Warning: The following contains spoilers from Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett “Chapter 3: The Streets of Mos Espa,” streaming now on Disney+.

The first two episodes of The Book of Boba Fett have been mostly about filling in the story gaps post Return of the Jedi. Through his traumatic dreams, fans got to see Boba’s canon escape from the Sarlacc Pit and join a Tusken tribe. This week’s episode, however, was a change of pace on two major fronts.

Unlike the first two episodes, “The Streets of Mos Espa,” primarily focused on the series’ present day. Boba recruited some new, teenage bodyguards, while the shifty Mayor Mok Shaiz aligned himself with the Pyke Syndicate. That conflict will be important going forward, but the episode’s most consequential sequence was yet another flashback. Unlike the rest, though, this one wasn’t a happy memory with the Tuskens, as it showed their deaths in a horrific callback to Star Wars’ Prequel Trilogy.

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There were a lot of brutal happenings in the Star Wars prequels, but one tends to stand out among the rest. In Attack of the Clones, Anakin sensed his mother’s torment on Tatooine and, against orders, went to her aid. Unfortunately, he was too late, and he proceeded to kill every single one of the Tuskens in a murderous, revenge-fueled frenzy after he found her dead. That was the moment that the latest The Book of Boba Fett made a callback to, but it did so by totally filling the script.

In “The Tribes of Tatooine,” Boba needed a way to combat the Pyke’s spice-hauling “long speeder.” So, he went off to Tosche Station and forcefully commandeered some speeders off of a biker gang. However, it turned out that it wasn’t only a bunch of bar thugs that Boba roughed up. Apparently, the Niktos were part of an infamous gang called the Kintan Striders, and it was the same gang members that pillaged a homestead earlier in the series, leaving their trademark symbol painted on the farmers’ home.

When the gang members woke up, they must have wanted revenge and found a way to track Boba back to the Tusken encampment because, while Boba went off to negotiate the Pykes, the Kintan Striders came, killed the Tuskens and burned their encampment. By the time that Boba returned, it was over, and there was nothing that he could do. But while it's clear Boba will go after them, the moment is still worth a closer look.

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Boba and the Tuskens

The scene was totally unexpected because it flipped the script on Anakin’s quasi-justified, vigilante-like revenge. The same slaughter happened, but things were different this time. In an unexpected break from the Tusken’s usual, savage portrayal, viewers have spent the last few episodes getting a look at the Tusken’s humanity. So, when Boba finds them butchered and burning, it was a moment of disbelief. Of course, it was shocking to see them all dead, but more importantly, a lot of viewers were unexpectedly “caught up in the feels” over the killings.

The scene shows how well the writers have crafted the early episodes of The Book of Boba Fett. At the beginning of the series, a bunch of dead Tuskens would not have been something to be sad over. Yet, it just happened, and everyone was left to realize that everyone matters to someone. In truth, it’s a statement on the whole Star Wars franchise. Revenge, such as what Anakin embraced in that murderous moment, only leads to more suffering.

To see Boba Fett hunt down the murderous Kintan Striders, watch The Book of Boba Fett. New episodes are available on Disney+ every Wednesday.

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