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Most consumers of Star Wars content are only familiar with Boba Fett from the movies and The Mandalorian. So The Book of Boba Fett is creating backstory for Boba, and it's also connecting to deep trauma issues Boba had in the comics, animation, and short stories. Punch it! ***I'm listener supported! Join the community at http://Patreon.com/sw7x7 to get access to bonus episodes and other insider re...

A big bad pair arrives early, cameos confirm and surprise, and we spend way more time in the past in "The Tribes of Tatooine," the second chapter of The Book of Boba Fett. Punch it! ***I'm listener supported! Join the community at http://Patreon.com/sw7x7 to get access to bonus episodes and other insider rewards.*** 

The Bad Batch and Visions were the big 2021 stories in Star Wars animation. What's on tap for 2022? Bad Batch season 2 at the least, and maybe actual news about this "Tales of the Jedi" rumor... Punch it! ***I'm listener supported! Join the community at http://Patreon.com/sw7x7 to get access to bonus episodes and other insider rewards.*** 

Claudia Gray's writing is again stellar in The High Republic: The Fallen Star! The novel also opens up a bigger conversation about the "light of the Jedi" and - by definitively closing some doors - creates a new sense of mystery for what's to come. Punch it! ***I'm listener supported! Join the community at http://Patreon.com/sw7x7 to get access to bonus episodes and other insider rewards.*** 

We may see new episodes from as many as four Star Wars live action series in 2022, and filming underway on two more of them! Today, we'll look back at 2021, ahead at 2022, and even talk a little bit about what's to come in 2023. Punch it! ***I'm listener supported! Join the community at http://Patreon.com/sw7x7 to get access to bonus episodes and other insider rewards.*** 

Presuming all goes to plan, Rogue Squadron will complete principal photography and start post-production in 2022! Today, we'll take a deeper look at the status of Star Wars movies and what's ahead this year. Punch it! ***I'm listener supported! Join the community at http://Patreon.com/sw7x7 to get access to bonus episodes and other insider rewards.*** 

The Book of Boba Fett and the start of Phase 1/Wave 3 of The High Republic headline the Star Wars storytelling news for January 2022! We'll update you on all you have to look forward to this month... Punch it! Even though there's always not notable news in all 12 of the categories, we'll check in on them all in this episode. Here's what they are... Movies Live-action TV Animation Books Audiobooks...

After comparing pre-show interviews about The Book of Boba Fett with what we saw in the first episode, it seems like the first season's stakes are going to be smaller than what we thought. Today, the reasons why... Punch it! ***I'm listener supported! Join the community at http://Patreon.com/sw7x7 to get access to bonus episodes and other insider rewards.*** 

"Stranger in a Strange Land" is Chapter 1 of Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett, and for today's episode, we're focused on seven big takeaways from this first episode. Punch it! ***I'm listener supported! Join the community at http://Patreon.com/sw7x7 to get access to bonus episodes and other insider rewards.*** 

No spoilers today! To finish our prep for Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett, we look at 7 lessons learned about Fett over the last month, to understand just who it is we'll meet in the new show. Punch it! ***I'm listener supported! Join the community at http://Patreon.com/sw7x7 to get access to bonus episodes and other insider rewards.*** 

Now that we've gone over Boba Fett's history and looked at the crime syndicates in operation around 9-10 ABY, it's time to finalize our predictions for what we'll see in season 1 of The Book of Boba Fett. Punch it! ***I'm listener supported! Join the community at http://Patreon.com/sw7x7 to get access to bonus episodes and other insider rewards.*** 

As outrageous as it seems, the carbonite block containing Han Solo was sucked out into space via explosive decompression, passed through the atmosphere of Jekara, and was caught by Boba Fett before it could hit the ocean. But there's more to the story, of course. Punch it! ***I'm listener supported! Join the community at http://Patreon.com/sw7x7 to get access to bonus episodes and other insider re...

Not all of the Star Wars content on Disney+ is on the Star Wars channel! On today's "What to Watch Now" segment, we're talking about two Star-Wars-related features on the Disney Insider series. Punch it! ***I'm listener supported! Join the community at http://Patreon.com/sw7x7 to get access to bonus episodes and other insider rewards.*** 

Photos of a Lucasfilm company gift surfaced this week, which include a "Tales of the Jedi" logo! Here's why this may be the next Lucasfilm Animation project - and, circumstantially, why Anakin/Matt Lanter may be involved. Punch it! ***I'm listener supported! Join the community at http://Patreon.com/sw7x7 to get access to bonus episodes and other insider rewards.*** 

Boba Fett has a code. Lando isn't sure what it is, but it's not the real reason why Boba didn't blow up the Falcon when he had the chance. Our deep dive into Boba's history during the War of the Bounty Hunters continues... Punch it! ***I'm listener supported! Join the community at http://Patreon.com/sw7x7 to get access to bonus episodes and other insider rewards.*** 

Yup, Boba Fett sets Chewbacca on fire. If you ever needed just one ironclad reason to dislike the galaxy's most notorious bounty hunter, that would be it ... part of our continued dive into the War of the Bounty Hunters mega-story event. Punch it! ***I'm listener supported! Join the community at http://Patreon.com/sw7x7 to get access to bonus episodes and other insider rewards.*** 

Most of the July 2021 stories in Star Wars: War of the Bounty Hunters tell the same story from different points of view and arrive at the same point: With Vader crashing the auction for Han Solo. Punch it! ***I'm listener supported! Join the community at http://Patreon.com/sw7x7 to get access to bonus episodes and other insider rewards.*** 

Boba Fett finding out about the price on his head and punks Bib Fortuna. The big Qi'ra reveal. Chewie smacking the sense out of Dengar. Let's continue our review of War of the Bounty Hunters... Punch it! ***I'm listener supported! Join the community at http://Patreon.com/sw7x7 to get access to bonus episodes and other insider rewards.*** 

It's gonna be Fettday every day this week! Today, we start our look at the last major Boba Fett story in the timeline, "War of the Bounty Hunters." And we learn how Fett actually *lost* Han Solo right after the events of The Empire Strikes Back. Punch it! ***I'm listener supported! Join the community at http://Patreon.com/sw7x7 to get access to bonus episodes and other insider rewards.*** 

"Shadow of the Nihil" and "Jedi's End" are the final story arcs in Wave 2 of Phase 1 of The High Republic story initiative, during which the Leveler is turned loose again, and some very damaged Jedi try to take the fight to the Nihil's home turf. Punch it! ***I'm listener supported! Join the community at http://Patreon.com/sw7x7 to get access to bonus episodes and other insider rewards.*** 

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 ***I'm listener supported! Join the community at http://Patreon.com/sw7x7 to get access to bonus episodes and other insider rewards.*** 

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! ***I'm listener supported! Join the community at http://Patreon.com/sw7x7 to get access to bonus episodes and other insider rewards.*** 

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! ***I'm listener supported! Join the community at http://Patreon.com/sw7x7 to get access to bonus episodes and other insider rewards.*** 

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/...

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! ***I'm listener supported! Join the community at http://Patreon.com/sw7x7 to get access to bonus episodes and other insider rewards.***