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Honestly, my only complaint so far is

posted 3 years ago by kuatorises (7467)
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the fight with the energy shield assassins. It was too choreographed and light. It was very CW/WB network. It looked like something you'd see on Buffy, Angel, or one of their superhero shows. I do suspect we are going to see more of that style - Mina Na was exactly the same in Agents of Shield - but I will wait and see.

Aside from that, I am enjoying it, even if I would not have made some of the choices they have. We didn't know shit about Boba Fett back in the day other than he was cold and all business. Making friends with people who tried to enslave him seems odd to me, but fiction does this thing all the time. Dances With Wolves and it's sequel Avatar, this is not new. Stockholm syndrome and other similar issues are very real.

And frankly, I've been enjoying it. Sand People were always background characters, it's cool seeing them get deeper mythology. I am liking his backstory and how it formed who he is now. I do hope to see more of the beast that showed himself in The Mandalorian. Boba tore through people in that show and it was fun to watch. I want to see the guy who mowed through storm trooper and marched into Jabbas's Palace and shot Bib Fortuna in the face.

But every episode can't be nonstop action. I'm not criticizing that. That would get old fast too. The backstory stuff is important.

[–] Zoltan (244) 3 years ago

It is exactly what you said..Dances With Wolves set in Star Wars universe. He gets captured, learns their ways and gains their trust. They teach him a new fighting style and he teaches them how to use modern battle tactics. In the end, he saves their primitive tribe and they officially accept him as one of their own. Usually, the hero falls in love with a girl or takes mentorship of a kid(Avatar, The Road Warrior, Last Samurai, etc..) We've seen this countless times before. This stuff goes waaay back.

I don't even care that it's a complete rip-off of a backstory, just don't spend 2 episodes trying to explain it. Everyone knew where it was going, so just give us a few quick flashbacks and get the damn show going already.

I guess that's my biggest complaint.

Also, some of the training scenes with the sticks were just laughable. They were so awkward and just terribly choreographed. It actually looked like some of the lightsaber scenes in the older movies. Maybe that's what they were going for, but it didn't do the characters any favors.

Boba Fett just looks old and slow, and has zero range of movement. Not only that, but this dude is supposed to be some badass intergalactic bounty hunter in the Star Wars universe, and he's never learned how to fight with a staff or sword? He keeps getting completely mopped by everyone he fights. He almost got choked out by some random fighter guy on the train and had to be saved at the last second..

It all just ends up being sad.. This dude looks about 70 years old and I'm supposed to believe he's training in the desert and learning stick fighting techniques?

[–] actionkamen (23176) 3 years ago

He gets captured, learns their ways and gains their trust. They teach him a new fighting style and he teaches them how to use modern battle tactics. In the end, he saves their primitive tribe and they officially accept him as one of their own.

I haven't seen this show, but isn't that almost exactly what happened in The Mandalorian as well?