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Top 10 Facts About the Darksaber Jul 01, 2023

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Here are top 10 facts about the darksaber that are good to know.

I think many things could happen with the Darksaber...one wild theory is that Luke could end up defeating Cad Bane, who could have beaten the Mandalorian, and therefore making Luke the rightful ruler of Mandalore. This would obviously be super weird and out of place, as then who would beat Luke to claim it from him? He wouldn't even care for it.

Or if Boba Fett steps in and defeats someone who took out Mando, making him the ruler of Mandalore. I truly hope Boba Fett takes it, and we get to see a progression of his story as ruler of Mandalore like Jango Fett in legends, and Jaster Mereel.

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Why Cad Bane Looks So Different in Book of Boba Fett - Star Wars Theory Jul 01, 2023

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Cad Bane is one of the deadliest Bounty Hunters in the galaxy, but he also might be one of the oldest. Now that Bane has appeared in the Book of Boba Fett, I thought we’d take a look at some of the more interesting aspects of the character, and compare him to some of the other crime lords, bounty hunters, and smugglers who survived the Galactic Civil War.

And when we do that, one of the most interesting factoids about Bane is his age. Because he’s survived a long time, in one of the deadliest professions in the galaxy. And once you know the truth about his species, the Duros, you have to wonder, is Bane up to the challenge?

Let’s start with a simpler question.

How old is Cad Bane?

To answer it simply… he was born in the year 62 BBY. That’s decades before the creation of the Empire, the fall of the Jedi Order, and well before Palpatine planned Darth Plageuis’ death.

Since the events of the Book of Boba Fett take place in the year 9 ABY, then it’s easy to do some quick math, and figure out Bane was about 71 years old by the time he walked across the Tatooine desert, serving the Pike syndicate.

Now… this might just seem like a random factoid about Bane’s age… and it certainly is… but when we look at the biology of his species, the Duros, we find that 71 years old is actually pretty old.

Unlike Wookies or Hutts, who could live for centuries, the Duros actually had fairly short lifespans. According to the Ultimate Alien Anthology (legends I believe), if a member of the Duros species ever survived past his 69th birthday, he was considered elderly. That means, during Cad Bane’s golden era, the Clone Wars, he was already middle-aged.

So the version of the character that pops up in the Book of Boba Fett might look pretty menacing, but he’s actually well past his prime.

I know...We’re all looking forward to a classic duel in the dunes of Tatooine. I can’t wait to see Bane pull his LL-30 blaster pistol out of his holster, and take out the heroes...

But instead of the spry Bounty Hunter who survived death defying leaps when apprehending the unmodified clone, Omega, on the Bora Vio facility… we’re probably going to get a slower, angrier, old-man version of Cad. I’m hoping that Bane will be similar to Clint Eastwood from Unforgiven… an old, washed up gun-for-hire who still has a few good fights left in him.

Which… I’m equally pumped to see.

If we just look at Cad Bane’s most famous Clone Wars adversary, Obi-Wan Kenobi, the wear and tear of age undoubtedly plays a significant role for warriors. By his death, Kenobi’s body had deteriorated greatly. His joints, from years of combat and trudging through the Dune seas, were ground down, just as any old man’s would be. While this physical pain didn’t really affect his abilities in the force… and he was still quite a tough opponent in a lightsaber duel… Kenobi’s best years were behind him.

And I can’t help but think of Kenobi, whenever I see Bane. I wonder what the showrunners have planned. Will he, somehow, serve a similar purpose in future episodes, as Kenobi did when he brought Luke Skywalker to the Rebellion… after all, he was once Boba Fett’s mentor, just like Jango was once his.

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BOBA FETT EPISODE 6 BREAKDOWN HOLY SH Jul 01, 2023

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WOW!

Jumping into space, the N-1 Naboo royal starfighter is seen heading towards what I think is the forest moon of Endor.

R2 drops into a sleep and the ant droids build a bench for him, where he sits to wait.

Luke and Grogu are seen meditating atop a hill. The deep fake is the best I’ve ever seen and it literally looks like a young Luke Skywalker 5 years after return of the Jedi.

As they meditate, Grogu raises a frog with the force to eat when Luke wakes up and looks at him all funny. Raising dozens of frogs with the force so Grogu sees maybe using the force can bring me more of what I want. I think Luke is doing this to show Grogu the difference in force abilities, and also maybe to entice Grogu, as we learn he’s having a hard time training him because of how loosely into it Grogu is. They take a walk and Luke tells Grogu about Yoda, about how size matters not.

Asking Grogu if he remembers anyone talking in riddles like Yoda back home. Then Luke asks him if he wants to remember, and touches his head, showing us a vision of Grogu’s memories during Order 66. The first thing I’m going to mention is how the aura vignette is like Anakin’s visions of Padme in revenge of the Sith. Grogu is remembering actually being there at the Jedi temple. 3 Jedi are protecting him during the raid on the Jedi temple by the 501st.

Pretty insane how the 501st shoot at the already lifeless body of the Jedi. We are taken back out of the flashback and Din is surprised by Ahsoka. He asks to see Grogu, and she basically tells him it’ll just make it harder for Grogu if he sees him again.

He wants to gift him the beskar chainlink armor. It’s his right as a foundling. A mandalorian foundling that is. Ahsoka questions why is he not a Jedi Padawan now, instead of a foundling? Din seems heartbroken and this scene is very breaking. As we know Din realizes he must not make it harder for Grogu if he sees him. So he chooses what’s best for Grogu in the moment and gives the gift to Ahsoka Tano to give to Grogu. Blasting off in his N-1 Naboo starfighter as Grogu reaches out for him. It was a really beautiful scene and I know they’re writing it this way to increase the tensions of Grogu and Din finally meeting one day.

Luke trains with Grogu much like how he trained with Yoda on his back. He runs through the forest much like Dagobah, and even does the same front flip like in the empire strikes back. Luke speaks of balance. This is something qui-gon preached. I love how we’re seeing a bit of a legends Luke here where he’s taking ideologies of the Jedi from the republic and moulding them into his own way, a better way. Not so dogmatic as palatine would tell Anakin.

Luke has Grogu standing on one leg just like he did on one hand, and trains with his green lightsaber as Grogu watches on in curiosity. He trains Grogu with the marksman training remote. This is the one we saw Obi-Wan use on Luke in a new hope all those years ago. This was Luke’s first entrance into the force and to train his Jedi reflexes. Something Qui-Gon noticed in Anakin very quickly upon their meeting.

Grogu is a quick learner and beings leaping with the force much like Yoda, flipping, dodging blasts from the remote when Ahsoka remarks that Luke taught him well, as Luke says, he’s beginning to remember more than his teaching and we get a beautiful line where she tells him sometimes the student guides the master, as she smiles and looks like she’s reminiscing of her time with Anakin.

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Why Was The Darksaber So Heavy - Mandalorian in Boba Fett - Luke - Nerd Theory Jul 01, 2023

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Thank you for listening to today's episode. I hope you have a great day, and I'll catch you in the next one! May the force be with you, ALWAYS!

(Originally Streamed Jan 31, 2022)

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Well this is a stretch but...Maul's Ship in Boba Fett Episode 5 Jul 01, 2023

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Something I noticed in the book of Boba Fett episode 5 was a very familiar ship that we haven’t seen for decades. The Scimitar. If we go to the end credits where the concept art rolls in on the halo city, we see this ship in the far right top corner. This is the scimitar. Is this Darth maul’s ship? Assuming it could be, considering ALL the big Phantom Menace vibes in this episode...let's go ahead with the theory.

Now while it’s possible there are several models of this same ship, I don’t think the concept artist would put it in such an iconic ship just for giggles. Much like how in revenge of the Sith we see the Millennium Falcon on Coruscant, this ship here I think is actually Maul’s scimitar. So, is this maul? No way, he’s dead. But who I do think it is, is Qi'ra. Maul’s apprentice and the leader to crimson dawn. I believe this little Easter egg is something not to be glossed over. I believe crimson dawn is the one funding the Pykes and really the power behind this whole show. I think what’s going to happen is Thrown controls everything, like the Thanos of Star Wars, and Qi'ra is like Hella, or somewhat like a version of Nebula or something. Maul’s crime syndicate is being now led by Qi’ra who rose to power in Solo. I think seeing her and maybe even Han Solo together in the show could be interesting. Perhaps she captures him or something and brings him to Boba as a peace offering. Luke has to step in and it’s an all out war, and we see boba a bit conflicted but ultimately staying true to his team. I think boba wants revenge on Luke and Han for what they did to him. So it would be exciting to see what happens if he comes across them again…

Qi’ra will be really powerful, not in the force as she isn’t force sensitive, but in her duelling trained by Maul as well as her overall control of the Crimson Dawn. She controls many crime lords much like Maul did, as we see him tell everyone to go into hiding just before Order 66 in The clone wars season 7.

Seeing Maul’s ship, let’s me know that Crimson Dawn is indeed coming, and we can expect an all out war in the 7th episode. I hope it is his ship, and not just there for fun.

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Cancelled Boba Fett Game Footage Finally Surfaces 1313 Jul 01, 2023

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Star Wars 1313 was cancelled upon almost being completed by Lucasfilm once Disney bought Star Wars from George Lucas.

The game looks like it would have been amazing. Almost like a Bounty Hunter sequel to the Jango Fett inspired game.

Here is some never before seen footage that has been released from The Vault (linked below) of the Boba Fett gameplay in the game.

Star Wars 1313 was a game that focused heavily on the underworld of Coruscant. It seems to be inspired by the show that George Lucas was about to create, as well.

ORIGINAL VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XehW4OMiEr4

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My Only Concern With Book of Boba Fett... Jul 01, 2023

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My only issue is that Boba Fett is acting how I’d expect the Mandalorian to act, and the Mandalorian acts how I’d expect Boba Fett to act.

Boba should be calm, quiet, callous, and less talkative, however that’s Mando’s personality. Now that the two are in the same show, I can’t help but compare them to one another, and while I love Boba Fett much more than the Mandalorian, this new Disney version of him is kind of pissing me off. I feel like his personality needs to be more like a villain. He shouldn’t care so much. He doesn’t need to rule with respect, he’s Boba freaking Fett, he can rule however he pleases. The show has some of my favourite moments in Star Wars don’t get me wrong, especially the second episode, but when Boba started to speak so much and be so soft to literally everyone, it just makes him look weak, not like the hardened Boba we know. I mean, Boba in the originals had no more than 2 minuets of screen time in the entire trilogy and yet he was made a fan favourite for literal decades. The reason for this is his story wasn’t told. He wasn’t so talkative. You always wonder what’s he thinking, what’s his facial expression. The helmet has no expression, so you get this very callous and stoic demeanour from him, much like Jango. But with Boba now, as much as I love Tem Morrisson, I feel like he needs to be a little more cut throat and not be so damn nice to people like the biker gang for example. When the girl was giving him attitude, he should have tied her up with his cable and flown into the air threatening to drop her, while shooting rockets at their bikes or feet to let them know not to piss around. The mayor’s assistant, he should have smacked him a long time ago and when he took off, I’d have preferred if he flew into the air really fast and shot down his speeder, or flown infant of his windshield, aiming his blaster at him while they move in the same direction, Boba gliding backwards with him.

The only time Boba has been bad ass was with the Tuskens or in the flashback with the slave 1, but outside of that, he just gets his butt kicked and talks way too much as Tem Morrisson even mentioned in an interview.

I feel like when you have Boba and Mando in a show, there needs to be one outranking the other in terms of who is more bad ass. Since Din is a hero, Boba needs to remain in the shadows, I’m not saying make him Darth Vader level of evil, but make him mysterious, you never know what he’s thinking, what his next move will be. Right now I just feel like he’s a bit of a pushover and it bugs me because Boba was one of my favourite tough guys growing up. I believe he’s going to kick some ass, I fully have faith in Jon and Dave, that said, I just hope Disney or others aren’t forcing their hand to write Boba as more of a delicate flower than a raging ticking time bomb of carnage and rockets.

Boba in Mando season 2 outshined everyone, and he was in full original trilogy and comics boba mode, I’d like to see the same from him in the show, and I hope we see it in the next few episodes.

Wonderful story, wonderful writing and directing and acting by the whole cast and crew, however I feel Tem should be listened to when he exclaims Boba is talking too much. Remember, Tem knows Jango from George Lucas, he knows this character inside and out. There was a specific vision George had when casting Tem as Jango, and there’s a lot of behind the scenes screening that went on before the decision was made, primarily on Tem’s quiet and badass stoic demeanour and attitude.

Let’s hope we get to see Tem act Boba the way he suggested and the way we remember Fett to be from all the source material.

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Luke is Coming to Book of Boba Fett Jul 01, 2023

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In the last episode we saw an episode all about the Mandalorian, and oddly enough I found it to be the best episode, however this is the Boba Fett show, so I am looking forward to it picking back up with Boba. Now, Din tells Fennec he’ll help Boba out once he visits Grogu, and this means that we’re going to see Luke and Grogu together.

Now my prediction is that Grogu is training with Luke somewhere, it could be on the forest moon of Endor, which would be cool to see again, especially if Vader’s helmet was presevered somewhere by Luke, as it would help us understand how Kylo Ren got it. Anyways, there are two possibilities for how I think we’ll see Luke and Grogu again. Either Din goes to them somewhere where they’re training, and perhaps even with more force sensitive children, or, Luke comes to Din aboard the millennium falcon with Han and Leia. I think if that happens, the world would be filled with tears and drought wouldn’t be a thing anymore. That’s the one thing I feel was really missing in the sequel trilogy, the wasted opportunity of getting Luke han and Leia back together one last time and now sadly it’ll never happen again with Carrie’s untimely passing, however with technology we know it could still happen for the story. Carrie’s daughter played her at the end of Rogue One and it worked pretty well for the scene. Perfectly connecting Vader in rogue one into a new hope.

Either option would be something I’d like to see. With the showing of a BD droid, could this mean we’ll see other Jedi knights or masters with Luke? Perhaps helping him train his new class of students? Could Cal be helping Luke on his journey to find as many force sensitives in the galaxy as possible? It would make sense continuity wise as Cal was on a mission to find these beings at the end of Jedi: Fallen Order, so I think it could make sense if we saw him or heard about him from Luke. Leia could be one of the students as well, and I feel like Grogu will take well to Leia. She always was good with little creatures, like Wicket.

Now, I think while Mandalorian sees little baby Yoda, he’ll show Luke the dark saber and a training session will be had. Luke will show him how to use the sober, and we could get a full on Jedi training moment like in the prequels and originals. Luke could tell Mando about who trained him in lightsaber combat, if you didn’t know, Yoda trained him, there are deleted scenes on YouTube never before seen and cut from the empire strikes back where Yoda is on Luke’s back on Dagobah and he’s instructing him how to wield his father, Anakin’s, lightsaber.

I believe while Mando learns how to use the dark sober from Luke, we’ll also get a sense of Luke’s journey with Grogu as we head into the mandalorian season 3, as we know for sure that Mando is going to Mandalore to visit the live springs beneath the mines which are all but destroyed now. Other than that, we don’t know much else about season 3 or where it’ll end up, so I think seeing Luke will also give us insight on his journey and how that could connect to Mando’s at some point in the next season.

As for Cal Kestis, he’d be close to 40 now, and I think he would be perfect to help Luke find remaining Jedi in the galaxy.

As for Ahsoka, well, I don’t think Luke has met her yet, and if he has, I hope we get to see their first interaction in a flashback or something, as I’m sure their campfire stories about Anakin would be emotional to witness, especially Luke telling Ahsoka how Anakin was redeemed, and died the hero like he always was as she knew him before Order 66.

I don’t see Luke going back with Mando to help him on Boba’s quest.

I don’t think Luke will be in the rest of the show. Rather, a cameo perhaps before the last episode. Episode 6 of the original trilogy and episode 6 of the book of Boba Fett I think could be the perfect time for Luke to appear, and this episode is directed by Dave Filoni, and there’s no one better than Dave to give us a Luke cameo.

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Boba Fett Episode 5 BREAKDOWN FINALLY PREQUELS Jul 01, 2023

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We start right out of the gate with Mando collecting a Bounty, and I don’t think he’s doing it for money. I think he’s doing it for information.

Obviously information on where the armorer is. So Mando pulls up, does the whole I can bring you in warm or I can bring you in cold thing which was epic to hear, and he takes them out not with his blasters but with the freaking dark sober. So he still has it and didn’t give it up to Bo Katan. I wonder how she left him, because obviously she wanted it and was ready to fight him for it by trial by combat.

Mando fights them but not very well. It’s obvious he doesn’t know how to use the dark saber mainly due to its weight. The sober is an ancient weapon, not like a typical lightsaber. It obviously holds different properties that regular lightsabers don’t possess, perhaps the crystal has dark matter like a viewer mentioned during the watch party, perhaps it requires one to learn how to use it by becoming one with the blade, either way, we know he has trouble using the blade, and I think he’s going to get help from Luke Skywalker in the next episode on how to fight with a lightsaber. A scene, I think we all want to see.

Din takes them out, and he leaves with the head of his bounty. Might I add, this scene was super dark and gruesome, I was surprised it was allowed with Disney and all. I was happy to see some realism with a lightsaber once again. The ring is like the ring from the old republic near Telos. Also it’s like Halo.

Din delivers his bounty and is told the location of the armorer, where we see her in a meditative position. She’s probably the most stoic mandalorian I’ve ever seen.

He gets patched up by Paz Viszla, this is the mandalorian who helped him in season 1 on nevarro. He is a descendant of house Vizsla.

Din shows the dark sober to them ,and the armorer asks to examine it. Giving us a ton of explanations on mandalorian culture and mandalore. We learn the hilt is of a higher grade of beskar which makes me wonder if there are different grades of Beskar, are some better than others? She tells him that the ruler of this blade rules all of Mandalore, nothing new there, but then she explains a character that is so important to mandalorian lore and that’s Tarre Vizsla. He was a mandalorian Jedi and the first to wield this blade 1000 years ago. She also mentions how if one comes to possess this blade without a proper trial by combat, then a curse will be set upon mandalore and its people.

The armorer acknowledges that the Mandalorian has completed his quest of reuniting grogu with his kind and the Jedi, and so she allows him to join her enclave.

We learn Moff Gideon wasn’t killed, but he was sent to the new republic to face trial. His story isn’t done yet, so we’ll probably see him again in mandalorian season 3.

The Armorer tells of the mandalorian who rides the mythosaur who will rise to lead the mandalorians from the songs of eons past. Now in the Christmas special, Boba rode a mythosdaur and this is what he alluded to in Boba Fett episode 3 when he tells the rancor keeper he’s ridden much bigger. Boba also has a mythosaur on his armor so could this mean that Boba will rise to run all mandalorians like his father once did and Jaster Mereel before him?

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Who Will Boba Fett Hire Besides The Mandalorian? Jul 01, 2023

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So in the book of Boba Fett we know Boba is about to call upon some muscle. Who could this muscle be? Well, of course he’s calling Mando, but besides him, I really hope that he’s going to call The Bad Batch. Fennec knows about them, and she could potentially tell Boba about his very special brothers. Why wouldn’t he call a bunch of mutant versions of himself who literally have super powers to come and help. Wrecker would singlehandedly wipe out any turrets the pykes have setup, and Hunter would track down the electromagnetic frequencies of diabolical machinery that needs to be located and disabled. Tech and Echo would infinlitrate their communications and learn of their strategy as they prepared everyone for battle, while simultaneously taking control of their weaponry systems.

As for crosshair, well, who knows. Now, while it would be awesome to see them, it probably won’t be allowed to happen as it would ruin possible plot points or excitement for what’s to come in the bad batch season 2. Maybe Crosshair is eliminated, maybe he joins the team, maybe one of the members isn’t around anymore. Bringing them into the show would ruin a lot and spoil potentially a lot for the upcoming season so if they want to bring one member in, they could, however I think bringing in the whole team would make us lose our suspense if anything were to happen to them in future episodes.

Sp who else could boba call upon? Well, Bossk, Dengar are still possibilities. Bossk might be tough since he’s much more of a fly solo type of guy that doesn’t play well with others, especially with Boba, seeing as how just a few years before Boba blew up Bossk’s legs and took his invitation to the crimson dawn party. Lucky for Bossk, trandoshans limbs always grow back.

Dengar. Now this is a character that in legends saved Boba from the Sarlacc pit. I think if anyone’s going to call Dengar, it’s Boba. Plus, leaving Bossk for the opposing team would make the dynamic between Krrsantan and the Trandoshan much more fun to watch, and then they can all fight together hopefully in the end.

The only person Boba can’t call, is Cad Bane, as they aren’t the best of friends. Boba’s dent on his helmet is from Cad Bane, and there was a recorded episode that never aired between Boba and Cad fighting to the death, where obviously Cad had to die, but later we see his metal plate in his head so perhaps he lived with this cybernetic upgrade keeping his brain functioning, and Boba got a shot to his helmet, which no doubt must have knocked him out since it dented the Beskar.

I think Mando will be the most exciting to enter the scene, as the two hopefully will create a great dynamic together like last time, and if I remember, Din kinda owes Boba for all the help he gave him even up to the end there.

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