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Jango Fett was orphaned at an early age and taken in by Jaster Mereel and the Mandalorians. Jango trained with their nomadic army, and after they were wiped out by the Jedi, Jango fought on alone - working for the highest bidder and still wearing the armour distinctive of his adopted homeland.
Jango is a frightening spectacle, in or out of his Mandalorian armour. His face is pitted with the scars of old wounds, and his muscular forearms bear a number of strange tattoos. Jango was already renowned as the finest bounty hunter in the galaxy when he was approached by the mysterious Lord Tyranus on one of the moons of Bogden. Tyranus made Fett an offer he couldn't refuse, and, before long, the bounty hunter had agreed to relocate to Tipoca City on Kamino Jango allowed himself to be cloned by the Kaminoans, who used his genetic model to create an army of genetically modified troopers apparently commissioned by Jedi Master Sifo-Dyas on behalf of the republic.
Jango was handsomely paid, and lives in comfort on Tipoca, free to come and go as he pleases on condition he helps train the clone army. In addition, Jango made one further demand of the Kaminoans - an unaltered clone of himself whom he named Boba. Jango emerges from Kamino only when the price is right, occasionally collaborating with Zam Wesell on especially demanding missions. Boba had given Jango a good reason to stay alive, and he was now content for Zam to risk her neck on his behalf.
Obi-Wan Kenobi first encounters Jango Fett when the rocket man swoops into the smog-filled sky of Coruscant after killing Zam Wesell with a toxic saberdart. Jango has a reputation for ruthlessness towards victims that extends to expendable colleagues such as Zam. He subsequently proves himself powerful in close combat with Obi-Wan, who struggles to overcome the well-equipped warrior after tracing him back to Kamino. Jango's armour bristles with weaponry and gadgets, including retractable wrist-blades, a snare, and a rocket-firing jetpack. |
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