In the Star Wars universe, whether the dead stay dead depends on whether the character is a fan favorite. Audiences latched on to the bounty hunter Boba Fett so much that his death was undone by a daring escape from the sarlacc he was pushed into in The Return of the Jedi. Fett got a backstory in the prequel movie Attack of the Clones. But Star Wars fans wanted more. Boba Fett appeared in two episode of The Mandalorian, leading us to think that he would have a more prominent role in season three. But that was a teaser for the new series The Book of Boba Fett. Behold the trailer.
It appears that after Fett escaped the sarlacc, he returned and took control of the crime syndicate that Jabba the Hutt left behind. Temuera Morrison, who played Jango Fett in Attack of the Clones and provided the voice of the clones in other media, portrays Boba Fett. Ming-Na Wen is his sidekick Fennec Shand. The cast and crew thought they were filming scenes for the third season of The Mandalorian this summer. Only after two weeks of filming were they informed that Boba Fett has his own series that they had already been working on. You have to wonder what effect that trick had on contract negotiations. The Book of Boba Fett will premiere December 29 on Disney+.
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