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Jango Fett
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The
name Fett carries with it a cold air of dread and competence. To those with the
credits to hire him, it is synonymous with success. To those with reasons to
fear, Fett means capture or death. The name and reputation are just two of the
many things Boba inherited from his father, Jango. In the final years of the
Republic, Jango Fett was regarded as the best bounty hunter in the galaxy.
A proficient
marksman and unarmed combatant, Fett was covered in a sleek armored suit that
concealed his scarred visage and strangely tattooed forearms. His combat gear
featured an arsenal of weaponry, including retractable wrist blades, a snare,
dual blaster pistols and other more exotic tools of the trade.
In combat,
Jango used his harnessed jetpack to gain the advantage of speed and height over
his enemies. The backpack also carried a nasty surprise -- an explosive rocket
could be launched from it. For interstellar travel, Jango traveled aboard his
well-worn starship, Slave I.
About a decade
prior to the outbreak of the Clone Wars, a man named Tyranus approached Jango
on the moons of Bogden with an intriguing proposal. In exchange for a sizable
fee, Jango would become the template of a clone army. Fett agreed, but with an
unusual stipulation in his contract. In addition to his fee, he would be
awarded an unaltered clone of himself. Unlike his other duplicates, this clone
would not undergo growth acceleration or docility tampering. It would be a pure
replica of Jango.
The Kaminoans
provided Fett with private accommodations in their hermetic Tipoca City, and
Jango dropped out of the bounty hunting limelight. He concentrated on teaching
his son, the unaltered clone he named Boba, the ropes of survival and combat
while the Kaminoans extracted genetic material to build thousands of clone
soldiers.
While serving
as Tyranus' enforcer, Jango was approached by Viceroy Nute Gunray of the Trade
Federation. Gunray wanted to eliminate Senator Padmé Amidala, who had long been
a thorn in the Viceroy's side. Fett subcontracted the job to an assassin named Zam
Wesell, and armed her with poisonous kouhuns to finish the job.
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A pair of
meddling Jedi got in the way of the hit, and Jango was forced to kill Zam lest
the trail lead back to him. Fett hadn't counted, though, on the resourcefulness
of Obi-Wan Kenobi. Jango had used an exotic weapon, a Kamino saberdart, to
eliminate Zam. No one should have been able to trace that weapon back to its
source, but Obi-Wan's underworld contacts were able to point him in the right
direction.
Kenobi arrived
on Kamino, and learned of the clone army. He met Jango, and the two had a
tense, yet civil, discussion, neither revealing their true motives. Fett
nonetheless decided to flee, and ordered Boba to gather their belongings.
Kenobi, working on orders from the Jedi Council, attempted to apprehend Jango
just prior to Slave I's lift-off, which led to a water-logged melee atop
the rain-swept landing platforms of Tipoca City. Jango escaped aboard the Slave
I, and he and his son journeyed to Geonosis, to reunite with their
mysterious benefactor, Lord Tyranus.
En route to
Geonosis, Jango and Boba realized a homing beacon was placed aboard their
vessel, and found a pursuing Jedi starfighter on their tracking screens. The
tenacious Obi-Wan Kenobi was back, and a daring game of cat and mouse played
out among the rocky debris of the Geonosian rings. Despite the barrage of Slave
I's seismic charges, laser cannons and missiles attacks, Obi-Wan survived
and continued shadowing the Fetts as they arrived on the barren planet's
surface.
Kenobi and his
compatriots were captured on Geonosis, which was revealed to be a Separatist
stronghold. They were to be executed in grand Geonosian fashion, but their
deaths were stalled by the sudden arrival of Jedi reinforcements.
Tasked with
protecting Lord Tyranus, Jango entered the fray against the Jedi. His blaster
skills killed several Jedi, but Jango was not quite prepared to face off
against Jedi Master Mace Windu. Windu did not break stride as he deflected
Jango's incoming blasts and swiftly cleaved off the hunter's head with a single
stroke of his luminescent blade.
Jango's
battle-dented helm bounced along the dusty ground of the Geonosian arena, to be
picked up by a stunned and newly orphaned Boba Fett.
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