Jango Fett

"I'm just a simple man trying to make my way in the universe."

- Jango Fett

Jango Fett was a male human Mandalorian from the planet Concord Dawn, and was widely regarded as the best bounty hunter in the galaxy during the last years of the Galactic Republic. Fett wore a set of Mandalorian armor as a bounty hunter, though he was considered a pretender by the New Mandalorian government of Mandalore. In the years preceding the Clone Wars, Fett was recruited by the Sith Lord Darth Tyranus to be the genetic template of the clone troopers for the Grand Army of the Republic. Fett was also behind the assassination attempts against Senator Padmé Amidala on behalf of the Confederacy of Independent Systems. After Fett's death during the Battle of Geonosis, his son, Boba Fett&mdash;an unaltered clone whom he raised as his own child&mdash;followed in his father's footsteps and became one of the deadliest bounty hunters in the galaxy.

Biography
"I was recruited by a man called Tyranus on one of the moons of Bogden."

- Jango Fett, to Obi-Wan Kenobi

A bounty hunter who also moonlighted as an assassin for hire, Jango Fett was recruited in the years prior to the Clone Wars by Count Dooku, using his Sith name of Tyranus, to be the genetic model for the clone army created by the cloners of the planet Kamino. Fett agreed and, in addition to his fee of twenty million credits, also requested an unaltered clone for himself, one who was not subjected to the typical growth acceleration and behavioral modifications given to the clones. Fett raised this clone as his son, whom he named Boba Fett. Fett also remained on Kamino and supervised the flash-training of the clone troopers.

Towards the end of his life, Fett was involved in the assassination attempts against Senator Padmé Amidala, who was being targeted by the Confederacy of Independent Systems. Fett had subcontracted the Clawdite bounty hunter Zam Wesell to carry out these attempts. After Wesell failed to kill Amidala upon the Senator's arrival to Coruscant, Fett provided her with a pair of deadly kouhuns and tasked her to murder Amidala in her sleep. The plan was foiled by two Jedi that had been assigned to protect the Senator, Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi and his Padawan Anakin Skywalker. Wesell fled, but was apprehended by the Jedi after a lengthy pursuit throughout Coruscant. However, before she was able to reveal the identity of her employer to the Jedi, Fett killed her from afar with a Kamino saberdart.

As part of an investigation into the assassination attempts, Fett was tracked back to Kamino by Kenobi after the Jedi was able to determine the Kaminoan origins of the saberdart used to kill Wesell. There, the two met under civil circumstances at Fett's apartment in Tipoca City. Fett was questioned by Kenobi, who wished to know the details surrounding the creation of the clone army and Fett's knowledge of Jedi Master Sifo-Dyas. Fett only told Kenobi that he had never heard of anyone named Sifo-Dyas, and that he was recruited by someone called Tyranus. After Kenobi left, Fett told Boba they were leaving. However, on the landing platform where Fett's ship, the Slave I, was docked, they were ambushed by Kenobi. The two dueled for a short time before Kenobi went over the edge of the landing platform, giving Fett an opportunity to escape. Fett was followed to the planet Geonosis by Kenobi, who had placed a homing beacon on the hull of the Slave I. Fett led Kenobi on a prolonged chase through Geonosis' asteroid fields and eventually locked onto his ship with a homing missile, believing Kenobi to have perished.

Fett later captured Skywalker and Amidala in the droid factory on Geonosis during their attempt to rescue Kenobi, who had been taken prisoner by the CIS. In the Petranaki arena, during the scheduled execution of Amidala, Kenobi, and Skywalker, Jedi Master Mace Windu led a Jedi assault team to rescue the three prisoners in what would be the first battle of the Clone Wars. Fett protected Dooku during the skirmish, killing Jedi Master Coleman Trebor before joining the melee in the arena and attacking Windu. Fett leapt for Windu's dropped lightsaber, but was run over by a stampeding reek. The reek charged at Fett a second time, who dispatched it with one shot. Fett was then rushed by Windu and began firing at the Jedi, who deflected the bounty hunter's shots. Fett attempted to use his jetpack to get away, unaware of the malfunction caused by the reek, and was subsequently decapitated by Windu.

Fett's death inspired Boba to pursue a vendetta against Windu, in the hopes of getting revenge and killing the Jedi Master. The attempt failed, and Boba went on to become a legendary bounty hunter, as his father had been.

Equipment
Jango Fett wore a set of energized Mandalorian armor designed with a durasteel alloy and piloted a customized Firespray-31-class patrol and attack craft named Slave I throughout his career, which his son Boba inherited upon his death.

Fett also carried a vast array of equipment on his person. He owned a pair of customized WESTAR-34 blaster pistols that had hollowed-out grips and used a Z-6 jetpack with a built-in missile launcher. He also had a number of gadgets hidden in his gauntlets, including a vibroblade, a whipcord thrower, and a ZX miniature flame projector.

Behind the scenes
Jango Fett was portrayed by Temuera Morrison in the 2002 film Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones, who went on to play the clone troopers in the 2005 film Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith. He provided the voice for Boba Fett in the 2004 DVD release of Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back, reflecting the fact that Boba is a clone of Jango Fett.

The status of Fett being a Mandalorian had been initially unclear in the official Star Wars canon. In the "Creating Mandalore" featurette on The Clone Wars: Season Two DVD set, series director Dave Filoni explained that, according to George Lucas, the Fetts were not Mandalorians. However, the Jango Fett Saga Legends toy packaging from 2014 does state he is a Mandalorian, and the Z-6 Jetpack's canon entry in the official Databank hosted on StarWars.com later reiterated that both Jango and Boba Fett were in fact Mandalorians, though operating on the fringe compared to more organized groups like Death Watch.

Jango's armor was originally colored white like the clone troopers (a nod to Boba Fett's concept design).

Appearances

 * Star Wars Journeys: Beginnings
 * Star Wars: Galactic Defense
 * Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones