The Book of Boba Fett is a spin-off of The Mandalorian and focuses on Boba Fett (Temuera Morrison) and right-hand assassin Fennec Shand (Ming-Na Wen) as he tries to fill the power vacuum left by the death of Jabba the Hutt. It's difficult for Fett since he's a bounty hunter and doesn't think like a crime lord, which clashes with the other Hutts, the town mayor, and a semi-rival crime syndicate that decides to declare war on him int he last few episodes of the seven episode first season.

Meanwhile we get several scenes in the first three episodes of how he escaped the big worm he fell into during Return of the Jedi, how a Tuscan clan took him in and taught him their ways, and how he tried to help them and got them all killed instead. There is also one episode just on The Mandalorian (Pedro Pascal) and the time he tries ti visit baby Yoda, an episode that also features Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) and Ahsoka Tano (Rosario Dawson) but neither Fett nor Shand.

I did like this series. I found The Mandalorian's spaghetti western feel get kind of old and if not for baby Yoda and guest stars I would have written it off. But with Fett we get a more visible character and he has a goal of his own not forced on him like with the Mandalorian. Also it's cool to see Shand be a bad-ass who definitely comes off as more dangerous than Fett.

Whether they can continue doing well in season two remains to be seen but I'm looking forward to it.