The Book Of Boba Fett Episode 5 Is Just A Reminder That The Mandalorian Is A Better Show
Since The Book of Boba Fett is technically a spin-off from The Mandalorian, an appearance by the Mandalorian himself was inevitable. But the latest episode of Boba’s series, “Chapter 5: Return of the Mandalorian,” took the flagship star’s obligatory cameo to the nth degree and didn’t feature Boba at all. The episode offered a fun Star Wars adventure, but it ultimately felt like an episode of a different show. Helmed by regular Mandalorian director Bryce Dallas Howard, “The Return of the Mandalorian” is essentially a Mandalorian episode crammed into the middle of The Book of Boba Fett’s run.
“The Return of the Mandalorian” might as well be the season 3 premiere of The Mandalorian. Boba is nowhere to be seen and it catches up with Mando following the explosive events of his show’s season 2 finale. While Grogu is off training as a Jedi under Luke Skywalker’s tutelage, Mando is back to his old bounty-hunting ways. He’s now armed with the Darksaber and, since the Razor Crest was destroyed, he has to take taxis from bounty to bounty like Tom Cruise in Collateral. Throughout the episode, he gets kicked out of the Mandalorian religion for removing his helmet and fixes up a new ship on Tatooine with Peli Motto.
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In the final scene, the episode finally connects to the show it actually belongs to as Mando promises to help Boba and Fennec combat their gangland rivals, but only after he pays his little green friend a visit. This is either a setup for the actual third-season premiere of The Mandalorian or The Book of Boba Fett’s next episode will double down on leaving Boba behind with Mando traveling to Luke’s fledgling Jedi academy to reconvene with “Baby Yoda.”
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