Firefly question

[Occhidiangela]

There's a scene in the movie where (to paraphrase), Book makes some reference to his past, and Mal says "You're going to have to tell me about that sometime". Book says "No, I won't". I took this as Joss' way of telling all the fans that he's not planning to explain anything more about Book. I thought it was cute. :)

1. Book's easy familiarity with fighting and weapons during "War Stories" was a bit of a giveaway to his past as either a cop, Operative, or similar agent.

2. His being outfoxed by agent Dobson in Episode 1 shows that perhaps a former operative spent too much time at the abbey, and lost his keen edge.

My assessment: Book was an Operative, lost his Faith in the Alliance System, and then found a new system of Faith. He prefers (generally) to have shut the door to his past since he is "born again" as a Shepard. His forming the colony at Haven makes perfect sense. A chance to rebuild a community in a better image. Echoes of Thoreau.

I never got the "three episodes in comic books" that link the last Firefly Episode with the Serenity film, but I understand his departure for Haven and Inara's are better fleshed out.

Occhi