Star Worse

In comments, the usually sensible Confederate Contingent rises to the defense of The Book of Boba Fett. We're shocked, saddened and disappointed, like Alexander Stevens after Jeff Davis got the presidency. The Book of Boba Fett started off mediocre, improved a bit, and then turned into The Mandalorian because John Favreau new the show wasn't working. By the way, the episode where they're on the Dyson Sphere is visually very interesting.

The Book of Boba Fett's problems start with the writing. There are too many flashbacks in the first few episodes.  Boba Fett's hero's journey really doesn't work for an actor as old as Temuera Morrison. Of course he played Boba Fett in a couple of episodes of The Mandalorian, but for some reason he just doesn't work here. In his one action scene, Boba looked stunted and lame, because Morrison is an old man. 

We liked the idea of Boba taking over Jaba the Hutt's territory. But he should have done so from the palace. The dirty work should have been left to Fennec Shand, played wonderfully by Ming-na Wen. Her Fennec is glaring, ruthless and deadly. 

The Confederate Contingent does make a good point. Shows usually have problems their first season. True. The first season of Star Trek, TNG is horribly, brutally bad, and it doesn't get better till they get rid of Gene Roddenberry. But with TNG producers already had proof of concept. We were never thrilled with the idea of a Boba Fett show. But an Obi Wan show, wow....

[I'd be careful about getting your hopes up about Kenobi-Ed]

Sage advice. There's a 50/50 chance Kenobi will suck. It's produced by Kathleen Kennedy, the bitch.  Let's see...Joby Harold is the head writer. We know nothing about the man but don't see any warning signs in his bio. Deborah Chow is the director...says she's done some Mandalorian episodes as well as Better Call Saul. Okay. Reason for caution, but reason for hope as well. 

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