[Trivial Psychic]

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Originally Posted by Frank Richards

Wow, I really really need to pick up the Darth Plagueis novel, lol !

The massacre of Mandalorians by the Jedi was mentioned in the "Boba Fett: Open Season" mini-series, but such an abbreviated account of that battle was given, that I had hoped that it had been expanded upon further in other EU comics and/or novels, so I'm pretty excited to hear that it was mentioned in "Darth Plagueis" !

I think I may have to re-read "Open Seasons" again soon, to see if I like it any better than I did when I first read it. Honestly, I had high hopes that that mini-series would convert me to a Jango Fett fan, but I just wasn't impressed by it.
IMO, four issues weren't nearly enough to tell the story that the writer wanted to tell, and it just seemed both rushed and incomplete.
I've always had the impression that Lucasfilm and Dark Horse felt that it was imperative to give us Jango Fett's origin story as soon as possible, especially since it was necessary in reconciling Boba Fett's original origin with his new one, but "Open Seasons" comes off as if Lucas and DH were so over-eager and/or impatient to give us the story, that they didn't mind if the story was told well or not.

Jango's origin is not hugely a part of the story in Darth Plagueis, as it is mostly a back story that is sorta glossed over to show Dooku's motivation and disillusion with the Jedi Order. Dooku was in particular upset that he had been sent to put down the wrong side of a revolution, as well as upset that he had lost so many friends and students in the meaningless combat that ensued to the Mandalorians, and Jango in particular. Senator Palpatine is able to sense this conflict in Dooku early on, and uses it to manipulate Dooku into turning on the Jedi order altogether, and leading the future Separatist movement.

A lot of this is also mentioned in the Jango Fett based video game "Star Wars: Bounty Hunter" and in various comics. It really adds to the lore, and explains a lot into why Fett was so willing and confident to take on a Jedi. He had defeated several others with his bare hands, so what did he have to fear from Kenobi or Windu? Jango may have died quickly against Windu, but had he not been run over by that rhino thingie during the chaos in the Battle of Geonosis, who knows what the final outcome of that battle might have been.

If you haven't read "Darth Plagueis", I highly recommend it. It's a very interesting read, and provides a lot of insight into Palpatine, Dooku, and Darth Maul...and while it's been branded as Star Wars "Legend" by Disney, after reading it...you'll better understand the hype in the theory over the possible identity of a certain Supreme Leader in the new film...