Boba Fett Proves That He'll Never Become A Mandalorian
Boba Fett has never truly been a Mandalorian in the canon continuity and The Book of Boba Fett season 1 finale proves that he likely never will. Boba Fett and his father, Jango Fett, were not only Mandalorians in the Star Wars Legends universe, but they were both the Mand’alor in their lifetimes. In canon, only Jango Fett was a Mandalorian, and while Boba Fett reveres his late father, it only seems to be for him as an individual and not the Mandalorian culture he was part of.
In Legends, Jango Fett’s Mandalorian origin was well-documented in material like Jango Fett: Open Seasons and Star Wars: Bounty Hunter, and while his status as a true Mandalorian was in question for a time in canon, The Mandalorian season 2 established that the broad strokes of his Legends-era backstory are part of the new continuity. The Legends-era Boba Fett was raised as a Mandalorian by Jango, becoming a Journeyman Protector as a young man and leading all Mandalore clans as Mand’alor in his older age after retiring from his bounty hunter profession.
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Canon’s Boba Fett was, strangely, never raised as a Mandalorian by Jango Fett, despite his many lessons in the bounty hunting field. As a result, Boba Fett doesn’t claim loyalty to any Mandalorian subculture, nor does he bother correcting Death Watch members in The Mandalorian season 2. In The Book of Boba Fett episode 7, «In the Name of Honor,” Boba Fett offers Din Djarin, a member of the Mandalorian Children of the Watch, a chance to escape a seemingly hopeless battle, which Djarin refuses, citing his Mandalorian code of honor. Fett dismisses the Mandalorian creed but nevertheless fights alongside his friend. Fett’s lack of respect for
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