@@MILOPETIT He's talking about Carl Weathers who played Greef Karga in The Mandalorian series. I still think they'll might give Greef Karga a death scene (sometime after Carl Weathers passed away) and have Din Djarin react to his news about what happened to Greef Karga in Nevaro since I know that The Mandlorian Season 4 was still technically filmed before Carl Weathers passed away.
"...oh how heroes matter to the children that rescue them" 33:40 ish, this line actually was really impactful, and would have been so much better had we seen it. I genuinely got chills thinking about your rewrite of ep 4 and how it could've been amazing
I've had this idea for the BOBF for a while. The idea is that while still with the Tuskans Boba travels to Mos Eisley and speaks with a contact from the Bounty Hunters Guild expecting their help getting his ship and armor back. They refuse citing that, due to what happened on the sand barge, Boba's reputation has tanked (a meta joke on the subset of star wars fans who think Boba is a blowhard) and they won't help him. Boba left with no choice but to return to the Tuskens. This scene would show the harsh difference between the communal lifestyle of the Tuskans and the exploitive Bounty Hunting life.
This could've been one of the most epic things in Star Wars. Bo's mistakes, factions uniting for once, taking back Mandalore, defeating Moff Gideon. Yet there was just so much SPACE(No pun intended) between stretched out plot points and hard to watch fluff to get from Point A to Point B that's almost downright random. What a shame... Ironic. They could save SW from the sequels... but not themselves. I'll see myself out now.
A little cheesy but better than what we got. A little suggestion for the ending. Make the acceptance of each other at the end reluctant and awkward. Show a helmet mando talking to one without but obviously not liking it. Show that they still have a ways to go, but its already headed that way. It will feel more real that way.
Also, the pirate fight is cool in concept, but absolute nonsense in execution. So, I like that there is a fight, but the fight itself would need to be rewritten.
Mandalorian season 3 was disappointing, however when I re-watched it, I gained an appreciation for what it was trying to be and I actually really enjoyed it. I think that a season 4 (which probably won't happen) could return a lot of what season 1 was like and really sell the series to the ones who didn't enjoy season 3. RIP Carl Weathers
Only thing I'd say is that Ep 7 ending with a Vizsla dying to save a Kryze is a poetic unifier between the clans, but I can see why you changed it (although there is the plot hole of Gideon not taking the Darksaber off of Din)
Was waiting for this! Interested to see how you would rewrite the season! IMHO I think Din and Grogu went to Mandalore way too early. That should've been saved for a different episode.
You got me more invested in 10 minutes than BOBF did in multiple episodes. I like how you still allowed Boba to evolve while maintaining his ruthlessness. Before, he hunted people for money, now he does it to avenge the family he lost. Powerful stuff! Overall a very smart and effective rewrite, well done!
this is a great rewrite! its a more solid plot with more character driven story beats, and gives more believable justification for certain fanservice. its much better paced too! granted its not just a rewrite that BoBF and Mando Season 3 needs, but a seriously reshooting so its less visually bland, rewritten dialogue to sound less cringe, and a large redo of many special effects (all the aliens are so... stiff, in their body language and their faces), and imo better directing will fix the other 80% that needs improving.
You know I always thought something was off with season 3 and after seeing your work on clipping these episodes together is just how dang bright and happy the weather is!!!! Once I noticed this I can’t unsee it. Where is the different atmospheres and weather? It seems minor but it helps separate episodes from one another. Think of how much season 1 and 2 differentiated their weather per episode not just cuz it looked nice but because it fitted the location and time. Idunno maybe I’m just going crazy but thought I would mention this detail
Actual character growth? Awesome. More logical structure, better use of some characters..., 9/10, the show is 3/10 for me so you're doing a better job than their writersroom👍 Also I love how you write Fett as a pissed off killer at the start that's slowly turning to a more pleasant individual. My biggest problem with that? Mando already did that in season 1-2.
Thanks! I disagree with your Mando take on season 1 and 2. Mando wasn’t a “pissed off killer” he was just a bounty hunter who did his job well. I wouldn’t consider him an impulsive or irrational person
@@thegoldman25 fair enough, nevertheless I see a lot of resemblance since Mando was a, lets call him 'grumpy' or 'a bit socially awkward' lone Bountyhunter who softened up substantially and found purpose and value in friendship/family/teamwork
This was what was missing from BoBF and Mando S3-character arcs! I love the idea of Boba being a reformed anti-hero, but they didn't show how he GOT there. Mando and Grogu's arc was set up quite well to be how family can be more important than the rigid expectations of their respective cultures, but they kinda pooped that away by having them reunite BEFORE those rigid expectations reached a boiling point. Bo Katan and her people needed to have the seeds planted that the Dark Sabre was not what made her a leader before it was destroyed. The only thing I would add to your rewrite is making the Mythosaur mean something. They talk about it back during season 1, it is the symbol of Mando's people. Have the old one wake up and come out during the final battle, cause havoc, and Mando maybe gets a chance to be a little Force sensitive and uses that to tame the beast similarly to how he saw Grogu handle the mudhorn in season 1. This would solidify Din Djarin as a true legendary Mandalorian hero in the sense of taming a Mythosaur, but his method of doing it flies in the face of Mandalorian tradition by using the Force. An epic moment to solidify the themes that he is one of the most powerful of his kind BECAUSE he is able to embrace the non-traditional. Then let him and Grogu live happily ever after in their little hut as the outliers of the galaxy.
I'm working on my own rewrite of the Mandoverse, and I think we have a lot of overlap lol hope you don't mind if I take some "inspiration" from your version!
I would make a small edit myself to the mid credit scene at the end, i think ahsoka would say to find thrawn, but i think she would say for ezra and imply thrawn, while luke would say that that path would lead to finding thrawn as well. Minor difference but one that i think would be better fitting, as long as we believe ahsoka caught luke up on her story.
I would have really liked it if Sabine was mentioned. A scene of Bo reaching to her on Lothal and apologizing for losing her family would have been sweet, and it would justify Sabine not wanting to put her armor back on and help, since she is so distraught and has so little faith in Bo’s leadership. It would be a nice way to reinforce how Bo doesn’t have faith in herself since everyone is leaving her, making Din’s loyalty to her far more impactful.
She was referenced in Boba Fett by the Armorer. Sabine was probably made aware after it happened, and a lot of correspondence between them since Rebels. Sabine was probably offered a place back but remained adamant about remaining on Lothal. Bo probably didn't want to bother her either and leave her in peace instead of a horrendous conflict - she'd been through worse than most Mandalorians after all
@@joeiorio9654 yeah plus having Sabine there could've helped set up Ahsoka. Like after the battle she leaves to go back to lothal and she like gets a transmission from her or something.
In my TBOBF rewrite, I'd swap the Vespas for those bounty hunters we see in TESB. IG-88, Dengar, Bossk, 4-LOM, and Zuckuss. Krssantan and Din could still be part of Team Boba as well. They'd all be Boba and Fennec's muscle instead of the Vespas. In my TM S3 rewrite, I'd have the third episode be about Gideon's prison escape. Gideon in a New Republic prison on Coruscant could even meet Morgan Elsbeth in the same prison. Gideon could offer Morgan to play a part in his escape plan but declines knowing who'd come to her rescue in Ahsoka. After Gideon escapes, Cara Dune and her NR team would be investigating the escape, all leading to either Pershing or Kane as the mole who aided Gideon on the outside. The 6th episode can feature Cara Dune as well. Meeting with Bo and Din in the same community Axe Wolves and the others are at. And the community would be run by ministers played by less distracting actors than Jack Black and Lizzo. Cara would have a lead inside the community as someone else working with Gideon in the shadows who could lead them to his secret base on Mandalore. The 7th episode can feature Cara and the New Republic aiding the two Mandalorian factions to reclaim Mandalore. The 8th and last episode can have Ahsoka returning Grogu on her ship with Huyang. Ahsoka can carry Grogu on her back when returning him to Din. She can even be the one to fight off those Pretorian Guards and kill them all instead of Din. Then Ahsoka can help Bo and Din fight Gideon and his clones. Gideon can still get nuked to death and both Grogu and Ahsoka can save Din and Bo from the fire with their combined force powers. The episode can then end with Bo and the Armorer ruling and uniting Mandalore as well as Din and Grogu both loving happily ever after on Nevarro. Until they're called up to confront Grand Admiral Thrawn if that's the direction the Mandoverse is still headed. P.S. The theme of the season can be unity and division. Something you just executed better than the season we got.
Your work is so thoughtful and well structured. I love your focus on character motivations. However (on this occasion only) I don’t agree that putting Grogu on the sidelines for an entire season would work. He’s a driving force for Mando and needs more compelling story not less!
The biggest thing I disliked about Mandalorian season 3 is how they didn't properly address how Bo and Din were ostracized from their respective clans for BS reasons. I think that would be a great source of camaraderie between them and tension with the rest of the Mandalorians.
This was some incredible writing! I loved how you kept the themes and the great story they had made up to that point! I was quite disappointed in season three and im so happy to see this interpretation! Thanks so much for making this! Id love to see your take on a rewrite of Ahsoka as i have seen some problems with it especially how characters were negatively changed, (Like Thrawn, Sabine, and Ahsoka) and some of their motivations did not make a lot of sense like how Thrawn is still fighting for the empire for some reason or why Sabine for any reason would help the empire XD (maybe Thrawn would come back and change his mind seeing how bad the empire is doing and how feesably they could do nothing to help his people or you could do something interesting like a temporarily alliance between Ezra and Thrawn for survival and escape) Anyways thanks again for the awesome listen have a great one!
If Boba Fett and Mando S3 were actually like this, they would've been awesome! I really hope the Mando and Grogu movie gets this storyline back on track
@thegoldman25 I'm surprised that you didn't put up a video notice saying "And theremore, I'll will not be adding Cara Dune back in my rewrite for The Mandalorian Season 3 due to Gina Carano is the one caused her career with her controversial tweets, so I'm not going to be adding it here." since I did seen some toxic The Mandalorian Season 3 haters/Cara Dune/Gina Carano followers hated Season 3 for writing Cara Dune out of the show. Also, for Ahsoka, I think you should re-rewrite that part about having Ahsoka being shown up in Season 3 in this video, she shouldn't be in the finale due to she was trapped in the other galaxy. There was a justable explanation why she was completely absent in The Mandalorian Season 3 because she had to go to stop Morgan for rescuing Thrawn and having her in The Mandalorian Season 3 finale would be hard to put her in tie into Ahsoka Season 1 late. (I do think Ahsoka was inside of that Purgil in Chapter 17 of The Mandalorian Season 3 when he saw those Purgils through Hyperspace Traveling.) Since we know that Ahsoka Season 1 takes place around the same time as The Mandalorian Season 3, would it be better if Ahsoka tells Luke about she needed to leave to find the Temple that leads to Thrawn in the first episode of The Mandalorian Season 3 and maybe have the Purgil Scene somewhere in sometime after Chapter 17 to tie in Ahsoka series where she is leaving the main galaxy instead?
There were alot of things wrong in mando s3, but thematically my biggest one was the nite owls and CotW. Like this big beef supposedly exists or this massive rift that blames the other side yet are supposed to be related (children of the watch are literally from death watch and bo katan was former death watch and nite owls are just her sub sect). Yet when they arrive on mandalore, almost no conflict or story or resolution happens. They just fight together and happily ever after. There needed to be waaay more development and bridging of issues than a small chess match on a ship and small knife fight. This rewrite is sooo much more satisfying and sensical. Thank you for the effort. Great vid 👍
Idk, im one of the few who actually liked season 3. It wasnt my favorite season, but something doesnt have to be perfect for me to enjoy it. I also feel like a season 4 could have made season 3 a whole lot better, like how season 2 added so much more depth to season 1. Its sad we're not gunna get that anymore. I really hope Lucasfilm realizes that a good sotryline is worth the wait and we get one more season before the mandalorian movie
Broader point - I think we're living through a plague I've named the "Mystery Box McMuffin". Keeping the McMuffin a mystery, means you don't have a proper set up, or a proper establishing of tension and the whole movie/series lacks drive and the action lacks tensions because there are no proper stakes. Book of Boba Fett is frustrating because there is so much that is good, but also so much that is bad, but it also played "Mystery Box McMuffin" with the Pykes and who killed the Tuskens .. this added massively to the aimlessness of the show. My big extra change would be make Bib Fortuna the "big bad", give him issues with Boba (maybe he drugged Boba causing him to fight so badly at the Sarlac Pit - imagine Ep 1 shows RotJ Jabba's palace scenes from Boba's point of view ending with him falling into the Sarlacc!!!), but most importantly Bib Fortuna is also an awful ruler and everyone hates him. So Boba's journey leads him to meet different people on Tatooine, who are all suffering under Bib Fortuna's rule. Rather than having Camie and Fixer as a deep cut cameo, he spends an episode with them and the other moisture farmers and they all join him in the battle. He unites them and learns to lead them all, to take down Bib Fortuna. Also, with the Cad Bane, young Boba fight scene flashback, you establish Cad Bane as a toxic mentor, and part of Boba's journey is to realise "I am NOT what you made me!". Defeating Cad Bane is both an external and an internal battle. Finally only in the end does he become Daimyo, when the people the people chose to make him the new ruler, against his wishes. Solves Boba's massive lack of motivation issue. A journey from a lone outsider wandering in the desert, to the beloved leader. And I seriously want hundreds, even thousands, of Tuskens to arrive at the end of the battle as the Cavalry !! Mando 3 - also if you take out all the Mando stuff from BoBF and put it into Mando 3 - then you start with Mando alone, rock bottom, desperately trying to find his people again. You can drag out the search for the Armourer over a few ''bounty of the week' style episodes and then it adds more impact when he finally finds them in Ep 3 or 4, but is almost immediately rejected and told to f*** off. He goes to see Grogu and is also politely made unwelcome..Total absolute rock bottom. Then he goes to Tatooine, he gets a pep talk from Boba, he gets the Naboo strarfighter and things start to improve. He goes to Mandalore but doesn't get to bathe because of Imperials. This sets up the alignment of his desire to take down Moff Gideon, again, with accepting and taking up the leadership of the Dark Saber, and bathing in the Living Waters, with the mission of uniting the Mandalorians and retaking Mandalore . Maybe Boba can accompany him,, Din, Boba and BoKatan 3 outcasts who yearn for readmittance by the Mandalorians It's only at the end of the final episode, as part of the big ceremony that Din Djarin, Grogu at his side, bathes in the Living Waters and is accepted back into his group, fulfilling DIn's goals set up of in Ep 3.1
One thing I would’ve added is that in the last episode the amndolorians would give bo katan the dark sander saying “this belongs to you now” only for bo katan to through it in the fire
Honestly I think the biggest problem with book of Boba Fett and all of these Mandoverse shows is one of branding. BoB is essentially Mando season 2.5 and should be sold as such same with Ashoka. In reality I think treating ever show except Andor as part of an anthology like Clone Wars would go a long way to making episodes and entire series feel less wasteful. Just combine the shows into one thing maybe cutting between storylines and call it something like Star Wars: Tales of the Outer Rim
There's a big plot hole if you want to make the point of the season how dumb arbitrary Mandalorian rules are and that's- then why does Bo-Katan have any right to view herself as a leader of the Mandos? She thinks being the leader is her birthright which, sorry, but there's nothing more dumb and arbitrary than leadership via royal lineage. So if we're actually thinking about the season's theme for two seconds, that should be the first rule shown as being stupid and which needs to go. While it's not really addressed in the show, Bo-Katan's got a long history of some pretty bad leadership decisions/failures so if she wants to put herself out there as a viable potential leader, she's got to be able to back it up with a lot more than "it's my right" (given her history, in the mind of any sane person who doesn't believe in royal governance, she's probably got more of an uphill battle to earn a new leadership role than someone who's never failed/messed up as a ruler before) Additionally, if we're going to dive into the idea of Mando rules that need to be gotten rid of, I think attention needs to be paid to a decision process on which rules to KEEP. Because rules like caring for foundlings and returning orphans to whatever family they might have left over when possible, are good Mando rules. So if we're getting rid of some bad norms we need to know why/how they're making the choice to keep the good norms, or see what happens if they don't.
I am fine with having a Jack Black in my Star Wars. No Lizzo, but Jack Black as a former imperial who changed for the better willingly is a decent character concept AND ties into the theme of the series. I would also drop the mindwipe aspect of the NR. I prefer my good guys to be good guys and the Republic in this time need to be good guys. This would also mean the reason they can't help out with the pirates is because they don't have the resources and are busy with the manhunt for Gideon.
Out to the main problem with your rewrite is if there's not enough grogu in it which is a big cash cow for Disney. So even though I think it's better it's not even an option.
Love this rewrite, take the history that was mediocre at best, and just whit a few changes create something more enjoyable, more interesting, even whit Grogu absent for most of the rewrite
I disliked s3 so much that I haven’t even enjoyed any videos dissing it or explaining why it’s bad, just because of how sick of it I was by the end of the show. This is the first video I’ve actually enjoyed on the topic. It’s genuinely baffling how much better this rewrite is. So many simple, very basic changes. I have no idea how s3 was even made with no one questioning any of the very obviously bad components in it, and this video makes it look even more embarrassing that it got made.
Personally I would have replaced the pikes as the main villain with Rogue imperials instead the Pikes aren't that interesting as the main villain and with Rogue Imperials as the main Villain it set up perfectly for Boba teaming up with Mando in season 3 because they shared a common enemy now. Instead of Boba recruiting the biker kids Boba would track down Mayfield who happens to escape to Tatooine and together they will rescue and convenience the heist gang to work for him Jabba instead of just giving Boba his power in Tatooine he instead hires Cad Bane to try and take out Boba The rest is pretty much the same as what you had in mind
Watching these rewrite videos always just makes me upset because they're usually so much better and it's so disappointing to know if the actual writers just cared a little bit more then we could have had something of quality. If someone on RUclips can make a better draft of the story then there is no reason the writers should be putting out what they're putting out. It's saddening to know that when I go onto Disney plus and click into one of these shows I'm not gonna get this version of them.
The thing is most of these rewrites are essentially just adjusting the original draft of the story. Actually making a brand new story is much harder than tweaking one to fix the mistakes after release and public criticism.
Could it be possible that you may review the hobbit trilogy? Even though bits mid, there were some scenes that were great and fantastic. Ruined cause Warner Bros cared about money cash grab.
I actually want him to rewrite the prequel trilogy. I don't care for the sequels, but I genuinely believe that the prequels have something great, that with a rewrite, can be even better. Improve the stuff that makes us care about the prequels so we'll love it more, kinda like what the clone wars did.
@@gavinmyatt5589 correction only TFA is great. Last Jedi has good stuff in it but too much filler holding it back. Rise of Skywalker is an abomination
Bringing back Grogu was a big mistake on Disney’s part. They should’ve left him with Luke and have Mando go on his own journey. 😂 You reap what you sow Disney. You should’ve retconned those god awful sequels.
I will get crucified for (Mando season 3 is still the worst season of the show) for this. However I didn’t hate season 3. However this rewrite was pretty good.
@@thegoldman25 As was I with my comment, hindsight is 2020 and pretending you could do better after it came out without having constraints of timing with availability of actors, locations, reservations on set, costume making, and every other damn thing that involves producing a show is a lame take to have. I didn’t disagree with your interpretation of a season being poor, or even terrible. It’s the I can do better attitude that I was trying to make light of. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with what you’re saying, it’s how you’re saying it. There’s a difference between “Here’s what I would have done” vs “here’s what I would have liked to have happened”.
I honestly think the “BoBF should stand apart from the Mandalorian” take is, to put it extremely gently, dumb as fuck. I get the thought process, but it doesn’t hold an ounce of rational water since, definitionally, it isn’t what happened. And more or less misses the entire point of SW: iterative storytelling in a connected universe. Connected in small scales (e.g. the Mandoverse) and the obvious large scales. (This is why, despite its high quality, Andor is far and away the weakest SW story: It’s lack of intimate connection to everything else just makes it a pretty good scifi show, but it ain’t SW.) And in the case of this video, and your overall approach to these, it completely undermines the point. And this is not to say that the BoBF is good or whatever. It’s not. But it is part of the same story. Sure, they should have called it The Mandalorian: The Book of Boba Fett to make it clear, but that’s the only mistake as far as connectivity goes.
I don't agree with you. There's not need to connections between projects for them to be good. Star wars is a big universe, and it's not the MCU, it's not like it is centered around one big story. No, it has a lot of smaller stories, that combined together make the universe feel alive and lived in. If anything, to many connection between the project are making the universe feel small and less exciting. Star wars was never about connected stories, it was about connected themes. In the original trilogy we only saw the story of out main crew, but the theme extended to the entire universe. That's why I think Andor IS star wars, it may not have many story connections, but its themes are the most genuinely star wars themes I saw in a while. I strongly felt the story of the OT through that show. But that's my take.
@@itaiharshoshanim-ib6kp The issue is that your view is not support by the concrete facts of SW: The OT was a deeply interwoven story that expanded into, and was interwoven with the PT, that expanded into and was deeply interwoven with the ST. It doesn’t matter at all if you like all three trilogies; the complete story of the Skywalker Saga can only be begun to be understood by a study of all three and their interwoven narratives. Like the smaller scale of the Mandoverse within the larger SW narrative, the smaller scale of the Skywalker Saga cannot be appreciated or even remotely understood by only focusing on the OT or just Empire or something. You gotta watch them all. And yeah, SW is not the MCU; the MCU is rooted in SW. Which itself is rooted in the ancient storytelling traditions of sagas and cycles. This is what iterative storytelling is. And why it is just dumb and rationally unsupportable to try to separate out the BoBF from the Mandalorian: they are designed as an iterative cycle to telling an overarching story within SW. That was the point from the outset. It’s no different than whining about how much Ep 9 sucks and trying to pretend it’s not part of the saga. It just is, no matter how much some of us dislike it. And this is also why Andor feels so non-SW: It’s lack of connectivity feels like trying to shoehorn the stories of Fionn mac Cumhaill into the Mahabharata because, well, they take place on the same planet so it must be the same story, right? Whereas, conversely, other South Asian stories do work as sagas within a larger iterative tradition, and thus it’s easy to see connections between the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, and how these weave with with stories from the Vedas and Upanashads, etc.
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Is sad that Carl passed away. Mando won't be the same without him.
Ahh, Mando!
The problem with the Star Wars fandom is you never know whether this is about Carl the actor or some random background alien named Carl
@@MILOPETITlol he means Carl Weathers but I see your point. Still RIP Carl Weathers
@@MILOPETIT He's talking about Carl Weathers who played Greef Karga in The Mandalorian series. I still think they'll might give Greef Karga a death scene (sometime after Carl Weathers passed away) and have Din Djarin react to his news about what happened to Greef Karga in Nevaro since I know that The Mandlorian Season 4 was still technically filmed before Carl Weathers passed away.
@@DigiPen92 or they could recast much like how they'll probably recast Baylan Skoll since Ray Stevenson passed away last year
Rest In Peace to Carl Weathers, what a legendary actor
It's been a year already? How time flies.
Way better. They need to hire you as a writer.
I might need your help on this own project I'm working on.
keep in mind i've never written anything before, but you can reach out to me on twitter!
@@thegoldman25you should be really good and creative.
"...oh how heroes matter to the children that rescue them" 33:40 ish, this line actually was really impactful, and would have been so much better had we seen it. I genuinely got chills thinking about your rewrite of ep 4 and how it could've been amazing
Both of these rewrites are perfect! Love the added motivation and thematic cores. Everything is streamlined and/or enhanced so well
I've had this idea for the BOBF for a while. The idea is that while still with the Tuskans Boba travels to Mos Eisley and speaks with a contact from the Bounty Hunters Guild expecting their help getting his ship and armor back. They refuse citing that, due to what happened on the sand barge, Boba's reputation has tanked (a meta joke on the subset of star wars fans who think Boba is a blowhard) and they won't help him. Boba left with no choice but to return to the Tuskens. This scene would show the harsh difference between the communal lifestyle of the Tuskans and the exploitive Bounty Hunting life.
The cancelation of rangers of the new republic is what screwed Mando season 3, they had to insert those world building stories into the mandalorian.
This could've been one of the most epic things in Star Wars. Bo's mistakes, factions uniting for once, taking back Mandalore, defeating Moff Gideon. Yet there was just so much SPACE(No pun intended) between stretched out plot points and hard to watch fluff to get from Point A to Point B that's almost downright random. What a shame... Ironic. They could save SW from the sequels... but not themselves. I'll see myself out now.
A little cheesy but better than what we got. A little suggestion for the ending. Make the acceptance of each other at the end reluctant and awkward. Show a helmet mando talking to one without but obviously not liking it. Show that they still have a ways to go, but its already headed that way. It will feel more real that way.
Also, the pirate fight is cool in concept, but absolute nonsense in execution. So, I like that there is a fight, but the fight itself would need to be rewritten.
Mandalorian season 3 was disappointing, however when I re-watched it, I gained an appreciation for what it was trying to be and I actually really enjoyed it. I think that a season 4 (which probably won't happen) could return a lot of what season 1 was like and really sell the series to the ones who didn't enjoy season 3.
RIP Carl Weathers
Season 4 is definitely gonna happen
Only thing I'd say is that Ep 7 ending with a Vizsla dying to save a Kryze is a poetic unifier between the clans, but I can see why you changed it (although there is the plot hole of Gideon not taking the Darksaber off of Din)
R.I.P. Carl Weathers
This is great! Always so inspirational for my re-edits!
Was waiting for this! Interested to see how you would rewrite the season! IMHO I think Din and Grogu went to Mandalore way too early. That should've been saved for a different episode.
What disappointed me was the fact that there was a mandalorean fleet but did nothing. With it.
You got me more invested in 10 minutes than BOBF did in multiple episodes. I like how you still allowed Boba to evolve while maintaining his ruthlessness. Before, he hunted people for money, now he does it to avenge the family he lost. Powerful stuff!
Overall a very smart and effective rewrite, well done!
as usual, your rewrites are way better than the finished product. great vid!
Perfect! This is now my head canon (especially The Book of Boba Fett part!) and I have no regrets.
I agree. Having Grogu come back so quickly really screwed up boba fett and Mando season 3 for me.
this is a great rewrite! its a more solid plot with more character driven story beats, and gives more believable justification for certain fanservice. its much better paced too!
granted its not just a rewrite that BoBF and Mando Season 3 needs, but a seriously reshooting so its less visually bland, rewritten dialogue to sound less cringe, and a large redo of many special effects (all the aliens are so... stiff, in their body language and their faces), and imo better directing will fix the other 80% that needs improving.
You know I always thought something was off with season 3 and after seeing your work on clipping these episodes together is just how dang bright and happy the weather is!!!! Once I noticed this I can’t unsee it. Where is the different atmospheres and weather? It seems minor but it helps separate episodes from one another. Think of how much season 1 and 2 differentiated their weather per episode not just cuz it looked nice but because it fitted the location and time. Idunno maybe I’m just going crazy but thought I would mention this detail
I never thought i'd see someone improve the mandalorian. Good job.
Actual character growth? Awesome. More logical structure, better use of some characters..., 9/10, the show is 3/10 for me so you're doing a better job than their writersroom👍 Also I love how you write Fett as a pissed off killer at the start that's slowly turning to a more pleasant individual. My biggest problem with that? Mando already did that in season 1-2.
Thanks! I disagree with your Mando take on season 1 and 2. Mando wasn’t a “pissed off killer” he was just a bounty hunter who did his job well. I wouldn’t consider him an impulsive or irrational person
@@thegoldman25 fair enough, nevertheless I see a lot of resemblance since Mando was a, lets call him 'grumpy' or 'a bit socially awkward' lone Bountyhunter who softened up substantially and found purpose and value in friendship/family/teamwork
It makes me kinda sad that we will never see this Version
We see his far improved CGI face
This was what was missing from BoBF and Mando S3-character arcs! I love the idea of Boba being a reformed anti-hero, but they didn't show how he GOT there. Mando and Grogu's arc was set up quite well to be how family can be more important than the rigid expectations of their respective cultures, but they kinda pooped that away by having them reunite BEFORE those rigid expectations reached a boiling point. Bo Katan and her people needed to have the seeds planted that the Dark Sabre was not what made her a leader before it was destroyed.
The only thing I would add to your rewrite is making the Mythosaur mean something. They talk about it back during season 1, it is the symbol of Mando's people. Have the old one wake up and come out during the final battle, cause havoc, and Mando maybe gets a chance to be a little Force sensitive and uses that to tame the beast similarly to how he saw Grogu handle the mudhorn in season 1. This would solidify Din Djarin as a true legendary Mandalorian hero in the sense of taming a Mythosaur, but his method of doing it flies in the face of Mandalorian tradition by using the Force. An epic moment to solidify the themes that he is one of the most powerful of his kind BECAUSE he is able to embrace the non-traditional. Then let him and Grogu live happily ever after in their little hut as the outliers of the galaxy.
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The seeing be the kid's father die is such a good and obvious connection, I don't get why it wasn't included
I'm working on my own rewrite of the Mandoverse, and I think we have a lot of overlap lol hope you don't mind if I take some "inspiration" from your version!
Go ahead! I don't own these ideas
I would make a small edit myself to the mid credit scene at the end, i think ahsoka would say to find thrawn, but i think she would say for ezra and imply thrawn, while luke would say that that path would lead to finding thrawn as well. Minor difference but one that i think would be better fitting, as long as we believe ahsoka caught luke up on her story.
Great rewrite! One really wonders sometimes if script writers even seek a second opinion. I feel like a lot of rookie mistakes could be avoided
39:00 That is stupid, I'm sorry, himself removing the helmet, not someone else....
I would have really liked it if Sabine was mentioned. A scene of Bo reaching to her on Lothal and apologizing for losing her family would have been sweet, and it would justify Sabine not wanting to put her armor back on and help, since she is so distraught and has so little faith in Bo’s leadership. It would be a nice way to reinforce how Bo doesn’t have faith in herself since everyone is leaving her, making Din’s loyalty to her far more impactful.
She was referenced in Boba Fett by the Armorer. Sabine was probably made aware after it happened, and a lot of correspondence between them since Rebels. Sabine was probably offered a place back but remained adamant about remaining on Lothal. Bo probably didn't want to bother her either and leave her in peace instead of a horrendous conflict - she'd been through worse than most Mandalorians after all
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I just wish Bo at least mentioned her. By all accounts, Sabine is really important to the lore.
I was surprised she and boba didn't make cameos during the final battle
@@kdusel1991 me too. I feel like Boba was a necessity. Din should have called him up to help with the Pirates on Nevarro.
@@joeiorio9654 yeah plus having Sabine there could've helped set up Ahsoka. Like after the battle she leaves to go back to lothal and she like gets a transmission from her or something.
Great rewrite man! I’m def going with your version for my cannon haha
Tbh I never really understood the hate for season 3 I thought it was great not the best but pretty good
In my TBOBF rewrite, I'd swap the Vespas for those bounty hunters we see in TESB. IG-88, Dengar, Bossk, 4-LOM, and Zuckuss. Krssantan and Din could still be part of Team Boba as well. They'd all be Boba and Fennec's muscle instead of the Vespas.
In my TM S3 rewrite, I'd have the third episode be about Gideon's prison escape. Gideon in a New Republic prison on Coruscant could even meet Morgan Elsbeth in the same prison. Gideon could offer Morgan to play a part in his escape plan but declines knowing who'd come to her rescue in Ahsoka. After Gideon escapes, Cara Dune and her NR team would be investigating the escape, all leading to either Pershing or Kane as the mole who aided Gideon on the outside.
The 6th episode can feature Cara Dune as well. Meeting with Bo and Din in the same community Axe Wolves and the others are at. And the community would be run by ministers played by less distracting actors than Jack Black and Lizzo. Cara would have a lead inside the community as someone else working with Gideon in the shadows who could lead them to his secret base on Mandalore.
The 7th episode can feature Cara and the New Republic aiding the two Mandalorian factions to reclaim Mandalore. The 8th and last episode can have Ahsoka returning Grogu on her ship with Huyang. Ahsoka can carry Grogu on her back when returning him to Din. She can even be the one to fight off those Pretorian Guards and kill them all instead of Din. Then Ahsoka can help Bo and Din fight Gideon and his clones. Gideon can still get nuked to death and both Grogu and Ahsoka can save Din and Bo from the fire with their combined force powers. The episode can then end with Bo and the Armorer ruling and uniting Mandalore as well as Din and Grogu both loving happily ever after on Nevarro. Until they're called up to confront Grand Admiral Thrawn if that's the direction the Mandoverse is still headed.
P.S. The theme of the season can be unity and division. Something you just executed better than the season we got.
Its crazy how well your version of the story works.
I always thought they should've taken bo katan and Mando to be fighting over the dark saber for control of mandalor
Moff Gideon being the villian again was really annoying
Thanks for reminding me about the lizzo episode I had that completely blocked from my memory I hope things don’t go your way for 3 nights
Your work is so thoughtful and well structured.
I love your focus on character motivations.
However (on this occasion only) I don’t agree that putting Grogu on the sidelines for an entire season would work. He’s a driving force for Mando and needs more compelling story not less!
It's funny, but I enjoyed watching this video way more than the watching the excruciatingly bad Mando S3.
Why is it that fans can write better Star Wars stories than Disney can? Great video.
Thank you!
The biggest thing I disliked about Mandalorian season 3 is how they didn't properly address how Bo and Din were ostracized from their respective clans for BS reasons. I think that would be a great source of camaraderie between them and tension with the rest of the Mandalorians.
Basically nothing changes. Only good bit was a vengeful Boba Fett
I like your funny words Magic Man.
I hated how the republic was totally blind and didn’t help the Mandys retake mandalor
This was some incredible writing! I loved how you kept the themes and the great story they had made up to that point! I was quite disappointed in season three and im so happy to see this interpretation! Thanks so much for making this!
Id love to see your take on a rewrite of Ahsoka as i have seen some problems with it especially how characters were negatively changed, (Like Thrawn, Sabine, and Ahsoka) and some of their motivations did not make a lot of sense like how Thrawn is still fighting for the empire for some reason or why Sabine for any reason would help the empire XD (maybe Thrawn would come back and change his mind seeing how bad the empire is doing and how feesably they could do nothing to help his people or you could do something interesting like a temporarily alliance between Ezra and Thrawn for survival and escape)
Anyways thanks again for the awesome listen have a great one!
If Boba Fett and Mando S3 were actually like this, they would've been awesome! I really hope the Mando and Grogu movie gets this storyline back on track
@thegoldman25 I'm surprised that you didn't put up a video notice saying "And theremore, I'll will not be adding Cara Dune back in my rewrite for The Mandalorian Season 3 due to Gina Carano is the one caused her career with her controversial tweets, so I'm not going to be adding it here." since I did seen some toxic The Mandalorian Season 3 haters/Cara Dune/Gina Carano followers hated Season 3 for writing Cara Dune out of the show.
Also, for Ahsoka, I think you should re-rewrite that part about having Ahsoka being shown up in Season 3 in this video, she shouldn't be in the finale due to she was trapped in the other galaxy. There was a justable explanation why she was completely absent in The Mandalorian Season 3 because she had to go to stop Morgan for rescuing Thrawn and having her in The Mandalorian Season 3 finale would be hard to put her in tie into Ahsoka Season 1 late. (I do think Ahsoka was inside of that Purgil in Chapter 17 of The Mandalorian Season 3 when he saw those Purgils through Hyperspace Traveling.) Since we know that Ahsoka Season 1 takes place around the same time as The Mandalorian Season 3, would it be better if Ahsoka tells Luke about she needed to leave to find the Temple that leads to Thrawn in the first episode of The Mandalorian Season 3 and maybe have the Purgil Scene somewhere in sometime after Chapter 17 to tie in Ahsoka series where she is leaving the main galaxy instead?
There were alot of things wrong in mando s3, but thematically my biggest one was the nite owls and CotW. Like this big beef supposedly exists or this massive rift that blames the other side yet are supposed to be related (children of the watch are literally from death watch and bo katan was former death watch and nite owls are just her sub sect).
Yet when they arrive on mandalore, almost no conflict or story or resolution happens. They just fight together and happily ever after. There needed to be waaay more development and bridging of issues than a small chess match on a ship and small knife fight.
This rewrite is sooo much more satisfying and sensical. Thank you for the effort. Great vid 👍
Idk, im one of the few who actually liked season 3. It wasnt my favorite season, but something doesnt have to be perfect for me to enjoy it. I also feel like a season 4 could have made season 3 a whole lot better, like how season 2 added so much more depth to season 1. Its sad we're not gunna get that anymore. I really hope Lucasfilm realizes that a good sotryline is worth the wait and we get one more season before the mandalorian movie
Bro, it's about time Disney hires you to check the scripts before they shoot the next series
Good !!
Really enjoyed the video! Sorry some of the comments here are just unnecessarily rude.
I know this isn’t real, but I really wish you were a Director for the Mandalorian and the book of Boba Fett.
The most important thing is does Boba still ride like a Bantha? #headlesshorde
Broader point - I think we're living through a plague I've named the "Mystery Box McMuffin". Keeping the McMuffin a mystery, means you don't have a proper set up, or a proper establishing of tension and the whole movie/series lacks drive and the action lacks tensions because there are no proper stakes. Book of Boba Fett is frustrating because there is so much that is good, but also so much that is bad, but it also played "Mystery Box McMuffin" with the Pykes and who killed the Tuskens .. this added massively to the aimlessness of the show. My big extra change would be make Bib Fortuna the "big bad", give him issues with Boba (maybe he drugged Boba causing him to fight so badly at the Sarlac Pit - imagine Ep 1 shows RotJ Jabba's palace scenes from Boba's point of view ending with him falling into the Sarlacc!!!), but most importantly Bib Fortuna is also an awful ruler and everyone hates him. So Boba's journey leads him to meet different people on Tatooine, who are all suffering under Bib Fortuna's rule. Rather than having Camie and Fixer as a deep cut cameo, he spends an episode with them and the other moisture farmers and they all join him in the battle. He unites them and learns to lead them all, to take down Bib Fortuna. Also, with the Cad Bane, young Boba fight scene flashback, you establish Cad Bane as a toxic mentor, and part of Boba's journey is to realise "I am NOT what you made me!". Defeating Cad Bane is both an external and an internal battle. Finally only in the end does he become Daimyo, when the people the people chose to make him the new ruler, against his wishes. Solves Boba's massive lack of motivation issue. A journey from a lone outsider wandering in the desert, to the beloved leader. And I seriously want hundreds, even thousands, of Tuskens to arrive at the end of the battle as the Cavalry !! Mando 3 - also if you take out all the Mando stuff from BoBF and put it into Mando 3 - then you start with Mando alone, rock bottom, desperately trying to find his people again. You can drag out the search for the Armourer over a few ''bounty of the week' style episodes and then it adds more impact when he finally finds them in Ep 3 or 4, but is almost immediately rejected and told to f*** off. He goes to see Grogu and is also politely made unwelcome..Total absolute rock bottom. Then he goes to Tatooine, he gets a pep talk from Boba, he gets the Naboo strarfighter and things start to improve. He goes to Mandalore but doesn't get to bathe because of Imperials. This sets up the alignment of his desire to take down Moff Gideon, again, with accepting and taking up the leadership of the Dark Saber, and bathing in the Living Waters, with the mission of uniting the Mandalorians and retaking Mandalore . Maybe Boba can accompany him,, Din, Boba and BoKatan 3 outcasts who yearn for readmittance by the Mandalorians It's only at the end of the final episode, as part of the big ceremony that Din Djarin, Grogu at his side, bathes in the Living Waters and is accepted back into his group, fulfilling DIn's goals set up of in Ep 3.1
One thing I would’ve added is that in the last episode the amndolorians would give bo katan the dark sander saying “this belongs to you now” only for bo katan to through it in the fire
Nice on the surface but someone else would just grab the saber. Beskar doesn't melt in normal fire
While do like mando season 3 we got for the most part I also like your version of mando season 3 too
Honestly I think the biggest problem with book of Boba Fett and all of these Mandoverse shows is one of branding. BoB is essentially Mando season 2.5 and should be sold as such same with Ashoka. In reality I think treating ever show except Andor as part of an anthology like Clone Wars would go a long way to making episodes and entire series feel less wasteful. Just combine the shows into one thing maybe cutting between storylines and call it something like Star Wars: Tales of the Outer Rim
Solo revisit when
Should have boba fett just spoken 10 lines through out the whole season or something?! 3:15
There's a big plot hole if you want to make the point of the season how dumb arbitrary Mandalorian rules are and that's- then why does Bo-Katan have any right to view herself as a leader of the Mandos? She thinks being the leader is her birthright which, sorry, but there's nothing more dumb and arbitrary than leadership via royal lineage. So if we're actually thinking about the season's theme for two seconds, that should be the first rule shown as being stupid and which needs to go. While it's not really addressed in the show, Bo-Katan's got a long history of some pretty bad leadership decisions/failures so if she wants to put herself out there as a viable potential leader, she's got to be able to back it up with a lot more than "it's my right" (given her history, in the mind of any sane person who doesn't believe in royal governance, she's probably got more of an uphill battle to earn a new leadership role than someone who's never failed/messed up as a ruler before)
Additionally, if we're going to dive into the idea of Mando rules that need to be gotten rid of, I think attention needs to be paid to a decision process on which rules to KEEP. Because rules like caring for foundlings and returning orphans to whatever family they might have left over when possible, are good Mando rules. So if we're getting rid of some bad norms we need to know why/how they're making the choice to keep the good norms, or see what happens if they don't.
I am fine with having a Jack Black in my Star Wars. No Lizzo, but Jack Black as a former imperial who changed for the better willingly is a decent character concept AND ties into the theme of the series.
I would also drop the mindwipe aspect of the NR. I prefer my good guys to be good guys and the Republic in this time need to be good guys. This would also mean the reason they can't help out with the pirates is because they don't have the resources and are busy with the manhunt for Gideon.
THE WASTED POTENTIAL😤😤😤
I have a couple changes for BOBF and Mando 3:
1. Don't make BOBF
2. Dont return Grogu at all
Do you think having a previously written story to go off of makes it easier to write a more cohesive and compelling story?
Probably
I enjoyed this video - like a bantha
Without Carl Weathers, the Mandalorian will never be the same again.
Out to the main problem with your rewrite is if there's not enough grogu in it which is a big cash cow for Disney. So even though I think it's better it's not even an option.
you know that her name is bo-katan right?
you calling her bo is like calling obi-wan kenobi obi..
Love this rewrite, take the history that was mediocre at best, and just whit a few changes create something more enjoyable, more interesting, even whit Grogu absent for most of the rewrite
Injured in "some way"??? He was swallowed by a Sarlacc for crying out loud, it's stomach acids are still burning him at that point🤓
Hopefully soon ai can take this vifeo as a prompt and avtually make a movie from it
I disliked s3 so much that I haven’t even enjoyed any videos dissing it or explaining why it’s bad, just because of how sick of it I was by the end of the show. This is the first video I’ve actually enjoyed on the topic. It’s genuinely baffling how much better this rewrite is. So many simple, very basic changes. I have no idea how s3 was even made with no one questioning any of the very obviously bad components in it, and this video makes it look even more embarrassing that it got made.
Personally I would have replaced the pikes as the main villain with Rogue imperials instead the Pikes aren't that interesting as the main villain and with Rogue Imperials as the main Villain it set up perfectly for Boba teaming up with Mando in season 3 because they shared a common enemy now.
Instead of Boba recruiting the biker kids Boba would track down Mayfield who happens to escape to Tatooine and together they will rescue and convenience the heist gang to work for him
Jabba instead of just giving Boba his power in Tatooine he instead hires Cad Bane to try and take out Boba
The rest is pretty much the same as what you had in mind
25:36 nuh uh
Watching these rewrite videos always just makes me upset because they're usually so much better and it's so disappointing to know if the actual writers just cared a little bit more then we could have had something of quality. If someone on RUclips can make a better draft of the story then there is no reason the writers should be putting out what they're putting out. It's saddening to know that when I go onto Disney plus and click into one of these shows I'm not gonna get this version of them.
The thing is most of these rewrites are essentially just adjusting the original draft of the story. Actually making a brand new story is much harder than tweaking one to fix the mistakes after release and public criticism.
Could it be possible that you may review the hobbit trilogy? Even though bits mid, there were some scenes that were great and fantastic. Ruined cause Warner Bros cared about money cash grab.
This video makes me mad… cause of what we got
Could you also rewrite the sequel trilogy
Yessss I love these types of videos
I actually want him to rewrite the prequel trilogy. I don't care for the sequels, but I genuinely believe that the prequels have something great, that with a rewrite, can be even better. Improve the stuff that makes us care about the prequels so we'll love it more, kinda like what the clone wars did.
Why would he? The first two movies are great.
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As stand alone movies, yes, but they don't add together well as a trilogy. That's what brought it down, the lack of direction.
@@gavinmyatt5589 correction only TFA is great. Last Jedi has good stuff in it but too much filler holding it back. Rise of Skywalker is an abomination
Bringing back Grogu was a big mistake on Disney’s part. They should’ve left him with Luke and have Mando go on his own journey. 😂 You reap what you sow Disney. You should’ve retconned those god awful sequels.
So ... all you had to change, was everything Mandalorians are. :-/
I will get crucified for (Mando season 3 is still the worst season of the show) for this. However I didn’t hate season 3. However this rewrite was pretty good.
Meesa love me some Ahmed Best.
Having Boba Fett betray Mando for a good sum of cash would've been a great yet unspurprising twist
I honestly think Madame web was better than Mandolorian season 3
Okay dude chill
I thought we we're over this style of Fandom, "Here's what I would do better with my youtube channel and part time job."
Lol.
Just giving my opinions that's all!
@@thegoldman25 As was I with my comment, hindsight is 2020 and pretending you could do better after it came out without having constraints of timing with availability of actors, locations, reservations on set, costume making, and every other damn thing that involves producing a show is a lame take to have. I didn’t disagree with your interpretation of a season being poor, or even terrible.
It’s the I can do better attitude that I was trying to make light of. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with what you’re saying, it’s how you’re saying it. There’s a difference between “Here’s what I would have done” vs “here’s what I would have liked to have happened”.
I honestly think the “BoBF should stand apart from the Mandalorian” take is, to put it extremely gently, dumb as fuck. I get the thought process, but it doesn’t hold an ounce of rational water since, definitionally, it isn’t what happened. And more or less misses the entire point of SW: iterative storytelling in a connected universe. Connected in small scales (e.g. the Mandoverse) and the obvious large scales. (This is why, despite its high quality, Andor is far and away the weakest SW story: It’s lack of intimate connection to everything else just makes it a pretty good scifi show, but it ain’t SW.) And in the case of this video, and your overall approach to these, it completely undermines the point.
And this is not to say that the BoBF is good or whatever. It’s not. But it is part of the same story. Sure, they should have called it The Mandalorian: The Book of Boba Fett to make it clear, but that’s the only mistake as far as connectivity goes.
I don't agree with you. There's not need to connections between projects for them to be good. Star wars is a big universe, and it's not the MCU, it's not like it is centered around one big story. No, it has a lot of smaller stories, that combined together make the universe feel alive and lived in. If anything, to many connection between the project are making the universe feel small and less exciting. Star wars was never about connected stories, it was about connected themes. In the original trilogy we only saw the story of out main crew, but the theme extended to the entire universe. That's why I think Andor IS star wars, it may not have many story connections, but its themes are the most genuinely star wars themes I saw in a while. I strongly felt the story of the OT through that show. But that's my take.
@@itaiharshoshanim-ib6kp The issue is that your view is not support by the concrete facts of SW: The OT was a deeply interwoven story that expanded into, and was interwoven with the PT, that expanded into and was deeply interwoven with the ST. It doesn’t matter at all if you like all three trilogies; the complete story of the Skywalker Saga can only be begun to be understood by a study of all three and their interwoven narratives. Like the smaller scale of the Mandoverse within the larger SW narrative, the smaller scale of the Skywalker Saga cannot be appreciated or even remotely understood by only focusing on the OT or just Empire or something. You gotta watch them all.
And yeah, SW is not the MCU; the MCU is rooted in SW. Which itself is rooted in the ancient storytelling traditions of sagas and cycles.
This is what iterative storytelling is. And why it is just dumb and rationally unsupportable to try to separate out the BoBF from the Mandalorian: they are designed as an iterative cycle to telling an overarching story within SW. That was the point from the outset. It’s no different than whining about how much Ep 9 sucks and trying to pretend it’s not part of the saga. It just is, no matter how much some of us dislike it.
And this is also why Andor feels so non-SW: It’s lack of connectivity feels like trying to shoehorn the stories of Fionn mac Cumhaill into the Mahabharata because, well, they take place on the same planet so it must be the same story, right? Whereas, conversely, other South Asian stories do work as sagas within a larger iterative tradition, and thus it’s easy to see connections between the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, and how these weave with with stories from the Vedas and Upanashads, etc.