Book of Boba Fett Episode 2: Tribes of Tatooine

 Boba Fett is still having trouble establishing himself as the successor to Jabba.  

The captured assassin from last week produces the Mayor as the person who hired him, after having been dropped in the  Rancor pit.  It was fun to see Fett's chair roll forward to see the action in the pit, though of course Luke killed that rancor.  Word doesn't get around to assassins, apparently.

Back in town, Fett and Fennec get the run around from the mayor--a fantastic Ithorian-- and from the local tavern owner before we find the real source of opposition to Fett's ascension.  There are Twin Hutts, brought in on an enormous platform barely held aloft by carriers, not droids but humanoids.  I was fascinated by the sister in particular, with her pinkish coloring and her tiny hand fan.

 Just barely less exciting than the Twins was the presence of their awesome Wookiee bodyguard.

Much of the episode went back to Boba Fett's days living among the Tusken Raiders he'd fallen in with.  Over time they treat him less as a prisoner and more as a comrade who they teach to fight with a Gaffi Stick.

It's a rite of passage for him to eventually improve enough to fight by their side.  The opportunity comes when a long silver hovertrain moves at high speed through the area where the Tuskens are living.  It's windows open as it comes near, and there is gunfire from the train, injuring several Raiders and banthas.

Fett, seeing some figures on speeder bikes pass by in the evening, asks for a stick and a rifle, he knows how to stop the train, he says.

Confronting the Niktos who are terrorizing a tavern in Tosche Station, Boba takes their speeders and brings them back to the Tusken camp.  Here he teaches the Tuskens to ride and to jump from one speeder bike to another, simulating the moves they'll need when the train comes by again.

When it comes by, they're ready, and in classic fashion they ride along side the train, using grappling hooks to reach the roof, taking out Pykes and controlling the train.

For his help, the Tuskens send Fett on a journey to a mysterious tree where he gets a branch that will be his own Gaffi Stick, which he crafts himself with the help of the Tusken weapons master.

An exciting episode where you get to know Boba and how he operates.  He seems still a more honorable person than expected.  I suspect his alliance with the Tuskens will come in handy later as he tries to establish himself.