History Recap / TheBookOfBobaFettS1E6FromTheDesertComesAStranger

* HonorBeforeReason: When catching Pykes running spice through the Mos Pelgo territories, Cobb Vanth [[IllPretendIDidntHearThat gives them one chance to leave with their chest unopened]]; when they instead try to kill him, he kills three and orders the last one to leave the spice as payment for his life. The lone Pyke reluctantly complies, noting that the small box of spice is worth more than Cobb’s entire town. He snarks he might sell it and retire then. However, when left alone with the spice, he kicks the box over and lets the spice fly off into the wind.

''(gunfire; three Pykes fall dead)''\\
'''Vanth:''' ''(to the surviving Pyke)'' Think it through. I can see you're the smart one. I got a proposition for your bosses. Tell 'em I've heard of the Syndicate. Take their credits back with you. And I say this with respect, anyone gets lost running spice through Mos Pelgo again will be lost forever. Now, load that chest and go. Consider it a fine for trespassing.\\

* IsThatAThreat: When Bane tells Cobb to be careful where he sticks his nose, Cobb replies "Is that friendly advice or a threat?"

* UnderestimatingBadassery: While Cobb knows who Cad Bane is from the start and is trying to appear unbothered by his arrival, his deputy Scott doesn't seem to recognize Bane and interjects, "hey, the marshall ain't for sale!"; after Cobb shoots him a look [[UnwantedAssistance that's practically screaming at him not to get involved]], Scott shrugs dismissively and seems confident that the stranger isn't so tough. That bravado disappears the second Bane lifts his head to glare at the two of them. Even the attempt to outdraw him, while an act of desperation, is a foolhardy mistake.

* TheUnReveal: The audience is shown some of what Grogu witnessed during Order 66, but how he escaped the carnage is left unknown.

* WeHardlyKnewYe: Cobb has acquired a new deputy marshall who's mercilessly gunned down by Cad Bane before we can really get to know him.

* HonorBeforeReason: When catching Pykes running spice through Freetown territory, Cobb Vanth [[IllPretendIDidntHearThat gives them one chance to leave with their chest unopened]]; when they instead try to kill him, he kills three and orders the last one to leave the spice as payment for his life. The lone Pyke reluctantly complies, noting that the small box of spice is worth more than Cobb’s entire town. He snarks he might sell it and retire then. However, when left alone with the spice, he kicks the box over and lets the spice fly off into the wind.

** When the two Pykes enter Sanctuary the hostesses offer to clean their helmets, similar to how they did the same for Boba and Fennec in order to fill the helmets with the expected 'tribute'. They're puzzled when they refuse and walk out shortly afterwards...leaving a bomb behind.

* RedEyesTakeWarning: Cad Bane's eyes look incredibly menacing compared to his appearance in ''Clone Wars''.

** Yoda's theme plays when Luke tells Grogu about him.

** A few of Luke's training methods, such as the training remote, are things he picked up from Obi-Wan and Yoda. The latter gets name-dropped on a couple of occasions, on account of Grogu being the same species.

* {{Leitmotif}}: Luke and Grogu have leitmotifs based on the music from the scenes in ''Series/TheMandalorian'' where Luke fights the Dark Troopers and Grogu leaves with him.

** Cad Bane's line "as long as the spice keeps running" is very reminiscent of "[[Film/Dune1984 the spice must flow]]".
** Cobb's stand-offs are strongly reminiscent of classic westerns.

* SpaceWestern: ''Star Wars'' has never come ''this'' close to a western of old (or a SpaghettiWestern for that matter) than in this episode when [[TheGunslinger Cad Bane]] walks into Freetown like an angel of death and guns down Cobb and his associate in a QuickDraw out of a criminal territory feud, with some EnnioMorriconePastiche guitar riffs to boot.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Cad Bane's first live-action appearance has him waltz into town menacingly like the villain in a SpaghettiWestern, confidently talk down to Cobb Vanth, and ruthlessly gun down both Cobb (himself enough of a QuickDraw to gun down three Pykes before they knew what hit them) and his deputy without a second thought.

* SpaceWestern: ''Star Wars'' has never come ''this'' close to a western of old (or a SpaghettiWestern for that matter) than in this episode when [[TheGunslinger Cad Bane]] walks into Freetown and guns down Cobb and his associate in a QuickDraw out of a criminal territory feud.

** The Pykes blow up the Sanctuary to send a message to Boba Fett.

* RedEyesTakeWarning: Cad Bane's eyes look incredibly menacing compared to his appearance in Clone Wars.