which he still thought was in the Sarlacc (obviously couldn't remember crawling out with it still on).
Story picks up in Mando where he watches Mando take out the Krait dragon and Cobb giving Mando the Fett armour (maybe following the same story of someone in Mandolorian armour that Mando did).
Fett and Fennec track Mando and Grogu to the planet with the jedi rock thing and fight with him for the return of the armour.
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Agree with many of the points in this article:
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@rancid-schnitzel said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
Agree with many of the points in this article:
I don't. I guess it depends on your viewpoint.
I think this show has gone out of it's way (possibly too much) to explain Fett's journey from the previous uncaring mercenary . Being humbled and having to re-earn respect. Realising he relied on his armour to be strong etc. Working out that working for scum only leads to bad places. Being willing to work with others etc.
I get that it has changed his character and that some might prefer the old version but can't see how you would make a show from the old one.
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@crucial said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
I get that it has changed his character
TBF, and movie universe only, for all the hype Boba Fett wasn't really much of a character, he was cool though. No matter what they did here he'd lose some of that mystique.
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@nepia said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@crucial said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
I get that it has changed his character
TBF, and movie universe only, for all the hype Boba Fett wasn't really much of a character, he was cool though. No matter what they did here he'd lose some of that mystique.
Exactly, what "character" did they change? He was a guy in suit that was mysterious. That's not a character, it's a poster.
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haven't watch the ep yet....intrigued
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@kirwan said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@nepia said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@crucial said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
I get that it has changed his character
TBF, and movie universe only, for all the hype Boba Fett wasn't really much of a character, he was cool though. No matter what they did here he'd lose some of that mystique.
Exactly, what "character" did they change? He was a guy in suit that was mysterious. That's not a character, it's a poster.
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