There’s nothing wrong with being a nice guy–except when it’s Fett. He wants to rule with “respect, not fear.” He’s showing a surprising amount of restraint and mercy as he asserts himself the daimyo on Tatooine.
Now that Boba Fett has taken over as daimyo, he doesn’t have the same reach. So far it seems like he only has the city of Mos Espa. Is it because Bib Fortuna’s subsequent rule whittled down the size of the backwater planet empire? Or is it merely because no one has any respect for him?
We’ve seen Fett take it from the mayor’s assistant, Jabba’s cousins, the gang of teens on candy-colored space Vespas, some mysterious ninjas, a Wookiee that came to assassinate him… the list goes on. How is he going to gain that respect he wants, if he can’t even stand up for himself?
Through all of this, Fett is nursing wounds from escaping the Sarlacc pit and all, but it feels like maybe he just isn’t the best fit for the job. After all, we already saw him kicking butt in The Mandalorian, not to mention all the butt-kicking he’s been doing in his flashbacks.