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7,7 Thursday, Jan. 13; Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page A-17 retain) a social conscience while remaining an unre- pentant criminal? Gangster fables have con- templated that question for generations, with “The Godfa- ther,” “Pulp Fiction,”_ “The So- pranos” and “Breaking Bad” serving as some of the more notable examples. And while the answer has been “no” in all the afore- mentioned examples, none of those tales have been set in a world as lawless as Tatooine, where there aren’t even any cops to bribe. It’s no exaggeration to de- scribe former bounty hunter Boba Fett as a lifelong crimi- nal, since as the clone “son” of J ango Fett, he was “born a crime,” to borrow a phrase from Trevor Noah of “The Is it possible to evolve (or Daily Show.” Worse yet, Boba Was or- phaned when J ango was killed by the Jedi, whowere acting as self-appointed agents of law and order for the Republic, while also being totally unaccountable t0 the same. was; figxtfifitéfit IN THE DARK REVIEWS That Boba wound up in a profession that skirts the boundaries of the law (at best) was no accident. Even when he accepted assign— ments from the Empire, he had no qualms about mouth— ing off to Darth Vader when there was apossibility that the carbonite freezing process meant he might not collect his bounty from J abba the Hutt for bringing in Han Solo. In short, it was never in the cards for Boba Fett to be— come a law-abiding citizen. A lifetime of getting kicked in the teeth by people wielding legally sanctioned power over Boba Fett (Temuera Morrison) and Fennec Shand (Ming-Na Wen) take stock of their situ- ation on Tatooine in “The Book of Boba Fett." Courtesy photo him ensured that he would never respect those in author- ity, even when he condition- ally did their bidding. Boba Fett became the lone-wolf operator we saw in the original trilogy of “Star Wars,” and where that got him was knocked into the belly of the Sarlacc and left for dead in “Return of the Jedi.” And now, after his guest- starring appearances in “The Mandalorian,” Boba is back in “The Book of Boba Fett,” and after two episodes of his own streaming series on Disney+, J we’ve seen how he freed him- self from the Sarlacc, how he came to be treated as an equal member of a Tusken tribe that initially took him in as a slave labOrer, and how he and his Spry assassin see REVIEW, page A-1 8 _ 6 to 9 Washington native Jeel Gibson-Ir; is, . '_ the premier independentCotmtryf-St 5 Rock artist in the Pacific Northwest! His engaging baritone Vocals, humble demeanor and charismatic stage presence sets this vibrant performer apart from the other conventional ‘L acts; JoelL is a performer who delivers, . whether performing solo acousticor with his band, the eclectic blendiof his “ alluring originals and expansive catalog ., of familiar genre—spanningecoxie , take youon aicaptivating ‘Vocatl. musical odyssey‘that is a‘imus