The possibility of power and prestige were key in this decision. RELATED: The Book of Boba Fett Theory: A Surprising Padawan Helped Redeem the Bounty Hunter However, after Boba and the Tusken Raiders fought back and took over the train, Boba allowed the Pyke Syndicate survivors to live and negotiated a new arrangement that should, if the Syndicate cooperates, end the slaughter and garner profits for the Tusken Raiders. The clearest example of Boba choosing negotiation against vengeance occurred in “The Tribes of Tatooine.” In the dream flashback, Boba began what seemed at first to be a revenge quest against the train and its riders after they slaughtered multiple members of the Tusken Raiders.
However, Boba clearly honored a less violent code than his former mentor Aurra Sing and his predecessor on Tatooine, Jabba the Hutt. These decisions do not mean that Boba was no longer willing to kill he did incinerate one of the Order of the Night Wind's assassins after all. He also does not injure Mayor Mok Shaiz's majordomo, even after the majordomo and the mayor repeatedly insulted him. For example, he chose to spare the Gamorrean guards in exchange for their loyalty. Throughout Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett, Boba repeatedly decides against vengeance. RELATED: The Book of Boba Fett Is Literally a Star Wars Fever Dream Boba Fett's Turn Away from Vengeance in The Book of Boba Fett However, Boba did abandon his attempts to murder Mace even after Boba escaped from prison later on, focusing instead upon creating his own bounty hunter syndicate, the Krayt's Claw, showing that his focus had shifted away from the vengeance that shaped him before.
While Boba recognized that his actions were not honorable, he still did not relinquish his hatred for Windu, vowing to never forgive him. In the Star Wars: The Clone Wars season two finale "Lethal Trackdown," Boba abandoned his revenge quest after Hondo Ohnaka reminded him of Jango's honor code. When faced with actually directly killing people other than Mace, Boba chose to incapacitate them instead or leave them for dead, but these acts of mercy still do not erase the deaths he indirectly caused by destroying the Jedi Cruiser. While Boba was clearly conflicted, he still went along with Aurra's orders, even when he had multiple opportunities to choose other paths. After the bomb failed, Aurra ordered Boba to blow up the Cruiser in order to guarantee Mace's death. This trooper's death was only the start of the collateral damage from Boba's revenge plot. However, a Clone Trooper, not Mace, was the first to enter Mace's quarters and bore the brunt of the blast. Boba's plan seemed at first to be pretty solid after he successfully planted a bomb in Mace Windu's quarters and returned to his tour group with little incident. Boba did not act alone Aurra Sing, another bounty hunter who took him in after Jango's death, also served as a mastermind for the plot and clearly stoked Boba's desire for vengeance. RELATED: Boba Fett's Most Honorable Trait Could Be His Biggest Weakness Boba Fett's Revenge in The Clone WarsĪt the beginning of "Death Trap," the twentieth episode of Star Wars: The Clone Wars' second season, Boba infiltrates a group of Clone cadets on a Republic Jedi Cruiser in order to assassinate Mace Windu. Boba's honor code now focuses more on respect and gaining power through that respect. By comparing his revenge plots in Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett, the evolution of this code of honor becomes more clear.
While Boba's character arc has not taken a clear path toward heroism, he has adopted a far stronger code of honor as he has grown older. However, as the collateral damage began to rise, Boba clearly became more and more conflicted, eventually abandoning his revenge quest after realizing that his actions did not fit with his father’s code or morals.
In Boba Fett’s first appearance in Star Wars: The Clone Wars in the final arc of the second season, he began completely focused on revenge against Mace Windu for killing Jango. WARNING: The following article contains spoilers for Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett "Chapter 2: The Tribes of Tatooine," streaming now on Disney+.Īrguably, the most defining moment in Boba Fett's life was the death of his father in Star Wars: Attack of the Clones.