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[[header:Boba Fett]]

!!!'''Species:''' Human (clone)
!!!'''Homeworld:''' Kamino

->'''Portrayed by:''' Jeremy Bulloch (OT), Daniel Logan (PT), Creator/TemueraMorrison (''The Mandalorian'', ''The Book of Boba Fett''), Kirk Jenkins (''The Mandalorian'', stunt double), Scott Lang (''The Mandalorian'', stunt double), Eddie Perez (''The Mandalorian'', stunt double), Finnegan Gary (''The Book of Boba Fett'', young), JJ Dashnaw (''The Book of Boba Fett'', body/stunt double), Eyad Elbitar (''The Book of Boba Fett'', stunt double), Trevor Morgan (''The Book of Boba Fett'', stunt double)
->'''Voiced by:''' Jason Wingreen (OT), Daniel Logan (''The Clone Wars''), Creator/TemueraMorrison (OT Special Editions, ''Battlefront'' series)[[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]'''European French dub:''' Creator/KelyanBlanc (''Attack of the Clones''), Bruno Dubernat (''Mandalorian'', ''Book of Boba Fett''), '''Latin American Spanish dub:''' Hannibal Brown (OT, first dub), Armando Rendíz (OT, second dub), Carlos Díaz (''Attack Of The Clones''), José Antonio Toledano (''The Clone Wars''), Creator/JoseLuisOrozco (''The Mandalorian'', ''Battlefront'' series, ''The Book of Boba Fett''), '''German dub:''' Karl Schulz (OT), Ricardo Richter (PT), Nico Sablik (''The Clone Wars''), Martin Keßler (''The Mandalorian'', ''The Book of Boba Fett'')[[/labelnote]]
->'''Appearances:''' ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsAgeOfRepublic Age of Republic]]'' | ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'' | ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars The Clone Wars]]'' | ''Literature/DarkDisciple'' | ''[[VideoGame/StarWarsJediSurvivor Jedi: Survivor]]'' | ''Literature/FromACertainPointOfView'' | ''Film/ANewHope''[[note]]1997 Special Edition and subsequent rereleases[[/note]] | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsDarthVader Darth Vader]]'' | ''ComicBook/StarWarsMarvel2015'' | ''Age of Rebellion'' | ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsWarOfTheBountyHunters War of the Bounty Hunters]]'' | ''[[Literature/FromACertainPointOfViewReturnOfTheJedi FACPOV: Return of the Jedi]]'' | ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' | ''Series/TheMandalorian'' | ''Series/TheBookOfBobaFett''

[[folder:Tropes from the Prequel Trilogy Era]]
!!Boba Fett (Alpha)
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"I'm not quitting now. Not when \\
I'm so close."'']]

-->''"I see now I've done terrible things. But you started when you murdered my father! I'll never forgive you."''

Boba Fett was an unaltered clone of Jango Fett created as part of the bounty hunter's fee for being the template of the clone army. He was raised as Jango's son on Kamino and fled with him to Geonosis after Obi-Wan Kenobi tracked the bounty hunter to the watery world. While he was there, he witnessed the beginning of the Clone Wars and the death of his father at the hands of Jedi Master Mace Windu. Following in his father's footsteps, Boba became a bounty hunter during the war and sought revenge on his father's killer while struggling to maintain a sense of morality under the tutorship of much more ruthless hunters and mercenaries.
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* AlasPoorYorick: He picks up his father's helmet in ''Attack of the Clones'' after he is decapitated by Mace Windu.
* AntiVillain: As a child, he's bad, but it's hard not to sympathize with him considering how much of a good parent [[AffablyEvil Jango Fett]] turned out to be and that he was killed before the poor kid's eyes. When he actually tries to get revenge on Mace Windu, he states that he doesn't want any harm to befall his "brothers" (the clone troopers) and is only working with [[TheSociopath Aurra Sing]] because she's a means to an end. After resolving his issues with Mace Windu, he progressively becomes a straight-up, brutal villain.
* ArcVillain: Shares the role with Aurra Sing in the second season finale of ''The Clone Wars''. She's the bigger threat, but it's Boba's quest for revenge that sets the bounty hunters against Windu.
* AvengingTheVillain: The goal he initially has in ''The Clone Wars'' is to avenge his father, Jango Fett, by killing Mace Windu. He appears to have gotten over this after his assassination attempt fails in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS2E22LethalTrackdown Lethal Trackdown]]", but Mace ends up getting killed by Palpatine in ''Revenge of the Sith''.
* BaldOfEvil: He acquired a buzzcut while in prison during the Clone Wars.
* BigNo: Says this when Aurra Sing abandons him.
* BoundAndGagged: After his partnership with Asajj Ventress falls apart in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS4E20Bounty Bounty]]", Ventress puts Boba in this state before putting him in a crate and delivering him to Otua Blank in the place of Pluma Sodi.
* BullyingADragon: In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS4E20Bounty Bounty]]", he starts shouting at Ventress, a Force-sensitive intergalactic assassin. Though he may not have known her reputation, it was plainly obvious that she had lightsabers she was proficient in using and was a superior combatant, having easily bested an opponent he struggled against.
* CharacterDevelopment: Over the course of ''The Clone Wars'', he realizes that the process of getting revenge leads him to do terrible things that even he is uncomfortable with and he decides to stop hunting Mace Windu even though he refuses to forgive him for killing his father. He does go on to do more morally questionable things after that, but not for revenge.
* ChildProdigy:
** He is able to pilot ''Slave 1'' at the tender age of ten and eleven as well as make his way in the criminal underworld while in his early teens. Notably, he out shoots the real clone cadets by a long shot when training on the ''Endurance,'' despite not having the same combat genetic modifications as them.
** His father had already been training him in the ways of bounty hunting before his death, as aptly demonstrated when Boba is able to swiftly and fatally turn the tables on his would-be hostage takers without Jango lifting a finger.
* ClonesArePeopleToo:
** While other clones are considered {{expendable|Clone}}, he was raised naturally as a son and developed his own personality. He did show he cared for his clone brothers (especially the young cadets he infiltrates the ''Endurance'' with) and whenever he was told to kill them, he outright refused.
** When he sabotages the ''Endurance's'' reactor, he has to take out a clone trooper who discovers him, albeit via a blaster set to stun. Despite this, Boba still leaves some harsh words for him:
--->'''CT-1477:''' What are you doing?! We're brothers! Don't shoot!\\
'''Boba:''' You're ''not'' my brother. ''[fires]''
* ComingOfAgeStory: His appearances in the installments that are set in the Prequel Trilogy's era of the Canon (''Attack of the Clones'' and ''The Clone Wars'') serve as this in order to explain how he became an extremely effective bounty hunter.
* CoolHelmet: In ''The Clone Wars'', he wears a helmet of non-Mandalorian origin after getting out of prison. He eventually acquires Mandalorian armor before the end of the war.
* DamselOutOfDistress: Before he was ten, he was able to conceal a blaster pistol on his body and shoot a bounty hunter holding him hostage. As he throws said diminutive hunter to the ground by the head, he tells her:
-->"Lesson for you. Search your prisoners."
* EnfantTerrible: He was already a trained Bounty Hunter at a young age. His appearance in ''Age of Republic: Jango Fett'' sees him coldly murder two trecharous bounty hunters and only spare the third to spread his budding reputation.
* EvenEvilHasStandards:
** During his vendetta against Mace Windu, he didn't want anyone else to die.
** He considers the other clones of Jango as something akin to family and outright refuses to attack them.
** Curiously, though, he was perfectly willing to let a girl be sold into slavery as some warlord's bride while ''Ventress'' couldn't go through with it. To be fair, he didn't seem to realize what the girl's brother wanted to do with her; he thought he was still "protecting" her from him.
* FreudianExcuse: Witnessing his father's beheading did bad things to Boba's ideas of who the heroes and villains are.
* GreekLetterRanks: In ''The Bad Batch'', it's revealed that Boba was originally called Alpha by the Kaminoans before Jango named him Boba, being the first Jango clone ever created and with an unmodified genome to boot. [[spoiler:This is also thematically ties him with Omega, a female Jango clone who also has an unmodified genome]].
* GunsAkimbo: He wields these during the Clone Wars. Like father, like son, it seems.
* HeartbrokenBadass: When Mace killed Jango, Boba completely lost it, [[ItsPersonal setting out on]] a quest for vengeance.
* KidsAreCruel: He was able to murder fellow bounty hunters attempting to double-cross him and his father without a second thought.
* IfYoureSoEvilEatThisKitten: In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS2E22LethalTrackdown Lethal Trackdown]]", Aurra Sing tries to make him shoot a clone trooper (who is essentially his brother). He refuses, so she remorselessly murders the clone trooper in front of him.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: When Boba Fett and Asajj Ventress are hired by the dictator [[FatBastard Otua Blak]] to deliver Pluma Sodi to his stronghold to [[AndNowYouMustMarryMe become his bride]], Sodi tries to convince Ventress to set her free. Although Ventress is already sympathetic to Pluma's plight, she initially refuses to help her and still planned to go through delivering her to Otua Blak in order to collect the bounty for her delivery and split it equally with Boba. Boba, however, informs her that he plans to hoard most of the payment for himself, which provokes Ventress into freeing Pluma in giving Fett a HumiliationConga.
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: In ''Literature/DarkDisciple,'' during Ventress' and Boba Fett's team of bounty hunters attempt to rescue Vos, Fett and his team managed to somehow defeat and subdue Dooku, although he escapes before they can kill him.
* OlderHeroVsYoungerVillain: He's the Younger Villain to the Older Heroes Mace, Anakin, Ahsoka, and Plo Koon in his own self-titled arc in ''The Clone Wars''.
* ParentalAbandonment: Aside from Jango getting killed, Aurra Sing (not a parent, but a parental figure) fled the coop when rescuing Boba would have meant getting herself caught.
* PintSizedPowerhouse: Even as a small boy, Boba's a dangerous and cunning assassin.
* PleaseDontLeaveMe: Says this word-for-word when Aurra Sing leaves him behind when he gets captured by Plo Koon.
* RevengeMyopia: In his eyes, Mace Windu murdered his father. In reality, [[WarIsHell both were combatants on opposite sides of a war]], Jango attacked first and Mace wound up on top. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] by the canon timeline placing Boba's age during ''Attack of The Clones'' at about [[HarmfulToMinors ten years old]] and the trauma likely making it hard for Boba to consider it anything else.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Blowing up a starship to get to ''one'' man certainly qualifies, even if it was [[TheCorrupter Aurra]] who told him to do it.
* RobotBuddy: His personal assassin droid C-21 Highsinger was described by the creators as being to him what Chewbacca is to Han Solo.
* SavedByCanon: Because of his appearance in the Original Trilogy, Boba is not allowed to die in any of his appearances in the prequel-related media.
* StartOfDarkness: Watching Jango get cut down by Mace Windu was this for Boba, which led him to develop a vendetta and initiate an assassination plot on Mace during the Clone Wars.
* TeensAreMonsters: He was a bounty hunter by his early teens.
* TookALevelInJerkass: While Boba wasn't exactly a nice guy, he gradually discards his moral restraints as a bounty hunter. During his assassination attempt on Windu, Boba didn't want anyone else to die and couldn't bring himself to harm his clone brothers. After his revenge plot failed, Boba became more unfettered as he is willing to let a girl be sold into slavery so long as he gets paid.
* TookALevelInKindness: An unfinished story arc of ''The Clone Wars'' implies he would wise up about himself and display a more professional attitude, outright telling Cad Bane how he refuses to let him hold a town hostage for any longer before squaring off against him.
* TragicKeepsake: ZigZagged with Jango's helmet; he takes it as one, but later uses it in order to lure Windu into a trap and blows it up. However, with the revelation of the adult Boba's armor being inherited from Jango, it's likely that Boba reclaimed the remains of the helmet from Vanqor to reforge into his own much later.
* TrainJob: In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS4E20Bounty Bounty]]", he leads a team of {{Bounty Hunter}}s to protecting cargo on a subterranean tram from a group of [[GratuitousNinja Kage Warriors]].
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior:
** In ''Age of Republic: Jango Fett''; tagging along on one of his father's missions as part of his training, he appears like a normal kid whose proud of his dad and comes off to other bounty hunters on the mission as TheLoad; only when two of the hunters take Boba hostage to claim the bounty for themselves does his true colors show as he easily and coldly offs the pair and nearly kills the third despite him not being in on their scheme, letting him live only so he can tell the tale.
** Justified somewhat in ''The Clone Wars'', as witnessing his father's death in ''Attack of the Clones'' gave a young Boba a harder and gloomier outlook on life.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: Boba in ''The Clone Wars'' is a lot more concerned about innocents and collateral damage than you would expect from the cold bounty hunter with little characterization who we saw in the original trilogy.
* YouKilledMyFather: He goes after Mace for revenge. This ends about as badly as you'd expect, given that Mace is only slightly less powerful than Yoda, and Boba's not even in his teens yet. After his assassination plot fails, Boba moves on and focuses on his career as a bounty hunter.
* YoungAndInCharge: Boba Fett is seen several times leading (or trying to lead) groups of bounty hunters that are far older and more experienced than he is. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Asajj Ventress in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS4E20Bounty Bounty]]".
-->'''Ventress:''' Boss? ''He'' is your ''boss''?\\
'''Boba:''' You got a problem with that?!
* YoungGun: Even before the Clone Wars, while training in missions alongside his father, Boba was already making a name for himself as a bounty hunter despite not even being a teenager.
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!!Boba Fett
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[[caption-width-right:299:''"He's no good to me dead."'']]

-->''"I'd be lying if I said I didn't enjoy the whispers of surprise when I walked onto the scene. That's right, boys. Fett's here."''

With his customized Mandalorian armor, deadly weaponry, and silent demeanor, Boba Fett was one of the most feared bounty hunters in the galaxy. Now lacking even the minimal morality he had shown as a child, Fett was known for his ruthless and brutal nature, taking jobs from some of the most despicable people in the galaxy, including Jabba the Hutt and Darth Vader.
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* AdaptationalWimp: His Legends counterpart was ''the'' most dangerous bounty hunter in the galaxy and could go toe-to-toe with '''Darth Vader'''. Until ''The Mandalorian'', what was shown of Fett in canon is that he's a highly competent and dangerous bounty hunter but not nearly as invincible as his ''Legends'' version, as a pre-Force training Luke Skywalker managed to escape him and a ''blinded'' Han Solo caused his seeming demise ''by accident''.
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: ''Legends'' Boba Fett, at least before the introduction of Jango, and his backstory was a unsavory person, to say the least. Contrary to modern depictions, older ''Legends'' material depicted Boba as a disturbed murderer, who preferred to bring his victims in dead, and enjoyed collecting sick "trophies" from his victims, such as the Wookiee braid.
* AdvertisedExtra: In ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''. He was featured pretty heavily in marketing for the film, and his action figure was easily the most popular of the pre-release toys. In the film itself, however, Boba has only four lines, under two minutes of screen time, yet his overall effect on the plot is significant enough.
* AscendedExtra: Boba Fett was a minor bad guy in the Original Trilogy, but his popularity led to him getting an origin story in ''Attack of the Clones'' while getting prominent roles in ''The Clone Wars'' and even a handful of appearances in the canonical comics. It still pales in comparison to his treatment in ''Legends'', however, but ''The Mandalorian'' started fixing this in spectacular fashion, culminating in him getting his own Disney+ series, ''The Book of Boba Fett'', in 2021.
* BadassNormal: Name another non-Jedi who can take a confrontational tone with Darth Vader like he did at Cloud City, and ''live''! He's also considered one of the most dangerous bounty hunters in the galaxy.
* TheBadGuyWins: Notably the only villain to do so in ''Empire Strikes Back''. His objectives were to track down the ''Millennium Falcon'' for the Empire and capture Han Solo for Jabba the Hutt. He ends the film with both endeavors successful.
%%* BastardUnderstudy: To his father, Jango. The emphasis is on understudy in this case.
* BountyHunter: Followed in his father's footsteps and became the most feared bounty hunter in the galaxy. Although, specifically, "Bounty Killer" is implicitly a better term; he has such a reputation for bringing in his quarry dead that Darth Vader specifically feels the need to single him out and warn him "no disintegrations".
* BreakoutCharacter: He became so popular that a decent chunk of the Prequel Trilogy's second film was dedicated to his own coming of age story. His father became the sole genetic basis for the clones of the Grand Army of the Republic, one of the single most influential factions in the ''Star Wars'' Canon. He was popular enough that he was even digitally added into a restored scene of ''A New Hope'' when Lucas released the Special Editions of the original trilogy. [[spoiler:He was eventually confirmed as NotQuiteDead in ''The Mandalorian'', and is receiving his own series in ''The Book of Boba Fett''.]]
* BrooklynRage: He was originally voiced by Brooklyn native Jason Wingreen with the raspy accent to match, fitting for a tough as nails bounty hunter who doesn't take shit from anyone, not even Vader.
* TheCameo:
** In the special edition of ''A New Hope'', Boba appears at the end of a conversation between Jabba and Han to foreshadow his role in collecting the bounty Jabba puts on Solo.
** He makes an appearance at the end of the bounty hunter arc of [[spoiler:''VideoGame/StarWarsJediSurvivor'', collecting the bounty on Caij and agreeing to part ways peacefully with Cal, but still taking a moment to warn him they’re not friends.]]
* CanonImmigrant: His first appearance was in ''The Star Wars Holiday Special'', but his first appearance in a canonical ''Star Wars'' installment (production-wise) is in ''The Empire Strikes Back''.
* CoDragons: With Admiral Piett to Vader in ''The Empire Strikes Back.'' In ''Empire'', Piett is Vader's official lieutenant in the Imperial fleet, with Fett being a bounty hunter outside the official Imperial chain of command, but still in Vader's employ.
* ComicBookFantasyCasting: The distinctive shape of his helmet's eyepiece was reputedly based on Creator/ClintEastwood's steely glare. Accordingly, Jeremy Bulloch said he played Fett explicitly as Clint Eastwood, mimicking Eastwood's distinctive body language from the Film/DollarsTrilogy.
* ConsummateProfessional: As an adult, Boba never once loses his cool or acts unprofessionally.
* CoolHelmet: Like his father, he uses Mandalorian armor and helmet. Based on Ralph [=McQuarrie=]'s unused concepts for Stormtroopers.
* CoolStarship: The ''Slave I'', a ship he got to inherit from his late father after he becomes an independent bounty hunter by his own right.
* CreepySouvenir: He isn't above taking scalps or pelts from some of the targets he kills. In fact, those braids he wears on his armor are made from Wookiee pelts.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Subverted. [[spoiler:In ''Return of the Jedi'', it looked like he was devoured by the Sarlacc, which is described as an incredibly painful process with the digestion taking a thousand years to finish. However, ''The Mandalorian'' reveals he managed to escape the sarlacc’s belly before getting digested, and thus he survived.]]
* DarkIsNotEvil: Has shades of this in his ''Age of Rebellion'' one-shot: finding a dying accomplice of a rogue bounty hunter (who shot said accomplice just for extra water when crossing a large sand dune), Boba gives the man a drink from his own canteen, and without a word reassures him that he will get revenge through Boba's pursuit. It may've been simply for Fett's benefit as the man's last words directs him in his bounty's direction, but it nevertheless allows die with satisfaction.
* DiscardAndDraw: As scrapped episodes of the Clone Wars showed, Boba used to be more of a gunslinger back in his younger days and when he was learning from Cad Bane, using his father's two WESTAR-34 blaster pistols and nothing more. After obtaining his armor however, Boba changed for the WalkingArmory approach he is known for in the Original Trilogy and his gunslinging skills suffered as a result [[spoiler: as his duel with Cad Bane in ''The Book of Boba Fett'' shows]] since his new favorite weapon, the EE-3 Carbine Rifle allowed for far more fires per shot but was less accurate than his pistols.
* TheDragon: For Darth Vader in ''The Empire Strikes Back''. He starts as one of several potential bounty hunters Vader brings aboard to hunt for the ''Millennium Falcon'', but he's the one who ultimately tracks it to Bespin, allowing the Empire to capture Han, Leia, and Chewbacca, setting up Vader's trap for Luke. He also plays the role for Jabba the Hutt in the opening act of ''Return of the Jedi''.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: An example that became a non-fatal variant via a {{Retcon}}. Boba Fett was ultimately defeated like a punk in ''Return of the Jedi'', being hit in his jetpack by a blinded Han Solo before crashing into Jabba's sail barge and falling into the Sarlacc's mouth. Considering that ''The Empire Strikes Back'' hyped him up as one of the most dangerous characters in the setting, this defeat comes across as shockingly abrupt. [[spoiler:Fortunately, ''The Mandalorian'' establishes that he managed to make it out of the Sarlacc alive.]]
* DroppingTheBombshell:
** He delivers one to Darth Vader issue #6 of ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsDarthVader Darth Vader]]'' when he informs him that Luke Skywalker is the name of the Rebel who destroyed to Death Star... [[LukeIAmYourFather Which allows Vader to put two and two together.]]
-->'''Darth Vader:''' Did you bring me anything of value, bounty hunter?\\
'''Boba Fett:''' Not much. Just his name. Skywalker.
** At the end of his ''Age of Rebellion'' issue, a man trying to fight against raiders with ties to the Empire, whose sister was saved in the act of Boba's latest bounty catch, begs Fett for help, mistakenly thinking that as a bounty hunter he only goes after "bad men, murderers, criminals". Boba responds with his only words in the comic:
--->'''Boba:''' No... [''turns and aims his blaster at the man, a hologram of said man's WANTED hologram over Boba's shoulder''] I hunt ''bounties''.
* EnigmaticMinion: To Vader and Jabba in the films, where his motivations (beyond money) and character remain unexplored, but his appearance makes him stand out.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: His body language and look to Lando in response to Han's screams of agony as he's being tortured indicate that he's as disgusted with the practice as Lando is.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: In ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'', the characters only refer to Boba Fett as the "Bounty Hunter". His isn't mentioned by name until ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''.
* EvilCounterpart:
** Possibly one to Han Solo. Like Han, he is from the Galaxy's more criminal fringe and has no personal stake in the war, getting involved only for money. Fett's employer just happens to be on the opposite side, though Han at least becomes genuinely invested in the Rebel cause.
** He serves as a retroactive counterpart to [[Series/TheMandalorian Mando]] AKA Din Djarin, another jetpack-wielding Mandolorian bounty hunter. While Din can be as unscrupulous as Boba when it comes to his clients and the targets he’s after, he very much has limits to how far he’s willing to go for payment, whereas Boba's limits aren’t nearly as strict. Tellingly, Din ends up betraying and outright opposing his Imperial clients through a personal war, while Boba's under the direct employ of Darth Vader himself throughout ''The Empire Strikes Back''. Where most of Din's bounty hunting is meant to help fund his tribe back home, Boba is strictly out for himself. And to top it off, Din sincerely believes and practices his Mandalorian culture to a fault despite not being born into it, while Boba seems to have only taken up the appearance and fighting style and stopped there despite being a direct descendant (although he does still have an aversion to leaving debts unpaid). As something else of a parallel to this, Din was orphaned and took up bounty hunting after his parents were killed by the Separatist army, while Boba was orphaned by the Republic (specifically Windu) and took up bounty hunting afterwards.
* EvilSoundsDeep: When he's voiced by Jason Wingreen. Creator/TemueraMorrison instead gives him a voice closer to Jango Fett and the other clones with a slightly more raspy edge to it.
* TheExpyWithNoName: [[invoked]] He is basically the Man With No Name (who WordOfGod confirms was one of the main influences behind his character), but in the ''Franchise/StarWars'' universe, being a stoic BountyHunter whose [[MysteriousPast past remains shrouded]], at first. The poncho he wears is probably the biggest giveaway.
* TheFaceless: He's never seen without his helmet on in ''The Empire Strikes Back'' and ''Return of the Jedi'', so what exactly he looked like underneath was a mystery until his father Jango was introduced in ''Attack of the Clones'' (Boba is himself a clone) but even then, outside of ''Legends'', there's no glimpse of the current state of his face during this era.
* FauxActionGuy: Despite being portrayed as a total badass in the EU, Boba in the films really doesn't do much of anything spectacular or badass. He does a much better job living up to his hype in ''The Mandalorian'', though.
* FreezeFrameBonus: In ''The Empire Strikes Back'', When Luke arrives on Bespin and tries to get the drop on Boba Fett escorting the frozen Han to Slave-1, you can briefly see Fett briefly turn his head and look down the hall as he walks across the hallway when Luke is spying on him. This explains why he's able to get the drop on Luke and shoot at him when he goes to intercept the procession a few moments later.
* GroinAttack: Keen-eyed viewers have noticed a particularly sizable chip on the codpiece of his armor, meaning that someone [[NoodleIncident at some point]] successfully shot him in the groin. Whatever managed to make that kind of dent in his beskar armor meant he definitely felt it.
* HiredGuns: Which seems to be a common trait for bounty hunters in the ''Star Wars'' Canon. Jabba the Hutt seems to be one of Boba's more frequent employers in this capacity.
* InformedAbility: Boba's [[FauxActionGuy status as the best bounty hunter in the galaxy]] is pretty iffy in the films (either that, or the galaxy's bounty hunters all suck). The Canon outside of the Original Trilogy does a better job of justifying his title. For instance, he's able to pilot the ''Slave I'' well in ''Attack of the Clones'', even managing to distract Obi-Wan with it long enough so that his father could escape, and ''The Clone Wars'' has shown him as a capable bounty hunter in his youth, but not up to Cad Bane's caliber yet (he was no match for Force users at the time, as Asajj Ventress demonstrated, and Bane was still the top gun in the galaxy at the time). This likely would've been further averted if his storyline in ''The Clone Wars'' hadn't been scrapped – one arc of the installment's original seventh season featured Boba coming into his own and apparently defeating Bane in a Wild West-style showdown.
* InNameOnly: While it took decades to be addressed InUniverse, Boba Fett, while being of Mandalorian descent due to his "father" Jango being a Mandalorian, has never been shown in the new canon as ever having visited Mandalore nor had any extended interactions with other Mandalorians. While he has his Beskar armor and certainly fights like a Mandalorian, he doesn't seem to know or at least honor his culture all that much. He ended up an enforcer to Jabba the Hutt and his bounty hunting was solely for his own benefit. In contrast, true Mandalorians are shown to be fiercely loyal to their people and culture. They live together in small tribes and have tight knit clans. While Boba was a ProudWarriorRaceGuy to an extent, he only focused on the ways of the warrior whereas a Mandalorian like [[spoiler:Din Djarin]] dedicated his work and the profits of his bounties to his tribe, was close to his fellow Mandalorians, and lived "The Way" of the Mandalorian his whole life. Boba Fett only seems to focus on the aspect of his culture that benefits him (namely the part that lets him kick all kinds of ass) but ignores or at best pays lip service to most of the rest. When he comes across [[spoiler:Din Djarin]] in person he doesn't identify himself as Mandalorian but as a man making his own way, and declares that his only allegiance is to himself. By the looks of it he uses the armor and lets others draw their own conclusions.
* IronButtmonkey: Boba never acts with anything other than stoicism... but is repeatedly humiliated throughout the Canon. Most prominently with the repeated failures of his plans in ''The Clone Wars'' and his infamous "death" in ''Return of the Jedi''.
* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: Boba Fett uses this when interrogating people for the whereabouts of a Rebel pilot that Darth Vader hired him to find. When one man finally identifies the name of Luke Skywalker to Fett, Fett kills him immediately afterwards by shooting him in the chest.
* JetPack: He uses one, as is traditional for Mandalorian warriors.
* LegacyCharacter: In three ways.
** Boba Fett's ImpossiblyCoolClothes were confirmed to be Mandalorian battle armor in supplementary material. It's mentioned in passing that the Mandalorians were a ProudWarriorRace that had been eliminated by the Jedi Order: the implication was that Boba Fett either ''was'' one of the last Mandalorians or had acquired the armor in some OffscreenMomentOfAwesome.
** The prequels made him more clearly and directly a LegacyCharacter with the introduction of his parent Jango Fett.
** ''Aftermath'' shows that, after Fett mysteriously abandoned his armor, a sheriff named Cobb Vanth took it and is using it to serve as a lawman on Tatooine [[spoiler:until he hands it over to Din Djarin]].
* MalevolentMaskedMan: Well, "malevolent" might be pushing it, but he definitely acts as an antagonist in the Original Trilogy and he's certainly masked for all of his screen time there.
* MaskPower: His CoolHelmet doubles as an equally cool mask.
* MythologyGag: Boba Fett's sudden defeat in ''Return of the Jedi'' was done when Han Solo accidentally smacked his jet pack while turning around, causing it to go haywire and jet him off the boat and into the Sarlacc's maw. In Chapter 9 of ''Series/TheMandalorian'', [[spoiler:Din Djarin smacks Boba's old jet pack that Cobb Vanth was wearing hard enough to launch him to safety against his will when being charged by the krayt dragon.]] Apparently, Boba's jet pack was always a really sensitive piece of equipment.
* NervesOfSteel: He almost always keeps his cool. He can even talk back to Darth Vader and live.
* NeverFoundTheBody: His armor is recovered by a scavenger in ''Aftermath'', but the man himself is not. [[spoiler:He shows up alive in the Season 2 premiere of ''The Mandalorian''.]]
* NoodleIncident: ''"No disintegrations."'' There's no hint at to why Vader told Boba this, but it can't be anything pleasant. According to his POV story, "Added Muscle", the incident involved Rebels armed with ion disruptors on Coruscant. Boba overloaded their weapons and they disintegrated. As such, he was unable to collect on their bounties due to the lack of bodies.
* NoSympathy: Towards the Jedi. He feels no pity for them suffering ThePurge and feels like they got what they deserved, as he explains to [[spoiler:Cal Kestis in ''[[VideoGame/StarWarsJediSurvivor Jedi: Survivor]]''.]]
-->'''Boba Fett:''' I know Jedi. I know what you are capable of. And I do not pity your fate.
* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler:''The Mandalorian'' reveals that he wasn't digested by the Sarlacc and managed to live as a hermit on Tatooine.]]
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: He doesn't really care if Han survives the carbon freezing process or not. All Fett cared about was the potential loss of his payday, and was satisfied with Vader's promise of compensation from the Empire if Solo died.
* PragmaticVillainy:
** He doesn’t engage [[spoiler:Cal Kestis in battle once the Jedi stands down peacefully]], since he’s really only there for [[spoiler:Caij.]] That said, he still orders him to get lost.
** He has no use for a dead Han Solo since Jabba wants him alive.
** A trait he retains from his youth is that he minimizes killing anyone outside the pursuit of his bounties, be it innocents or targets he has not yet taken the contract for. Though when he happens to save others through his actions, as in ''Age of Rebellion'', he doesn't acknowledge them no matter what they say.
* ProfessionalKiller: He comes off as one, although we never actually see him carry out an assassination in any of his film appearances, and his one attempted assassination is a personal matter. Expanded Universe material makes up for it, however.
* PunchClockVillain: The Galactic Civil War doesn't mean a thing to Boba; he just wants to get paid.
* TheQuietOne: He never says much as an older bounty hunter in the films. Even in the new canon EU Fett doesn't talk much unless addressed directly. He's a man of deed and lets his actions speak for him.
* RealityIsUnrealistic: A case of fiction having plenty of real world analogues to parallel. While many fans might have been let down by how easily Boba Fett was beaten, there are too many instances of dumb luck and chance screwing things up in the most unpredictable ways. In fact, it's even more realistic that Fett lost by random chance because it would be very unlikely he would even lose if he knew the threat was coming. After all, you never know when chance will screw you over.
* ScarilyCompetentTracker: Han's ploy to blend in with jettisoned space junk fooled the Imperials and the other bounty hunters Vader hired. It [[NoSell didn't work]] on Boba Fett. Then, he not only tracked the Millenium Falcon, he was able to figure out where they were headed and get the Empire there first.
* ScarredEquipment: His armor has numerous dents, scratches, and battle scars. The seventh season of ''The Clone Wars'' would've shown that Boba got the most prominent dent (on the upper-left side of the helmet) in a duel with Cad Bane.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: In ''Empire Strikes Back'', he only has a few minutes of screentime and a handful of lines, but his tracking of the ''Millennium Falcon'' to Cloud City sets in motion Han's capture, Luke's climactic duel with Vader, including the infamous LukeIAmYourFather reveal, and the entire opening act of ''Return of the Jedi''.
* TheStoic: As an older bounty hunter, Boba never reacts to anything with less than calm, collected action.
* TookALevelInBadass: He's '''much''' more of a badass after the events of ''Attack of the Clones'' and ''The Clone Wars''. In ''Dark Disciple'', he and a group of other bounty hunters were able to successfully apprehend Count Dooku when beforehand, he proved no match for Asajj Ventress, suggesting he took that level late in the Clone War. And then, come the time of the Marvel comic, he's brutally efficient to a degree where he has thoroughly earned his reputation as the best bounty hunter in the galaxy.
* UndignifiedDeath: A blind Han Solo accidentally breaks his jetpack by aimlessly swinging around a vibro-ax and hitting it, causing it to activate and crash Boba into the side of a sail barge which leads to Boba falling into the Sarlacc Pit and get eaten by a Sarlacc. ''Yeah''. [[spoiler:It's later subverted in ''The Mandalorian'' when it turns out that he didn't die and actually managed to escape the Sarlacc later on.]]
* VerbThis: After being blinded by Boba Fett's flash-bang grenade and grazed in the shoulder during their confrontation in Kenobi's old hut, Luke repeats Kenobi's lesson about a Jedi feels the Force flowing through him and that he doesn't need to see to fight. Fett responds by saying "Feel This" and opening fire again.
* VocalDissonance: He's established as being in his mid thirties at most during the original trilogy where he has the raspy voice of sixty-year old Jason Wingreen. This is averted when he's voiced by Temuera Morrison who was closer to Boba's age at the time.
* WalkingArmory: His Mandalorian suit of armor is pretty tricked out to say the least; not counting the guns he carries, he has a wrist-mounted flamethrower, a grappling hook, and an anti-tank missile built into his jetpack.
* WatchOutForThatTree: After Han Solo activates Fett's jetpack by mistake, Boba Fett slams into Jabba's Sail barge in a manner similar to how George crashes into trees in ''WesternAnimation/GeorgeOfTheJungle''.
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"I'm a simple man making his way through the galaxy. Like my father before me."'']]
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-->''"Jabba ruled with fear. I intend to rule with respect."''

Near-death experiences tend to change a man. For Boba Fett, [[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi escaping the horrific Sarlacc pit]] began a chain of events that saw him left for dead in the desert and enslaved by a tribe of Tuskens, his family armor stolen by scavengers. Though brought to his lowest point, Boba resolved to earn the respect of his captors and learn from their culture, finding a new place for himself free from the burden of his past. After retrieving his lost heirloom with the aid of Din Djarin, Boba set his eyes to take the late Jabba the Hutt's place as kingpin of Tatooine's criminal underworld.
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* AbledInTheAdaptation: In ''Legends'', he suffered enough damage from the Sarlacc - which included losing a leg - that he required immediate medical treatment to survive after escaping. In Canon, his legs are intact, he spends years in the Tatooine desert without any top-of-the-line medical treatment, and the worst he's apparently suffered is acid burns on his skin and chronic pain, both of which are cured with a regimen of [[{{Panacea}} bacta]] immersion once he has control of Jabba's throne and can afford a [[HealingVat bacta pod]].
* AdaptationalUgliness: An interesting example, he's not really uglier in a technical sense, it's the same actor that was the basis for his face since Jango's introduction, but unlike in ''Legends'', he's bald, appears at least a decade older than his biological age, and is covered in acid burn scars. Though, given he was trapped in the acid-drenched, oxygen-deprived stomach of the Sarlacc for what could have been days, weeks or even months, it's pretty understandable that he looks worse for wear.
* AdaptationalSympathy: In ''Legends'', following his escape from the Sarlacc, he went right back to business as usual and kept on hunting bounties and clashing frequently with his old enemies. His canon depiction showcases the hardships he faced, from having his armor stolen right off his back, to being initially enslaved by the Tuskens, and facing a CultureClash against those who would prefer the status quo in running a criminal empire instead of his more respectful approach.
* AdaptedOut:
** Dengar doesn't fish him out of the Sarlacc and heal him in this continuity; rather he pulled himself out.
** So far, he seems to have no interest in getting revenge on Han Solo, like in ''Legends''. He reveals that he doesn't hold anything personal against them--only his late employer Jabba the Hutt--not to mention that he tried getting revenge against Mace Windu in his younger days and failed miserably.
* AffablyEvil: As Daimyo, Boba presents himself as a man of the people, refusing to be carried around on a litter like Jabba the Hutt did, and preferring to rule with respect rather than fear, addressing others with the utmost politeness, and opting for diplomacy over violence whenever possible. He also doesn't hold a grudge when Black Krrsantan tries to kill him, even giving the brute some advice and hiring Krrsantan himself later.
* AncestralWeapon: How he treats his armor, as it was passed down to him from his father, who himself inherited it from ''his'' adoptive father. It was stolen from him by a bunch of Jawas after his escape from the Sarlacc, and retrieving it is such SeriousBusiness for Boba that he's willing to take a small child hostage to get it back.
* AnimalLover: Boba has repeatedly shown a soft spot for animals. He apologises to a massiff for hitting it when trying to escape from the Tuskens. When releasing the Bantha he used as a mount he speaks affectionately to her and calls her "old girl". After the Hutt Twins present him with a young rancor as a gift, he goes full FluffyTamer and treats it like a big, scaly puppy. He asks his new rancor keeper to teach him how to ride it, mentioning that he's previously had experience riding animals ten times as large.
* AntiHero: By the time of ''The Mandalorian'', Boba has seemingly regained some of the sympathetic and heroic traits he had in his childhood. He initially serves as an antagonist - selfishly threatening Grogu because he wants something Din has, promising to leave the boy if it's handed over - but when Moff Gideon interrupts the confrontation to kidnap Grogu, Boba pledges to help rescue him despite already having what he wants, [[IGaveMyWord purely because he feels he hasn't fulfilled his promise]]. Likewise, his redeeming aspect is that he prefers to rule with respect rather than fear, and opts for diplomacy over violence whenever possible.
* AntiVillain: Despite his heroic qualities, he's still a ruthless and selfishly-motivated criminal, with ''The Book of Boba Fett'' focusing on his aspirations to become Tatooine's top crime lord. Even so, he proves very AffablyEvil in this endeavor and makes it clear that he intends to rule the criminal underworld with [[HonorAmongThieves fairness and respect]], unlike his predecessor Jabba the Hutt.
* BadassLongcoat: His time on Tatooine saw him sporting a roughspun black duster, which he continues to wear under his armor after retrieving it.
* BaldHeadOfToughness: When the Jawas took off his helmet shortly after his escape from the Sarlacc, he's revealed to be completely bald. Whether this is the result from the stomach acid that corrodes him or a hairstyle he always had since his early years as a bounty hunter, it nevertheless represents the hardships Boba has faced throughout his life as well as his will to survive.
* BaldOfAuthority: Is bald and in charge as daimyo. Though Boba wears his helmet to intimidate his potential enemies with his old reputation as a ruthless bounty hunter, he takes it off to the local denizens to show that he's a friendly and benevolent ruler.
* BatmanGambit: In Chapter 4 of ''The Book of Boba Fett'', Boba Fett arranges a meeting with the crime bosses of Mos Espa to discuss about the encroaching Pyke Syndicate. Boba knows the crime bosses wouldn't agree to fight for him and would try to kill him to seize power for themselves, so he has the dinner table placed over the [[spoiler:freshly filled]] Rancor pit just to [[ImpliedDeathThreat remind them of the fate that would await them]] if they betray him. He then gets them to sign on a neutrality pact for the upcoming war, and confidently tells Fennec that while he doesn't trust them completely, he reasons that their own self-interests would see neutrality to be the safest bet for their businesses and lives. [[spoiler:The gambit fails because the Pyke Syndicate are able to bribe the crime families to double-cross Boba in Chapter 7, and the crime families never had faith that Boba could actually win. In response, Boba sends Fennec to make the crime heads pay ''dearly'' for their betrayal and stupidity.]]
* BenevolentBoss: As a leader, Boba clearly prefers the carrot to the stick; when two of Bib Fortuna's former guards initially refuse to work for him, Boba earns their loyalty by promising them good money and working conditions. Later, when informed by a speeder gang that there is no legitimate work to be had, Boba's response is to hire them to work for him, winning himself even more loyal supporters through simple decency, a far cry from the likes of his own former employers. Even when Black Krrsantan breaks into the palace and nearly kills him, Boba doesn't get angry over the breach in security and even orders that a wounded Gamorrean guard be placed in his personal bacta tank, despite being injured himself.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: "Nice" is a bit of a stretch, but he's a reasonable man willing to hear you out. If you do anything to betray his trust, or stand in the way of his goals, you'll learn why he was once the deadliest bounty hunter in the galaxy.
* BodyHorror: Again, his time in the sarlacc. Best exemplified by how much of his scalp is ''teal'' in ''The Mandalorian''. ''The Book of Boba Fett'' goes further by showing how his whole body is covered in acid scars, and it is not a pretty sight. Fortunately, by the end of Chapter 4, he's completely healed.
* BroughtDownToBadass: Lacking his beskar armor and most of his equipment upon his return in ''The Mandalorian'' (to say nothing of the injuries he suffered in the Sarlacc pit and his years under Tatooine's merciless suns), Boba proves to be a fearsome fighter nonetheless, brutally overpowering several Stormtroopers with a gaffi stick.
* TheBusCameBack: ''The Mandalorian'' marks his return on-screen years after even his appearance as a young boy in ''The Clone Wars'', to say nothing of his adult-self who last appeared in ''Return Of The Jedi'' over 40 years ago out-of-universe, and reveals he survived the Sarlacc Pit.
* CarryABigStick: Up until he runs into Din Djarin, he uses a Tusken Raider Gaderffii stick to make short work of Stormtroopers. It soon became his melee weapon, especially after we see his forging of this stick during the scenes of his past on Tatooine when he rode with a Tusken tribe. [[spoiler: He would eventually use it to kill Cad Bane]].
* CharacterAgedWithTheActor: Even though ''The Mandalorian'' and ''The Book of Boba Fett'' take place mere months (for Mando) and years (for Boba), Boba appears as the much older and stouter actor who played Jango 20 years earlier in the prequel trilogies. The best explanation would be his brief stint in the Sarlacc pit and his somewhat longer time with the Tusken of Tatooine.
* CharacterDevelopment: Having spent time living with the Tusken Raiders and suffering a NearDeathExperience, Boba comes to the realization that the life of bounty hunting has brought nothing but suffering to the innocent and needless risk to himself and others when the truly StupidEvil crime bosses they all worked for act in their own interests. He resolves that once he takes over Jabba's criminal empire, he won't make the same mistakes.
* ConsummateProfessional: Boba doesn't snark or boast when in combat, like just about everyone else is prone to do at points, and he eliminates any opposition swiftly, brutally, and with minimal effort necessary. This serves to make him look like an old pro in the midst of overzealous if gifted newbies, which is exactly what he is.
* CoveredWithScars: When he reappears in ''The Mandalorian'', Boba's body is covered with scarring from the Sarlacc's stomach acid. He spends much of the first four episodes of ''The Book of Boba Fett'' sleeping in a bacta tank to recover from the damage.
* CulturallyReligious: His father was a Mandalorian foundling and he wears Mandalorian armor. However, he doesn't identify as Mandalorian himself.
* CurbStompBattle: Utterly destroys a unit of Stormtroopers with nothing but a gaffi stick at his disposal. Then he reacquires his armor, and does more than kill a few Stormtroopers. He destroys ''two ships worth of them''.
* DeclarationOfProtection:
** In order to get his armor back from Din Djarin, he promises no harm will come to Grogu. He backs up that pledge after the Imperial Remnant kidnaps the Child, aiding Din in rescuing him from Moff Gideon's cruiser.
** He earned Fennec Shand's loyalty first by saving her life after she was left for dead in the Tatooine desert, then promising to watch her back if she signed on to his new crime family as a partner.
--->'''Boba Fett:''' I can promise you something no client ever has.
--->'''Fennec Shand:''' What's that?
--->'''Boba Fett:''' ''Loyalty''. I will cut you in on the success, and pledge my life to protect yours.
** As Daimyo of Tatooine, he vows to keep the people of Mos Espa safe from other criminals and interlopers, refusing to cut and run when the Pykes launch their gang war against him.
* DentedIron: His ordeals on Tatooine have weathered him considerably, and he alleviates it with sleeping in a [[{{Panacea}} bacta]] [[HealingVat pod]] every night once he claims Jabba's domain.
* {{Determinator}}: Even faced with death itself, he won't go down without a fight. He's able to get out of the Sarlacc, in spite of already being wounded, by burning his way through the creature and crawling out of the sand, and he tries rather valiantly to face his Tusken captors in spite of being massively outclassed.
* DoYouWantToHaggle: After tracking Din to Tython, he opts to bargain with him, promising Grogu's safety in exchange for his armor.
* TheDreaded: Despite spending years in hiding, his fearsome reputation is fully intact. As soon as the Stormtroopers on Tython see him in his armor, they begin hurrying to get back to their ships. He still takes them out anyway. Later, during the flashback in Chapter 4, he reveals who he is to Fennec Shand after she comes to from him saving her. She's visibly stunned that he's still alive, knowing damn well who he really is. Later, while he and Fennec are stealing back the ''Slave I'', Boba simply identifying himself to one of Bib Fortuna's droids is enough to make said droid shut itself down rather than face him.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: After killing Bib Fortuna, Boba tries to rule as a ''benevolent'' warlord, not being the complete scugghole that Jabba was. In response, the citizens and criminals of Tatooine just shrug him off... [[AvertedTrope until he gathers allies and fights off the Pyke Syndicate]], becoming a respected and even ''adored'' warlord... [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor which makes him deeply uncomfortable]].
-->'''Boba:''' Do they ''have'' to bow?
* DueToTheDead: After finding his Tusken Raider tribe, whom had come to see him as one of their own, completely slaughtered, Boba silently gives their bodies a VikingFuneral, clearly saddened by the loss of his FireForgedFriends.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler:After managing to defeat the Pykes and defend Mos Espa, he has become beloved and respected by the people as their Daimyo.]]
* EnemyMine: He and Din start off their meeting in a MexicanStandoff, with Boba threatening to kill Grogu if his armor is not returned - only for the two to be attacked by Imperial troops, forcing them to team up. By the end of the episode, they've officially joined forces [[spoiler:to rescue Grogu.]]
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: A gender flipped variant. Despite being a ruthless bounty hunter, and it being decades since he last saw him, Boba still loves his father deeply. [[spoiler:So much so that when Bo-Katan and Koska Reeves start mud-slinging about Jango Fett, i.e. disrespecting his memory, he ''loses it''.]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards: When Boba insists on negotiating with Jabba's vassals in person, he explains to Fennec that he disapproves of ruling the criminal underground with fear. Now that he's the one sitting on the throne, Boba wishes to run said underground using respect instead. He also refuses to employ torture and seems opposed to slavery, freeing the slave girls Fortuna inherited from Jabba & releasing Krrsantan instead of selling him to the gladiatorial pits as the Twins suggest. It's later revealed that he doesn't want criminal empires to be ruled by blatant idiots who keep getting people killed unnecessarily--under his and Fennec's rule, he can at least keep things in line and keep people from dying. Well, those under his protection, that is.
* ExactWords: A rare positive variant. When Boba has Fennec hold Grogu in her sights to demand his armor back from Din, he states that he will "guarantee the safety of the child" if his terms are met. After Moff Gideon's forces interrupt the confrontation to kidnap Grogu, Din hands over the armor and tells Boba their bargain is fulfilled, as he at least ''tried'' to save the kid. Boba, however, insists upon helping with the rescue anyway, since by failing to stop the Imperials he has failed to "guarantee the safety of the child" as he promised.
* FireForgedFriends: Downplayed with Din Djarin; they initially meet as enemies, with Boba threatening Grogu's life to get his armor back from Din, but, after a battle with the Empire, agrees to help rescue the captive Grogu to fulfill the agreement the two Mandalorians came to, and they work well together for the remainder of the season. [[spoiler:Boba left enough of a good impression on Din that, when approached to work for the newly minted Daimyo, Din waives his fee as soon as hears that Boba wants his help.]]
* {{Foil}}:
** To Din Djarin; both men are Mandalorian bounty hunters who, despite a cold exterior, have a lot of good qualities. They also both found new purpose in life after being taken in by a group of masked warriors (the Children of the Watch for Din, the Tusken Raiders for Boba). However, Din is very devoted to a particularly strict version of the Mandalorian code of conduct, while Boba barely cares about Mandalorian ideals beyond honoring his father's memory. Boba also has higher ambitions than Din, whose quests generally revolve around small (albeit very difficult) tasks like protecting Grogu or returning the child to the Jedi, contrasting Boba's newfound mission to become a crime lord.
** To Bo-Katan Kryze; Bo is the scion of a noble Mandalorian house, while Boba is the son of a single former foundling. Boba is a bounty hunter-turned-crime lord, while Bo-Katan aspires to rebuild and rule Mandalore, a goal that Boba finds laughable. Bo-Katan is dismissive of Boba's status as a Mandalorian, while the man himself hardly cares if he's seen as one, having little attachment to the culture unlike Bo-Katan's dedication to their world.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: While still ruthless towards his sapient enemies, Boba shows himself to be something of an animal lover in ''The Book of Boba Fett'', treating his bantha with great affection and respect, even freeing it so that it can find a mate, and later, treating his new pet rancor with equal affection,
* GoGoEnslavement: {{Defied}}.
** The moment he kills Fortuna, he and Fennec set an unfortunate Twi'lek slave girl free, and have no interest in continuing the Hutt's tradition.
** When offering the captured Black Krrsantan back to the Hutt Twins in their truce, the Twins decline the offer and tell Boba to sell Krrsantan off to gladiator pits. Boba instead frees Krrsantan, and [[ConsummateProfessional holds no personal grudge]] as Krrsantan was just doing a job.
* GoingNative: Despite them initially enslaving him, Boba ends up ingratiating himself with the tribe of Tuskens that found him after he escaped the Sarlacc. He ends up adopting their ways, even forging and wielding his own gaffi stick, and comes to consider the Tuskens his family. Even after his tribe was slaughtered, Boba continues to identify with the Tuskens, regarding Tatooine as his new home and embarking on his criminal enterprise in part to make the planet a better place.
* GoodCannotComprehendEvil: While he's not truly good, he is more noble than most of the criminal underworld and his intent on becoming a benevolent crime lord tends to blind him to the reality of scum and villainy he has to deal with, namely that they would make sane and rational decisions. [[spoiler:During a dinner meeting, Boba tells the crime families of Mos Espa to remain neutral during his war against the Pykes if they will not join Boba's forces. He reasons that the families would follow their own-self interests and stay true to the deal since siding with the Pykes would put a target on their heads if Boba somehow wins. The crime families prove him wrong, betraying the neutrality pact believing that the Pykes would clearly win the war. Boba admits this was a smart move at the moment, but then sends Fennec to kill all crime family heads (and the mayor) as punishment for their long-term stupidity.]]
* HazyFeelTurn: After decades slipping further and further into selfish, psychotic villainy, Boba's near-death experience and years in solitude seem to have restored some of the morality he had in his youth. While he is still ruthless in his pursuit of his goals, he has regained a strong sense of honor and loyalty, and is more than willing to help Din Djarin in his quest as thanks for returning his armor. However, once his debt is fulfilled, Boba goes back to Tatooine and kills Bib Fortuna for control over Jabba's Palace, with the implication he intends to start a new criminal empire albeit in a more respectable and beneficial way.
* HesBack: Boba's confrontation with Din Djarin in "The Tragedy" marks his return as a major character, and it's fully cemented during the subsequent battle with Gideon's forces, when he reacquires his armor and proceeds to clean house with its suite of built-in armaments.
* HeritageDisconnect: His father was a Mandalorian but he doesn't identify as one himself. However, he's still close enough for Din to recognize him as the rightful owner to his beskar armor.
* HonorBeforeReason:
** Chapter 4 reveals he went back into the Sarlacc to look for his armor, in spite of the further injuries he would sustain.
** In ''The Book of Boba Fett'' Chapter 7, after the Pykes and the other criminals on Tatooine outmaneuver and surround him, both Fennec and Din Djarin suggest retreating to his palace and regrouping. But Fett refuses, both because it would be a major loss of face, and would violate his DeclarationOfProtection to the people of Mos Espa.
* IGaveMyWord:
** Fett may be OnlyInItForTheMoney but when he gives his word, he ''keeps'' it. In Chapter 14 of ''The Mandalorian'', [[spoiler:he agrees to help Din Djarin protect Grogu in exchange for Djarin returning his armor. When Gideon's troops succeed in capturing the Child despite their efforts, Fett makes it clear he doesn't consider the job done until the child is safely back in his fellow Mandalorian's hands, even though Djarin is willing to consider his part of the bargain fulfilled.]]
** When he's shown during his captivity with the Tuskens, he promises to aid them in keeping the Pykes from executing them via train, and he does so in spite of having the chance to escape.
** He takes his vow to protect the citizens of Mos Espa very seriously, refusing to abandon the town to the Pykes, even temporarily.
* InUniverseCatharsis: He manages to settle the score with both Bib Fortuna and the Kintan Striders for their role in [[spoiler: the slaughter of his Tusken tribe]], and kills the Sarlacc that ate him (albeit unintentionally because he thought he already killed it, but it turned out to be NotQuiteDead until Fennec fed it a seismic charge). He later gets his full revenge when he sends Fennec to [[spoiler: kill the Pykes--the true beings responsible for killing the Tuskens--as well as the crime bosses who betrayed him.]]
* IronButtMonkey: His fall into the Sarlacc Pit is revealed to be only the beginning of his misfortune. After crawling his way out of the Sarlacc's belly, he collapses from heat exhaustion, allowing Jawas to steal his armor in the dark of the night. Then he is found, beaten, and captured by the Tusken Raiders, who always thwart his attempts to escape and later forces to dig for water, under the command of a Tusken youngling no less. Despite all the beatings and hardships, Boba never breaks. He eventually gains the respect of the Tusken tribe by strangling a monster with his chains, saving his young overseer's life. He joins his new family, and helps them deal with the Pykes, who repeatedly snipe them and their Banthas as they ferry Spice across the desert, only for all of his new family to be murdered by the Pykes.
* KarmicJackpot: He is almost continually hit with this ever since being a new daimyo due to his more respectful and fair approach towards others that has earned him loyalty and commitment as a result. Notably, the mod biker gang saves him from being assassinated by Black Krrsantan, said Wookie willingly takes a job working for him when he lets him go free, and [[spoiler: Din Djarin agrees to help him for free as repayment for helping him rescue Grogu.]]
* LateArrivalSpoiler: ''The Book of Boba Fett'' advertisements spoil ''The Mandalorian'' revealing that he escaped the Sarlacc Pit, and that he and Fennec assume control of Tatooine's criminal empire at the end of Season 2.
* ALighterShadeOfBlack: In ''The Book of Boba Fett'', Boba is still a ruthless underworld figure, who has no problem gunning down Bib Fortuna and the Nikto speed bikers without mercy, and his intention is to usurp the remnants of Jabba's criminal empire for himself. However, he makes it clear he intends to run the operation with respect and loyalty, not backstabbing and fear. He also makes it a point to phase out some of the more unsavory vices of Jabba's empire, like slavery and drug running.
* LovedByAll: [[spoiler:By the end of ''Book of Boba Fett'''s first season, the citizens of Mos Espa are incredibly grateful for Boba defending their city, finally giving him the respect and tribute he was looking for when he first took control of Jabba's palace.]]
* MagneticHero: "Hero" might be stretching it a little, but due to his dedication to ruling with respect, keeping his word, and reducing the death count of Tatooine's underworld dealings, he has earned the UndyingLoyalty of Fennec Shand, the Gamorrean guards, the mods, Krrsantan, and Din Djarin.
* MarqueeAlterEgo: While Boba never appeared in the Original Trilogy without his helmet, he regularly unveils himself in the Disney+ shows, following Jango Fett's lead rather than that of Din and his tribe of Mandalorians. This trope results in ''The Mandalorian'' providing the first canon glimpse of Boba's adult visage. ''The Book of Boba Fett'' takes it to another level when his injuries from the Sarlacc Pit start healing, allowing Temuera Morrison to perform with less prosthetic makeup covering his face.
* MathematiciansAnswer: Boba never gives a straight answer as to whether he's a Mandalorian or not. He tells Djarin that his father was a Mandalorian foundling in order to persuade him to give back his armor while sidestepping Djarin's question of being a Mandalorian himself. When Bo-Katan accuses Boba of not being a "real Mandalorian", Boba snidely replies he never said he was. It's clear that Boba has no interest in the Mandalorian people's NoTrueScotsman feuding and definitions of heredity, and is content to let others think what they want about his status, as long as they leave his father and the choice he made out of it.
* MissedHimByThatMuch: Perhaps to his good fortune, he flies off in ''Slave I'' while Din's group boards Moff Gideon's cruiser to rescue Grogu. Since he's not there with the others, he misses the person who comes to their aid: [[spoiler: Luke Skywalker, who was partially responsible for him being in the Sarlacc in the first place.]]
* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: Boba cares little for Mandalore's status, people or culture outside of their warrior way and any notion of retaking the planet is quickly blown off.
* NeighborhoodFriendlyGangsters: Unlike Jabba (or, for that matter, pretty much every other crime boss in the ''Star Wars'' universe), as Daimyo, Boba is a man of the people, devoted to safeguarding the people of Mos Espa and refusing to forsake them despite overwhelming odds, even putting their well-being ahead of his own profits.
* NobleDemon: He's still a ruthless and ambitious criminal, but his goal is to rule Jabba's former empire with respect instead of fear.
* NothingPersonal: Boba doesn't have much grudge towards mercenary assassins who tried to kill him because he knows they're being paid for it as opposed to having a personal beef with Boba. It's also why he isn't interested in getting revenge on Luke and Han for sending him down the Sarlacc pit, instead putting the blame on the late Jabba for starting the conflict in the first place.
* NotSoAboveItAll: While Boba is often a stoic individual for the most part, he does get some light-hearted moments once in a while. Notably, his genuine affection for his new pet Rancor, and him excitedly trying to mimic a riding a bantha in front of some Tusken Raiders is quite unexpected to see from one of the galaxy's most feared bounty hunters.
* OneManArmy: Takes out an entire platoon of stormtroopers on his own, and kills more of them than Din Djarin and Fennec combined.
* PayEvilUntoEvil:
** Coldly kills Bib Fortuna to take over Jabba's criminal network. As it's revealed that Fortuna is a greedy scumbag that employed [[spoiler:the Kintan Striders, who allegedly killed the Tusken Raiders he was living with]], it's more than well deserved.
** [[spoiler:In the season finale for his own show, Boba ends up being the one to do in Cad Bane, a man who had consistently performed horrendous acts during both the Galactic Republic and Empire eras of the franchise in order to get paid.]]
* PintSizedPowerhouse: It's never pointed to, but Boba isn't the tallest man in a galaxy far far away; he's eye to eye with Bo-Katan, and the mod bikers are his height or bigger[[note]]Temura Morrison is 5'7[[/note]]. He is still however ''Boba Fett.''
* PragmaticVillainy: Boba's motive to become a crime lord is to the show the galaxy that is possible to run a criminal empire without being StupidEvil. One of the things that separates him from Jabba the Hutt is the fact he's willing to bargain with his adversaries first before he's forced to resort to violence.
* ProtagonistTitle: He is, of course, the eponymous Boba Fett of ''The Book of Boba Fett''.
* RetiredMonster: Prior to the events of ''The Mandalorian'''s second season, he lived as a hermit on Tatooine. He appears at the end of the first episode watching Din Djarin leave Mos Pelgo with his armor, leading up to a major HesBack moment later in the season that sets up his solo series. In ''The Book of Boba Fett'', it's revealed he was willing to give up his bounty hunting ways in favor of a life with the Tuskens, but the massacre of his adopted tribe had driven him to back the criminal underworld, albeit to take over as crime lord rather than resuming his old role as a bounty hunter.
* {{Samurai}}: His new title, which both he and Fennec use, is "Daimyo", a title originating from [[UsefulNotes/SengokuPeriod Feudal Japan]] held by powerful regional clan-rulers. His less than ruthless, and honourable rule of the Hutt Crime Syndicate, alongside him collecting taxes from what he calls his "vassals", certainly fits the name.
* ScarredEquipment: His armor is in even worse condition than during the reign of the Empire, having gone through the stomach of the Sarlacc and back out with the acid burns and faded paint to prove it. Come Chapter 15, however, he's restored it to its visual prime. By the time of ''The Book of Boba Fett', it's slowly regaining its scarring, but not nearly as bad as it was.
* SignificantDoubleCasting: Ever since the debut of his genetic template Jango, he and all clones have been portrayed in live-action by Temuera Morrison.
* TheStarscream: ''The Book of Boba Fett'' has him take control of the remnants of Jabba's criminal network after killing [[DragonAscendant Bib Fortuna]].
* StoutStrength: Thanks to his character's age-up to match his actor's age, Boba is no longer the slim dude we saw in the original trilogy, but a thicker middle aged man similar to that of his "father" Jango Fett. Despite the extra bulk, Boba still manages to kick a lot of ass and crush a lot of stormtrooper helmets.
* TookALevelInKindness: Boba's near-death experience in the Sarlacc and subsequent exile on Tatooine have mellowed him out considerably. He's more willing to negotiate to get what he wants and even goes out of his way to help Din rescue Grogu, even after regaining his armor. He's also far more reasonable as a crime boss to those he rules over than Jabba the Hutt ever was.
* TragicKeepsake: Boba's armor, which belonged to his father before him, is the only thing he has left of Jango. When he discovers it's in Din Djarin's possession, he tails him from Tatooine to Tython to get it back.
* TranquilFury: If he really wants to kill you, he wouldn't waste words with you. Those who earn his wrath will learn a quick and brutal lesson from either his Mandalorian weaponry or his ''Firespray''-class gunship. [[spoiler:Ask the Kintan Striders who slaughtered his tribe. However, when Cad Bane reveals that it was the Pykes that killed his tribe, Boba is ''incredibly'' close to raising his weapon in rage, and Fennec is barely able to talk him down.]]
* TooImportantToWalk: Defied. Though most crime lords in Tatooine play by this, Boba finds this trope to be ridiculous, wanting to walk around on his own two feet to establish how strong and in touch he is with the citizens of Mos Espa.
* VillainProtagonist: An AntiVillain at worst, but Boba, whose present-day arc concerns his attempts to build a thriving criminal enterprise, is the lead protagonist of ''The Book of Boba Fett''.
* WorfHadTheFlu: When he's traversing through Tatooine to collect tribute, he and Fennec are attacked by assassins. He's in a weakened state to fight them off, as he's just starting to undergo bacta treatments to heal his injuries from the Sarlacc.
* WouldHurtAChild:
** He threatens to have Grogu killed if Din doesn't return his armor. He doesn't go through with it, but there's no indication he was bluffing.
** PlayedWith when he shoves a young Tusken kid to escape bondage, but the moment he has a clear chance to beat the younglings, he refrains and opts to flee.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: He's only 41 by the time he shows up in ''The Mandalorian'' but he looks much older due to him being portrayed by 59 year old Temuera Morrison. Justified by a combination of being scarred by the sarlacc's stomach acid and the stress-induced early aging that life on Tatooine is said to cause (this being the retroactive justification for Obi-Wan, Uncle Owen, and Aunt Beru all being YoungerThanTheyLook in ''A New Hope'' compared to the ages established for them in the Prequel Trilogy). He starts looking better as he gets his injuries treated, which he finishes with by the time of Episode 4 of his own show.
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->''"I'm tired of our kind dying because of the idiocy of others. We're smarter than them. It's time we took our shot."''

* EvilSoundsDeep: When he's voiced by Jason Wingreen. Creator/TemueraMorrison instead gives him a voice closer to Jango Fett and the other clones with a slightly more GutturalGrowler edge to it.