Are Dave Filoni and Jon Favraeu setting Boba Fett up to be the new Mandalore in Star Wars Canon? Is there any truth in this Star Wars Legend story?
Are Dave Filoni and Jon Favreau trying to bring Boba Fett the Mandalore back to the Star Wars canon? I think so. Here are my thoughts.
I was watching a video by the creator Star Wars Fanatic that really got me thinking. Episode 5 is almost entirely about Din Djarin. In fact, we don’t even see Boba Fett in this episode of the Book of Boba Fett. But we learn a great deal about the Mandalorian people, their culture, and what it will take to make them a major part of the galaxy again.
What this video claims is that Boba Fett will be the new Mandalore, he will make Tatooine the new home of the Mandalorian people, and he will ultimately rule like he is wanting to rule a criminal empire.
The Lore
To fully understand this theory, you have to break down three different parts of the episode discussed by Rook Kast, I mean the Armorer: the legends of the Darksaber, the Mythosaur, and the mines of Mandalore.
Now, what’s fascinating about this is that all of these legends deal with the idea of victory over death and eventual rebirth. The Darksaber can only be wielded by those who have won it in martial combat, a literal victory over death delivered by your opponent. The mythosaur will appear from beyond time to herald a new age. Seeing as the mythosaur is extinct, this would be another literal rebirth. And redemption through the living waters located under the surface of Mandalore.
And that seems like a pretty clear theme running throughout the series so far. Boba died when he was eaten by the Sarlacc and was reborn when he escaped. Fennec Shand died and was reborn. Even Black Krrsantan and the Mods were given new life through Boba Fett.
So Boba is like the Space Jesus if Space Jesus was a Mandalorian
The Darksaber
Torre Vizsla was the first Mandalorian Jedi and creator of the Dark Saber
Let’s start with the lore of the dark saber. We all know that The Armorer is a total bad-a. As the leader of the remaining members of the Children of the Watch, The Armorer leads a large group of Mandalorians who follow the Way of the Mandalore. As the leader of the Covert, she is the one who calls the shots. In this fifth episode of the Book of Boba Fett, the Armorer drops some truth about the Darksaber when she says:
“If it is won by creed, it is said one warrior will defeat 20 and the multitudes will fall before it. If, however, it is not won in combat and falls into the hands of the undeserving, it will be a curse to the nation. Mandalore will be laid to waste and its people will be scattered to the four winds.”
This prediction clearly came true. When Sabine Wren handed Bo-Katan the Darksaber, she doomed all of Mandalore. Since the blade was not won in combat, the efforts of Bo-Katan fell and this brought on the Night of a Thousand Tears. Mandalore was destroyed and the Mandalorians were scattered to the four winds.
But the fate of Mandalore could have been sealed even before that. As we now know, Tarre Vizsla was the original owner and creator of the Darksaber. He was a Mandalorian, and he was a Jedi. Upon his death, his blade was brought to the Jedi temple on Coruscant. House Vizsla didn’t care for this arrangement, broke into the temple, and liberated the weapon. It’s then assumed that the blade passed from generation to generation.
In the Legends comic series Jango Fett: Open Season, Jango fights none other than Tor Vizsla. Tor Vizsla was the first leader of the Mandalorian splinter group Death Watch. Tor would have been a descendant of Blade’s original creator Tarre Vizsla. If Tor Vizsla was the rightful heir to the blade, and he was defeated by Jango, then the original Fett would have become the blade’s master.
So, the real question about the blade is does it belong to Boba Fett? If that’s the case, then it could be the reason we saw Maul’s and Moff Gideon’s reigns as Mandalore so short-lived.
The Mythosaur
The mythosaur was a legendary beast the Mandalorians would ride into battle.
Another interesting point the Armorer brings up in this episode is the legend of the mythosaur. For those unfortunate few who haven’t seen the Star Wars Christmas Special, our first introduction to the Mythosaur is also the first time we see Boba. He comes riding in on a giant brontosaurus-looking thing. That was the mythosaur. It was said that Mandalorians used to ride these giant beasts into battle. But somewhere over their 10,000-year run, these creatures went extinct.
The Armorer provides us another legend mythosaur when she says:
The songs of eons past foretold the mythosaur rising up to herald a new age of Mandalore. Sadly, it only exists in legends.”
But does it only exist in legends? Have we already seen the mythosaur? The Krayt dragon we see in the Mandalorian season 2 doesn’t look like any krayt dragon we’ve seen before. If no one alive has seen the creature, could it be that the giant sandworm-looking monster Din Djarin killed in episode 1 of season 2 of the Mandalorian was a mythosaur?
Or could the idea of a mythosaur now be synonymous with that of the Mandalorians? We know that people have adopted the skull of the beast as part of their symbol. Could it just as easily represent a single person? Someone who the rest of the world rallies around?
The Living Waters of Mandalore
This is actually a Mandalorian camp on one of the moons of Concordia, but if the mines on Mandalore were open air, they would have looked like this.
After Din Djarin’s fight with Paz Vizsla, The Armorer asks the two if anyone has ever removed their helmet. Paz says no. Din says yes. It is at this point that The Armorer tells Din that he is a Mandalorian no more. To find atonement for his actions, Din must find his forgiveness in the living waters in the mines of Mandalore.
Now, the important bit to take away from this is that a fallen Mando only needs the living waters from the mines of Mandalore. If Din Djarin could reclaim his Mandalorian status, why couldn’t Boba Fett? And if Boba Fett could reclaim his Mandalorian status and is already trying to build a family, then why not return to his roots. Why not lead the Mandalorians?
After all, we don’t know what makes Jango Fett’s status as Mando secure when we know that Boba’s is not.
So will Boba Fett be the next Mandalore? For him to accomplish this goal and to rule the people he only needs to find atonement in the living waters of Mandalore, wield the dark saber, find a new home for his people. And what would be a better home for the Mandalorians than Tatooine?
So, is Boba Fett Space Jesus? Leave a comment in the section below.
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Jan 31 2022
Was Episode 5 About Boba Fett?
Are Dave Filoni and Jon Favraeu setting Boba Fett up to be the new Mandalore in Star Wars Canon? Is there any truth in this Star Wars Legend story?
Are Dave Filoni and Jon Favreau trying to bring Boba Fett the Mandalore back to the Star Wars canon? I think so. Here are my thoughts.
I was watching a video by the creator Star Wars Fanatic that really got me thinking. Episode 5 is almost entirely about Din Djarin. In fact, we don’t even see Boba Fett in this episode of the Book of Boba Fett. But we learn a great deal about the Mandalorian people, their culture, and what it will take to make them a major part of the galaxy again.
What this video claims is that Boba Fett will be the new Mandalore, he will make Tatooine the new home of the Mandalorian people, and he will ultimately rule like he is wanting to rule a criminal empire.
The Lore
To fully understand this theory, you have to break down three different parts of the episode discussed by Rook Kast, I mean the Armorer: the legends of the Darksaber, the Mythosaur, and the mines of Mandalore.
Now, what’s fascinating about this is that all of these legends deal with the idea of victory over death and eventual rebirth. The Darksaber can only be wielded by those who have won it in martial combat, a literal victory over death delivered by your opponent. The mythosaur will appear from beyond time to herald a new age. Seeing as the mythosaur is extinct, this would be another literal rebirth. And redemption through the living waters located under the surface of Mandalore.
And that seems like a pretty clear theme running throughout the series so far. Boba died when he was eaten by the Sarlacc and was reborn when he escaped. Fennec Shand died and was reborn. Even Black Krrsantan and the Mods were given new life through Boba Fett.
So Boba is like the Space Jesus if Space Jesus was a Mandalorian
The Darksaber
Let’s start with the lore of the dark saber. We all know that The Armorer is a total bad-a. As the leader of the remaining members of the Children of the Watch, The Armorer leads a large group of Mandalorians who follow the Way of the Mandalore. As the leader of the Covert, she is the one who calls the shots. In this fifth episode of the Book of Boba Fett, the Armorer drops some truth about the Darksaber when she says:
“If it is won by creed, it is said one warrior will defeat 20 and the multitudes will fall before it. If, however, it is not won in combat and falls into the hands of the undeserving, it will be a curse to the nation. Mandalore will be laid to waste and its people will be scattered to the four winds.”
This prediction clearly came true. When Sabine Wren handed Bo-Katan the Darksaber, she doomed all of Mandalore. Since the blade was not won in combat, the efforts of Bo-Katan fell and this brought on the Night of a Thousand Tears. Mandalore was destroyed and the Mandalorians were scattered to the four winds.
But the fate of Mandalore could have been sealed even before that. As we now know, Tarre Vizsla was the original owner and creator of the Darksaber. He was a Mandalorian, and he was a Jedi. Upon his death, his blade was brought to the Jedi temple on Coruscant. House Vizsla didn’t care for this arrangement, broke into the temple, and liberated the weapon. It’s then assumed that the blade passed from generation to generation.
In the Legends comic series Jango Fett: Open Season, Jango fights none other than Tor Vizsla. Tor Vizsla was the first leader of the Mandalorian splinter group Death Watch. Tor would have been a descendant of Blade’s original creator Tarre Vizsla. If Tor Vizsla was the rightful heir to the blade, and he was defeated by Jango, then the original Fett would have become the blade’s master.
So, the real question about the blade is does it belong to Boba Fett? If that’s the case, then it could be the reason we saw Maul’s and Moff Gideon’s reigns as Mandalore so short-lived.
The Mythosaur
Another interesting point the Armorer brings up in this episode is the legend of the mythosaur. For those unfortunate few who haven’t seen the Star Wars Christmas Special, our first introduction to the Mythosaur is also the first time we see Boba. He comes riding in on a giant brontosaurus-looking thing. That was the mythosaur. It was said that Mandalorians used to ride these giant beasts into battle. But somewhere over their 10,000-year run, these creatures went extinct.
The Armorer provides us another legend mythosaur when she says:
The songs of eons past foretold the mythosaur rising up to herald a new age of Mandalore. Sadly, it only exists in legends.”
But does it only exist in legends? Have we already seen the mythosaur? The Krayt dragon we see in the Mandalorian season 2 doesn’t look like any krayt dragon we’ve seen before. If no one alive has seen the creature, could it be that the giant sandworm-looking monster Din Djarin killed in episode 1 of season 2 of the Mandalorian was a mythosaur?
Or could the idea of a mythosaur now be synonymous with that of the Mandalorians? We know that people have adopted the skull of the beast as part of their symbol. Could it just as easily represent a single person? Someone who the rest of the world rallies around?
The Living Waters of Mandalore
After Din Djarin’s fight with Paz Vizsla, The Armorer asks the two if anyone has ever removed their helmet. Paz says no. Din says yes. It is at this point that The Armorer tells Din that he is a Mandalorian no more. To find atonement for his actions, Din must find his forgiveness in the living waters in the mines of Mandalore.
Now, the important bit to take away from this is that a fallen Mando only needs the living waters from the mines of Mandalore. If Din Djarin could reclaim his Mandalorian status, why couldn’t Boba Fett? And if Boba Fett could reclaim his Mandalorian status and is already trying to build a family, then why not return to his roots. Why not lead the Mandalorians?
After all, we don’t know what makes Jango Fett’s status as Mando secure when we know that Boba’s is not.
So will Boba Fett be the next Mandalore? For him to accomplish this goal and to rule the people he only needs to find atonement in the living waters of Mandalore, wield the dark saber, find a new home for his people. And what would be a better home for the Mandalorians than Tatooine?
So, is Boba Fett Space Jesus? Leave a comment in the section below.
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