Jango Fett Books

This book really delivers on the mysterious and wonderful character Jango Fett. He is a legendary Mandalorian warrior who witnessed his whole mercenary army being wiped out by the Jedi. Beautiful illistrations. The best illustrator who could draw "Mandalorian armor" to date. A great story line, and really stresses the fact that Jango is a neutral, fearless warrior.

I do know what to say about the art work. I own every Darkhorse TPB comic and this one has the best inks and coloring of them all, getting a 6 on a 5 scale. The drawing itself is a 4 on a 5 scale, and the story is also a 4.

the story missed some oportunity here, but it does address what you are probably curious about with regard to jango.

Darkhorse be warned, I'll expect this kind of quality in the future. I have suffered through lazy editioning from you guys, most disappointingly in UNION and others.

I've read most of the Star Wars comics, and this one is among the best. Open Seasons interweaves the story of Jaster and Concord Dawn (known to Fett fans) with the events prior to Geonosis.

The story is very involving, although I wish it had been longer. A few things were glossed over pretty quickly. But it was a refreshing change from Kevin Anderson's usual soulless SW tales. I had a few "goose-bump" moments.

What can I say about the art? Like Jedi vs. Sith, some will think that it is too cartoony. I disagree. The artist captured action and emotion, and that's what this is about...telling a story through art. Personally, I adored it. I hope Dark Horse uses this guy, and fires the Sith Empire folks. Kudos also for the colors. (The lightsabers really seemed to glow!)

All in all Open Seasons is gorgeous. Buy it.

Possibly one of the best graphic novels I've ever read. Shows the story of how Jango's family is killed and how he joined the Mandalorians. Excellent story (but it felt a little short) that explains alot about why Jango is who he is. Great pictures, dialogue, everything. A great read for Fett fans.

Open Seasons is one of those comics that is highly recommended reading. This is where you'll find Jango Fett's backstory, which seamlessly ties into what little is known of his cloned son Boba Fett, and his Jaster Mereel alto ego. The comic derives its name from the four issues subtitled after the four seasons of winter, spring, summer, fall, and provides reason for Montross's animosity in the Bounty Hunter console game.

The artwork here is just superb. Colours shine off the page, illustrations are depthful, more 3Dish than the standard fare you get, what more could you want? I strongly believe that comics, being the visual material they are, must have the best artwork possible, to show what a standard novel can only express in words. If that's the case, Open Seasons is gold.

The dialogue is up to par. Could have benefited with more humour, but the cast worked well for given characters. Then again, given the nature of the plot, too much would have detracted from the persona of Jango Fett.

The storyline is your typical coming of age: peaceful youth avenging the death of parents and a shattered childhood, forged into one of the galaxy's finest bounty hunters. The setting is soon after Phantom Menace, Dooku recounting to his master Sidious why Fett makes the ideal prime clone for their clandestine operations. It even provides some explanation for why Dooku himself--if you can believe the old man--broke from the Jedi Order.

You see what Jango is made of here in the Galidraan debacle, where the Jedi and Mandalorians have it out. You'd get the impression the Jedi really are dependant on their saber sticks to be dangerous, as though that made any difference to the Fett. Does leaving you wondering in AOTC if script limitations hadn't necessitated Mace Windu to survive Fett.

Just a few trivialties here. Jango looks more lighter complexioned than he did on the screen. Without enough names in dialogue, it does make it challenging to identify your Mandalorian in near-identical uniforms. Most annoying, why do these people always have to be farmboys (Luke, Baron Fel, Jango, etc)? And the biggest one of all: at the end, when Jango flies across space to crash through a ship's bridge viewports, in a vacuum without breathing or decompression?!

Overall, with art quality and storyline this good, Open Seasons is one fine gift to get, and definitely worth getting.

Order this along with the Zam Wessel book for my 10 year old. I was disappointed to see a swear word used in these books as we do not use them and we are teaching our son not to use them. I was able to blot out the word using a magic marker, since the graphics aren't bad in the books and my son LOVES Jango Fett.

Before you buy this, you have to realize that this book is part one of a 2-grahic-novel series, the second part being "Zam Wesell". If you've seen it in Barnes and Nobel or Borders, you know that it's skiny compared to other GN of the SW Genre. It's also cheaper ($5.95), encouraging you to buy both.

This is a prety good story so I'm going to have to buy the other one now. The artwork is like story boards for the movie production department. It's not that impressive, although I got a good laugh at the gorked-out dead Hutt guy.

If you are looking to buy keep in mind the price. Get one that is low priced so the shipping charges don't push you up above $6. I have seen this in the book stores for the cover price plus tax so decide what's more important to you, having it now or getting a little discount and waiting a week.

This is a review of the Dark horse comic ISBN 1569716234 published January, 2002 Printed in Canada, story by Ron Marz, Art by Tom Fowler. I have put this book on the SW timeline at -27.1 before NH.

This comic features some of the worst artwork I have seen in a star wars based comic produced in the last several years. This story features Jango, Zam and a cameo from Boba. The story is a 3 but the artwork is a 2.

I buy these comics for 2 reasons. First is so I can read them with my son. The second is that Lucas licensing sometimes allows Dark Horse to make an important contribution of fact and context to the SW expanded universe. One also buys a comic for its artwork. Because this one fails based on its art, I rounded down to 2 stars.

Little is known of Jango Fett, the mysterious bounty hunter who fathered cruel Boba Fett and served as a template for countless armored clone soldiers during the last days of the Old Republic. This book, simply titled "Jango Fett," attempts to fill in some blanks.

But for those of us who saw the movies, "Jango" doesn't tell us much we didn't already know. The bounty hunter is ruthless and efficient on the job; he's a caring father when he's home and in the company of young Boba.

In this story, an assassination goes awry when Jango runs afoul of competing bounty hunter Zam Wesell, whose own appearance in the movies was shortlived. Needing funds, Jango accepts another job to retrieve an object, and he shows no mercy in its capture. Of course, Zam has a tendency to show up at the most crucial moments in Jango's life.

The flirtation between the two hunters is awkward at best, although the few father-son moments between Jango and Boba are nicely handled. The story is fairly dull, however, and does little to endear me to the characters. The art, too, is pretty bad, making Jango Fett a must-have only for the staunchest of Star Wars completists.

by Tom Knapp, Rambles.NET editor

When Jango Fett makes a lucrative assassination, he finds that the bounty hunter Zam Wesell's involvement cuts out a lot of the profit. So, when a contract to retrieve a stolen artwork is offered, he takes the job. Unknown to him, though, his employer has hired Zam Wesell to undertake the same task. What will it be, competition or cooperation? Their lives may depend on it...

My son and I first read the Darth Maul graphic novel, which we both enjoyed immensely. Sad to say, this book does not hold a candle to that one. This book has more of a story line, and the look at Fett's home life is nice. The problem is, though, that the artwork is nowhere near as good as the Darth Maul book. That said, my son loves this book, and gives it an enthusiastic recommendation. Overall, I thought that it was a good book, ready to charm the Fett fan (such as my son).

"Jango Fett: Bounty Hunter" is a good read for those with an interest in the bounty hunters. The story begins between Episodes I and II, when Count Dooku hires Django to assassinate Senator Amidala. The plot quickly runs into "Attack of the Clones," finishing with the death of Zam Wesell. That written, it would be misleading to believe that this is merely an abbreviated retelling of a movie. This book features significant character development between Jango and his son, Boba. Furthermore, the reader witnesses many events that are mentioned or assumed to have taken place in the film. Eric Arnold's writing is perfect for most third graders. "Jango Fett" is set-up as a first chapter book. Valerie Reckert's illustrations are awful. Most images feature movie scenes that are superimposed with original artwork. The problem isn't the approach, it's the amateurish execution. That written, the intended audience would probably take no such issue. Illustrations aside, "Jango Fett: Bounty Hunter" is a high interest book for the young reader.

The hero of the story is Jango, who calls himself a bounty hunter before the admiring eyes of his son, Boba. In reality, however, Jango is no more than a ruthless hired assassin whose only motivation is money. Moreover, by subcontracting an explosives expert to assassinate a Senator, Jango becomes the intellectual author of a terrorist attack. And then he murders his attractive young assistant in cold blood when she is captured and begins to talk! No, I'm sorry, this book has no place on our children's bookshelves.