Star Wars: 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Jango Fett

Arguably one of the most influential figures ever to blast off into hyperspace, the galaxy far, far away would have looked very different if it weren’t for a certain Jango Fett.

On top of being the father of one of the coolest characters to appear in the Original Trilogy of Star Wars flicks, Fett was also the genetic template for the entire clone army that would help defend and ultimately bring an end to the Republic.

But you knew that already.

What you probably weren’t aware of was exactly what the beskar-sporting badass was originally called in the time before his Attack of the Clones debut. And have you ever wondered precisely where one of the greatest bounty hunters the galaxy has ever seen was born?

Well, this list will provide you with those very answers and shed some more light on the man behind the unmistakable mask.

So, from the truth behind whether or not the silver-suited sharpshooter was actually classed as a Mandalorian, to those other well-known Star Wars personalities who were surprisingly influenced by the clone template, here are some fascinating details you probably didn’t know about Boba Fett’s pops.

After witnessing his father have their head sliced off by a Jedi Master (more on that later!), it was always pretty safe to assume that young Boba Fett would make it his lifelong mission to avenge his fallen pops in the years that followed.

And while Boba would very much attempt to do that on a number of occasions during the Clone Wars animated series, he actually managed to go one better in a piece of concept art that was created in the lead-up to Episode III.

In that Revenge of the Sith sketch, created by Warren Fu (via BobaFettFanClub), which eventually appeared in the Star Wars Insider magazine, Boba is seen blasting Windu out of the sky as the Jedi Master seemingly attempts to take down a group of clone troopers nearby.

However, said art was accompanied by a caption explaining that George Lucas stated definitively that Jango’s son would have only been 16 at the time and therefore “too young.”

And just like that, Boba finally avenging his father’s death was chucked out in favour of Palpatine shocking the purple-bladed master out of a window instead.