The Book Of Boba Fett's Scooter Chase Is The Worst Star Wars Has Been Since The Prequels
The third episode of The Book of Boba Fett introduces a street gang called the Mods to the Star Wars universe. Operating on the streets of Mos Espa, they get their name from their love of modifying their bodies with droid parts. Not a bad idea on paper, but executed horribly. The episode generated a fair amount of social media discourse about whether the gang was sufficiently Star Warsy, but I feel like this overshadowed the real issue—that the scooter chase they feature in is one of the single worst moments in Star Wars history.
That's right: a scooter chase. In Star Wars. In a somewhat on-the-nose reference to the vintage Vespas and Lambrettas favoured by the British mods of the 1960s, Mos Espa's Mods ride around on polished, dazzlingly colourful hover-scooters. They're even covered in mirrors, in the same way mods in the '60s would decorate their scooters with mirrors, badges, lights, spinners, and other chrome-plated embellishments to help them stand out from the crowd. It probably sounded better in the concept artists' heads.
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Harking back to Earth's past is nothing new in Star Wars, of course—whether it's Vader's samurai-inspired armour, Dexter Jettster's 1950s diner, or the fact the films are stuffed with references to George Lucas' love of California hot rod culture. Sometimes it definitely works. Vader's robes evoking a feudal Japanese lord is a nice piece of design. But in the case of that kitschy space diner, and The Book of Boba Fett's scooter-riding Mods, it just doesn't fit. In fact, all it does is pull me out of the illusion that this is a galaxy far, far away.
The Mods themselves look like characters from a low budget movie adaptation of a YA novel, with some
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