During Disney Investor Day 2020, Disney execs announced a plethora of upcoming Star Wars television series, including multiple spin-offs of The Mandalorian. Today, Disney released the first trailer for The Book of Boba Fett, which debuts on Disney Plus on December 29. Check it out.
Fans of The Mandalorian will recall Boba Fett’s (Temuera Morrison) buzzy appearance from The Mandalorian season 2 Chapter 14: The Tragedy, in which he and his partner-in-crime, Fennec Shand (Ming-Na Wen), open a can of whoop-ass on a legion of stormtroopers. Despite their combat proficiency, Dark Troopers succeed in kidnapping Grogu (Baby Yoda), hence the tragedy. Din Djarin, Fett, and Shand join forces to rescue the little guy.
In a post-credits scene at the end of last season, Fett and Shand stage a coup on Jabba the Hutt’s former palace, a scene that was followed by an official announcement for The Book of Boba Fett, which as is clear from today’s trailer, occurs during Fett’s rule over the region.
Fett says at one point in the trailer that he is not a bounty hunter. I’m not sure where this is coming from, but I wonder if it’s like Maul denouncing his former Darth title. Perhaps Fett’s experience capturing Solo for Jabba changed his perspective a little. Which might explain why Fett says, “Jabba ruled with fear. I intend to rule with respect.”
Boba Fett has had a long and winding road to the small screen, even for Star Wars, who is no stranger to rocky roads. Back in 2013, during the making of The Force Awakens, Disney execs explored the idea of a film focusing on the best bounty hunter in the galaxy (who at that time was mostly known for mere seconds of screen time in the OT and his early years in The Clone Wars). However, in 2018, following the underwhelming box office performance of Solo: A Star Wars Story, Disney pumped the brakes on its untitled Boba Fett film.
But The Mandalorian took off like the Millennium Falcon blasting out of Mos Eisley spaceport, rightfully causing Disney to focus on Star Wars TV series rather than films, as Deadline reported at the time. In addition to existing programs The Mandalorian, The Clone Wars, The Bad Batch, and Star Wars: Visions, Disney also has Ahsoka, Andor, and Obi-Wan Kenobi in the pipeline, with Andor and Obi-Wan to release in 2022.
The Book of Boba Fett will likely look similar to The Mandalorian. Robert Rodriguez, Bryce Dallas Howard, Dave Filoni, and Jon Favreau—all of whom directed episodes of The Mandalorian—have reportedly directed episodes of The Book of Boba Fett. In addition, Ludwig Göransson, the Swedish composer whose unique soundtracks defined The Mandalorian just as much as the visuals did, will do the score.
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