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The Book of Boba Fett
File:Book of Boba Fett logo.jpeg
Genre
Created byJon Favreau
Based onStar Wars
by George Lucas
Starring
Theme music composerLudwig Göransson
ComposerJoseph Shirley
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes1
Production
Executive producers
Production locationLos Angeles, California
Cinematography
EditorJeff Seibenick
Production companies
Original release
NetworkDisney+
ReleaseDecember 29, 2021 (2021-12-29) –
present (present)
Related
The Mandalorian

The Book of Boba Fett is an American television series created for the streaming service Disney+. It is part of the Star Wars franchise, a spin-off from the series The Mandalorian featuring the crime lord and bounty hunter Boba Fett from that series and other Star Wars media. The series takes place across two timelines: alongside The Mandalorian and Ahsoka, and immediately after the events of Return of the Jedi.

Temuera Morrison stars as Boba Fett, with Ming-Na Wen also starring as Fennec Shand. Both reprise their roles from The Mandalorian and other previous Star Wars media. Several attempts were made at developing a standalone Star Wars film centered on Boba Fett before Lucasfilm began prioritizing its streaming series such as The Mandalorian. Morrison appeared as Fett alongside Wen in the second season of The Mandalorian, and a potential spin-off series was first reported in November 2020. The Book of Boba Fett was officially announced in December 2020, with Morrison and Wen starring. Filming had begun by that point, and lasted until June 2021.

The series premiered on December 29, 2021, and will run for seven episodes until February 9, 2022. The first episode received mixed-to-positive reviews from critics with praise directed at the performances, visuals and performances.[1]

Premise

Boba Fett and Fennec Shand attempt to make a name for themselves in the galaxy's underworld by taking over the territory once controlled by Jabba the Hutt.[2]

Cast and characters

Starring

Co-stars

Additionally, director Robert Rodriguez plays Dokk Strassi, the Trandoshan leader,[8] while Sophie Thatcher has been cast in an undisclosed role.[9]

Episodes

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release date
1"Chapter 1: Stranger in a Strange Land"Robert RodriguezJon FavreauDecember 29, 2021 (2021-12-29)
In flashback, Boba Fett escapes barely alive from the Sarlacc Pit after being swallowed by it,[a] only to have his Mandalorian armor stolen by Jawas and left for dead. He is then captured by Tusken raiders who haul him back to their encampment. He attempts an escape, fending off a guarding massiff, but is defeated by a Tusken warrior in close combat and recaptured. In the present day, Fett and Fennec Shand have taken control of the Hutts' criminal empire on Tatooine and Jabba's palace.[b] After receiving tribute, they visit The Sanctuary, a cantina in Mos Espa run by Garsa Fwip. After collecting tribute from Fwip, they are ambushed by assassins. They fight them off with help from Fett's newly acquired Gamorrean guards and Shand pursues the assailants across the rooftops, capturing one. Fett, badly wounded, is taken back to his palace by his guards. In another flashback, Fett and a Rodian captive are forced to dig for pods containing water. A large sand creature emerges and kills the Rodian, but when it chases their child guard, Fett kills it. They return to camp with the head of the creature and the Tusken leader offers Fett water.

The series consists of seven episodes.[10] Rodriguez directed two additional episodes of the series,[11] while Jon Favreau, Bryce Dallas Howard, Dave Filoni,[12] Steph Green, and Kevin Tancharoen were also reported to have directed episodes.[13]

Production

Background

In February 2013, Disney CEO Bob Iger announced the development of several Star Wars standalone spin-off films. One was reportedly centered on the bounty hunter character Boba Fett, and would either take place between Star Wars (1977) and The Empire Strikes Back (1980) or The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi (1983).[14] The film was also said to explore the other bounty hunters seen in The Empire Strikes Back.[15] In early 2014, Simon Kinberg approached director Josh Trank about making a Star Wars film, and Trank made a pitch for a Boba Fett film to Star Wars producer Lucasfilm;[16] he was hired to direct that June.[17] Trank was scheduled to announce the film at Star Wars Celebration Anaheim in April 2015, and also reveal a teaser for the project,[18] but this was canceled at the last minute after Lucasfilm became aware of the troubled production on Trank's film Fantastic Four (2015).[16] In May 2015, Trank was no longer working on the film.[19] A Boba Fett film was reportedly still being considered by Lucasfilm as of August 2017.[20] Following the financial failure of the film Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018), Disney reconsidered their Star Wars film output. By October 2018, the Boba Fett film was no longer moving forward, and Lucasfilm was prioritizing the Disney+ streaming series The Mandalorian instead.[15][21]

Iger said in February 2020 that spin-offs of The Mandalorian were being considered, and there was potential to add more characters to the series with the intention of then giving them their own series.[22] In May, Temuera Morrison was set to appear as Boba Fett in the second season of The Mandalorian.[23][24] Morrison portrayed Boba's father Jango Fett in Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002), and went on to provide the voice of Boba in various Star Wars media.[23] Before Morrison's involvement in The Mandalorian was confirmed, Fett briefly appeared in the first season episode "Chapter 5: The Gunslinger" alongside the character Fennec Shand, portrayed by Ming-Na Wen.[24][25] Morrison makes a short appearance in the second-season premiere, "Chapter 9: The Marshal", before being fully introduced in "Chapter 14: The Tragedy", directed by Robert Rodriguez.[26]

Development

By early November 2020, production on either the third season of The Mandalorian or a potential spin-off series focusing on Boba Fett was believed to be scheduled to begin later that month or in early December.[27] A Boba Fett spin-off series was not announced by Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy at Disney's Investor Day event on December 10, when The Mandalorian spin-offs Rangers of the New Republic and Ahsoka were announced; Kennedy said those series exist within The Mandalorian's timeline and were planned to culminate in a "climactic story event".[28] Kennedy did announce that the "next chapter" of The Mandalorian story would premiere in December 2021.[29]

The Mandalorian's second-season finale, "Chapter 16: The Rescue", was released later in December 2020. It includes a "surprise end-credit sequence" that revealed The Book of Boba Fett was coming December 2021.[30] This led to some confusion and speculation among commentators who believed this was a subtitle for the third season of The Mandalorian, and that The Mandalorian would be switching focus from its title character Din Djarin to Boba Fett with the third season.[3] Jon Favreau, The Mandalorian's creator and showrunner, soon clarified that The Book of Boba Fett was its own series, separate from the third season of The Mandalorian. He explained that the spin-off was not announced by Kennedy at the Investor Day event because they did not want to "spoil the surprise" of the reveal at the end of "Chapter 16: The Rescue". He added that production had already begun on the spin-off. It is executive produced by Favreau, Dave Filoni, and Rodriguez,[3] with Rodriguez directing several of the series' episodes.[4] Like the other spin-offs, The Book of Boba Fett is also set within the timeline of The Mandalorian,[3] and has been described as "The Mandalorian season 2.5".[31][32] The production referred to each episode of The Book of Boba Fett as if it was a third season of The Mandalorian; for example, the first episode was referred to as "301" rather than the typical "101" for a series' first episode.[32] The series consists of seven episodes.[10]

Casting

With the series' official announcement in December 2020, Temuera Morrison and Ming-Na Wen were confirmed to be reprising their respective roles of Boba Fett and Fennec Shand from The Mandalorian and other previous Star Wars media.[3] Before the announcement, Wen had assumed that she had been hired as a series regular for the third season of The Mandalorian.[32] Additional characters from The Mandalorian are expected to appear.[31] Jennifer Beals was revealed to be a part of the series in November 2021.[2]

Filming

Filming for the series began by late November 2020,[3][27] on the StageCraft video wall volume in Los Angeles that was previously used for the first two seasons of The Mandalorian.[31] COVID-19 safety guidelines were followed on set, with crew members wearing masks and face shields around actors, rapid testing for COVID-19 every three days, and normal testing for the virus once a week.[33] After two weeks of filming, members of the cast and crew learned that they were making The Book of Boba Fett rather than The Mandalorian season three.[32] Rodriguez directed three episodes of the series,[11] with Favreau, Bryce Dallas Howard, Filoni,[12] Steph Green, and Kevin Tancharoen also reported to have directed episodes.[13] Dean Cundey, David Klein, and Paul Hughen served as cinematographers on the series.[34][35] Filming wrapped by June 8, 2021,[36] with Obi-Wan Kenobi taking over the Los Angeles soundstages.[31]

Visual effects

Industrial Light and Magic provides visual effects for the series.[37]

Music

By late September 2021, scoring sessions for the series had begun with The Mandalorian composer Ludwig Göransson returning for The Book of Boba Fett.[38] Göransson composed the musical themes for the series, with Joseph Shirley serving as composer.[39]

Release

The series premiered on Disney+ on December 29, 2021,[40] and consists of seven episodes[10] that will be released weekly until February 9, 2022.[41]

Reception

Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported an approval rating of 85% based on 40 reviews, with an average rating of 7.00/10.[42] Metacritic gave the series a weighted average score of 59 out of 100 based on 16 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[43]

Daniel D'Addario of Variety praised the narrative, visuals and performance. He felt that that "The show’s tidy establishment of the personality, beliefs, and challenges of a character franchise fans know only as a helmeted side character suggests a willingness to pare things down that looks, at a first glance, refreshing."[44] Polygon's David Grossman opined that the series showed us the "desperate side of Star Wars".[45]

Notes

  1. ^ As depicted in Return of the Jedi (1983)
  2. ^ As depicted in the The Mandalorian episode "Chapter 16: The Rescue" (2020).

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