After months of waiting, on September 16, 2020, Star Wars fans celebrated the first
teaser trailer for The Mandalorian's incoming second season. In true Mando fashion, the
sneak peek was action-packed, visually stunning, and gave viewers no shortage of Baby Yoda
footage to enjoy.
"Should we offer that thing some water?" "You just want to look at it." "So what? You got
to see it."
The trailer established that the plot of the new season revolves around the little green
guy's Mandalorian caretaker attempting to deliver him to his home be that his actual
planet of origin or that of the sorcerers known as the Jedi. Of course, such a journey
wouldn't be complete without a few curveballs and detours along the way.
The Mandalorian whose real name is Din Djarin and his foundling child may come face to face
with some of the galaxy's most high-profile names during Season 2. Ahsoka Tano and Bo-Katan
Kryze are set to appear in the new season, and speculation has run rampant that even
more familiar faces will make their way to live-action on the Disney+ series.
Since Lucasfilm announced The Mandalorian, fans have clamored for Boba Fett to make an
appearance at least once during the show's run. Now, if the eagle-eyed Star Wars fanbase
is correct, there's an Easter egg alluding to Boba Fett in the trailer for The Mandalorian
Season 2.
A lot happens in The Mandalorian's Season 2 teaser trailer, ranging from the appearance
of mysterious hooded figures to docile Banthas returning to Star Wars media. As a result
of its break-neck pace, there are quite a few blink-and-you'll-miss-it moments that
have a lot to say about what this season will entail.
As reported by ComicBook.com, one such moment lasts for just a few frames, during the scene
featuring someone riding a speeder bike on a Tatooine -like planet. Many fans on Twitter
think that on the back of this speeder is a jetpack that resembles the one famously
worn by Boba Fett.
The last fans saw of Fett in Return of the Jedi, the Sarlacc at the Great Pit of Carkoon
appeared to have swallowed him up. Looking closely, the jetpack in the teaser trailer
appears to have the same muted orange and blue-green color scheme as the one Boba Fett
wore in the sixth installment of the Skywalker saga, especially taking into consideration
the damage it likely endured from the Sarlacc, and all the dust that's coating it.
The question many have about this possible glimpse at Boba Fett's pack is who will be
wearing it, if it's not the man himself. Perhaps someone somehow came across the undigested
jetpack in the desert and kept it for themselves. It could be Djarin, but there are reports
that someone new will take up Fett's iconic garb in The Mandalorian, at least for a time.
Back in May 2020, the news broke that Deadwood star Timothy Olyphant would join the cast
of The Mandalorian Season 2 in an undisclosed role.
An anonymous inside source allegedly told the folks at SlashFilm that Olyphant was spotted
on-set in Fett's distinctive gear, suggesting that, whoever his character is, he'll take
ownership of the discarded armor and masquerade as the bounty hunter. There's actually precedent
for this in the current Star Wars canon, as Chuck Wendig's novel Aftermath introduces
Cobb Vanth, a Tatooine sheriff who buys the salvaged outfit from some Jawas.
If Fett is actually alive, like he was in the now non-canonical Star Wars Expanded Universe
of books and other media, maybe he'll work alongside Din Djarin to recover his missing
gear. Or maybe Djarin will take it upon himself to put a stop to Olyphant's character making
a mockery of Mandalorian armor. Time will tell.
From the moment he first appeared in The Star Wars Holiday Special back in 1978, fans became
instantly enamored with the mysterious bounty hunter. His live-action appearances in both
The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi only increased their fascination, despite
his limited screen time. This led to countless stories and comics centering on him from the
old Expanded Universe, now known as "Star Wars Legends." These old tales made Boba Fett
the legend fans perceive him to be, and they contribute greatly to how they view him to
this day.
As of the making of this video, there's not much in the new chronology regarding Boba
Fett, and nothing guarantees his survival post-Return of the Jedi. The Mandalorian can
change that and continue his story, and while the show might just be nodding to a fan-favorite
character, recent rumblings around the internet point to something more substantial. Between
this revelation and the announcement of Temuera Morrison — the actor behind Jango Fett and
all of his clones in the prequel trilogy — signing on for The Mandalorian's second season, the
return of Boba Fett might only be a short wait away.
The Mandalorian Season 2 premieres on Disney+ on October 30th.
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