© Lucasfilm Ltd. After years of speculation over whether Boba Fett would get his own spinoff of some kind, The Mandalorian's season two finale confirmed that a Boba Fett series will hit Disney Plus in 2021.
The show, The Book of Boba Fett, was not included as an announcement during Disney's big investor day last week. Several other Star Wars projects, including two other Mandalorian spinoffs - an Asahka Tano show and Rangers of the New Republic - a Lando Calrissian show, and a Star Wars anime, were announced last week.
[Warning: The following contains light spoilers for The Mandalorian's second season finale.]
The announcement comes during a post-credits scene (ah, yes, the post-credits scenes), which finds Boba Fett and Fennec Shand in Jaba the Hutt's palace. Fans will recall this is where Boba Fett was thrown into the sarlacc pit a few years before. Now, Boba Fett is back - and after blasting away Bib Fortuna, the pasty faced employee of Jaba the Hutt that gave me nightmares as a child - Boba Fett takes his place on Jabba's thrown.
Wild!
The scene confirming the spinoff series will come as a nice surprise for anyone who held out hope for a Boba Fett movie years ago when Rogue One and Solo were being released. Now, there's a movie instead. It's a smart move for Disney and Lucasfilm, too. A series is less of a risk than a movie, and it helps keep customers subscribed to the platform. Plus, tying everything into together is a pretty good way of getting people to stay on Disney Plus to watch other shows when they're done with the most recent Mandalorian episode; it's already happening with Clone Wars.
While The Mandalorian may be over, it's clear that fans have a ton of Star Wars to look forward to in 2021. Can there be too much Star Wars? Former CEO Bob Iger certainly thought Star Wars fatigue took over at the box office, but maybe Disney Plus is a different story.