Solo: A Star Wars Story: Is a Boba Fett movie happening?

At the Boba Fett movie-helm is writer and director James Mangold.

James Mangold also directed Logan, the 2017 X-Men movie.

Another name being bandied around for the Boba Fett movie is Simon Kinberg, not only as a writer but also a producer.

Kinberg is another X-Men alumni and is currently working on X-Men: Dark Phoenix, his directorial debut.

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Lucasfilm and Disney have yet to officially confirm, but sources say Mangold and Kinberg will co-write the script for the Boba Fett movie.

Who is Boba Fett?

Boba Fett arrived in Star Wars in The Empire Strikes Back.

He appeared again in Return of the Jedi as the mercenary who brings Han Solo to Jabba the Hutt.

A Boba Fett movie might seem unlikely, given that the character clocks in under a half hour of screen time across all the Star Wars movies.

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Boba Fett also has a helmet over his face the whole time – though this opens the possibility to a wide range of actors to take on the character.

But Star Wars fans regard Boba Fett as something of a cult favourite.

For Boba Fett to have his own stand-alone movie shows that the Star Wars universe intends to keep expanding and bringing more characters to places of prominence in the canon.

Solo: A Star Wars Story is in cinemas now.