Is “The Tribes of Tatooine” the best live-action Star Wars episode yet?

If not—it’s pretty dang close. The Book of Boba Fett’s second episode delivers a transcendent work of art that dives into the colonization of the Tusken people, ritual and rebirth, and the optics of power in Mos Espa and across the Dune Sea.

In our deep dive, we parse the language of power spoken by the Hutts, the Pykes, and Boba Fett. We dig into Tusken cultural heritage and parallels between the Hutts and real-world crime syndicates. And we trace the comic-book-and-board-game-spanning lore of Black Krrsantan.

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Timestamps:

00:00:00 Who Are We?

00:02:11 Plot Summary

00:11:38 The Optics of Power

00:26:05 The Tuskens and Colonization

00:33:09 The Hutts and The Mafia

00:40:50 Black Krrsantan

00:49:02 Bae Watch

01:00:35 Closing Thoughts