The Book of Boba Fett Chapter 2: The Tribes of Tattooine (2021) Review

 

Spoilers!

Boba Fett must turn from a bounty hunter into a warrior while stopping the persecution of his saviours in the past and facing a power struggle in the present.

Wonderfully directed by Steph Green this episode flows much better. Jon Favreau writing offers Boba’s relationship strengthening with the Tuscan Raiders. We get to see how he learned his stick skills and gets his garb in The Mandalorian and he also show the skills off. There are some moments of humour with the Sand People that are on the mark, especially when learning how to ride speeder bikes. With this episode Green and crew bring film quality visuals to the small screen. A niggle is that with more flashbacks it may have played better with the series running chronological as we saw what he transitioned into in The Mandalorian. The Sand People story first then to the present day escapades may have worked better.

The action fight scenes are well-choreographed, special effects and production all click into a great exciting episode. The bar and train setup are particularly memorable harking back to good old Westerns. The present setting with Fennec Shand along with Boba’s Gamorrean guards and 8D8 don’t get much screen time, but what there is—is brilliantly executed. Max Rebo again pops ups. We’re introduced to Jabba’s twin cousins, while still not as aesthetically pleasing as Jabba in Return of the Jedi, the CGI is light years ahead of The Phantom Menace and Hutt’s insertion into A New Hope, it’s done well. The bulked mysterious Wookiee, Mayor and other aliens are outstanding.

Temuera Morrison delivers another gritty performance as Fett especially when helping to develop the Tuscan Raider tribe and learning about their culture. There are the usual nods to the universe Star Wars saga, here even a few callbacks to Solo: A Star Wars Story. The hallucination sequence including Kamino is interesting.

Overall, with Favreau back on his game, after the ropey first episode, Green offers the series a complete return to Star Wars form with a strong episode both visually and in terms of story. Thank the maker! A return to the magic of Star Wars.