Star Wars 7x7: A Daily Bite-Sized Dose of Star Wars Joy

We're covering the latest Book of Boba Fett commercial on today's episode and, informed by a recent THR article, piecing together how epic the start of the show will be. Punch it!

Here's the "Ready" teaser for you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVkKZKF3e2I

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Continuing our dive into Boba Fett's backstory ahead of The Book of Boba Fett debut! Today, a *different* Corellian job that also went south, and the lengthy grudge Fett holds that's worth delaying his delivery of Han Solo to Jabba... Punch it!

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It's a Krayt's Claw reunion on the bridge of the Executor! Two stories in "From a Certain Point of View" reveal how Boba Fett found the Falcon and left Bossk and Dengar in the dust. Punch it!

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Yes, it's time to talk about Boba Fett's cinematic debut in The Empire Strikes Back, and also how he got conned so easily by Doctor Aphra. Punch it!

As mentioned in the show, kudos to the Boba Fett Fan Club for their utterly comprehensive documentation of the bounty hunter on screen and behind the scenes. Here's their resource for The Empire Strikes Back: https://www.bobafettfanclub.com/fettpedia/the-empire-strikes-back/

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Very soon after the events of A New Hope, Darth Vader hires Boba Fett to find out the identity of the "Force-strong" pilot who blew up the Death Star. Boba does, and almost gets the better of Luke...almost. We'll discuss that story today. Punch it!

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Digging back into Boba Fett's history, we find out why Tusken Raiders might think well of him, and what that whole "No disintegrations" thing was about... Punch it!

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It's a story that feels like a prelude to the chaos about to start in Wave 3 of The High Republic story initiative, and seems to build on a winking hint Krystina Arielle us in The High Republic Show. It's "Shadows Remain (Part 1)" from Justina Ireland... Punch it!

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The "return to Tatooine" is the focus of the latest teaser for The Book of Boba Fett, also called "Return." (We return there quite a lot, actually!) Today, a full rundown, flagging nine new shots and previous ones where we get a few extra frames... Punch it!

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Did you know? Lucasfilm celebrates its golden anniversary today! On today's episode, a breezy look back at 50 years of development and achievement, including (but not limited to!) Star Wars, pre- and post-Disney acquisition. Punch it!

As promised in the show, scroll down on this page to see the list of Lucasfilm technical achievements: https://www.lucasfilm.com/who-we-are/our-story/

Here's the link to the 50th anniversary stories on the Lucasfilm blog: https://www.lucasfilm.com/tag/50th-anniversary/

And here's the Lucasfilm "Crossword Celebration" trivia sheet from D23: https://d23.com/downloadable-test-your-lucasfilm-movie-mastery-with-this-exclusive-crossword-puzzle/

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This week's "Bring Home the Bounty" icon flagged Lucasfilm's 50th anniversary! On the merch front, it didn't get much representation, and the rest of this week's releases inspired more thoughts about season 3 of Star Wars: The Mandalorian... Punch it!

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