If Lucasfilm is serious about Fett’s shift to the light side, he deserved a better Big Bad than the Pykes. That's before the title character morphed into an unlikely man of the people, though, who offers soothing soaks in a bacta tank to his colleagues.įennec Shand finally gets to prove her status as a master assassin. Indeed, Fett’s interactions with former mercenary associate Cad Bane – the show’s best antagonist by at least 12 parsecs – are an unfortunate reminder of the seedy underworld The Book of Boba Fett initially promised to inhabit. After all, anyone who refuses to “negotiate with murderers” wouldn’t have got very far in Jabba’s crime empire. ![]() ![]() ![]() Where Mando would stick around to fight a lost cause is entirely consistent with the character’s history – this is the way, after all – Fett’s new-found respect for his charges feels like a cynical attempt to turn a dark side character into a hero suitable for family audiences. It seems particularly implausible, for instance, that a man who carried the (now seemingly undeserved) reputation as the most ruthless bounty hunter in the galaxy should go through such a significant reinvention after an extended stay with the Tuskens in the Dune Sea. While his status as a strong, silent type means we’ve never gotten to know him, in this show he’s a mass of contradictions. The main reason for that is Fett himself. It turns out Jawas are much better at scavenging than hiding.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |