How the Tuskens Made Boba Fett Strong 

Alex, I genuinely think this was some of your best analysis to date. You've peeled back so many narrative layers and deftly tied them back to Boba's past as a child and younger adult. This piece made me even more excited about this show and I thank you for that.

One thing Alex does right every time is providing a very detailed and well thought out analysis of the stories of this Franchise

I love how both shows following Madalorian main characters (the Mandalorian and the Book of Boba Fett) emphasize found family and comradery. Both Dinn Djardin and Boba Fett start out as cold, distant loners, but find themselves becoming part of a family.

The tuskens were the closest thing he had to family since his father died.

I loved seeing Boba Fett being part of a Tusken tribe. This greatly influenced the way to govern by respect.

Something I absolutely love about Disney's era of Star Wars is the reinvention of old characters and tropes. Legends had so many things that never evolved or changed past their initial conditions. They just became more badass, more cool, more evil. They never changed or reflected on their mistakes. They never became human. I love that about the new Disney era, so many old characters are new again for great reasons.

I don’t want Boba to completely come to the “light side” I like that he is willing to do terrible things for the people he is loyal to.

"The world breaks every one and afterward many are strong at the broken places" - Ernest Hemingway

I like that we're finally getting a redemption story in Star Wars. I know that "redemption" is a major theme in every story, but we haven't gotten a *real* redemption story, at least not on screen. Someone who has to fumble through the difficulties of being one way before and being very different now. Up to now, we've only ever seen people "redeemed" right before their death. And there is something missing in those stories. Because redemption takes work and healing and it's not done overnight. I was disappointed with the first episode of this series, but now I'm glad for the path it's taking us on.

Boba Fett and the tuskten raiders are a awesome team together

Tusken redemption and Boba's rebirth have been a joy to watch! Some minor nitpicks aside I adore this show👍

Boba’s face while he was blasting the Nikto speed bikers is the same face he’s always made in the clone wars

They made him stronger. Gave him focus.

You create many quality videos but this was the best of them. Really appreciate how you compare the lessons George tried to teach us decades ago and how they apply to a TV series today. One of the reasons the Star Wars saga is so special is throughout its history, no matter the visionary creating the content, the elements of the story remain consistent. Thank you for once again showing that to be the case.

Great analysis, as always. I'm really enjoying this show. I'm convinced the people who are salty about it just don't "get" the story Filoni and Favreau are telling.

knowing the kind of man that jango was, who valued loyalty and honour even among thieves, i can't help but think he'd be so immensely proud of the man boba is becoming

Absolutely BRILLIANT analogy...so IMPRESSED with the way you analyze things and your rendition of events, which is as accurate and as honest as possible.

Garsa Fwip isn't just talking to BK when she asks him to behave more to the taste of a more civilized audience... Love what Favreau and Filoni are doing there. Let's all hear the call and join Boba in becoming more tolerant, empathic and sensible. Let's become a family of fans instead of fighting each other.

Great break down I love the growth of Boba and his new relationship with Fenic and his need for creating a tribe

I will say I do wonder if Clan Fett will continue after Boba? His talk of “you can only get so far without a tribe” definitely feels like foreshadowing to some continuation for Clan Fett! Fingers crossed!

I think you’re quite right. This is one of the deepest and most touching analysis I’ve ever seen of this series and of this chapter in particular. I’m holding my breath to see Djarin joining in in one of the following chapters.

It's things like this that make me appreciate the show even more. I especially like the idea of what the Sarlacc represents here. We know the armor isn't there, but I love seeing the characters work through that. Also I like the visuals and the eeriness. :)

This is the BEST one you've ever done! I've felt many of the people that criticize this show don't allow it to tell the complete story then judge. I feel like they just want Boba to simply blast people for 30 minutes. But I've LOVED the Last Samurai / Godfather approach to the series! Great job!

Thank you! Thank you for laying out all the reasons WHY the show is actually damn good. I gotten so tired of bashers and trolls posting every subjective and negative bullshyte and saying the show is "bad" or "terrible" etc etc

Ive enjoyed this show so far. It's not perfect, but I like the cerebral route they're going with Boba's character. I'm glad other people can read between the lines and see that they're trying to add depth to Boba instead of making him a one note, violent, cold hearted quiet killer, which is ironically what many fans AND the galaxy at large see Boba as. The townspeople and many characters are confused at Boba and his new take on life, and in many ways they're are a stand in for the audience.

That man's quoting Clone Wars like it's the Bible.

This is the best Star Wars channel

Excellent commentary Alex! Anyone who is having issues with the Series should listen to this. I think your Analysis will become even more clear to everyone at the end of the Season. MTFBWY - Always!

That Fennec Shand is becoming one of my favorites. She is a bad ass B. This is a good way to introduce a women hero Into the story it feels natural organic not forced.

Wow wow wow!!!! I love this video!!! Your knowledge of Star Wars truly shows in today’s video. I love how you brought back so many Clone Wars quotes and related what we currently know about Boba to the Boba over the years. This is probably my favorite video you’ve ever done. So much thought, knowledge and love went into this. Thank you for all the positivity you bring to the Star Wars universe

Loving these editorial/analysis video essays, Alex! After years of watching you do so many recaps (and reviews), it's a joy to see you growing as a critic/analyst, with so many fantastic personal interpretations and broad insights that draw on your deep knowledge of Star Wars allowing you to make thematic and story connections across so many different parts of the franchise. Keep up the good work!

Tusken made him stronger because he relied on his high tech weapons and the accumulated experience of years; as you then mentioned he was stripped of all his past and then retrained in the physical martial nature of Tatooine. Similar to being stripped of yourself trekking in Tibet then becoming a better you living in a Kung Fu monastery, The Shadow Knows

Thanks, Alex! 🌟 Indeed, 'Boba' is much stronger now. He understands the value of cooperation and community... and also the perks of strategy and patience over rushing to violence. It's an epic evolution of character.

Probable why he helped Mando look for the child. Old boba wouldn’t give a lick about anything but himself. Changed man

Youre killing it with these thoughtful analysis videos, it gives me a better appreciation of these stories

Can we get Temuera Morrison to recreate this thumbnail it’s wonderful!

Really good. I love how u ACTUALLY do an analysis. And a damn good one too. U understand Star Wars

I THINK this was a great video. I love how you tied it back to tcw fortune cookies. Also, I have heard there is criticism of Boba not being a killing machine, but if he was what kind of story would that be? It makes for a great comic, but for a live action series the character needs to grow and change. This all seems inevitable considering we have watched Boba's story since he was a kid. He needs to grow.

This by far is the most brilliant assessment yet of Boba Fett

You are one of the few "who get it'". Boba is growing, evolving, becoming a complete human, after all these years. I have already subscribed a ways back. You've got a loyal follower here. Amen

This show can be a bit all over the place at times in terms of tone and styles in directing etc. However the through line and themes are incredibly strong and I can't wait to see the story culminate in the finale. The story of Boba in this show has been so interesting and incredibly personal.

I like how the book of Boba Fett shows the Tuskens in a new light. Yes they can be brutal and survivalist but it is often for good reason with the tough situation. Great characters

EXCELLENT REVIEW! One of your very best videos! You had keen insight into growth of Boba Fett derived mainly from his time with the Sand people etc. Thank you!

This is really excellent. Great context, thanks!

Amazing analysis, Alex. I gotta rewatch everything now.

Great video, very well explained. Thank you

Another great breakdown, i appreciate your perspective and is probably my favourite out of all the star wars geeks on youtube, especially in regards to the Book of Boba. I love this story and development of Boba, it's brilliant! Thanks again for your content.

Great Video. I really like how u sum up Bobas Character Development. I Know a lot of people dislike Boba Not being the Boba we used to know, but i actually love his development and u sum that up greatly!

It's nice that you help explain things.

this is exactly what i have been saying, thanks for the in depth analysis. I really enjoy this transformation and the direction they are giving to the character

Great video! I love the use of the Clone Wars.

Great video bro bro 🤙🏽

Great Breakdown ! 👍🏼 Interesting!

Boba Fett learnt the age-old saying that there is "strength in numbers"

This was much more than I expected and I love it.

Loyalty breeds loyalty

Great analysis dude

Four words This Is The Way.

Thanks for this video. I've really enjoyed the Book of Boba Fett despite some vocal critics complaining that the series isn't as 'good' as Mandalorian where I've been enjoying it as much if not more than that series. Both are great for different reasons, but I feel the cast is much more diverse in BoBF, and I've been yearning for a Star Wars story to just please, for once, show us a series that doesn't have the Force as a huge central focus of the plot. Great as Mandalorian was, Din Djarin felt like a prop for his own series, little more important to the plot than his space ship, and while we did get some great dad/son interactions between him and the youngling, he ultimately offers little outside of being a tough bodyguard and even needs to be rescued by a Jedi in the end. Seeing Boba Fett work out his problems through diplomacy, intimidation, compromise, and a well-executed show of strength instead of just Force-powering every problem that comes his way is refershing. But I never could fully place why I enjoyed BoBF as much as I did, until now. Boba is trying to reinvent himself and I didn't quite pick up on that myself. Now I've got some insights into his decisions that I can go back and appreciate more.

I really enjoyed this. Keep it up. :)

The way you quote the Clone Wars reminds me of Church when the pastor quotes the Bible to back up his statements. Not a complaint, just something I realized.

Awesome video buddy

Excellent video!!

Good points that more people need to hear and understand

This is the second time I´m watching this video, overall, I must admit, after chapter 3 I had doubts about the series, but chapter four gave us a great glimpse into Boba´s mindset, I love how you came to think about TCW quotes, man I even need to rewatch the whole series.

Great vid Alex :)

"What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger" - Fredrich Nietzche

I think you are spot on with the last bit, the people in the town may help out, good video mate 👍 🇦🇺

When Boba said 'You can only get so far without a tribe' might hint for Clan Fett.

It’s really nice to hear such a positive take on this show. I am an admittedly extreme novice star wars fan that’s been roped in by the mandalorian which has gotten to go back and rewatch all the movies and now I’m into the shows and this show has been fantastic to me(and my fiancé who I watch a lot of this stuff with) and we just can’t understand all of the negativity surrounding this show. What’s the problem?? Why are so many so overly critical of this show? Guessing they can’t see that this is a new origin story. The guy has changed. I love it

FANTASTIC VIDEO!!!

Amazing video

I'm so happy that this series is making Boba Fett an actual character and not just a prop

Watching this after the finale, it's funny many times you hit the nail on the head.

Boba do be lookin thick and swole coming outta that Bacta tank

I agree with your analysis . I's right on. I hope for healthy personnal growth and healthy reactions

Loved this analysis! Boba says he wants to be a crime lord, but HE'S acting like a mayor, honestly.

Are we sure it wasn't the Black Melons, that made him strong? Remember that Chirrut Îmwe was a blind man with a stick.

This was Awesome

The tuskens acceptance of Boba who has no claim to being a Tusken and was their slave vs Bo Katans and the mandalorians non acceptance of him even though he is Jangos adoptive child and Mandalorians are not a born race is truely beautiful symmetry

Fantastic thumbnail!

I'm confused about the timeline. It feels like it's only been a few months since he crawled out of the pit, and he couldn't have been in the pit for very long or he'd have starved to death, yet as they approached the pit in his ship, he says something about having been there "all those years ago". So, how long was he with the Tuskens or what exactly does the timeline look like?

To me, Filoni and Favreu should've headed LucasFilms and managed the sequels, they are not giving us the Star Wars we wanted, they are giving us the Star Wars we deserve! 🙌

I've been really enjoying what they're doing. They took Fett in an interesting direction.

Oh my gosh I love that thumbnail so much 😭 🤣

This thing of solitude of bountyhunters is quite true. We see in recent comics how Zuckuss craves for 4-Lom when they get separated.

Boba Fett has evolved. I don't see wiping out the swoop gang as a darkness (yes-it was dark), but it was more of a reckoning. They mercilessly wiped out his tribe, so he reacted in kind. After all, he accepted the service of the Gamorreans, and released Krrsantan.

It is rather frustrating and disappointing that a lot of the naysayers automatically saying Boba is weaker and neutered because he’s not doing cold hearted badass things or being this nigh invincible killer. Do these folks just not understand what internal character development is?

boba fett teach the tuskens to ride speeder bike and they defeated a armored and armed train. farmers, scum and vilany be like, why do i hear nomadic throat singing coming from the distants.

I've been very so so with this show, I loved ep 2. This video won me over though.

The awakening from the sarlec pit is a rebirth into the womb of a new aion, The new age of reasoning, movies show this symbolic in a lot of sci-fi, the end of the old and being reborn from darkness into the light, great show this is?

A+ thumbnail

I’m predicting that since Boba was made an official tusken by the tribe that took him in, he may use his knowledge and understanding of them to reach out and rally the other tribes of the Dune Sea as his own army. Even Jabba held no control of any kind over the Tuskens, but Boba may be the one to bring them under his leadership through mutual understanding and respect. He may offer them a chance for revenge against the Pykes who likely ordered the death of his tribe by the bikers.

I kind of hope that a cool idea for Fennecs charecter would be for an enemy to make a proposal to her that offers more than boba and offers more money, and she hesitantly takes it or at least conciders it and she goes back to what she knows next looking for her best interest and the life of a bounty hunter but then she soon realizes that the way these other crime bosses treat her and other bounty hunter's is unfair and understands what boba tried to tell her and she ends up betraying the enemy and comes back with boba realizing she can trust boba, I feel like it would make sense for her charecter and add depth to her and bobas new idealisms and the points he made about being in a tribe

This is a natural place for boba fetts character to be now. Everyone who dosagrees dont understand boba fett.

I hope the pikes have hired bounty hunters of there own (Cad Bane?) it would be nice to see the bounty hunters hired by the pikes representing boba fett as he was before the sarlac.

Playing a drinking game, each time you quote The Clone Wars. lol

If spending time with the Tusken Raiders makes you strong, then the Pakleds might benefit from going to Tatooine.

He also spared the palace guards, who then saved him from the Night Wind in chapter 1.

What a thumbnail!