The Mandalorian 2.6 Review - 7 Ups And 1 Down From Chapter 14
4. Boba Gets His Armour Back
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Man... I did not think I would be as giddy about this as I ended up being. But goddamn, I love me some Boba Fett. Weird, huh?
With the Empire bearing down on Din and Fennec, Boba makes a dash for the Razor Crest to get his armour back and becomes a one-man cavalry, decimating troopers left right and centre with all the goodies his iconic armour brings (the highlight of course being when he uses his jetpack rocket to take down the fleeing troop transports).
His fighting style also differs to Din's slightly, in that it's less showy and more practical. The Mandalorian is a gunslinger from the Old West, but Boba is ruthless and precise. It's a small distinction, but it further differentiates the two on top of the other elements of Boba's backstory the episode ameliorates shortly after.
This wasn't quite on the level of Ahsoka to me - just personally - but it's still just pure magic and another rousing "isn't Star Wars just the best?" moment in a season already chockfull of them to begin with.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
