SPOILER TBoBF ep.1 - A Stranger in a Strange Land

Glad folks are generally liking the first episode…but I thought it was incredibly lame. I’m not nearly as big of a fan of Mando as many on this board and the first episode of TBOB was mostly the worst of what Mando has to offer. This came across as nothing more than a Star Wars themed SyFy channel show…sub-par acting, silly dialogue and zero stakes to anything. It all looks terrible - as others have mentioned, the sets and costumes are WAY too clean…nothing looks “lived in” like the movies…it all looks like expensive back lot sets and the volume.

For me Star Wars is big and cinematic and epic. The Disney+ shows so far just don’t deliver the same feeling and the stories are not interesting or compelling. It’s a shame imo.

I’ll still watch just because it’s Star Wars, but this is far from must see TV. I’m still holding out hope Kenobi and/or Andor up the stories and production quality, but my hopes are diminishing with each new Disney+ episode.

 

Such a great start to this series, seeing his fall then restart to Fettdemption. So glad he didn't make a explosive exit from the sarlaac like in the comics & glad his escape was humble. I'm current on my 5th viewing.

 

Btw, that stormtrooper inside Sarlacc seemed a little out of place.
Was just me or the close-up of that trooper seemed a SW vintage figure?

Although I liked some points, the more I think of the episode, the lazier it seems. Just little worked.
I need a second viewing

 

Great start! Really into it and I like Boba even more now. Still wouldn't say he's one of my top favorite characters and prefer Din but still a great watch and am intrigued for how the rest of the season plays out

 

I will be back later for more in depth conversation. I was a little underwhelmed too; but agree that we just came from some pretty epic episodes of Mando too. The line of the episode for me was “would you like your gamorreans hosed down and fed?”

 

A mixed but fair review that I get and understand and he knows there's still hope for the rest of the season. I like this channel alot!

 

The 1st set of flashbacks - fair and helpful.
The 2nd set of flashbacks - a waste of time. The action sequence is literally a plot device to get Boba Fett back to the Bacta Tank for more flashbacks. The only plus from this is they now have captured one of the attackers.

This episode was classic Filoni - start out slow and build into the story.

 

Overall I was good with the first chapter ... mostly because I trust that this was our jumping-in point and I have faith that whatever is to come. A couple things threw me:
1. Someone mentioned earlier about his weight in the flashbacks. This also stuck with me. I expected some de-aging (or de-weighting!).
2. Also mentioned earlier: the stormtrooper in the sarlacc was straight OG Kenner action figure.
3. The whole sequence with the Tuskens really dragged. Seems they could have cut some fat there. And I was never clear why they kept the two as prisoners other than to torture them. Did they have a reason to even save him and bring him back to camp? And trusting the youngling with them was odd. Oh, and the sand monster was straight-up Kraken.
4. The Mayor's twilek guy was .... not very Star Wars-y. I assume he's the equivalent to Horatio Sanz in TM. His inflection and overall demeanor bumped me.

I liked Bobba's borderline naivete as he takes his first steps into crime boss. And the fact that he's not invincible. Fennec is always great. The ST flashbacks were very cool (esp. Kamino). I'm giving this a 6.5 out of 10, knowing it will get better.

 

Spoiler

It was Matt Berry, but it's not clear if that was 8D8. Some sources say it was 8D8, while others say it was another droid of the same model called UK2-B. Apparently the credits say UK2-B but the closed captions say 8D8.
And Matt Berry is also famous for Disenchantment.

I really enjoyed the first episode. I guess some people weren't that impressed with the escape from the Sarlacc, but I thought it was amazing. I wasn't sure if we were even going to see it at all since we already saw him in the Mandalorian.

Another question:

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Was that the former Lars homestead? If so, I'm not exactly sure what was going on there.

 

Your post really comes as a surprise.

This really was for me out of question. I always thought of them of having a organized tribal system etc. Like it's obvious from where Lucas took his inspiration from (Dune and those are inspired by the Bedouin, the Arab nomads).

This post of yours make me think that maybe I take too much for given and what feels like Spoon feeding is actually needed by the average viewers.

 

+ We already explored their culture in TPM and AOTC. I wasn't surprised at all with the Tuskens in 'The Mandalorian' and TBOBF.

 

I enjoy the insight look of the Tusken community too and would like to see more alien races and their cultures explored as well. I don't want the whole season to have flashbacks but I am hoping the next episode shows more of Boba being taken in by Tuskens and know why he didn't leave to find his armor or ship!

Hopefully the next episode is the end of the bacta tank and big flashback scenes though and starts to focus on Crimson Dawn and the mayor by the end of it

 

They should limit the flashbacks to one per episode. I don't think were done with them, he still has to become king of the sandpeople. There's what 5 years between rotj and mando. They should have made it a two episode or an hour episode premiere. But i guess they wanted you guessing who the ninjas were for a whole week.