Jango Fett

"'I'm just a simple man trying to make my way through the universe.'""~Jango Fett to Obi-Wan Kenobi"

Jango Fett was a Mandalorian foundling who was widely known as the most dangerous Bounty Hunter in the entire galaxy, before he died in 22 BBY. He was feared widely by many and used a large arsenal of weapons, along side sporting Mandalorian armor. Before his death, Jango was asked by Count Dooku to be the template for a Clone Army. Jango was to become the template for millions of Clones, produced on the planet Kamino. Jango agreed, on the condition that he would have an un-altered clone to raise as his "son", called Boba Fett, who would continue Jango's legacy.

Appearances

 * 1) Age of Republic - Jango Fett 1
 * 2) Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones (First appearance)
 * 3) Jedi of the Republic - Mace Windu 1 (Appears in a flashback)
 * 4) The Clone Wars  - S3 E1, "Clone Cadets" (Mentioned only)
 * 5) The Clone Wars  - S2 E12, "The Mandalore Plot" (Mentioned only)
 * 6) The Clone Wars  - S2 E20, "Death Trap" (Indirect mention only)
 * 7) The Clone Wars  - S2 E21, "R2 Come Home" (Mentioned only)
 * 8) The Clone Wars  - S2 E22, "Lethal Trackdown" (Mentioned only)
 * 9) The Clone Wars - S3 E2,  "ARC Troopers" (Appears in hologram)
 * 10) "Bane's Story"—The Clone Wars: Stories of Light and Dark (Mentioned only)
 * 11) The Clone Wars - S6 E3, "Fugitive" (Appears on holographic screen only)
 * 12) The Clone Wars - S6 E10, "The Lost One" (Mentioned only)
 * 13) "Wait for It"—From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back (Mentioned only)
 * 14) The Mandalorian - S2 E6, "Chapter 14: The Tragedy" (Mentioned only)
 * 15) The Mandalorian - S2 E8,  "Chapter 16: The Rescue" (Mentioned only)
 * 16) Pirate's Price

The Story of Jango Fett
Jango was born on the Mandalorian planet of Concord Dawn. Much of his past remains a mystery, something Jango often uses to his advantage, not wanting his past to become widely known. He became a Mandalorian foundling, being trained by a Mentor called Jaster Mareel. Jango grew to become a very successful and talented fighter, and became a Mandalorian Commando, even fighting in the Mandalorian Civil Wars. Overtime he slowly grew further and further separate from the Mandalorians and became a Bounty Hunter in his own right. He became obsessed with becoming the best, and did everything in his power to build a legacy for himself as the greatest Bounty Hunter of all time. He slowly built connections with other high profile Bounty Hunters such as Zam Wesell, Aurra Sing and Cad Bane. He eventually achieved his goal and became regarded by many as the greatest Bounty Hunter the galaxy had ever seen. As his reputation grew, he got the attention of the Sith.

 A Deal with Darth Tyranus 

Through some means, Darth Tyranus contacted Jango and met with him on one of many moons of Bogden. He requested that Jango allow him to build an army for the Republic using his DNA, Jango becoming the template of thousands. Jango agreed to the price they were paying and requested that the Kaminoans (the species responsible for creating the Clone Army), give Jango an unaltered Clone which he could raise as his "son". Jango called this clone Boba Fett, and begun to train the Boba to continue the legacy of Jango after he his death. Tyranus agreed to these terms and the Clone Army begun production. Jango was unaware of the true purpose of this army however, thinking it was for the Republic, not the Sith who truly intended to use it as their means of ridding the galaxy of the Jedi. Jango overlooked their creation and saw them simply as cannon fodder, rather than real lives. During a certain mission of the training of his "son" Boba, Jango introduced Boba to a small team of small time Bounty Hunters: A Rodian, Neelda; a Gand, Rinn and finally Chadra-Fan named Tiver. Neelda was confused as to why Jango continued taking Bounty jobs after hearing he had taken a job with a mysterious client. Jango had picked this small crew to carry out a mission to find and return a Twi'lek girl to her father after she ran away from home with her Falleen lover Griph. Jango and Boba traveled to Telerath where they met with the crew. He had not told the crew he was bringing his son, however the crew did not object, mostly out of fear of Jango. The crew then traveled together to Ord Mantell where they found the target in a cantina. As she met her lover on the balcony of the cantina, they cornered her and told her they were going to bring her back. Her lover became a coward and quickly ran from the balcony, leaving the target behind. Afraid to be taken back, the Twi'lek girl attempted to jump from the balcony, however Jango had taken this into account. He had been flying below with his jetpack and managed to catch the target before she fell. As the group collected themselves in the street, Tiver and Rinn unleashed their own personal plan to attack Boba, and threaten Jango with the death of his son if he refused to hand over the girl and forfeit his share the bounty. Jango, seemingly completely unfazed and confident in Boba's ability, refused to help his son and turn over the Twi'lek. In a moment of surprise between Tiver and Rinn, Boba managed to free himself of the pair and kill them both quickly. He was about to kill Neelda however changed his mind when he saw he had no part in the plan of Tiver and Rinn. Instead of killing him, he let Neelda go, causing him to lose his share of the bounty. Jango's son had succeeded and they both left Ord Mantell, returning the Twi'lek to her father and sharing the bounty between the pair of them.

 Escaping Obi-Wan  Not long before his death, Jango was given the job of assassinating Senator Padmé Amidala on Coruscant by Count Dooku, by the request of Nute Gunray in the Trade Federation. Jango hired another Bounty Hunter called Zam Wesell to kill the Senator, watching over her every move. Wesell's first move was to explode the personal ship of the Senator as it entered Coruscant. The plan failed and only a decoy was killed. Padmé and her security hired two Jedi to help protect her and figure out who was trying to kill her. These Jedi were Master Obi-Wan Kenobi and his Padawan Anakin Skywalker. After her failed job, Jango gave Zam Wesell two deadly kouhuns to silently infiltrate the Senator's sleeping quarters. Unfortunately for Jango the plan failed once again and both of the Jedi put up a large pursuit of Wesell across Coruscant. They eventually caught her outside a small bar in the lower levels of the upper side of the city planet. They began to interrogate her however, before she could reveal Jango as her client, Jango shot her with a Kamino Saberdart, keeping her quiet. With Zam dead, Jango quickly flew from the area, and made his way back to Kamino, where he had been living with his "son" Boba. Back on Coruscant however, Obi-Wan Kenobi continued to search for the mysterious killer of Zam Wesell, taking the Kamino Saberdart to Dexter Jettster. Through several days of searching, Kenobi was able to find Kamino and his search lead him there. On Kamino Kenobi discovered the Clone Army that had been in production for the Republic. Pretending to be Sifo-Dyas, Kenobi asked to speak with the clone template, Jango Fett, who was under Kenobi's suspicion. Speaking with Kenobi showed Jango that he had been caught, and needed to flee back to Geonosis where he could meet with Count Dooku. After the conversation was over, Jango and Boba immediately began to run. They began loading up their Slave 1 ship when the Jedi discovered them. Jango told Boba to take off and leave him to deal with the Jedi. A small battle ensued between the bounty hunter and the Jedi, one that Jango believed he won by throwing Kenobi over the edge of a landing pad into the violent sea below. Kenobi had instead survived and swung himself back onto a podium, looping back round in time to place a tracker on the Slave 1 before it left Kamino for Geonosis. Jango and Boba was confident they had escaped and left immediately for Geonosis to meet with Count Dooku, however Kenobi was still on their tail.

 Battle of Geonosis & Death  After arriving in the atmosphere of Geonosis, Boba spotted Kenobi on their scanners after using his tracker to follow them to Geonosis. Jango, staying confident, told Boba that he had a few surprises to get rid of Kenobi. He proceeded to lead the Jedi into the asteroid belt around the planet, releasing multiple sonic missiles, none of them effective. However, Kenobi had hidden himself on an asteroid, causing Jango and Boba to believe he had been killed. Believing they were safe they went down to the planet's Separatist Droid Factory where he would reunite with Tyranus. Having survived the chase above the planet, Kenobi sent a message to the Jedi Order, informing them of the events and of the Separatists presence on Geonosis. His message was cut short however when he was captured by Geonosians working for Dooku. When Jedi Padawan Anakin Skywalker and Senator Padmé Amidala came to Geonosis to free their Jedi Master, they were caught in the trap of the Droid Factory. Jango managed to surround them with B1 Battle Droids and Droidekas. Jango captured the pair and took them to the Petranaki Arena beside Obi-Wan, where they were due to be executed by the creatures of the arena. Jango stood guard beside Dooku, Poggle the Lesser and Nute Gunray on a balcony overlooking the arena. He stood unaware of the message Kenobi had sent, which had successfully reached the Jedi. Behind Jango, the Jedi Master Mace Windu silently approached before revealing himself by putting a lightsaber to the throat of Jango. Mace Windu threatened Dooku before a group of B2 Super Battle Droids approached from behind. With Windu distracted, Jango put back on his helmet and attempted to burn Windu, who dodged his attack by leaping from the balcony into the arena below. More and more Jedi revealed themselves within the arena and a large battle began. This would become known as the first battle of Geonosis. Multiple Jedi attempted to attack Dooku, including Coleman Trebor, who Jango quickly killed by shooting him repeatedly. Jango proceeded to jump into the arena to take on more targets. He found his jetpack becoming damaged during an encounter with a raging Reek, which hit him at great speeds. He took down the beast, killing it, however he quickly turned to see Windu approaching quickly. Jango attempted to defend himself by shooting shots at Mace, who deflected the blaster fire with ease, before taking Jango's head from his shoulders. With a quick spark, Jango was dead.

 Legacy 

Immediately after his death, Mace looked upon Jango's body before looking up to Dooku, who showed no reaction to the death of his accomplice. After the Battle of Geonosis left the Petranaki Arena, Jango's "son" Boba came down to the body of his father, where he sat and retrieved the helmet of his bounty hunter father. Taking it with him as he left the planet.

Throughout the rest of the Clone Wars, Jango's face was never forgotten, as it was the shared face of millions of Clones across the galaxy. Incredibly powerful members of the galactic future such as Captain Cody, Rex or Boba Fett also had the same face as Jango.

During the Clone Wars, Obi-Wan had a brief encounter with Prime Minister Almec of Mandalore, who told Kenobi that Jango was no Mandalorian, and was rather a simple Bounty Hunter who had stolen the armor from another. This tarnished the way that the Jedi and many Mandalorians saw Jango, as a Bounty Hunter, rather than the true Mandalorian that he was.

A Young Boba Fett was also devastated that his father had been murdered so brutally by the Jedi. Jango's death at the hands of Mace Windu gave Boba a permanent distaste for the Jedi. About halfway through the Clone Wars Boba attempted to kill Windu with a team of other Bounty Hunters, such as Bossk, Aurra Sing and Castas. Boba used Slave 1 to try and destroy Mace Windu's Starfighter, and Jango's helmet as an explosive. The attempt ultimately failed, with Castas killed and Aurra Sing supposedly dead. Boba surrendered himself to Ahsoka Tano and Jedi Master Plo-Koon on Florrum, not wanting anymore bloodshed beyond that of Windu.

At the end of the Clone Wars, Jango's Clone Army slowly died out, as more and more clones were replaced by stormtroopers of human replacements.

Jango had asked for Boba as his son, and trained him vigorously before he died, desperate to continue his legacy as the greatest Bounty Hunter of all time. After his immediate death, the title was taken by Cad Bane, however as Boba grew older, he would have done his father proud. Despite retaining a greater sense of mercy and honor for his targets, Boba became a relentless Bounty Hunter, taking jobs for both Jabba the Hutt and the Galactic Empire, sometimes even answering directly to Darth Vader.

Personality and Traits
Jango Fett was known widely as the greatest Bounty Hunter in the galaxy. He was often feared by those below him, however he was described as honorable by the pirate Hondo Ohnaka. Jango also preferred to remain a somewhat mysterious figure, working from a distance, even hiring other Bounty Hunter's to do the tough work, then disposing of them. Jango also often worked in a team, many of which ended up dead or disbanded. His Mandalorian history means that he was extremely proficient in many forms of combat, something he didn't talk about, but instead displayed.

Jango also cared deeply for his reputation and his legacy, and used his "son" to continue his story when he was dead. Boba successfully continued the story of the Fett's becoming the greatest Bounty Hunter in the galaxy much like his father. This is something that would've deeply impressed Jango, if he had lived to see it.

Powers / Abilities
Jango, having been trained by Jaster Mareel was incredibly able in all forms of combat, proving himself over and over in hand-to-hand combat, and gunfire. He proved his ability with a sniper rifle as he shot Zam Wesell from a considerable distance. Jango's reputation also allowed him a sense of authority within groups, something he passed onto Boba. Jango's suit also gave him access to multiple weapons that he could use during moments of combat.

Equipment
Jango used a suit of Beskar Mandalorian Armor, which was impenetrable to most weapons, including lightsabers. This armor gave him considerable protection, and gave him an immediate upper hand in any scenario. His suit also harbored many weapons such as wires, flame throwers, vibroblades and missile launchers. Jango's main weapon of choice however was his duel WESTAR-34 blaster pistols, which took the lives of many. Jango also used a Z-6 Jetpack, which saved his life many times. His mode of transport was a customized Firespray-31-class patrol and attack craft named Slave I. Upon his death, Boba Fett took the ship and used it for many large events in history, such as the capture of Han Solo.