THE BOOK OF BOBA FETT Spoilers: Breaking Down Today's Mind-Blowing Cameos And THAT Live-Action Debut

THE BOOK OF BOBA FETT Spoilers: Breaking Down Today's Mind-Blowing Cameos And THAT Live-Action Debut

Today's episode of The Book of Boba Fett was one of the most star-studded episodes of television you could hope to ever see, and we're now taking a closer look at all those crazy, mind-blowing cameos!

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By HamiltonParker - Feb 02, 2022 10:02 AM EST
Filed Under: Book of Boba Fett

The Book of Boba Fett's latest episode, "From the Desert Comes a Stranger," included a bunch of surprise cameos and a live-action debut fans of The Clone Wars have spent years waiting for.

With Dave Filoni at the helm, we probably should have expected surprises on a level that can only be categorised as "mind-blowing." In this feature, we're breaking down those cameos, explaining their roles in the episode and what they could be setting the stage for as we head into the finale.

The Book of Boba Fett may be at its best when it's basically The Mandalorian season 2.5, but the stage has been set for both a massive finale and future stories we can't wait to delve into! 

As you might expect, you'll find nothing but major spoilers from this point on...
 

6. Cobb Vanth

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The episode kicks off with Cobb Vanth's return as he confronts members of the Pyke Syndicates who are transporting Spice through Mos Pelgo/Freetown. He sends them on their way, dumping the expensive Spice they've mined back into the sand dunes of Tatooine. 

Din Djarin later visits his old friend and attempts to convince him to join Boba Fett's war against the Pykes arguing that Freetown will never be safe while they're around. Vanth is initially reluctant but agrees to speak to the townspeople in an effort to see if they're willing to join the fight and protect Tatooine. 

Din heads back to Boba, but a shadowy figure approaches Freetown and things immediately get pretty bad for the one-time owner of Fett's armour...
 

5. Cad Bane

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Cad Bane has finally made his live-action debut, and we soon learn The Clone Wars villain is working for the Pykes. He warns Vanth to back off and allow the Syndicate to do what they want on Tatooine, but the heroic Marshall won't stand for that...and neither will his new deputy. 

Aiming his weapon at Bane, that deputy is gunned down and killed while Vanth, who simply wasn't quick enough to outdraw the fearsome bounty hunter, is also shot.

Thankfully, he appears to have survived. Bane, meanwhile, makes his exit and it appears the stage is set for him to clash with both Boba Fett and Din Djarin in next week's finale. Something tells us his live-action tenure could be short-lived! 
 

4. R2-D2

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As promised, Din heads to the planet where Luke Skywalker has taken Grogu and immediately finds himself face to face helmet to droid with R2-D2. 

There's obviously some familiarity there as the two first crossed paths in The Mandalorian's season 2 finale. R2 leads the bounty hunter to a clearing where the first of many temples on the planet (where Luke will eventually start his own Jedi Academy) is being built by a series of droids. They construct a bench for Din and R2 powers off, leaving him there to wait. 

This is definitely the same planet we saw in The Last Jedi's flashbacks, but Luke has only one student at this point. However, there's another Jedi who greets 'ol Mando. 
 

3. Ahsoka Tano

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We certainly didn't anticipate seeing more of Rosario Dawson's Ahsoka Tano this soon, but she returns here for a lengthy conversation with Din Djarin. He explains that he's there with a gift for Grogu, but she believes him seeing the "foundling" again might not be what's best for The Child. 

Ultimately, she convinces the bounty hunter to leave without this reunion taking place, but the gift he had the Armorer make remains behind. 

Later in the episode, Ahsoka shares the screen with a character fans have only dreamed she might one day meet: Luke Skywalker! She compares him to his father and takes her leave, hinting that they might one day cross paths again (she clearly has her own mission to get back to involving Ezra Bridger and Grand Admiral Thrawn). 
 

2. Luke Skywalker

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The visual effects used to bring Luke Skywalker back in The Mandalorian's season 2 finale were extraordinary, but not quite perfect. Well, they've been improved upon for The Book of Boba Fett, and the Jedi Knight gets to see plenty of action in this episode.

Training Grogu in the ways of the Force, he teaches the youngling how to jump and protect himself. He also uses his powers to tap into The Child's mind, revisiting his past and clearing up some huge fan theories (we'll get to those in our next slide). 

As noted, Grogu is Luke's only student at this point in the timeline, but it seems clear he intends for Din Djarin's former steward to be the first of many. Arguably a highlight of the episode comes as Luke straps the Yoda lookalike to his back for a run through the forest, instantly evoking memories of the Jedi's training with his former master on Degobah. 
 

1. Grogu

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Is "Baby Yoda" a clone of Yoda? It certainly doesn't seem that way. In this episode, we get to see a flashback to his time in the Jedi Temple on Coruscant as the Clone Troopers closed in during Order 66. However, how he escaped isn't revealed, and all we really know about the character is that he's the same race as Yoda (whether they're related in any way is similarly unclear). 

Grogu's training appears to be a success, though, and he soon starts to get a good grasp of the Force.

However, sitting in the now completed hut, Luke presents him with a choice. He can accept the lightsaber that once belonged to Master Yoda and train to become a Jedi, likely never seeing the Mandalorian again. The alternative is he takes Din's gift - a mesh armor made from Beskar - and returns to Mando, giving up being a Jedi. 

And that, unfortunately, is where we leave things...
 

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GhostDog
GhostDog - 2/2/2022, 10:04 AM
Man that new Mandalorian season sure is something. I loved that little cameo from Boba Fett, hopefully we’ll get to see more of him next week.

NakedAvenger
NakedAvenger - 2/2/2022, 10:06 AM
Will Mando eventually be both Mandalorian and Jedi, or Grogu being both Jedi and Mandalorian?
CassianAndor
CassianAndor - 2/2/2022, 11:30 AM
@NakedAvenger - I think Grogu will definitely choose the armor and return to Mando just in time for season 3. He will continue to develop his force powers, as Luke said he’s more remembering than being trained. Then eventually perhaps at the end of the show Mando will pass on the Darksabre to Grogu, making him in a sense both Mandalorian and Jedi.
CassianAndor
CassianAndor - 2/2/2022, 11:43 AM
@BloopBlorp2 - Conversely I suppose he could take the lightsaber and then season 3 of The Mandalorian is Din taking back Mandalore intercut with Grogu training with Luke. I don’t know, that doesn’t seem as appealing to me. He still has to eventually leave and return to Mando, right?

Although I would like to see a New Jedi Order show about the rise and fall of Luke’s new academy. Ashoka can remain as an older guide for Luke. I suppose Grogu could splinter off into that, but I like seeing him with Mando.

And the extra bubble on the Naboo starfighter was even more strongly hinted at being for Grogu when the camera really lingered on it while Cobb said “We both lost something”.
Saintsinnister
Saintsinnister - 2/2/2022, 10:54 PM
@BloopBlorp2 - He will never pass the dark saber off. It must be won in battle.
CassianAndor
CassianAndor - 2/3/2022, 12:09 PM
@Saintsinnister - Good point. If it’s towards the end of the show like I’m imagining perhaps even after a significant time jump so we have an older Grogu and Din, some villain can show up that will kill Din and take the darksaber and the throne of Mandalore. Grogu will then be forced to win it back while also seeking revenge. It would simultaneously be his ultimate Jedi test as well, honoring Din but not letting his anger push him to the dark side.
santoanderson
santoanderson - 2/2/2022, 10:06 AM
Fanboys today: “The visual effects used to bring Luke Skywalker back… they've been perfected for The Book of Boba Fett.”

Fanboys in two weeks: “That new Luke Skywalker deepfake in the Boba Fett show looked like shit.”
Cap1
Cap1 - 2/2/2022, 10:07 AM
That youtube guy worked wonders on Luke. Looks (no pun intended) scarily real
NakedAvenger
NakedAvenger - 2/2/2022, 10:11 AM
@Cap1 - he looked great. Something about the voice acting and his lips felt off to me. I guess we're not getting Sabastian Stan after all.
Cap1
Cap1 - 2/2/2022, 10:14 AM
@NakedAvenger - yeah the voice acting was a bit stilted at moments but overall he was much superior to the S2 finale of Mando
CassianAndor
CassianAndor - 2/2/2022, 3:26 PM
@Cap1 - It was Hamill doing the voice but I assume they pitch it up so he sounds younger. I don’t know, I thought the performance seemed pretty in line with how he played it in the OT, but yeah maybe a little stilted sometimes. I wonder if he has to play it slower so when they pitch it up it doesn’t sound like he’s talking crazy fast.

I was waiting with baited breath after it was clear Luke would show up whether he’d be Sebastian Stan or that distracting thing from S2. Surprisingly it was neither. I thought they did a pretty darn good job. After a while I forgot I was looking at an effect.
Spidey91
Spidey91 - 2/2/2022, 10:09 AM
I like how casual all the character introductions were, like "boom, here's Luke. now Grogu. oh hey Ahsoka is here also". the only one that actually deserved the build-up was Cad Bane, and rightfully so, it was a pretty spectacular debut.
Cap1
Cap1 - 2/2/2022, 11:53 AM
@Spidey91 - yeah for people who don't know Bane, which will be a lot, it instantly establishes him as the ultimate bad man. Especially after showing Vanth take out those guys at the beginning of the ep, only to be taken out so easily himself by Bane
IronGenesis
IronGenesis - 2/2/2022, 10:19 AM
God… Fake Luke just can’t emote like a real human being and it just…well torpedoes this whole experiment.

The effort and taking a swing to accomplish it should be commended. But it is a huge swing and a miss.

Just can’t replicate flesh and blood.
vegetaray
vegetaray - 2/2/2022, 10:20 AM
“So much like your father…”

In context here might be the best line used in Star Wars anything up until this point…I suddenly realized how much I need to see Luke have a conversation with Ahsoka about Anakin…
Odin
Odin - 2/2/2022, 11:30 AM
@vegetaray - The first meeting between those two is something fans have been waiting for years. I'm actually glad they didn't just rush it over here. Take your time and do it right later. Hopefully as flashback scene in the Ahsoka -series.
Dredd97
Dredd97 - 2/2/2022, 10:21 AM
Luke's wig is much better. That helps with the look I think
DarthNihilus
DarthNihilus - 2/2/2022, 10:33 AM
Hope Grogu take the lightsaber and become the first student of Luke instead of Ben Solo
TheDpool
TheDpool - 2/2/2022, 10:39 AM
I don't think my body was ready for any of that episode.

I mean Cad Bane, Ahsoka, R2-D2, Luke, Grogu and of course Din Djarin aside, Boba's been done a little dirty here.

It was a great episode, amazing even, but next week we better leave the Mando stuff for season 3 and give Boba his show back.
GhostDog
GhostDog - 2/2/2022, 10:40 AM
I wonder if there is a way Grogu can be both Mandalorian and Jedi? Also, particularly of me thought Din would ask Ahsoka for some training with the Darksaber. Maybe she will help in season 3.
Spidey91
Spidey91 - 2/2/2022, 10:56 AM
@BlackBeltJones -
"I wonder if there is a way Grogu can be both Mandalorian and Jedi?"

not in the way Luke's and Din's religions work. even though both are strict and demand almost blind devotion to their respective ways their basis are very different, Mando said as much last episode.
GhostDog
GhostDog - 2/2/2022, 11:02 AM
@Spidey91 - and I figured this but Tarre Vizsla being a Mandalorian who also became a Jedi has made me wonder if there is ANY wiggle room.

We all want everyone to have it all but I know that’s difficult. I am really not sure which easy Grogu will go but if I had to guess now I would say Mandalorian.
GhostDog
GhostDog - 2/2/2022, 11:04 AM
@Spidey91 - also, I’m willing to bet Grogu dodged Ben’s massacre somehow. Knowing that Ben may have killed the cutest fictional character of the last ten years would be a hard pull to swallow lol
Spidey91
Spidey91 - 2/2/2022, 11:11 AM
@BlackBeltJones - without re-writing the codes of both mandalorians and jedis the only other way I see it is for Grogu to be a jedi first and a mandalorian second later down the line, I think that makes the more sense for him as of now, because even if he's little he already can use the force for defensive purposes.
GhostDog
GhostDog - 2/2/2022, 11:16 AM
@Spidey91 - and he will be so long lived he could be both for a very long time once he’s done with whichever he does first
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