Book of Boba Fett: Who Are the Major Players on Tatooine?

The premiere instalment of The Book of Boba Fettlooked forward as well as backward . For the bulk of the instalment , director Robert Rodriguez explored where Boba had been since we last see him in Return of the Jedi , moving toward hisreemergence on The Mandalorian . The other part stare in front at what Boba Fett returning to Tatooine meant for Star Wars and it looks like a pretty boisterous road for the bounty hunting watch turn offense boss , including some mysterious new character .

Atthe remnant of The Mandalorian season two , we see Boba Fett and Fennec Shand kill Bib Fortuna and take over the can once occupied by Jabba the Hutt . We already have intercourse that after Jabba was killed by our rebel heroes out near the sarlacc , his second in instruction took over the reign . But now , it ’s Boba ’s line of work , and as he ’s seat on the throne as the new daimyo ( a term Star Wars borrows from our own world , the title of a shogun ’s vassal lord in feudalistic Japan ) of Jabba ’s empire , here ’s who he has to be worried about … at least at the start .

The mayor ’s majordomo , played by David Pasquesi . Screenshot : Disney+/Lucasfilm

Heavy is the head that wears the crown.

Heavy is the head that wears the crown.Image: Lucasfilm

The Mayor of Mos Espa

Arguably the biggest mystery of the premier instalment is the indistinguishability of the Mayor of Mos Espa , Mok Shaiz . Shaiz sends his majordomo , an unnamed Twi’lek played by thespian David Pasquesi , in their place , which is the first signboard of disrespect . A few more signs later Boba and Fennec get it on that whoever this mayor is , they intend themselves above the new offense honcho .

Now , evidently , since we have the character ’s name , the odds are irresistibly in the favor of Mok Shaiz being a new lineament . But , if The Mandalorian has learn us anything , it ’s to expect a recall — and since the character is kept a mystery here , maybe it ’s someone we know just with a new name . Some random possibilities that amount to our idea are former Tatooine mainstays Sebulba or Watto or bartender Wuher , who would have really move up in the world . possibly it ’s illustrious bounty hunter , perhaps a Bossk or Dengar , or even a member of the Bad Batch , settled into a whole new sprightliness . Most likely though , it ’s someone newfangled .

take down : Though there might be some confusion whether Mok Shaiz is the mayor ’s name , or the name of the majordomo , io9 sustain with Lucasfilm that Mok Shaiz is the name of the yet - to - be - seen mayor .

Graphic: Jim Cooke

The mayor’s majordomo, played by David Pasquesi.Screenshot: Disney+/Lucasfilm

Garsa Fwip

act by Jennifer Beals , Garsa Fwip is the owner of the Sanctuary , a local Mos Espa watering golf hole that seems to have stolen Max Rebo from out of the havoc at Jabba ’s castle in Return of the Jedi . It ’s a much classier joint than even working for Jabba though , complete with an RX series droid dealing what seem like Sabacc . Anyway , like most business proprietor in an expanse run by gangsters , Fwip seems to recognise that a new chief does n’t think much change , and she pays Boba her tribute . But you do n’t cast an actress like Beals to show up and do nothing . She could be a powerful ally for Fett and Shand , or a oblique opposition .

Night Wind Assassins

When Boba Fett and Fennec Shand leave the Sanctuary , they ’re ambuscade by several deadly bravo that the credit mention to as “ Night Wind Assassins . ” We presume that ’s the name of their crowd , and we ’ll surely instruct more as before long as Shand is able-bodied to capture one . We do n’t sleep with who operate them — possibly Mos Espa ’s mayor?—but nevertheless , they ’re formidable enemies who give Boba and Fennec a rivulet for their money . ( Of mention , “ Night Wind ” wasthe name of a YT-1300 lightheaded freighterin the classic West End Games Star Wars : The Roleplaying Game . So you take it producer Dave Filoni was probably a fan . )

The Untitled Swoop Bike Gang

Several years before take the pot , when Boba was still without his armour and captured by the Tuskens , he witnesses a gang of what looks like Kajain’sa’Nikto beast on swoop bikes robbing and beating a person in their dwelling . The gang members then paint a symbolization that looks like a “ J ” and “ L ” back to back on the side of the domicile . It almost looks like a deconstructionism of the Rebel Alliance starbird , two fish sweetener or the initials toa notable director ’s excision .

As far as we experience , this is n’t a symbol we ’ve seen before , and though the creatures are also wearing the same jackets , this episode does n’t make it clean-cut what is written on them . Suffice to say , this is n’t a gang of good guy rope . So despite them hinge on slide bicycle akin to someone like Enfys Nest , we ’d conceive of these outlander are not friendly . But , speak of friends …

Boba’s Allies

While most of The Book of Boba Fett premiere jell up foes for Boba and Fennec , we do conform to some allies too . There ’s the unnamed “ Aqualish Don , ” who go far and want to make some sort of friendship with the new criminal lord . There ’s also Dokk Strassi , a Trandoshan crime boss who used to engage Boba as a Bounty Hunter , as well as 8D8 , the smelter droid who used to work for Jabba the Hutt . Fun fact : he ’s sound by Laszlo himself , Matt Berry !

Most significantly though , the premier episode established the commencement of an alliance with the Tuskens , whose hierarchy we see for the first time ever . It seems likely that some level between Boba ’s licking of the moxie centaur at the end of this episode , and incur his armor back on The Mandalorian , he falls in in force with the hefty people . That should come in handy in attempting to hold the pot of Mos Espa .

The Book of Boba Fett episode one is now streaming on Disney+ . New episodes sink every Wednesday through February .

The mayor’s majordomo, played by David Pasquesi.