'Logan' director James Mangold has been hired to write and direct a standalone Boba Fett movie for Lucasfilm. It appears this and the standalone Obi-Wan film will be the next entries in the spin-off 'Star Wars' movies.
The fan favorite first appeared in 'The Empire Strikes Back' and 'Return of the Jedi' as a minion employed by both Darth Vader and Jabba the Hutt, and additionally makes a minor appearance in the altered version of the original film. In the prequel trilogy, Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones establishes his origin as an unaltered clone of the bounty hunter Jango Fett raised as his son; Boba's storyline from this film is directly continued in certain episodes of Star Wars: The Clone Wars.
