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‘The Book of Boba Fett’: How Episode 5 Expands the ‘Star Wars’ Universe and Resets Fan Expectations

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Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterSPOILER WARNING: This post discusses major plot developments in Season 1, Episode 5 of “The Book of Boba Fett,” currently streaming on Disney Plus.Throughout the first season of “The Book of Boba Fett,” it always felt like a matter of time before Pedro Pascal’s Mando from “The Mandalorian” sauntered back into the story. “Boba Fett” is, of course, a spin-off of “The Mandalorian.” Boba Fett (Temuera Morrison) and Fennec Shand (Ming-Na Wen) have fought alongside Mando. “Boba Fett” was even famously announced in a post-credits teaser at the end of the “Mandalorian” Season 2 finale.Still, it’s surprising that Mando didn’t so much join “The Book of Boba Fett” as take over the show entirely, at least for one episode.

Boba Fett is nowhere to be seen and Fennec only shows up in the final minutes. Instead, the aptly titled “Return of the Mandalorian” is effectively an epilogue for Season 2 — or, really, a prologue for Season 3 — of “The Mandalorian,” catching us up with Mando’s exploits after he parted ways with Grogu.

Mando re-joins the remnants of the Mandalorian covert from the planet Nevarro, the Children of the Watch, only to be cast out from it upon his confession that he has removed his helmet in the presence of others.

Then Mando travels to Tatooine, where he reunites not with Boba Fett, but with Peli Motto (Amy Sedaris), who delivers Mando a new ship to replace the Razor Crest that was destroyed in Season 2.If anything, “Return of the Mandalorian” — crisply written by creator and executive producer Jon Favreau and sharply directed by “Star Wars” regular Bryce Dallas Howard — reinforces the pervasive feeling that “The Book of Boba Fett” is less an epic tome and more like a dusty,.

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