Boba Fett Isnt Really A Villain (& Clone Wars Proved That)

Boba Fett Isn’t Really A Villain (& Clone Wars Proved That)

Boba Fett worked for numerous Star Wars villains, yet his characterization in The Clone Wars and The Mandalorian show that he isn’t truly a villain.

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Boba Fett Isnt Really A Villain (& Clone Wars Proved That)

The iconic bounty hunter Boba Fett famously works alongside some of the Star Wars franchise’s antagonists, but Star Wars: The Clone Wars proves that he isn’t a villain himself. In The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, Boba Fett was little more than a deadly mercenary who captured Han Solo and tried to kill Luke Skywalker in defense of Jabba the Hutt. Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones established Fett’s backstory and gave him a brief emotional moment, but The Clone Wars was the first canon property to depict Fett as a nuanced character who doesn’t strictly fit the description of “villain.”

Boba takes after his father, Jango Fett, a Mandalorian and veteran soldier who had a reputation for being a man of honor among the normally unscrupulous criminal underworld. Jango’s death on Geonosis left Boba Fett alone in the galaxy, with little other than a need for revenge and a desire to follow his father’s footsteps by becoming a bounty hunter. Like Jango, Boba grew up to be a brutal and feared mercenary, but one with a code of ethics that many could consider honorable.

The three-part season 2 finale of The Clone Wars saw Boba Fett attempt to kill Mace Windu and avenge his father. With Windu now a general in the Republic army, this required Fett to disguise himself as a Clone Cadet stationed aboard Windu’s Venator-class Star Destroyer. Fett’s assassination attempts resulted in the deaths of numerous Clone Troopers (including Commander Ponds) and nearly got several Clone Cadets killed. Progressively sickened by the death his actions caused, Fett eventually helped the Jedi capture his accomplices, Aurra Sing and Bossk, saving two lives in the process. These moments of conscience showed up in other The Clone Wars appearances, as well as The Mandalorian.

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Boba had plenty of opportunities to resume attempting to kill Mace Windu after he escaped captivity in a Republic prison, but he instead devoted his time to establishing a career as a bounty hunter. The Clone Wars episode “Bounty” depicts Boba as genuinely caring for Pluma Sodi before realizing that she was affiliated with his assailants, the Kage Warriors. In a deleted sequence with Cad Bane (which later canon material implied to have happened), Boba is protective of innocent bystanders, and Bane accuses him of helping “those in need.”

The Mandalorian shows Fett’s sense of honor once more in season 2. Fett sought to reclaim his Mandalorian armor from Din Djarin. Boba Fett retrieves the armor during the chaos of an Imperial attack but continues to help Djarin, even lending time and effort to rescue Grogu well after he had what he wanted, showing that Fett was a man of his word. Like his Legends-era counterpart, Fett was neither a hero nor a villain, but a morally gray character who acted as unscrupulously or altruistically as needed to benefit his career as a bounty hunter.

The upcoming The Book of Boba Fett looks to continue this depiction of Fett, with the aged bounty hunter now becoming a crime lord. With the remnants of Jabba the Hutt’s criminal empire under his and Fennec Shand’s command, Fett intends to rule through respect, rather than fear. Star Wars: The Clone Wars laid the groundwork for this depiction of Fett, whose code of ethics makes him too complex to be simply labeled as a villain.

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