So the Book of Boba Fett Season 1 episode 3 “The Streets of Mos Espa'' has just dropped
and gives us a look at the other side of Boba Fett’s Criminal Empire, one that he didn’t
even know existed.
We got a good look at the new Major Threat to Boba’s empire, as well as the ferocious
wookiee himself Black Krrsantan going absolute ballistic.
So, lets break down everything that went down in the episode, and how it connects to the
other Star Wars books, comics and tv shows . Also remember to leave your episode rating
out of 10 in the comments and subscribe for a whole lot more Book of Boba Fett content
throughout the show!
So the episode begins right off with a spider-like droid walking in front of Jabba’s palace.
This is actually the same type of droid seen in Return of the Jedi known as a Brain Walker,
which holds the brains of a very weird cult of Monks.
These monks are called the Bo’Marr order and they believed that cutting themselves
off from all physical sensation was the key to enlightenment…
And they took that to its absolute extreme by cutting off all of their physical senses,
remaining as just a brain in a jar.
Following that, Boba is given a briefing by 8d8, the infamous Smelter Droid who showed
up in Return of the Jedi torturing a Gonk droid, about the situation after Jabba’s
death.
He goes on to say that after the disaster on the sail barge which we of course saw in
Star Wars episode 6, there was a major power vacuum left over.
In this vacuum, Bib Fortuna took over and divided Mos Espa among three families…
A crime family of Trandoshasns took the city centre, the aqualish took the workers district
and the Klatoonians took the starport area of the city.
After that, Boba Fett invites in one of the local businessmen to hear about his ongoing
issues and in the conversation, Boba Fett drops a nice little throwback to his origins
surrounded by water, of course referencing Kamino before it was mostly destroyed.
The man also recounts that Tatooine used to be covered by vast oceans.
This is a direct reference to the Dawn of the Jedi comics, going back over 26 thousand
years before the current timeline, where Tatooine was a lush tropical world.
That changed though the When the Rakatan infinite empire, who were the most dominant species
at the time arrived and enslaved the native population, known as the Kumumgah.
When the natives rebelled against the Rakatan’s harsh treatment, they glasses the planet from
orbit, drying up all of it’s oceans and covering it in sand.
Because of this the Kumumgah were forced to retreat underground and over the thousands
of years they eventually evolved into two distinct species.
The Tuskens and the Jawas.
Either way, Boba is then told about a group of young street urchins who augment their
bodies with droid parts and cause terror for the local salesmen and business.
Boba Agrees to put them in their place because it becomes pretty clear that nobody in Mos
Espa respects him when these kids are causing so much trouble and stealing.
Boba then resolves the dispute by forcing the water monger to accept less credits, and
then recruits the band of young street urchins to work for him.
Straight after this we cut back into the bacta tank which as you know by know is the catalyst
for all of Boba’s flashbacks.
We rush straight into a vision from Kamino where Boba watches his father Jango Fly the
slave I off world, while he’s hauled up inside of the Kaminoan facilities.
We then go back to the sands of Tatooine once again, where Boba Fett rides into Mos Eisley
on a Bantha…
The first awesome little easter as he rides is are the stormtrooper helmets on pikes,
which is actually callback all the way to the first season of the Mandalorian, which
are the same ones Din Djarin walks by in both the trailers and the episodes.
In the background of this scene we also get a very tiny cameo of Pelli Motto and her pit
droids from that same Mandalorian season 1 episode, but you’ll need to be paying very
close attention not to miss this one.
Soon after, Boba walks down the streets of Mos Eisley until he arrives at the Pyke syndicate
headquarters and enters swiftly.
The Pykes were of course seen in Solo: A Star Wars story as they are infamous for operating
the spice mines of Kessel, as well as in the Clone Wars season 7.
The suits they wear in Solo actually have little spice tubes connected to them, which
allow them to snort spice 24/7…
They’re very big into the galactic spice trade, let's just say that.
After this boba speaks to the Pyke boss about protection arrangements in the outer rim,
to which he mentions that he has spoken to his superiors on Obah Diah.
Obah Diah is actually the homeworld of the Pyke syndicate and featured heavily in the
Clone Wars season 7, when Ahsoka Tano visited the planet with Trace and Raffa Martez after
getting into some dangerous situations.
Not to mention a group of Mandalorians led by Bo Katan and Ursa Wren visited there in
order to track down ahsoka for the Siege of Mandalore, which took place right after those
episodes.
After this, the Pyke boss mentions that the Kintan Striders have already collected protection
money for this area, so he is unwilling to pay Boba.
Now the Kintan Strider is literally a piece in the board game Dejarik seen in pretty much
every star wars media ever, so its likely that this crime group has named themselves
after this piece… or at least the beast that it is based off of.
Boba is then forced to leave in shame, without payment…
so he sets off to resolve things and make sure the Tuskens receive their payment for
passage through their lands…
And I just have to say the symbolism on the Pyke’s outfit really matches more closely
to Crimson Dawn than the Pykes we see in Solo or the Clone Wars season 7.
It could just be a coincidence but the circular patterns could be hinting towards an evolved
version of Crimson Dawn.
Following this we get an absolutely heartbreaking scene, where Boba Fett returns to the Tusken
raider campsite and sees that all of his fellow Tusken brothers have been slaughtered.
He notices the same symbol that he saw on the gang who stole the water earlier and is
deeply hurt by the tragedy, probably vowing revenge.
Before we can go any further in this flashback though, Boba Fett is violently awoken from
his bacta tank by the ferocious black furred Wookiee Known as Black Krrsantan.
Black Krrsantan is a fierce gladiator wookiee who originates in the Star Wars 2020, Darth
Vader 2020 and Doctor Aphra comics and is currently a member of Aphra’s crew.
Black Krrsantan absolutely pummels Boba Fett who’s frsh out of the bacta tank and even
uses his electric brass knuckles, which he has used many times in the Comics…
I also have a full video explaining Black Krrsantan, so make sure you check that video
out in the pinned comment below.
Following this, Black Krrsantan goes absolutely ballistic, throwing everyone he sees violently
in every direction.
It’s utter chaos.
The young street urchins for earlier, as well as Boba’s gamorrean guards rush in to help,
but Black K is too ferocious
to be stopped.
Moments later though he makes a crucial mistake by being lured over the trapdoor and swiftly
lowered into the Rancor pit below…
NOw this is actually a really weird mistake for him to make considering Black Krrsantan
has been to Jabba’s palace many, many times before in the comics.
I guess with the amount of enemies coming at him he really had no choice but to stand
there.
Back at the dinner table, Boba Fett knows he must respond to this disgraceful threat
against his life and Fennec tells him that he’s the head of a family now, he must do
what is necessary.
Great little connection to how the mafia operate, and it seems the show will be going in that
direction much more from here.
After that They are then interrupted once gain by the hutt twins arriving on scene to
deliver a gift.
This gift is a depressed rancor for their pit, delivered by none other than Danny Trejo
himself…
The hutts then promise to leave Tatooine after finding out that the Mayor Mok Shaiz has promised
the territory here to a different syndicate… and as they always say, war is bad for business.
Now this could be Muchi from the Bad Batch, which somehow ended up with the two twins
after the show, or it could be a completely new one.
This Rancor Keeper also probably took over after Malakilli left, because when Luke Skywalker
killed Pateesa in Return of the Jedi he was severely depressed and wanted to throw himself
into the great pit of Karkoon…
He then travelled to Mos Pelgo, Cobb Vanth’s town to train more, leaving Mos Espa without
a Rancoor Trainer.
After this, the trainer mentions that the Rancors have been ridden by the witches of
Dathomir for many thousands of years, which is a huge reference to both the Legends Book,
The Courtship of Princess Leia which first established that lore, as well as the Clone
Wars and Jedi Fallen Order.
Boba Fett then begins the process of learning to tame his new rancor and ride it, but its
soon interrupted and forced to visit the mayor.
He even says that he’s ridden a beast 10 times its size…
This is probably a reference to Boba Fett’s first appearance ever in the Star Wars Holiday
special, where he rode a mythosaur type creature.
When they arrive, he isn’t there, leading to a massive speeder chase between his Majordomo
and the swoop gang of street urchins.
Honestly, this chase is something straight out of Star Wars: Rebels and you can even
see a table of meilooruns be knocked over, which literally happened in that show.
In the street chase you can actually see a BB unit rolling down the sand, as well a painting
of Jabba the Hutt featuring Boba right therein the palace.
This is actually a ralph mcquarrie original concept art for Return of the Jedi, which
is a really cool little connection!
Eventually Boba’s underling arrives at a ship with a full delegation from the Pyke
Syndicate and he immediately informs Boba about the situation.
A turf war is just about to kick off.
And that’s where we end off before the next episode.
I really don’t think the Pykes will be the big bad of the show, and they themselves are
probably vassals of the Crimson Dawn and Qi’ra…
Or someone even darker.
But Let me know in the comments your rating out of 10!
So that is my full breakdown for Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett Season 1 episode 3:
The Streets of Mos Espa.
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Cheers guys, hope to see you in the next one!