However, Jabba seemed to have a whimsical soft spot for the monks, and therefore allowed them to remain at the palace. Indeed, the structure we know as Jabba’s Palace was originally a B’omarr temple, which would eventually be taken by force by the Hutt gangster and his cronies. While members of the B’omarr respectively hailed from systems across the galaxy, the order called Tatooine its home, since the planet, located in the galaxy’s Outer Rim, is safely situated away from most of society, providing a desert atmosphere accommodating for contemplation. However, the monks’ belief in their post-transformation mental abilities is somewhat validated, since their brains’ mental powers are honed enough to communicate instructions to the spider-like BT-16 perimeter droids that carry them around, and can apparently even speak through their installed vocoders. Consequently, members of the order work toward a distraction-shedding enlightenment of sorts achieved by having their brains surgically removed from their bodies, after which they are somehow kept alive when placed into nutrient-filled bowls, allowing them to ponder existence unfettered. They started life as standard bipedal humanoid members of the B’omarr order, which, above all else, adheres to a radical transcendental ideology that believes sensations from physical bodies are a distraction from the mind’s innate ability to discern the secrets of the universe. However, its arrival might tell a story in its own right.Ĭheck out The Book of Boba Fett trailer just below.ī’omarr monks are indeed monks in the traditional sense of the word, except of a most extreme variety. And sure enough, that turns out to be the destination to which the creature is creepily crawling.

Yet, as the odd arachnid moves closer to the forefront, and the crimson-liquid-filled globe it carries underneath becomes distinguishable, the creature is likely to ring a few bells from viewers who recognize it as one of the myriad monsters seen in Jabba the Hutt’s palace in 1983’s Return of the Jedi. While the order’s morbid, jar-brained backstory is interesting in its own right, the monk’s presence could prove indicative of Boba’s criminal syndicate power consolidation.Ĭasual Star Wars fans were likely left inquisitive upon The Book of Boba Fett trailer’s immediate sight of a serene Tatooine desert landscape being interrupted by the approach of a horrific spider creature moving with a frighteningly frenetic gait evocative of a classic stop-motion animation creation from Ray Harryhausen. Yet, its focus on classic concepts was made clear with the clip’s opening shot, featuring one of Return of the Jedi’s most curious creatures, a B’omarr monk.

The Book of Boba Fett trailer touts the belated fulfillment of a TV series concept focused on the seedier, “scum and villainy” side of the galaxy as once teased in Lucasfilm’s nixed pre-Disney TV project, Star Wars: Underworld.

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