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You know how fictional villains often act in completely over-the-top ways, yet none of their goons seem to take this as a red flag and get the heck out of there before it all falls to pieces? You can bring some semblance of reality back to proceedings by having some of their subordinates actually call them out on it. Or threaten to leave. Or actually leave.
Or give them a plausible reason why they might stay even though they know they work for a lunatic. Family ties can be one of those reasons.
Commentary by memnarch (who has not seen the movie)
This is also about the fourth time we've had this flashback? That's how bad it is. Zorii seems to be the sane one here, but I don't think she'll be of much help in talking Boba down. It's hard to come back from five exclamation points, you know. How Threepio gets back to normal is going to be interesting as I can't see why Boba would want to put them back to normal at the moment.
And since this is Boba's last chance at an appearance such as it is (since it's Episode IX and all), I hope we get more flashback panels in the next week. I'd thought we'd had a great conclusion to his story back in Episode VI, so seeing it embellished more here will be very enjoyable.
Transcript
Zorii: So, the reason he’s hacked your droid—
Babu Frik: Let me tell the story!
Babu Frik: Sickness debilitated me in my youth...
Babu Frik: But that’s a mere prologue to my saga. Destiny had darker pages yet to turn.
{flashback begins}
Babu Frik: {voice over} “A Jedi Padawan named Obi-Wan Kenobi dared slay my father, Darth Maul.”
[SFX]: sliiice!
Babu Frik: {voice over} “Destitute, my mother Zam took a job with Maul’s partner Jango, to fund a splanch transplant for me.”
Babu Frik: {voice over} “But then—cruel twist!—Kenobi ensured she never made it home.”
Babu Frik: {voice over} “Jango adopted me. But Kenobi was the spark that lit the fire of an entire war that took Jango down.”
Babu Frik: {voice over} “One executioner. Three parents murdered.”
{flashback ends}
Zorii: I tried to get him to forgive and—
Babu Frik: There is no forgiveness for these crimes, Aunt Zorii!
Rey: This is really bad.
BB-8: A long NPC backstory?
Rey: Not just that. He’s interrupting himself to tell it.