Boba Fett Survived! Will Appear In ‘The Mandalorian’ Season 2 Played By Temuera Morrison
Well, you can’t make a show about a Mandalorian without including the most famous guy to ever wear the armor. Famed bounty Boba Fett, who was killed-off inReturn of the Jedibut grew incredibly popular in the decades since due to appearances in novels, comics, and video games, will play a role in season 2 of the Disney+ seriesThe Mandalorian. And in a piece of casting that will bring a smile to the face of anyone who appreciates continuity, he’ll be played byTemuera Morrison, who took on the role of Jango Fett inStar Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones.
The Hollywood Reporterhas the story of Morrison returning to a galaxy far, far away. Although unconfirmed by Disney or Lucasfilm, the trade’s track record speaks for itself here, and we’re ready to believe it. After all,The Mandalorianhas done an exceptional job of bridging both the prequels and the original trilogy of films, and this casting feels like the puzzle piece we didn’t even know we were looking for.
Morrison is an exceptional actor (I vividly recall his terrifying performance inOnce Were Warriors). Still, most folks probably know him best fromAttack of the Clones, where he played the ruthless bounty hunter Jango Fett, whose DNA became the source for Emperor Palpatine’s clone army, as well as his cloned son, Boba. However, Jango didn’t live to see the end credits role, losing his head in a fight with Jedi master Mace Windu later in the movie. Boba Fett remained masked throughout the entirety of the original trilogy, but since he’s a clone of his father, we can imagine they share the same features. And now, this casting has confirmed it.
Not confirmed: how Boba Fett survived falling into the Sarlacc Pitt on Tatooine, one of the more graceless demises in film history.
This casting brings with it a few other questions beyond “how the heck did Boba survive?” Questions like “Was that mysterious figure glimpsed in the final moments of season one’s “The Gunslinger” actually Boba Fett?” and “What aboutCobb Vanth, the character in theStar Warsbooks who stole the supposedly dead Boba Fett’s armor?” We shall see.
BeyondStar Wars, Morrison’s other recent work includesMoanaandAquaman, so he’s no stranger to Disney or blockbusters. He joins Rosario Dawson,playing the live-action version of Ahsoka Tano, inThe Mandalorian season 2. This season sounds absolutely jam-packed, and we’re very excited to see what’s in store for us when it arrives later this year.
