The Book Of Boba Fett Can't Recapture The Mandalorian's Success
Releasing The Book of Boba Fett so immediately after the second season finale and post-credits tease of The Mandalorian has its upsides and downsides. Perhaps the most substantial stumbling block is how easy it has been to watch fan reactions to the new show and compare it to the hype for the adventures of Mando and The Child.
Some analysts labeled The Mandalorian the most in-demand streaming series of last year, an accolade that Book of Boba Fett has not approached. While both shows are undoubtedly popular, the ongoing series has struggled to fill the armored boots of its predecessors, because it never should have tried to fill the same space.
The Book Of Boba Fett: Bringing In Mando Could Help (Or Hurt) The Series
These two series are extremely similar. They share a tone, anesthetic, and a significant percentage of cast and crew. The Book of Boba Fett, despite being in the works for decades, could be most accurately described as a spin-off of The Mandalorian. Somehow, over the years, the iconic and fan-favorite character's long-awaited solo project was usurped by something totally different. This flies in the face of the standard operating procedure of Disney's take on the Star Wars franchise. There's a lesson in this ongoing event, but it's a lesson that the franchise has refused to learn before and will refuse to learn again now. The fact is, The Mandalorian did something that nothing in the franchise has accomplished in years and so far, The Book of Boba Fett is a massive step backward.
Star Wars has been a pop-culture empire for longer than most of its fans have been alive. The awful truth of the franchise is that, depending on personal taste, there are more bad entries than there are good ones. The Mandalorian was a
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