I had a running commentary during the first episode of The Book of Boba Fett: Stranger in a Strange Land. There are spoilers.

Recorded December 30, 2021

Commentary notes:

-Second time I’m watching

-Fighting sleep

Commentary notes:

-Intro montage

-Seeing Return of the Jedi in the theater in 1983

-Jabba’s Palace play set

-Bacta

-Boba’s physical trials

-PTSD as a child and adult

-The Sarlacc Pit

-Cleanliness of Book of Boba Fett

-Jawas

-Hero’s Journey

-Motivation of the Sand People

-The Mandalorian and the Sand People

-How did Boba survive?

-Score (yes, it’s the same composer as Mandalorian)

-Conan the Barbarian

-Temuera Morrison

-Stranger in a Strange Land is an excellent Iron Maiden song

-Child Tusken Raider

-Is this an initiation?

-Sand Peoples’ faces

-Boba’s childhood

-Fighting sleep

-Chewing gum

-Massiff and subtitles

-Rodian

-Projecting emotions

-Too much like a set

-Dangerous desert

-Another trial

-Brain damage in Star Wars?

-The Tusken Raider language

-Back to the batch

-Ming-Na Wen

-ER and Must See TV

-The Godfather

-Getting ready for work

-Difference between Boba and The Mandalorian

-Getting protection money

-Trandoshan

-Bossk

-Subtext

-The mayor

-Claiming the throne versus keeping the throne

-Physical and mental acumen

-Fett’s code and morals

-Mos Espa and cleanliness

-Not extravagant

-A cantina scene

-Jennifer Beals

-Parkour

-A little too choreographed

-Gamorrean guards

-Marauders

-Water

-Reading action subtitles=

-The Kraken

-Clash of the Titans

-Looks like hybrid of practical and digital effects

-Rodian

-Centaur/Kraken

-Fett and the Tusken Raider child

-Color of outfits

-Robert Rodriguez, Jon Favreau, and Dave Filoni

-The Last Jedi is still the best

-The Mandalorian

-Something new while being grounded in the original trilogy

-The artwork

-Under the Helmet: The Legacy of Boba Fett

-Fully awake

-Get your information from credible sources (BBC Global News Podcast), NPR Up First, The New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, etc.)

-Get vaccinated and wear masks (N95s)

-Knowledge is Power

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