Vespas in Star Wars? Let’s talk about that.

I didn’t really mind them. I definitely think it’s something that George would have done. Even though I wasn’t a big fan of the gang itself, besides Sophie Thatcher’s character, I didn’t feel like they felt “un-Star Wars”. They really fit with that Episode 2 Coruscant aesthetic, like I could imagine these bikes parked outside of Dex’s Diner. Heck, I think they would have fit in on Corellia in Solo: A Star Wars Story. (I’m pretty sure Sophie Thatcher’s character is based on some unused Qi’ra concept art.) It’s odd to see such nice bikes on Tatooine of all places but Mos Espa is a big spaceport so I guess that explains it.

 

The colorful and expensive looking speeders don't make sense in the context of the Tatooine which we are shown. They easily could have fixed that by actually showing a new side of Tatooine.
Maybe there are poor destricts and then their are rich districts. The rich ones look totally different, maybe there are even plants with alot of green. The rich people have water. This could have given us a climps into the history of Tatooine.

In these rich districts we can see all different kinds of vehicles.

But the real problem isn't the look but the chase itself and its cinematography. If it had been more normal looking speeders, then the chase would still look silly.

 

You actually mean : such brilliant vehicles annoy you at a seemingly high level...
.... but those perfect teeth, that belong to a man who hardly lives in the desert, eats rats, started once to be digested inside an alien stomach.... no ?






Me:

 

I actually thought it was nice to see something shiny for change. Not everything has to torn, dirty, dent holes, broken and bruised up.

 

yeah….Naboo was the last shiny place we saw , right?

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I am being a bit sarcastic, but it was nice seeing something that wasn't broken. There is absolutely nothing wrong with having some color or break from the mold, so to speak.

 

To me, the clean design isn't a problem at all. I actually quite liked it. This is like the car culture of Lucas' youth, and Tatooine has always been a stand in for his home town in some ways. Plus, as others have said, we've seen stuff like this on other planets.

what really makes it not feel like Star Wars is the colors. The blend of primary colors immediately takes your brain to Power Rangers or Voltron. There's nothing else like this in SW where a team is so brightly color coded like Bionicle characters. That said, I actually really liked it. I thought the flavor worked. But I don't blame anyone for getting hung up on it.

My real problem was how amazingly slow the bikes went during the chase. This is definitely, with no possible other contenders, the worst chase scene in Star Wars.

 

And... to remain in the center of such an annoying gang, what about the brilliantism and cleanliness of their clothes - at least, as shiny as their air-speeder-motos ?





Note for myself : Rewatch the episode to check if their teeth fit into the story of the show.

 

I honestly didn't mind them, but it was because I'm more of a fan of the "lets pick up strays and make them AWESOME" aspect of things than how well they actually fit in the story. Maybe I'll mind on my rewatch. Now, what I'm NOT entirely a fan of is how Boba is so weak that every time he gets new allies, he needs to be saved by them to show off their worth. I don't think that was needed here, since it makes Boba feel unworthy of the role IMO and super inconsistent with this flashback self (again, I'm willing to withhold full judgement on this until we know what happens), but it happened.

 

After reading this and the Ep 3 thread, I have to agree with those who feel everything is "too clean". Loved the grit and realism of previous SW projects, not sure why this is so jarring and different.....

 

Maybe it's a metaphor for youth? Star Wars prides itself (to the point of detriment IMO) on having that "worn-and-torn" feel. That "used and recycled and used again" feel. That lived-in feel. But maybe contrasting the bikers, that feel is to highlight how old traditions and old ways, and that Boba is bringing in fresh blood and new ways and new styles.

Or not.

 

My first thought was that those speeders were too shiny and new for Tatooine, which I found to be suspect. And I wonder if that's the point. This gang consists of unemployed young adults living in the workers' district. How did they come by those shiny, new, and presumably expensive speeders? While I'm at it, who paid for their cybernetic implants? I may have missed an explanation in the dialogue, but I wonder if that gang has been privately bankrolled by a "player to be named later."

 

I had no problem with the vespas, but their clothes looked really weird. Maybe they will start a trend and in 2 episodes everyone on tatooine will have cool hip vespa outfits. Also i liked their cybernetics

 

That's what I was going to suggest- no one would've batted an eye if we'd seen these on Coruscant in the prequels, or maybe even Corellia or Naboo.

But Tatooine? It's almost like these street youths are rebelling! Next they're gonna be coloring their hair, getting piercings, and having full sleeves of tatooes!

*shakes cane at cloud


Obviously they don't look "Tatooiney". But I think maybe that's the point. They're supposed to stand out.

Exactly- I'm sure that a spaceport could have some spare paint lying around that the kids could've painted their bikes with. It's not like they need to all be made of rare metals only found in the lost mountains of Onderon or something, lol. It's a coat of paint.

 

I have many issues with Book of Boba Fett but the vespas aren’t one of them that takes high priority.

With that said, the vespas look too much like “earth.” The side mirrors could have literally have been purchased from any garage shop in Los Angeles. A little more design could have gone into it with more success.
I also do not like people’s argument that “they’re shiny and colorful, therefore… not my Star Wars!” I found shiny and new refreshing. I love the prequels and have been hungry for anything remotely similar to that aesthetic. Also, biker gangs on earth travel through the slums in their polished cars. And if i was a cyborg, I would have a deep respect for machines (since I am part machine.) I would polish up the thing I ride on, treating it well.