This will be a discussion thread for The Mandalorian. Just for thoughts and predictions on the show, and stuff. If you want to talk about how cute Baby Yoda is, go ahead, if you want to talk about how pissed Temura Morrison looked when Boba Fett saw the Mandalorian with his armor, fine.
I actually enjoyed the episode that aired on Friday, it had lot of action!
@SwellingFoil266Could be. It may depend on how old Din actually is and where he was operating. The group he belonged to seemed to be very isolated, and I don't think he cares about the profession itself. I think it's just him doing whatever he can to support the covert. He also didn't recognize Bo Katan, who ruled Mandalore and was a central figure on Mandalore up through "the purge".
@SwellingFoil266 wrote:
The fact that Din doesn't recognize him is just wrong.
Considering he's a bounty hunter you think he would have heard of the best there is plus he claims hes spent a lot of time on Tatooine plus im sure people would have brought it up when seeing that he is a mandalorian at some point. (I know Boba Fetts not mandalorian but the hypothetical random civillians don't)
Could be a few possible reasons why Din doesn't seem to acknowledge Boba/was a famous bounty hunter/ At all
-The Guild could be in decline and information about it's previous activity might be limited / covered up / censored for whatever reasons. ((Likely fallen out of (galactic)political favor to some extent.))
This means Din (among other hunters of their time) wouldn't have access to the information regarding some of the greatest bounty hunters... It's less personal - it's just a circumstance of decreasing activity. It seems unlikely any old civilian would know about ' 'famous bounty hunters' ' more likely people who have reason to use and /or fear bounty hunters would know about Boba. Considering Bobas' age, those who knew of him could have likely died during the various wars.
-Information about specific individual/s might be inaccurate / slander, in order to incarcerate them and those who claim to know of them.
Hutt Clans, The Empire, ' 'Mandalorian/s' ', and/or War Lords, might have reason to imprison Boba (for failing // other reasons), possibly causing them to smear his image through bribery, and cause 'Bobes to go into (further) hiding. This kind of cover up would mean that only people who knew about Boba could tell you about him - at the risk of upsetting larger than life big heads and getting into some hot water themselves . . . Just for talking about / mentioning Boba.
-Boba was only a popular bounty hunter from a specific sector which excluded infamy on Tatooine among the outer rim - he was only there by order of his employers.(In a specific order pertaining to the galaxies' time frame; in the episode The Box, from the Clone Wars we see a bunch of different bounty hunters with high reputations for one thing or another, gathering in one location. Then later, we see a group of bounty hunters being hired by the Empire, among them are Bossk, Ig-88, Dengar, Boba Fett, Zuckuss and 4-lom. It could be that those characters were the best / most reputable hunters of their sectors... ? I was under the impression that these hunters were galaxywide famous but that might not have been the case in new canon. Boba might have been more popular in the Inner Rim where he'd once been delivered to a creepy king dude in a botched Bounty hunting mission ;p ??? )
-Din doesn't bother reading/comparing/learning about the best hunters // other hunters // Doesn't remember which trash compared him to what & when.
He could be so focused on his personal task/s, he doesn't get caught up in who is doing what, and who did what when. If info doesn't pertain to his next targets it could be considered nonessential. Din seems to receive information from his armorer and those in higher positions in contrast to himself. He might not be the sort to look beyond what he's told to do - which aligns with him eventually leaving his cult due to personal growth. Learning about Boba might expand Dins horizons, in a way. Din previously didn't even know what a Jedi was?
-Boba's reputation vanished with him.
He lost relevancy when he stopped showing up. People forgot about him. He stopped hunting due to some personal circumstances which might be explored in his personal show.
Random thoughts on the last episode I watched...
That trooper (who handled the mortar) with orange paint on his armor, & the orange shoulder pad, looks visually reminiscent of Clone Wars. I remember the Shock Troopers in EA's SWBF had red paint marking on their armor but they always seemed so out of place with no other observable (in-game) troopers having markings like that. Seeing the painted orange trooper in The Mando was neat. I liked seeing them.
After the first wave failed, when the second batch of troopers landed, I imagined Moff 'Giddy was sitting in ATMO on a Star Destroyer, giggling in a chair as he observed the events below, waving his hand saying; "Okay, now you go!" (to the second vessel.) He was just toying with them.
Boba's presence seemed to cause a lot of the problems which hurt the chances of Din saving the kid from that day. I can't help but wonder all kinds of things about 'Bobes right now. So many questions come to mind - mostly concerning why he was dressed like a Tusken (& using tusken weapons). As well as Bobas life over the past years. Was that a costume he'd acquired while searching for a means to get his armor back, and then by extension while searching for Din, or has Boba seriously been living among the Tuskens on Tatooine all this time?
I get the sense that Mayfield is going to cause as much problems for the Mando as he possibly can. He might even want to spring some of the others who were a part of his crew... 'May probably wont care that the killer droid was blown up with the Razor Crest, but I bet he'll use that as leverage over the Mando in his favor... To guilt the Mando into doing what he normally wouldn't.
