Good point about him not being a real Mandalorian. I always forget that. lol
I hate resurrection plotlines too. There like time travel. Cheap and lazy story telling to allow a franchise to go outside its universe.
For some reason it doesn't bother me as much here, probably because Boba Fett was never that great of a character to me. He was cool and mysterious in the OT, but I didn't get into the novels back then, so any back story he may have had was lost on me. His portrayal in Clone Wars was just annoying.
So I guess, put me in the camp that dislikes resurrections in general, but in this case I don't really care as I don't care about the character like so many do.

To be fair, many of us who believed he was alive were the original nerds and have believed that since before the prequels were a thing that completely "ruined our childhood". Believed it back when he was a mysterious badass with very little screentime (which made him somehow more badass) and not just some clone kid.

We wanted to see him alive (again, unlike Palpatine), so this is the fullfillment of a damn near lifelong dream.

It's really rare for something to happen that feels like something for the oldest, crustiest fans. Imagine, if you will, some version of new Star Trek that Frazod likes. Whatever the **** that could possibly be. That's what this was.

My expectation is the return of Gideon and the Imperials, and a lot more involvement from the Child, who wasn't much more than background and the occasional cuteness interjection week 1.

Fett, while a cool character, wasn’t that ****ing cool. And would be a dumb addition to this series because he wasn’t a Mandalorian. The armor is enough of a throwback. I’m good.

Cobb Vanth wasn't a Mandalorian, either, and I'd say he was pretty ****ing cool...

I think maybe something we're going to see over the course of this series is a redefinition in Din's perception of what a Mandalorian actually is. And it started, I would say, during The Marshal. His first meeting with Cobb, he was going to take Fett's armor off the guy's dead body. By the end, he's shaking Cobb's hand, all but apologizing for taking Fett's armor and saying he hopes their paths cross again.

Character growth is a pretty great thing...

Going further, we still need an explanation for the helmet thing, why he never takes it off. It's been established in Clone Wars and Rebels that Mandalorians in general have no issues taking their helmets off. Most of them seem to have them off more than on, seemingly donning them only in combat.

So why does Din never take his off, and why did the covet on Navarro do the same? It's not a reactionary thing to the Great Purge, I think we can surmise, because Din stated that he hadn't removed it since he was a foundling, which would have been before the Empire's attack. It's also not a Deathwatch thing (the guys who appeared to rescue him as a child), because we've seen a lot of them with their lids off. Similarly, if we do see Sabine Wren, she didn't wear her helmet much of the time. Nor did Bo-Katan Krieze, reportedly being portrayed by Katee Sackhoff.

As for Boba, whether he's uber cool or not, the fact is that that character, as short as his appearance in the OT was, is the sole reason we're having this discussion on this thread. Because without him there are no Mandalorians. His role, primarily in ESB - he's a punchline in RotJ - generated ALL of this mythos. He's a hugely important character in the development of the Star Wars universe.

As you said, if that really was him, I think it's safe to say he'll be a pretty big deal on The Mandalorian, too,.and I haven't seen a reason so far, through 9 episodes, to think they won't do a good job in having all of this make sense.

I think Fett ends up reconnecting with the Empire through Moff Gideon, and will oppose Din due to his hatred of the Jango-killing Jedi, but there are some other directions this could go.

How's about we don't hate whatever this is until we actually see it...

With all the directions they could go with this, looking at the "on the ground" type characters, they go back to the well with something known?

They can save it with character development and do interesting things with the character we know, but damn man. Really?