Jango Fett

**Jango Fett** was a 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, Jango 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 Mand'alor. After being imprisoned by Jedi, Fett was responsible for fragmenting 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. As a bounty hunter, Fett worked with and became acquainted with several fellow hunters and individuals in the criminal underworld including the Duros Cad Bane, whom Fett once mentored, Aurra Sing, Zam Wesell, and the infamous pirate Hondo Ohnaka. 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. By the era of the Galactic Empire, Boba possessed the same set of Mandalorian armor worn by Jango, although its appearance had been altered significantly.

## History

### Era of the Clone Wars

After his death at the hands of Mace Windu, Jango Fett was buried on Geonosis by Boba with the simple initials J.F. on a headstone. Jango's legacy was carried on by the millions of clone troopers that had been made in his image. They went on to form the backbone of the Grand Army of the Republic, which the Jedi Order held authority over through their new title as Jedi Generals. They were loyal to the Republic and the Jedi, and the Jedi encouraged Fett's clones to embrace their individuality instead of thinking in lockstep. The 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.

During Obi-Wan Kenobi's visit to the planet Mandalore, he had a brief conversation with Prime Minister Almec about the late Jango Fett. Almec declared that Fett was just a common bounty hunter rather than a Mandalorian despite the armor he wore.

Fett's death inspired Boba to pursue a vendetta against Windu for the murder of his father. He teamed up with Aurra Sing, the Trandoshan bounty hunter Bossk, and the Klatooinian bounty hunter Castas in order to avenge his father's death. Boba infiltrated Windu's Star Destroyer, the *Endurance*, above the world of Vanqor and sabotaged it, causing it to crash on the planet's surface. He then attached a bomb to Jango's helmet and placed it in the bridge of the *Endurance* for Windu, hoping that when Windu came looking for survivors he would be killed by the bomb. However, the attempt was unsuccessful and Jango's helmet was blown to pieces with one side of the helmet remaining.

By the end of the Clone Wars, the fall of the Republic was complete. The Sith used their secret weapon, the clones of Jango Fett, to exterminate the Jedi. Supreme Chancellor Sheev Palpatine—the Sith Lord Darth Sidious—triggered the clones' secret programming through Order 66, the directive to kill all members of the Jedi Order on sight. Following the success of Order 66 and the Republic's transformation into the Galactic Empire, the remaining Fett clones became the first generation of Imperial stormtroopers. Subservient to the will of the new Galactic Emperor, they enforced the laws of the New Order and suppressed Sidious' enemies during the early days of the Imperial Era. In the end, however, the clones were decommissioned and replaced with natural-born human recruits.

### The son of Jango

Jango's ship, *Slave I*, saw frequent use in the Clone Wars and later the Age of the Empire. It was initially inherited by Boba, who used it during the war along with Aurra Sing, but Sing crash landed it on the surface of Florrum during a fight with the Padawan Ahsoka Tano. Hondo Ohnaka, the leader of the pirate Ohnaka Gang, dragged Aurra from the wreckage of the ship and rebuilt the vessel, adding it to his personal fleet of ships. In the last year of the Clone Wars the Separatists invaded Florrum and destroyed Hondo's arsenal, prompting him to escape the planet in *Slave I*. Sometime later, Boba reclaimed the ship and continued using it to carry out bounties for the Empire.

Boba followed in his father's footsteps and became a freelance bounty hunter. By the time of the Galactic Empire, Boba was widely considered to be one of the deadliest bounty hunters in the galaxy, and, like Jango before him, Boba came to be seen as the galaxy's best bounty hunter. Boba used his father's name when he posed as a pit fighter on Nar Shaddaa, remembering holding Jango's empty helmet on Geonosis after his death before entering the pit. Shortly afterward, seeking to collect a bounty placed on Boba by crime lord Jabba Desilijic Tiure, bounty hunters Zuckuss and 4-LOM placed a charge on the *Slave I*, creating a trap that slightly damaged the vessel. Fett was angered, believing they had disrespected the ship and reminding them that it had belonged to his father.

Fett was defeated combating the Rebel Han Solo on the planet Tatooine, but Boba was able to survive being devoured by the sarlacc. In 5 ABY, while Boba was chasing Jar Jar Binks on Umbara, the Gungan mentioned Jango in a way that Boba found offensive, prompting him to attack Binks. In 6 ABY, While Boba talked about his past to Indiana Jones, he took the archaeologist to visit Jango's grave on Geonosis. Sometime later, Boba took an interest in recovering Jaster Mereel's armor, seeing it as a symbol and reminder of Jango. In 9 ABY, after Fett escaped the sarlacc once again, his armor, once that of Jango's, was scavenged by Jawas and claimed by Cobb Vanth, though Vanth later gave the armor to Din Djarin as payment for helping to take down a krayt dragon. Boba used *Slave I* to go to Tython in order to reclaim the armor from Djarin. He used the armor's inputted Mando'a chain code which included his and Jango's respective designations to support his claim to the armor. Although Boba maintained that he held no allegiance to any faction, his claim to the Mandalorian armor of Jango Fett, a foundling, was accepted by Djarin.

Shortly thereafter, Boba defended his claim to his armor from Bo-Katan Kryze and Koska Reeves after he doubted Kryze could reclaim Mandalore, noting that the armor belonged to Jango. However, Kryze denounced Boba, declaring that he was not a Mandalorian, a statement which Boba did not refute. She also referred to Jango as Boba's donor instead of his father, and realized that Boba was a clone after hearing his voice. A fight ensued between Reeves and Boba when the clone threatened Kryze. Sometime later, Boba and his new partner Fennec Shand visited Jango's grave on Geonosis and paid their respects, following an intense showdown with General Veers' Imperial forces on the planet.

## Appearances

* Bombad Bounty (Mentioned only)
* Shards of the Past (First appearance) (Grave)
* Orders (Mentioned only)
* Legacy (Appears in Newsreel)
* Hard Merchandise (Mentioned only)
* A Practical Man (Mentioned only)
* Twas the Night Before Life Day (Mentioned only)
* The Sand Will Provide (Mentioned only)
* *Boba and Fennec* (Mentioned only)
* Gambit on Geonosis (Grave)