'Book of Boba Fett' was bad

Immediately after watching the season finale of "Book of Boba Fett" on Disney+, I took to Twitter to scream into the void. Suffice it to say, I was largely displeased with the experience. I don't have anything new to say about it on the negative side, but I will add some thoughts about what I liked about at the end. I just wanted to collect my thread here in one place, so here it goes.

Ok with that out of the way, let me say a couple nice things about Boba.

  1. Thank you for nodding to those of us who are entrenched in the broader EU by bringing Black Krrsantan to the big screen. I feel very seen.
  2. They made excellent use of stuff we saw only fleetingly in ANH and RotJ, like the cantina and palace creatures and props. Star Wars is packed with those type of blink-and-you'll-miss-it goodies, and I hope other shows develop them in similar ways.
  3. Fennec Shand is cool. I am happy to have more of this character elsewhere. Her "Master Assassin" moment in the finale was perfect. The only bad part was that we had to wait the whole show to see it.
  4. There's no need to gripe further about how the entire show is set on Tattooine. It's a given. What is worthy of praise is the stellar work that went into bringing Mos Espa and Tattooine alive. If you're going to make us sit on one planet for an entire season, this is undoubtedly the way to do it.
  5. Lastly, the bits with Mando and Luke were incredible. Hook that stuff right to my veins, but maybe don't forget that the story you're focusing on while you do it next time.

Somehow, despite all that, I'm still looking forward to whatever the Star Wars franchise wants me to swallow next. HBU?

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