You Missed This 'Book Of Boba Fett' Call Back Scene From 'A New Hope'
It would be impossible for a Star Wars show that features a character so heavily ingrained in the original trilogy as Boba Fett to not have a few callbacks to those films. The Mandalorian has its fair share of callbacks and references, especially in the second season. Although, none of the main characters appear in the original trilogy or have any deep connections with those films, Boba Fett is a different story.
Boba (depending on what version of the films you watch) has been around since the beginning. With a character so ingrained into Star Wars as Boba Fett, references are aplenty, even in the first episode. However, there is one scene in The Book of Boba Fett that is not only an amazing callback, but also serves to bring the series full circle.
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The episode shows what happens after Boba escaped the sarlacc pit via flashbacks, and it reveals that Boba was captured by Tusken Raiders. While enslaved by the Raiders, Boba and a Rodian prisoner are taken out into the sands to dig for water. On their way to the dig spot, they come across a small farmhouse that bears a striking resemblance to Uncle Owen’s and Aunt Beru’s house in A New Hope. The house has been raided by a speeder bike gang, after ransacking the area. Boba watches as the gang beats one of the farmers, then spray-paints their gang's sigil across the farmer’s home.
It is impossible not to see this as a reference to Episode IV, but it goes beyond just a reference. In A New Hope, the burning of Owen and Beru’s farmhouse symbolizes the point of no return for Luke. After that, there is nothing keeping him on Tatooine, and he realizes he must go learn the ways of the Force. The scene plays out completely different for Boba. This isn’t setting Boba on a course of adventure, or at least not the same kind Luke went on. However, it does inform Boba (and the audience) of the kind of world Tatooine has become since Jabba fell. The bandits gain nothing by hurting the farmer, and they don’t appear to make any profit from it.
Boba sees this, and he realizes that Tatooine has become even more of a lawless wasteland than before. Now he isn’t solely after revenge, but also change. It is part of the reason that he says, “Jabba ruled with fear. I intend to rule with respect.” All through the first episode, he is determined to make it known that he isn’t Jabba and that things will be different under his rule. That decision all started here. However, the biggest difference between the scene in A New Hope and The Book of Boba Fett is that Boba is captured. Boba is in chains, so he couldn’t do anything about the farmhouse if he wanted to. While Luke can go off with Obi-Wan and train to be a Jedi, Boba is stuck being a slave to the Tusken Raiders. He does earn their respect by the end of the episode, but it appears he is still a long way from changing anything.
It is also quite poetic that the scene brings Star Wars full circle. The scene first appeared in the first Star Wars movie, and it was a turning point for Luke. Now, the scene appears in the most recent Star Wars project to release, and it sparks an idea of change in Boba’s head that presumably carries him through his captivity. How this idea of change will play out has obviously yet to be seen. The farmhouse or the speeder bike gang could reappear in a future episode, there might be even more to that scene than fans realize.
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Source(s): CBR