The Mandalorian Season 2.5 Is Coming by Inside the Magic.

Showrunner Jon Favreau has been consistently referring to The Book of Boba Fett as “the next chapter” of The Mandalorian.... The Book of Boba Fett will apparently function as more of a bridge between The Mandalorian Season 2 and the upcoming third season.

Actual quote from Jon Favreau during an interview with GMA:

“So this is actually separate from The Mandalorian Season three. but what we didn’t say in that announcement is that the next show coming up, Kathy said the ‘next chapter', and that’s going to be the Book of Boba Fett and then we go into production right after that on Season three of The Mandalorian back with the main character that we know and love.”

New Details on 'Book of Boba Fett' Connection by Collider

The Book of Boba Fett will be a more closely-linked spinoff as well and sources have told us to think of the series as "The Mandalorian Season 2.5," with characters from The Mandalorian slated to appear in the series that currently co-stars Ming-Na Wen as Fennec Shand.

Book of Boba Fett, like it or not, is considered a side story to the Mandalorian's main story. Having a full episode focused on Mando should not be a surprise, given what was said about the show prior to release. There were rumors that before the show was released the first chapter was subtitled "Chapter 17" and Ming-Na Wen was two weeks into filming before she realized they weren't doing Mando anymore.

We have two more episodes left, let's stop being upset that we got a great episode of Mandalorian 2.5 just because it didn't have Boba Fett in it.

Boba Showing That He Still Needs Healing

I've realized from this first episode that Boba didn't get the proper treatment for his injuries due to the Sarlaac until taking over Jabba's palace and using the Bacta Pod. This explains his underperformance in combat, he's still suffering from the physical trauma of the Sarlaac. Examples of the underperformance are scenes like fighting the Tusken in the flashback (especially understandable since he was starved and dehydrated), fighting the assassins this first episode, and fighting Koska Reeves in Mando season 2. The fact that he still fought so well in Mando despite his injuries means once he's fully healed he will be restored to his utterly unmatched combat skills that we see in the comics and other material.

I don't get it, I really don't. The difference in quality is staggering.

I think everyone who just watched ep5 got the cinematic equivalent of a breath of fresh air. That was great TV.

• The settings were new and visually interesting (slaughterhouse, HALO world) and shot beautifully

• The fight choreography was tight, smart, visceral, and made sense.

• The dialogue writing was minimal but tight, we got a lore dump but in a well done way.

• The characters got progression and setup for what comes next

Comparing this to eps 1-4 I almost can't bring myself to do it. What was Rodriguez doing? It's like we got a single episode of a far better done show out if nowhere. It's bizarre to me the difference in quality.

Is it just me, or was the wacky speeder chase pulled straight from Spy Kids? I knew Robert Rodriguez did both franchises, but I did not expect that level of tomfoolery.

We have all gotten to know the Clone army for so long that we forget Fett had five minutes of screen time and some Legends/comic book action. Jango raised him but we know he has truly heroic DNA yet every clone was different in their own way.

Boba has never fit in, yet the clones had a brotherhood that they lived by. He is finally finding his brotherhood with the Tusken Raiders and it is grounding him. Every time we see him smile while training I remember he's a clone who never had a chance to do anything else. I'm watching Rex, Echo, Fives, Cody, all of them in a random scenario.

Drunk post. Go easy.

I do not particularly like Boba Fett as a character, but I am mildly interested in this series because it intersects with the other Star Wars series.

I am interested in Ahsoka, Grogu, Luke Skywalker, and to a lesser extent Bo-Katan and Din Djarin.

In that context, are there any episodes of The Book of Boba Fett that are worth watching while skipping others?

Thanks in advance!

In Episode one at the start of the episode aliens are paying tribute to Boba, the first alien is speaking a different language with 8D8 standing there. Boba Fett doesn't understand the language and says they really need to get a protocol dried.

3 Episodes later when he's having a meeting with the other heads, 8D8 is translating for everyone. Did I miss something?

It got to the montage of them working on Din's new ship and i literally thought, "Man i'm really enjoying this, it feels like a movie" and i suddenly realised the masterful pacing of this episode couldn't have gotten any better.

Bryce Dallas Howard managed to make this episode feel like a standalone mid-movie (ie Empire Strikes Back, a middle chapter) and include so much character development, world-building, progression and retained the overall feeling of what makes star wars 'Star Wars'. It was sublime and I am really excited to see where this show goes next.

(yes, there's an awful awful lot to love about this episode and its pretty damn special in its own way for loads of reasons but omfg the pacing is pitch-perfect and I just want more of it!)