The Book of Boba Fett didn’t do its titular character any favors in the eyes of many Star Wars fans, but there are still ways for the franchise to redeem Boba Fett. Din Djarin initially seemed to have become the definitive Star Wars‘ bounty hunter in Mandalorian armor, until Boba made his shocking return in The Mandalorian season 2. Not only was Boba handled remarkably well, but the ending promised his rise to power on Tatooine.
Unfortunately, The Book of Boba Fett failed to meet expectations and is still regarded as one of the most disappointing Star Wars TV shows. With a messy plot, bizarre execution of certain scenes, and a diluted version of the once ruthless bounty hunter, it’s easy to see why the show didn’t do Boba justice. Thankfully, a franchise as big as Star Wars has multiple options for bringing Boba back and redeeming his character.
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Including Boba Fett At The Battle Of Exegol
The Citizens’ Fleet already includes several familiar faces
The Citizens’s Fleet turned the tide at the Battle of Exegol in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, and there’s no reason Boba couldn’t have been among those thousands of ships. The battle already featured several cameos and easter eggs placing other Star Wars on Exegol, which was very satisfying for the last film of the Skywalker Saga. A tie-in story could retcon Boba’s ship, the Slave I, as present somewhere in the fleet.
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Character Cameos & Ships Present At The Battle Of Exegol |
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Wedge Antilles |
Prominent rebel pilot in the Star Wars original trilogy. |
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The Ghost |
Hera Syndulla’s ship in Star Wars Rebels and Ahsoka |
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Inferno Squad |
Featured in the Star Wars: Battlefront II (2017) story campaign |
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Phantom Squadron |
A New Republic squadron featured in the Star Wars: Aftermath trilogy by Chuck Wendig |
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The Colossus |
A mobile refueling station featured in Star Wars Resistance |
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Yeager’s ship |
A racer piloted by Jarek Yeager in Star Wars Resistance |
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The Blue Ace |
A ship piloted by Torra Doza in Star Wars Resistance |
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The Fireball |
A racer piloted by Kaz Xiono in Star Wars Resistance |
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The Tantive IV |
Princess Leia’s ship captured by Darth Vader in Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope |
Since Boba would be much older at this point in the timeline, it could serve as a good conclusion to his story. It would also be cool to see former enemies coming together to defeat a powerful foe threatening everyone, a sentiment Boba tried to embody as Daimyo on Tatooine. Being part of a fleet would also give Boba another chance to be at the controls of Slave I, doing serious damage to the Final Order.
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Another Boba Fett & Din Djarin Teamup
The perfect Mandalorian-armored duo
Episodes that pair Boba and Din Djarin are always a highlight in the Mandoverse, so another one may be just what Boba needs. Where Din Djarin was a man who lived by creed and the values of his clan, Boba swore his allegiance to no one and did not claim to be a Mandalorian. However, they found common ground over their shared sense of honor, even if they practiced it differently.
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This makes them a fantastic duo and could lead to more great stories, warriors with different views on life who can still fight side by side. Putting Boba with Din Djarin would also create a need to differentiate them and bring back the more ruthless qualities that Boba possessed in The Mandalorian season 2. Boba could appear in The Mandalorian and Grogu or a potential Mandalorian season 4.
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A Second Season That Fully Focuses On Boba Fett
Not another “Mandalorian season 2.5” situation
While The Book of Boba Fett had problems from the start, its first four episodes at least did a good job of keeping the focus on Boba. The flashbacks even recounted his backstory so viewers didn’t need to have seen The Mandalorian, allowing the series to stand on its own. Sadly, this was completely thrown out in episodes five and six, shifting the focus from Boba to Din Djarin and Luke Skywalker’s Jedi Academy, respectively.
This completely disrupted the show’s pacing and forced the season finale to rush the end of Boba’s arc, leading fans to dub these episodes “The Mandalorian season 2.5.” If The Book of Boba Fett were to receive a second season, keeping the focus squarely on Boba would automatically fix one of the show’s biggest weaknesses. With the flashbacks out of the way, season 2 could also focus more on Boba’s present-day story.
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A Prequel Show/Movie With A Younger Actor
Back to Boba Fett’s days as a bounty hunter
Seeing Temuera Morrison return to play Boba was a treat for Star Wars fans, but maybe a new actor could take up the role for a prequel series. This story could focus on Boba’s time as a bounty hunter between the prequel and original trilogies, which hasn’t been explored as much in canon. Alternatively, a prequel could show Boba doing something else, like when he joined Journeyman Protectors in Legends.
As for the actor who would don the armor, Daniel Logan is an obvious choice, as he played young Boba in Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones and voiced him in Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Another option is Bodie Taylor, who played clone troopers who appear to be in their twenties in the Star Wars prequels. Of course, with Boba often wearing a helmet, Star Wars can always cast a new actor.
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A Boba Fett/Bad Batch Crossover
Bringing together “Alpha” and Omega
Of all the bounty hunters who appeared in Star Wars: The Bad Batch, Boba was never one of them, which is unfortunate given his connection to Clone Force 99. Like Omega, Boba was a clone of Jango Fett with no growth acceleration, and he was even code-named “Alpha” at birth. Given this unique connection between Alpha and Omega, an encounter between Boba and the Bad Batch is too good a story to pass up.
Dee Bradley Baker would finally have a chance to voice an older Boba Fett, having voiced all of Jango Fett’s other clones in multiple animated Star Wars shows.
Omega would be thrilled to meet another clone brother like her but disappointed to learn he’s become a bounty hunter working for the Empire. This would highlight the fascinating dichotomy between Alpha and Omega, with one growing up to serve the Empire and the other joining the Rebel Alliance. The Empire has sent plenty of bounty hunters after Omega and the next could easily be Boba.
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Have Boba Fett Return To Bounty Hunting
Coming out of retirement for an important mission
While he may have left bounty hunting behind to become a crime boss, nothing says Boba has to stay that way forever. In the Star Wars Legends timeline, Boba became the leader of the Mandalorian Protectors, but he still continued to operate as a bounty hunter. Returning to bounty hunting would challenge Boba to leave behind what he has built and face the man he used to be.
A new bounty-hunting job could tempt Boba to leave his responsibilities as Daimyo to someone else, as he never seemed fully comfortable with everything expected of a crime boss.
Boba could carry out a job that he can’t entrust to anyone else, hunt down an old rival, or be coerced under threat by the Empire or New Republic. A new bounty-hunting job could tempt Boba to leave his responsibilities as Daimyo to someone else, as he never seemed fully comfortable with everything expected of a crime boss. If Boba still wanted to be a leader, he could take over or create an alternative to the Bounty Hunters’ Guild.
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Including Boba Fett In Dave Filoni’s New Republic Movie
A possible replacement for a Star Wars Legends character
A new story about Boba would certainly be welcome, but there are plenty of upcoming Star Wars movies and TV shows where he can appear. The most logical option is Dave Filoni’s New Republic-era movie, which doesn’t have many details yet but is supposed to serve as a crossover between the various Mandoverse shows. The previous Star Wars shows Filoni has worked on seem to be setting up a canon adaptation of the Thrawn trilogy by Timothy Zahn.
If this is the case, Boba could be a canon replacement for Talon Karde, a smuggler who took Jabba the Hutt’s place in the Legends timeline. Of course, Thrawn may just as easily appear in Ahsoka season 2, giving Boba a reason to appear in that show. However, if Filoni’s movie is the grand finale of the entire Mandalorian saga, saving Boba until the end may be more satisfying.
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Revive The Canceled Star Wars: 1313 Video Game
Allowing players to become Boba Fett
When Disney acquired Star Wars in 2012, several projects that had been in development were canceled, including Star Wars: 1313. The game would have followed a younger Boba traversing the Coruscant underworld on Level 1313, allowing players to become the galaxy’s best bounty hunter. Early game footage looked promising, leaving fans devastated when it was canceled.
Given how much promise the game showed in 2012, there’s no telling how great a 1313 remaster for modern consoles would be. The story would also be a good bridge between the young Boba seen in Star Wars: The Clone Wars and the older, more experienced bounty hunter seen in the Star Wars original trilogy. Any excuse to take control of Boba and hunt down bounties is worth pursuing.
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An Adaptation Of Boba Fett & Cad Bane’s Unfinished Clone Wars Arc
This was referenced but never explained in The Book of Boba Fett
One of the most exciting parts of The Book of Boba Fett was the live-action debut of Cad Bane, but this also highlighted a missing chapter of the Star Wars timeline. The season finale implied that Bane and Boba had a history, but this was never fully explained or shown through flashbacks. Their rivalry was originally established in an episode of Star Wars: The Clone Wars that went unaired when the show was canceled.
Since other unaired Clone Wars arcs were adapted into books, comics, and story reels, there’s no reason why the Bane/Boba arc couldn’t receive the same treatment. It would be the perfect conclusion to Boba’s Clone Wars story by showing how he’s grown as a bounty hunter, and it would perfectly set up his eventual redemption in The Book of Boba Fett. An adaptation would also give Cade Bane more screen time than he got in live-action.
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Boba Fett Vs. Mace Windu
The ultimate Star Wars revenge story
An even more tantalizing Star Wars rivalry is between Boba Fett and Jedi Master Mace Windu, the man who killed his father. Although Boba sought revenge against Mace in the final arc of Star Wars: The Clone Wars season 2, they didn’t speak to each other until the last scene. Boba did fight Mace in the Legends junior novel Star Wars: Boba Fett – Pursuit by Elizabeth Hand, and it would be great to see a similar showdown in canon.
While Star Wars has admittedly brought too many characters back from the dead, it would be worth it if an older Boba could hunt down Mace after Order 66. If that’s not an option, then it could be revealed that they fought sometime during the Clone Wars, giving their rivalry a proper conclusion. Such a thrilling concept may never happen, but there will always be ways for Boba Fett to redeem himself after The Book of Boba Fett.
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Boba Fett
A perfect clone of bounty hunter Jango Fett, Boba Fett inherited his father’s profession and operated as a bounty hunter through the Clone Wars and the Dark Times of the Empire’s reign. Believed killed on Tatooine, he survived and sought redemption of sorts after he was helped by native Tusken Raiders. In The Mandalorian era, Boba Fett now operates as a crime lord – having taken over Jabba the Hutt’s old empire.
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After pulling himself out of the Sarlaac pit, Boba Fett (Temuera Morrison) is kidnapped by the Tusken Raiders. But after gaining their trust, Boba is able to return to Tatooine and claim Jabba the Hutt’s throne with the help of Fennec Shand (Ming-Na Wen). The Book of Boba Fet also directly led into The Mandalorian season 3, which premiered in March 2023.
