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Boba Fett

Boba Fett is one of the most iconic characters from the Star Wars universe. First introduced in the 1980 film "The Empire Strikes Back," the character was instantly popular among fans. This bounty hunter clad in Mandalorian armor and helmet became a symbol of mystery, intrigue, and ruthless efficiency.

Boba Fett made his first appearance in an animated segment during the 1978 Star Wars Holiday Special before making his live-action debut in "The Empire Strikes Back." In the film, he is one of the bounty hunters hired by Darth Vader to capture the Millennium Falcon.

The character's backstory was further explored in the prequel trilogy during 2002's “Attack of the Clones.” It is revealed that Boba Fett is actually a clone of Jango Fett, another notorious bounty hunter, and is being raised as Jango's son. Jango Fett becomes the template for the Republic's clone army, making Boba a unique and unaltered clone.

Boba Fett's character development is a blend of natural growth due to his upbringing and the enduring legacy of his father. He learns the ways of bounty hunting from Jango and his associates, eventually surpassing his father's skills. After Jango's death in the hands of Jedi Master Mace Windu, Boba vows to take revenge, and his hatred for the Jedi fuels his actions in the years to come.

In "The Empire Strikes Back," Boba Fett proves his worth by outsmarting his fellow bounty hunters and tracking down the Millennium Falcon, leading to the capture of Han Solo. He delivers Solo to Jabba the Hutt, earning a hefty bounty in the process. In "Return of the Jedi," Boba Fett appears again, but his engagement with the protagonists is brief, as he falls into the Sarlacc Pit during the Battle of Carkoon.

In the now non-canon Star Wars Expanded Universe, which includes various books, comics, and games, Boba Fett's story went further beyond the films. He escaped the Sarlacc Pit and went on to have more adventures, ultimately becoming the leader of the Mandalorians.

However, in 2014, Disney+ and Lucasfilm rebranded the Expanded Universe as "Star Wars Legends," making its stories non-canon. The character's fate was left uncertain in the new canon until the release of the Disney+ series, "The Mandalorian," where Boba Fett reemerges from the shadows.

Played by Temuera Morrison, Jango Fett's actor in "Attack of the Clones," Boba Fett made his triumphant return in the second season of "The Mandalorian." With a mix of the original and Expanded Universe elements, the character seeks to reclaim his father's armor and regain his status as a legendary bounty hunter. Following his appearances in the series, a spinoff show centered around Boba Fett called "The Book of Boba Fett" was announced, which is set to premiere on Disney+ in December 2021.

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Mentions on Podcast Episodes:

"We got Boba. This is really a Boba comic in my opinion. Do you agree?"

12. - (24 BBY) Age of Republic Jango Fett
"Yeah, to teach Boba, right?"

12. - (24 BBY) Age of Republic Jango Fett
"To teach Boba, right. Yeah, train the kid."

12. - (24 BBY) Age of Republic Jango Fett
"That's right. And it tells you, it does give you that background for Boba Fett. But I see more into Jango than I do into Boba."

12. - (24 BBY) Age of Republic Jango Fett
"Am I going too far by calling him beloved? Fair enough. He is a fan favorite. I think that people like him, though, mainly because of Boba, and knowing Boba from the original trilogy, and then seeing him being like, oh, that's his dad."

12. - (24 BBY) Age of Republic Jango Fett
"But basically, Jango takes Boba, young Boba, like a man. How old do you think he is in this?"

12. - (24 BBY) Age of Republic Jango Fett
"Yeah, totally. Yeah. And that's what I'm saying is like it was it flashed by really quick, almost to where it's the Boba show at the halfway through the story."

12. - (24 BBY) Age of Republic Jango Fett
"You can make that point. And it definitely is a lot of Boba."

12. - (24 BBY) Age of Republic Jango Fett
"But I did that, says Boba, as a warning to others, which is like, oh, he's ruthless."

12. - (24 BBY) Age of Republic Jango Fett
"And, you know, given Boba's background, of course, the fighting and, you know, all the stuff that they teach the clones, you would expect it. But still pretty good."

12. - (24 BBY) Age of Republic Jango Fett
"And then I want to have one unaltered clone for myself, which, you know, of course ends up being Boba."

12. - (24 BBY) Age of Republic Jango Fett
"where they get where Jango and Boba get like kind of stabbed in the back."

12. - (24 BBY) Age of Republic Jango Fett
"I don't know. I mean, I guess I would assume that if Boba is about 10 years old,"

12. - (24 BBY) Age of Republic Jango Fett
"Okay, so interesting. So Jango, of course, Boba becomes Jango. I don't know if it's the same helmet."

12. - (24 BBY) Age of Republic Jango Fett
"The armor passes to Boba at some point, maybe. And then that armor now passes down to what Mando's got, right? Off of what's his name?"

12. - (24 BBY) Age of Republic Jango Fett
"That was a funny thing. I saw something about Boba Fett and went and looked at his scene in Empire, which of course we haven't gotten to yet."

12. - (24 BBY) Age of Republic Jango Fett
"I've always had that fascination with Boba and Jango."

12. - (24 BBY) Age of Republic Jango Fett
"He's got these two swords that are right at Boba's neck. And he's like, what do you say?"

12. - (24 BBY) Age of Republic Jango Fett
"What's that one's name? Oh, it's Boba! Yeah, I'll take Boba. Come on, Boba. You can go in."

12. - (24 BBY) Age of Republic Jango Fett
"and in this case, they're using his relationship with Boba to make you care for him."

12. - (24 BBY) Age of Republic Jango Fett
"More than I was thinking, oh, Boba's going to lose... I mean, Jango's going to lose a kid."

12. - (24 BBY) Age of Republic Jango Fett
"Like, you know what I mean? I'm way more weighted toward Boba at that point in the story"

12. - (24 BBY) Age of Republic Jango Fett
"Or what if Boba is such a badass that he set this whole thing up?"

12. - (24 BBY) Age of Republic Jango Fett
"I'm just picturing some little eight-year-old kid picking up this comic and being like, oh, yeah, look at Boba."

12. - (24 BBY) Age of Republic Jango Fett
"scene was good because Boba Fett is the most annoying"

13. - (22 BBY) Attack of the Clones
"Firing at Boba Fett's ship. Oh"

13. - (22 BBY) Attack of the Clones
"What do you guys think about Jango and Boba?"

13. - (22 BBY) Attack of the Clones
"We've already talked about Boba the Rapper and Boba the Annoying Baxley Driver, but what about Jango and Boba in general as characters?"

13. - (22 BBY) Attack of the Clones
"I thought he was pretty good. I think Boba, the younger Boba, is kind of an annoying thing."

13. - (22 BBY) Attack of the Clones
"And don't get me wrong, the kid that plays Boba,"

13. - (22 BBY) Attack of the Clones
"A Band with Big Dreams must save one of their own from Jabba the Hutt and Boba Fett."

24. - (22 BBY) Clone Wars S1 E14, S1 E15 & Star Wars Visions Episode 2
"OK, so so the best part of the best part of this episode is definitely when they are asked to do the second song and it shows Boba Fett bouncing his head."

24. - (22 BBY) Clone Wars S1 E14, S1 E15 & Star Wars Visions Episode 2
"but you've been watching the Bovifet?"

24. - (22 BBY) Clone Wars S1 E14, S1 E15 & Star Wars Visions Episode 2
"Oh, Bovifet? Sure."

24. - (22 BBY) Clone Wars S1 E14, S1 E15 & Star Wars Visions Episode 2
"We'll have a revisitation of the Big Book of Boba."

25. - (22 BBY) Clone Wars S1 E17, S1 E18 & Star Wars Visions Episode 3
"it just happened to be this episode in Boba Fett."

25. - (22 BBY) Clone Wars S1 E17, S1 E18 & Star Wars Visions Episode 3
"Yeah, I'm debating how much we want to get into Boba Fett."

25. - (22 BBY) Clone Wars S1 E17, S1 E18 & Star Wars Visions Episode 3
"I hate saying it was the best episode because I really enjoy Boba Fett."

25. - (22 BBY) Clone Wars S1 E17, S1 E18 & Star Wars Visions Episode 3
"episode and it had nothing to do with Boba Fett."

25. - (22 BBY) Clone Wars S1 E17, S1 E18 & Star Wars Visions Episode 3
"I mean, it's kind of it's kind of the same history for Boba Fett as it was for the Mando"

25. - (22 BBY) Clone Wars S1 E17, S1 E18 & Star Wars Visions Episode 3
"So it it kind of is a Mando episode or Canada it kind of is a Boba Fett episode at the same time"

25. - (22 BBY) Clone Wars S1 E17, S1 E18 & Star Wars Visions Episode 3
"So Boba Fett, it's actually not it's a pretty good history lesson the history lesson on the Mandalorian"

25. - (22 BBY) Clone Wars S1 E17, S1 E18 & Star Wars Visions Episode 3
"So this goes back to Boba Fett's in"

25. - (22 BBY) Clone Wars S1 E17, S1 E18 & Star Wars Visions Episode 3
"Mandalorian. The Boba Fett does that, but I actually enjoyed it. It goes off rails a lot, but I enjoyed it. So I can't say that that doesn't always work. You know what I mean? But..."

26. - (21 BBY) Clone Wars S1 E19, 20, & 21
"See, okay, I've seen other people make we're going to spiral now. I've seen other people make that criticism about the big book of Boba, how it became like Mandalorian, you know, whatever 2.5."

26. - (21 BBY) Clone Wars S1 E19, 20, & 21
"I mean, it's like, you know, Boba Fett in this episode, I'm mad. I mean, what is that about?"

26. - (21 BBY) Clone Wars S1 E19, 20, & 21
"much anything besides Jango and Boba really you know I mean right yes this is"

34. - (21 BBY) Clone Wars Season 2 Episodes 10, 11 and 12
"other than of course the original movies with with Boba,"

35. - (21 BBY) Clone Wars Season 2 Eps 13 and 14, Tales of the Jedi Ep 1
"In this episode, Little Boba Fett seeks revenge, R2-D2 saves his friends, and Kal Dooku extends justice."

36. - (21 BBY) Clone Wars Season 2 Eps 20 and 21, Tales of the Jedi Ep2
"have we seen Boba before?"

36. - (21 BBY) Clone Wars Season 2 Eps 20 and 21, Tales of the Jedi Ep2
"Yes, we saw young Boba."

36. - (21 BBY) Clone Wars Season 2 Eps 20 and 21, Tales of the Jedi Ep2
"Like, that's Boba. I mean, that's Boba."

36. - (21 BBY) Clone Wars Season 2 Eps 20 and 21, Tales of the Jedi Ep2
"But the fact that he looked exactly like Boba"

36. - (21 BBY) Clone Wars Season 2 Eps 20 and 21, Tales of the Jedi Ep2
"You're still thinking, is that Boba?"

36. - (21 BBY) Clone Wars Season 2 Eps 20 and 21, Tales of the Jedi Ep2
"I bet that's Boba. I think it's Boba."

36. - (21 BBY) Clone Wars Season 2 Eps 20 and 21, Tales of the Jedi Ep2
"Oh, it's Boba. I mean, it's still there."

36. - (21 BBY) Clone Wars Season 2 Eps 20 and 21, Tales of the Jedi Ep2
"I wasn't really sure it was Boba at that point."

36. - (21 BBY) Clone Wars Season 2 Eps 20 and 21, Tales of the Jedi Ep2
"And again, at that point I knew it was Boba."

36. - (21 BBY) Clone Wars Season 2 Eps 20 and 21, Tales of the Jedi Ep2
"Of course, we're talking about Boba Fett"

36. - (21 BBY) Clone Wars Season 2 Eps 20 and 21, Tales of the Jedi Ep2
"He walks by the kid, he walks by Boba going there."

36. - (21 BBY) Clone Wars Season 2 Eps 20 and 21, Tales of the Jedi Ep2
"And Boba's not, they wouldn't know him"

36. - (21 BBY) Clone Wars Season 2 Eps 20 and 21, Tales of the Jedi Ep2
"Yeah, no, totally. Yeah, I mean, the Boba Fett that we've seen thus far,"

36. - (21 BBY) Clone Wars Season 2 Eps 20 and 21, Tales of the Jedi Ep2
"So if there's anything to say, Boba Fett at age whatever he is,"

36. - (21 BBY) Clone Wars Season 2 Eps 20 and 21, Tales of the Jedi Ep2
"which leads Boba to shoot at that one"

36. - (21 BBY) Clone Wars Season 2 Eps 20 and 21, Tales of the Jedi Ep2
"Is that Boba? I bet that's Boba. I think it's Boba. Oh, it's Boba!"

36. - (21 BBY) Clone Wars Season 2 Eps 20 and 21, Tales of the Jedi Ep2
"Boba Fett pitches a Boba Fett,"

37. - (21 BBY) Clone Wars Season 2 Ep 22, Season 3 Eps 5 and 6 Tales of the Jedi Ep 3
"So Jango, I said Jango earlier when I met Boba."

37. - (21 BBY) Clone Wars Season 2 Ep 22, Season 3 Eps 5 and 6 Tales of the Jedi Ep 3
"other, and I don't, getting back to the book of Boba Fett versus Mandalorian and some other"

38. - (21 BBY) Clone Wars Season 3 Ep 7 and 2 and Tales of the Jedi Ep 3
"He played the doctor and I think it was actually Book of Boba Fett."

38. - (21 BBY) Clone Wars Season 3 Ep 7 and 2 and Tales of the Jedi Ep 3
"And I think it was the first season of Book of Boba Fett maybe, where he would like operate"

38. - (21 BBY) Clone Wars Season 3 Ep 7 and 2 and Tales of the Jedi Ep 3
"That was the Book of Boba."

38. - (21 BBY) Clone Wars Season 3 Ep 7 and 2 and Tales of the Jedi Ep 3
"know about from the comics and such, but this was, I figured, I think this was the first introduction that we kind of have to, I think is, I think, do you remember, it was the, was it the Boba Fett series?"

40. - (21 BBY) Clone Wars S1 E22 and S3 E9 & Stories of Light and Dark
"And he's like, it's a little Boba, and he's learning to just now be, you know, a big..."

40. - (21 BBY) Clone Wars S1 E22 and S3 E9 & Stories of Light and Dark

Boba Fett

"We got Boba. This is really a Boba comic in my opinion. Do you agree?"

"Yeah, to teach Boba, right?"

"To teach Boba, right. Yeah, train the kid."

"That's right. And it tells you, it does give you that background for Boba Fett. But I see more into Jango than I do into Boba."

"Am I going too far by calling him beloved? Fair enough. He is a fan favorite. I think that people like him, though, mainly because of Boba, and knowing Boba from the original trilogy, and then seeing him being like, oh, that's his dad."

"But basically, Jango takes Boba, young Boba, like a man. How old do you think he is in this?"

"Yeah, totally. Yeah. And that's what I'm saying is like it was it flashed by really quick, almost to where it's the Boba show at the halfway through the story."

"You can make that point. And it definitely is a lot of Boba."

"But I did that, says Boba, as a warning to others, which is like, oh, he's ruthless."

"And, you know, given Boba's background, of course, the fighting and, you know, all the stuff that they teach the clones, you would expect it. But still pretty good."

"And then I want to have one unaltered clone for myself, which, you know, of course ends up being Boba."

"where they get where Jango and Boba get like kind of stabbed in the back."

"I don't know. I mean, I guess I would assume that if Boba is about 10 years old,"

"Okay, so interesting. So Jango, of course, Boba becomes Jango. I don't know if it's the same helmet."

"The armor passes to Boba at some point, maybe. And then that armor now passes down to what Mando's got, right? Off of what's his name?"

"That was a funny thing. I saw something about Boba Fett and went and looked at his scene in Empire, which of course we haven't gotten to yet."

"I've always had that fascination with Boba and Jango."

"He's got these two swords that are right at Boba's neck. And he's like, what do you say?"

"What's that one's name? Oh, it's Boba! Yeah, I'll take Boba. Come on, Boba. You can go in."

"and in this case, they're using his relationship with Boba to make you care for him."

"More than I was thinking, oh, Boba's going to lose... I mean, Jango's going to lose a kid."

"Like, you know what I mean? I'm way more weighted toward Boba at that point in the story"

"Or what if Boba is such a badass that he set this whole thing up?"

"I'm just picturing some little eight-year-old kid picking up this comic and being like, oh, yeah, look at Boba."

"scene was good because Boba Fett is the most annoying"

"Firing at Boba Fett's ship. Oh"

"What do you guys think about Jango and Boba?"

"We've already talked about Boba the Rapper and Boba the Annoying Baxley Driver, but what about Jango and Boba in general as characters?"

"I thought he was pretty good. I think Boba, the younger Boba, is kind of an annoying thing."

"And don't get me wrong, the kid that plays Boba,"

"A Band with Big Dreams must save one of their own from Jabba the Hutt and Boba Fett."

"OK, so so the best part of the best part of this episode is definitely when they are asked to do the second song and it shows Boba Fett bouncing his head."

"but you've been watching the Bovifet?"

"Oh, Bovifet? Sure."

"We'll have a revisitation of the Big Book of Boba."

"it just happened to be this episode in Boba Fett."

"Yeah, I'm debating how much we want to get into Boba Fett."

"I hate saying it was the best episode because I really enjoy Boba Fett."

"episode and it had nothing to do with Boba Fett."

"I mean, it's kind of it's kind of the same history for Boba Fett as it was for the Mando"

"So it it kind of is a Mando episode or Canada it kind of is a Boba Fett episode at the same time"

"So Boba Fett, it's actually not it's a pretty good history lesson the history lesson on the Mandalorian"

"So this goes back to Boba Fett's in"

"Mandalorian. The Boba Fett does that, but I actually enjoyed it. It goes off rails a lot, but I enjoyed it. So I can't say that that doesn't always work. You know what I mean? But..."

"See, okay, I've seen other people make we're going to spiral now. I've seen other people make that criticism about the big book of Boba, how it became like Mandalorian, you know, whatever 2.5."

"I mean, it's like, you know, Boba Fett in this episode, I'm mad. I mean, what is that about?"

"much anything besides Jango and Boba really you know I mean right yes this is"

"other than of course the original movies with with Boba,"

"In this episode, Little Boba Fett seeks revenge, R2-D2 saves his friends, and Kal Dooku extends justice."

"have we seen Boba before?"

"Yes, we saw young Boba."

"Like, that's Boba. I mean, that's Boba."

"But the fact that he looked exactly like Boba"

"You're still thinking, is that Boba?"

"I bet that's Boba. I think it's Boba."

"Oh, it's Boba. I mean, it's still there."

"I wasn't really sure it was Boba at that point."

"And again, at that point I knew it was Boba."

"Of course, we're talking about Boba Fett"

"He walks by the kid, he walks by Boba going there."

"And Boba's not, they wouldn't know him"

"Yeah, no, totally. Yeah, I mean, the Boba Fett that we've seen thus far,"

"So if there's anything to say, Boba Fett at age whatever he is,"

"which leads Boba to shoot at that one"

"Is that Boba? I bet that's Boba. I think it's Boba. Oh, it's Boba!"

"Boba Fett pitches a Boba Fett,"

"So Jango, I said Jango earlier when I met Boba."

"other, and I don't, getting back to the book of Boba Fett versus Mandalorian and some other"

"He played the doctor and I think it was actually Book of Boba Fett."

"And I think it was the first season of Book of Boba Fett maybe, where he would like operate"

"That was the Book of Boba."

"know about from the comics and such, but this was, I figured, I think this was the first introduction that we kind of have to, I think is, I think, do you remember, it was the, was it the Boba Fett series?"

"And he's like, it's a little Boba, and he's learning to just now be, you know, a big..."