Yeah, maybe a fan editor could work with an amnesia angle. I’d have to watch it again to see how it might could work.

I think Boba’s relationship with the Tuskens at least gives us a character reason for having yet another story on Tatooine. I feel like if the Tuskens don’t play a role in the finale, that angle might not work as well though. At first I thought he was wanted to control Tatooine because the Tuskens were outcasts on their own planet, and he wanted to change things.

But I do agree with the spice thing. If Boba isn’t going to continue the spice trade on Tatooine, I feel like he shouldn’t be saying, “I’m the crime lord now”. Sure, you have characters like Vito Corleone who didn’t want to run drugs, but like Cthulhunicron said, it’s weird that they want to make Boba a “crime lord” and a good guy.

I would say a potential edit could cut lines that imply that, and instead emphasize him wanting to simply rule Tatooine. Boba was reborn amongst the sand people. They are his people, they saved him and gave him purpose, and now he wants to make a better life for them.

But like I said, if the Tuskens don’t play a role in the finale that theme might be a little muddy. It does seem like he simply doesn’t want to be the one taking orders anymore. This angle seems to be more in line with him wanting to be crime lord. Obviously both things can be true, but I think this muddiness is what contributing to what people see as somewhat unclear motivations.

And the dual motivations might be intentional. For example, he sort of abandoned his old persona when he went on his Tusken walkabout. But then after his tribe were killed, he reclaimed his old identity (his old armor and ship). I just can’t tell how much of this ambiguity is intentional storytelling, or simply just weak screenwriting. And I think this goes back to what I said awhile back, that the show feels like good Star Wars television, but arguably not great television in general.