Star Wars

So I've been off-and-on watching Star Wars again, with an emphasis on recent TV shows. The Mandalorian I absolutely loved from the beginning to end. The Ugnaut who worked his way out of servitude. The Ewoks being disgusting in new ways. Raylan Givens Seth Bullock Cade Vanth as a marshall in a lawless town. And a near-silent Mandalorian steeped in mystery.


So it's not surprising that The Book of Boba Fett had to find some new ground to cover, since The Mandalorian had covered most of what I'd expected. TBoBF is a flawed show, mainly because it can't commit to who or what Boba Fett is. Is he a villain? Is he the underdog crime lord staking his claim? Is the guy who got accidentally knocked into the Sarlacc Pit by Han Solo secretly as incompetent as he appeared to be? Is he a hero, or an anti-hero? Oddly, if they'd simply called it Star Wars: Mos Espa, and role-switched Fennec and Boba, it may have been better. Fans would clamor for any scrap of Boba, like before, and no-one would have had expectations for Fennec's personality or role. The creators could tell other crime stories set in the city, switching perspectives to other syndicates.

Similarly, I'm interested in both the animated series Clone Wars and The Bad Batch. The painted textures are an interesting choice, but the earliest episodes suffer from horrible lighting, shot composition, and animation. Very cheesy. Watching the updated look of Bad Batch shows just how far that look has evolved. It's pretty.