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Last night I watched S1E4 of The Book of Boba Fett. The series has developed nicely since its uneven start in S1E1. My concern back then was, "It's not clear why I care about these characters" — the main characters Boba Fett and Fennec Shand. If the previous episode started to make their challenges interesting, more than just a series of fight scenes between evil people, this episode is the one where I started to see them as truly sympathetic protagonists. It's also the episode where the story really comes together.
The flashback storyline reaches the point where Fett and Shand meet. That connects it with the storyline of The Mandalorian, which this series spun off from. The flashbacks also reach nearly the present day, or at least where the "present day" storyline started in S1E1.
One sign of how well the story gels in S1E4 is how I was surprised when it was over. "Wait, that's all?" I asked. "That wasn't even 30 minutes!' It was actually 47 minutes. Clearly I care about these characters, and the plot, now.
The flashback storyline reaches the point where Fett and Shand meet. That connects it with the storyline of The Mandalorian, which this series spun off from. The flashbacks also reach nearly the present day, or at least where the "present day" storyline started in S1E1.
One sign of how well the story gels in S1E4 is how I was surprised when it was over. "Wait, that's all?" I asked. "That wasn't even 30 minutes!' It was actually 47 minutes. Clearly I care about these characters, and the plot, now.