Ooooh! Can we talk about how the Boba Fett is coded as the "white savior" of the Tusken Raider "indigenous people"??

Racism, indeed!

Ooooh! Can we talk about how the Boba Fett is coded as the "white savior" of the Tusken Raider "indigenous people"??

Racism, indeed!

"Coded as"

The Tusken episodes are just a retelling of Dances with Wolves. Boba Fett is part of the Star Wars universe's colonial class, despite the irony of Morrison being indigenous.

The white savior is a cinematic trope in which a white central character rescues non-white (often less prominent) characters from unfortunate circumstances.[1] This recurs in an array of genres in American cinema, wherein a white protagonist is portrayed as a messianic figure who often learns something about themself in the course of rescuing non-white characters from their plight.[1][2]

The narrative trope of the white savior is one way the mass communications medium of cinema represents the sociology of race and ethnic relations, by presenting abstract concepts such as morality as characteristics innate, racially and culturally, to white people, not to be found in non-white people.[3] This white savior is often portrayed as a man who is out of place within his own society, until he assumes the burden of racial leadership to rescue non-white minorities and foreigners from their suffering. As such, white savior stories have been described as "essentially grandiose, exhibitionistic, and narcissistic" fantasies of psychological compensation.[4]

A Civil War soldier develops a relationship with a band of Lakota Indians. Attracted by the simplicity of their lifestyle, he chooses to leave his former life behind to be with them. Having observed him, they give the name Dances With Wolves. Soon he is a welcomed member of the tribe and falls in love with a white woman who has been raised in the tribe. Tragedy results when Union soldiers arrive with designs on the land.

Very well could be. Before Attack of the Clones, his best-known role was probably Once Were Warriors (shout-out to the RM Film Club, you were too beautiful for this world), which was all about postcolonialism in New Zealand. I am sure the filmmakers were aware of his history.

Morrison isn’t white. He’s Māori.


A distinct and ancient people who definitely are not white.

Won an Emmy for Outstanding Visual Effects!!

Having Boba ride the rancor was the clincher.

Is there an Emmy for sick moves?