Paz Vizsla's Mandalorian History Is A Smart Disney Star Wars Retcon
Warning: Contains spoilers for The Book of Boba Fett.
A smart Disney Star Wars retcon in The Book of Boba Fett improves Paz Vizsla's story. The heavy infantry Mandalorian was introduced in The Mandalorian show as having a great disdain for anything associated with the Empire, and even fought Din Djarin for using Imperial-seized beskar to create his armor. Originally credited as Paz Vizla in the series, Disney later tweaked his name and it was a small change that had a greater impact than one might think.
It's far from the first time that a major franchise has retconned certain details to fit with a new story, especially for a world as large as that of Star Wars. Regardless of whether it was intentional, Book of Boba Fett episode 5 makes a tiny retcon to a minor character that ultimately improves both him and the larger narrative. When he initially debuted in episode 3 of The Mandalorian, he was a seemingly new character with no significant attachments to the wider Star Wars lore, but the show's credits have since been altered.
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The name change to Paz Vizsla in Book of Boba Fett, complete with a spelling retcon in The Mandalorian, is so subtle that some viewers may miss it altogether, but it's important for the character as well as Mandalorian history. Book of Boba Fett episode 5 confirms that he belongs to House Vizsla, which used to be one of the largest political factions on Mandalore. Notable members of the Vizsla clan, which led House Vizsla, have been featured in other Disney Star Wars works like Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels. In the Clone Wars, Pre Vizsla infamously led the Death Watch in their mission to restore Mandalore's warrior heritage by ending
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