The Book of Boba Fett Finale

in the endgame. We discuss the medal of Yavin, who gets it from the Book of Bobafet, our picks for the winner of the Book of Boaveet and joining us today the legend, the myth, the icon, the brilliant Rosie Night, Rosie, how are you hello?

smartet focused, and yeah, it looks really good. And I think it's like people are going to be stoked that Gladriel's really there played by who they thought it was going to be played by, and kind of this is our first look at proper characters and kind of how they look in the world, and I think it looks really cool. I'm stoked to see the trailer.

and I can't wait to see the trailer. Speaking of Super Bowl trailers, some rumors for trailers that might drop during the Super Bowl. Now, Jurassic World Dominion drop today, so that's out. We've got dinosaurs like in the American West. It is Yellowstone meets dinosaurs, Yeah, and meets a surprise like cloning plot. I don't care. I'm in me too.

show will release on May twenty fifth. I'm extremely excited for it. The poster looks intriguing. I would not be surprised if a bunch of the kind of dangling ends from Book of Boba Fett are picked up in this show, which of course doesn't match up timeline wise. But there's certain things about tattooine, etc. Like references that didn't get answered in the Book of Bovette that I think. I wonder if we will get answers to those things in this show.

get it from your local comic shop. And the costume he has here with the big hood over his head and everything it's really evocative of that series, and that series is kind of him in the desert, just like having some adventures helping people out. So I think that could kind of be at least an aesthetic inspiration, even if it's not a literal narrative one. So I think it's gonna be really exciting. I love you and McGregor. I love Benny Saftie, who for some reasons in this

movie so like in this show. So I'm just like so ready to that. I know, unbelievable, unbelievable good time to Obi Wan Kenobi.

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It's an excavation of family seek. It's like it's really meta, but it's really engaging, and it looks and feels like a classic kind of seventies horror novel, but it's just so great, Like I actually had a different book I was going to wreck, but I started reading this and I was just like, everyone needs to read this. It's so gripping and immersive and spooky and very timely with all the way that true crime kind of permeates our culture. Now, what about you.

Absolute Book by Elizabeth Knox. Elizabeth Knox is a New Zealand author who worked mainly in fantasy and YA and The Absolute Book is like just an incredible blend of various mythologies and influences. It's a fantasy novel with aspects of like true crime, much like you were talking about.

There's a murder that sets the ball rolling. There is Norse mythology, there's Irish mythology, all blends together in this really unique world and take on the fantasy genre with undercurrents of like climate change and the state of our cultural politics. It's really cool and really well done with like the opening of it is really propulsive, and a book that I was not sure where it was going to go at any given time. I really enjoyed it. It's long, be warned, it's like seven hundred pages, folks,

but it was really good. If you're looking for a fantasy novel, the absolute book, it's good. Also. I went to with our good friend Malory Rubin. I went to this rare book fair and Pasadena and picked up a first edition Symaranian no Bucks first like seventy bucks. It was great. Saw a lot of cool other books like all these like super cool like astonishing science, old pulps and stuff signed by Ray Bradbury, a lot of stuff that was just like way too expensive to buy. But

here's the thing about rare books. The wild stuff is like way too expensive, But why isn't it more expensive? They had like a first folio Shakespeare from sixteen eighty that was like seventy five thousand dollars, Like why is that not like five million dollars? I don't understand, But that's absolutely fine. They had like a first edition Emma

by Jane Austen. That was you know, that's like from what eighteen fifteen, which was like super expensive also but also like not crazy, like like if I was a rich guy, I think i'd buy it. It was really fun and it was great to hang out.

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longer the moss Pelgos Terrictory is. This is Freetown. Now, are coming to our aid there joining the fight, folks. It's good news now. Of course, Mando does not know that cad Bane wounded, slash killed Cob vmph and certainly murdered the Cobb's young deputy just your moments after Dynn left, Cop Vance and Vant and his people will do the job for free. Mando says, it's kind of free. It's free in terms of money, but Boba needs to let the people of Freetown shut down the spice straight. That's

the deal. Shand is like, I don't know. That's like a lot of money, and Boba's like, don't worry about it. In the I know we're going to take an economic hit because all of my illegal activity finances are based on this, or at least some large amount. But it'll work out in the long run. We don't know how, but Boba seems confident that it will work out in the long run. But still, even with Chrysanton, with the Mods, with Finek at his side, Boba's side is outnumbered. They're outnumbered.

Boba wants to wait out Van's arrival at Joba's palace, where you know it's more defensible there. But then scat and trash of the Mods are like, okay, coward, go hide and you mention away from the people.

Tuscans for a while. Pike Captain says, Aha, guess what, They're all dead and we kill them and Boba Fett thinks the NCTO rators did it, and Boba committed genocide against the NICKTO rators. So that is I completely that that contract has closed. That is completely shut down. Don't worry about it, Boba, We'll never find out. And all of that is tied up with a bow. The mayor

objects to the bombing of garcif whips. The mayor is like, listen, what am I gonna be mayor of if you guys look just completely destroyed the city, So please stop doing that. This is obviously problems since Fet and company are holed up in the ruins of Sanctuary and kad says. Cadman says, well, well, hold on, I think I know how I can get fet out into the open. And to be fair, it's not even like a secret plan. It's literally just like

a walk up and like say some stuff. Anyway, and most icley, it's nighttime and x Wing lands at Pelimoto's garage. Pelly and her droids leap to attention. They're thinking the New Republic POPO were here to raid the joint and check their certificates and see if they have the correct documentation. But it's actually a Grogu and are two d at the wheel of this ship? No cops. Pelly tells R Two that Mando is in mos Espa, and then she feeds Grogu a massive tray of eels. Grog Who's hungry.

the baby eats some more gross food. This time they are eli worms.

spaceport with like two butcher knives. Chris Hinted is at city Hall by himself, and the Mods are gonna be with their comrades in the workers district. Everyone is keeping an eye out for the Pikes, and I say that with not meaning to take a shot at scad as you see. Fenix says, all our flanks are covered, no one is sneaking up on us. Okay, not the case that's whatever, right. Once Cobb Vant and the Freetown people arrive, you know, FET will have the numbers and then they'll

be okay. And then Matt Berry, the voice of eight D eight announces in that beautiful, beautiful, silky thick baritone that someone is here to speak to and it is cad Bane. Of course, Fet and Bane have a long history, and we get we get that wonderfully played out here. I thought in one of yeah, anytime Cad Bane is on the screen and talking to Boba Fet, it is like, wow, this is great that we're seeing this. Fet gives Cad a version of Leah's I thought, I smelled that foul

your foul stench kind of line. Bain is like, listen, I'm here on behalf of the of the pikes. We would like to negotiate your surrender. Bobasa is like, no, no, dice, you got to clear out, and Cad is like, oh, well, guess what. Cob Vance is dead and his people aren't coming.

You should never have left him without his armor. And then Kad's backup appears on the parapets and it's clear that all of a sudden, Boba is heavily outnumbered with no chance of reinforcements, and Cad gives Boba one last opportunity let the spice flow, as in Frank Herbert's Dune or else. Boba says, no, he's not going to talk to the help. He's not gonna talk to Cad Bane, who's just like a hired gun. He wants to talk to the Pikes. He wants to talk to the Pike

syndicate leadership, and that's it. Cad then drops that, guess what, you want to talk to the Pikes. They're the people who killed your Tuscan family. What now? But you didn't know that? And this is like a fun callback to yet again, a moment from a New Hope in which an in is So party is framed for the murder of an indigenous tattooing tribe. Boba just knows deep in his bones that this is true what Cad is telling him, and so Kad says, like, why don't we just duel

over it. Boba is like, I can take you. He can't, He definitely can't. Fennick shand has to come out and talk Boba down. Bain is like, you're soft now, you cowered, and then he walks away right then Drash Radio is in to say something in the Worker's part in the Worker's Quarter feels really really weird. And then boom a

massive ambush that is happening all across town. The Aqualish Gangs of the Quarter ambush the Mouds, the Transdosians and Bush Chrysantan, which you know really pisses him off, and the Clatonians attack the Gomorians. Let me just say this about the way Boba and his team outfitted the Gomorians. The Gomorians die here spoiler bells for the Gmorian guards. They get pushed over a fucking cliff. It is so hot breaking and horrible, heartbreaking.

you give them like large knives. They're not cut out for this. They're not ready to fight off the attack that takes them down. You fail them, Boba, you fail themmorians.

You just some ragtag space folks like you know what, Just stick together, guys, don't up.

under duresses like, guess what I know? Where the h where the Pike headquarters is. It's the Desert Survey Office right there. Shan sets off at a sprint from Mossizley and we get that, you know, the moment in Avengers marvels the Avengers when it seems like the Jaitari are gonna win. We get that moment here. But then Fennick Shan badasses the Mods out of trouble. She tells him, listen, go to Sanctuary where you should have been anyway, go help Boba. At that moment, the Pikes are surrounding the

burnt out cantina. But luckily it seems like cad Bane isn't there. He's out doing why yeah, where is it? What is he doing?

are as follows nothing. You will leave this planet at your spice trade. If you refuse these terms, the arid sands of Tattooine will once again flourish with flowered fields fertilized with the bodies of You're dead. Who knew Bobo was a poet? Like this with the literation.

fighting like outside of their doorsteps. It's okay. Only the best gar is keeping Mando and fet upright long enough for the Forces of Freetown to arrive. Oh big surprise, the Forces of Freetowner. Here we learned that cob Vans is seriously wounded slash, perhaps dead, from his wounds, and then the Mods arrive on the scene, followed quickly by an enraged Chrysantin who was limping into view. Boba shields

the limping giant with his own bestcar covered body. The Pikes pull back, but they're only pulling back to allow for the arrival of a pair of Clone War era Scorpiineck annihilator droids. Boba and Mando draw the fire of the droids so Santo and the Mods and the freetowners can all just like get out of there. They're blasters. The Dark Saber even cannot penetrate the annihilator shields. Boba flies off to go get something without explaining to Dinjarren

why he's leaving. He just leaves, which you know, for din Jarren, the Mandalorian must be like a dire violation of the creed, and you know, din Jarren is like, you Fucko.

what are you doing here? And it is a wonderful moment, as every moment with Grogu on the screen is back to the fight. Drash says, folks, the annihilators are annihilating us. Yes, that's true, but we can't fall back any further and shouts to Sophie Thatcher's English accent here, because I guess like her, her logic is there's no cover if they fall back any She knows the neighborhood, and it's like, if you fall back any further, there's nowhere to hide, okay.

So she comes up with a plan, and tell me, if you've heard this one before in the context of Star Wars, you take the high ground? What about that?

screen during this time. And it's fine now because Boba can just ride that thing and they are a devastating team. There's a brief moment in this that is so good. So the fight is going on. The Annihilator droids are like blasting everything. The Pikes are in the street shooting, shooting at the freetown or shooting at Chrisanden and the mods, and this is like a massive gun battle heat Michael Mann's Heat level gun battle going on in the middle

of moss Espa. Right then Bolba arrives on Rancorback and we get this shot of the street merchants of moss Espo who are like still at their tables looking up and being like, oh my god, it's a rink. Why are you guys on the street.

everyone who's like selling booze or whatever. They're selling things on the street and then they run inside and they close their windows, you know, and this is that moment you're like, guys, they should have happened like ten minutes ago. Why were you still outside? Like how it's still alive? Yeah, it's like a fucking.

Mando ignites the dark saber slips inside an annihilator shield manages to slice it up. Then Grogu uses the force to lift the droid up, saving Mando's life, but getting hit in the chest with a little bolt from the annihilator, which sucks. Meanwhile, the Freetowners, the Mods and Crysantan are holding up in this like a little alley, and Drash and her freetown partner now are sniping from a roof.

They're holding the pikes off long enough for Boba in the Rank Corps to finally destroy one of these annihilators. Then cad Baine shows up, showing a real veteran savvy. Here, cad Bane hits the rank or in the face with flames from his wrist unit, which really bothers the Rank Corps. Boba and cad have their showdown. Boba insists that he's fighting to protect the people of mos Espa. He's learned the value of teamwork and a tribe. This former loaner

has come full circle in his emotional growth. Boba has the absolute gall as like a sixty year old man clone to call cad Bane old. Cad Baane is then like I'm gonna beat your ass, and then He draws Boba and proceeds to beat his ass. But then Boba, calling on his Tuscan experience and the expertise that he gained as a member of that Tusk tribe, kills Cadbane with the score point of his gaffy stick. Bells for Cadbane.

One of the great shocking moment to lose Cadbane. Here, Boba's pet Rank Corps, enraged by like all the things that have happened, goes rampaging across moss espa Din sees that the beast, now in full King Kong mode, even to the point of like climbing a tower, is afraid and everybody shooting at it is not really helping, So he flies onto the ranker's back and Bronco billy style. He's like, Okay, I'm gonna ride this fucking bronc and

I'm gonna tame it. No, that does a work. He gets thrown across the city at his force to use a flamethrower to keep the Rank Corps from like eating his head. Mando quickly enters concussion protocol. After getting like thrown through a wall, Grogu steps up and uses the force to basically Natasha the Rank Corps. Hey, big guy, the sun's getting real low. The forces with me and go go to bed. The Ranker and Grog go to

take a long winter. Snap shand arrives in moss Iley near the spiked heads of the stormtroopers at the Desert Survey Office, and she wipes out the Pike leadership with ease, even going so far as to lynch the fucking mayor of Mosses.

off world to have their further adventures. Dinn is an unbelievable pushover when it comes.

My only thought there is Chris Sanden, Like, we don't know that book He's have a healing factor, But Chrisanden shrugs off some pretty serious wounds without a back that think like routinely that happens all the time with him.

stuff that inspired original Star Wars. I like all the action, I like all the characters, so I was fine with it. It definitely it's tough because we all know that the Mandalorian and Grogu's stuff is very moving and it gives that emotional heart, and I think for a lot of people, the last two episodes were really powerful for that reason, and because they put Boba back into that kind of mysterious, enigmatic cameo that he'd been that had worked so well.

So I think this was like a little bit more of a kind of messy mash up, but like, I also like seeing people shooting each.

ancient past. I thought for sure that was going to play into the climax of the show somehow, And I wonder if we won't get something like that in the Obi Wan show. I wonder in connection.

narratively forward. So I think all of that, even like Boba's little poem about the lush, you know, plants of Tattooine and stuff, they're talking a lot about these different eras of Tattooine, how it looked, how so that I feel like that a lot of what happened here was sowing seeds and introducing stuff that might not have been known to people who haven't read the books or watched the cartoons and stuff like that, so that when it does come into Obi Wan or Mandalorian season three, they'll

be like, Oh, I remember that from Boba Fair or that's so. I feel like that this will be a series where a lot of people, when they're watching whatever the next things, are going to be coming back to and looking at those moments or quoting those teasers and easter eggs that seem to be building to something that when we watch it, we'll go, oh, that's what it was about. Oh that's how we got here.

expanded Universe. Maybe we would get another series of Bobaffett, but I don't think it's gonna The Mandalorian could really go on for as many seasons as they want it to. It's that kind of It's the Star Wars show, and I think these other ones are sort of like little stops on the wider map of the galaxy to explain like stuff that we learned about mass Espa and the

politics of it and the way that it's established. Now, we will go back to that in the Mandlor in season three, no question, Like we are going to meet these characters, We're gonna see Black chrisanitin, We're gonna understand more because of what we saw here. But I don't necessarily know if the plan is for us to come back and directly continue this story.

a way that maybe they've they've never had before. So I would like to see more, But yeah, I wonder how they would do it. Thinking about the way that this show really became like the Mandalorian season two and a half, as many have noted, I do wonder if the feeling isn't we've done our Boba Fett thing. How

do you feel about that? By the way, a lot of people criticize the show because they're like, oh, Boba Fett is so boring as a character, is bringing Mandalorian and you know, other sorts of criticism like that, which I think are fair from a certain perspective, but also like, obviously, I as a human being, I'm in the tank for Star Wars. I'm a Star Wars fan. I love my shit. That said, it feels like a weird criticism to me, because like, don't you those were when Mando came in

as a story really took off. So I'm not gonna sit here and criticize what I think is a really unique and interesting creative decision just because it's like, doesn't vib necessarily with the title of the show. What did you think of that?

never going to sit well with everyone. But I actually I like this reversion to this stuff that when The Man Laurin came out, a lot of people thought it was quite boring until the end of the first season.

funny creature who owe you some money? And also, something that you touched on that I thought is actually really interesting that we haven't really talked about is in a way this goes back to one of the oldest Star

Wars criticisms of all time. That's also one of the things that certain Star Wars fans love the most, which is the concept of kind of bureaucracy and politics like that is what George Lucas wanted to explore in the prequels, you know, absolutely, and in this way, something that I think is really interesting that Boba Fett reflects of that kind of legacy of Star Wars is the idea of

like what happens when that bureaucracy isn't there? And how can somebody kind of try and make a better space in the galaxy, which is what all of Star Wars is about.

So I actually think there's something really interesting about a community governance kind of focus on this of like how can we make things happen without really having a hierarchy, and and how can Boba give back to these kids and these people on mos Essper who are the reason that he's still alive and the reason he has this power.

That actually is interesting to me, and I very much think that it reflects things that have gone before in Star Wars, these ideas of governance and rebuilding, And in that way, I think it would be really cool to see it explored more. But I definitely feel like the Bottle episode nature of like having the mandluriing come back in it being Mad Laurian episodes. I think that might be the future of this world, might be ball episodes in other shows returning back.

It's something you said about governance and about the way Boba is, you know, cooperating, is collaborating with the Mods and with other people really made me think about how this was like one of the more overtly class conscious I dream about it a lot in the recap, but overtly class conscious Star Wars stories I think I've ever encountered, with the Mods really pushing that argument of you've got to understand what's happening to the people here on the

street level of Mossas, but who don't have opportunities, who don't get to, you know, retire to a massive fortified palace with a with a you know, free back the tank in the bedroom, Like you've got to understand what the actual people are going through, And that was a large part of the finale, even to the point of it was semi comical, but like the part where the Freetowners the drashes like Freetown partner, they have this little back and forth about oh, the city versus Freetown more

like country. Meanwhile, it's like, you know, Freetown looks exactly the same as Massa. It might be a little bit smaller, but you all live in the desert like an out of the way, you know, let it. But that was fascinating to see that kind of play out, the ideas of like city versus country and and different class conflicts within Star Wars.

believe he's a Jedi. It's my one critique. But otherwise, like there's a lot about that movie I love. And the end of that movie has that massive, like kind of class statement of like everyone can use the force, that you do not have to be an elitist, bloodline, legacy family, you do not have to have been trained from birth as a child soldier. By this like ex cult of like kind of one percent is you can literally just be a kid with a broom who's in

indentured servitude and you can use the force. And I kind of I love that was This kind of accessibility democratization of the force was so exciting to me. So I actually think that bringing those seeds of class conversation and class consciousness into this kind of more ground level Western no magical force whatever, but like, yeah, I think that's actually part of the reason why they're exploring some stuff there that I think Star Wars is really ripe

ground for. And I think that in that way, even if it's been a little bit clunky for some people, or it's.

that looks a certain way and has always been a bit clunky space.

feel like it should fit into this space. Is it really comes from the fact that this is essentially like a B movie that has like become this huge cultural zeitgeist force. And in that way, it's kind of like, yeah, the conversations are gonna be a little bit clunky, Like there's gonna be some funny cg that maybe doesn't fit, or there's gonna be like a funny accent or something that's kind of what Star Wars is.

comic fan, lifelong Star Wars fan. This is the moment I've been waiting for all my life to talk about all of this. But I think if this was not your thing, or if you were just like like a lot of people who were just like kind of like casually into Star Wars, casually into comics, and then you moved on with your life and grew up to it, you know. For lack of again, for lack of a better term, I think that there is probably one something anxiety of like, God, is this what the world is?

of engagement with the fan base. There's a like more of a two way communication, less of an authorial kind of we will tell you what the story is and at least an awareness of what the fans want and desire. That makes it a more kind of like two way conversation. And I think that is uncomfortable for audiences and or critics who are not you know, naturally either naturally versed in this subject matter or who just don't like it, ye are not fans of it.

So anyone listening has probably heard of the term Marvel six one six, right, and that's kind of seen as the main Marvel comics timeline, and we've heard it referenced in the movies. That was put in a comic many years ago by Alan Moore, But it was fans who decided, via forums and conversations and conventions, they made that the accepted term, to the point where Marvel used to say, please please, that's not the real term. The six one

six doesn't exist. And then because of years of fans doing this, talking about it a certain way, and that becoming the sort of accept colloquialism for it, it then becomes canon and it's put in a Marvel movie as a sort of nod and all these different things. So in that way, those conversations really do happen because and I think Star Wars speaks to this a lot, because of the lulls, like when there wasn't a Star Wars movie for ten years. You know, the things that keep

it going are fans who go to conventions. It's people like Mark Hamill who will go and keep the kind of fire of it alive and the love for it. And in that way, I think that makes it much more of a two way conversation, and that is very different to a lot of other ways that art is created, even though that passion is very shared. Like the reason that certain art house films and directors are famous and are popular and become part of the cultural lexicon is

because of the people who love those movies. So in that way, it's actually very similar. But that ongoing conversation between the people who create comic books and Star Wars and is kind of what is now seen as like populist are and was before seen as like nerd stuff. That is that's such a good care because that is such a unique, specific way of interacting, and it's also completely fine if people are like I have no interest in that, Yeah, Like I don't want to be a

part of that. I think a lot about Wonder Vision, right. I loved that show.

art form was built on in its early decades. And I listen, I love spider I don't care if it's not I'm nominated for an Oscar. I don't believe you know, it's not to me. Do I think about it as an Oscar movie?

And the funny thing is, like we've talked about this in pre pro Our, producer Saul has made the most incredible list that I'm about to reference. But like, the funny thing is, like superheroes, comic books, this stuff has been a cultural staple for decades. Yes, Max Flice's first Superman cartoon, Uh just want to say, don't be going and seeking those out on this recommendation because they are

very racist. But it was nominated for Best Short Subject Cartoons, The Original Superman Movie, Batman eighty nine, Dick Tracy, Ghost World, History of Violence, Dark Knight, Logan Joker. Like, there are many many movies that have been recognized by the oscars, and there are many comic books that have been adapted

and being seen critically as valuable forms of art. I think that the way that the Internet is and the way that we are experiencing these movies a lot of times because of the way that MCU is highlighting things like Easter eggs, needing to make people want to read the comics, which to me is so exciting because I want people to read comics and I want them to

love comics and understand where these stories come from. But I think that is where it becomes overwhelming for some people, where it feels like that is the only thing that is being talked about because that's what we're writing about. I mean, that's most of my job, and I feel lucky every day. I thank people who listen to the podcast.

I thank people who love this stuff because, like you said, we've been preparing for this our whole life, and we never knew it would be able to be something we could live doing to talk about these things that we love and to revisit them. You know, I'm doing a lot of coverage in the lead up to The Batman, and I'm getting to kind of go and read a twelve issue AREK and do a big excavation of what

worked about it, what do I like about it? Speaking about Jimley and his incredible art, you know, that's so brilliant. But I can definitely understand how in a world where previously a lot of the things that got to have that level of in depth excavation and exploration and theorizing and talking on what kind of what people would see as high art. I can understand how it can be a bit of a juxta, a kind of strange jarring juxtaposition.

So we're going to see I think a lot of Monster of the Week slash Adventure of the Week kind of stories, is my guest, But any theories as we go forward, I.

It's a legacy. It's like something you have to do. It's a duty, you know. So I think that's it. I also think they just wanted to have him in that cool and the boosta fighter.

see different versions of them going forward. Maybe we see younger versions, maybe we see older I think a lot of what we're seeing now is seeding this generally expansive vision of how we can see people come in and out stories again, just like we've seen them do in this series with stuff from the animated universe.

not listen already. Season one was uncomfortable being purely Boba focused, right, So I think that that focus even widens out further. I would pitch a type of show that follows the mods for certain stories, that follows Boba, for certain stories that follows Fennick, for certain stories that follows the people in Freetown for certain stories, and is about them building a community from the ground up, creating this tribe, and we follow the members of that tribe from story to story,

not necessarily focused on any one character. The book of Boba Fet then is like an anthology series where the character in the main is moss Espa and the surrounding areas as it as the people here struggle to build their own story, to write their own story independent of interference from the Pike Syndicate or anyone else from the outside.

I think we'll see something like that if we get a Boba Fet season two, not just focused on Boba Fet, and then for the Mandalorian I agree with you, We're getting into the real meat now, this kind of struggle between the Mandalorian cultural influence and the Jedi cultural influence on Grogu and how Dinjarren can either remain respectful of

that or seek to influence that. I think that you mentioned like obviously Grogu chose the chainmail, and Luke was apparently so pissed that he couldn't even fly Grogus like you behaved. Yeah, are two you go fly a back. I'm not dealing. I'm sick of this ship. I'm gonna sit here and just watch my droids build the time to kill and a stone by stone. I'm pissed, but

I think that that struggle will continue. And as you mentioned, you know, Grogu chose a chain mail, but is also using the force and using it with more skill and ability than than we've seen in the past. His powers are growing, his ability to call on them and growing. His comfort level with himself as a user of the force is growing, his confidence is growing. So I think we're gonna see that more. You know, Listen, Grogu, we

can't say it enough. He's still a baby. He's a growing baby who wants to eat, eat, eat, eat, and eat and play with shiny things. And as his ability to use the force grows, will his How does that interact with his child like nature?

Jon Favreau. They love this serialized storytelling. They love these adventure of the week stories. They love these little arcs that they perfected, you know, especially Dave Filoni in the cartoons. So why not have Boba Fett and Book of Bobafette, you know, pointed out it's called book. It's literally stories. You can do different stories. So I think that that's a really good call. I think we could likely see that be the route where that's where they get to

do this style of storytelling. And I'm the Mandalorian, I'll be one of these other things. Each one's going to tell different kind of narrative, take a different kind of narrative framework.

Paper are. The books are an urban fantasy that take place in modern Chicago and follow our hero one Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden, the often touted only working Wizard PI in the Yellow Pages. He is a wise, cracking, spell slinging wizard who often helps the Chicago Police Department and other worldly organizations to solve crime and bring down batties when things start to go bump in the night. How

did I get mixed up in The Dresden Files. Well, I really discovered book one called Stormfront by chance in a local bookstore, and I was immediately hooked by the witty banter, the lovable characters, and Butcher's awesome spin on the genre. By weaving historical, mythological, and pop culture into his stories. In What Feels Fresh, why should you check

out the series? Well, Dresden and his Steadfast friends tackle everything from ghosts, werewolves, demons, vampires, and evil wizards, all while he's shooting his mouth off in a way that all at once invokes Han Solo, Indiana Jones, Spider Man, and maybe even a little Deadpool. There are battles with necromancers involving zombie dinosaurs. There are prophecies and fallen angels, paladins and dragons, all happening under the nose of a

very ignorant population of mortals. One of my favorite editions is the idea of different flavors of vampires. For example, in the Dresden Verse, vampires exist in different courts. The Black Court is like your Dracula, the White Court is like your Twilight day Walkers, the Red Court is your dust till Dawn vamps, and the mysterious Jade Court, well, they're unconfirmed.

enjoy the books. We're all eagerly awaiting the release date of book eighteen, but both book sixteen and seventeen came out in twenty twenty, So if you want to check out what is sure to be a hit in the near future, pick up Stormfront and you won't be disappointed.

the disrespect echoes throughout the ages. But we are allowed to give our medal of Yavin to anyone who we do so please. I will go first. I'm gonna go with my Medal of Yeavin. Gosh, there's so you know, the appearance of Dan Jarren in the middle of the series, Grogu getting to see Grogu's early training with Luke on the unnamed beautiful forested planet where Luke is currently building

his temple. But I'm going to go. I'm gonna go with Sophie Thatcher, who was so fantastic in Yellow Jackets and is having a moment right now, is wonderful in this series as the leader of the mods co leader of the Mods. They're kind of really they are commune, so there's no real leadership structure, but the main no hierarchy so to speak. But the main character along with Scad is Sophie Thatcher's Drash And for me, the winner is Sophie Thatcher, who is from Chicago. Sophie Thatcher's Carrie

Fisher talking to Grand Moth Tarkin esque English accent. Would you call this a British accent you as a as a as.

So it's it's definitely always the it's the Hollywood English accent and I love it because I love Sophie Thatcher and her hair. I would like to add that I was going to pay pick Sophie Thatcher, so I'm adding that she'll get the medal also for the shag cut that I call it the share.

I love their role. It's I know it was all a bit chintzy, but I love like a good cyberpunk story. So the mod Squad I loved them, and the other one, I think the real medal one because we're gonna make up for the past with you backups. Okay, it's gotta be black chrysandin come on, he means you.

feel like as well as a Wookie fan. There was a lot of cool Wookie moments, like him getting angry in the bar because Wookies are just inherently comparitive and he hates to see people win.

I interviewed Matt Reeves almost two years ago about a really wonderful TV show that he made that was a science fiction TV show based on a series of photographs, and during that we just it was a really long chat and he talked so much about The Batman, and he talked about how much he loved Batman returns, and he talked about all these different things to do with

them and the things that inspired him. So if you want to have a look at that, it's there's a few different articles on Nerdist if you just search Rosie Night Matt Reeves. If you're excited to see Robert Pattinson, I'm always excited to see Robert Pattinson always.

So that's like my favorite thing I watched this week.

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