Jango Fett/Legends


 * "I'm just a simple man, trying to make my way in the universe, Master Jedi."
 * &mdash; Jango Fett

Jango Fett (66 BBY – 22 BBY) was a renowned bounty hunter and the "father" of Boba Fett. He was also the template for the clones in the Army of the Republic.

Early Life (66 BBY to 32 BBY)
Jango Fett was born to a family of farmers on the world of Concord Dawn, a planet long associated with the heavily-armored supersoldiers known as the Mandalorians.

Fett's father served as Journeyman Protector, having taken over the role when former Protector Jaster Mereel was exiled.

Jango was a young boy when the war began between the true Mandalorians, led by Jaster Mereel, and a traitorous scion of their ranks, Vizsla. In 58 BBY, the civil war spilled on to Jango's homeworld in the Battle of Concord Dawn. The rebel Death Watch pursued the Mandalorian loyalists to the Fett homestead, where Mereel and his followers were granted refuge by the Fett family.

The Death Watch caught up with the True Mandalorians and, in attempt to root them out of their hiding place, murdered every member of Jango Fett's family. Young Jango survived, however, rescued by the Mandalorian loyalists.

Jango was taken in by the Mandalorian leader, Jaster Mereel, who raised the young boy as he would his own son. He served with Mereel's forces for the rest of the Mandalorian Civil War, until the Battle of Korda 6. Here, Mereel was betrayed by his second-in-command, Montross, who abandoned the Mandalore to the Death Watch. Mereel was killed, and Jango alone returned to the Mandalorians with the leader's corpse.

Montross attempted to seize control, but his apparent betrayal of Mereel left the other Mandalorians cold. They denounced Montross, and proclaimed that they would follow only Jango.

Jango Fett became Mandalore, and Montross slipped off into exile.

Fett led the Mandalorians for the rest of the war until the disasterous Battle of Galidraan where the Death Watch led them into a trap. The Mandalorians were wiped out by, Jango, the sole survivor was sold into slavery, and it seemed the Death Watch were victorious.

Or so it seemed. Fett eventually escaped from slavery, and tracked the Death Watch to Corellia. There, he avenged Jaster Mereel's death, killing Vizsla and a good many of his followers.

With the civil war finally over, the Mandalorians were all but extinct, the remaining few Death Watch members fleeing to the far reaches of the galaxy. Jango, using his combat skills, weaponry, and mercenary mindset, became a bounty hunter, piloting his ship, Jaster's Legacy. Jango soon became famous for his accomplishments throughout the galaxy, not least of which were the Jedi he killed during the Battle of Galidraan. Despite this, he always considered himself a simple man trying to make his way.

He took up residence at Outland Station where, with the help of an associate named Rozatta, he became a mercenary and hunter for hire.

The Hunt for the Prime Clone (32 BBY)


Shortly after the Battle of Naboo, Jango was contacted by a man named Tyranus, who offered him a bounty on his former Padawan apprentice, Komari Vosa, deranged leader of a crime syndicate known as the Bando Gora. Jango had to compete with Montross, the former Mandalorian traitor whom Tyranus had also contacted about the bounty.

He began on Coruscant, where the the trail led from a deathstick dealer named Jervis Gloom, straight to Senator Trell, who was organizing a brand new type of deathstick from his supplier, a ruthless dug named Sebolto.

Traveling to Oovo IV to retrieve Bendix Fust, a criminal serving that had a bountry from Sebolto, he was delayed when a novice bounty hunter named Zam Wesell was after the same fugitive. Her interfence caused Jango to lose the Jaster's Legacy. Stealing a police interceptor, it became his and his son's trademark ship--Slave I.

Heading to Malastare, Sebolto's homeworld, Fett managed to sneak inside the crimelord's palace with the help of Zam, with the pair of them wreaking havoc along the way. When they confronted the Dug, he frantically tried to escape, only to fall into a smelting pit, as Jango fought Bando Gora as well as Montross. Reaching Sebolto's transport ship, Fett discovered Huttese markings, leading Jango straight to Tatooine. Two Hutts, Jabba or Gardulla the Elder, controlled the desert planet, and one of them had connections to the Bando Gora.

Jango fought a gang of outlaws led by Longo Two-Guns in order to get an audience with Jabba. However, it turned out that although a slimy crime lord, Jabba had nothing to do with Vosa. Zam snuck inside Gardulla's palace, but was captured, leaving Jango to fight inside. When Jango wanted to leave her in her cell for protection, Zam mistook it for leaving her out of a fair 50-50 share of the Vosa bounty. She called the guards, which stripped Jango of his weapons, leaving the hunter as fodder for Gardulla's Krayt Dragon. Retrieving his weapons and fighting the dragon, Gardulla ended as lunch for her own beast, but not before Jango had discovered the information he was searching for - the identity of Vosa's hideout - Kohlma, a burial moon of Bogden.



Leaving Zam in her cell because of her apparent betrayal, Fett set off to return to Outland Station.

Unbeknownst to Fett, however, Rozatta was at the very moment under attack by Montross. It would seem the terrible bounty hunter had barely made a move on the bounty, leaving Jango with a tracking beacon allowing him to do all the work. He immediatly flew to the station to find the Toydarian. Roz, despite Jangos personal motto "trust no-one" was one of the few people who cared about Jango. Revealing the location as the fourth moon of Bogden, her last wish was that he would find something to actually care and live for besides the money, citing that he deserved more and despite his dangerous line of work, he was a good honorable man.

Jango travelled to the system, fighting all matter of Bando Gora along the way. Having one last duel with Montross, he denied his old foe a honorable "warrior's" death, instead allowing the Gora to proudly finish Montross off. Moving deeper into Vosa's lair, Fett was ambushed, knocked unconscious, and stripped of his weaponry.

The Bando Gora had captured him, and prepared to turn into a mindless slave. Vosa only wanted the name of his employer. Zam, who had escaped, blasted Fett's bonds before being injured by the insane Dark Jedi. After a long duel, Jango Fett emerged victorious. Prepared to finish her off, Vosa asked which choice would he make, dead or alive. Jango, looking at the ruined female nearing her death, he put down his weapons, but an unknown force choked Vosa to her last breath.

Tyranus.



Tyranus was impressed; the bounty was a test to determine if the rumors of Jango's skills against Jedi were true. In addition to the bounty on Vosa, Tyranus offered Jango a tempting sum of money for an unusual task: Jango was to be a template for an army of clones. Jango agreed, and soon millions of clones were created in his likeness at the cloning facility on Kamino. Jango, however, remembering Rozatta's final wish and asked for one clone produced without genetic tampering, an apprentice and son that would become Jaster's legacy and revive the Mandalorians. Jango Fett left Kohlma and said his goodbyes to Zam Wesell (who, thanks to trauma recieved on Kohlma, had seemingly forgotten what Jango looked like beneath his helmet when they next encountered each other, some five years later). After parting ways, he returned to Dooku's estate to finaize his deal with the Sith Lord. His wish for an heir was granted and he was awarded Boba Fett. Contrary to his later claims, Jango was aware that Tyranus was also former Jedi Master Count Dooku, the Separatist leader.

Final Years (32 BBY to 22 BBY)


Jango did not fully retire from his career, but he took less jobs and spent time on Kamino, where he raised Boba in the Mandalorian ways while assisting the Kaminoans in developing training programs for the clone troopers. Their armor was even based on the Mandalorian armor Jango wore.

Ten years after the cloning process began, the clones had come far. 200,000 units were ready(more were later added) and Jango was hired to assassinate Senator Padmé Amidala. The plot failed, and Jango was forced to murder his partner, Zam Wesell, to keep his identity secret. Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi traced one of Jango's weapons to Kamino, and learned of the clone army, of which the Jedi were previously unaware. Jango and Kenobi initially met on civil terms, but when Kenobi tried to intercept Jango for further questioning, the two clashed in a titanic battle.



Jango and Boba escaped in the Slave I, but Kenobi tracked them to Geonosis, where he learned that Jango and Count Dooku (Darth Tyranus) were in league with the Confederacy of Independent Systems. Kenobi was captured and sentenced to death in the arena for espionage, as were Anakin Skywalker and Padmé Amidala, who had come to rescue him. Count Dooku, Jango and his son Boba were special guests of the Geonosian Archduke Poggle the Lesser and watched the execution from a private box.

The execution ceremony was disrupted by the arrival of Mace Windu and several other Jedi, and a massive battle broke out between the Jedi and the CIS' battle droids. Jango joined the melee and even killed Jedi Council member Coleman Trebor, but he was ultimately beheaded by Windu in combat.

Jango never lived to see his clones participate in the Clone Wars, which tore the galaxy apart and cleared the way for the Galactic Empire. Nor did he ever see his son Boba continue his bounty hunting legacy, using his father's weapons and ship, as well as the suit of Mandalorian armor once worn by Jaster Mereel.

In honor of the legendary bounty hunter, a gladiatorial pit that became known as the Jango Fett Arena, was built in the city of Mos Eisley on Tatooine.

Behind the scenes

 * George Lucas chose the name "Jango" as a reference to the titular character of the movie Django. Like Jango, Django is also a loner mercenary with a harsh past. Another name mooted for the character was "J'mee Fett".
 * Jango appeared in the movie Attack of the Clones, where he was played by Temuera Morrison.
 * Jango is also the star of the video game Bounty Hunter; the comic books Jango Fett: Open Seasons, Jango Fett, and Zam Wesell; the Star Wars Adventures books Jango Fett vs. The Razor Eaters, The Shape Shifter Strikes, and Warlords of Balmorra; the Toys "R" Us promotional comic "Full of Surprises"; and the Jedi Readers book Jango Fett: Bounty Hunter.
 * He also appears in the video game Jedi Starfighter.
 * Taken together, these eleven stories detail his many accomplishments and make it clear why Jango Fett became the man without whom there would have been no Clone Wars.

Appearances

 * Jango Fett: Open Seasons
 * Star Wars: Bounty Hunter
 * Jango Fett and Zam Wesell
 * Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter
 * Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
 * Boba Fett: The Fight to Survive
 * Star Wars Battlefront II