No, the “Boba Fett” standalone film is not back in development. It’s still as dead as it was last week. However, in light of the news that Kathleen Kennedy and Lucasfilm have given up their hopes of bringing the bounty hunter’s story to the big screen, we are now learning details about what fans could have seen in the now-defunct film.
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EW confirmed through sources at Lucasfilm that the “Boba Fett” film, which has been in development dating back to 2015 when Josh Trank was attached to direct, is no longer in development, for now. The report does leave open the option for Lucasfilm to come back around to the film, however unlikely that might be.
The report also goes into detail about what the film would have been like, saying, “The movie would have focused on Fett and the menagerie of bounty hunters who appeared alongside him on the deck of a Star Destroyer in ‘The Empire Strikes Back.’”
For those not steeped in the lore surrounding the “Star Wars” universe, this is referring to the scene in the aforementioned ‘Empire’ that featured Darth Vader instructing a group of bounty hunters, including Fett, about finding the Millennium Falcon. Joining Boba Fett in the ranks of villains seen in the film included such household names as IG-88, Dengar, 4-Lom, Zuckuss, and Bossk.
EW’s report also says that despite fan conspiracy theories to the contrary, the upcoming “Star Wars” live-action TV series “The Mandalorian” will not feature Boba Fett under the helmet of the mysterious lead character. So, for those thinking the cancellation of the “Boba Fett” film was because of “The Mandalorian” taking the character, you are officially wrong.
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As we’ve detailed before, Josh Trank (“Fantastic Four”) was the original director of“Boba Fett,” but he was fired (or quit, depending on who you believe) abruptly, after he failed to make his grand appearance at the 2015 Star Wars Celebration, which would have officially announced the film. He was replaced some years later by “Logan’s” James Mangold, but obviously, that film never came to be.