Television series

The Book of Boba Fett

Name: The Book of Boba Fett
Genre: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
Released: 2021
Cast: Ming-Na Wen, Temuera Morrison, Pedro Pascal

A Star Wars series that trades galactic spectacle for crime-thriller grit. Boba Fett and Fennec Shand attempt to build a criminal empire on Tatooine, trading bounty hunting for a bid at power. It's slower and scrappier than you'd expect—less laser battles, more territorial negotiation—but visually gorgeous and genuinely curious about what happens when a warrior has to think like a boss.

TVMaze rating

3.8

Should you watch it?

Watch it if you enjoy a western-flavoured crime story set in a lawless desert, where character and a sly sense of who-owes-whom matter more than lightsaber spectacle.

Skip it if you want the space battles and galaxy-spanning stakes of the main Star Wars films, since this stays small, dusty and deliberately slow in places.

What it asks of you: Seven episodes of roughly 48 minutes make a brisk binge, though it wants patience with shifting alliances and plenty of talk between the fights.

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