Jango Fett: Open Seasons

"You were at Galidraan...tell me, how did one mere man kill so many of your kind?" "With his bare hands..."

- Darth Sidious and Darth Tyranus, speaking of Jango Fett

Jango Fett: Open Seasons is a comic series that delves into the dark past of Jango Fett. Most notably, the series reveals how Fett became a Mandalorian warrior, and how he was recruited by Count Dooku. It is a tie-in to Star Wars: Bounty Hunter.

The series is composed of 4 issues released between May and September 2002, and compiled in a trade paperback edition in January 2003.

Plot
Jango Fett: Open Seasons 1

The story begins with Count Dooku talking to his master Darth Sidious about the bounty hunter Jango Fett who should be a good clone donor because he has been pitted against the most dangerous mercenaries and was victorious. He then tells of how Jango became a Mandalorian. The story then flashes back to the Mandalorian Civil War on Concord Dawn, where the Death Watch led by Vizsla and the True Mandalorian led by Jaster fight but the True Mandalorian lose the battle and are scattered. Days later Jaster and his solders found the Fetts, Jango's dad gives them food telling his son that they are just beggars. Unfortunately, the Death Watch who are hunting for the True Mandalorian find this out and kill the family, but Jango manages to escape with Jaster and his men. Vizsla's men then proceed to burn the fields where Jaster, Jango and the Mandalorians hid. Jango leads them to a irrigation tube where they escape the fire. After escaping the Mandalorians plan to ambush the Death Watch who are in the town. The seemingly victorious Death Watch are preparing for R&R when the Mandalorians ambushes them and wipe the Death watch out. After the battle Jaster welcomes Jango into the Mandalorians.

The True Mandalorians divided up into three squads: Vertigo Squad, an aerial-attack company under Montross; Headhunter Squad, a heavy cleanup company under Jaster Mereel, and a basic infantry and security squad under Jango Fett, Jango's Grunts. This was the first time Fett had been made a squad commander.

The True Mandalorians left their carrier ship over Korda 6 in Meteor-class Q-Carriers. The first sign of trouble was when they came under ion cannon fire while landing, causing one to crash, killing all aboard, and at least one other to land disabled and damaged. As the survivors formed up, they came under intense and coordinated Kordan blaster fire, catching the Mandalorians unprepared, causing many casualties. Jaster gets gunned down.

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Mereel ordered Vertigo Squad to abort its attack on the Kordan gun emplacements, but Montross refused, leading his squad into heavy fire, and only surviving when Mereel's forces came to his aid. Fett used the aerial attack as a diversion, taking his squad to rescue the trapped Korda Defense Force training squad, but instead became ambushed by a Death Squad unit. When Vizsla appeared on the battlefield, Montross abandoned Jaster, whom he had been protecting, in hope of becoming Mandalore. This left Jaster open to attack, and he was killed.

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The Governor of Galidraan had secretly been hiding the Death Watch on his world. He was also facing an insurrection by some of his colonists, so he hired the True Mandalorians, under Jango Fett, to eliminate the rebels, which they did. However, under the advice of the Death Watch leader, Vizsla, the governor also informed the Jedi Council that a group of Mandalorians were murdering "political activists." A group of Jedi were dispatched to the planet to deal with the Mandalorians, led by Jedi Master Dooku and his Padawan Komari Vosa. In the resulting battle, the True Mandalorians on the planet were wiped out. Jango, the sole survivor, became enraged and demonstrated his amazing physical abilities by killing many of the attacking Jedi with his bare hands before finally surrendering. The Jedi turned Jango over to the custody of the Galidraan government and the governor had Jango sold into slavery. The Death Watch were victorious Jaster's body was recovered by Fett, who pulled him back behind friendly lines. Montross also made it back and survived the retreat action.

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Jango goes to Dooku's estate and tells him how he escaped slavery, and tracked the Death Watch to Corellia. Then how he avenged Jaster Mereel's death, killing Vizsla (with the help of a family of dire-cats) and most of the Death Watch.

Issues

 * Jango Fett: Open Seasons 1
 * Jango Fett: Open Seasons 2
 * Jango Fett: Open Seasons 3
 * Jango Fett: Open Seasons 4

Collections

 * Jango Fett: Open Seasons (TPB)
 * Omnibus: Emissaries and Assassins

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