LucasFilms is closing the second season of its animated series “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” with a fan favorite in a tripartite season finale. This season finale will focus on the back story of a young Boba Fett burning for revenge against Jedi Mace Windu for killing his father, Jango Fett, in “Attack of the Clones”.
Supervising director, Dave Filoni, explains the motivations behind this season finale arc:
“I wanted to ask the question: How does he become that guy? Much like George [Lucas] did with Darth Vader, but Boba’s path is already set kind of in a much more direct way than young Anakin, because he saw his father die firsthand at that very early age [in Star Wars: Episode II—Attack of the Clones]. How did that affect him? How does that raise questions about the clones that are around him, because they look like his dad? He’s a clone, but does he feel like a clone?”
“The Clone Wars” will unfold the story behind Boba Fett and how it began with a relationship with a female bounty hunter named Aurra Sing (voiced by Jaime King). Filoni talks about how important she is to Boba Fett’s evolution from boy to legendary bounty hunter:
“How does Aurra come in, and what is she doing mentoring him, and what is she asking of this kid? Why does she want to work with the kid? Does she see something of herself in him? These are all things that we discussed when we were building to the characters to put into the story.”
Daniel Logan reprises his role as the boy who would become the most feared bounty hunter in the galaxy. Logan is excited to bring Boba to the animated series:
“I’m so thrilled to be part of the series. The stories and the animation are just amazing, and I love what they’re doing with the character of Boba. He’s always been so mysterious, and we’re giving fans just enough to keep them hungry and wanting more. This arc is so cool, and I hope the fans will love the episodes as much as I loved working on them.”
Filoni is pleased with Logan’s performance as the young Boba Fett and painting the story of the boy before the man in the helmet:
“When you listen to Daniel as young Boba, it’s still young Boba. I think that’s the cool thing. Boba Fett iconically is the helmet. We know the helmet. We don’t know the guy underneath. So Boba Fett in the prequel era is Daniel. He is that boy. I think that’s why it was so important to get him back. If you had somebody else do it, it would just look like him. This time, I think, it really just feels like him, because Daniel’s portraying the character.”
Obviously a clone will have issues resulting from the lack of parental figures. Filoni talks about how Boba Fett strives to differentiate himself from the army of clones:
“I mean, he’s a clone, so that sets Boba in a different light. He’s one of millions of kids who look just like him, but in his mind, he’s his father’s only son. He’s the one that’s special. He’s the one that grows differently. In that way, too, with Aurra, she takes him on. Why? Was she a friend of Jango’s? What’s in it for her? We ask that. It was important that she be somewhat motherly to him, but also she is an adult and she has her own motives. I think she sees a bit of herself in Boba when she was young, when she was kind of on her own, abandoned.”
This season finale will maintain an air of mystery for Boba Fett.
“I think it still maintains the mystery of the Man With No Name that Boba Fett’s very much based on, because there aren’t really definitive answers, I think. Boba Fett in Empire seems different to me. Even as a kid, I thought Boba’s a villain, because he’s taking down Han Solo with Vader, but he’s paid. He probably needs the money. Jango Fett has a famous line: ‘I’m just an ordinary man trying to make his way in the galaxy.’ You kind of get that Jango feels that justifies what he’s trying to do, trying to make a means to an end, trying to pay the bills. He’s that guy. How did Aurra influence Boba for good or for bad to become the Man With No Name, with kind of his own sense of justice, his own sense of law at a time when the Empire is the law? Those are some interesting questions.”
Watch the trailer for the season finale here!
Trailer: Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Season 2 Finale
The three-part second season finale of “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” begins on April 23rd with “Death Trap”and on April 30th with “R2 Come Home” and “Lethal Trackdown” on Cartoon Network. The finale should see the conclusion of the Mandalorian War. The animated show returns with season three in October.
