'Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett' Logo Revealed

Star Wars fans were recently treated to a climactic finale to The Mandalorian season 2. After waiting to receive an answer as to whether or not Grogu would be trained, and by whom, viewers were given that answer and more. True to his word, Boba Fett ensured the safety of the child in exchange for the return of his armor. He hopped into his ship, created a distraction that let our heroes land aboard Moff Gideon's vessel, and jumped into lightspeed right into his own Disney+ TV series. Those that saw the post-credit stinger at the end of the episode got to see a hint of what is to come: a return to Jabba's Palace on Tatooine where a bloated Bib Fortuna sat where Jabba once did. Boba claimed the seat with his accomplice Fennec Shand finding a perch on the arm rest, right before we cut to the new title that you can find below: The Book of Boba Fett.

Temuera Morrison played his role as Boba Fett nineteen years after he first donned the armor for Attack of the Clones to play Jango. In the TV show, he was joined by Ming Na Wen, whose character Fennec Shand is also set to appear in another Disney+ show, an animated series titled Star Wars: The Bad Batch.

The new Boba Fett show gives Lucasfilm a chance to help makeover perceptions of the bounty hunter: original moviegoers will remember the hype of Boba Fett. After having his own specially marketed action figure (of which surviving prototypes sell for nearly $200,000), appearing in the only passable part of the Star Wars Holiday Special, and having a reputation of being so cool that not even Darth Vader would double cross him during the deal on Bespin, there was a unique feeling of disappointment in watching Han Solo send Boba into the Sarlacc pit without even realizing it. After that, thinking Boba Fett was cool was like saying Aquaman was cool. And just like Aquaman, Boba Fett is now becoming cool again for the masses. (Funny enough, Temuera Morrison had a part to play in both franchises.)

Fans of the bounty hunter may remember the extensive history of video games, comics, and novels that were devoted to him from the nineties into the 2010's. Boba Fett's Mandalorian status may be in question now, but originally he was the defining Mandalorian right down to his iconic T-visor and segmented armor template. Being a cool helmeted guy who could fight well ultimately meant that almost every Mandalorian was some kind of cool helmeted person who could fight well. This spawned a fandom of cosplayers that are seen as a third branch after the 501st and Rebel Legion, which in turn showed Lucasfilm that there was a massive audience that would watch. What this means is that without Boba Fett there would not have been a Mandalorian TV show. Ironically, everything in Boba Fett's history that made him Mandalorian and made the Mandalorians themselves was wiped away from canon; the Disney buyout resulted in the decanonization of anything other than the movies or The Clone Wars animated series. Boba Fett had been reset, and oddly enough, he has a major hand in contributing to the new Mandalorian as it is today.

The first episode of The Book of Boba is set to premiere in December of 2021 to join the slew of Disney+ Star Wars projects coming out over the next three years. The show follows the bounty hunter's criminal adventures, and it's a safe bet that you'll be hearing the sound of the seismic charges again later.

Written By Trey Atwood

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