Boba Fett

Boba Fett ( ) is a character in the Star Wars franchise. First appearing in the Star Wars Holiday Special (1978), where he was voiced by Don Francks, he is an armored bounty hunter featured in both the original and prequel film trilogies. In the original trilogy, the character is a supporting antagonist and was mainly portrayed by Jeremy Bulloch and voiced by Jason Wingreen. Notable for his taciturn demeanor and for never removing his helmet, Fett appears in both The Empire Strikes Back (1980), employed by the Galactic Empire, and Return of the Jedi (1983), serving the crime lord Jabba the Hutt. While seemingly killed in Return of the Jedi after falling into a sarlacc, he has since appeared in Star Wars media set after the film, confirming his survival. Daniel Logan portrays a preteen Boba in the prequel film Attack of the Clones (2002), which reveals the character's origins as the genetic clone and adoptive son of Jango Fett, a bounty hunter who mentors Boba to follow in his footsteps. The animated series The Bad Batch further reveals Boba to have been born Alpha and to have two biological sisters: Omega and Emerie Karr.

The character also appears in many forms of Star Wars media outside of the films, such as books, comics, television series, and video games, many of which depict him as an antihero rather than a villain, and explore his background, motivations, and morality. Daniel Logan reprised his role as the younger version of Boba Fett in the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars, while Temuera Morrison, who portrayed Jango Fett in Attack of the Clones, has portrayed the adult Boba in most of his live-action appearances since that film, most prominently in the live-action Disney+ series The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett. The latter series features Boba as its titular protagonist, following him as he consolidates control over Tatooine as the planet's new daimyo.

During the development of The Empire Strikes Back, Boba Fett was originally conceived as a member of a group of white-armored Imperial "supercommandos" before the idea was scrapped in favor of a solitary bounty hunter. This concept later evolved into the Mandalorians, a cultural group with strong warrior traditions, who sport armor and helmets similar to Fett's. In several Star Wars works, Fett himself is portrayed as a Mandalorian or at least connected to the Mandalorian culture through his armor, inherited from his Mandalorian adoptive father.

The character of Boba Fett quickly became a fan favorite despite his limited screen presence and relevance in the original Star Wars trilogy, and he is now a widely recognized figure in popular culture. His popularity within the Star Wars fanbase has earned him a cult following.