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Jango Fett

Jango Fett is a fictional character in the Star Wars universe. He first appeared as a supporting villain in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones and later served as the protagonist of the LucasArts video game Star Wars: Bounty Hunter, played by Temuera Morrison.

Jango Fett serves as the host-clone for the Clone Army of the Republic, and subsequently some of the Imperial Stormtroopers of the Galactic Empire. His "son", Boba Fett, is, in reality, an unaltered clone which he requested in his contract with the Kamino cloners, whom he regards as a son. Jango Fett and the clone army he spawns are ultimately a tool used by Chancellor Palpatine to destroy the Jedi Order and gain emergency powers over the Republic in his bid for galactic conquest.

In Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Jango is depicted as the genetic template for the Grand Army of the Republic on Kamino, becoming entangled in a shady plot by Count Dooku (Jango also serves as Dooku's personal bodyguard) and the mysterious deceased Jedi Master Sifo-Dyas. Jango is later hired by Viceroy Nute Gunray of the Trade Federation to assassinate Senator Padmé Amidala in retaliation for her actions in the first prequel. Fett subcontracts the job to bounty hunter and shape-shifter Zam Wesell. Two failed assassination attempts on the senator's life force Fett to kill Wessell with a "saber dart", in order to eliminate the possibility of her leading the Jedi back to Kamino.

Nevertheless, Obi-Wan Kenobi tracks the dart to the planet Kamino, where he learns of a massive clone army being commissioned for the Republic. The ensuing confrontation forces Fett to flee to Geonosis, rendezvousing with his benefactor, Dooku. Jango takes part in the Battle of Geonosis, where he is decapitated by Jedi Master Mace Windu in open combat, which his son Boba witnesses. His legacy is taken up in the form of the Clone Army of the Republic, which was based on his genetic material, and his son Boba, who becomes the most notorious bounty hunter in the galaxy.

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