What to know from Book of Boba Fett for Mandalorian season 3
Now that the book is closed on The Book of Boba Fett, the writing appears to be on the wall: It’s a less-than-ideal look at everyone’s favorite Star Wars bounty hunter (original trilogy version).
For all the promise Boba Fett held over the years for Star Wars fans as an alluring antihero, by the time he finally got his own spotlight, he had been eclipsed by several other characters, including a new favorite Star Wars bounty hunter in Mandalorian armor — the Mandalorian, aka Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal), aka Baby Yoda’s dad.
That eclipsing happened literally in The Book of Boba Fett, which ceded several episodes to Din Djarin and Grogu, beginning with the aptly titled episode “Return of the Mandalorian.” It was meant as a sort of crossover sequence, but it felt more like a full-scale colonization of the spinoff, as Book of Boba Fett became The Mandalorian season 2.5. In the process, it teased some details that are sure to be important for Mandalorian season 3.
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[Ed. note: In case it wasn’t clear, this post contains spoilers for Din Djarin’s and Grogu’s fates in The Book of Boba Fett to prepare you for season 3 of The Mandalorian. If you don’t want to know what happens in Boba Fett, don’t scroll further.]
Though season 2 saw Grogu dropped off with Luke Skywalker for Jedi training, in Book of Boba Fett, the Child just misses Din too much to stay away. Young, weirdly de-aged Luke can sense that Grogu’s attachment is affecting his training, so he gives him the choice to stay with Luke or go with Din. In lucky news for all of us who love that little green puppet, he chooses Din.
The two end the Book of Boba Fett season flying off together, setting up Mandalorian season 3 as they start over somewhere. But odds are
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