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AUDIO PODCAST! 

THE BOOK OF BOBA FETT continues this week with Chapter 2. We are talking full-on spoilers of everything that happened in "The Tribes of Tatooine". We're providing analysis and observations from the whole episode with special guest, toy guy Michael Mercy. Plus, your Superchats and phone calls to the RFR switchboard!

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Uncle Ob1

Great episode lots to talk about. One of my favorite from Disney so far. Can’t wait to listen to you guys break it all down.

theVillaCachers

It's now RFR canon! Jason referenced "flash bactas"! 😆 ❤ Just thinking if Omega came to B.o.B. would she pronounce Boba's full name as "Boba Feet"? 🤣

Blake Weaver

Enjoyed listening to it at work today. Loved the guest host this week. And I’m really happy Jimmy shut down the negative talk early on. I’m getting sick and tired of seeing these hot takes online from people that aren’t even Star Wars fans. And if I hear boba is “too nice” one more time my head is gonna explode. People gotta embrace him being a diverse character now. This episode was incredible. It had amazing character moments, world building, great comedy, great action, heartfelt moments. It was pure Star Wars. Can’t wait for next week and RFR’s next live show!

Diana Orr

I’m so hoping that we see Watto and he throws out a “Chut Chut”.

Sean W. from Warsaw

The reference the Tusken made to how oceans were once on Tatooine. I took it to be a legend or myth that was passed down over generations. Similarly, I'm not so sure anything definitive can be said about who has natural claim over the planet. I bet so-called offworlders probably will tell similar things about them being there first. A place like Tatooine in a galaxy we know to be many, many thousands of years old is gonna have a long forgotten history steeped in legends and myths. Lastly, I'm just not convinced the Tuskens in AOTC were "misunderstood." They had absolutely zero excuse for what they did to Shmi, her husband, and the many unnamed moisture farmers who lost their lives trying to protect and rescue Shmi. Zero. What were they even doing with her to begin with...? Given her fatal injuries, obviously not anything good. I think if we are being honest with ourselves, many will likely admit that we wouldn't be much different from Anakin in how he responded to such senseless evil. Anakin understood all too well who that tribe really was and what they were about. Nor am I necessarily convinced that the tribe Boba found himself with is different. Granted, they tell him they survive by "hiding" while others do by "killing," but there are at least two sides to every story. And I say this in part because of how they treated Boba when they captured him: They beat him for sport. Were it not for the specific circumstances surrounding his attempted escape and the slaying of the sand monster that clearly won him life-saving renown as a warrior like them, undoubtedly he would not have lasted very much longer in the desert with them due to their inexcusable treatment of him. Lets not forget about the red Rodian who's probably still enslaved by them or used for a punching bag or whatever they're using him for. The Tuskens may have their own varying cultures, but wrong or evil behavior is not to be overlooked in favor of sympathizing with them for other reasons, however benign they may be. Time will tell where this story goes with the Tusken tribe, but my guess is the darker side of their culture will be explored more. Why do they just pick up people lost in the desert, dying of thirst and the elements, only to abuse them? Why do they summarily and conveniently overlook the moisture farmer family that was ransacked by that swoop gang and left likely without water and other means of survival for who knows how long? These things must be looked at if we're to be more cautious and fair about how we approach the Tusken tribes going forward in the story. And my guess is all of this will adequately explore the dark side character of Boba Fett quite sufficiently. You just don't pair up a cold blooded killer with desert nomads who have a penchant for violence and leaving people to die without getting dark storytelling!

Sean W. from Warsaw

I just had an epiphany. What if the Tusken said that they survive by "hiding" because they got on the bad side of another tribe they were originally a part of because they (the tribe Boba is with) were in the wrong? Given what we know of Tuskens, for all we know they probably ended up raiding their own kind, killed someone, or whatever. Now they're on the run. Like I said, at least two sides to every story. You never know!

Bjorn

I loved that line about the Tuskens knowing every grain of sand in the dune sea and I wish they expanded on their role as actual natives of Tatooine before throwing in that weird line where suddenly Boba becomes "woke" for lack of a better term about native/colonial politics talking about ancestral lands and paying tribute, that felt like really weird over the top virtue signaling from Disney using Boba as a mouth piece for contemporary discussions on Native relations in North America, New Zealand and Australia. Not that that's not a noble thing to bring up it just seemed so out of the blue and not in character at all that it completely took me out of the episode. Also everyone seems way too nice in this show, the Tusken leader just let's this random foreign guy take control of a mission and introduce foreign technology and there's no push back or nearly any resistance to this. Also that whole vision quest felt like a huge missed opportunity to show us something new and interesting about Boba's past but instead they just show us more Sarlaac which we've already seen!! This episode just really fell off the rails for me but I'm enjoying watching the show as the aftershows are always my favourite part about it! And I dug the Hutts!

Adam from Indy

After the episode I showed my kids a Haka video because I had made the same connection. Awesome.

theVillaCachers

For sure on the virtue signaling. It usually comes across forced and to "signal" a message about how great disney is as a company. 🙄 I like natural story telling that has nothing to do with narratives coming from news outlets or political parties. Thats why I like OT so much. There are no blatant political jabs aimed at half the country. I know, consider the source I guess.

Antonio from NJ

Huh I didnt even notice that line because that aspect of the the Tusken story has been hit on in KOTOR, (I believe) the Kenobi novel and some comics. Are you talking about when Fett is holding court with the Pykes? Also the clear references to Lawerence of Arabia anchors it in that sort of story - similar to Dances w Wolves and Avatar as well. It is a pretty well-trodden trope. I'm not so sure it's blatant virtue signaling or at all. I can equally see it being JF drawing from previous Tusken stories and specific cinematic influences. And (this is the fun part) I actually saw those scenes and had somewhat of a gripe in the opposite way...."oh look its the Last Samurai again"..."broken warrior shows less technological adept tribal warrior clan how to fight superior forces and win. In return they show him how to claim himself back etc " But eh, it is compelling and I had fun. Thats all I really care about w Star Wars.

Kyle Starkel

I personally don’t see how Boba acknowledging the Tuskans longstanding presence on Tatooine is “virtue signaling”.

Tanner Keyfauver

Loved this episode! I'm sure this will never be addressed in universe. Until something proves otherwise, I am going to believe the twins are Zero the Hutt's kids. They did mention they are Jabba's cousins.

Steven Jimenez

I kinda think we don’t really know who Boba is aside from being a bounty hunter and hanging with some real seedy dudes. I can’t wait to learn more about him!!

Bjorn

I mean virtue signaling on the part of disney and it only feels that way when it doesn't feel genuine to the character, it just seemed like such an odd moment for Boba, especially since contained within this show they have only briefly touched on the Tuskens being long standing natives, beyond that "knowing every grain of sand line" which was great