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Originally Posted by Buehler445

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Fett, while a cool character, wasn’t that ****ing cool. And would be a dumb addition to this series because he wasn’t a Mandalorian. The armor is enough of a throwback. I’m good.

That being said, the show runners have earned the rope to hang themselves with it so I’m not going to get too worked up at the moment.

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Cobb Vanth wasn't a Mandalorian, either, and I'd say he was pretty ****ing cool...

I think maybe something we're going to see over the course of this series is a redefinition in Din's perception of what a Mandalorian actually is. And it started, I would say, during The Marshal. His first meeting with Cobb, he was going to take Fett's armor off the guy's dead body. By the end, he's shaking Cobb's hand, all but apologizing for taking Fett's armor and saying he hopes their paths cross again.

Character growth is a pretty great thing...

Going further, we still need an explanation for the helmet thing, why he never takes it off. It's been established in Clone Wars and Rebels that Mandalorians in general have no issues taking their helmets off. Most of them seem to have them off more than on, seemingly donning them only in combat.

So why does Din never take his off, and why did the covet on Navarro do the same? It's not a reactionary thing to the Great Purge, I think we can surmise, because Din stated that he hadn't removed it since he was a foundling, which would have been before the Empire's attack. It's also not a Deathwatch thing (the guys who appeared to rescue him as a child), because we've seen a lot of them with their lids off. Similarly, if we do see Sabine Wren, she didn't wear her helmet much of the time. Nor did Bo-Katan Krieze, reportedly being portrayed by Katee Sackhoff.

As for Boba, whether he's uber cool or not, the fact is that that character, as short as his appearance in the OT was, is the sole reason we're having this discussion on this thread. Because without him there are no Mandalorians. His role, primarily in ESB - he's a punchline in RotJ - generated ALL of this mythos. He's a hugely important character in the development of the Star Wars universe.

As you said, if that really was him, I think it's safe to say he'll be a pretty big deal on The Mandalorian, too,.and I haven't seen a reason so far, through 9 episodes, to think they won't do a good job in having all of this make sense.

I think Fett ends up reconnecting with the Empire through Moff Gideon, and will oppose Din due to his hatred of the Jango-killing Jedi, but there are some other directions this could go.

How's about we don't hate whatever this is until we actually see it...