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  • Acting for Two:
    • JJ Dashnaw both substituted for Temuera Morrison for some of Boba Fett's masked appearances (including some with no stuntwork) and portrayed Deputy Scott.
    • According to the end credits, Lateef Crowder performed stunts for unnamed characters in addition to reprising the role of the Mandalorian in the more physically-demanding stunts.
  • Acting in the Dark:
    • The episode scripts bore such labels as "301", "302", and "303", causing at least one cast member and several rumor-mongers to initially think The Mandalorian Season 3 had already begun filming. Jennifer Beals also didn't know early on exactly which Star Wars project they were filming.
    • Rosario Dawson’s script for “From the Desert Comes a Stranger” listed Plo Koon in place of Luke Skywalker, much like the Season 2 finale of The Mandalorian.
  • Actor-Inspired Element:
    • Jennifer Beals added hints towards Garsa Fwip fighting for Twi'lek freedom, such as a noticeable battle scar, and a preference for Sanctuary employees to call her "Madam" rather than "Master".
    • Amy Sedaris came up with having Peli lose a tooth in the first season finale, which remains missing in The Mandalorian Season 3.
  • Award Category Fraud: Disney pushed Corey Burton for an Emmy nomination in Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance, and Matt Berry for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, even though both simply recorded voice-over. Disney also decided to push Pedro Pascal for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series, without officially confirming to the public if he physically performed any scenes. Ultimately, none of them received nominations that year.
  • Awesome, Dear Boy:
    • Temuera Morrison was very eager to play Boba Fett again, as well as the chance to work with Ming-Na Wen and Jon Favreau once more. He also sought to pay tribute to the late Jeremy Bulloch, who served as the physical stand-in for Boba on The Empire Strikes Back, whom his family was close with.
    • Cad Bane's (physical) actor Dorian Kingi was a big fan of both Star Wars and Westerns growing up, and so jumped at the opportunity to play a blend of both styles at once. He was particularly happy to be able to utilize his quick-draw skills in an acting project, something he had wanted to do for a very long time.
  • Billing Displacement: Ming-Na Wen is the only cast member to appear in every episode of Season 1, but she always has second billing in the end credits. Even if Boba Fett doesn't appear and/or talk, Temuera Morrison always holds top billing.
  • The Cast Show Off: Temuera Morrison, who is Maori, grew up learning the traditional haka dance, which clearly inspired the dance he and the Tuskens do at the end of Chapter 2.
  • Creator Backlash:
    • Temuera Morrison has admitted that he felt Boba had too much dialogue in the scripts. He tried to let Fennec Shand have the bulk of it, but this only worked until Ming-Na Wen began feeling that Morrison placed too much burden on her. Staff writer Noah Kloor assured him that the editors would cut out some of Boba's most extraneous dialogue, but he still ended up thinking the final cuts of Chapters 1 and 2 had too much. By the end of the series, though he enjoyed working on it tremendously, he felt that he would have approached it differently in hindsight.
    • In 2023, at a fan convention, Morrison also revealed he was disappointed that the showrunners included Din and Grogu, feeling it took away from Boba's story, though he admitted he had no control over their inclusion and simply ran with it.
  • Dawson Casting: At the time of filming, Temura Morrison was in his late 50s/early 60s, about 20 years older than Boba Fett would be in the time period the series is set in.
  • Descended Creator: Robert Rodriguez plays two characters in the show: Dokk Strassi, the Trandoshan who pays tribute to Boba in Chapter 1, and Mayor Mok Shaiz in Chapters 2 and 7. Jon Favreau also reprises his role as Paz Vizsla from The Mandalorian in Chapter 5.
  • Dyeing for Your Art:
    • After Temuera Morrison learned that too many viewers of The Mandalorian christened him "Boba Fat," he prepared for the spin-off by lifting weights more often, and drinking less beer.
    • Dorian Kingi, the physical actor for Cad Bane, underwent a very long process to become the character, and even sculpted a pair of teeth to wear to reflect Bane's Scary Teeth seen in the animated series.
  • Fake Brit: An accent, Fantasy Counterpart Culture variety. Sophie Thatcher, an American, plays Drash as one of the Mods who are cyborg swoop gang members. As the rest were all played by English actors who speak in their normal accents, Thatcher put one on too.
  • Follow-Up Failure: Disney+ put this show in limbo after its reception fell far short of The Mandalorian Seasons 1-2.
  • Lying Creator: Mandalorian body double Brendan Wayne denied on a podcast that he would appear on this show, but Chapter 5 would eventually reveal otherwise.
  • The Other Darrin:
    • Camie and Fixer were originally played by Koo Stark and Anthony Forrest in deleted scenes from A New Hope. The characters were recast with Mandy Kowalski and Skyler Bible for their appearance in "The Tribes of Tatooine", as Stark and Forrest are now forty years older than the characters should be.
    • For flashback sequences featuring a young Boba Fett, Finnegan Gary stands in for the much older Daniel Logan, although Logan appears via archived sequences.
  • Playing Against Type: Sam Witwer is best known for voicing Darth Maul, Starkiller, and the Son, along with playing Agent Liberty on Supergirl (2015). His role in this series is a non-intimidating, weak, and cowardly Rodian who would rather stay a slave of the Tuskens than fight back.
  • Production Nickname: "The Mandalorian Season 2.5". Appropriately, it also features three appearances from Din Djarin (two of which sideline Boba), and each of these episodes lists Pedro Pascal as the third-most important cast member in the end credits.
  • Production Posse: Being a direct Spin-Off and Immediate Sequel to The Mandalorian, the show reuses many crew members from its predecessor. Some of the episode directors also previously directed some of the actors involved on projects unrelated to Star Wars.
    • Jon Favreau voiced Pre Vizsla on Star Wars: The Clone Wars, which Dave Filoni executive-produced, and Filoni also directed a Season 4 episode guest-starring Favreau. Also, on Favreau's creation The Mandalorian, Filoni executive-produces every episode, including those written and/or directed by Favreau. Favreau also reprises his Mandalorian role as Paz Vizsla here.
    • Steph Green previously directed Jennifer Beals on two episodes of The L Word: Generation Q.
    • Longtime Robert Rodriguez collaborator Danny Trejo appears as the Rancor trainer.
    • Kevin Tancharoen previously directed Ming-Na Wen on multiple Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. episodes, from one in which Ming-Na played two different roles, to the series finale. Reportedly, the Boba Fett producers hired him at her recommendation.
    • Robert Rodriguez had previously directed Pedro Pascal on both We Can Be Heroes (2020) and The Mandalorian.
    • JJ Dashnaw, who plays Scott and doubled for Temuera Morrison, has also appeared in several Robert Rodriguez movies, mostly as a stuntman. Dashnaw worked with Pedro Pascal twice before this show; first as Pascal's stuntman in The Equalizer 2, and as another cast member in the aforementioned We Can Be Heroes.
    • Corey Burton, who reprises his role as Cad Bane, has been a frequent collaborator with Robert Rodriguez, providing narration for several of his films and his El Rey Network.
  • Quietly Cancelled: As of February 2024, it remains the oldest Disney+ Star Wars show not to receive a second season, but Lucasfilm has also not announced a permanent cancellation.
  • Real-Life Relative:
    • Two of the Tusken Raiders in Chapter 2 are played by martial artists Ron Balicki and his adopted son Michael O'Laskey, cast after Balicki's wife guest-starred in The Mandalorian Chapter 13.
    • Ming-Na Wen's son Cooper plays one of the Mods in the Chapter 4 flashback.
  • Refitted for Sequel:
    • While working on the Special Edition of Return of the Jedi, George Lucas considered adding a scene depicting Boba Fett's escape from the Sarlaac. This is how the series opens.
    • There were plans for Star Wars: The Clone Wars to have Boba kill Cad Bane in a duel and take the position of galaxy's best bounty hunter for himself. It came 30 years later than intended, but they finally have their fatal duel in the season finale... except this time, it symbolizes Boba putting the life of a ruthless lone bounty hunter behind him in favor of being an honorable loyalty-inspiring Outer Rim lord.
    • The appearance of Mos Espa in the series with its pit design, is based on the original design from The Phantom Menace, before George Lucas decided use a more familiar look which would be easier to film. He later gave the handwave that all the action takes place in the outskirts of the city.
    • The Skorpenek droids seen in Chapter 7 are based on designs made for Attack of the Clones for Annihilator Droids.
  • Stunt Double:
    • Eyad Elbitar for Temuera Morrison.
    • Ming Qui for Ming-Na Wen.
    • Michelle Lee for Emily Swallow.
    • Lateef Crowder for Pedro Pascal, again.
    • Tait Fletcher for Jon Favreau, again.
    • Graham Hamilton and Scott Lang for Mark Hamill.
    • Dorian Kingi for Corey Burton.
  • Teasing Creator:
    • Kathleen Kennedy announced at the 2020 Disney Investor Day that "the next chapter of The Mandalorian" would begin in December 2021, seemingly confirming the timeframe for the third season's release. However, the Season 2 finale would end by instead confirming The Book of Boba Fett for that timeframe. Jon Favreau later clarified that Kennedy's announcement cryptically referred to The Book of Boba Fett, and that The Mandalorian Season 3 wouldn't begin filming until after production on Boba Fett wrapped up.
    • Lateef Crowder posted Instagram stories of himself driving to and from Lucasfilm from winter 2020 through spring 2021, only revealing gradually that he had to film some stunts for The Book of Boba Fett.
    • Pedro Pascal also teased a Boba Fett guest spot by promoting the spin-off on his own social media pages◊, and by hinting on Actors on Actors that Lucasfilm gave him something to do in between production for The Mandalorian Seasons 2 and 3.
    • A month before the series premiere, Corey Burton teased that he had worked with Robert Rodriguez again recently in an interview before quickly asserting he couldn’t say anything else, foreshadowing his return as Cad Bane.
  • Those Two Actors: With David Pasquesi playing the Mayor's deposed majordomo, and Amy Sedaris returning as Peli Motto, it was inevitable that the Season One finale "In the Name of Honor" would bring them back together, with him tagging along for protection as Peli spends the last 15 minutes of the episode trying to keep Grogu safe.
  • Throw It In!: Temuera Morrison improvised the moment in Chapter 2 when Boba claims that a speeder bike controls "Like a Bantha!" This is also why Boba is more jovial than usual, because Morrison didn't think they'd use it.
  • Trolling Creator: Viewers of the teaser thought one of the voices heard sounded suspiciously similar to Din Djarin, even though he didn't actually appear onscreen. Articles and videos began crediting the line to Pedro Pascal, but Robert Rodriguez didn't correct any of them right away. Instead, he let the rumor circulate for over a month, before he finally revealed to The Hollywood Reporter that he recorded the line himself.note 
  • Wag the Director:
    • Temuera Morrison expanded the cremation of the slaughtered Tusken Raiders in Chapter 3 into a full-blown ceremony, to pay greater reverence to Boba's newfound Tatooine family.
    • Rare crew example: Morrison said that one of the Grips was a wealth of Boba Fett lore that he was thankful to have on-set.
  • What Could Have Been:
    • Originally the series was going to be a movie, likely the next in the A Star Wars Story anthology series. After the Box Office Bomb of Solo killed plans for future anthology films, the movie was retooled into a Mini Series for Disney+.
    • Josh Trank was first attached as director for said film, but his notorious antics on the set of Fantastic Four, the movie bombing commercially and critically (after heavy doses of Executive Meddling) and his own Creator Backlash against it likely resulted in him being taken off the project. James Mangold was then attached after the success of Logan, until Solo bombed and tanked any idea of further A Star Wars Story films. Mangold went on to direct the fifth Indiana Jones film instead.
    • Set photos show that Graham Hamilton and Mark Hamill filmed a scene in the throne room of Jabba's palace, indicating Luke would've met with Boba.
  • Word of Saint Paul: After The Mandalorian left Boba Fett's Mandalorian status up for debate, Ming-Na Wen unambiguously referred to him as one in this interview, conducted after The Book of Boba Fett wrapped filming.
  • Working Title: The show's production codename was "Buccaneer".
  • You Sound Familiar:

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