Jon Favreau was recently asked about whether or not Boba Fett could show up in The Mandalorian, his Star Wars TV series, and the answer seems to be a firm “No.” for the first season.
While speaking on Good Morning America, Jon Favreau took a moment to clarify that Boba Fett is not a character that we’ll be running into in the first season of The Mandalorian, although it doesn’t seem like he’s saying that the title character and Boba Fett will never cross paths. Right now, the intent seems to be all about fleshing out the Star Wars universe in the long time period between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens, which has largely been unexplored:
“Boba Fett is not one of the all-new original characters [appearing in the first season]… There’s a 30-year stretch of story time that hasn’t been explored at all, except in the extended universe.”
While Boba Fett was one of the characters whose presence was ubiquitous prior to Disney’s acquisition of Lucasfilm in 2012, he’s been surprisingly absent from Star Wars canon material released since then. Lucasfilm have instead placed emphasis on introducing new bounty hunter characters across multiple eras, including Jon Favreau’s new, nameless protagonist in The Mandalorian – who, in many respects, resembles the kind of character that Boba Fett was before Attack of the Clones gave him a backstory as Jango Fett’s genetic clone and son. While Boba Fett’s story officially ends with him being knocked into the mouth of a hungry Sarlaac, there are hints in-universe that he survived, with his damaged (but still functional) armor apparently being recovered by Jawa scavengers outside of the creature’s maw.
Franchise creator George Lucas has also confirm that Boba Fett managed to make it out, although this has yet to be seen in any story that Lucasfilm has created since he has retired from the company. Lucasfilm did have plans for a Boba Fett standalone film (which was to be directed by Chronicle‘s Josh Trank) for a time, but those plans have been scrapped in favor of developing Jon Favreau’s new series instead. But maybe Boba Fett could encounter the Mandalorian at some point in the show’s second season, which is already in development. If we see him, though, he will likely be wearing a new set of armor and may not fill out the same kind of role that many would expect him to.
Jon Favreau’s The Mandalorian is set after Return of the Jedi will explore the Star Wars timeline between the original and sequel trilogies for the first time in live-action. Pedro Pascal stars as the titular character, along with Gina Carano, Giancarlo Esposito, Emily Swallow, Carl Weathers, Omid Abtahi, Werner Herzog, and Nick Nolte. Here’s the official synopsis:
After the stories of Jango and Boba Fett, another warrior emerges in the Star Wars universe. The Mandalorian is set after the fall of the Empire and before the emergence of the First Order. We follow the travails of a lone gunfighter in the outer reaches of the galaxy far from the authority of the New Republic.
Jon Favreau’s The Mandalorian will debut exclusively on Disney Plus, which is set to launch November 12 in the United States and some other regions. Disney Plus is $6.99 for a monthly subscription and $12.99 for a monthly subscription bundle that also includes ESPN Plus and Hulu.
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