Jango Fett / Legends Jango Fett was a renowned Mandalorian bounty hunter , assassin , mercenary , and the " father " of Boba Fett , a genetic clone of his , whom he raised as a son . A Human from Concord Dawn , Fett was adopted by Mandalorian warriors following the murder of his parents and the disappearance of his older sister Arla in 58 BBY . Years later , he would go on to lead them through much of the Mandalorian Civil War as Mandalore . After being imprisoned by Jedi , Fett was responsible for destroying the Death Watch , a Mandalorian group who killed Fett ' s mentor , Jaster Mereel . Following the conclusion of that conflict , Fett became a bounty hunter , quickly establishing a reputation as being one of the best in the galaxy . Later on , Fett agreed to serve as the genetic template for the clones that would form the bulk of the Grand Army of the Republic during the Clone Wars . When Master Obi - Wan Kenobi located Jango and Boba on Kamino , Fett fled to join Count Dooku . Though struck down by Mace Windu in combat , Fett ' s legacy would live on through his son Boba , as well as his cloned brethren , who would have a profound impact on galactic history . Biography . Early life ( 66 BBY — 58 BBY ) . Born to a family of farmers , Fett grew up alongside his older sister Arla on the world of Concord Dawn , an agricultural planet in the Mandalore sector , known for being long associated with the Mandalorians . Fett ' s father served as a Journeyman Protector , a civilian lawman on Concord Dawn , having taken over the role when the former Protector , Jaster Mereel , was exiled and joined the Mandalorians . At some point during his youth , Fett was inoculated against the Karatos Plague , a disease native to his homeworld . Fett was just a young boy when the civil war began between the True Mandalorians , led by " Mand ' alor " Jaster Mereel , and a traitorous scion of their ranks , Tor Vizsla — leader of the violent Mandalorian splinter faction , the Death Watch . When the war spilled on to Fett ' s homeworld , his father granted Jaster Mereel and his men refuge at their homestead . Curious about footprints he found in the field , Fett questioned his father who merely remarked that there were beggars he was feeding and told Fett to get back to his chores . The Death Watch caught up with the True Mandalorians at the homestead and Tor Vizsla captured Fett while he was fixing the family ' s harvester , using him in an attempt to root Mereel and his men out of hiding . Vizsla savagely beat Fett ' s father in front of the boy while he demanded the location of the hidden Mandalorians , even going so far as threatening to shoot him in the head right in front of his son . However , Fett ' s mother intervened , shooting one of the Death Watch in the face with a blaster rifle and in the ensuing chaos , Fett ' s father ordered his son to run . Fleeing into the nearby crop field , Fett was rescued by Mereel and his soldiers while his parents were murdered and his sister taken by the Death Watch . As the Death Watch set fire to the fields , Fett led the True Mandalorians to an irrigation tube that allowed them to escape the blaze . They took Fett with them as they fled the homestead , the Death Watch burning the crop fields they took cover in . With his family dead and his home in ruins , Fett joined the Mandalorians as they regrouped in a nearby town in order to stage an ambush on the Death Watch . Believing their enemies dead , Vizsla and his men moved into the town on a celebratory raid , only to come under fire from the Mandalorians , attacking from street alleys and high windows . Using the firefight as a distraction , Fett planted an explosive charge beneath the Death Watch ' s armored tank , destroying it . He was attacked moments later by the Death Watch soldier responsible for the deaths of his parents and although the rogue Mandalorian slashed him with his gauntlet ' s vibroblade , Fett was able to snatch up a blaster , shooting and killing his parents ' murderer . Having proven himself in Mereel ' s eyes , after the fighting was over Fett was taken in by the " Mand ' alor " , who raised the boy as he would be his own son . Unbeknownst to Fett , his sister Arla also survived the battle , taken prisoner by the Death Watch and later held for years in a mental institution on Coruscant until 19 BBY . Now a Mandalorian , Jango Fett would continue to fight alongside Mereel and his forces into his teenage years and until the Battle of Korda Six . His first time as a squad commander , the mission promised to be little more than a basic extraction operation . Employed by the Korda Defense Force , the Mandalorians were to recover a team of rookie security personnel pinned down under fire by a group of local hostiles , supposedly poorly armed and with no formal army . Placed in charge of the group humorously referred to as " Jango ' s Grunts " , Fett and his team were in charge of providing cover fire and ensuring that the extraction point remained clear of danger . However , the intelligence reports turned out to be inaccurate and the claims of " minimal resistance " turned out to be a much heavier force . When Mereel ' s second - in - command , Montross , refused to retreat and was injured in a grenade strike , it was up to Mereel to save him . At the same time , Fett used Montross ' ill - guided attack as a diversion to move on their original objective . But when he reached the site , the expected team of security personnel in need turned out to be a Death Watch ambush . While Fett fought back the Death Watch soldiers , Mereel and Montross came under attack by Vizsla himself . It was then that Montross , through with taking Mereel ' s orders , abandoned the seriously injured " Mand ' alor " and left him to die by Vizsla ' s hand . Though Fett rushed to the aid of the man who ' d raised him like a father , he was too late to save him as Vizsla unleashed his tank ' s cannons on the injured soldier . It was in Fett ' s arms that Mereel passed away . At the landing zone , Montross urged the Mandalorians to heed Mereel ' s final orders and pull out , claiming that both Mereel " and " Fett were dead . However , Fett not only returned to the landing zone at that very moment , but carried with him Jaster Mereel ' s body . Still Montross continued in his attempts to seize control , implying that Mereel would have wanted him to take over as the new " Mand ' alor " and that the Mandalorians would do best with him in command . But when Fett revealed the truth of Montross ' betrayal — that he ' d left their beloved leader to die alone on the battlefield — the other Mandalorians denounced Montross at blaster point and proclaimed that they would follow only Fett . Montross was allowed to leave , cursing Fett as he slipped off into exile , while Jango Fett became the new " Mand ' alor " , leader of the Mandalorians . Leading the Mandalorians . As the new " Mand ' alor " , Fett led the Mandalorians much as Jaster Mereel had done before him , up until the disastrous Battle of Galidraan . Twelve years before the Battle of Geonosis , Fett and his Mandalorians were hired to put down an insurrection on the planet Galidraan . When the fighting was over and the rebels defeated , Fett ordered his men to return to their camp while he met with Galidraan ' s governor to collect their payment . In addition to their pay , Fett demanded the whereabouts of Tor Vizsla whom the Governor of Galidraan was not only harboring , but funding in his attempts to rebuild the Death Watch . Vizsla revealed himself there in the governor ' s castle and attacked Fett with a small cadre of Death Watch soldiers , forcing Fett to flee the building through a large window . Unfortunately , Vizsla and the governor had already put a plot into motion , claiming that Mandalorians were murdering " political activists " , along with women and children — with Vizsla ' s own forces providing the body count of innocents — and begging the Jedi Council to step in and put a stop to them . As the Jedi ships began to land , Fett desperately tried to warn his second - in - command , Myles , and the other Mandalorians to evacuate the camp , but his helmet ' s comlink had been damaged in his escape from Vizsla and they only received Fett ' s warning when he arrived seconds before the Jedi team . Led by Jedi Master Dooku and his Padawan Komari Vosa , the Jedi took the governor at his word and demanded the Mandalorians surrender on suspected murder charges , with Vosa adding that should they resist , they ' d be killed . Innocent and indignant , Fett ordered his troops to open fire , specifically on Vosa whom he called a " loudmouth " . When their blasters were reflected by the Jedi ' s lightsabers , Fett ordered the use of projectiles and provision of cover via jetpacks . Even utilizing a jetpack , however , Myles was killed by one of the Jedi while Fett could only watch . It was then that Fett would carry out the act that would make him both famous and infamous for the rest of his life and career : using no weapon beyond his own hands , feet , and armored body , Fett vengefully killed six Jedi , including the one responsible for Myles ' death . His efforts , although impressive , couldn ' t change the outcome of the battle . Fett ' s True Mandalorians had fallen victim to the Death Watch ' s machinations and were wiped out ; Fett , the sole Mandalorian survivor of the battle , was subdued by the Jedi and delivered into the custody of the Governor of Galidraan . Stripped of his armor , he was sold into slavery . The Death Watch had won at last . Fett spent years as a slave aboard a spice transport , until his chance at freedom came when pirates attacked the ship . Though his slave masters promised him freedom if he helped them fend off the attack , Fett had already broken free of his restraints and with a stolen blaster pistol , killed the slaver before fighting his way off the ship . Once free of the spice freighter , he set his sights on Galidraan , going after his lost armor and his revenge upon the governor . Slipping by all of the governor ' s security , Fett infiltrated his castle , recovered his armor — restored and repainted by the governor as a trophy — and offered the governor a choice : his life or the location of the Death Watch . Intercepting the " Death Rattle " , Vizsla ' s personal starship , over Corellia , Fett used a starfighter to cripple the ship ' s engines while assaulting the bridge , using his jetpack to fly through the viewport . He clashed with Vizsla in a lengthy fight that spanned the halls of the dying ship and even into an escape pod , continuing on after crashing to the surface of Corellia . After tumbling into a river , Vizsla stabbed Fett between the armor plates on his torso with a poisoned blade , taunting him that Jaster Mereel would be disappointed . In response , Fett used the blade on his gauntlet to carve a deep wound across Vizsla ' s abdomen , drawing a pack of nearby dire - cat s that attacked and killed Vizsla but spared Fett due to the poison . In 41 BBY , Fett somehow lost his armor in the Meridian sector . While searching for it , he met a woman named Sheeka Tull . She helped him find his armor , and they began a relationship . The two spent a year together , which ended when their ship was attacked by pirates . They each entered separate escape pods and never saw each other again . With the death of Tor Vizsla and the remaining few Death Watch members fleeing to the far reaches of the galaxy , the Mandalorian Civil War had come to an end but at a substantial cost to Fett . Without a war to fight or his trusted comrades to fight beside , Fett grew distant from the rest of his people and his role as " Mand ' alor " and instead , using his combat skills , weaponry , and mercenary experience , turned to the solitary life of a bounty hunter . He took up residence at Outland Transit Station , a space station in Hutt Space , where , with the help of a Toydarian female associate named Rozatta , he continued his career as a bounty hunter and soldier - for - hire utilizing Jaster Mereel ' s former ship , now bearing the name " Jaster ' s Legacy " . The hunt for Komari Vosa . In the year 32 BBY , Fett was tracking the Muttani criminal Meeko Ghintee . Wanted by the Republic Correctional Authority for a substantial list of crimes including assault , larceny , and murder , Fett found Meeko on Outland Station where he was attempting to win a pit fight by utilizing a control device on his own borhek . When Fett surprised Meeko and offered him the chance to be taken in alive , Meeko fled , commanding his borhek to attack Fett . After defeating the creature , Fett pursued Meeko on a lengthy chase through Outland Station ' s Merchant Row that ended with Fett disabling Meeko ' s ship and capturing the criminal . Shortly after , Fett met with friend and Outland Station ' s owner , Rozatta , to collect his fee . While there , " Roz " — as she was affectionately known to the bounty hunter — passed along a message she had taken for him . In it , a man calling himself Tyranus offered Fett the chance to participate in an exclusive hunt for former Jedi turned leader of the Bando Gora cult Komari Vosa , with a bounty of five million credits . However , he would not be alone , as Tyranus also extended an invitation to several other bounty hunters , including Montross . Although Roz would warn Fett of the danger and the Bando Gora ' s ominous reputation , she provided him with a lead on a death stick dealer with possible ties to the cult operating on Coruscant . Fett pursued Jervis Gloom — the low - life dealer Roz had turned him on to — throughout Galactic City ' s entertainment district , and upon locating him at his warehouse , he captured and forced Gloom to reveal who he was working for and where the death sticks he sold were coming from . This information led to a nerf processing plant in Coruscant ' s industrial district , owned by Groff Haugg and used as a front for shipping death sticks . Montross would prove himself a step ahead of Fett , as he ' d already reached Haugg , interrogated him , and killed him by lowering him into carbonite before Fett could speak with him . Haugg had lied to the disgraced Mandalorian , however , and after a brief skirmish between the two bounty hunters , Montross headed to the Gazzari system while Fett searched Haugg ' s database and found a transmission from Connus Trell , the Twi ' lek Senator from Ryloth . Breaking into the Senator ' s Coruscant apartment , Fett dangled the corrupt politician from the balcony of his suite until he confessed his criminal contact was a Dug crime lord by the name of Sebolto who was manufacturing the death sticks on Malastare . Fett ' s investigation was cut short by the arrival of a CSF gunship ; demanding that he release Trell , Fett simply replied " As you wish . " before dropping the Senator to his death and engaging the police ship . After a battle with the gunship that ended in its destruction , Fett left Coruscant and contacted Roz aboard his ship . While contemplating the best way to gain access to the Dug crime lord , Roz suggested he make a trip to the asteroid prison Oovo IV where a smuggler by the name of Bendix Fust was serving time . Fust had a substantial bounty posted by Sebolto and , with Roz ' s advice , Fett decided that bringing Sebolto " a present " , as he put it , would be a good way to gain an audience with him . Fett made for the Oovo asteroid belt with the intention of breaking the smuggler out of prison , and used Supply ship 1729 as cover to infiltrate the asteroid ' s shields . Fett worked his way through Desolation Alley , but just as Fett reached Fust ' s cell , his mission was delayed when a novice bounty hunter managed to capture Fust first . The two met at gunpoint , but decided to work together to escape the locked - down prison , inciting a riot in the process . Though her interference ultimately cost Fett his beloved ship , " Jaster ' s Legacy " , they were able to reach the prison ' s hangar where six prototype " Firespray " - class starships were located . Stealing one of the patrol craft , Fett piloted the vessel out of the hangar before destroying the hangar and the remaining ships within . En route to Malastare with Fust secured in the cargo hold , the other bounty hunter introduced herself as Zam Wesell . Fett was quick to chastise her reckless behavior , pointing out that she was the reason he ' d lost his ship , although she considered the Firespray an improvement over the old AIAT / i transport . Accepting the ship as his own , Fett decided to name it " Slave I " . Later , Fett formed a partnership with Wesell and they mutually agreed to split the bounty when they delivered Fust to Sebolto . Heading to Malastare , Sebolto ' s homeworld , Fett managed to sneak inside the crime lord ' s palace with the help of Wesell . The Clawdite delivered Fust to Sebolto while Fett went in the back way , trekking his way through the dense jungle outside of Sebolto ' s palace . Wesell managed to get away from Sebolto and head back down the compound , where she helped Fett call a skiff to cross a chasm separating the compound from the jungle . They then went back up the compound to Sebolto ' s palace with the pair of them killing anyone who got in their way . When they confronted Sebolto he frantically tried to escape , but he managed to fall into a smelting pit instead . Fett then fought hordes of Bando Gora as he made his way deeper into Sebolto ' s death stick factory and later fought Montross as well . Reaching Sebolto ' s transport ship , Fett discovered Huttese markings , which led Fett straight to Tatooine . Two Hutts , Jabba Desilijic Tiure and Gardulla Besadii the Elder , controlled the desert planet , and one of them had connections to the Bando Gora . In order to gain an audience with Jabba , Fett fought a gang of outlaws led by Longo Two - Guns , who had a price on his head that was posted by the Hutt . When Fett came to Jabba to collect his reward , he asked the slimy crime lord about the Bando Gora . However , it turned out that Jabba actually had nothing to do with Vosa or the crime syndicate . Instead , he informed Fett that it was Gardulla , not him , that was allied with the cult . In the meantime , Wesell managed to sneak inside Gardulla ' s palace but was captured , leaving Fett to fight his way inside by himself . But when he got there , Fett wanted to leave her in her cell for protection , which Wesell mistook for leaving her out of a fair 50 - 50 share of Vosa ' s bounty . She called for the guards , who then knocked Fett out and stripped him of his weapons , and then brought him to Gardulla to decide his fate . The Hutt decided to simply kill Fett by feeding the famed bounty hunter to her pet Krayt dragon . As Fett was brought to its pen , he managed to kill the guards that were at his side holding him down . Retrieving his weapons , Fett fought his way through the palace . In the end , Gardulla ended up as nearly being lunch for her own beast , but not before Fett had discovered the information he was searching for — Gardulla´s relation with the Bando Gora and their activities with the Tatooine´s Death Stick Trade . It is Known that Gardulla survived this encounter because Fett killed her Krayt Dragon before she could get completely digested . Leaving Wesell in her cell because of her apparent betrayal , Fett set off to return to Outland Station . Unbeknownst to Fett , however , Rozatta was at the very moment under attack by Montross . It would seem the other bounty hunter had barely made a move on the bounty , instead tracking Fett through a beacon planted on his ship . Roz , despite Fett ' s personal motto " trust no - one " , was one of the few people who cared about Fett . Revealing the location as the fourth moon of Bogden , Kohlma her last wish was that he would find something to actually care and live for besides money . She believed that despite his dangerous line of work , he was a good and honorable man and deserved more out of life . Fett traveled to the Bogden system , fighting all manner of Bando Gora along the way . Having one last duel with Montross , he denied his old foe an honorable " warrior ' s " death , instead allowing the Bando Gora to proudly finish Montross off . Moving deeper into Vosa ' s lair , Fett was ambushed , knocked unconscious , and stripped of his weaponry . Having captured Fett , the Bando Gora prepared to turn him into a mindless slave . It was here that Fett acquired many of his facial scars . Vosa herself came to demand of him the name of his employer , but Zam Wesell freed Fett before being injured by the insane Dark Jedi . After a long duel with Vosa , Jango Fett emerged victorious . As he prepared to finish her off , Vosa asked if he would choose to leave her dead or alive . Jango , looking at the ruined female nearing her death , lowered his weapons . Vosa murmured " He … is here . " before being choked with the Force to her last breath . To Fett ' s surprise , Tyranus was indeed there , and he was impressed . The bounty was a test to determine if the rumors of Fett ' s skills against Jedi were true . If so , his clones trained under his supervision would be very effective once Order 66 , the order to eliminate all Jedi , was issued . While Fett had personally killed many Jedi on Galidraan , Tyranus considered his former apprentice a more challenging test . In addition to the bounty on Vosa , Tyranus offered Fett a tempting sum of money for an unusual task : Fett was to be a template for an army of clones . Fett agreed , and soon millions of clones were created in his likeness at the cloning facility on Kamino . Fett , however , remembered Rozatta ' s final wish and asked for one clone produced without genetic tampering , an apprentice and son that would become Jaster ' s legacy and revive the Mandalorians . Jango Fett left Kohlma and said his goodbyes to Zam Wesell ( who , thanks to trauma received on Kohlma , had seemingly forgotten what Fett looked like beneath his helmet when they next encountered each other , some five years later ) . After parting ways , he returned to Dooku ' s estate to finalize his deal with the Sith Lord . His wish for an heir was granted and soon after the project was underway on Kamino , he was awarded the first clone whom he would name Boba Fett . Despite to his later claims to the contrary , Fett was indeed aware that Tyranus was also the former Jedi Master Dooku , the Separatist leader , having already met Dooku at the Battle of Galidraan . The Grand Army . Jango Fett ' s most famous contribution to the creation of the Grand Army of the Republic was the donation of his genes used to produce the army ' s clone troopers at Kamino ' s Tipoca City facility . However , Fett would be central in many facets of the army ' s early development , including assisting in the design of the armor worn by the clones , evident in the loose similarities between their armor and Fett ' s own Mandalorian shock trooper armor , including the distinctive T - visor of their helmets . He would also become a military consultant and helped to create the flash training regimen used to instruct all of the young clones , including in it the traditional Mandalorian song " Vode An " as a useful tool to help instill within them with a sense of purpose , modifying it slightly in order to give it meaning for soldiers serving the Republic . Fett was also responsible for recruiting the " Cuy ' val Dar " , a one - hundred man group — seventy - five of which were Mandalorians — with assorted skills and professions , hired to train the clone commandos that would make up the army ' s special forces . Fett would personally oversee the training of the one - hundred Alpha - class Advanced Recon Commando s , considered the most skilled and elite soldiers in the Grand Army . Eight years prior to the Battle of Geonosis , Fett met with Mandalorian " Cuy ' val Dar " training sergeant Kal Skirata in Tipoca ' s cloning facility . There , he spoke with the man concerning the solitude that came with being " Cuy ' val Dar " — " Those Who No Longer Exist " . He would also ask Skirata to join him in evaluating a group of clones considered to be under par by Kamino Chief Scientist Ko Sai ' s standards . However , when they arrived in the office of Orun Wa , the " defective " clones turned out to be six young clone children . Deemed too independent and uncontrollable , they were labeled " Null - class " and were to be exterminated as failures until Skirata stepped in on their behalf . Fett recommended they be used as intelligence units and placed the boys under Skirata ' s care . That evening , Fett went to see how Skirata was coping with the boys , arriving at his room with his son Boba asleep in his arms . When Skirata asked why Boba looked like the other clones , Fett explained that Boba was his genetic clone as well , but was also his son , and worth more to him than all the credits he ' d been paid . As the army grew in secret over the years leading up to the Battle of Geonosis , " Cuy ' val Dar " sergeant Dred Priest was found to be operating brutal Battle Circle s in the lower levels of Tipoca , forcing the clone commandos he trained to fight one another until one couldn ' t fight back . After the injured began to pile up in the care of fellow " Cuy ' val Dar " sergeant and doctor , Mij Gilamar , Fett was notified and quickly put an end to the illicit fights after savagely beating Priest . Fett was also responsible for smuggling the clone deserter ARC trooper Alpha - 02 — " Spar " — off Kamino in the cargo hold of " Slave I " to repay a favor owed to Gilamar . Further exploits ( 32 BBY – 22 BBY ) . Shortly before the Clone Wars , Ashaar Khorda employed Fett to retrieve the statue known as the Infant of Shaa . Khorda hoped to use the Infant ' s power to destroy Coruscant in the upcoming conflict . Fett succeeded in attaining the statue by killing a Seylott native , but was persuaded by his rival and contemporary Zam Wesell to re - acquire the statue from Khorda to save the galactic capital . A last - minute effort by Fett and Wesell saved the Infant from unleashing its power within a central Coruscant power core . Jedi Master Yarael Poof sacrificed himself to contain the fracturing statue and prevent the destruction of Coruscant , and Fett returned the statue to Seylott , where it was originally created , for safekeeping . In 22 BBY , Jango took his son Boba to a cave on an unidentified planet for " flying practice " . The cave was inhabited by a predator known as the Balyeg , and Jango sprayed his son with the scent of the Pardlam , the Balyeg ' s main food source . He then told Boba to fetch a tooth from the mouth of the Balyeg . A short while later , Boba returned with the tooth and asked his father why he made him do this . Jango told his son it was because there would come moments where he wouldn ' t have time to be scared . He had faced the most terrifying thing in the galaxy , and Boba would know that the most fearful thing he would ever face would be behind him . One of Tyranus ' s missions , had Fett track down and eliminate a helmeted man on Atzerri that posed a threat to his plans for the clone army . After taking care of the planet ' s traffic control , Fett had his son Boba shoot the man . Jango then went down to question the man , who was revealed to be clone trooper deserter . Fett then shot the clone . However , he found out that he had a wife and a son named Connor . He then left them alone since they were ignorant of the helmeted man ' s origins . However , Fett then set up an inheritance fund for Connor as compensation for killing the boy ' s father , under the guise that he was the boy ' s father . In 23 BBY Tyranus employed Fett to kill the leader of a resistance force determined to free Kuat ' s population from its servitude . Boba accompanied his father to Kuat City , where Fett used the boy as bait to lure his bounty into the open . While Fett assassinated the camp members , a young Boba threw a thermal detonator and fled into the tents . Once Fett ' s bounty located the boy , the colonist was horrified to learn the young boy was the son of the man sent to kill him . Fett , having finished assassinating the remaining members of the camp , tracked down Boba and demanded that Larbo release his son , slashing his way through the tent ' s canopy . Disgusted , Larbo asked what kind of man would use his own son as bait , though Boba replied , " Only a son can know his father ' s heart " . After Fett killed Larbo , Boba escaped with his father aboard " Slave I " and informed the Count of their successful mission . Months later , Tyranus ordered Fett to capture Groodo the Hutt , Senator Rodd of Fondor , and droid engineer Hurlo Holowan . The three criminals had attempted to bring ruin to the Fondor system by blowing up Fondor ' s shipyards . In keeping with Mandalorian tradition , Fett allowed his then nine - year - old son Boba — old enough to begin training according to Mandalorian culture — to join him on this assignment . However , Fett learned that Cradossk and Bossk — two other bounty hunters hired by Wat Tambor — were stalking the same target . Fett succeeded in capturing Rodd , but with one setback — while his guard was down , Boba was temporarily captured by Bossk and brought before Cradossk . After liberating Boba from the Trandoshans , Fett was reluctant to continue his assignment until Boba was out of harm ' s way . He subcontracted Zam Wesell to go after Hurlo Holowan while Fett brought Boba back to the safety of Kamino . Fett also contacted Tyranus to find out who hired Cradossk and have him taken off the job . After the capture of Holowan , Fett went to Balmorra to capture Groodo the Hutt . Groodo had been hiding at the well - defended castle of his brother Rigorra , the planetary warlord . On Balmorra , Fett ran into Aurra Sing , who had been hunting Rigorra herself for personal reasons . The two hunters successfully infiltrated Rigorra ' s palace together but were captured along with two other bounty hunters — Bossk and Skorr — who were also hunting Groodo . Fett and Sing managed to escape from Rigorra ' s clutches and capture their targets . Fett then delivered Rodd , Holowan and Groodo to Count Dooku on Geonosis , and departed . This would be one of the final missions Fett undertook in his life . On contract for the Trade Federation , Fett was hired to hunt down the Toydarian known as Reti , due to his predations on Trade Federation assets on Maramere . Fett pursued Reti to Nod Kartha before he finally caught up with him in a flurry of laser cannon blasts from " Slave I " . The Toydarian fired his hyperdrive to escape Fett but the ultimate outcome of the hunt is unknown , though Fett certainly survived . On the eve of war ( 22 BBY ) . Ten years after the Grand Army had begun on Kamino , the formation of the clone army had progressed to the point where two - hundred thousand units were ready , with approximately a million more ready shortly . Fett was hired by Trade Federation Viceroy Nute Gunray to assassinate Naboo Senator Padmé Amidala . Teaming with Zam Wesell again , Fett targeted the Senator on Coruscant , but the plot to assassinate her failed and Fett was forced to kill Wesell , in order to keep his identity secret . Jedi Knight Obi - Wan Kenobi traced the toxic saberdart Fett used to kill Wesell to Kamino and learned of the clone army of which the Jedi were previously unaware . Fett and Kenobi met in Fett ' s Tipoca City quarters on civil terms , with Fett going so far as to claim it was " always a pleasure to meet a Jedi " in spite of his adversarial past with the Order . However , he knew Kenobi ' s presence would mean trouble and had Boba quickly pack his belongings aboard " Slave I " . When Kenobi later tried to apprehend Fett for further questioning , they clashed in a titanic battle on " Slave I " landing platform , culminating in Fett escaping with Boba aboard " Slave I " . Unfortunately for him , Fett was unaware of a homing device Kenobi had attached to the ship ' s outer hull that enabled him to track the bounty hunter and his son to Geonosis . When Fett discovered Kenobi ' s presence , a dogfight over Geonosis ensued , and although Fett had the upper hand for much of the skirmish , Kenobi was able to outsmart Fett by creating the illusion his ship had been destroyed while in fact he lay in wait on one of the asteroids in Geonosis ' rings . Fett was able to land on the planet ' s surface and meet up with Dooku and the other members of the fledgling Confederacy of Independent Systems . Kenobi would be found alive shortly afterward , captured after spying on Dooku and the other Separatist leaders , and sentenced to death in the arena for espionage . When Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker and Padmé Amidala attempted to rescue Kenobi , only to stumble into the complex labyrinth of the Geonosis droid foundries , Fett would lead a team of droidekas in capturing Skywalker . Fett and his son Boba were special guests of the Geonosian Archduke Poggle the Lesser and watched the execution from a private box overlooking the Petranaki arena with the Geonosian leader , Count Dooku , and Nute Gunray . The execution did not go as planned , as all three prisoners managed to free themselves from their chains and evade the three beasts that had been let loose upon them . At one point , Gunray became so furious that he ordered Fett to deal with Amidala personally , but Dooku urged the Viceroy to be patient and that she would die . However , Jedi Master Mace Windu quietly entered the box and held Fett at bay , holding the blade of his lightsaber at the bounty hunter ' s throat . All throughout the arena ' s assembled crowd , lightsabers came to life as the nearly two - hundred Jedi who had infiltrated the arena revealed themselves . When several super battle droids arrived at the box , drawing Windu ' s attention from Fett , he took the opportunity to strike with his wrist - mounted flamethrower , unleashing a stream of flames at Windu , who leapt from the box and into the arena , throwing off his burning cloak after landing unharmed . A massive battle broke out between the Jedi and the droid army that poured into the arena , although Fett would remain at Dooku ' s side ; when Jedi Council member Coleman Trebor attempted to assault the skybox and confront Dooku , Fett unloaded several blaster bolts into the Jedi Master , killing him and knocking him off the balcony . Fett used his jetpack to fly down to the arena floor , where he confronted Windu , who had dropped his lightsaber . However , Windu retrieved it with a simple Force Pull . A reek , one of the creatures that had been let loose to execute the prisoners and was still loose , suddenly disrupted their battle , trampling Fett in the process . Fett killed it with a swift blast to the head , but his jetpack was damaged with the reek ' s attack . As Windu rushed in , Fett ' s attempts to blast him proved futile , leading him to attempt to gain space by jetting away . The jetpack upon which he relied failed to fire , leaving him vulnerable to Windu ' s decapitating strike . Legacy . After his death , Jango Fett ' s clones told themselves a different story of his death . They believed that he was unaware of Count Dooku ' s treason and was unwilling to malign his honor by going back on his word , and killed twelve Jedi Masters before being killed himself . Although the real details of Fett ' s death eventually became clear , the clones nonetheless continued to faithfully serve under their Jedi officers , including Mace Windu . Unfortunately for Fett , he never lived to see his clones participate in the Clone Wars , a conflict which tore the galaxy apart and cleared the way for the Galactic Empire . Nor would he ever see his son , Boba , continue 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 tried to avenge his father by sabotaging the Jedi cruiser " Endurance " in order to kill Windu , though the plan failed . Jango Fett was buried on Geonosis by Boba with the simple initials J . F . on a headstone . In 40 ABY Boba , along with his granddaughter Mirta Gev , retrieved Fett ' s remains from Geonosis so that they could be buried on Mandalore next to Boba ' s daughter , Ailyn Vel . In honor of the legendary bounty hunter , a gladiatorial pit that became known as the Jango Fett Arena was built in the city of Mos Eisley on Tatooine . Fenn Shysa respected Fett and his skill so greatly that he firmly believed a descendant , relative , or clone of Fett would be the best choice to lead the Mandalorians . He hoped to utilize Fett ' s fierce reputation as a Jedi killer as a symbol of strength for Mandalore . On Mandalore , however , he was not held in high regard by the New Mandalorian faction , with their Prime Minister Almec dismissing him as a mere bounty hunter who had obtained Mandalorian armor via unknown means . Only after Spar brought the warrior traditions of the Mandalorian culture back to the forefront of their society as " Mandalore the Resurrector " and the New Mandalorians declined in influence , was Fett ' s memory rehabilitated in the minds of mainstream Mandalorian society — though Spar , himself , considered Fett a disgrace for allowing the Kaminoans to clone a slave army from his genes . After his death , Jango Fett ' s legacy was carried on not only by Boba Fett , but also by the millions of clone troopers based on his template . After the Clone Wars , Fett ' s clones were continuously used as soldiers of the Republic ' s successor state , the Galactic Empire . At least until the Battle of Endor , the Fett clones were maintained within the ranks of the Imperial Military , despite gradually becoming a small minority in an army increasingly diversified between enlisted troopers and clones based on different templates . Personality and traits . Jango Fett was thorough , instinctive , and ruthless when it came to bounty hunting , but he was known to have a soft side for the few people he cared about in life . He was often motivated by money , and as such his loyalty was to the highest bidder . He became so efficient in bounty hunting that even planetary governments were known to hire him . Fett kept himself in top condition , maintaining the habit of training often with his equipment . He was also very intelligent , having prudent tactical skills , and was fluent in Basic , Huttese , and " Mando ' a " . He was also able to read Aurebesh , " Mandalorian " and used High Galactic on his " buy ' ce ' s " HUD . Nonetheless , he would always prefer a subtle approach to his hunting , a trait that he would pass on to his son . Fett kept a cool demeanor when calculating his every move , always playing to win or survive . He knew best when to make use of evasion , which enabled him to outlast his enemies . In fact , it was only when his evasion skills did fail him , at the Battle of Geonosis , that he was defeated and killed . Fett also worked out his own moral code that he deemed honorable by his standards . He would live much of his life as a bounty hunter following these guidelines . Later , he would raise his son Boba by these codes , which shaped what type of missions Boba would undertake in his own lifetime . Fett preferred to work alone ; however , he would occasionally partner with Zam Wesell when working together was in their best interest . He also worked with his associate Rozatta early in his career as a bounty hunter . However , other than Wesell and Roz , Fett was a loner who usually kept to himself , most likely because of Montross ' betrayal , which had cost Jaster Mereel his life . Consistent with his preference for working alone , Fett also chose to live alone . He never married or formed long - term relationships ; and it seemed that he would never have any offspring . However , the Kamino cloning enterprise gave him an unexpected opportunity to raise a son who was an exact genetic replica of himself — unlike the usual kind of offspring , whose genes are a random mixture of genes from mother and father . In addition to his pay , he requested an unaltered clone for himself . By specifying that this particular clone be genetically unaltered and grow at the normal , non accelerated rate , Fett could reasonably expect that Boba Fett would learn all the skills and values he wanted to teach him . In contrast to his relationship with Boba , Fett had no personal feelings toward the other clones . He considered the cloning contract no different than any other , and despite Kal Skirata ' s apprehension about working with the Jedi on the army ' s creation , Fett displayed his neutrality by simply pointing out that it was just business . Relationships . Boba Fett . When serving as the clone template for the Kaminoans , Jango asked for an unaltered clone in addition to his fee whom he named Boba and raised as his son . Jango also stated that he is an apprentice and is also " Jaster ' s Legacy " , but he firmly believed that Boba was worth far more than the five million credits he was rewarded for hunting down Vosa . During Boba ' s upbringing , he taught him how to use a blaster . Jaster Mereel . Mereel was Jango ' s surrogate father when he was a young Mandalorian . Jango had huge amounts of respect for him and firmly believed that he would always do what was right for the Mandalorians . Jango was deeply saddened when Mereel died and took on his role as the leader of the Mandalorians . Sheeka Tull . Sheeka Tull was Jango ' s girlfriend when he was twenty - five years old and courted for a year before their ship was boarded by pirates . After they went into separate escape pods , they never saw each other again . Rozatta . Rozatta was Jango ' s assistant during his early career as a bounty hunter , finding bounties and looking out for him as long as she got her finder ' s fee . Roz and Jango often joked with each other , Roz being one of the only people he could trust . He was very upset when Montross blew up Outland Station , killing her , and when Jango got the job for the clone army he requested an unaltered clone to raise as a son , something Roz wanted him to live for . Zam Wesell . Zam and Jango had a friendly professional relationship but were often arguing about strategies due to Jango feeling that she was reckless and should learn how to be subtle . The two had great respect for each other and Zam was an important person in young Boba ' s life before he was forced to kill her . She often teased Jango . Kal Skirata . Kal Skirata knew Jango during the days when they were both active Mandalorians . They had an up and down relationship : while Skirata was a very aggressive Mandalorian traditionalist , Jango was more cunning and preferred subtle approaches , but they both cared greatly for the troops they served with . Jango recruited Kal for the Cuy ' val Dar and asked him to assist with the " Null " class ARC Troopers who were going to to be terminated for being a failed experiment . Kal intervened by telling a young Ordo not to kill Orun Wa while Jango convinced her of their strategic value . Montross . Montross was a Mandalorian warrior like Jango , but he hated Jango and despised him and Jaster treating him like he was his son . He betrayed Jaster by letting Tor Vizla kill him . For this , Jango and the other Mandalorians banished him for this giving Jango the role Jaster had . Jango encountered Montross after receiving a transmission telling him he found Rozatta and was intending to kill her . Jango later found Montross while on his way to find Komari Vosa , and the two engaged in a fight resulting in Montross being eaten alive by the Bando Gora . Equipment . Weapons and armor . Fett wore Mandalorian armor in the " shocktrooper " style common during his time , although instead of the more traditional " beskar " plating , he utilized the less resilient and less expensive durasteel alloy for his armor . Fett was armed with custom WESTAR - 34 blaster pistols , BlasTech Dur - 24 wrist laser , Czerka ZX miniature flame projector ( left gauntlet ) , and an integrated Velocity - 7 dart shooter with Kamino saberdarts on his right arm , among other kinds . Fett ' s left gauntlet also had a Kelvarek Consolidated Arms MM9 mini concussion rocket , which utilized computer target tracking . Fett used Type - 12A anti - personnel rocket s , Type - 12B capsule s , and 1126 rocket s . He also carried a field security overloader , sonic beam weapon , wristband retractable blades , wrist mounted grappling hook , boot spikes , and electromagnetic devices in his gloves , enabling him to attract his guns from a short distance . He had two jetpacks , one of which was a Merr - Sonn JT - 12 jetpack ; the jetpack was personally manufactured for Jango Fett by Merr - Sonn Munitions prior to the Clone Wars . The other was a Z - 6 jetpack manufactured by Mitrinomon Transports . The JT - 12 was a compact jetpack featuring a warhead missile launcher . This model was similar to the more heavily - armored Mitrinomon Z - 6 jetpack . The Mitrinomon Z - 6 was a more common model of jetpack used by the Mandalorians . Many Mandalorians used this type of jetpack , including Jango Fett and Boba Fett . The jetpack included a targeting computer , flight gyros , and a missile / grapple launcher . Both models were favored by the elder Fett . His Mandalorian helmet featured a targeting range - finder that fed him constant data , allowing him to compensate for size , speed and atmospheric conditions . The helmet had a targeting array that gave him 360 - degree field of view . Built - in infrared scanners , as well as sound and motion sensors , enabled Jango to lock on to any prey from a distance and plan his attack Oddly enough , both Fett and Boba were thwarted by their jetpacks : while fighting Obi - Wan Kenobi on Kamino , Fett ' s jetpack detached itself and flew out of control , exploding against a column . Also during Fett ' s final battle , it was the malfunction of his jetpack that ultimately resulted in his death . Likewise , while battling Luke Skywalker over the Pit of Carkoon , Boba ' s jetpack was accidentally activated by Han Solo , launching him into the side of Jabba ' s sail barge and into the sarlacc . Vehicles . After the death of his mentor , Jaster Mereel , Fett inherited Mereel ' s personal ship . Renaming it " Jaster ' s Legacy " , he used it in many of his bounty hunting contracts . During the hunt for Komari Vosa , which led to Oovo IV , the ship was sabotaged by Zam Wesell . Needing a replacement , he found a prototype fleet of " Firespray " - class starships in one of the hangars of the asteroid prison . Stealing one and demolishing the others , he christened it " " Slave I " " , which he used up until his death . The ship would later go into the hands of his son , Boba Fett . Behind the scenes . Jango Fett was portrayed by Temuera Morrison and stunt double Scott McLean in " " and voiced by Morrison in the video games " " , " " and " " . Bob Marshall portrayed Fett in a commercial but the voice was provided by an unknown actor ILM filmed for " Star Wars : Bounty Hunter " . Jeff Bennett provided Fett ' s voice in " " and " " . Fett also makes a cameo appearance in " " . George Lucas is thought to have chosen the name " Jango " as a reference to the titular character of the movie " " . Like Fett , Django is also a loner mercenary with a harsh past . " www . ambufett . com " was a domain name purchased by Lucasfilm before the release of " Attack of the Clones " . It is possible that Ambu Fett may have been considered as the original name of Fett , or another Fett family member , or perhaps another clone . Another name proposed for the character was J ' mee Fett . There is a discrepancy in the time during which Fett spends with Sheeka Tull ; in two locations in " The Cestus Deception " it is specifically said they met in 41 BBY ; however , Sheeka also says that they met two years after the destruction of the Mandalorians , which took place in 34 BBY . retconned this difference by establishing that the Battle of Galidraan took place ten years earlier , in 44 BBY . Jango also is a secret skateboarder in the video game " " . He can be bought for $ 9000 . He also can fire his blaster whilst grinding and launch a grappling hook in mid - air . Non - canonical biographical information . In 32 BBY , Fett followed up on an advertisement to find a template for a clone army disguised as an advertisement to become a Mandalorian . Fett participated in a “ last man standing ” shootout known as " Fett Club " , which he won with the aid of Kannen Doom . After that , a man named Tyranus then hired him to be the template for a clone army at his price and he was told to report to Kamino .