History Series / TheBookOfBobaFett

* JerkToNiceGuyPlot: For Boba Fett, clearly, on a quest to find a life other than being a feared bounty hunter, but also for Tattooine. It was introduced as the place farthest from the bright center of the galaxy, with hostile natives, thieving scavengers, and cities that are wretched hives of scum and villainy. The prequels double down, showing that it engages in routine blood sports (the pod races) and society-wide slavery. ''The Mandalorian'' started redeeming it with Cobb Vanth and Mos Pelga (now Freetown), but this series keeps the focus on the planet and shows that the majority of its inhabitants are just regular people who keep their heads down and want nothing more than for all the crime lords to just ''go away'', and prove willing to fight when their backs are against the wall.

* ThePeterPrinciple: One running theme directly related to Boba's ascension to ''daimyo''/crime lord is the fact that the skillset one gains in bounty-hunting (such as AsskickingEqualsAuthority) is not automatically transferable to actually running a criminal crew (i.e. TheChainsOfCommanding and similar concerns). That said, Boba seems [[LampshadeHanging directly aware of this challenge]] in his career shift, as he admits to Fennec in Episode 4, but prefers to try to hack it as a crime lord than face the continued risks of being a bounty hunter, ([[AssassinsAreAlwaysBetrayed especially one with unscrupulous employers]], as [[YouHaveFailedMe the case of Black Krrsantan shows]]).

Followed by ''Series/ObiWanKenobi'' in production order. Has been renewed for a second season.

* TheBusCameBack: A mixture of this and {{Canon Immigra|nt}}tion occur in the second episode, which features cameos by Camie Marstrap and Laze Loneozner. These characters first appeared in scenes from ''Film/ANewHope'' that were cut to improve the film's pacing (and because they felt [[RecycledInSpace too similar]] to Lucas's previous film ''Film/AmericanGraffiti''); they were among Luke's friends who hung out at Tosche Station.

* HiddenDepths: The Tusken Raiders, a.k.a. Sandpeople, were only seen as violent thieves and kidnappers in the films. Now, they are revealed as a sophisticated and cultured people living in a vast open environment, akin to the Plains tribes of Native Americans. Boba's backstory in the series could be regarded as ''Film/DancesWithWolves'' [[InSpace set on Tatooine]].

* DueToTheDead: The Tusken Tribe has a distinct funeral ritual involving gathering the dead and their belongings for a pyre. After the train initially blasts through the tribe in "The Tribes of Tattoine" they gather their dead for the ceremony. [[spoiler:When Boba discovers the tribe massacred in "The Streets of Mos Espa," he works into the night to perform the ceremony and put the dead to rest]].

* BackForTheDead: [[spoiler:Cad Bane]] makes his live-action debut in Chapter 6, only to be killed by Boba in Chapter 7.

Followed by ''Series/ObiWanKenobi'' in production order.

** Fennec getting rid of the mob bosses of Mos Espa, Mayor Mok Shaiz and eventually the Pyke boss plays out a lot like the first scene of ''Film/TheProfessional, when Léon kills a mobster's guards (including one via strangling him from the ceiling, she does it to Mok Shaiz here) in total impunity, leaving the mobster (the Pyke boss here) alone, totally panicked and firing in random directions with his gun. Both Léon and Fennec take the mobster/Pyke boss from behind, only here Fennec is there to kill him instead of intimidating him.

* DueToTheDead: The Tusken Tribe has a distinct funeral ritual involving gathering the dead and their belongings for a pyre. After the train initially blasts through the tribe in "The Tribes of Tattoine" they gather their dead for the ceremony. [[spoiler:When Bob discovers the tribe massacred in "The Streets of Mos Espa," he works into the night to perform the ceremony and put the dead to rest]].

* AbsenteeActor: The title character doesn't show up at all in "[[Recap/TheBookOfBobaFettS1E5ReturnOfTheMandalorian Return of the Mandalorian]]", and only appears in a single scene in "[[Recap/TheBookOfBobaFettS1E6FromTheDesertComesAStranger From the Desert Comes a Stranger]]".

After [[Recap/TheMandalorianS2E6Chapter14TheTragedy reclaiming his father's armor]] and [[Recap/TheMandalorianS2E8Chapter16TheRescue deposing Bib Fortuna]], former bounty hunter [[Characters/StarWarsBobaFett Boba Fett]] (Creator/TemueraMorrison) sets out to claim the late Jabba the Hutt's place as ruler of Tatooine's criminal underworld, aided by his new partner, Fennec Shand (Creator/MingNaWen). While consolidating control over Jabba's former syndicate, Boba and Fennec must deal with threats from both the Hutt Clan and rival cartels. Their exploits are interspeded with looks at Boba's whereabouts after [[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi Jabba's downfall]].

After [[Recap/TheMandalorianS2E6Chapter14TheTragedy reclaiming his father's armor]] and [[Recap/TheMandalorianS2E8Chapter16TheRescue deposing Bib Fortuna]], former bounty hunter [[Characters/StarWarsBobaFett Boba Fett]] (Creator/TemueraMorrison) sets out to claim the late Jabba the Hutt's place as ruler of Tatooine's criminal underworld, aided by his new partner, Fennec Shand (Creator/MingNaWen). While consolidating control over Jabba's former syndicate, Boba and Fennec must deal with threats from both the Hutt Clan and rival local cartels. Their exploits are interspeded with looks at Boba's whereabouts after [[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi Jabba's downfall]].

After [[Recap/TheMandalorianS2E6Chapter14TheTragedy reclaiming his father's armor]] and [[Recap/TheMandalorianS2E8Chapter16TheRescue deposing Bib Fortuna]], former bounty hunter [[Characters/StarWarsBobaFett Boba Fett]] (Creator/TemueraMorrison) sets out to claim the late Jabba the Hutt's place as ruler of the galaxy's criminal underworld, aided by his new partner, Fennec Shand (Creator/MingNaWen). While consolidating control over Jabba's former syndicate, Boba and Fennec must deal with threats both from rival cartels and within their own ranks. Season 1 intersperses their exploits with looks at Boba's whereabouts after [[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi Jabba's downfall]], and how a clan Boba and Fennec helped out in the not-too-distant past is dealing with some dramatic life changes.

** The desert creature that attacks Boba, the Rodian, and the Tusken raider (plus his pet) at the end of Chapter 1 is similar in appearance to the Kraken from ''[[Film/ClashOfTheTitans1981 Clash of the Titans]]''. Phil Tippett has stated that Ray Harryhausen was a big influence on him, so it seems very fitting.
** The mayor's majordomo sideswipes and crashes his land speeder into a wall in Chapter 3, resulting in it being filled with produce à la Biff having his car filled with manure in ''Film/BackToTheFuture''.

** The Rancor trainer mentions tales of the Witches of Dathomir riding rancors into battle. In ''Legends'', they indeed did.

* {{Interquel}}: Like ''Series/TheMandalorian'', the show is set between the events of the prequel trilogy and the sequel trilogy. It's ambiguous, but Boba's escape from the Sarlaac and his time with the Tuskens suggests that the events of the Mandalorian take place just a few years after the destruction of the Death Star[[note]]When he goes back to the Sarlaac pit to recover his armor with Shand, Boba notes that he was trapped there "all those years ago".[[/note]], while Boba's time in Mos Espa is a few years after that.

* BaldOfAuthority: Five years after being thrown into the Sarlacc Pit in Return of the Jedi, the completely bald, former bounty hunter Boba Fett seizes control of Jabba the Hutt's criminal empire and becomes Daimyo of Tatooine.

* CallBack:
** All the way back to ''A New Hope''. While the Tuskens are bringing Boba back to his camp, they are riding single file to hide their numbers.
** Boba kills the desert beast exactly the same way Leia killed Jabba the Hutt in ''Return of the Jedi'': strangling it to death with metal chains.
** The chase after Mok Shaiz's majordomo is ended when one of Boba's new enforcers runs her bike up some stairs and gets above him, cutting him off, rather reminiscent of how a young Anakin Skywalker got the lead he needed in the pod race in ''The Phantom Menace''.
** A nice musical double-whammy in "Stranger in a Strange Land", when Boba and Fennec visit the Sanctuary. Not only is Max Rebo with the house band on the keyboards, but they're playing a lounge variation of "Mad About Me" -- a.k.a. the Cantina Song. Not terribly surprising, as this is canonically a hugely popular song on Tatooine, but it's nice to hear.
** Boba discovers that [[spoiler:the camp of his Tusken friends has been torched and everyone killed]] in a very similar way to how Luke Skywalker discovers [[spoiler:what happened to Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru]] in ''A New Hope''. He makes more ceremony of [[spoiler:burning the corpses]] than 3PO did with those Jawas, though.
** A cook droid in Jabba's palace dramatically unfurls its numerous arms, each holding a cleaver or knife, and proceeds to spin them menacingly in a manner near-identical to General Grievous with his lightsabers in ''Revenge of the Sith''.
** Every scene around the Sarlacc Pit shows the spectacular wreckage of Jabba's sail barge, untouched after all these years.

* BaldHeadOfToughness: Boba Fett, who has survived not only the Sarlacc but Tusken enslavement, fighting against other syndicates, repeated assassination attempts, and battles against Imperial holdouts.

* ThoseTwoBadGuys: The Gamorrean Guards make their appearance in the first episode, and show up in some flashbacks, too. Turns out they have UndyingLoyalty to their employers, and are willing to sign on with Boba as soon as he offers them a position in his new organization.

* JerkToNiceGuyPlot: For Boba Fett, clearly, on a quest to find a life other than being a feared bounty hunter, but also for Tattooine. It was introduced as the place farthest from the bright center of the galaxy, with hostile natives, thieving scavengers, and cities that are wretched hives of scum and villainy. The prequels double down, showing that it engages in routine blood sports (the pod races) and society-wide slavery. The Mandalorian started redeeming it with Cobb Vanth and Mos Pelga (now Freetown), but this series keeps the focus on the planet and shows that the majority of its inhabitants are just regular people who keep their heads down and want nothing more than for all the crime lords to just ''go away'', and prove willing to fight when their backs are against the wall.

* FangThpeak: The Klatoonians in particular hae trouble speaking through their prosthetics.

* GoodScarsEvilScars: Boba is covered with horrific acid burns following his time in the Sarlacc; it takes lots and lots of time in bacta tank to overcome them. It's hard to tell under his fur, but Krrsantan has a big scar on his forehead.

* GoodScarsEvilScars: Boba is covered with horrific acid burns following his time on the Sarlacc, it takes lots and lots of time in bacta tank to overcome them. It's hard to tell under his fur, but Krrsantan has a big scar on his forehead.