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Aug 29, 2024 · Seeing as Lucasfilm neglected to mention The Book of Boba Fett at all in their announcement of The Mandalorian & Grogu and Ahsoka season 2, it seems that any news of a potential season 2 is far, far away. Morrison recently confirmed that Boba Fett was supposed to appear in The Mandalorian season 4, though those plans have seemingly changed now ...
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- What happened to Boba Fett in the movies?
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- How did Boba Fett survive the Sarlacc?
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By Richard Edwards
last updated 15 February 2022
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Around the time of the original Star Wars trilogy, Boba Fett was the most feared bounty hunter in the galaxy. As well as being a favorite of Jabba the Hutt, Fett was one of the six mercenaries hired by Darth Vader to find Han Solo in The Empire Strikes Back. Ultimately he’s the one who tracks the Millennium Falcon to Bespin, and earns the bounty on...
Although they share similar dress sense, Boba Fett’s origins are different to those of Din Djarin, the titular Mandalorian from the Disney Plus TV show. Djarin is a foundling who was raised by Mandalorians to follow the ways of that famous warrior creed from the world of Mandalore – for example, he must never remove his helmet in front of others.
Boba Fett is a bounty hunter who just happens to wear the customized Mandalorian armor that he inherited from his ‘father’, Jango Fett.
Like Din Djarin, Fett Sr was a foundling taken in by the Mandalorians. They gave him his armor and he went on to fight in the Mandalorian Civil Wars.
By the time of the prequel trilogy, Jango was one of the most feared bounty hunters in the galaxy. His DNA was used as the model for the Clone Troopers who fought for the Republic in the Clone Wars. Jango’s ‘payment’ was the unconditioned clone who’d grow up to become Boba Fett. Jango was killed by Mace Windu on Geonosis, at the battle that kicked off the Clone Wars.
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Boba Fett is a man of few words, so it’s mostly about the suit.
Fett’s animated debut in 1978’s Star Wars Holiday Special is one of the few worthwhile moments in a TV show that George Lucas more-or-less disowned, and he went on to become one of the most iconic additions the Star Wars universe in The Empire Strikes Back. Despite speaking only four lines of dialogue in the movie, his enigmatic style, ruthless approach to getting the job done, and incredibly stylish armor made him an instant hit among the Star Wars fanbase. His was an action figure you had to own, even without the rocket-firing capability of an unreleased prototype that’s since gone on to fetch hundreds of thousands of dollars at auction.
The Empire Strikes Back may have established Boba Fett as one of the coolest characters in that galaxy far, far away, but his fate in Return of the Jedi didn’t quite live up to the hype.
With Jabba the Hutt having ordered Luke Skywalker, Han Solo and Chewbacca’s execution at the Great Pit of Carkoon (home of the Sarlacc), Skywalker mounted an audacious escape plan. Fett flew in from Jabba’s sail barge and tried to use his armor’s in-built box of tricks to stop the aspiring Jedi.
He was stopped in the most unlikely way, however, when Solo accidentally hit his jetpack, initiating a misfire that sent Fett tumbling into the pit – effectively sentencing him to 1000 years of pain and suffering, being slowly digested in the Sarlacc’s belly.
That a feared warrior could go out in such a cheap way never rang true.
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It turns out we'd already seen (and heard) Boba Fett in The Mandalorian season 1 episode 5, ‘The Gunslinger’. The characteristic sound of spurs (and some familiar beeps) led many to speculate that the shadowy figure who found Fennec Shand’s body was Fett himself. That proved correct when we met a partially cybernetic Shand, now serving Boba Fett, in Chapter 14 of The Mandalorian.
There was something incredibly familiar about the armor Cobb Vanth, marshal of Mos Pelgo, sports in The Mandalorian season 2 premiere. While he didn't wear the outfit quite as well as its original owner – the chestplate is a bit like an ill-fitting tank top – it was unmistakable as Boba Fett’s old suit, albeit with a bit of extra wear and tear.
We later discovered that Vanth bought it from a group of Jawas. We don’t know how it came into their possession but it’s reasonable to assume that they scavenged it in the Tatooine desert. And, seeing as they’re unlikely to have been raiding the Sarlacc’s stomach, it’s reasonable to assume that Fett somehow escaped from the beast’s digestive tract.
This assumption was confirmed by the final shot of the season 2 premiere, where we saw a familiar-looking man dressed in dark robes. The man is played by Temuera Morrison, who played both Jango Fett and the Clone Troopers in the prequel movies – as well as lending his voice to Boba Fett in the more recent re-releases of the original trilogy.
That’s the million-dollar question. While fans have long speculated that the Sarlacc wouldn’t be enough to hold Fett indefinitely, The Mandalorian provides the first in-canon confirmation that he survived.
Nonetheless, this isn’t the first time Boba Fett’s made it out alive, as he lived to fight another day in both the Dark Horse comic book line, and the old Expanded Universe novels – now relegated to the non-canon Legends line.
The early ‘90s Dark Empire comics by Tom Veitch and Cam Kennedy revealed that Fett was alive, as he told Han Solo: “The Sarlacc found me somewhat indigestible.” Meanwhile, J.D. Montgomery’s 1996 short story ‘A Barve Like That: The Tale of Boba Fett’, from Tales from Jabba’s Palace, went into a bit more depth.
There, an immobilized Fett makes telepathic contact with the first of the Sarlacc’s victims, Susejo, who can exert some influence over their captor. The injured Fett then gets the Sarlacc to contract its stomach so he can use his jetpack and concussion grenades to blow a hole in its insides and escape. Fett was subsequently discovered by Jawas, who mistook him for a droid.
That's the strange thing about Boba Fett's appearance in 'Chapter 14: The Tragedy' – the former bounty hunter was happy to battle the Empire, and pledged to help Mando in retrieving Grogu (you know, The Child) from Moff Gideon and the Empire. With the Razor Crest destroyed, too, Mando really needs the help.
But does this mean he's now a good guy? As we learned in The Empire Strikes Back, Boba Fett used to be partial to disintegrating his targets – it's possible he's changed his ways since being eaten by the Sarlacc. No doubt we'll find out more in this week's 'Chapter 15', as the show nears the conclusion of its second season.
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Nov 1, 2021 · As the next chapter of the New Republic era, The Book of Boba Fett premieres on December 29, 2021. It is still unclear how long The Book will be, although eight episodes is a reasonable expectation; however, as seen with the upcoming Andor, a 12-episode order is also possible. The Book of Boba Fett premieres on Disney+ on December 29, 2021.
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Like the other spin-offs, The Book of Boba Fett is also set within the timeline of The Mandalorian, [5] and has been described as "The Mandalorian season 2.5". [ 50 ] [ 51 ] The production referred to each episode of The Book of Boba Fett as if it was a third season of The Mandalorian ; for example, the first episode was referred to as "301" rather than the typical "101" for a series' first ...
Feb 9, 2022 · Disney has yet to confirm whether The Book of Boba Fett will be renewed for a second season. It's possible the series was never intended to be anything more than a single season spinoff of The ...
Feb 28, 2023 · Lucasfilm Ltd. Spoilers ahead for The Mandalorian season 2 and The Book of Boba Fett. As we welcome Baby Yoda—ahem, Grogu —back into our arms, it’s worth noting that Pedro Pascal’s Din ...
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