The Book of Boba Fett Episode 5 (Page 1 of 2)

52 minutes but a minute of recap/intro and four or so minutes of credits.
Bryce directed, as confirmed earlier.
Din Djarin is mostly in the episode, plus The Armorer, Heavy Infantry Mando, the Darksaber...
Heavy Infantry Mando vs. Din Djarin battle for the saber.
Amy Sedaris is back, as hinted to in an earlier episode in the background with her pit droids.
Boba Fett is not in the episode, but he's mentioned in dialogue with Fennec and Din at the end; Din is the muscle and he'll work for Boba on the house.

Ugghhhhhhh…. why

Why did no one tell me I was watching The Mandalorian S3 Episode 1? Oh wait, this was The Book of Boba Fett Episode 5? Then were the blue blazes was the bald man? Can’t even have him appear at the end to hire Mando, gotta have Fennec do that too just to give one last little F you to people waiting a week for more BOBA FETT content. One of the worst parts is that I’d probably have loved the episode if it was just an episode of Mando, but as an episode of The Book of Boba Fett in an already limited 7 episode season with no Season 2 in sight, extremely disappointing

Feels like Boba is a joke. Horrible

Agree with others that this was a good episode of a different show. Loved seeing BD droid from Fallen Order and Mando flying the N-1 through Beggar’s Canyon and the reunion with the coven. But none of this belongs in the Book of Boba Fett limited series. It’s just further proof that they are robbing the best parts from OG Boba and giving it to Mando. Still not sure what story they are trying to tell for Boba and we only have 2 episodes left.

So far the best thing about this show has been all the new Boba Fett merchandise they’ve released because of it.

It was a good episode but definitely from a different show - its been a while since I watched it but did this happen in the mandalorian at all? Giving a whole episode to a different character? Im pretty sure it didn't happen. And shouldn't have happened now - unless there is some major significance with the ship and what not or boba fett will be in mando season 3. I know I should be more patient but its been 24 years (and 40 years for some fans) and Im running out of patience now. I can cope with the disney-fying of star wars, mostly, but its like they don't have faith that boba is a strong, well loved character and can just carry his own series. They have to tie mando, and probably grougu, in to bring a character who is popular. I expected mando to be in it and looked forward to it but a whole episode? I guess it worked though, a lot of people say its the best episode yet. Anyway. Just my opinion and its probably a bit skewed now as I'm slightly mad.

Pretty cool episode, except for the one glaringly obvious omission.  I have to agree with the above sentiments.  No Boba in the entire episode seems really, really short-sighted.  This would've been a perfect first episode for Mando season 3.  Don't get me wrong, I really enjoyed the episode, but this wasn't a Boba Fett episode, at all.  With that said, where do I begin.  A pretty fun episode.  So many references to so many franchises; HALO, Terminator, Mad Max: Thunderdome, Superman: the Movie (1978), just to name a few. 

A "HALO" type ring world was pretty neat to see, although I would expect something like that orbiting one of the industrial planets like Kuat or Fondor, like in the old expanded universe stories.  I was wondering if Paz Vizsla was going to try and take the Dark saber.  Even with the mask on, his body language when he saw the saber told us he knew immediately what it was.  It was too bad about the beskar spear.  The whole "beskar is not for weapons, only armor" doesn't jive with me at all.  The whole point of the beskad (Mandalorian swords) was that it was made from beskar.  So, that statement made no sense, whatsoever.  The flashback to the Mandalorian Purge was unexpected.  Didn't realize the Empire destroyed the entire domed city of Sundari.  The KX-series security and Viper class probe droids combing through the wreckage was very much a nod to the Terminator series.  Kind of creepy to see a Star Wars version of it. 

The scene where Din Djarin has to board the shuttle to Tatooine was kind of funny and reminded me of the scene from Mad Max: Thunderdome, where he has to disarm and he's pulling all these weapons out from everywhere to place in the bin.  I was glad to see he's searching for a new ship, but one of those Naboo Starfighters doesn't seem like a good bounty Hunter ship, at all.  There's really no place to put your bounties, unless you're going to strap them over the hood like an animal.  When he was flying through Beggar's Canyon I was really hoping we'd finally see someone "thread the Stone Needle," since we heard so much about it before in other media.  Oh well, maybe one day.  The one funny moment was the little girl watching him fly by, waving, then speeding off.  Reminded me of the scene in Superman: the Movie where Clark is running beside the train and the little girl sees him and reacts similarly.  Adding the same Alliance pilot "pulling him over" again was funny.  Even more-so, because he leaves him in the dust this time.

All in all, not a bad episode.....for a first episode of Mandalorian season 3.  I feel like we got cheated out of a Boba Fett episode that could've moved the story forward.  It was a pretty long episode, too.  If they had shown all the Mando stuff in the first half, then him with Boba Fett content in the second half, after he landed on Tatooine, that would've been awesome.  Boba and Fennec could've picked him up at the hangar bay and moved the story along while the mechanic finished putting the ship together.

First, Deathwatch took away Jango's Mandalorian title. Last year, Omega threatened to take the role of a pure clone. Today, he lost the lead role in his own show to Din Djarin. And he is going to retire to the desert countryside.
Why do they give us the best episode when Boba Fett is not the star of the show? No matter how fun the episode will be next week, I won't be able to enjoy it with an open mind.

Love the Mandalorian but this was clearly a back door set up for Mando S3. I kept wondering when Boba was going to appear and the story to move forward. The episode itself is a good set up for Mando but this is not The Mandalorian. Very disappointed that Boba Fett did not even appear in an episode of his own show.

I really liked the episode, love the new Mando ship and its speed, it reminded me of the moment the Man of steel first went for a fly!! However I have no idea what this has to do with the BOBF apart from the last 30 seconds!

I'm fed up with Boba being portrayed as a *****, and although it was the best episode yet by some margin, its not good that it was all about Mando, on the Boba show! given what people are saying I doubt Disney will do a second series, because its been a bit of a flop and Mando gets all the praise.

I bet Mando saves Boba at some point as well, that will tell us everything!

Its been quite painful to watch up to now, and I keep saying this, but I hope the next episode proves me wrong!!

Please prove me wrong, I know Boba is not a *****!

Hmmmm, seems I’m in the wrong thread. I came here to discuss the Mandalorian pre-season Special. I’ll see myself out now.