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The fourth episode of The Book of Boba Fett<\/a> had hinted that we could see a familiar face (well, helmet) in the next instalment, with sneaky soundtrack clues<\/a> suggesting Pedro Pascal\u2019s Mandalorian would be teaming up with Temuera Morrison\u2019s Boba Fett to help him keep control of Tattooine\u2019s underworld.<\/p>\n However, instead fans were treated to a surprise \u2013 episode 5 of The Book of Boba Fett didn\u2019t just feature a Mandalorian cameo. Instead, the aptly-titled Return of the Mandalorian was essentially a new episode of The Mandalorian<\/a> itself, following Pascal\u2019s bounty hunter as he picked up the pieces of his life after the events of the Mandalorian season 2 finale.<\/p>\n The Book of Boba Fett narrative was sidelined entirely, only referenced in the very last scene when Fennec (Ming-Na Wen) arrived to recruit Mando. Before that we followed Din Djarin as he tracked down the remaining Mandalorians in his \u201ccovert\u201d (last seen in season 1), picked up a new quest, worked on repairing a ship with regular Mandalorian guest star Peli Motto (Amy Sedaris) and learned more about the darksaber he now wields.<\/p>\n And of course, there were plenty of nods to The Mandalorian\u2019s breakout star Grogu, aka Baby Yoda. During the episode Din mentions him numerous times, has\u2026 something\u2026 made for him from Beskar steel and appears to be going to visit him before he teams up with Fett once more.<\/p> Altogether\u2026 it was just an episode of The Mandalorian, hidden within The Book of Boba Fett! It was all Mandalorian characters, picked up storylines and themes from the end of season 2 and even largely featured the theme music from the earlier show in slightly new configurations.<\/p>\n Fans of the main Boba Fett story may grumble \u2013 now we just have two episodes to wrap everything up \u2013 but for most, it\u2019s a welcome surprise after not expecting to revisit the world of The Mandalorian for many months yet. And who knows? Based on what\u2019s said in the final scene of the episode, we may even see Grogu sooner than later.<\/p>\n The one issue in years to come may be where this episode is placed on Disney Plus\u2019 internal system. Is it really The Book of Boba Fett episode 5? Is it part of The Mandalorian season 3, or 2.5? Answers on a bounty hunter beacon\u2026<\/p>\n The Book of Boba Fett releases new episodes on Wednesdays on Disney Plus. Sign up to Disney Plus for \u00a37.99 a month or \u00a379.90 a year<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n For more, check out our dedicated Sci-Fi<\/a> page or our full TV Guide<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n By Huw Fullerton Published: Wednesday, 26 January 2022 at 12:00 am The fourth episode of The Book of Boba Fett had hinted that we could see a familiar face (well, helmet) in the next instalment, with sneaky soundtrack clues suggesting Pedro Pascal\u2019s Mandalorian would be teaming up with Temuera Morrison\u2019s Boba Fett to help him […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":10377,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/01\/the-mandalorian-return-episode-launches-on-disney-plus-in-boba-fett-twist.jpg",774,516,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/01\/the-mandalorian-return-episode-launches-on-disney-plus-in-boba-fett-twist-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/01\/the-mandalorian-return-episode-launches-on-disney-plus-in-boba-fett-twist-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/01\/the-mandalorian-return-episode-launches-on-disney-plus-in-boba-fett-twist-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/01\/the-mandalorian-return-episode-launches-on-disney-plus-in-boba-fett-twist.jpg",774,516,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/01\/the-mandalorian-return-episode-launches-on-disney-plus-in-boba-fett-twist.jpg",774,516,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/01\/the-mandalorian-return-episode-launches-on-disney-plus-in-boba-fett-twist.jpg",774,516,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By Huw Fullerton Published: Wednesday, 26 January 2022 at 12:00 am The fourth episode of The Book of Boba Fett had hinted that we could see a familiar face (well, helmet) in the next instalment, with sneaky soundtrack clues suggesting Pedro Pascal\u2019s Mandalorian would be teaming up with Temuera Morrison\u2019s Boba Fett to help him…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/10376"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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