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{{Infobox character
| name = Boba Fett
| image = FettbobaJB.png
| caption = [[Jeremy Bulloch]] as Boba Fett
| series = [[Star Wars]]
| first = ''[[Star Wars Holiday Special]]''<br>(1978)
| creator = [[George Lucas]]
| portrayer = {{Plainlist|
* [[Jeremy Bulloch]]{{efn|''[[The Empire Strikes Back]]''<br>''[[Return of the Jedi]]''}}
* [[Daniel Logan]]{{efn|''[[Attack of the Clones]]''}}
*Dean De Anda{{efn|"[[Star Tours: The Adventures Continue]]"}}
* [[Temuera Morrison]]{{efn|''[[The Mandalorian]]''<br>''[[The Book of Boba Fett]]''}}
* Finnegan Garay{{efn|''The Book of Boba Fett'' (child)}}
* [[John Morton (actor)|John Morton]]{{efn|''The Empire Strikes Back''}}
* Mark Austin{{efn|''Return of the Jedi'' 1997 Special Edition}}
* Don Bies/Nelson Hall{{efn|''Return of the Jedi'' 1997 Special Edition}}}}
| voice = {{Plainlist|
{{show|Various|
* [[Don Francks]]{{efn|''Star Wars Holiday Special''<br>''[[Star Wars: Droids]]''}}
* [[Jason Wingreen]]{{efn|''The Empire Strikes Back'' (pre-2004)}}
* Temuera Morrison{{efn|''The Empire Strikes Back'' (2004 version)<br>''[[Star Wars: Visions]]''<br>Various video games}}
* Daniel Logan{{efn|''[[Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga]]''<br>[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)|''The Clone Wars'']] (series)}}
* [[Dee Bradley Baker]]{{efn|Various video games}}
* [[Alan Rosenberg]]{{efn|''[[Star Wars (radio)|The Empire Strikes Back]]'' radio drama}}
* [[Ed Begley Jr.]]{{efn|''[[Star Wars (radio)|Return of the Jedi]]'' radio drama}}
* [[Neil Ross]]{{efn|''[[Star Wars: Masters of Teräs Käsi|Masters of Teräs Käsi]]''}}
* [[Tom Kane]]{{efn|Various video games}}
* [[Chris Cox (voice actor)|Chris Cox]]{{efn|''[[Star Wars Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike]]''}}
* [[Trevor Devall]]{{efn|''[[Lego Star Wars: Droid Tales]]''}}}}}}
| occupation = [[Bounty hunter]]<br>[[Crime lord]]
| alias = Alpha ([[Cloning|clone]] designation)
| lbl22 = Homeworld
| data22 = [[Kamino (Star Wars)|Kamino]]
| species = Human (clone)
| title = Daimyo of [[Tatooine|Mos Espa]]
| gender = Male
| affiliation = {{Plainlist|
{{show|Various|
*Bounty Hunter's Guild
*[[Mandalorians]]
*COIS{{efn|[[Confederacy of Independent Systems]]}}
*Krayt's Claw
*[[Galactic Empire (Star Wars)|Galactic Empire]]
*Hutt Clan
*[[Tusken Raiders]]}}}}
| family = {{Plainlist|
*[[Jango Fett]]<br>(clone host, adoptive father)
*[[Star Wars: The Bad Batch#Cast and characters|Emerie Karr]]<br>(clone counterpart, sister)
*[[Star Wars: The Bad Batch#Cast and characters|Omega]]<br>(clone counterpart, sister)}}
| relatives = Jaster Mereel<br>(adoptive grandfather)
| lbl21 = Partners
| data21 = {{Plainlist|
* [[Fennec Shand]]
* [[Bossk (Star Wars)|Bossk]]
* [[Dengar]]
* [[Black Krrsantan]]
}}
}}
'''Boba Fett''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|b|oʊ|b|ə|_|ˈ|f|ɛ|t|,_|ˌ|b|ɒ|-}} {{respell|BO(H)B|ə|_|FET}}) is a character in the ''[[Star Wars]]'' franchise. First appearing in the ''[[Star Wars Holiday Special]]'' (1978), where he was voiced by [[Don Francks]], he is an armored [[bounty hunter]] featured in both the [[Star Wars original trilogy|original]] and [[Star Wars prequel trilogy|prequel film trilogies]]. In the original trilogy, the character is a supporting [[antagonist]] and was mainly portrayed by [[Jeremy Bulloch]] and voiced by [[Jason Wingreen]]. Notable for his taciturn demeanor and for never removing his helmet, Fett appears in both ''[[The Empire Strikes Back]]'' (1980), employed by the [[Galactic Empire (Star Wars)|Galactic Empire]], and ''[[Return of the Jedi]]'' (1983), serving the [[Crime boss|crime lord]] [[Jabba the Hutt]]. While seemingly killed in ''Return of the Jedi'' after falling into a [[sarlacc]], he has since appeared in ''Star Wars'' media set after the film, confirming his survival within the new canon, portrayed by [[Temuera Morrison]]. [[Daniel Logan]] plays a preteen Boba in the prequel film ''[[Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones|Attack of the Clones]]'' (2002), which reveals the character's origins as the genetic clone and adoptive son of [[Jango Fett]], also a famous bounty hunter. Morrison appeared first in Star Wars media playing Jango. The [[animated series]] ''[[Star Wars: The Bad Batch|The Bad Batch]]'' further reveals Boba to have been born '''Alpha''', and to have a biological [[sister]], [[Star Wars: The Bad Batch#Omega|Omega]]. The series also reveals that he has another sister named [[Star Wars: The Bad Batch#Emerie Karr|Emerie Karr]].

The character also appears in many forms of [[Star Wars in other media|''Star Wars'' media]] outside of the films, such as [[List of Star Wars books|books]], [[List of Star Wars comic books|comics]], [[List of Star Wars television series|television series]], and [[List of Star Wars video games|video games]], many of which depict him as an [[antihero]] rather than a villain, and explore his background, motivations, and morality. Daniel Logan reprised his role as the younger version of Fett in the animated series ''[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)|Star Wars: The Clone Wars]]'', while [[Temuera Morrison]], who also portrayed Jango in ''Attack of the Clones'', has portrayed an adult Boba in most of his ''Star Wars'' appearances since that film, most prominently in the live-action [[Disney+]] series ''[[The Mandalorian]]'' and its spin-off series ''[[The Book of Boba Fett]]'', in which he assumes control over [[Tatooine]] with his partner [[Fennec Shand]] as the planet's new [[daimyo]].

During the development of ''[[The Empire Strikes Back]]'', Fett was originally conceived as a member of a group of white-armored Imperial "[[Supersoldier|supercommandos]]" before the idea was scrapped in favor of a solitary bounty hunter. This concept later evolved into the [[Mandalorians]], a cultural group with strong warrior traditions, who sport armor and helmets similar to Fett's. In several ''Star Wars'' works, Fett himself is portrayed as a Mandalorian or at least connected to the Mandalorian culture through his armor, with his father Jango confirmed to have been a Mandalorian foundling and war veteran in ''The Mandalorian''.

The character of Boba Fett quickly became a fan favorite despite his limited presence in the original ''Star Wars'' trilogy and is now a widely recognized figure in [[popular culture]]. His popularity within the [[Star Wars fandom|''Star Wars'' fanbase]] has earned him a [[cult following]].

==Concept and development==
[[File:Clint Eastwood - 1960s.JPG|thumb|Boba Fett was inspired by the character [[Man with No Name]], portrayed by [[Clint Eastwood]] in the Italian ''[[Dollar Trilogy]]'', including his mannerisms, taciturn demeanor, and green-on-white armor coloured after the Man's poncho.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Young|first1=Bryan|title=THE CINEMA BEHIND STAR WARS: THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY|url=https://www.starwars.com/news/the-cinema-behind-star-wars-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly|website=StarWars.com|date=18 December 2012|access-date=18 May 2016}}</ref>]]
''[[Star Wars]]'' creator [[George Lucas]] created Boba Fett in his April 1978 screenplay draft of ''[[The Empire Strikes Back]]'', basing the character on Italian filmmaker [[Sergio Leone]]'s [[Man with No Name]] ([[Clint Eastwood]]) from the ''[[Dollar Trilogy]]''. The character needed to be designed quickly, as Lucas had agreed for him to be featured in the ''[[Star Wars Holiday Special]]'' later that year.<ref>{{cite book |last=Jones |first=Brian Jay |title=George Lucas: A Life |date=2016 |publisher=Little, Brown and Company |location=New York City |isbn=978-0316257442 |page=268}}</ref> The character's design stemmed from initial concepts for [[Darth Vader]], who was originally conceived as a rogue [[bounty hunter]].<ref name="starwars_bobafett" /> While Vader became less of a [[mercenary]] and more of a dark [[knight]], the bounty hunter concept remained, and Fett became "an equally villainous" but "less conspicuous" character.<ref name="protofett2" /> [[Concept artist]] [[Ralph McQuarrie]] influenced Fett's design, which was finalized by and is credited to [[Joe Johnston]].<ref name="sfgate">{{cite news |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/05/14/DDG94CO3CN1.DTL&hw=fett&sn=001&sc=1000 |title=Forget Anakin – for die-hard 'Star Wars' fans, Boba Fett rules |last=Hartlaub |first=Peter |date=May 14, 2005 |work=San Francisco Chronicle |access-date=May 4, 2009}}</ref>

[[Norman Reynolds]] and the film's art department built the costume.<ref>{{cite book|title=Ultimate Star Wars|last1=Barr|first1=Patricia|last2=Bray|first2=Adam|last3=Wallace|first3=Daniel|last4=Windham|first4=Ryder|author-link4=Ryder Windham|page=258|publisher=[[Dorling Kindersley]]|date=2015|isbn=9781465436016}}</ref> Fett's armor was originally designed for "super troopers", and was adapted for Fett as the script developed.<ref name="Giant-Robot">{{cite magazine |year=2004 |magazine=[[Giant Robot (magazine)|Giant Robot]] |page=48 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-ioaAQAAIAAJ |title=Interview |publisher=Eric Nakamura}}</ref> [[Screen-test]]ed in all-white, Fett's armor eventually garnered a subdued color scheme intended to visually place him between white-armored "rank-and-file" [[Imperial stormtroopers]] and Vader, who wears black.<ref name="protofett2" /> This color scheme had the bonus of conveying the "gray morality" of his character.<ref name="protofett2" /> The character's armor was designed to appear to have been scavenged from multiple sources, and it is adorned with trophies.<ref name="protofett2" /> A description of Fett's armor in the mid-1979 ''[[Bantha Tracks]]'' newsletter catalyzed "rampant speculation" about his origins.<ref name="protofett3" /> By 1979, Fett's backstory included having served in an army of Imperial [[shock troops]] which had battled the [[clone trooper]]s of the [[Galactic Republic]] during the [[Clone Wars (Star Wars)|Clone Wars]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Kaminski|first=Michael|title=The Secret History of Star Wars|edition=3.0|year=2008|orig-year=2007|publisher=Legacy Books Press|isbn=978-0-9784652-3-0}}</ref>

Despite two years of widespread publicity about Fett's appearance in ''The Empire Strikes Back'', script rewrites significantly reduced the character's presence in the film.<ref name="protofett3" /> Fett's musical theme, composed by [[John Williams]], is "not music, exactly" but "more of a gurgly, [[viola]]-and-[[bassoon]] thing aurally cross-pollinated with some obscure static sounds."<ref name="bissell">{{cite book |last=Bissell |first=Tom |author-link=Tom Bissell |chapter=Pale Starship, Pale Rider: The Ambiguous Appeal of Boba Fett |editor-first=Glenn |editor-last=Kenny |publisher=Macmillan |year=2002 |title=A Galaxy Not So Far Away |pages=10–40 |isbn=978-0-8050-7074-3 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=grAvkJhyz30C&pg=PA10}}</ref> [[Sound editor (filmmaking)|Sound editor]] [[Ben Burtt]] added the sound of jangling [[spur]]s, created and performed by the [[Foley (filmmaking)|Foley]] artist team of [[Robert Rutledge]] and Edward Steidele, to Fett's appearance in [[Bespin|Cloud City]], intending to make the character menacing and the scene reminiscent of similar [[gunfighter]] appearances in [[Western (genre)|Western]] films.<ref name="esbcommentary">''The Empire Strikes Back'' DVD audio commentary{{Full citation needed|date=December 2020}}</ref> At one point in ''[[Return of the Jedi]]''{{'}}s development, Fett was conceived as being a main villain, but he was finally replaced with [[Palpatine|the Emperor]] when Lucas decided to not make a [[Star Wars sequel trilogy|third trilogy]] of ''Star Wars''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.inverse.com/article/15123-george-lucas-s-original-plans-for-star-wars-episode-vii-and-boba-fett-reve|title=George Lucas's Original Plans for 'Star Wars: Episode VII' and Boba Fett Revealed|last=Zakarin|first=Jordan|date=May 4, 2016|publisher=Inverse}}</ref> Lucas also considered having Fett fight [[Lando Calrissian]] during the [[sarlacc]] sequence.<ref name="annotatedscreenplay-258">{{cite book |last=Bouzereau|first=Laurent|author-link=Laurent Bouzereau|title=Star Wars: The Annotated Screenplays|date=1997|publisher=[[Ballantine Books]]|isbn=0345409817|page=258}}</ref>

An official reference book states that Fett charges "famously expensive" fees, and that he undertakes only those missions which meet "his harsh sense of justice".<ref>{{cite book|last1=Reynolds|first1=David West|first2=James|last2=Luceno|first3=Ryder|last3=Windham|title=Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary&nbsp;— The Ultimate Guide to Characters and Creatures from the Entire Star Wars Saga|publisher=DK Children|year=2006|isbn=978-0-7566-2238-1|url=https://archive.org/details/starwarscomplete00reyn}}</ref> [[Daniel Keys Moran]], who wrote a few stories featuring Boba Fett, cited Westerns as an influence on his development of the character.<ref name=moranint_fanclub/> Moran said:
{{blockquote|The difficult thing with Fett was finding a worldview for him that permitted him to proclaim a Code&nbsp;— given the stark Evil that permeated the Empire, Fett pretty much had to be either 1) Evil, or 2) an incredibly unforgiving, harsh, "greater good" sort of guy. The second approach worked and has resonated with some readers.<ref name=moranint_fanclub/>}}

Lucas at one point considered depicting Vader and Fett as brothers in the prequel films, but discounted it as too "hokey".<ref name="skywalking287" /> In continuing to develop the character in the prequel films, Lucas closed some avenues for expanding the character's story while opening others by establishing that Fett is a clone of a similar bounty hunter, [[Jango Fett]].<ref name="convergenceculture" /><ref name="Variety201Cast" /> Lucas considered [[Changes in Star Wars re-releases|modifying later editions]] of ''Return of the Jedi'' by adding a shot of Fett escaping the sarlacc, but decided against it because it would have detracted from the story's focus.<ref name="rotjcommentary">''Return of the Jedi'' DVD audio commentary</ref> Lucas also said that, had he known Fett would be so popular, he would have made the character's death "more exciting".<ref name="rotjcommentary" /> In 2014, after Lucas had sold [[Lucasfilm]] to [[Disney]], ''Star Wars'' historian [[Jonathan W. Rinzler]] revealed that Lucas had privately acknowledged that Fett escaped from the sarlacc.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2avk5i/hi_reddit_jonathan_rinzler_star_wars_scholar_and/ciz7w38/?context=3|title=JonathanRinzler comments on Hi reddit, Jonathan Rinzler (Star Wars scholar and Lucasfilm historian) here. AMA!|publisher=Reddit.com|date=July 16, 2014|access-date=December 21, 2016}}</ref> This was canonically established with Fett's appearances in ''[[The Mandalorian]]'' six years later portrayed by [[Temuera Morrison]], which led to a spin-off focused on the character, ''[[The Book of Boba Fett]]'', starring Morrison. Joe Johnston and Morrison himself criticized the decision to portray the character without his helmet,<ref>{{Cite news|last=Itzkoff|first=Dave|date=2021-12-24|title=Boba Fett, Intergalactic Man of Mystery|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/24/arts/television/star-wars-boba-fett-disney.html|access-date=2021-12-26|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Morrison noting it was done to avoid comparisons with the [[The Mandalorian (character)|titular character]] of ''The Mandalorian''.<ref name="Variety206Cast" />

===Film casting and production===
Boba Fett is primarily played by [[Jeremy Bulloch]] in ''The Empire Strikes Back'' and ''Return of the Jedi''. Bulloch's half-brother alerted him to the role.<ref name="io9" /> He was cast as Fett because the costume happened to fit "as if a [[Savile Row]] tailor had come out and made it";<ref name="io9" /><ref name="bullochtgf">{{cite news|url=http://blogs.coventrytelegraph.net/thegeekfiles/2008/11/boba-fett-actor-star-wars-is-a.html|title=Boba Fett says Star Wars' appeal is a fairy tale in space|last=Bentley|first=David|date=November 24, 2008|work=Coventry Telegraph|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130524013155/http://blogs.coventrytelegraph.net/thegeekfiles/2008/11/boba-fett-actor-star-wars-is-a.html|archive-date=May 24, 2013|access-date=December 13, 2014}}</ref> he did not have to do a reading or screen test,<ref name="efilmcritic" /> and Bulloch never worked from a script for either film.<ref name="bullochwp" />

Filming the role for ''Empire'' lasted three weeks.<ref name="sandtroopers" /> The actor was pleased with the costume and used it to convey the character's menace.<ref name="bullochwp" /> Bulloch based his performance on Clint Eastwood's portrayal of the Man with No Name in ''[[A Fistful of Dollars]]'';<ref name="sandtroopers" /> similar to the Western character, Bulloch cradled the blaster prop, made the character seem ready to shoot, slightly tilted his head, and stood a particular way.<ref name="efilmcritic" /><ref name="11th2">{{cite web |url=http://www.the11thhour.com/archives/111999/features/bobafett2.html|title=Boba Unfettered: The Galaxy's Most Notorious Bounty Hunter Reveals the Mandalorian Behind the Mask|last=Rosiak|first=David|date=November 2009|publisher=the 11th hour|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927020132/http://www.the11thhour.com/archives/111999/features/bobafett2.html|archive-date=September 27, 2011|access-date=December 13, 2014|page=2}}</ref> Bulloch did not try to construct a backstory for the character, and said later that "the less you do with Boba Fett, the stronger he becomes".<ref name="io9">{{cite web|url=http://io9.com/5830464/what-happened-to-boba-fett-after-the-sarlacc-pit-the-original-fett-actor-tells-all|publisher=[[Gawker Media]]|work=[[io9]]|title=What happened to Boba Fett after the sarlacc pit? The original Fett actor tells all! |first=Meredith|last=Woerner|access-date=September 5, 2011|date=August 12, 2011}}</ref> Playing Fett in ''Empire'' was both the smallest and most physically uncomfortable role Bulloch has played;<ref name="efilmcritic" /><ref name="Lightsabre">{{cite web|url=http://www.lightsabre.co.uk/Interviews/jeremybullochinterview.htm|title=The Lightsabre Interview: Jeremy Bulloch|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080905162707/http://www.lightsabre.co.uk/Interviews/jeremybullochinterview.htm|archive-date=September 5, 2008|access-date=December 13, 2014}}</ref> Bulloch said donning the heavy jetpack was the worst aspect of the role.<ref name="11th1">{{cite web|url=http://www.the11thhour.com/archives/111999/features/bobafett1.html|title=Boba Unfettered: The Galaxy's Most Notorious Bounty Hunter Reveals the Mandalorian Behind the Mask|last=Rosiak|first=David|date=November 2009|publisher=the 11th hour|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927020204/http://www.the11thhour.com/archives/111999/features/bobafett1.html|archive-date=September 27, 2011|access-date=December 13, 2014|page=1}}</ref>

Bulloch spent four weeks on ''Return of the Jedi''.<ref name="sandtroopers" /> He was unaware of Fett's demise before filming began and was "very upset" by the development;<ref name="bullochtgf" /><ref name="bullochwp" /> he would like to have done more with Fett.<ref name="bullochwp" /> Still, Bulloch believed killing Fett made the character stronger,<ref name="bullochtgf" /> and that his "weak" death makes fans want the character to return.<ref name="sandtroopers">{{cite web|url=http://www.sandtroopers.com/events/collectors_expo2004/jeremy_bulloch.htm|title="Straight Shooting" with Jeremy Bulloch|last=Spice|first=Chris|publisher=sandtroopers.com|access-date=January 15, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716002939/http://www.sandtroopers.com/events/collectors_expo2004/jeremy_bulloch.htm|archive-date=July 16, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> Bulloch thought [[Changes in Star Wars re-releases#Jabba's palace|a&nbsp;scene]] created for the 1997 Special Edition in which Fett flirts with one of [[Jabba the Hutt]]'s dancers was not in keeping with the character's nature.<ref name="starstore2">{{cite web|url=http://www.starstore.com/Magazine/Interviews/JeremyBulloch2.htm|title=Confessions of a Bounty Hunter: An interview with Jeremy Bulloch|date=September 10, 1998|website=starstore.com|page=2|access-date=January 15, 2010|archive-date=September 27, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927155000/http://www.starstore.com/Magazine/Interviews/JeremyBulloch2.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>

A younger version of the character was played by [[Daniel Logan]] in ''[[Attack of the Clones]]'', which establishes that Boba is a clone of his father, Jango. Logan had not seen any of the ''Star Wars'' films before being cast as Fett, but he watched the [[original trilogy]] at Lucas' request.<ref name="enewsi">{{cite web |url=http://enewsi.com/news.php?itemid=17180 |title=Daniel Logan Talks About Boba Fett & Clone Wars Season Finale|first=Jay|last=Cochran|access-date=October 13, 2010|date=April 12, 2010|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710193531/http://enewsi.com/news.php?itemid=17180|archive-date=July 10, 2011}}</ref> The actor had to rely on his imagination for the [[chroma key|bluescreen]] filming.<ref name="enewsi" /> Both Bulloch and Logan had also expressed interest in reprising their role of Fett in the planned ''[[Star Wars: Underworld|Underworld]]'' TV series, but the series remains undeveloped.<ref>{{cite news|last=Keck|first=William |url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/people/2005-06-12-afi-star-wars_x.htm|title=USATODAY.com – Lucas: Man of the gala|newspaper=USA Today|date=June 12, 2005|access-date=December 21, 2016}}</ref>

====Other portrayals====
According to the official ''Star Wars'' website, Fett was voiced by [[Don Francks]] in the ''Holiday Special''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.starwars.com/news/the-star-wars-holiday-special-boba-fett|title=The Star Wars Holiday Special and the Debut of Boba Fett|last=Seastrom|first=Lucas|date=November 15, 2018|website=StarWars.com|access-date=November 16, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.inverse.com/article/23942-star-wars-holiday-special-boba-fett|title=38 Years Ago Today, Boba Fett Was Spotted for the First Time|first=Ryan|last=Britt|date=November 17, 2016|access-date=May 26, 2018|work=[[Inverse (website)|Inverse]]|archive-date=May 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180526214906/https://www.inverse.com/article/23942-star-wars-holiday-special-boba-fett|url-status=live}}</ref>{{efn|Previously, a Lucasfilm-licensed magazine inaccurately listed Fett's voice as being provided by [[Gabriel Dell]] and [[George Buza]] in ''The Empire Strikes Back'' and ''Droids'', respectively,<ref>{{cite journal|editor-first1=Bob|editor-last1=Woods|editor-first2=Chip|editor-last2=Lovitt|editor-first3=Steve|editor-last3=Sansweet|editor3-link=Steve Sansweet|date=April 1998|journal=Star Wars: Boba Fett|title=Multiple Actors|location=Brooklyn|publisher=[[Topps]]}}</ref> causing some to speculate that the information was intended for the ''Holiday Special''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bobafettfanclub.com/fettpedia/gabriel-dell/|title=Gabriel Dell|website=Fettpedia - Boba Fett Fan Club}}</ref>}} Bulloch wore Fett's costume in ''Empire'' and ''Jedi'', but [[John Morton (actor)|John Morton]] filled in during one scene for ''Empire'',<ref name="bullochwp" /> and [[Jason Wingreen]] voiced the character in ''Empire''. His brief appearance in the Special Edition of [[Star Wars (film)|the original film]], ''Episode IV''{{Snd}}''A New Hope'', was performed by [[Industrial Light & Magic]] creature animator Mark Austin.<ref name="bullochwp" /> The character's appearance in the Special Edition footage of ''Jedi'' was performed by [[Don Bies]]<ref name=":4" /> and Nelson Hall. For the 2004 rereleases, [[Temuera Morrison]] replaced the character's original voice for continuity with ''Attack of the Clones'', in which Morrison portrays Jango Fett.<ref name=":3">{{cite magazine|last=Eveleth |first=Rose |author-link=Rose Eveleth |date=August 27, 2014 |title=The ''Star Wars'' George Lucas Doesn't Want You To See |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/08/the-star-wars-george-lucas-doesnt-want-you-to-see/379184/ |magazine=[[The Atlantic]] |access-date=2020-12-15}}</ref>

The character's voice in [[National Public Radio]]'s [[Star Wars (radio)|''Star Wars'' radio dramas]] was provided by [[Alan Rosenberg]] in ''The Empire Strikes Back'' and [[Ed Begley Jr.]] in ''Return of the Jedi'', Tim Glovatsky in the audio adaptation of ''Dark Forces: Rebel Agent'', Joe Hacker in an audio adaptation of the ''Dark Empire'' comics, Temuera Morrison for ''[[Star Wars: Empire at War|Empire at War]]'', ''[[Star Wars: Battlefront II (2005 video game)|Battlefront II]]'' and ''[[Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron|Battlefront: Elite Squadron]]'', [[Dee Bradley Baker]] in ''[[The Force Unleashed]]'', ''[[The Force Unleashed II]]'' and ''[[Star Tours: The Adventures Continue]]'', Chris Cox in ''[[Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike]]'', [[Tom Kane]] in ''[[Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds|Galactic Battlegrounds]]'', ''[[Star Wars: Demolition|Demolition]]'' and ''[[Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy|Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy]]'', and Daniel Logan for ''The Clone Wars'' animated TV series and ''[[Lego Star Wars: The Video Game]]''.<ref name="loganinterview" />

The first live-action depiction of Fett outside the theatrical films was in the second season of the original [[Disney+]] series ''The Mandalorian'', wherein Morrison reprised the role.<ref name=":1" />

The character also made a [[cameo appearance]] in a live-action [[mockumentary]] filmed on the set of ''Return of the Jedi'' titled ''[[Return of the Ewok]]'' (1982).<ref>{{cite web |last=Lamar |first=Cyriaque |title=Sunday Matinee: "Return of the Ewok," a bizarre Ewok promotional film from 1982 |url=https://io9.gizmodo.com/sunday-matinee-return-of-the-ewok-a-bizarre-ewok-pr-5683724 |website=io9 |access-date=March 27, 2019 |date=November 7, 2010}}</ref> Post-production was never completed, and it has never been officially released.<ref>''David Tomblin: A.D. to Indy Jones'', Starlog #86 pp. 44–46, 58. September 1984.</ref>

==Appearances==
The character of Boba Fett made his first public appearance at the [[San Anselmo, California|San Anselmo]] Country<!--yes, "country" - cited source doesn't say "county", and county web m8 site says "country"--> Fair parade on 24 September 1978.<ref name="protofett1">{{cite web|url=https://www.starwars.com/news/the-real-first-appearance-of-boba-fett/|title=The Real First Appearance Of Boba Fett|last=Ricca|first=Brad|date=July 8, 2014|publisher=[[Lucasfilm]]|page=1|access-date=January 3, 2017}}</ref> In the parade, the Boba Fett costume was worn by [[Duwayne Dunham]], who was working at the time as an assistant film editor before later becoming a film and television director.<ref name="protofett1"/> The character debuted on television two months later in an [[Star Wars Holiday Special#Cartoon|animated segment]] produced by Toronto-based animation firm [[Nelvana Limited|Nelvana Productions]] for the ''Star Wars Holiday Special''. Fett appears as a mysterious figure who saves [[Luke Skywalker]], [[Chewbacca]], [[C-3PO]], and [[R2-D2]] from a giant monster, only to be revealed as a bounty hunter working for Darth Vader.<ref name="starwars_bobafett">{{cite web|title=Fett, Boba|url=https://www.starwars.com/databank/character/bobafett/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101126160957/https://www.starwars.com/databank/character/bobafett/|archive-date=2010-11-26|access-date=2022-01-15|work=[[Star Wars Databank]]|publisher=[[Lucasfilm]]}}</ref> After his image and identity were revealed in the ''Holiday Special'', costumed Fett characters appeared in shopping malls and special events, putting up [[wanted poster]]s of the character to distinguish him from the franchise's [[Galactic Empire (Star Wars)|Imperial]] characters.<ref name="protofett3">{{cite web |url=https://www.starwars.com/episode-v/bts/article/f20061019/index.html?page=3|title=Proto-Fett: The Birth of Boba|last=Vilmur|first=Pete |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110901153215/http://www.starwars.com/episode-v/bts/article/f20061019/index.html?page=3|publisher=[[Lucasfilm]]|page=3|date=October 19, 2006|archive-date=September 1, 2011|access-date=December 13, 2014}}</ref>

===Skywalker saga===
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====Original trilogy====
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Fett's theatrical film debut was as an unnamed bounty hunter in ''The Empire Strikes Back'' as the "next major villain" beside Darth Vader.<ref name="protofett2">{{cite web |url=https://www.starwars.com/episode-v/bts/article/f20061019/index.html?page=2|title=Proto-Fett: The Birth of Boba|last=Vilmur|first=Pete|date=October 16, 2006|publisher=[[Lucasfilm]]|page=2|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110825002942/http://www.starwars.com/episode-v/bts/article/f20061019/index.html?page=2|archive-date=August 25, 2011|access-date=December 13, 2014}}</ref> He is one of six bounty hunters assembled by Darth Vader, who promises a reward to whoever captures the crew of the ''[[Millennium Falcon]]''. Fett tracks the starship to Cloud City, where Vader captures its passengers and tortures its captain, [[Han Solo]]. Aiming to collect the bounty Jabba the Hutt has placed on Solo (established in the original film), Fett questions Vader regarding the carbon freeze, which Vader intends to use on his true target, Luke Skywalker. Vader promises that the Empire will compensate Fett if Solo dies, but the smuggler survives and Vader turns him over to Fett, who leaves to deliver him to Jabba in his ship, the ''[[Slave I]]''.

''Return of the Jedi'' features Boba Fett at Jabba's palace on [[Tatooine]], where Han Solo's friends are captured while trying to save him. Fett aims his weapon at [[Princess Leia]] (disguised as bounty hunter Boushh) when she threatens Jabba with a thermal detonator, and he later travels on Jabba's [[sail barge]] to the Great Pit of Carkoon (home of a sessile carnivorous creature known as a sarlacc) to witness the prisoners' execution. When the prisoners revolt and fight back, Fett flies over and briefly fights Luke. Chewbacca later warns Solo, who is still blind after being frozen in carbonite, that Fett is near. As Solo turns around, he inadvertently hits Fett's rocket pack, setting it off and propelling Fett into the side of the sail barge, from which he falls into the sarlacc's mouth. The 1997 Special Edition release of the film includes an additional scene of Fett flirting with some of Jabba's female dancers.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|last=Spry|first=Jeff|date=2014-11-17|title=Image of the Day: Vintage helmet-less Boba Fett|url=https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/image-of-the-day-vintage-helmet-less-boba-fett|access-date=2020-12-15|website=SyFy Wire|language=en|archive-date=January 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121215221/https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/image-of-the-day-vintage-helmet-less-boba-fett|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In the 1997 Special Edition of ''A New Hope'', Fett briefly appears in [[Changes in Star Wars re-releases#Jabba the Hutt|a reintroduced cut scene]] outside the ''Millennium Falcon'' while Jabba confronts Han Solo.<ref name="starwars_bobafett" /> The character had yet to be created during the filming of the scene and was thus superimposed onto the image.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web|last=Agar|first=Chris|date=2020-07-27|title=Star Wars: Why George Lucas Added Jabba the Hutt & Boba Fett Into New Hope|url=https://screenrant.com/star-wars-jabba-boba-fett-lucas-changes-reason/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-04-17|website=[[Screen Rant]]|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802215019/https://screenrant.com/star-wars-jabba-boba-fett-lucas-changes-reason/ |archive-date=August 2, 2020 }}</ref>

====Prequel trilogy====
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A preteen Boba Fett (played by Daniel Logan) appears in the 2002 prequel film ''Episode II – Attack of the Clones'', which reveals that he is an unaltered clone of the bounty hunter Jango Fett (Temuera Morrison),<ref name="Variety201Cast">{{cite web|last=Thorne|first=Will|date=October 30, 2020|title='The Mandalorian' Season 2 Premiere: Is That 'Star Wars' Character Back From the Dead? And More Burning Questions|url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/the-mandalorian-season-2-premiere-boba-fett-burning-questions-1234819615/|access-date=October 30, 2020|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> who had him created on [[Kamino (Star Wars)|Kamino]] to be raised as his son as part of his price to serve as the template for the Grand Army of the Republic's [[clone trooper|clone army]].<ref name="starwars_bobafett" /> Boba helps Jango escape from [[Obi-Wan Kenobi]] and accompanies him to [[Geonosis]], where he witnesses Jango's death by beheading at the hands of [[Mace Windu]] during the first battle in the Clone Wars.<ref name="starwars_bobafett" /> After the battle ends, he is last seen mourning over his father's helmet, which he takes and places in front of his head, foreshadowing his future as a bounty hunter wearing his father's armor.

===Television===
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====''The Story of the Faithful Wookiee''====

Boba Fett appeared in the animated segment of the non-canon 1978 Holiday Special, set after the events of ''A New Hope''. This marks his first appearance in the franchise. He is first seen when he rescues Luke Skywalker, C-3PO, and R2-D2 from a Panna dragon. Fett presents himself as an ally to the heroes but it is later revealed that he was working for Darth Vader the whole time - to reveal the location of the Rebels to the Empire. Fett ignites his jetpack before leaving and promising that they will meet again.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Lucas Seastrom |title=The Star Wars Holiday Special and the Debut of Boba Fett |url=https://www.starwars.com/news/the-star-wars-holiday-special-boba-fett |website=starwars.com |access-date=3 January 2023 |date=15 November 2018 |quote=The sequence would present an adventure where Han Solo, Chewbacca, Luke Skywalker, and their companions are on the search for a mystical talisman. They run into trouble when they encounter Boba Fett, who at first pretends to be an ally but is later revealed as an agent of Darth Vader.}}</ref>

====''Droids''====
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Boba Fett appeared in the non-canon 1985 animated series, ''[[Star Wars: Droids]]'', set before the original trilogy. The series was produced by the same studio that created the animated segment of the 1978 ''Holiday Special'', and Fett was again voiced by Don Francks (who had been uncredited for his original role in the ''Holiday Special''). In the episode "A Race to the Finish", he is hired by the Fromms to help them get revenge on the masters of the droids R2-D2 and C-3PO. Fett later turns on them after failing their request, and decides to accept Jabba's bounty on the Fromms as compensation.<ref>{{cite web|last=Kaplan|first=Drew|date=April 9, 2014|title=Boba Fett in Television & Movies IV: Star Wars Droids episode, "A Race to the Finish"|url=http://starwarsmaven.info/bobafett4/|access-date=November 14, 2018|website=Star Wars Maven|archive-date=November 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181114224046/http://starwarsmaven.info/bobafett4/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

====''The Clone Wars''====
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Logan reprised his role as the voice of Fett in the 2008 animated series ''[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)|The Clone Wars]]''.<ref name="loganinterview">{{cite web|url=http://cinechew.com/insider-117-daniel-logan-interview-excerpt/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170110183057/http://cinechew.com/insider-117-daniel-logan-interview-excerpt/|title=Insider #117: Daniel Logan Interview Excerpt|publisher=[[Lucasfilm]]|date=April 22, 2010|archive-date=January 10, 2017|access-date=February 15, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> The final three episodes of the [[Star Wars: The Clone Wars season 2|second season]] of the series, entitled "[[Death Trap (Star Wars: The Clone Wars)|Death Trap]]", [[R2 Come Home and Lethal Trackdown|"R2 Come Home" and "Lethal Trackdown"]], were aired on April 30, 2010, and attracted an average of 2.756&nbsp;million viewers during the original broadcast.<ref>{{cite news|title=''Stargate Universe'' Up + ''Wizards of Waverly Place'' & Other Friday Cable Finals|url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/05/03/stargate-universe-up-wizards-of-waverly-place-other-friday-cable-finals/50391|first=Robert|last=Seidman|date=May 3, 2010|publisher=[[TV by the Numbers]]|access-date=July 30, 2010|archive-date=May 7, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100507005852/http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/05/03/stargate-universe-up-wizards-of-waverly-place-other-friday-cable-finals/50391|url-status=dead}}</ref> The finale is significant for ending "with twin fandom bangs, courtesy of Boba Fett and a mammoth beast inspired by [[Godzilla]]".<ref>{{cite magazine|title=''Clone Wars'' Summons Boba Fett, Godzilla for Season Wrap|url=https://www.wired.com/underwire/2010/04/clone-wars-boba-fett-godzilla/|first=Scott|last=Thill|date=April 9, 2010|magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]|access-date=August 3, 2010}}</ref> Fett's entrance in the series commemorates the 30-year anniversary of the character's appearance in ''The Empire Strikes Back''.<ref>{{cite news|title=30 years after ''Empire,'' Boba Fett strikes back in a big way|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2010-03-25-empirestrikes25_CV_N.htm|first=Anthony|last=Breznican|date=March 25, 2010|work=[[USA Today]]|access-date=August 3, 2010}}</ref>

In the story arc, Boba infiltrates Mace Windu's flagship in the guise of a clone trooper cadet, hoping to exact revenge against the Jedi for killing his father. After a failed attempt to bomb Windu in his quarters, he sabotages the ship's engines, causing it to crash on a nearby planet. He and his bounty hunter accomplices then take hostages from the ship's crew, whom they try to use to bait the Jedi Master. Throughout the ordeal, Fett balks at committing violence against his fellow clones, which comes to a head when his mentor [[List of Star Wars characters#Aurra Sing|Aurra Sing]] executes Windu's clone trooper second-in-command. [[Plo Koon]] and [[Ahsoka Tano]] eventually track Fett and his compatriots to pirate [[Hondo Ohnaka]]'s base. Fett is ultimately captured by the Jedi and sentenced to prison on [[Coruscant]]; although he expresses regret for the collateral damage he has caused, he vows to never forgive Windu.

Fett escapes prison in the fourth-season episode "Deception". He later forms his bounty hunter syndicate, Krayt's Claw, which includes [[List of Star Wars characters#Bossk|Bossk]] and [[List of Star Wars characters#Dengar|Dengar]] (both of whom first appeared in ''The Empire Strikes Back'' alongside Fett). In the episode "Bounty", Krayt's Claw is hired to deliver a package to a dictator. When the [[bounty hunter]]s discover that their cargo is a young woman destined for a forced marriage to the despot, Fett is indifferent to her plight and insists the team proceed with their mission. Temporary member [[Asajj Ventress]], enraged, turns on Fett; she strangles him with the Force, binds, and gags him, and shoves him into the container in the captive's place, whereupon he is delivered to the nonplussed client.

====''The Mandalorian''====
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Boba Fett's presence in the original Disney+ series ''[[The Mandalorian]]'' was first hinted at in the [[The Mandalorian (season 1)|first-season]] episode "[[Chapter 5: The Gunslinger]]", which ends with a mysterious figure wearing boots and seemingly a cape<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|last=Eclarinal|first=Aeron Mer|date=December 4, 2020|title=Disney Releases Official Spoilery Photos From The Mandalorian Season 2's Chapter 14|url=https://thedirect.com/article/disney-the-mandalorian-season-2-chapter-14-official-photos-spoilers|access-date=2020-12-15|website=TheDirect.com|language=en}}</ref> approaching the body of assassin [[Fennec Shand]] on Tatooine.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Marc|first=Christopher|date=2020-09-18|title=Temuera Morrison's Agency Confirms He Is Playing Boba Fett In 'The Mandalorian' Season 2|url=https://theronin.org/2020/09/18/temuera-morrisons-agency-confirms-he-is-playing-boba-fett-in-the-mandalorian-season-2/|access-date=2020-09-20|website=The Ronin|language=en}}</ref>
[[File:Boba Fett The Mandalorian.jpg|thumb|[[Temuera Morrison]] as Boba Fett in the episode "[[Chapter 15: The Believer]]" from ''[[The Mandalorian]]'']]

In June 2020, it was reported that Temuera Morrison would appear as Fett in the [[The Mandalorian (season 2)|second season]] of ''The Mandalorian''.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/mandalorian-finds-boba-fett-temuera-morrison-1293675|title='The Mandalorian': Temuera Morrison Returns to 'Star Wars' Universe to Play Boba Fett (Exclusive)|last1=Couch|first1=Aaron|last2=Kit|first2=Borys|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=May 8, 2020|access-date=May 8, 2020}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> As the series takes place five years following ''Return of the Jedi'', this would confirm the character's survival after his fall into the sarlacc's mouth and [[retconned|retcon]] his apparent death. In the second season's premiere, "[[Chapter 9: The Marshal]]", it is explained that Fett's armor was salvaged by [[Jawas]] after his supposed death, and then bought by [[Cobb Vanth]], a character first introduced in the ''[[Star Wars: Aftermath]]'' trilogy of novels, who used it to protect the Tatooinian village of Mos Pelgo from various threats.<ref name="Olyphant">{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/timothy-olyphant-joins-mandalorian-1294788|title=Timothy Olyphant Joins 'The Mandalorian' (Exclusive)|last=Kit|first=Borys|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=May 15, 2020|access-date=May 15, 2020}}</ref><ref name="OlyphantRole">{{cite web|url=https://www.slashfilm.com/timothy-olyphant-mandalorian-character/|title=Exclusive: Timothy Olyphant Will Wear Boba Fett's Iconic Armor in 'The Mandalorian' Season 2|last=Sciretta|first=Peter|work=[[/Film]]|date=May 19, 2020|access-date=May 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200519164714/https://www.slashfilm.com/timothy-olyphant-mandalorian-character/|archive-date=May 19, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> In the episode, the armor is eventually obtained by the Mandalorian after Vanth relinquishes it so that it could be returned to its rightful owners: the Mandalorian people. As he leaves with the armor, the Mandalorian is watched from the distance by a heavily scarred Fett.<ref name="Variety201Cast" /><ref>{{cite web |last=Forward|first=Devon|date=October 30, 2020|url=https://www.looper.com/270477/who-was-that-person-at-the-end-of-the-mandalorian-chapter-9/|title=Who was that person at the end of The Mandalorian chapter 9?|publisher=Looper|access-date=December 5, 2020}}</ref><ref name="Variety206Cast">{{cite web|last=Thorne|first=Will|date=December 4, 2020|title='The Mandalorian': Has Boba Fett Got His Mojo Back? And More Burning Questions From 'The Tragedy'|url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/mandalorian-boba-fett-grogu-baby-yoda-the-tragedy-1234846309/|access-date=December 4, 2020|work=Variety}}</ref>

Fett's first full appearance in the series occurred in the episode "[[Chapter 14: The Tragedy]]",<ref name=":2" /> in which it is explained that he saved Fennec's life after she was mortally wounded, leaving her in his debt and that he is looking to retrieve his armor from the Mandalorian. Fett and Fennec follow him in the ''Slave I'' to the planet Tython, where the former explains that his armor belonged to his late father Jango, a Mandalorian foundling, and is, thus, Fett's birthright. In exchange for the armor's return, Fett and Fennec ensure the safety of [[Grogu]], an alien infant the Mandalorian has adopted. When [[Moff Gideon]]'s Imperial forces attack the group, Fett dons his old armor and kills most of the stormtroopers deployed to capture Grogu with a gaffi stick.<ref>{{cite web |last=Shaw-Williams|first=Hannah|date=December 4, 2021|url=https://screenrant.com/mandalorian-boba-fett-weapon-tusken-raider-stick-explained/|title=Boba Fett's Mandalorian Weapon Explained: The Tusken Raider Gaffi Stick
|publisher=[[Screen Rant]]|accessdate=August 10, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Meisfjord|first=Tom|date=December 4, 2021|url=https://www.looper.com/289534/boba-fetts-new-weapon-explained/|title=Boba Fett's New Weapon Explained|publisher=[[Looper (website)|Looper]]|accessdate=August 10, 2021}}</ref> Despite this, the child is ultimately taken by Gideon's Dark Troopers. Fett insists that he and Fennec shall remain indebted to the Mandalorian until Grogu is safe, and they subsequently aid his efforts to rescue the child in "[[Chapter 15: The Believer]]" and <nowiki>''</nowiki>[[Chapter 16: The Rescue]]<nowiki>''</nowiki>, which show Fett in a now clean and repainted armor.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Miskelly|first=Zoe|date=2020-12-11|title=Why Boba Fett Cleaned His Armor (Better Than The Empire Strikes Back)|url=https://screenrant.com/mandalorian-boba-fett-armor-clean-empire-strikes-back/|access-date=2020-12-15|website=[[Screen Rant]]|language=en-US}}</ref>

In the latter episode, Fett is initially at odds with [[Bo-Katan Kryze]], the former ruler of [[Mandalore]] and one of the allies that the Mandalorian tries to recruit to help save [[Grogu]] because she calls him a disgrace to his Mandalorian armor due to his origins as a clone. Despite this, the two reluctantly work together to rescue the child from Moff Gideon, with Fett creating a distraction that allows the rest of the crew to board Gideon's ship. After this, Fett flies into hyperspace and is not seen again until a [[post-credits scene]], in which he and Fennec return to Tatooine after their debt is paid off. Fett kills [[Bib Fortuna]], who has been in charge of Jabba's palace since his death, and then sits on the throne that once belonged to Jabba, with Fennec at his side.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Hibberd|first=James|date=December 18, 2020|title=The Mandalorian season 2 finale suggests a third spin-off series, or a major shakeup|url=https://ew.com/tv/book-of-boba-fett/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201218093103/https://ew.com/tv/book-of-boba-fett/|archive-date=December 18, 2020|access-date=December 19, 2020|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]}}</ref>

====''The Bad Batch''====
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Boba Fett is mentioned in ''[[Star Wars: The Bad Batch]],'' a CGI-animated sequel and spin-off from ''The Clone Wars'' which premiered in 2021. The episode "Bounty Lost" reveals that Boba's original code name is '''Alpha''', and that Omega, an enhanced female clone who joined Clone Force 99 after the rise of the Empire, is a second unaltered replication of Jango and, therefore, Boba's sister.<ref name="tbb">''[[Star Wars: The Bad Batch]]''. Episode: "Plan 99".</ref> The episode "Plan 99" reveals that Emerie Karr is another female clone, therefore, another sister of his.

====''Visions''====
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Boba Fett appears in the 2021 [[anime]] series ''[[Star Wars: Visions]]'', voiced by Temuera Morrison in English and by Akio Kaneda in Japanese. He appears in the second episode, "Tatooine Rhapsody".

====''The Book of Boba Fett''====
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''[[The Book of Boba Fett]]'' is a spin-off of ''The Mandalorian'' focused on Boba Fett, which premiered on Disney+ on December 29, 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Otterson|first=Joe|date=2021-09-29|title='Book of Boba Fett' Sets December Premiere Date on Disney Plus|url=https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/book-of-boba-fett-premiere-date-disney-plus-1235076965/|access-date=2021-09-29|website=Variety|language=en-US}}</ref> Morrison and [[Ming-Na Wen]] reprised their roles as Fett and Fennec Shand, respectively, with Finnegan Garay portraying a young Fett with Daniel Logan's likeness superimposed over his own.<ref name=":22">{{Cite web|last=Hibberd|first=James|date=December 21, 2020|title='The Mandalorian' showrunner Jon Favreau explains what 'The Book of Boba Fett' is|url=https://ew.com/tv/the-book-of-boba-fett-mandalorian-season-3/|access-date=2020-12-21|website=EW.com|language=EN}}</ref> The first trailer was released November 1, 2021.<ref>{{Citation|title=The Book of Boba Fett {{!}} Official Trailer {{!}} Disney+| date=November 2021 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOJ1cw6mohw|language=en|access-date=2021-11-17}}</ref> In ''The Book of Boba Fett'', Boba Fett and his partner, [[Fennec Shand]], begin rebuilding the old [[criminal empire]] of [[Jabba the Hutt]] on [[Tatooine]]. The series was controversial among Star Wars fans for its weakening of the villainous aspects of the bounty hunter.

===Other media===
In the first issue of [[Marvel Comics]]' ''Darth Vader'' (2015), the title character hires Boba Fett to capture the pilot who destroyed the [[Death Star]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.player.one/star-wars-comics-darth-vader-1-review-marvel-gives-us-vader-its-not-enough-414154|title='Star Wars' Comics 'Darth Vader' #1 Review: Marvel Gives Us Vader, But It's Not Enough|last=Whalen|first=Andrew|website=Player.One|date=June 29, 2016|access-date=November 14, 2018|archive-date=November 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181114141501/https://www.player.one/star-wars-comics-darth-vader-1-review-marvel-gives-us-vader-its-not-enough-414154|url-status=dead}}</ref> In the concurrent [[Star Wars (2015 comic book)|''Star Wars'' comic]] (2015), Fett tracks the pilot, Luke Skywalker, to Tatooine, although the latter escapes after a brief fight. Fett then tells Vader the pilot's surname, unknowingly informing the Sith lord (formerly Anakin Skywalker) that he has a son.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2015/06/03/star-wars-delivers-huge-change-for-han-solo|title=Star Wars Delivers Huge Change for Han Solo|last=Schedeen|first=Jesse|website=[[IGN]]|date=June 3, 2015|access-date=December 21, 2016}}</ref> Fett also features in Marvel's ''Bounty Hunters'' (2020), which is set between ''The Empire Strikes Back'' and ''Return of the Jedi''. The comic miniseries ''War of the Bounty Hunters'' (2021) is set in the same era, and will be preceded by standalone comics including tie-ins with ''Star Wars'', ''Bounty Hunters'', ''Darth Vader'', and ''[[Doctor Aphra]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-02-15|title=Boba Fett Ignites the 'War of the Bounty Hunters'|url=https://www.marvel.com/articles/comics/boba-fett-ignites-the-war-of-the-bounty-hunters|url-status=live|access-date=2021-02-17|website=Marvel Entertainment|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210216165802/https://www.marvel.com/articles/comics/boba-fett-ignites-the-war-of-the-bounty-hunters |archive-date=February 16, 2021 }}</ref>

Fett appears as a playable character in ''[[Star Wars Battlefront (2015 video game)|Star Wars Battlefront]]'' (2015) and ''[[Star Wars Battlefront II (2017 video game)|Star Wars Battlefront II]]'' (2017), as well as several ''Star Wars'' video games for mobile devices.

On December 24, 2021, Fett was added as a wearable cosmetic for [[Fortnite Battle Royale]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fortnite Boba Fett Skin Arrives In Celebration Of The Book Of Boba Fett |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/fortnite-boba-fett-skin-arrives-in-celebration-of-the-book-of-boba-fett/1100-6499217/ |access-date=2024-05-27 |website=GameSpot |language=en-US}}</ref>

On February 4, 2022, [[ND Stevenson|Indy Stevenson]] posted a ''The Book of Boba Fett'' comic entitled "''This Place Was Home''" on [[Twitter]] to a universally positive critical reception.<ref name="rob2022">{{cite web|last=Robinson|first=Tasha|url=https://www.polygon.com/22926002/book-of-boba-fett-fan-comic-nd-stevenson|title=ND Stevenson's cute Book of Boba Fett fan comic is the best thing to come out of the Star Wars show|date=February 10, 2022|website=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]]|access-date=February 12, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220210161413/https://www.polygon.com/22926002/book-of-boba-fett-fan-comic-nd-stevenson|archive-date=February 10, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="bobacbr">{{cite web|last=Shaunette|first=Morgan|url=https://www.cbr.com/star-wars-book-of-boba-fett-she-ra-writer-fan-comic/|title=She-Ra Writer Shares Epic Book of Boba Fett-Inspired Fan Comic|website=[[Comic Book Resources]]|date=February 18, 2022|access-date=February 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220219014116/https://www.cbr.com/star-wars-book-of-boba-fett-she-ra-writer-fan-comic/|archive-date=February 19, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> The comic focused on "Boba's childhood relationship with [[Zam Wesell|[Zam] Wesell]]", a mother figure to him.<ref name="rob2022" />

Fett makes a cameo appearance in ''[[Star Wars Jedi: Survivor]]'' (2023), with Temuera Morrison reprising his role. He appears as part of a side quest in which [[Cal Kestis]] fights and defeats bounty hunter Caij Vanda. Fett appears at the end of the fight to collect the bounty on Vanda, with Cal allowing it to happen.

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===''Legends''===
The character appears extensively in the [[Star Wars Expanded Universe|''Star Wars'' Expanded Universe]] of novels, comic books, and video games, dating to as early as [[Star Wars (comic strip)|the newspaper comic strip]] and Marvel's ''[[Star Wars (1977 comic book)|Star Wars]]'' series (produced concurrently to the original film trilogy). In April 2014, such works were rebranded by Lucasfilm as ''Star Wars Legends'' and declared non-[[Canon (fiction)|canon]] to the rest of the franchise to create a blank slate for the sequel trilogy.<ref name="THR Legends">{{cite news|last=McMilian|first=Graeme|date=April 25, 2014|title=Lucasfilm Unveils New Plans for ''Star Wars'' Expanded Universe|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/lucasfilm-unveils-new-plans-star-698973|access-date=May 26, 2016}}</ref><ref name="SW Legends">{{cite web|date=April 25, 2014|title=The Legendary ''Star Wars'' Expanded Universe Turns a New Page|url=https://www.starwars.com/news/the-legendary-star-wars-expanded-universe-turns-a-new-page|access-date=May 26, 2016|website=StarWars.com}}</ref><ref name="SW Adult">{{cite web|date=April 25, 2014|title=Disney and Random House announce relaunch of ''Star Wars'' Adult Fiction line|url=https://www.starwars.com/news/disney-publishing-worldwide-and-random-house-announce-relaunch-of-star-wars-adult-fiction-line|access-date=May 26, 2016|website=StarWars.com}}</ref>

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Boba Fett appears in many other works set during the original trilogy, including the [[Gamebook|choose-your-own-adventure book]] ''The Bounty Hunter'' (1994), the 1996 ''[[Shadows of the Empire]]'' multimedia project, [[Dark Horse Comics|Dark Horse]]'s short comic ''Boba Fett: Salvage'' (1997),{{Efn|Originally printed in ''[[Wizard (magazine)|Wizard]]'' magazine and later collected in the ''Enemy of the Empire'' [[Trade paperback (comics)|trade paperback]] as ''Boba Fett'' #0.5}} volumes of the young-reader series ''[[Galaxy of Fear]]'' (1997–1998), ''The Bounty Hunter Wars'' book trilogy (1998–1999), issues of ''[[Star Wars: Empire|Empire]]'' (2002–2005) and ''Star Wars'' (2013–14), and the [[One-shot (comics)|one-shot comic]] ''Boba Fett: Overkill'' (2006). Fett appears in the years leading up to ''A New Hope'' in the comic ''Boba Fett: Enemy of the Empire'' (1999), in which Vader hires Fett before trying to kill him, as well as ''Agent of the Empire'' (2012–2013), ''Blood Ties'' (2010–2012), and ''Underworld: The Yavin Vassilika'' (2000–2001).

A 1983 issue of the original Marvel ''Star Wars'' comic book set just after ''Return of the Jedi'' depicts Fett temporarily escaping the sarlacc pit. Works such as Dark Horse's ''[[Dark Empire]]'' series (1991–1992) further utilized Fett's survival.<ref name="starwars_bobafett" /> [[Tales from Jabba's Palace#A Barve Like That: The Tale of Boba Fett|A 1995 anthology story]] by Daniel Keys Moran narrates some of his time in the sarlacc, and [[Tales of the Bounty Hunters#Payback: The Tale of Dengar|a 1996 story]] by [[Dave Wolverton]] narrates how Dengar finds him and restores him to health. In the comic ''Boba Fett: Twin Engines of Destruction'' (1997),{{Efn|Originally published in [[Topps]]'s ''Star Wars Galaxy'' quarterly magazine}} while Fett recovers after being freed from the sarlaac, he is impersonated by a bounty hunter named Jodo Kast, whom Fett then hunts.{{Efn|Kast was previously introduced in a 1988 adventure book for ''[[Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game]]''.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Slavicsek|first1=Bill|title=[[A Guide to the Star Wars Universe]]|date=1994|publisher=Ballantine Books|isbn=9780345386250|edition=rev. and expanded|page=244|author-link1=Bill Slavicsek}}</ref> In the last story of the ''[[Tales from the Empire]]'' anthology (1997), which features Fett on the cover, [[Grand Admiral Thrawn]] impersonates Kast.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tales from the Empire|url=https://www.bobafettfanclub.com/bounty/books/novels/tales_empire/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-01-17|website=Boba Fett Fan Club|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012081621/http://www.bobafettfanclub.com/bounty/books/novels/tales_empire/ |archive-date=October 12, 2008 }}</ref>}} Four ''Boba Fett'' comics set several years after ''Return of the Jedi'' were released between 1995 and 2000.{{Efn|These have art by [[Cam Kennedy]] (of ''Dark Empire'' fame) and are individually titled ''Bounty on Bar-Kooda'' (1995), ''When the Fat Lady Swings'' (1996), ''Murder Most Foul'' (1997), and ''Agent of Doom'' (2000). The first three, written by [[John Wagner]] and telling an interconnected story dealing with the [[Hutts]], were collected in the trade paperback ''Boba Fett: Death, Lies, & Treachery'' (1998).}} Fett encounters Han Solo in the short story ''[[The Last One Standing: The Tale of Boba Fett]]'' (1996), set 15 years after the events of the same film,<ref>{{cite book|last=Hidalgo|first=Pablo|title=Star Wars: The Essential Reader's Companion|publisher=Del Rey|year=2012|isbn=9780345511195|page=340}}</ref> and fights side by side with him in ''[[The Unifying Force|The New Jedi Order: The Unifying Force]]'' (2003), set a decade later. He also appears in the e-novella ''Boba Fett: A Practical Man'', set 20 years after ''Jedi''. In the ''[[Legacy of the Force]]'' series (2006–2008), set some 35 years after ''Jedi'', Han and Leia's daughter, [[Jaina Solo|Jaina]], asks Fett to train her to help her defeat her corrupted brother, [[Jacen Solo|Jacen]].{{Efn|The series reveals that Fett became a family man at one point, though he was forcibly separated from his wife after killing his commanding officer for assaulting her. His wife subsequently disappeared and was presumed dead. Their granddaughter later sought Boba out and married a Mandalorian warrior. Boba's wife was discovered to still be alive, having been frozen in carbonite decades earlier.}}

In ''The Last One Standing'', Daniel Keys Moran developed a backstory for Fett in which he was once named Jaster Mereel,<ref name="moranint_fanclub">{{cite web|date=July 10, 2007|title=Exclusive Interview with the Author Behind Boba Fett's Honor|url=http://www.bobafettfanclub.com/news/spotlight/daniel-keys-moran_jaster-mereel/|access-date=January 11, 2010|website=Boba Fett Fan Club}}</ref> a "Journeyman Protector" lawman who was convicted of [[treason]]. His backstory was depicted differently in ''Attack of the Clones'', leading to the Dark Horse comic ''[[Jango Fett: Open Seasons]]'' (2003) retconning Mereel to Jango's mentor.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hutchens|first=Tom|date=May 14, 2014|title=Mandalorian Mysteries: Who Was Jaster Mereel?|url=https://www.starwars.com/news/mandalorian-mysteries-who-was-jaster-mereel|access-date=November 19, 2018|website=StarWars.com}}</ref>{{Efn|This was apparently canonized by the season-two episode of ''The Mandalorian'', "Chapter 14: The Tragedy", in which a hologram (when translated to English) implies that the name of Jango's mentor contains the letters "Jaste".<ref>{{Cite web|last=David|first=Margaret|date=2020-12-06|title=The Mandalorian MAY Have Reintroduced a Legends Character to Star Wars Canon|url=https://www.cbr.com/mandalorian-jaster-mereel-star-wars-canon/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-01-15|website=[[Comic Book Resources]]|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201209113336/https://www.cbr.com/mandalorian-jaster-mereel-star-wars-canon/ |archive-date=December 9, 2020 }}</ref>}} A young-adult book series called ''Boba Fett'' (2002–2004) depicts Fett's roots as a bounty hunter during the Clone Wars. He is guided by a book left to him by his father, whose ship and armor he has inherited, and begins working for Jabba the Hutt.

====''The Bounty Hunter Wars''====
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'''''The Bounty Hunter Wars''''' is a trilogy of novels by [[K. W. Jeter]] set during the events of the original trilogy. The books were published by [[Bantam Spectra]] in July 1998, November 1998, and July 1999, respectively. The trilogy depicts Fett as being more communicative than in the films because its plot requires Fett to show "an ability to convince people as well as kill them".<ref name="jeterinterview" />

The first book, '''''The Mandalorian Armor''''', starts during the events of ''Return of the Jedi'', shortly after Jabba's sail barge is destroyed. Dengar stays with Fett after the latter's near-death experience and encounters Neelah, a dancer in Jabba's palace who has lost her memory, and thinks Fett can help her. Kuat of Kuat, an Imperial executive, reviews footage from the [[Great Pit of Carkoon]], leading him to suspect that Fett is still alive. It is related in flashbacks set between ''A New Hope'' and ''The Empire Strikes Back'' that Fett stole a bounty Bossk and [[Zuckuss]] was hunting on behalf of the Bounty Hunters Guild. After delivering the bounty, Fett accepted a contract to join the Bounty Hunters Guild to break it up. The Emperor met with Darth Vader and [[Prince Xizor]], where the latter revealed that it was he who planned for Fett to join the guild to eliminate its weakest members, leaving only the best for the Empire to exploit.

In the second book, '''''{{visible anchor|Slave Ship}}''''', Fett abandons ''Slave I'' to avoid dispelling rumors of his death, and instead steals Bossk's ship. Riding along, Dengar tells Neelah about the split of the Bounty Hunters Guild. After Bossk killed his father, the guild split into two factions: one composed of the older members, and another composed of Bossk and other younger members. Prince Xizor placed an enormous bounty on a renegade stormtrooper who slaughtered his entire ship's crew. Fett, Bossk, and Zuckuss captured the trooper, but Fett jettisoned his partners in an escape pod.

In the third and final book, '''''{{visible anchor|Hard Merchandise}}''''', it is related that Fett tried to claim his bounty, but found Xizor waiting to kill him to tie up loose ends related to his plot. In an attack on the megalomaniacal prince, Kuat of Kuat had falsified some evidence implicating him in the murder of Luke Skywalker's [[Beru Lars|aunt]] and [[Owen Lars|uncle]]. This information was on the renegade stormtrooper's ship (which is why Kuat wanted to make sure the bounty hunter was dead) but is retrieved by Fett in the present, as Neelah realizes she is from an elite Kuat family and stops her sinister sister from taking over the now-suicidal Imperial executive's shipyard.<ref>{{cite web |last=Asher-Perrin |first=Emmet |title=Okay, Boba Fett Likes Some People: Hard Merchandise |url=https://www.tor.com/2013/08/29/okay-boba-fett-likes-some-people-hard-merchandise/ |website=TOR.com |access-date=September 22, 2019 |date=August 29, 2013}}</ref>

====''Boba Fett: A Practical Man''====
'''''Boba Fett: A Practical Man''''' is an [[e-book|e-novella]] by [[Karen Traviss]], which was published online in August 2006 by [[Del Rey Books]]. Set 20 years after the events of ''Return of the Jedi'', it focuses on what led Boba Fett and the Mandalorians to fend off the extragalactic [[Yuuzhan Vong]] invaders in ''The New Jedi Order: The Unifying Force'' (set a few months later).
A Yuuzhan Vong named Nom Anor meets Fett on [[Mandalore]] and begins giving him and the Mandalorians directions to help their invasion. Fett plans to do as much damage to the invaders as possible, even as he pretends to help them. He instructs a pilot to deliver his plea for help to the [[New Republic (Star Wars)|New Republic]], but with the Vong's next target still unwarned, the world falls without a fight.
A Vong warrior asks Fett to assist in killing a Jedi; instead, Fett convinces the Jedi to deliver his message.
The Jedi returns and confirms that Fett has a deal: the Mandalorians will continue to masquerade as Vong mercenaries while passing intel to the Republic. Fett agrees to have a few of his best commandos train planetary militias to fight the Vong.<ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061229225047/http://starwars.com/eu/lit/novel/news20060609.html |archive-date=December 29, 2006 |url=http://starwars.com/eu/lit/novel/news20060609.html |title=Boba Fett E-novella Coming Soon |website=starwars.com |date=June 9, 2006 |access-date=January 9, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.starwars.com/eu/lit/novel/news20060728.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080618155301/http://www.starwars.com/eu/lit/novel/news20060728.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 18, 2008|title=Star Wars: Expanded Universe &#124; First Look: A Practical Man|date=June 18, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theforce.net/books/reviews/r_apracticalman.asp|title=TheForce.Net - Books - Reviews - A Practical Man|website=www.theforce.net}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060821214727/http://www.ereader.com/product/book/excerpt/22631?book=Star_Wars%3A_Boba_Fett%3A_A_Practical_Man |archive-date=August 21, 2006 |title=Star Wars: Boba Fett: A Practical Man – Excerpt |last=Traviss |first=Karen |website=ereader.com |url=http://www.ereader.com/product/book/excerpt/22631?book=Star_Wars%3A_Boba_Fett%3A_A_Practical_Man}}</ref>

===Unproduced works===
A planned live-action TV series developed by ''Star Wars'' creator George Lucas before the sale of Lucasfilm to Disney, under the working title ''Star Wars: Underworld'', would have featured Fett.<ref>{{cite web |last=Lyttelton |first=Oliver |title=Cancelled 'Star Wars: Underworld' TV Series Would Have Featured Young Versions Of Han, Chewie & Lando |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2014/06/cancelled-star-wars-underworld-tv-series-would-have-featured-young-versions-of-han-chewie-lando-84952/ |website=[[IndieWire]]|date=June 11, 2014|access-date=March 1, 2019}}</ref>

====''Star Wars 1313''====
The canceled [[LucasArts]] video game ''[[Star Wars 1313]]'', announced at [[E3 2012]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2012/06/01/e3-2012-star-wars-1313-officially-announced|title=E3 2012: Star Wars: 1313 Officially Announced|first=Anthony|last=Gallegos|date=May 31, 2012|work=Star Wars 1313|publisher=[[IGN]]|access-date=June 6, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120625004457/http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/06/01/e3-2012-star-wars-1313-officially-announced|archive-date=June 25, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> would have told the story of Boba Fett's career as a young adult bounty hunter between the prequel and original trilogies.<ref>{{cite web |last=Rosenberg |first=Adam |title=Star Wars 1313 will be the product of an evolved LucasArts |url=https://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/star-wars-1313-will-be-the-product-of-an-evolved-lucasarts/ |website=Digital Trends |access-date=September 27, 2019 |date=July 28, 2012}}</ref> Fett would have navigated past the scum of civilization in an underground area of Coruscant known as Level 1313.<ref name=kotaku>{{cite web |url=http://kotaku.com/before-it-was-cancelled-star-wars-1313-was-going-to-be-470003660 |title=Before It Was Cancelled, Star Wars 1313 Was Going To Be About Boba Fett |publisher=Gawker.com |date=April 4, 2013 |access-date=June 16, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2013/4/4/4183890/star-wars-1313-video-game-starred-boba-fett|title=Cancelled 'Star Wars 1313' video game would have starred Boba Fett|first=Andrew|last=Webster|access-date=April 8, 2013|date=April 4, 2013|work=[[The Verge]]|publisher=[[Vox Media]]}}</ref> In 2013, as a result of Disney's acquisition of the franchise, all LucasArts projects then in production were shelved. In a December 2015 interview, Lucasfilm president [[Kathleen Kennedy (producer)|Kathleen Kennedy]] stated that the concept art for the game was "unbelievable" and that, along with ''Underworld'', it was "something we're spending a lot of time looking at, poring through, discussing, and we may very well develop those things further".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.slashfilm.com/star-wars-tv-show/|title=Lucasfilm Still Looking At George Lucas' Live Action Star Wars TV Show And Star Wars 1313|first=Peter|last=Sciretta|publisher=Slashfilm|date=December 9, 2015}}</ref>

''Level 1313'' appears in ''Star Wars'' media such as ''The Clone Wars'', in which it is visited by Ahsoka Tano,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Britt |first1=Ryan |title=Clone Wars "1313" reference teases a possible bounty hunter's comeback |url=https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/clone-wars-1313-reference-teases-boba-fett-teenager |website=Inverse |access-date=26 April 2020 |date=20 March 2020}}</ref> and ''[[Star Wars Adventures]]: Return to Vader's Castle''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Spry |first1=Jeff |title=Sneak peek: Nightsister witch Asajj Ventress shines in IDW's Return to Vader's Castle #3 |url=https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/return-to-vaders-castle-idw-preview |website=SyFy Wire |access-date=26 April 2020 |date=11 October 2019}}</ref>

====''The Clone Wars'' episodes====
Fett was to have appeared in more episodes of ''The Clone Wars'' before its cancellation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbr.com/star-wars-the-clone-wars-canceled-too-graphic/|title=Star Wars: Disney Reveals Why It Canceled Clone Wars|last=Zachary|first=Brandon|website=[[Comic Book Resources]]|date=November 4, 2018|access-date=November 4, 2018}}</ref> A series of Western-inspired episodes would have featured Fett teaming up with [[Cad Bane]] to rescue a child kidnapped by [[Tusken Raiders]] on Tatooine; Aurra Sing would have appeared as well. The story arc would have depicted Fett donning his Mandalorian armor for the first time,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lovett|first=Jamie|date=July 5, 2020|title=Star Wars: The Clone Wars Still Isn't Finished Yet|url=https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/star-wars-the-clone-wars-not-finished-complete-the-clone-wars/|access-date=2020-07-06|website=[[ComicBook.com]]}}</ref> and ended with Bane blasting Fett in the head, creating the iconic dent in his helmet<ref>{{Cite web|last=Erdmann|first=Kevin|date=2021-01-15|title=Star Wars: Clone Wars Episodes Disney Still Hasn't Released|url=https://screenrant.com/star-clone-wars-season-8-stories-boba-fett-wookiees/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-01-15|website=[[Screen Rant]]|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117083601/https://screenrant.com/star-clone-wars-season-8-stories-boba-fett-wookiees/ |archive-date=January 17, 2021 }}</ref> (an idea which came from George Lucas). Animatic footage of the climactic scene was shown at [[Star Wars Celebration|''Star Wars'' Celebration]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Lussier |first=Germain |title=The Clone Wars Almost Featured Boba Fett Dueling With Cad Bane |url=https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-clone-wars-almost-featured-boba-fett-dueling-with-c-1794319515 |website=io9 |publisher=Gizmodo |access-date=September 22, 2019 |date=April 14, 2017}}</ref>

====Standalone film====
In early 2013, Disney CEO [[Bob Iger]] announced the development of a [[List of Star Wars films and television series#Standalone films|''Star Wars'' spin-off film]] written by [[Simon Kinberg]],<ref>{{cite AV media|title=Disney Earnings Beat; 'Star Wars' Spinoffs Planned|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2013/02/05/disney-earnings-beat-star-wars-spinoffs-planned.html|publisher=CNBC|time=7:20|date=February 5, 2013|access-date=February 5, 2013}}</ref> which ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' reported would focus on Boba Fett during the original trilogy.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://insidemovies.ew.com/2013/02/06/star-wars-spin-offs-young-han-solo-movie-boba-fett|title='Star Wars' spin-offs: A young Han Solo movie, and a Boba Fett film – Exclusive|last=Breznican|first=Anthony|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180406080422/http://www.ew.com/article/2013/02/06/star-wars-spin-offs-young-han-solo-movie-boba-fett|date=February 6, 2013|archive-date=April 6, 2018|access-date=November 5, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> In mid-2014, [[Josh Trank]] was officially announced as the director of an undisclosed spin-off film,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://starwars.com/news/josh-trank-to-direct-stand-alone-star-wars-film.html|title=Josh Trank To Direct Stand-Alone Star Wars Film|website=StarWars.com|date=June 4, 2014|access-date=August 23, 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140628110441/https://www.starwars.com/news/josh-trank-to-direct-stand-alone-star-wars-film.html|archive-date=June 28, 2014}}</ref> but had left the project a year later due to creative differences with Kinberg,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/josh-trank-no-longer-directing-star-wars-spinoff-1201485909/|title=Star Wars: Josh Trank No Longer Directing Spinoff|last=Oldham|first=Stuart|website=Variety|date=May 1, 2015|access-date=August 23, 2018}}</ref>{{efn|According to Trank, he quit the project because he thought he would be fired in the wake of problems he had had working on his ''[[Fantastic Four (2015 film)|Fantastic Four]]'' film.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cavanaugh |first1=Patrick |title=Star Wars: Josh Trank Claims He Quit Boba Fett Project Because He Thought He Would Get Fired |url=https://comicbook.com/movies/news/star-wars-josh-trank-boba-fett-quit-project-details/ |website=[[ComicBook.com]] |access-date=7 May 2020 |date=May 5, 2020}}</ref>}} causing a teaser for the Fett film to be scrapped from ''Star Wars'' Celebration.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2016/11/22/rogue-one-lucasfilm-new-star-wars-movies/|title=Star Wars: Secret plans for new movies discussed after Rogue One|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|last=Breznican|first=Anthony|date=November 22, 2016|access-date=November 6, 2018}}</ref> In May 2018, it was reported that [[James Mangold]] had signed on to write and direct a Fett film, with Kinberg attached as producer and {{nowrap|co-writer}},<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/star-wars-boba-fett-movie-is-happening-james-mangold-direct-1113273 |title='Star Wars': Boba Fett Movie in the Works With James Mangold (Exclusive)|last=Kit|first=Borys|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=May 24, 2018|access-date=May 24, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|last=D'Alessandro|first=Anthony|url=https://deadline.com/2018/10/star-wars-boba-fett-spinoff-james-mangold-directing-1202397784/|title=''Star Wars'' Boba Fett Spinoff Said To Be Back On Track With James Mangold|date=May 24, 2018|magazine=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|access-date=May 24, 2018}}</ref> but both Mangold and Kathleen Kennedy subsequently denied Mangold's involvement.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Dominguez|first=Noah|date=2021-11-27|title=Star Wars Boss Confirms Logan Director Was Never Developing a Boba Fett Movie|url=https://www.cbr.com/star-wars-boba-fett-no-james-mangold-movie/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-28|website=[[Comic Book Resources]]|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211128014355/https://www.cbr.com/star-wars-boba-fett-no-james-mangold-movie/ |archive-date=November 28, 2021 }}</ref> In July, Daniel Keys Moran stated that Lucasfilm had considered adapting ''The Last One Standing'' into a film.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://starwarsinterviews.com/various/authors/daniel-keys-moran-author/|title=Daniel Keys Moran (Author)|website=Star Wars Interviews|date=July 2018|access-date=October 8, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/boba-fett-movie-han-solo-alden-ehrenreich/|title=The Boba Fett Movie Could Feature Alden Ehrenreich's Han Solo|last=Agar|first=Chris|date=July 6, 2018|website=[[Screen Rant]]|access-date=August 16, 2018}}</ref> By October, the Fett film was reportedly dead, with the studio instead focusing on ''The Mandalorian''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2018/10/star-wars-boba-fett-spinoff-james-mangold-directing-1202397784/ |title='Star Wars' Boba Fett Movie No Longer In Development; Lucasfilm Focusing On 'The Mandalorian' Streaming Series |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |date=October 26, 2018 |access-date=October 26, 2018 }}</ref> The Fett film was afterwards reported to have also featured the other bounty hunters from ''The Empire Strikes Back''.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/movies/2018/10/26/star-wars-producers-halt-boba-fett-film/ |title=Star Wars producers halt unannounced Boba Fett standalone film |last=Breznican |first=Anthony |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=October 13, 2018 |access-date=October 29, 2018 }}</ref>

==Reception==
Boba Fett is a "[[cult following|cult]] figure" and one of the most popular ''Star Wars'' characters.<ref name="skywalking287">{{cite book |last=Pollock |first=Dale |title=Skywalking: The life and films of George Lucas |publisher=Da Capo Press |year=1999 |page=287 |isbn=978-0-306-80904-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZC2c40Bw-L4C&pg=PA287}}</ref><ref name="Montandon">{{cite book |last=Montandon |first=Mac |title=Jetpack Dreams: One Man's Up and Down (But Mostly Down) Search for the Greatest Invention That Never Was |year=2008 |page=55 |publisher=Da Capo Press |isbn=978-0-306-81528-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cSNgPMJ1p3IC&pg=PA54}}</ref> In 2008, Boba Fett was selected by ''[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]'' magazine as the 79th greatest movie character of all time, and he is included on ''Fandomania''{{'}}s list of ''The 100 Greatest Fictional Characters''.<ref name="empireonline">{{cite web|url=https://www.empireonline.com/100-greatest-movie-characters/default.asp?c=79|series=The 100 Greatest Movie Characters|access-date=May 16, 2010|work=Empire|title=79 Boba Fett}}</ref><ref name="Fandomania">{{cite web |url=http://fandomania.com/100-greatest-fictional-characters-85-81/ |title= The 100 Greatest Fictional Characters|date= September 24, 2009|publisher=Fandomania.com|access-date=May 22, 2010}}</ref> [[IGN]] ranked Boba Fett as the eighth top ''Star Wars'' character, due to his status as a fan-favourite and cult following.<ref name="Top 100 IGN">{{cite web|url=http://ie.ign.com/star-wars-characters/1.html |title=Top 100 Star Wars Characters|work=[[IGN]]|access-date=January 12, 2011|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100817203656/http://ie.ign.com/star-wars-characters/1.html |archive-date=August 17, 2010 }}</ref> He [[personification|personifies]] "danger and mystery",<ref name="protofett3" /> and Susan Mayse calls Fett "the unknowable ''Star Wars'' character" who "delivers mythic presence."<ref name="mayse">{{cite web |url=http://www.space.com/sciencefiction/movies/boba_fett_tao_000608.html|title=The Tao of Boba Fett|last=Mayse|first=Susan|date=June 8, 2000|publisher=Space.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100531033506/http://www.space.com/sciencefiction/movies/boba_fett_tao_000608.html|archive-date=May 31, 2010|access-date=December 13, 2014}}</ref> Although [[Tom Bissell]] asserts that no one knows why Boba Fett has become so popular, nor cares why, both Lucas and Bulloch cite Fett's mysterious nature as reasons for his popularity.<ref name="bissell" /><ref name="skywalking287" /> Bulloch, who has never fully understood the character's popularity, attributes it to the costume and the respect Fett garners from Darth Vader and Jabba the Hutt.<ref name="bullochwp">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2005/05/05/DI2005050500653.html |title=Star Wars: Boba Fett |date=May 17, 2005|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=January 15, 2010|first=Jeremy|last=Bulloch}}</ref> Fett's addition to the Special Edition of ''A New Hope'' was criticized by ''[[Screen Rant]]'', which called it "pointless [[fan service]]".<ref name=":5" />

The initial Boba Fett toy, more than Fett's actual film appearance, might be responsible for the character's popularity; [[Henry Jenkins]] suggests children's play helped the character "take on a life of its own".<ref name="convergenceculture">{{cite book|last=Jenkins|first=Henry|title=Convergence culture: where old and new media collide |publisher=NYU Press |year=2006|page=115|isbn=978-0-8147-4281-5|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RlRVNikT06YC&pg=RA1-PA15}}</ref><ref name="gray183">{{cite book |last=Gray |first=Jonathan |title=Show Sold Separately: Promos, Spoilers, and other Media Paratexts |publisher=[[New York University|New York University Press]] |date=January 1, 2010 |isbn=978-0-8147-3195-6 |page=183 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HSWez23WtdoC&q=%22boba+fett%22&pg=PA183}}</ref><ref name="Jenkins">{{Cite book|last=Jenkins|first=Henry|author-link=Henry Jenkins|chapter=Quentin Tarantino's Star Wars? Digital Cinema, Media Convergence, and Participatory Culture|editor1-last=Durham|editor1-first=Meenakshi Gigi|editor2-last=Kellner|editor2-first=Douglas|editor-link1=Meenakshi Gigi Durham|title=Media and cultural studies: keyworks|pages=567–568|publisher=Wiley-Blackwell|location=Malden|year=2012|isbn=9780470658086}}</ref> Moran said Vader's admonition specifically to Fett in ''The Empire Strikes Back''—"No disintegrations"—gives Fett credibility; he was interested in Fett because the character is "strong, silent, [and] brutal".<ref name="moranint_fanclub" /> Jeter says that even when Fett appears passive, he conveys "capability and ruthlessness".<ref name="jeterinterview">{{cite web |url=https://www.starwars.com/vault/books/02111999news.html|title=The Mystery of Boba Fett: An Interview with Author K.W. Jeter|date=February 19, 1999|publisher=[[Lucasfilm]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110911140600/http://www.starwars.com/vault/books/02111999news.html|archive-date=September 11, 2011|access-date=December 13, 2014}}</ref> Bissell credits Bulloch for giving Fett "effortless authority" in his first scene in ''The Empire Strikes Back'', using such nuances as cradling his blaster and slightly cocking his head.<ref name="bissell" /> Fett's small role in the film may have made the character seem more intriguing.<ref name="protofett3" /> Logan, who was a [[Young Artist Award]] nominee for his portrayal of Fett, compares Fett to "that boy in school who never talks" and who attracts others' curiosity.<ref name="Awards-24">{{cite web|url=http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms24.htm|title=Twenty-Fourth Annual Young Artist Awards NOMINATIONS and AWARDS|access-date=October 13, 2010|publisher=[[Young Artist Award]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161204172303/http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms24.htm|archive-date=December 4, 2016}}</ref><ref name="LA-Weekly">{{cite web|url=http://blogs.laweekly.com/stylecouncil/conventions-1/daniel-logan-boba-fett/|title=Daniel Logan Talks Playing Boba Fett in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones and Star Wars: The Clone Wars|first=Liz|last=Ohanesian|date=September 20, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100925144612/http://blogs.laweekly.com/stylecouncil/conventions-1/daniel-logan-boba-fett/|archive-date=September 25, 2010|access-date=December 13, 2014|work=[[LA Weekly]]}}</ref>

Bissell adds that Boba Fett, along with other minor characters like [[Darth Maul]] and [[Kyle Katarn]], appeals to adolescent boys' "images of themselves: essentially bad-ass but ... honorable about it."<ref name="bissell" /> This tension and the absence of a clear "evil nature" (distinct from evil actions) offer Fett dramatic appeal.<ref name="bissell" /> Furthermore, Fett "is cool because he was designed to be cool", presenting a "wicked ambiguity" akin to [[John Milton]]'s [[Paradise Lost#Characters|portrayal]] of [[Satan]] in ''[[Paradise Lost]]'' and [[Iago]] in [[William Shakespeare]]'s ''[[Othello]]''.<ref name="bissell" /> Bissell compares Fett to [[Beowulf (hero)|Beowulf]], [[Ahab (Moby-Dick)|Ahab]], and [[List of characters in the Tom Sawyer series#Huckleberry Finn|Huckleberry Finn]]: characters "too ''big''" for their original presentation, and apt for continued development in other stories.<ref name="bissell" /> Moran finds Fett reminiscent of the [[Man with No Name]].<ref name="moranint_fanclub" />

Fett has been featured extensively in pop culture and parodies. [[Breckin Meyer]] provides his voice in various ''[[Robot Chicken]]'' [[Robot Chicken: Star Wars|sketches]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Lewis |first=Thomas Attila |title=LAist Interview: Breckin Meyer of 'Robot Chicken' — 'Star Wars' Special Airs on Sunday Night |url=https://laist.com/2008/11/14/laist_interview_breckin_meyer_of_ro.php |website=LAist |access-date=October 6, 2019 |date=November 14, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191007031954/https://laist.com/2008/11/14/laist_interview_breckin_meyer_of_ro.php |archive-date=October 7, 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Nerdcore]] rapper [[MC Chris]] included a ''Star Wars''-themed song titled "Fett's Vette" on his 2001 debut album.<ref>{{cite web |last=McLevy |first=Alex |title=This is the best rap song ever written about Boba Fett's Corvette |url=https://www.avclub.com/this-is-the-best-rap-song-ever-written-about-boba-fett-1798286617 |website=[[The A.V. Club]] |access-date=October 5, 2019 |date=November 19, 2015}}</ref> The creator of the [[Spartan army|Spartan]] helmets for the 2006 film ''[[300 (film)|300]]'' painted one of them to look like Fett's helmet.<ref>{{cite web |last=Biggs |first=John |title=This Is a Boba Fett Spartan Helmet |url=https://techcrunch.com/2011/01/13/this-is-a-boba-fett-spartan-helmet/ |website=TechCrunch |access-date=October 5, 2019 |date=January 13, 2011}}</ref>
The ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'' describes Boba Fett fans as "among the most passionate",<ref name="sfgate" /> and the character is important to ''Star Wars'' fan culture.<ref name="Jenkins" /> Boba Fett's popular following before the character even appeared in ''The Empire Strikes Back'' influenced [[Damon Lindelof]]'s interest in developing ''[[Lost (2004 TV series)|Lost]]'' across multiple media.<ref name="gray187">{{cite book|last=Gray|first=Jonathan|title=Show Sold Separately: Promos, Spoilers, and other Media Paratexts |publisher=[[New York University|New York University Press]]|year=2010|isbn=978-0-8147-3195-6|page=187|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HSWez23WtdoC&pg=PA187}}</ref> Between filming ''The Empire Strikes Back'' and ''Return of the Jedi'', [[Mark Hamill]] pitched the idea that Fett was Luke Skywalker's mother to George Lucas, which "he didn't like".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vulture.com/2018/11/mark-hamill-confirms-he-pitched-boba-fett-as-lukes-mom.html |title=Mark Hamill Confirms He Pitched Boba Fett as Luke's Mom|last=Kiefer|first=Halle|date=November 18, 2018|website=[[Vulture.com]]|access-date=November 19, 2018}}</ref> In about 2000, a feminist campaigned online to have the character unmasked as a woman.<ref name="Brooker">{{cite book |last=Brooker |first=Will |title=Using the force: creativity, community, and Star Wars fans|publisher=Continuum International Publishing Group|year=2002|pages=202–4|isbn=978-0-8264-5287-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=80kB6JG1PVsC&pg=PA202}}</ref> Fan [[parody|parodies]] include Boba Phat, a [[cosplay]] "intergalactic booty hunter" created by David James.<ref name="Presstelegram">{{cite news |url=http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_13476056 |title=Heroes welcome at Long Beach Comic Con |last=Zonkel |first=Phillip|date=October 2, 2009|work=[[Press-Telegram (Long Beach)|Press-Telegram]]|access-date=January 14, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613195446/http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_13476056|archive-date=June 13, 2011}}</ref>

===In ''The Clone Wars''===
{{Quote box|width=30%|align=right|quote=In Episode II, [Boba Fett] saw his father murdered by Mace Windu, however, he's still got a long way to go before he becomes the battered bounty hunter we know so well. [[Aurra Sing|Aurra]]'s an influence, and not much of a nurturing parental figure – so that plays a part, as well. She preys on his weakness, on his desire for a family. It's pretty dysfunctional, and it sheds an interesting light on both Aurra and Boba. Ultimately, though, Boba's always been a mystery. As much as we reveal, we're not going to take the mystery away from his fans. Not knowing all the answers about Boba is part of what makes him so cool.|source=[[Dave Filoni]], supervising director for [[Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)|''The Clone Wars'' TV series]]<ref>{{cite magazine|title=This Week in the ''Clone Wars'': Tonight's Hour-Long Season Finale|url=https://www.wired.com/geekdad/2010/04/this-week-in-the-clone-wars-tonights-hour-long-season-finale/|first=Jason|last=Jones|date=April 30, 2010|magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]|access-date=August 3, 2010}}</ref>
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IGN reviewer Eric Goldman rated the first episode 8.2/10 and the second 8.8/10, stating "this was a very layered, exciting episode to end Season 2 on", though he did not appreciate Boba Fett's limited dialogue.<ref>{{cite web|title=''Star Wars: The Clone Wars'' - "R2 Come Home" Review|url=http://tv.ign.com/articles/108/1087298p1.html|first=Eric|last=Goldman|date=May 1, 2010|website=[[IGN]]|access-date=August 3, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=''Star Wars: The Clone Wars'' - "Lethal Trackdown" Review|url=http://tv.ign.com/articles/108/1087309p1.html|first=Eric|last=Goldman|date=May 1, 2010|website=[[IGN]]|access-date=August 3, 2010}}</ref> Bryan Young, a writer for ''[[The Huffington Post]]'' and [[Examiner.com]], also disliked Fett's responses at the end of the episode when confronting Mace Windu: "He says something incredibly whiny." Young does state, however, that "[o]verall, this pair of episodes was a satisfying conclusion to season two, which really upped the game in this series in terms of animation, storytelling, and suspense."<ref>{{cite news|title=Review: ''Clone Wars'' Season 2 Finale!|url=http://www.bigshinyrobot.com/reviews/archives/13613|first=Bryan|last=Young|date=May 1, 2010|publisher=BigShinyRobot.com|access-date=August 3, 2010|archive-date=July 8, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708001409/http://www.bigshinyrobot.com/reviews/archives/13613|url-status=dead}}</ref> GalacticBinder.com's reviewer Chris Smith wrote, "Lucasfilm delivers another exciting episode to finish off a tremendous second season."<ref>{{cite news|title=''Star Wars: The Clone Wars'' Review - Season 2, Episode 22: "Lethal Trackdown"|url=http://www.galacticbinder.com/pclone-wars-review-lethal-trackdown.html|first=Chris|last=Smith|date=April 30, 2010|publisher=GalacticBinder.com|access-date=August 3, 2010|archive-date=May 10, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100510005257/http://www.galacticbinder.com/pclone-wars-review-lethal-trackdown.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Adam Rosenberg writing in MTV Movies Blog discusses Boba Fett's return: "He's going to have to be put through a lot more hell before he embraces his inner badass. I'll say though... he's off to a mighty good start with the dual blasters he wears on his belt. Sure, they're almost the size of his thighs, but hey... he's still just a kid."<ref>{{cite news|title=''Star Wars: The Clone Wars'' Episode 2.21-22 Recap, Season 2 Finale|url=http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2010/05/01/star-wars-the-clone-wars-episode-221-22-recap-season-2-finale/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100503020342/http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2010/05/01/star-wars-the-clone-wars-episode-221-22-recap-season-2-finale/|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 3, 2010|first=Adam|last=Rosenberg|date=May 1, 2010|publisher=[[MTV|MTV Movies Blog]]|access-date=August 3, 2010}}</ref>

===In ''The Book of Boba Fett''===
Boba Fett's character in the series has received mixed reviews, while Morrison's portrayal of Fett has been praised. Some have said that, without Morrison portraying Boba Fett, the series might have been a total disaster and that he is the only face that could have brought Fett back to life.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Flint|first=Hannah|date=January 12, 2022|title=The Book of Boba Fett Episode 3 Review|work=[[IGN]]|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/the-book-of-boba-fett-episode-3-review|url-status=live|access-date=January 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220112122521/https://www.ign.com/articles/the-book-of-boba-fett-episode-3-review|archive-date=January 12, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Betancourt|first=David|date=January 12, 2021|title=Temuera Morrison has the only face that could bring Boba Fett back to life|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/comics/2022/01/12/temuera-morrison-boba-fett/|access-date=January 18, 2022|archive-date=January 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220113190658/https://www.washingtonpost.com/comics/2022/01/12/temuera-morrison-boba-fett/|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Decider (website)|Decider]]''{{'}}s Megan O'Keefe wrote, "Boba Fett is the least interesting character in ''The Book of Boba Fett''."<ref>{{Cite news|last=O'Keefe|first=Megan|date=January 20, 2022|title='The Book of Boba Fett's Big Problem: Boba Fett Sucks|work=[[Decider (website)|Decider]]|url=https://decider.com/2022/01/20/boba-fett-is-lame-in-the-book-of-boba-fett-on-disney/|access-date=January 22, 2022|archive-date=January 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121173058/https://decider.com/2022/01/20/boba-fett-is-lame-in-the-book-of-boba-fett-on-disney/|url-status=live}}</ref> Rich Knight from ''[[CinemaBlend]]'' stated that he used to not like Fett, but became interested in his character as he was the only one in the series who "seems like an actual human being".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Knight|first=Rich|date=January 1, 2022|title=5 Reasons Why I Really Like The Book Of Boba Fett So Far|url=https://www.cinemablend.com/star-wars/reasons-why-i-really-like-the-book-of-boba-fett-so-far|url-status=live|access-date=January 22, 2022|website=[[CinemaBlend]]|archive-date=January 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122214231/https://www.cinemablend.com/star-wars/reasons-why-i-really-like-the-book-of-boba-fett-so-far}}</ref> Chris Edwards of ''[[The Guardian]]'' said that Disney+ ruined one of the "coolest and most mysterious characters" in ''Star Wars''.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Edwards|first=Chris|date=January 19, 2022|title=Boba Fett is dead: how Disney+ ruined Star Wars' coolest character|work=[[The Guardian]]|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/jan/19/boba-fett-is-dead-how-disney-ruined-star-wars-coolest-character|access-date=January 22, 2022|archive-date=January 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121111138/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/jan/19/boba-fett-is-dead-how-disney-ruined-star-wars-coolest-character|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Merchandising===
Fett is one of the top five best-selling ''Star Wars'' action figures,<ref name="skywalking287" /> and Boba Fett-related products are "among the most expensive" ''Star Wars'' merchandise.<ref name="sfgate" /> Fett was the first new mail-away action figure created for ''The Empire Strikes Back'';<ref name="starwars_bobafett" /><ref name="bissell" /> although advertised as having a rocket-firing backpack, safety concerns led [[Kenner Products|Kenner]] to sell his rocket attached.<ref name="starwars_bobafett" /> Gray called the early toy "a rare and precious commodity",<ref name="gray183" /> and one of the rocket-firing prototypes sold at [[auction]] for $16,000 in 2003.<ref name="efilmcritic">{{cite web |url=http://efilmcritic.com/feature.php?feature=1480 |title=Boba Fett in Kansas City: An Interview with Jeremy Bulloch|last=Lessing|first=U. J.|publisher=efilmcritic.com|access-date=January 15, 2010}}</ref> In 2018 and 2019, two of the prototypes were sold at auction, for £69,000 ($USD92,000) and £90,000 ($USD120,000), respectively—each setting the world record for the highest auction price of a ''Star Wars'' toy at that time.<ref>{{cite web |last=Bucktin |first=Christopher |title=Rare Star Wars toy sells for a world record £90,000 at auction |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/rare-boba-fett-star-wars-18499178 |website=Mirror |access-date=July 23, 2019 |date=July 21, 2019}}</ref> A fully painted figure with a rare variant on the firing mechanism is planned to be auctioned and estimated to be worth $200,000.<ref>{{cite web |last=Stoodley |first=Sheila Gibson |title=This 'Star Wars' Action Figure Could Fetch More Than $200,000 at Auction |url=https://robbreport.com/shelter/art-collectibles/star-wars-boba-fett-action-figure-may-collect-200000-plus-at-auction-2870020/ |website=Robb Report |access-date=October 7, 2019 |date=October 6, 2019}}</ref> In 2024, one of the only two existing hand painted missile firing bounty hunter Boba Fett action figures was sold for record breaking $525,000 at [[Heritage Auctions]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Star Wars Boba Fett action figure sells for record-breaking $525,000 |url=https://news.sky.com/story/star-wars-boba-fett-action-figure-sells-for-record-breaking-525-000-13148122 |access-date=2024-12-09 |website=Sky News |language=en}}</ref>

In August 2009, [[Hasbro]] released a Fett action figure based on McQuarrie's white-armored concept,<ref name="actionfigures">{{cite web |url=https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/top-5-most-valuable-star-wars-action-figures-17918|title=Star Wars McQuarrie Concept Action Figures, Just in Time for Christmas|date=August 19, 2009|publisher=[[Dotdash Meredith]]|access-date=January 11, 2010}}</ref> and Boba Fett as both a child and bounty hunter have been made into [[Lego minifigure]]s and a helmet statue of Fett in his armor.<ref name="Martell">{{cite book|last=Martell|first=Nevin|title=Standing Small: A Celebration of 30 Years of the Lego Minifigure|url=https://archive.org/details/legobook00dani|url-access=registration|publisher=DK|year=2009|pages=[https://archive.org/details/legobook00dani/page/65 65], 69}}</ref> [[Wizards of the Coast]]'s ''[[Star Wars Trading Card Game]]'' includes several Boba Fett cards.<ref name="cargobay">{{cite web |url=http://cargobay.starwars.com/webapps/cargobay/browse/900/10-10|title=Cargo Bay Collector's Database|publisher=[[Lucasfilm]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120919123657/http://cargobay.starwars.com/webapps/cargobay/browse/900/10-10|archive-date=September 19, 2012|access-date=January 14, 2010}}</ref> [[Hallmark Cards]] created a Boba Fett [[Christmas tree]] ornament.<ref name="skywalking287" />
In January 2015, an unopened Boba Fett figure sold for £18,000 at auction in the UK, the figure was in factory-fresh condition and did not have the packaging punched for hanging in a shop.<ref>{{cite web |date= 29 January 2015 |last= Siddique |first= Haroon |title= Star Wars: Boba Fett replica sells for £18,000 at auction |url= https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jan/29/star-wars-boba-fett-replica-sells-for-18000-auction |website= [[The Guardian]] }}</ref>

In mid-2021, [[Lego]] released a ''Slave I'' set, replacing the ship's name with "Boba Fett's Starship". According to the design director of [[Lego Star Wars|Lego ''Star Wars'']], the ''Slave I'' name "is just something that Disney doesn't want to use anymore". This prompted some backlash from fans, including Mark Austin, who portrays Fett in the Special Edition of ''A New Hope''.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Outlaw|first=Kofi|date=June 28, 2021|title=Star Wars: Boba Fett Actor Lashes Out At Disney Over Changing Boba Fett Ship's Name|url=https://comicbook.com/starwars/news/star-wars-boba-fett-actor-disney-changing-slave-1-starship-name-backlash/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-29|website=[[ComicBook.com]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628160228/https://comicbook.com/starwars/news/star-wars-boba-fett-actor-disney-changing-slave-1-starship-name-backlash/ |archive-date=June 28, 2021 }}</ref> While the ship was not canonically renamed, Disney is likely merely avoiding [[slavery]]-related terms in [[merchandising|merchandise]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Henley|first=Stacey|date=2021-07-05|title=Stop Pretending You Care About The Name Of Boba Fett's Ship|url=https://www.thegamer.com/boba-fett-slave-i-one-lego-name-change-star-wars/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-06|website=TheGamer|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210705171618/https://www.thegamer.com/boba-fett-slave-i-one-lego-name-change-star-wars/ |archive-date=July 5, 2021 }}</ref> In a press release for variant covers for Marvel's ''War of the Bounty Hunters'', the ship is referred to as "Firespray", a reference to the ship's fictional class.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Mably|first=Timothy|date=2021-08-12|title=Boba Fett's Ship Slave I Has A New Name|url=https://screenrant.com/boba-fett-ship-slave-i-new-name/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-12|website=[[Screen Rant]]|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210812170320/https://screenrant.com/boba-fett-ship-slave-i-new-name/ |archive-date=August 12, 2021 }}</ref>

==See also==
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* [[Space Western]]

==References==
'''Footnotes'''
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'''Citations'''
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==External links==
* {{Star Wars Databank|subject=boba-fett|text=Boba Fett}}
* [http://starwars.com/watch/meet_boba_fett.html Meet Boba Fett] – screen-test footage of the prototype Boba Fett costume
* {{Wookieepedia}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20170510160440/http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0000026/ Boba Fett] on [[IMDb]]
* [http://www.bobafettfanclub.com/ Boba Fett fan club]

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