Editing Boba Fett (section)

==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===

====''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''====
Boba Fett appeared in the 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''====
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''====
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''====
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. Both are from the first batch of clones making them the same age.

====''Visions''====
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>