Temuera Morrison is returning to a Galaxy Far, Far Away. The “Attack of the Clones” actor will play fan favorite bounty hunter Boba Fett in the second season of the “Star Wars” Disney+ show “The Mandalorian,” an individual with knowledge of the project tells TheWrap.
Introduced in an animated short during the “Star Wars Holiday Special” before his live action debut in 1980’s “Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back,” Boba Fett was the feared bounty hunter who captures Han Solo and brings him to powerful gangster Jabba the Hutt. He returns in 1983’s “Return of the Jedi” where he appears to be killed during the battle to rescue Solo after being knocked into the mouth of a ravenous monster called the Sarlaac.
In the original “Star Wars” expanded universe of novels, games and comic books, Fett survived his apparent death and continued his bounty hunting career. However, the old expanded...
Introduced in an animated short during the “Star Wars Holiday Special” before his live action debut in 1980’s “Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back,” Boba Fett was the feared bounty hunter who captures Han Solo and brings him to powerful gangster Jabba the Hutt. He returns in 1983’s “Return of the Jedi” where he appears to be killed during the battle to rescue Solo after being knocked into the mouth of a ravenous monster called the Sarlaac.
In the original “Star Wars” expanded universe of novels, games and comic books, Fett survived his apparent death and continued his bounty hunting career. However, the old expanded...
- 5/8/2020
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
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