The Mandalorian’s Boba Fett actor Temuera Morrison doesn’t know how his character survived the Sarlacc. After making his big screen debut in The Empire Strikes Back, Boba Fett came back in Return of the Jedi, but many audiences were hardly satisfied with his role. Serving only as a background character in Jabba the Hutt’s palace, Boba unceremoniously met his end at the Pit of Carkoon, falling into the Sarlacc after Han Solo accidentally bumped into the bounty hunter’s jetpack. Viewers were upset at this turn of events, and Boba was later revived in Legends materials, appearing in a number of publications set after Return of the Jedi.
While Boba Fett had a long and fruitful run in Legends, he hasn’t been featured much in official franchise canon up to this point. An interlude in the Aftermath novel suggested that Boba had indeed survived his encounter with the Sarlacc, but it wasn’t until The Mandalorian season 2 that development was confirmed. Boba took center stage in “The Tragedy,” most notably with a standout action sequence where he took out a squad of stormtroopers. As it exciting as it was to see Boba back onscreen, viewers still have many questions – including how Boba is still alive. Unfortunately, Morrison doesn’t know the answer.
Speaking with The New York Times about his role on The Mandalorian, Morrison addressed whether or not he knew the full story behind Boba’s survival, revealing it’s still a secret to him:
“Ah, no, I don’t. There’s quite a bit of loose ends, and I’m not one of those guys that knows too much about the actual history. The fans of Star Wars, they have better knowledge of, What’s happened? How can he still be alive? I thought he was stuck in this place? I can find out more on the internet.”
Based on these comments, it seems unlikely how Boba survived will be revealed in the final two Mandalorian season 2 episodes. That isn’t entirely surprising, seeing that there’s the more pressing issue of rescuing Baby Yoda from Moff Gideon. Boba and Fennec Shand are helping Din Djarin in that quest, but there may not be time for Boba to sit down and discuss his life post-Return of the Jedi. For now, it’s something that’s left up to the viewer’s imagination. It isn’t difficult to fathom a situation where Boba fought his way out of the Sarlacc, and the exact specifics of that aren’t required for The Mandalorian’s story.
Still, it will be interesting to see if Star Wars canon explores this topic at a later time. As Morrison says, there are a number of loose threads involving Boba, including how he lost his armor. These seem like they’d be ripe for a novel or comic book, providing further insight into what Boba was up to following Return of the Jedi. There have also been reports that a Boba Fett spinoff show is in the works. “The Tragedy” re-cemented Boba’s status as one of the coolest Star Wars characters, and the bounty hunter’s had a passionate following for a long time. Now that he’s back in the spotlight thanks to The Mandalorian, it would be nice to flesh him out even more.
Source: The New York Times
Originally from https://screenrant.com/mandalorian-season-2-boba-fett-survive-sarlacc-temuera-morrison/