Is The Book Of Boba Fett More Advertisement Than Narrative?

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One of the worst parts of the current cinematic landscape is a natural consequence of the domination of a couple of sprawling empires. With the unending expansion of these universes, some stories are crafted, not to be interesting or engaging, but just to set the stage for future products.

The Book of Boba Fett was never the best idea, but it would've felt pretty defeatist to assume that this would be its trajectory. After failing to make the intended film for years and being wholly supplanted by the far superior The Mandalorian, the show exists today as half uninteresting prequel and half advertisement.

The Mandalorian Characters Get Their Own The Book Of Boba Fett Posters

Episode 4 of The Book of Boba Fett finally pulled the trigger on the obvious move fans expected from the start. The final moment of the episode sees underrated sidekick Fennec Shand proclaim that the heroes will need some extra muscle. Then, just in case fans couldn't put it together, the series felt the need to play the musical intro of The Mandalorian. The following episode received some harsh feedback for being, essentially, a lesser episode of the better series. Rather than bringing beloved grumpy dad Din Djarin into the existing plotline, the show abandons its narrative in favor of explaining where Mando has been. It's Season 3, Episode zero of The Mandalorian. Is it so crucial that fans learn where Din got his new ship, or what happened to his tribe right now that it can't wait until the series that's named after him? Was Boba Fett's story dragging so severely that a brief intermission to a different series felt necessary? Or is there an even more cynical reason at play for this drastic shift?

Episode 6 of the series wasn't much better. Din Djarin