(, the jazz guitarist, and "Fett" from George Lucas' revisiting the name "Bob Falfa" (which turned into Boba Fett) from his earlier film
American Graffiti .
Jango Fett is the legal father (and genetic twin) of ''. Both father and son serve as bounty hunters mainly employed by organizations controlled by
Darth Tyranus aka Count Dooku and
Emperor Palpatine (for the
CIS and the
Empire respectively) for various purposes.
Jango was orphaned on the planet of
Concord Dawn , when his family was murdered by a faction of Mandalorians called the Death Watch. Jango was a young boy when the war between the True Mandalorians, led by
Jaster Mereel , and a traitorous scion of their ranks, the Death Watch, led by Vizsla, begins. Jango was taken in by the Mandalorian leader after Jango helped the True Mandalorians escape from his family's farm, when the Death Watch set fire to the fields. Jaster trained Jango to be a warrior, and Jaster was later murdered by Vizsla, the leader of the Death Watch. Jango Fett became the new Mandalore, and avenged Jaster Mereel's death. Later while fighting to suppress a popular revolt in the Galidraan system, the Mandalorians ran afoul of the Jedi Knights who wiped out most of the Mandalorians and delivered the survivors to the governor of Galidraan. Jango became a slave but he used the next couple of years in prison to regain his strength and plot his eventual escape. He then exacted revenge on his captors, reclaimed the Mandalorian armor, destroyed the Death Watch, faced off against Visla in a one on one showdown, (resulting in Visla being eaten alive by some animals) and set off on his own as a bounty hunter.
Jango soon became famous for his accomplishments throughout the galaxy, not least of which are the
Jedi he killed during the final Mandalorian wars. Despite this, he typically presented himself as just a simple man trying to make a living. Shortly before the beginning of the Clone Wars, Jango accepted a mission to retrieve an idol for an unnamed employer. Shortly after completing the assignment (which was made more complicated by Zam Wessel), Jango learned the idol could cause a chain reaction in the Force, and was to be used by the unnamed client to destroy Coruscant. After realizing how he would feel if Boba would be taken from him, due to the prodding of Zam, Jango left Kamino to stop the horrible plot. On Coruscant, he and Zam worked with Yarael Poof, the Jedi Council member, to stop the client, who was exposed as Ashaar Khorda, a former general. Poof was killed in the process, but their attempt was successful. Ironically, at Poof's funeral, Mace Windu commented that whoever Poof's unknown ally was, he or she was a hero.
Around the time of the s. Jango agreed, and soon millions of clones are created in his likeness at one of the many cloning facilities on
Kamino . Jango, however, insisted that one clone not be subjected to growth enhancement or personality alteration, so that Jango could raise him as a son. His wish was granted, and the clone is named
Boba Fett . Contrary to his claims, Jango was aware that Tyranus is also former Jedi Master
Count Dooku , the Separatist leader.
Jango did not fully retire from his career, but he takes fewer jobs, and on Kamino, where he raises Boba in the Mandalorian ways, he assisted the Kaminoans in developing training programs for the Clone troopers. Their armor was even based on the Mandalorian armor Jango wore.
Ten years after the cloning process begins, Jango was hired to assassinate Senator
Padmé Amidala . The plot failed, and Jango was forced to murder his partner,
Zam Wesell , to keep his identity secret. Jedi Knight
Obi-Wan Kenobi traced one of Jango's weapons, a saberdart, to Kamino, and learned of the clone army, of which the Jedi have been previously unaware. Jango and Kenobi initially met on civil terms, but when Kenobi tried to intercept Jango for further questioning, they grappled in a seesawing duel until Kenobi appeared to fall into the stormy ocean. Kenobi eventually returned to watch Jango escape in the ''Slave I''. Kenobi placed a tracker on the ''Slave I'' and later encountered Jango and Boba in a space duel.
Jango and Boba escape in the ''Slave I'', but Kenobi tracks them to
Geonosis , where he learns that Jango and Count Dooku (Darth Tyranus) are in league with the
Confederacy Of Independent Systems . Kenobi is captured and sentenced to death in the arena for espionage, as are
Anakin Skywalker and
Padmé Amidala , who have come to rescue him. Count Dooku,
Nute Gunray ,
Gilramos Libkath , Jango, and his son Boba are special guests of the Geonosian Archduke
Poggle The Lesser and watch the execution from a private box.
The execution ceremony is disrupted by the arrival of
Mace Windu , and a large number of other Jedi, and a massive battle breaks out between the Jedi and the CIS's
Battle Droid s. Jango joins the melee and even kills Jedi Council member
Coleman Trebor . Flying down into the arena, he engages Mace again, but the confrontation is interrupted by an enraged
Reek , which tramples them both before being killed by Jango. Fett faces off against the Jedi Master again, but he fails to notice that his jetpack has been severely damaged by the Reek, a fatal oversight that sees him ultimately beheaded by Windu.
Jango never lives to see his clones participate in the
Clone Wars , which tear the galaxy apart and clear the way for the
Galactic Empire . Boba continues his bounty hunting legacy, using his father's weapons and ship, as well as the suit of Mandalorian armor once worn by Jaster Mereel. Boba goes on to lead an adventurous life of a bounty hunter, later going and seeking revenge on
Mace Windu , overpowering him but was stopped by
Emperor Palpatine .
It is ironically fitting that the
Clone Troopers would be created from him, as early in the pre-production of ''The Empire Strikes Back'',
Boba Fett had white armor and was intended to be a "super
Stormtrooper ," from the Mandalore system.
Unlike Boba Fett, in all of his appearances Jango is played by the same actor, Temuera Morrison.
Jango appeared in the second of the ''Star Wars'' films ''''.
Jango is also the star of the video game '''' video game.
Fett appeared in the comic books: ''Jango Fett'', ''Jango Fett: Open Seasons'', ''Zam Wesell'', and the Toys "R" Us promotional comic "Full of Surprises";
Fett appeared in the ''Star Wars Adventures'' books: ''Jango Fett vs. The Razor Eaters'', ''The Shape Shifter Strikes'', and ''Warlords of Balmorra''. He was also in the ''Jedi Readers'' book ''Jango Fett: Bounty Hunter'' and in ''Boba Fett: Survival''.
