

If for just a moment you’ll allow us another theory related to Boba Fett that’s significantly more out there: What if Boba Fett really did die in the sarlacc pit, or somewhere else, and this is. More importantly, Rex was actually involved in the rebellion and fought as a commander in the Battle of Endor, which suggests that he might have a higher place in the rebellion and wouldn’t have time to follow Din around Tatooine.

For one thing, clones have advanced aging and the character at the end of episode 1 doesn’t appear to be quite as old as Rex would be. However, there are a few problems to address as well. These connections could make Rex the perfect character to help introduce these important figures to Mando. Season 2 is already rumored to introduce more characters from Star Wars’ various animated shows including Bo-Katan and Ahsoka Tano, who served as Rex’s commanding Jedi officer during the Clone Wars. His connection to the Jedi is probably the most compelling evidence to suggest that this character is actually Rex. The Clone Wars followed Star Wars’ streak of humanizing the clones While most clone soldiers participated in Order 66, helping Emperor Palpatine more-or-less wipe out the Jedi, Rex was able to remove the inhibitor chip that would have activated this order in his brain and has been working with the Jedi ever since.
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For those less familiar, Rex was a character in the Star Wars: The Clone Wars animated series and he later made his way to Star Wars: Rebels as well. There are a few reasons to suspect it might be him, but probably a few more reasons to doubt it.
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Plus introducing the character that made Mandalorian armor famous in the show all about a character who wears Mandalorian armor fits pretty well.Īs an added bonus, Boba Fett’s survival of Tatooine’s sarlacc pit isn’t actually canon in the new universe yet, and letting him tell the story of his escape from 1000 years of digestion in the stomach of a giant monster would make for a great episode. He’s about the right age, as The Mandalorian takes place approximately 31 years after Attack of the Clones, and he was already rumored to be in season 2. That’s definitely the Occam’s razor take. Is Temuera Morrison’s character Boba Fett? Image: Lucasfilm While the fact that he played the basis of a clone army technically means that Morrison could be playing an almost infinite number of characters in The Mandalorian, we’re going to assume that he’s someone we’ve heard of before, which really narrows it down to just two choices: Boba Fett and Clone-army soldier Rex, or Clone CT-7567. In return for his contribution to the Republic, Jango also had a single unaltered genetic clone of himself made and named him Boba Fett. If you haven’t memorized the cast list for 2002’s Star Wars: Attack of the Clones, we’ll provide a brief refresher: Morrison played Jango Fett, the bounty hunter from the Mandalore sector and the genetic basis for the Republic’s clone army. If you’re a long time Star Wars fan, you recognize the actor watching Din Djarin from the cliff. Thankfully, he turned around to show us his face, and the actor playing this character gives us a few clues as to who it might be - and it seems like someone fans are already familiar with.


But because The Mandalorian loves its mysterious, we don’t exactly know who this person is. In the closing minutes of The Mandalorian season 2, episode 1, “The Marshal,” a mysterious new character appears with his back facing camera, watching our main character speed across the desert of Tatooine.
