Star Wars: 10 Things Everyone Forgets About Tatooine
8. The Changing Face Of Tatooine
After the death of Jabba the Hutt and the fall of the Empire, the culture of Tatooine began to change. Jabba’s former second in command Bib Fortuna took over Jabba’s Palace and became fat from his life of crime. Around 9 ABY, Boba Fett and Fennec Shand killed Fortuna and took over the palace and Jabba’s territories. Fett stated that where Jabba ruled with fear, he intended to rule with respect.
Several attempts were made on Fett’s life by the “Twins”, two corpulent cousins of Jabba’s who assumed the territory would be theirs for the taking. After the Wookie assassin Krrsantan failed and was captured, the Twins gave up and gave Fett a Rancor beast as a tribute. Their real reason for backing out was that the area was promised to the Pyke Syndicate by Mayor Mok Shaiz and they had no interest in going to war.
As war with the Pykes looms, Boba Fett hires Krrsantan and Mandalorian Din Djarin to aid him, and Djarin goes to his friend Sheriff Cobb Vanth to rally the people of Freetown for their aid. He doesn’t have much luck until Pyke-employed bounty hunter Cad Bane attacks the town and kills Vanth’s assistant. The townspeople come to Fett’s aid and the Pykes abandon their claim to Tatooine.