Jango Fett is a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise, created by George Lucas.
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19 Facts About Jango Fett
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Since the release of Attack of the Clones, Jango Fett has become a popular figure within the Star Wars fanbase, gaining a cult following.
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Jango Fett'sname is a reference to Sergio Corbucci's 1966 Spaghetti Western film Django, featuring a hyper-violent drifter of the same name played by Franco Nero.
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Jango Fett'ssuit was initially planned to be white to match the concept art for Boba Fett, but this was changed to silver and blue, in contrast to Boba's green, red, and orange.
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Jango Fett uniquely has thigh, shin, and spat armor, as well as a comparative lack of accessories and trophies.
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Franchise creator George Lucas decided that Jango Fett would wear Mandalorian armor but would not be from their planet.
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Jango Fett was portrayed by Temuera Morrison in Attack of the Clones, who subsequently voiced the character in most of his video game appearances, including Star Wars: Bounty Hunter, Star Wars: Battlefront II, Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron, and the PSP version of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed.
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Additionally, Jango Fett was portrayed by Bob Marshall in a commercial for Star Wars: Bounty Hunter, and voiced by Jeff Bennett in the games Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds and Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter, and Andrew Chaikin in Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron.
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In Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones, Jango Fett is depicted as a bounty hunter who had been hired to be the genetic template for the Grand Army of the Republic, becoming entangled in a shady plot by Sith lord Darth Tyranus .
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Two failed assassination attempts on the Senator's life force Jango Fett to kill Wesell with a poison dart, to prevent her from potentially leading the Jedi to the ocean planet Kamino.
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Jango Fett takes part in the Battle of Geonosis, where he encounters a rhinoceros-like beast known as a reek, which tramples and damages his jetpack.
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Jango Fett's legacy is taken up in the form of the Republic's clone army based on his genetic material, as well as his son Boba, who inherits the armor once worn by Jango Fett and goes on to become the most notorious bounty hunter in the galaxy.
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Jango Fett is mentioned posthumously several times in the CGI animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars.
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Jango Fett is mentioned several times in the second-season episode "Chapter 14: The Tragedy" of The Mandalorian streaming television series.
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Jango Fett is mentioned again in Star Wars: The Bad Batch, a CGI animated spin-off from the Clone Wars series.
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Jango Fett: Open Seasons is a comic written by Haden Blackman and published on 29 January 2003.
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Jango Fett's family helps Jaster, inciting Vizsla and his men to kill them.
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Years later, Jango Fett has become a full-fledged Mandalorian warrior under Jaster's tutelage.
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Jango Fett emerges victorious and in a tense meeting with Dooku, requests one thing in return for donating his DNA: an unmodified clone to be his son and apprentice.
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