Who is Boba Fett? What you need to know before the premiere of the series on Disney Plus

Boba Fett it has, technically, one of the largest families in the galaxy. His father, the bounty hunter Jango Fett, was chosen by the Sith to provide the genetic material necessary for the creation of the clone army, what happened on the planet Kamino, and what Obi-Wan Kenobi (with his own series to premiere in 2022) he witnessed, although he still did not imagine everything that would happen.

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Jango accepted in exchange for a hefty payment, and on the condition that one of those copies, unaltered, be kept with him. This clone, Boba, he would raise as his son, naturally, since others were conditioned to grow and mature rapidly, and to be completely obedient to their masters.

Being identical, both Jango and Boba’s characters are played by the New Zealand actor Temuera Morrison, who also gave life to other notable clones, such as Commander Cody in the Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.

“Everybody loves boba, is a great character and is pure authenticity “, he said Dave Filoni, entertainerThe clone wars), Executive producer (Star Wars Rebels), supervisor of all Lucasfilm projects, including The Mandalorian, and big fan of Star Wars.

Robert Rodriguez, director invited for an episode of the second season of The mandalorian, and director of three episodes of The Boba Fett Book, goes further and assures that Boba is his favorite character, and that it has been that way since before The Empire Strikes Back (1980). “He had a jetpack, a ‘cool’ ship, a ‘cool’ name,” says Rodríguez, who admits that turned three pages of script into a 9 minute action scene, and that at some point he disguised his children as a stormtrooper and Boba Fett to recreate (with the help of a few toys) something that was in his imagination.

“I am honored to bring this character back and become Jango’s son,” admits Morrison. “Putting on the armor is a dynamic sensation, he’s the boss of the galaxy, you don’t want to mess with him; It’s like in those cowboy movies, the living room door opens and you’re about to see who’s the number one gunman around here. ” The actor also explains that incorporated movements from Hakka, the energetic traditional Maori dance, to the fighting style of Boba Fett, something to be seen.

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Continuing the story, since Jango was killed by Jedi Master Mace Windu., the young Boba tried revenge, failed, was arrested, and when he left he formed a union of bounty hunters. Dressed in the Mandalorian armor he inherited from his father, he did work for various powerful, including Jabba el Hutt y Darth Vader. Part of the story of Boba’s youth is told in the animated series The clone wars.

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But the first time it was seen on screen, briefly, it was in A new hope (1977), accompanying Jabba, and in The Empire Strikes Back, after capturing Han Solo and reluctantly handing him over to Vader to freeze in carbonite (his original client was the Hutt). In Return of the jedi He also faces Luke Skywalker and as a result it falls into a sandy hole where the sarlacc, a gigantic carnivorous creature of slow digestion, lived. However, Boba did not disappear, but instead attacked the sarlacc from the inside and managed to escape. In those films, the actor was the British Jeremy Bulloch.

And the next time he appears, to the delight of fans, is in the second season of The mandalorian (also on Disney Plus), accompanied by the murderer Fennec Shand (Ming-Na Wen). This takes place after Return of the jedi. And his moment of glory comes with his own series, The Boba Fett Book, what happens after The mandalorian. In fact, the announcement was made at the end of the season finale credits.

This time, Boba Fett and Fennec Shand are on Tatooine, determined to retain leadership in the territory that once belonged to Jabba, but with a touch of “respect and free speech.”

More surprises? A Twi’lek character will be played by Jennifer Beals, the remembered protagonist of Flashdance (1983), who appears at minute 1:05 of the trailer. (AND)