![]() ![]() There's real world context that has direct bearing on the current state of the franchise, and it feels to me like that informed some of the creative choices on Boba Fett more than anything else. I agree with that perspective, but I also think the issues here run deeper than a fictional planet. #BOBA THE FET SERIES#Sure, we've seen plenty more of the Star Wars universe since then but simultaneously, repeated returns have made Tatooine feel like an anchor to which the entire series is tethered. ![]() Our friends at IGN made the convincing argument that the franchise "has a Tatooine problem," in the sense that Luke's symbolic "first step into a larger world" in A New Hope never really delivered on the promise of taking us far beyond the bounds of the desert planet. More than any other Star Wars story in recent memory, The Book of Boba Fett is awash with moments like this. What seems at first like some major new character introductions is ultimately revealed to be a big, obvious wink-and-nod from Star Wars, a moment that screams " please pay attention and love us, here's something old!" It's enough to send any curious fan scurrying for Google with questions about "Tosche Station" and Boba Easter eggs. The Book of Boba Fett never really tells us who those two are, and this is the only scene in which they appear. The impression is we're being introduced to characters who will have some important role to play eventually. Not directly, mind you the camera just lingers with them for a few beats too long. Still looking as glum and unpleasant as ever.Įven if you don't know who they are, The Book of Boba Fett communicates their significance. It's new actors playing the roles, but these are clearly Camie (Mandy Kowalski) and Fixer (Skyler Bible), Luke's not-quite-friends from the old deleted scene. Deep-diving Star Wars lovers whose ears perked up at "Tosche Station" also likely recognized the fashion choices of the two humans. Here's the thing, though: The man and woman are as significant from a fan service perspective as the setting itself. Very soon, the man will make a comment that enrages the gang just moments before Boba strides in and breaks things up.Ĭredit: ©2022 Lucasfilm Ltd. ![]() The camera takes it all in, focusing particular attention on a human man and woman who are sitting near the bikers. But that's not what initially draws our attention in the minutes before the bounty hunter arrives.įirst, we see the interior of Tosche Station: It's a small cantina space occupied mostly by a large group of rowdy Nikto bikers who are causing trouble for the rest of the patrons. A story contrivance is what brings our pal Boba there as he seeks out Tatooine's version of the Hell's Angels. The Book of Boba Fett heads to Tosche Station in its second episode, and technically for the first time in a filmed Star Wars. The iconic line actually ties to a deleted scene from A New Hope where Luke did go there and meet up with some locals, including "friends" Camie and Fixer (they're both kinda just dicks to Luke). You remember that one, right? It's the place a young Luke Skywalker whined about not being able to visit in the first Star Wars movie. It's a thought that crystalized for me when The Book of Boba Fett paid a visit to Tatooine's Tosche Station. I'm talking about the prevalence of winks and nods. #BOBA THE FET MOVIE#Solo and The Rise of Skywalker had it most of all on the movie side, but the worst offenders have been our now-two Disney+ live action series, Boba and its predecessor, The Mandalorian. Something's happened to Star Wars stories in recent years. That's the vibe you're signing up for when you sit down to watch The Book of Boba Fett on Disney+. I groaned about it in the moment, and ever since. In an early scene, Solo revealed that Han's surname is no family affair it's just something he was handed by a terminally bored Imperial flunky who got uncreatively playful with our favorite Star Wars scoundrel's lack of a traveling companion. I'm still miffed about Han Solo's last name. ![]()
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