The Book of Boba Fett's fifth episode is actually The Mandalorian Season 3 Episode 1

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The best episode of The Book of Boba Fett does not star Boba Fett at all

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The Book of Boba Fett Season 1 Episode 5 was epic in every single way that has made The Mandalorian a pop culture legend, one of the most watched shows on Disney Plus, and a favorite amongst a fan base which can sometimes be overly toxic (myself included). However, the problem is that it wasn't an episode of The Book of Boba Fett at all; it was in every sense a prologue to the third season of The Mandalorian. When we last see Boba Fett, it has just been declared that he is fully healed, which to me was the director's way of saying, buckle up, it's go time! And for a show that has at times felt slow, and a character who hasn't been as badass as I imagined him to be, I was kind of disappointed that we didn't get to see him finally start to kick ass and take names.

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The good thing is that this episode, aptly titled "Return of the Mandalorian" has incredible Darksaber fight scenes featuring our hero Din Djarin, some much needed lore about what actually went down on planet Mandalore all those years ago, but more importantly, two major nods to the fact that Grogu and Din will be reuniting for a new adventure very soon.

The first nod came in the form of a gift "Mando" has the mysterious Armorer forge for him. We only get a short glimpse at the cutest Grogu-like cloth package you have ever seen (From now on, this is the only way I will be wrapping my presents, sorry not sorry). We don't quite find out what the gift is, but judging from its size, I don't think it's a helmet, maybe some sort of teeny-tiny armor? Toward the end of the episode Fennec Shand enlists Mando's help and he accepts and says "But first, I gotta pay a visit to a little friend". This scene in itself doesn't hint at a new crusade for the unlikely duo, but it does promise at least a heartfelt reunion the likes of which hasn't been seen on screen since Molly Jensen finally sees Sam Wheat again at the end of the 1990 romantic fantasy thriller film Ghost.


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The most obvious hint at a new adventure for Din Djarin and Grogu is found in Mando's new ride, a custom Naboo N-1 Starfighter with the droid port modified to seat the smallest of creatures. While the ship is sleek, and outrageously fast, it does lack the space for any bounties Din may want to pick up in the future. My theory is that it will serve it's purpose for a buddy cop season 3 of The Mandalorian, in search of maybe the Darksaber itself? It seemed odd to me that the show runners emphasized a scene showing Mando hesitantly giving up all of his weapons, Darksaber included, before boarding his flight.

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I hope that episode 6 gets back to the main storyline and we get to see the same level of kickassery from a now fully healed Boba Fett that we did from Din Djarin in this episode.

Leave a comment and let me know what you think the gift for Grogu might be!