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9 ABY
The New Republic

The Book of Boba Fett

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2021-Present - 1 season

Show runner(s): Jon Favreau, Dave Filoni, Robert Rodriguez
Music by: Ludwig Göransson, Joseph Shirley
Starring: Temuera Morrison, Ming-Na Wen

9 ABY

The legendary bounty hunter Boba Fett navigates the underworld of the galaxy with mercenary Fennec Shand when they return to the sands of Tattooine to stake their claim on the territory formerly ruled by the deceased crime lord Jabba the Hutt.

7 episodes
1. Chapter 1: Stranger in a Strange Land

Airdate: 29 December 2021
Director(s): Robert Rodriguez
Writer(s): Jon Favreau

Boba Fett barely escapes from the sarlacc that swallowed him and is left for dead by Jawas who steal his Mandalorian armor. He is captured by Tusken Raiders and fails to escape their camp. Five years later, Fett and Fennec Shand have taken control of Jabba's criminal empire on Tatooine.

2. Chapter 2: The Tribes of Tatooine

Airdate: 05 January 2022
Director(s): Steph Green
Writer(s): Jon Favreau

Fett and Shand interrogate the captured assassin who claims to have been hired by Mok Shaiz, the Mayor of Mos Espa. Shaiz denies this but offers payment to Fett for capturing the assassin and suggests that they visit the Sanctuary again. Fwip informs Fett that two of Jabba's cousins, a pair of Hutts known as "The Twins", want to claim Jabba's throne for themselves.

3. Chapter 3: The Streets of Mos Espa

Airdate: 12 January 2022
Director(s): Robert Rodriguez
Writer(s): Jon Favreau

Fett is asked by water-monger Lortha Peel to punish a gang of cyborgs who are stealing his water in Mos Espa, claiming that the citizens of Tatooine do not respect Fett yet. Upon seeing that the gang has no work, Fett employs the cyborgs as enforcers and demands that Peel reduce his prices. In his bacta tank, Fett recalls seeking the toll from the Pykes on behalf of the Tusken tribe, only to find the tribe destroyed by the Nikto gang on his return. His memories are interrupted when Fett is attacked by Krrsantan.

4. Chapter 4: The Gathering Storm

Airdate: 19 January 2022
Director(s): Kevin Tancharoen
Writer(s): Jon Favreau

In the bacta tank, Fett remembers trying to reclaim his Firespray gunship from Jabba's Palace, which was protected by too many guards. When he discovered Shand dying from a gut wound, Fett took her to a Mos Eisley mod-parlor, where her life was saved with cybernetics. In return, Fett requested Shand's help to break into the palace, now ruled by Bib Fortuna.

5. Chapter 5: Return of the Mandalorian

Airdate: 26 January 2022
Director(s): Bryce Dallas Howard
Writer(s): Jon Favreau

After Din Djarin tracks and kills a bounty, he delivers the bounty's head for directions to a Mandalorian hideout. There, he finds the Armorer and Paz Vizsla, survivors of their tribe of Mandalorian warriors, who inspect the Darksaber that he won from Moff Gideon.

6. Chapter 6: From the Desert Comes a Stranger

Airdate: 02 February 2022
Director(s): Dave Filoni
Writer(s): Jon Favreau, Dave Filoni

Cobb Vanth, marshal of Tatooine's Freetown, confronts and shoots Pyke spice runners. Djarin flies to a forested world to visit Grogu, and is greeted by R2-D2 and Ahsoka Tano. Tano convinces Djarin that his presence will hinder Grogu, so he returns to Tatooine after asking Tano to deliver the gift (a beskar chain mail tunic) to the youngling.

7. Chapter 7: In the Name of Honor

Airdate: 09 February 2022
Director(s): Robert Rodriguez
Writer(s): Jon Favreau

R2-D2 flies Grogu, who has chosen Djarin's chain mail, to Motto's hangar. Bane and the Pykes confront Fett, Shand, and Djarin outside the remains of the Sanctuary, where Bane reveals that the Pykes killed Fett's Tusken tribe and framed the biker gang.

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Format: Live action
Running time: 38min
First airdate: 29 December 2021
Last airdate: 09 February 2022
Official website: StarWars.com
IMDB: The Book of Boba Fett

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