That, at least, got Obi-Wan to draw his attention away from the window briefly to give Anakin a stern look.

"One of the locals was heavily in debt," he said. "The man paid this debt for years by using the proceeds from a protection racket he was running among the local populace. He fueled the fear that fed this racket by provoking the Tuskens, and even staging attacks posing as a Tusken warrior. It cost lives on both sides."