The Town of Odyssey

I enjoyed it overall but it was kind of weird. I was fine with the flashbacks for the first few episodes, and then they just dropped it for what seemed to be two episodes that were basically just Mandolorian episodes. I loved The Mandolorian and nothing makes me happier than baby Yoda, so it's not that I minded - it was just odd that there was an entire episode of a show named after Boba Fett that he didn't even appear in, and another one where he was seem very briefly.

I was getting upset with Luke for being mean to baby Yoda, who clearly was not interested in his training. The scenes with Luke were very impressive from a technology standpoint - young Luke looked and sounded really good! From a storytelling standpoint, I was not overly pleased. I'm not sure if the point was to show he made mistakes or if other people were not as annoyed by his scenes as I was.

It was interesting to see Cad Bane from Clone Wars appear, and he looked really good considering this is a live-action show, and of course he sounded great because he was still voiced by Corey Burton. I was surprised at the direction that storyline took.

The Mando Season 3 precursor was the most frustrating thing about it for me, too. I think it would have been okay had there been a couple of extra Boba-centric episodes, but with there only being 5/7 dedicated to our Daimyo, I felt cheated. That's with me being a massive Mando fan as well. It was awkwardly out of place in the show, but I still enjoyed it. Such a weird internal dichotomy, lol.

I really liked the flashbacks - especially all the lore with the Tuskens. It was a good transition from Boba in the Empire days to being the man whom he is in the current galaxy. Plus, something in Star Wars FINALLY has a happy ending, full stop. If they make a second season and kill anyone I'm going to be infuriated

The bits with Luke are interesting - but I do think they were valid in demonstrating a difference between Legends Luke and how he ends up the Luke that he is in The Last Jedi. Plus, for Ben to be his first student, Grogu technically couldn't be, but I do think straight homesickness was enough to send him back to his Papa even without Luke being weird. Which he was - but again, I think we saw Luke as he was growing into his new stage of life. Weird but necessary for canonical consistency, maybe?

I'm more upset we got cheated out of a true Ahsoka/Luke meeting. She would've heard about this rebel pilot named Skywalker through the years of the Rebellion, and then having that moment of connection. . .ugh. Hopefully we get something in the Ahsoka series about it.

Backing up - they hired a guy off YouTube to do the Luke editing. He created a better one after the Mando S2 finale, posted it, and was subsequently hired for BoBF :') amazing.

ALSO, Cad Bane was everything. I started shrieking the second long-shot we got of him. The hat, the coattails - you know the man is dramatic enough to check which way the wind was blowing land his ship so far away for that entrance

I really never thought much about Boba Fett until this show was announced. It’s safe to say I was only interested because of his role in The Mandalorian. Upon watching this show, I now have more appreciation and interest in his character. The flashback scenes were interesting, but I was actually finding myself more interested in his present-day situation as ruler of Tatooine and his various conflicts than I was about the flashbacks of his past, I’m not quite sure why. I thought the finale episode was really good.

Oh, and of course, Cory Burton was in it, so that’s always a plus. Always good to see an AIO actor in other media, it makes the experience more fun for me.

I’m divided as to whether it was really necessary to have Mando essentially hijack the show like he did. I personally think Boba Fett could’ve carried his own show without assistance from The Mandalorian. I was invested enough in it as it was before Mando showed up. But maybe that’s just me. Some people I’ve talked to say that the show was terrible until Mando and Grogu showed up, so I guess it may be a matter of opinion among different people.
Whatever the case may be, there’s no denying that including them got a lot more people interested in the show and I'm pretty sure that those who wouldn't have watched The Book of Boba Fett otherwise are now watching it because they want to see Mando and Grogu. So, I guess it works. It's just that I had thought the Mandalorian would be an entirely separate thing from the Boba Fett show with only slight connections. But hey, I'm not complaining! I'm always in favor of seeing episodes of The Mandalorian; it just wasn't what I expected, and now I'm quite interested in what season 3 of The Mandalorian will hold.