The Book of Boba Fett
Save this article to read it later.
Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection.
Spoiler warning: If youre reading this recap, chances are youve already seen this episode.
That feeling never really goes away for reasons suggested by the title.
He even reunites with an old friend and gets a new ship.
Its a big episode for Mando!
Meanwhile, Boba Fetts essentially MIA, though he seems likely to make a return in the next episode.
Kaba believes this will be enough to protect him when Mando shows up to bring him in.
But hes not as wrong as he could have been.
Fortunately, theres a solution to his problem.
Well, friendly might not be the right word (nor might faces, for that matter).
A session of healing and exposition follows the reunion.
We will put you to work soon enough.
The Armorer is no warmer, immediately wanting to know all about the Darksaber.
This is the way.
If, the Armorer clarifies, it is won by Creed in battle.
It figures pretty heavily in some immediate events, too.
But first, theres some business with armor and weaponry.
That, Mando replies, is the opposite of our Creed.
Loyalty and solidarity are the Way.
Loyalty and solidarity have their limits, however.
Feeling the Darksaber is rightfully his as a descendant of Tarre Vizsla, Paz challenges Mando to a duel.
Its not a bad idea, really, since Mandos having a tough time wielding his new weapon.
But it doesnt work out too well for Paz.
After heated combat in the form of a well-staged fight scene, Mando emerges the victor.
The victory has its consequences, however.
Next stop: Tatooine.
Mando doesnt mind too much, however.
(Did she know?
Did she tie it that way on purpose?
After saving her from a womp rat, Mando checks out the replacement shes found for his Razor Crest.
Its not what he was expecting.
Rather than a gunship, Pell has refurbished an N-1 Starfighter of the kind first seen inThe Phantom Menace.
The N-1 still needs a lot of work, which doesnt help Mando see its potential.
This, he tells Pell, is a pile of junk.
Pells not a bad salesperson, however.
(We also learn that Pell not only speaks Jawaese, she dated a Jawa once.
And they have issues.)
A short montage sequence later, the N-1 is looking pretty spiffy.
Pell clearly knows what shes doing, however unorthodox her approach.
(But what tiny creaturecouldfit in that space?
Or would be if Fennec Shand didnt show up to ask for Bobas help.
Mando agrees to help, even waiving his fee.
But first, he tells her, he has to visit a little friend.
(A wild theory: He probably means Grogu.)
Bantha Tracks
A dark thought upon seeing those carcasses in the slaughterhouse: Are those Gamorreans?
(The end-credit illustrations reveal them to be closer to cattle.)
All this talk of the Empire and they lasted less than 30 years.
To redeem himself, Mando must go to the living waters beneath the mines of Mandalore.
Or he would if they had not been destroyed.
But do we know for sure they have?
This seems like it could come up again.
TheTerminator-inspired flashback to Mandalores destruction gives this Bryce Dallas Howarddirected episode its most chilling images.
