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Boba Fett’s recent conversation with Doctor Aphra in War of the Bounty Hunters revealed that Fett has very strong feelings about his clone status.
WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Star Wars: War of the Bounty Hunters #2 by Charles Soule, Luke Ross, Neeraj Menon and VC’s Travis Lanham, and Star Wars: Doctor Aphra #12 by Alyssa Wong, Minkyu Jung, Victor Olazaba, Joe Caramagna and Rachelle Rosenberg, both on sale now.
There is little doubt that Boba Fett had one of the strangest upbringings within the realm of Star Wars. On top of a seemingly infinite amount of credits, Jango Fett also requested an unaltered clone for him to raise as his own. Thus, Boba was created and was raised by Jango alongside the Republic’s clone army. Boba accompanied his “father” on countless missions where he learned the basics of the bounty hunting craft. When Jango was murdered by Mace Windu, Boba’s life was completely uprooted. He was no longer safe living on Kamino and lived among bounty hunters rather than clones. While Boba may technically be a clone, it would appear that he may feel otherwise.
War of the Bounty Hunters #2 saw Boba Fett track Han Solo’s carbonite slab to Crimson Dawn’s headquarters. Fett did not receive an invitation and forced another attendee to surrender theirs. Fett knew that he would be recognized in his beskar and demanded the man’s cloak as well. This allowed Boba to sneak into the event unnoticed.
Unfortunately, Fett has another clear giveaway. He found Doctor Aphra inside the auction and approached her in an effort to gain her cooperation. Before Fett could discuss his plan, Aphra recognized his voice as being the same as the clone soldiers from the Clone Wars. Fett responded adamantly that he was not one of the clone soldiers before explaining why he needed Aphra’s help. Aphra even joked with Fett stating that he was a “mysterious, absolutely unique and definitely not cloned stranger.”
Fett’s denial of being a clone does not necessarily mean that he doesn’t consider himself a clone. He knows that he was a clone, but he also knows that he was not raised in the same manner as the other clones. He also aged at a normal rate rather than the rapid rate at which the clones grew. Fett was not created to be a clone trooper but to be Jango Fett’s son; in this case, he truly feels that he is a unique individual even if he technically was cloned.
Boba Fett is more or less a man with no real heritage. He desired more than anything to follow in his father’s footsteps but due to the nature of his creation was rejected by the Mandalorians. Boba Fett’s armor is genuine and rightly belongs to him, even if the Mandalorian race disagrees.
Since Boba could not safely return to his life with the clones and he was not accepted by the Mandalorians, it’s safe to assume that Fett does not feel like he belongs to either group. When he had nowhere else to go, he was brought in and raised by bounty hunters, and now identifies as such. Jango operated as a bounty hunter when he was alive and brought his son on various missions. Boba’s upbringing and career path cemented him as a bounty hunter above all else and he does not consider himself a clone any more than he considers himself a Mandalorian. At the end of the day, Boba Fett is just a simple man trying to make his way through the galaxy like his father before him.
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