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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me

Also, Book of Boba Fett was *also* terrible, but that specific episode is legit very good.

jun 6, 2025, 12:08 am • 3 0

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me

Also, you could potentially include Mandalorian S3 Ep4, which has a really excellent Jedi Purge flashback — arguably the best one there is — but the rest of the episode (while very good) isn't really about that at all, so it's kind of a non-sequitur.

jun 6, 2025, 12:11 am • 7 0 • view
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me

Also, you don't really need to watch the rest of Kenobi after that first episode if you've committed to this order. You'll see Leia again in Rogue 1 — where her appearance, while deeply disturbing for uncanny valley reasons — will suddenly be way more interesting (she's alive!).

jun 6, 2025, 12:14 am • 4 0 • view
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me

And, yes, the Mando episode I included is also a lot of non-sequitur given the order, but it combines a vivid depiction of the Purge of Mandalore — complete with K2 droids you'll then see in Andor — with a depiction of Tatooine, cementing the planet's relevance alongside Kenobi, etc.

jun 6, 2025, 12:16 am • 6 0 • view
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me

Finally, you're are introduced to the *concept* of Jedi early, but it's clear why they weren't really talked about for a while (they were, you know, purged and fled into hiding). So you'll recognize a Force-user in Andor, but understand why it's low-key. And when you meet Vader, it's a whole thing

jun 6, 2025, 12:20 am • 6 0 • view
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me

Oh also you don't actually have to include Jedi: Fallen Order or Rise and Fall if you're doing a strict watch-through — but they're helpful context and lore, etc.

jun 6, 2025, 12:21 am • 6 0 • view
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Gavin Newsom’s Merch Shop @mlovers.bsky.social

Also looks like you avoid having to deal with any mitichlorian nonsense.

jun 6, 2025, 12:36 am • 2 0 • view
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MTBinDurham @mtbindurham.bsky.social

Boba Fett was awesomely bad tho. Like it had the "Boba Fett rides in on a rancor beast" scene and that was super dumb fun. Kenobi was only notable because it had absolutely heroic acting performances from its leads trying valiantly and failing miserably to save a truly abysmal script.

jun 6, 2025, 2:01 am • 1 0 • view
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Method Mang @alexignatiev.bsky.social

Advisedly I would like to offer a different opinion of Boba Fett: it's the Tulsa King of Star Wars, except the Tulsa King is an incompetent whose success was based entirely on a reputation for bounty hunting and he fails dramatically when he tries to parlay that into leadership. It's cautionary.

jun 6, 2025, 12:10 am • 3 0 • view