The Book of Boba Fett: All Trailers and Footage Shown are From the Shows Opening Minutes

The cast and crew of The Book of Boba Fett continue to be at the forefront of the marketing push of the series. In a new extensive interview with The Hollywood Reporter, the show's trio of executive producers (Robert Rodriguez, Jon Favreau, and Dave Filoni), as well as actress Ming-Na Wen, walk us through the making of the show, from its inception through its promotion. Rodriguez even revealed that the trailers and TV spots were only allowed to use footage from the first few minutes of the show, since the second half of the first episode already contains a massive spoiler.



Indeed, inside the story, The Hollywood Reporter writer says that 'the producers have only revealed footage from the seven-episode season’s opening minutes,' and then quotes the following from Rodriguez:

THR goes on to say the producers hinted at 'familiar faces (or helmets)' possibly appearing in the series. Of course, Rodriguez has been hyping up the series all year long, saying multiple times it will over-deliver. He will be directing three episodes (out of seven), which is great news for fans of The Mandalorian episode The Tragedy, which brought Boba Fett back into the Star Wars picture in a big way. Jon Favreau reflects back on that episode:

As we now know, the studio greenlit the project, but kept it a complete secret. Favreau asked Kathleen Kennedy not to announce it at Disney's Investor Day, just so that he could have the floor during the post-credits of the Season 2 finale. Rodriguez gave his understanding of how that all went down:

The director has been a diehard Star Wars fan for a long time, and his pitch for Boba's triumphant in-costume return was unlike anything Favreau and Filoni had ever seen, as we learned watching the Disney Gallery episode on Season 2. He told The Hollywood Reporter:

Filoni then jumped in with a theory that might explain why fans have revered the character so much despite his limited screentime in the original trilogy:

The Clone Wars creator then added the following about Boba Fett's place inside the Star Wars franchise as a whole:

Something that differentiates this project from most high-profile series out there is that its two main actors are 58 (Ming-Na Wen) and 60 (Temuera Morrison) years old. About this, Rodriguez said:

Filoni then added:

Of course, Wen's character had been 'seemingly killed off' in Season 1. The actress jumped into the conversation at this point:

From the first trailer, the influence of The Godfather on the show is more than evident. Now, Rodriguez confirmed being mostly influenced by Coppola's gangster movie, as well as King Conan (Robert E. Howard's collection of fantasy short stories featuring Conan the Barbarian). He added:

Rodriguez then looked back at his career, recalling the time he met George Lucas, who convinced him to make the transition from film to digital when shooting:

Of course, that happened many years before he was even involved in Star Wars, which according to Rodriguez happened thanks to his 2019 movie Alita: Battle Angel:

When asked if he discussed The Book of Boba Fett with Lucas, he simply said:

The show started production in late November 2020, at the height of the pandemic, which could have meant a production shutdown on any given day. For that reason, Rodriguez wanted to shoot as much as possible in the first few days:

Of course, when making a project in the Star Wars franchise, one would expect there to be set rules. But according to Robert Rodriguez, there were no studio mandates while shooting:

When asked if revealing a color is a spoiler, he simply added:

The story wrapped up with Rodriguez saying a Season 2 is not out of the realm of possibility:

However, he's only signed for one season. We'll find out if there is really room for a second season when The Book of Boba Fett comes out -- the first episode will stream on Disney Plus on December 29.



Make sure to check out StarWarsNewsNet's episode reviews, as well as The Resistance Broadcast's The Mando Fan Show, which will be returning this year for the new adventure.



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