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The Book of Boba Fett Is Trending All Over Twitter – and There are a Lot of Spoilers

The latest episode of The Book of Boba Fett is causing quite a stir… and there are a ton of spoilers spreading across social media.

Episode 6 of the hit Star Wars TV series dropped on Disney+ earlier today, and it’s already sending Star Wars fans into a frenzy. Titled “Chapter 6: From the Desert Comes a Stranger”, the latest episode features call-backs from across the Star Wars universe.

These are already all over social media – to the point where even lists of Twitter's trending terms contain multiple spoiler-y references to the new episode. If you haven’t seen the episode yet, it's probably best to stay away from social media altogether until you're done.

Warning: The remainder of this article contains spoilers for the latest episode of The Book of Boba Fett!

Episode 6 of the Star Wars spin-off has the show’s title character taking a bit of a back seat for the second week in a row (something that's definitely a point of interest to this writer).

That makes two episodes in a row where the main character has been sidelined, allowing The Mandalorian’s Din Djarin to drive the story forward. Yes, of course, the Mando is back once again. But this time, he’s brought more than a few friends… and they’re trending all over Twitter.

Ahsoka Tano

The badass Jedi is back this week after her first appearance in The Mandalorian.

This week, Din Djarin is off to track down Grogu to give him a special piece of armor that was crafted from his Beskar spear. Djarin has clearly taken his commitment to the foundling seriously, with a gift of Beskar chain mail that will keep the child safe.

But as he finds Grogu and Luke during the child’s training, he’s confronted by a familiar face.

Tano tells The Mandalorian that his presence will make it harder for Grogu, who is already struggling to let go of his attachment. Ultimately, the Mando gives Tano the armor to give to Grogu… and flies off into the sunset.

Luke Skywalker

Our favorite Jedi is back as we get a glimpse at Grogu’s Jedi training.

Attempting to rebuild the Jedi order, it looks as though Skywalker is building his own temple, and he wants Grogu to be its first student. But the return of Din Djarin throws a spanner in the works – reawakening the attachment that Skywalker is trying to get him to leave behind.

Given the Beskar armor from Djarin, Skywalker gives Grogu a choice – he can have the armour, or Master Yoda’s very own lightsaber. But whichever he chooses will seal his fate – the armour takes him back to The Mandalorian while the lightsaber allows him to stay and learn the ways of the Jedi.

And poor Grogu clearly doesn’t know what to do.

The Marshal

We first met Cobb Vanth in The Mandalorian episode, “Chapter 9: The Marshal”.

Having bought Boba Fett’s original armor from some Jawas, Vanth was using it during his duties as the Marshal of Mos Pelgo – a Tatooine mining town now known as Freetown. The Marshal soon ran into The Mandalorian however, and eventually gave up the armor, as an agreement between the two for saving the outpost from a Krayt Dragon.

The Marshal’s return this week was part of Din Djarin's plan to recruit help for Boba Fett. But while he made a convincing argument, it all went sideways with the return of a lone wanderer…

Cad Bane

That’s right – The Clone Wars favorite Cad Bane is back. And he looks cooler than ever.

Swaggering into Freetown for a confrontation with The Marshal, it looks as though Bane is working for The Pyke Syndicate. He warns the town that there will be trouble unless they let the spice flow through – the Syndicate previously trafficking it through the town.

The Marshal is having none of it, which results in a rather cool wild-west-style shoot-out. But disaster strikes when the Marshal is gunned down. Cad Bane strolls off into the sunset, leaving the fate of the Marshal unknown. But it looks as though one of the coolest bounty hunters in the galaxy is back.

As you can see, there’s a ton of spoilerific stuff in this week’s episode of The Book of Boba Fett… and Star Wars fans are clearly excited about it.

But where is it all leading? If you ask me, the show has to be building up to something big. The folks at Disney and Lucasfilm aren’t stupid, and with spin-off series mastermind Dave Filoni behind this latest episode, it feels as though it’s all leading somewhere. After all, they wouldn’t sideline the show’s main character for nothing, right?

Our review of the episode gives it a 7/10, saying that "the storytelling is, once again, less concerned with its protagonist than it is The Mandalorian and the repurposing of nostalgic Star Wars elements. Are the writers bored with Boba Fett?"

The Book of Boba Fett starts Temuera Morrison as the classic Star Wars bounty hunter alongside Ming-Na Wen as Fennec Shand. Rosario Dawson returned as Ahsoka Tano along with Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker, Timothy Olyphant as Cobb Vanth, and Corey Burton as Cad Bane.

Ryan Leston is an entertainment journalist and film critic for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.

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