Variety has learned that Lucasfilm is no longer in the process of developing a Star Wars standalone film based on the iconic bounty hunter Boba Fett. Sources at Deadline have reportedly confirmed the film’s cancellation as well.
Boba Fett is no longer getting his own spinoff movie.
News emerged in May that Disney and Lucasfilm had been developing a “Star Wars” standalone movie centered on the bounty hunter Boba Fett from “Logan” director James Mangold — although the project was never officially announced.
Variety has learned that Lucasfilm is no longer developing the Boba Fett movie project. Disney and Lucasfilm had no comment on Friday.
Boba Fett debuted in 1980’s “Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back” and re-appeared in 1983’s “Star Wars: Return of the Jedi” as a mercenary for the Galactic Empire. Jeremy Bulloch played the character in the two movies and Jason Wingreen provided Boba Fett’s voice.
The untitled movie Boba Fett movie would have been one of the studio’s “Star Wars” anthology films, which were being spun off as origin stories. The first anthology film was 2016’s “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” followed by “Solo: A Star Wars Story,” starring Alden Ehrenreich as a young Han Solo. “Solo,” which opened in late May, was a major disappointment with less than $400 million in worldwide box office.
While a Fett feature-length film was never officially announced by Lucasfilm, it has been the subject of talk/rumors for several years now. It was believed that John Trank would be helming the Fett film as the second Star Wars standalone released under the Disney umbrella, but that wound up going by the wayside. Earlier this year a report surfaced that attached James Mangold to the director’s chair in addition to writing duties, but now that report has gone up in smoke as well.
The silver lining in all this? Fans will still be able to get their Mando fix via writer Jon Favreau’s upcoming live-action TV series The Mandalorian, so all Mando hope is not lost.
