Book of Boba Fett: Stranger in a Strange Land (S1:E1)

I had a running commentary during the first episode of The Book of Boba Fett: Stranger in a Strange Land. There are spoilers.

 

Recorded December 30, 2021

 

Commentary notes:

 

-Second time I’m watching

 

-Fighting sleep

 

Commentary notes:

 

-Intro montage

 

-Seeing Return of the Jedi in the theater in 1983

 

-Jabba’s Palace play set

 

-Bacta

 

-Boba’s physical trials

 

-PTSD as a child and adult

 

-The Sarlacc Pit

 

-Cleanliness of Book of Boba Fett

 

-Jawas

 

-Hero’s Journey

 

-Motivation of the Sand People

 

-The Mandalorian and the Sand People

 

-How did Boba survive?

 

-Score (yes, it’s the same composer as Mandalorian)

 

-Conan the Barbarian

 

-Temuera Morrison

 

-Stranger in a Strange Land is an excellent Iron Maiden song

 

-Child Tusken Raider

 

-Is this an initiation?

 

-Sand Peoples’ faces

 

-Boba’s childhood

 

-Fighting sleep

 

-Chewing gum

 

-Massiff and subtitles

 

-Rodian

 

-Projecting emotions

 

-Too much like a set

 

-Dangerous desert

 

-Another trial

 

-Brain damage in Star Wars?

 

-The Tusken Raider language

 

-Back to the batch

 

-Ming-Na Wen

 

-ER and Must See TV

 

-The Godfather

 

-Getting ready for work

 

-Difference between Boba and The Mandalorian

 

-Getting protection money

 

-Trandoshan

 

-Bossk

 

-Subtext

 

-The mayor

 

-Claiming the throne versus keeping the throne

 

-Physical and mental acumen

 

-Fett’s code and morals

 

-Mos Espa and cleanliness

 

-Not extravagant

 

-A cantina scene

 

-Jennifer Beals

 

-Parkour

 

-A little too choreographed

 

-Gamorrean guards

 

-Marauders

 

-Water

 

-Reading action subtitles=

 

-The Kraken

 

-Clash of the Titans

 

-Looks like hybrid of practical and digital effects

 

-Rodian

 

-Centaur/Kraken

 

-Fett and the Tusken Raider child

 

-Color of outfits

 

-Robert Rodriguez, Jon Favreau, and Dave Filoni

 

-The Last Jedi is still the best

 

-The Mandalorian

 

-Something new while being grounded in the original trilogy

 

-The artwork

 

-Under the Helmet: The Legacy of Boba Fett

 

-Fully awake

 

-Get your information from credible sources (BBC Global News Podcast), NPR Up First, The New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, etc.)

 

-Get vaccinated and wear masks (N95s)

 

-Knowledge is Power

 

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