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Boba Fettwas once supposed to have his own standaloneStar Warsmovie , and the picture show ’s journeying from announcement to cancelation to its current state had quite a few bumps , twists , and turns . There have been manycanceledStar Warsmoviesover the year , and one of the most disappointing was Boba Fett ’s . As one of thebest bounteousness hunters inStar Wars , Boba Fett put on a fabled position among fans , despite only appear in a few minutes of the original trilogy . He seemed like the consummate character to explore in aStar Warsmovie , but the design never came to fruition .

Now , Boba Fett ’s moving picture has been scrub and will likely never be made . It did , however , have a very unpredictable and interesting road to that ultimate fate . The celluloid went through two directors and years of behind the scenes changes and shift . Despite the various problem the Boba Fett photographic film faced , it somehow pull off to survive long enough to become a show instead of a moving picture , seven years after it was in the beginning announced . This is the complicated story of how the Boba Fett movie fail from a design anthology pic into a gritty Spaghetti Western and ultimately became a spinoff show of anotherStar Warsshow .

Over the years , Star Wars has figure many different strike down labor . These film and shows would have made interesting additions to the dealership .

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Boba Fett Would’ve Been Star Wars' Second Anthology Film

Boba Fett’s Movie Would Have Released Between Rogue One & Solo

AfterDisney acquired Lucasfilm andStar Warsin 2012 , the companionship announced several novel movies . Disney first begin work on the 7th installment in the Skywalker saga , Star Wars : The Force Awakens . In 2014 , beforeThe Force Awakens ' discharge , Lucasfilm announce additional architectural plan to create two anthology plastic film .

Though untitled at the time of the annunciation , the first picture show would later becomeRogue One : A Star Wars Story , and Gareth Edwards was attached as the movie ’s director . The other was intended to be a Boba Fett spinoff movie directed by Josh Trank ( viaThe Hollywood Reporter ) , the director ofChronicleandFantastic Four(2015).Rogue Onewas released exactly as design on December 16 , 2016 , but the Boba Fett movie did n’t follow wooing .

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Rogue One : A Star Wars Story is a standalone celluloid set in the Star Wars universe , where a group of impedance fighters , go by Jyn Erso , embarks on a missionary work to steal the Death Star program . This pivotal effect set up the stage for the iconic saga to follow .

Solo : A Star Wars Story search the early adventures of Han Solo , showcasing his beginnings and key encounters with significant characters in the Star Wars universe . go down in a backcloth of astronomic convulsion , the film delves into the origins of his famed kinship and his wage hike as a ill-affected smuggler .

The Boba Fett film was suppose to be the second ofStar Wars ' anthology films , but that purity function instead toSolo : A Star Wars Story . Han Solo ’s parentage story had been planned for a long time , but because ofSolo ’s conductor troublesand other problems with development , Boba Fett was speculate to get his flick first . Instead , Trank left the undertaking in 2015 , and the plans to add Boba Fett to the screen were mostly abandoned for the next several years .

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Why Josh Trank Left Star Wars' Boba Fett Movie

Lucasfilm Lost Confidence In Trank After Fantastic Four’s Failure

When the Boba Fett moving picture was announce and Josh Trank was chosen to point it , he was a come up director in Hollywood . His first feature film as a director , Chronicle , was a bash hit , and made over $ 120 million at the worldwide box position against a budget of just $ 12 million ( viaBox Office Mojo ) . That monolithic success caused twentieth Century Fox to hire him to take the 2015 reboot ofFantastic Four , which is where his worry begin . Fantastic Fourhad an infamously unmanageable development , and according toIGN , news of Trank ’s bother reached Lucasfilm chairman Kathleen Kennedy .

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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is a standalone film set in the Star Wars universe, where a group of resistance fighters, led by Jyn Erso, embarks on a mission to steal the Death Star plans. This pivotal event sets the stage for the iconic saga to follow.

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Kennedy reportedly lost faith in Trank ’s ability as a director , and her worries were proven right whenFantastic Fourmade it onto the lean ofcomic book movies that lost the most money . Trank and Kennedy then reportedly reached a common agreement that he should start to step by from the Boba Fett picture show . Trank was absent fromStar WarsCelebration 2015 ( viaVariety ) , despite having plan to reveal detail of his upcoming film . Just days later , Trank issued a assertion saying he had chuck up the sponge the undertaking . However , Trank toldIGNin 2020 that he quit because he knew he would be fired if he did n’t .

James Mangold Planned An R-Rated Spaghetti Western Boba Fett Movie

Mangold’s Take On Boba Would Have Kept Him As A Gritty Space Cowboy

The Boba Fett motion-picture show know a major setback when Trank departed from the project , but it was n’t done just yet . In 2018 , Lucasfilm announced that director James Mangold would be taking over and pen a Modern script for Boba Fett ( viaTHR ) . While Mangold ’s version of the film would never be wind up , there are a few contingent about what he had planned for the bounty Orion .

The Book of Boba Fett series is all kinds of controversial , though the canceled Star Wars pic the show replaced in all likelihood would have been stronger .

Mangold originally planned for theBoba Fett movie to be rated R , or in his actor’s line , " borderline rated - R. " There are n’t many item as to why Mangold think it would be rank that way , but he probably would have leaned into the infamous amplitude hunting watch side of Boba ’s lineament , which would have get a very ripe tone of voice with it . Mangold also suppose he desire it to be essentially a Spaghetti Western where Boba would be on a exclusive satellite for the entire length . That decision also would have made it a standalone film that did n’t plug into to anything else inStar Wars .

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Why Star Wars' Boba Fett Movie Was Canceled

Boba Fett’s Movie Was Canceled Because Of Solo, It’s Own Dark Tone, & The Mandalorian

Ultimately , after years of fail programme and behind the scenes change , the Boba Fett movie was canceled in 2018 ( viaCollider).The primary ground for its cancelation was n’t any of the problem with its ontogenesis , though , but rather another movie : Solo . AfterSolobecameStar war ' first box office dud - it holds the second - lowest rank on the lean ofStar Warsmovies by box office earnings- Lucasfilm put a custody on anthology spinoff films ( viaCollider ) .

unaccompanied effectively shoot down Star Wars spinoff moving-picture show , which included Boba Fett ’s flick , but that was n’t the only reason for its cancelation .

Soloeffectively killedStar Warsspinoff movies , which included Boba Fett ’s movie , but that was n’t the only reason for its cancelation . Mangold severalize theHappy Sad Confusedpodcast that he think his darker tone and " boundary line place - R " plan for the movie in all probability dash Lucasfilm and did n’t accommodate with the caller ’s overall architectural plan for the dealership . He state that " [ Lucasfilm]probably would never be capable to embrace Baby Yoda if I had made that . It did n’t really belong in the Earth I was kind of picturing . "

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One iconic Star Wars role was originally last to have their own movie , and The Mandalorian & Grogu is the arrant replacing - 10 years later .

WhileThe Mandalorian & Grogueventually replaced the Boba Fett pic , the original Mandalorian bountifulness Orion was n’t completely forgotten . Boba come along inThe Mandalorianseason 2 , and at the end of 2020 , Lucasfilm announced Boba would get his own spinoff show , The Book of Boba Fett . That show was as near to a Boba Fett movie as fans will in all likelihood ever see , but it also deviated importantly from Mangold ’s plan for the film . Instead of being a gritty story about the meanest H.M.S. Bounty hunter in the beetleweed , The Book of Boba Fettgave Boba a repurchase story and prove him as a good-hearted crime lord on Tatooine .

After pulling himself out of the Sarlaac pit , Boba Fett ( Temuera Morrison ) is kidnapped by the Tusken Raiders . But after gaining their reliance , Boba is able-bodied to return to Tatooine and claim Jabba the Hutt ’s crapper with the assist of Fennec Shand ( Ming - Na Wen ) .   The Book of Boba Fet also instantly led into The Mandalorian season 3 , which premier in March 2023 .

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Solo: A Star Wars Story explores the early adventures of Han Solo, showcasing his beginnings and key encounters with significant characters in the Star Wars universe. Set in a backdrop of galactic turmoil, the film delves into the origins of his famed relationships and his rise as a rebellious smuggler.

Unfortunately , several thing went incorrect withThe Book of Boba Fett , and it break down to inhabit up to many viewers ' prospect of the legendary bounty hunter . It also struggle to find succeeder both critically - it ’s the lowest - rated DisneyStar Warsshow onRotten Tomatoes- and with lover . Considering the challenging route it took to get to screens in the first stead , that tepid reception makes sense . The Book of Boba Fettmay not be the perfect show , but it ’s likely as closelipped asStar Warswill ever get to aBoba Fettmovie , and it eventually gave the mythical Mandalorian bounty hunter his time to shine .

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James Mangold to direct Boba Fett movie

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After pulling himself out of the Sarlaac pit, Boba Fett (Temuera Morrison) is kidnapped by the Tusken Raiders. But after gaining their trust, Boba is able to return to Tatooine and claim Jabba the Hutt’s throne with the help of Fennec Shand (Ming-Na Wen). The Book of Boba Fet also directly led into The Mandalorian season 3, which premiered in March 2023.

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Star Wars is a multimedia franchise that started in 1977 by creator George Lucas. After the release of Star Wars: Episode IV- A New Hope (originally just titled Star Wars), the franchise quickly exploded, spawning multiple sequels, prequels, TV shows, video games, comics, and much more. After Disney acquired the rights to the franchise, they quickly expanded the universe on Disney+, starting with The Mandalorian.

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