Jango Fett/Legends


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

Jango Fett (66 BBY – 22 BBY) was a renowned bounty hunter and the "father" of Boba Fett (his clone). 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 super-soldiers 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 disastrous Battle of Galidraan where the Death Watch led them into a trap. Except for Jango, the Mandalorians were wiped out. As the sole survivor, he was sold into slavery, and the Death Watch was 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 bounty from Sebolto, he was delayed when a novice bounty hunter named Zam Wesell was after the same fugitive. Her interference 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 sneaked 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&mdash;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 immediately flew to the station to find the Toydarian. Roz, despite Jango's 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 traveled 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 he would 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, as it was thought before that an ordinary man could never defeat a Jedi. 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 received 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 finalize 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. In short, he recruited one hundred training sergeants, mostly former Mandalorian or Death Watch members, to assist in the matter. These men became known as the Cuy'val Dar -- "''Those Who No Longer Exist".

Fett and the Cuy'val Dar taught the clones Mandalorian culture, including the language and chants of their people. The clone's white armor was even based on the Mandalorian armor Fett wore.

Shortly before the Clone Wars, Ashaar Khorda employed Jango Fett to retrieve the statue known as the Infant of Shaa. Khorda hoped to use the Infant's power to destroy Coruscant in the upcoming conflict. Fett succeeded in attaining the statue, but was convinced by his rival and contemporary Zam Wesell to re-steal the statue, this time from Khorda, to save the galactic capital. A last minute effort by Fett and Wesell saved the Infant from unleashing its power within a central Coruscant power core. Jedi Master Yarael Poof sacrificed himself to contain the fracturing statue and prevent the destruction of Coruscant, and Fett returned the statue to Seylott for safe keeping. This would be one of the final missions Fett undertook in his life.

Ten years after the cloning process had begun on Kamino, the clones had come far. 200,000 units were ready and Jango was hired to assassinate Senator Padmé Amidala, which could have become a threat due to her successes during the Battle of Naboo. 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.

However, the execution ceremony was not going as planned, as all three managed to escape. At one point, Nute Gunray became so furious, he told Jango to finish Amidala off. Suddenly, using the Force to move quietly, Mace Windu snuck into the box and held Jango at lightsaber point. As several battle droids arrived to deter the Jedi, Jango fired his wrist-mounted flamethrower at Mace, who jumped out of the box and into the arena, throwing off his burning cloak. Just then hundreds of Jedi who had been hiding in the crowd activated their lightsabers as one, 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. At one point, Windu did not have his lightsaber and Jango flew down to challenge him. However, he retrieved it and Jango was trampled by the massive Reek which was still running around. With one blast to the head, it fell dead, but Jango did not realize his jetpack failed when he was trampled. As Windu rushed in, Jango's attempts to blast him proved futile and he was ultimately beheaded, proving the Sith Lord, Darth Traya, correct in her prediction almost 4000 years prior to his death:
 * "They will die a death that will last millennia, until all that remains is their code, their history, and in the end, the shell of their armor upon the shell of a man, too easily slain by Jedi."

Although her prediction did not account for the rebirth Jango’s son would spawn years later.

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.

Weapons
Westar-34 Twin Dallorian Blasters - Jango Fett possesses Westar-34 Twin Dallorian Blasters these two small silver blasters fired powerful penetrating blasts called bolts which were very powerful attn close screeches, and their expensive custom-made finish made them impervious to furnace fire. During the duel on Kamino, Jango lost one of them to the raging sea and upgraded the other to high capicity, giving it the high screeching sound whenever he fired.

Gauntlet Dartcaster - Firing from Jango's left wrist, the toxic dart is an effective medium range stealth weapon that almost instantly incapacitates enemies hits.

Gauntlet Flamethrower - The Flamethrower is a very powerful weapon that can be swept in a 360-degree arc to keep back swarming enemies and set fire to combustible objects.

Gauntlet Whipcord - Shooting from Jango's forearm, his Whipcord can wrap around enemies and subdue him/her for a limited time.

Thermal Grenade - These granades will explode on contact witch enemies.

Jetpack Mounted-Missile - This missile, fired out of Jango's jetpack can lock onto targets.

Heavy Gun - In Star Wars: Bounty Hunter Jango posseses a repeating blaster rifle which is fairly inacuret due to righ rate firing.

Grenade Launcher - Another weapon in Star Wars: Bounty Hunter. Fires small grenades at a medium range.

Blaster Rifle - This weapon fire three-shoots bursts and pack a descent punch.

Rocket/jetpack
The Merr-Sonn JT-12 was a personal jetpack manufactured by Merr-Sonn Munitions prior to the Clone Wars.

The JT-12 was a compact jetpack featuring a warhead missile launcher. This model was similar to the more heavily-armored Mitrinomon Z-6 jetpack. Both models were favoured by the bounty hunter Jango Fett.

Fett purchased his JT-12 on the Outland Transit Station, using it to track down his bounty, Miko Ghintee, through the twisting streets of the station's commercial sector. Fett continued to alternate between his JT-12 and Z-6 models, until the latter was destroyed during a battle with Obi-Wan Kenobi on Kamino. Fett equipped his JT-12 on Geonosis, using it to launch himself into the Geonosian execution arena to face Mace Windu in single combat. However, Fett was charged by an angry reek, and his jetpack suffered damage. Attempting to flee the oncoming Mace Windu, Fett ignited his jetpack, but the device failed to launch. Windu decapitated the bounty hunter, severing the top of the warhead missile in the process.

Behind the Scenes

 * Jango Fett was played by Temuera Morrison in Attack of the Clones and voiced by Morrison in the video game Star Wars: Bounty Hunter.
 * 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.
 * www.ambufett.com was a domain name purchased by LucasFilm before the release of Attack of the Clones. It is possible that Ambu Fett may have been considered as the original name of Jango, or another Fett family member, or perhaps another clone.

Appearances

 * Boba Fett: The Fight to Survive
 * Full of Surprises
 * Jango Fett: Bounty Hunter
 * Star Wars: Jango Fett
 * Star Wars: Zam Wesell
 * Jango Fett vs. The Razor Eaters
 * Jango Fett: Open Seasons
 * The Shape Shifter Strikes
 * Warlords of Balmorra
 * Star Wars Battlefront II
 * Star Wars: Bounty Hunter
 * Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter
 * Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (as clones)
 * Republic Commando: Triple Zero