In episode four, the two timelines we've been seeing for the first three episodes finally connect. I'm happy to have a better idea of how much time was separating the two stories and how it all fits together. It does feel strange, though, because I thought Boba Fett wanting revenge for the Tuskens' deaths had something to do with the "present" of the show, and instead, he seems to have gotten his revenge in this episode. Now I'm even more confused about why we had those flashbacks.
Some moments in this episode were originally from The Mandalorian, such as Fennec Shand being rescued in the desert. We see Boba Fett taking her to have her body modified in order to save her life. While we knew that he saved her, I think this is the first time we learned about the modifications. I appreciated learning a bit more about her, even though it wasn't much.
We see her agree to stay with Boba Fett after he gets his ship back, and there are some hints about her backstory that might be interesting, such as why she seems eager to stay with Boba Fett (though she tries to play it off). I hope we continue to learn more about her because she could be a very interesting character if they continue developing her story.
In an effort to get his armor back, Boba Fett goes looking in the sarlacc pit. Of course, we know that it's not there because we've seen what happened to his armor in The Mandalorian. We also don't see him actually get the armor back in this episode, which makes a certain amount of sense considering that story is in The Mandalorian, but I do think that a viewer would be confused if they watched this episode without having watched The Mandalorian. There has to be some people out there who are in that position, so it feels strange to not explain more to how he actually got the armor back after we see the failure at the sarlacc pit.
In the "present," Boba Fett gathers the planet's other leaders and gets them to agree to be neutral in his conflict with the Pykes. We get a lot of ominous talk about a war brewing, which I assume will be our main focus instead of whatever we were getting with the flashbacks before.
At this point, I'm still not as invested in The Book of Boba Fett as I am The Mandalorian. I'm very confused about where the story is going, especially after all those flashbacks that seem to have little to no impact over what's going to happen going forward. I'm still going to stick it out and see where things go, but I'm not sure I would if this weren't Star Wars. We'll see if things change now that it looks like the episodes won't have flashbacks anymore.
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