"Tatooine is part of the Outer Rim. It's easy to turn a blind eye to criminals and slavers when they're lightyears away." That was the easiest way to explain why Tatooine was the way it was to someone like Drift.

He seemed like the type that expected the best of others and saw the galaxy as a nice place. A forgiving place. That wasn't the case in the Outer Rim.

"Everyone knows but they don't want the trouble doin' something about it would cause." And that's the simple truth. Crime lords and slave labor keep things cheap. No one wants to disrupt a system that 'works'.