The Unprofessional: Why Boba Fett Is Bad at Empire-Building

Tom, Clara, Ian, and Eric take a look at The Book of Boba Fett and break down the good, the bad, and the ugly! We talk about the true cultural home for the story, discuss why it’s hard to tell who’s a revisionist power and who’s preserving the status quo, and explore how the Man in Green fails to make the transition from personal to organizational leadership. Also in this episode, Clara reveals her narco-Communist sympathies, Eric fights against his Trekkie typecasting, Tom talks about the time he underwent torture for trival reasons, and Ian wails about a Star Wars music genre… The NavyCon 2022 Call for Presentations is out, and the deadline is 3 April! Send us your proposals–we want to hear from you! Find it here: https://twitter.com/ANavycon/status/1488524790948265984 Books referenced: Stranger in the Shogun's City: A Japanese Woman and Her World by Amy Stanley https://books.google.com/books/about/Stranger_in_the_Shogun_s_City.html?id=GH6UzQEACAAJ Tour of Duty: Samurai Military Service in Edo, and the Culture of Early Modern Japan by Constantine Nomikos Vaporis https://www.google.com/books/edition/Tour_of_Duty/1MhapbtREgoC?hl=en&gbpv=0 Francis Gavin, Nuclear Weapons and American Grand Strategy (Washington, D.C., Brookings Institution Press: 2020) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07V2B7NVX/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 Reach out to us via Discord at:discord.gg/6xg2sApfGJ The Joint Geeks on this episode are: Ian Boley (@IBBoley) Eric Muirhead (@starfleethist), Tom Harper (@thomaslharper), and Clara Boley.