The Book of Boba Fett

 With the third season of the Mandalorian on the horizon, me and Noshi sat down to watch this spin off, following the adventures of the notorious bounty hunter on Tattooine.

He became ruler of the late Jabba the Hutt's domains, and now has to cope with politics instead of sheer power.

And the series details what happened to him as well from the moment he got out of the Sarlacc pit.  He was adopted by a clan of Tusken Raiders, slowly gaining their respect and raising their standings against a conglomerate.  But one day, he returns to the camp to find them all killed, including the children, and sets him out on a path of vengeance that even goes to the current day.

A current day where he is facing a variety of political opponents, from a corrupt major over a couple of Hutt siblings to the conglomerate from before.  Steadily, he builds a group of allies and agents to help him out, and prepare for a war that is coming to his doorstep, and we learn how he came into contact with Fennec and saved her life, harking back to the scene in The Mandalorian where we saw his black clad leg for the first time and theories of him being alive started rising.

Talking Mando, the next episode centres back around him, as he returns to the Coven from the first season, still wielding the Darksaber.  The story has now moved beyond the events of The Mandalorian season 2, and he has the beskar spear reforged into a gift for Grogu who is still training with Luke.  But he must atone himself to become a Mandalorian again, as he has removed his helmet back in second season of The Mandalorian.

Mando gets a fresh ship, a Naboo starfighter that is seriously souped up.  Boba recruits him to help with the Syndicate, but first he must visit a little friend.  Grogu is still training with Luke, remembering his time at the Jedi temple when Order 66 was issued.  In order to not make the little guy end his training, Mando walks away after catching a far away glimspe of the kid.

As Fett looks around for more soldiers with the people of Freetown, Cad Bane appears, working for the Syndicate and gunning down the marshall.  As the bounty hunters are besieged in town, and their allies falling as they are betrayed by the crime lords who had pledged neutrality, a battle ensues.  Grogu arrives as well, as he had to choose between the life of a Jedi and a life with Mando, picking the latter.  The battle goes downhill for Fett and his men, even as unexpected reinforcements trickle in, until he decides to ride his Rancor in battle to take out two big battle droids.

Fennec in the meantime travelled to the Syndicate headquarters, assassinating the Syndicate leader and the betrayers.  With Fett now a respected ruler of the city, it is time for Mando and Grogu to take their leave from Tattooine...

So, the series, essentially in the later part The Mandalorian season 2.5 (which, mind you, is not a bad thing) had some great twists.  Where the Mandalorian was seen as a space western from the pov of the cowboy, this series, especially the first half as Fett redeems homself, seems like the same series from the pov of the native americans.  And if you have Danny Trejo in it, it is always a surplus of course!

Oh, and I want one of these Space Vespa's!