

And no fan can forget the first time they realized that Jango's head must still be inside, making one of the best shots of the Star Wars prequels one of the creepiest, when you stop and think about it. No fan can forget the iconic shot of Boba crouching down in the dirt, picking up his father's helmet, and silently swearing to follow his example. He delivers the moment that set Boba Fett on his own path into the future films, TV shows, books, and stories fans know and love. But it's clear that a happy ending isn't what George Lucas is after. No, Boba Isn't Holding Jango's Headįans may debate the morality of Mace Windu and the Jedi abandoning a child after killing his father (although the Jedi clearly didn't consider Clones people, anyway). Leaving Boba Fett to honr his father's corpse. Facing him in the gladiator arena of Geonosis, Mace finds the seam in his lightsaber-resistant armor, and takes off his head with a single swipe.

Obi-Wan is the first Jedi to face Jango in Attack of The Clones, but the honor of slaying him goes to Mace Windu. But it's the passing of the baton from father to son in the form of his Mandalorian helmet that is hardest to forget. There is much about the Fett family that fans still get wrong, leaving The Clone Wars to fix Jango's story in Star Wars canon.


RELATED: Why Boba Fett & Jango Aren't Actually Mandalorian now that the child actor has clarified Jango's actual head isn't part of the scene at all. It's a disturbing moment that may never be seen the same. A son who will later witness his father beheaded, before claiming his helmet as his own-presumably with Jango's severed head still in it. When Obi-Wan Kenobi meets Jango Fett, he learns that not only is the Mandalorian working with the 'Darths,' but is raising one unmodified Kamino Clone as his own son, Boba. Now, the actor himself has explained why Boba Fett's most iconic images isn't actually one of the most disgusting, too.Īs fans know, the true origins of the infamous bounty hunter are revealed in Star Wars: Episode 2 - Attack of The Clones. Boba Fett may have become a fan-favorite character in the original Star Wars trilogy, but it was the prequels that showed how he turned from a boy into a killer.
