Boba Fett is alive! The legendary Star Wars universe bounty hunter is slated to appear in season 2 of The Mandalorian, scheduled for Disney + in October 2020. Apparently, none other than the Jango fat actor Temuera Morrison from Episode 2 – Attack of the Clones was cast for the role.
Temuera Morrison plays after Jango Boba
Disney has not yet officially confirmed that Boba Fett will appear in Season 2 of The Mandalorian. The original report comes from the usually extremely well-connected insider magazine TheHollywoodReporter, while Variety has already backed this up by its own sources.
The chances that Temuera Morrison (also known as the father of Aquaman) actually slips into Mandalorian armor again. In the second season, The Mandalorian, Boba Fett is only supposed to play "a small role", which may be related to Ming-Na Wen’s character Fennec Shand, who was believed dead.
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In episode 5 "The Gunslinger" was already in the course of one mysterious post credits scene the appearance of Boba Fett on The Mandalorian ontested – which is now apparently resolved in season 2.
To date, it has never been officially known whether Boba Fett survived his fall into the Sarlaac's pit of the Carkoon pit in Episode 6 – The Return of the Jedi. However, there was evidence of this in addition to the Boba Fett film originally planned by Josh Trank (Fantastic Four) – such as in the post-game novels by Chuck Wendig.
Morrison is not playing Boba Fett for the first time
Temuera Morrison should be fans above all as Jango Fett from Episode 2 – Attack of the Clones be known. He also embodied various clone warriors from the Star Wars universe, such as Commander Cody in Episode 3 – Revenge of the Sith.
Since Boba Fett is not Jango's son per se, but "only" a clone of the bounty hunter, Temuera Morrison fits into the role like a fist to the eye.
With season 2 of The Mandalorian, Morrison appeared for the first time as Boba in front of the camera, but he already played Jango's son as a voice actor – among other things in the Star Wars: Battlefront games from 2004 as well as 2015 and 2017.
Captain Rex in The Mandalorian: what are the chances?
The fact that Temuera Morrison was cast for The Mandalorian Season 2 also makes a difference Appearance of the fan favorite Captain Rex possible. The clone warrior played an important role in the two animation series The Clone Wars and Rebels and, according to the new canon, was even involved in the Battle of Endor in episode 6.
Since The Mandalorian is set between episodes 6 and 7, it would be quite conceivable that Captain Rex is still alive at this point. His return to the Star Wars universe could even be with Ahsoka Tano (Rosario Dawson) related, which also occurs in season 2 of the Disney Plus series.
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At the moment, however, this is mere speculation. By the time Boba Fett returns, Star Wars fans will have to until October 2020 be patient. The chances that Season 2 of The Mandalorian will appear on Disney + on time despite the corona pandemic are not too bad at the moment.
