How good is Jango Fett anyway?

I just noticed this the other day....Jango Fett was wearing his suit and armed to the teeth with all sorts of deadly weaponry, and Obi-Wan was fighting him--unarmed.

I just thought I'd point it out, since Jango looks so deadly and all, but in that fight on the landing platform he looked like he came pretty close to losing. Not to mention that Boba later on fights Luke and gets defeated soundly.

 

Jango is supposed to be the best bounty hunter in the galaxy. His backstory is that he is a Mandalorian warrior. The Mandalorians were long time enemies of the Jedi, dating back to the Sith Wars of four thousand years earlier. This grew worse when the Mandalorian war broke and the Jedi fought against them, following the deaths of Exar Kun and Ulic Qel-Droma. The Mandalorians prided themselves on their combat skills, with the Jedi/Sith/Dark Jedi being their only equal. Jedi have killed Mandalorians and Mandalorians have killed Jedi.

 

Jango Fett is THE BEST non-force user in the PT (Han in the OT). Jango draws with Obi Wan, takes out a Jedi council member, and then only loses to the most powerful jedi. If it takes Mace to knock you out, then you're pretty good.

 

I think Jango was a great Bounty Hunter he got put in a bad position by Dooku when he was sent to kill Mace. But, Jango was great. The problem with the Clones is they are sort of watered down. Since Jango is the dna nothing can be as good as the origanl.

 

Jango Fett was wearing his suit and armed to the teeth with all sorts of deadly weaponry, and Obi-Wan was fighting him--unarmed.

Just goes to show you how tough Jedi can be, especially Obi Wan.

 

I still remember the rumors that Jet Li was gonna be Fett. Rumors are pretty funny sometimes.

 

Haha, good times.

You have to remember that, in regards to Fett's fight with Obi-Wan in AOTC, Obi-Wan is a Jedi. He's not a normal guy getting in a fight with a bounty hunter. Not only can he use The Force, but I'm sure he's been thoroughly trained to think on his toes and to fight hand-to-hand, should he ever lose his lightsaber.

 

I for one refuse to consider the Mandalorians equals of Jedi/Sith. Mandalorians are good warriors, maybe the best non-Force using warriors in the galaxy (although the Noghri for instance are maybe just as good), but in my book they can't compete with Jedi.

 

Or the Morgukai.

 

Why? As Qui-gon and Anakin discussed in TPM, he wished that it was Jedi could not be killed by anyone or anything. Not that Obi-wan never once uses the Force to fight Jango. He uses it to sense blows. He uses it to deflect blaster bolts with his saber. He uses it to call the saber to him, when he drops it. He uses it to enhance his flying kick, so that he can reach him. But he never Force chokes, Force shoves or Force grabs Jango. Thus they are even.

 

Jedi can be killed alright, by Mandalorians and other mercenaries, but that doesn't mean Mandalorians as a group are equal to Jedi/Sith which was my point. IMO the Jedi are totally a far superior group to the mandalorians when it comes to fighting. (Of course this is a little besides the movies, but still...)

 

Keep in mind with Jedi you mainly see the best. With the ones who died in the arena how good they are on averages takes a huge hit. is the Obi Wan vs Jango scene logical at all/what was the goal.As he had multiple oportunities to kill Obi Wan. when he gets kickedhe easily could have had his blaster drawn and fired. Also your a bounty hunter your aim should be good enough not to miss from 5 feet with a blaster. While you could say Obi Wan used the force to emss up his aim his shot was high.Would you use the force to move his aim up past where you are. if you jump you would not pull a blaster up you would logically make it miss below or to the side.

 

It would have been interesting to see what an unarmed Obi Wan would have done to Jango if he wasn't trying to take him alive...

Or if he would have deflected Jango's shots right back at him at the begining of the fight.

 

The Ultimate Visual Guide says that Jango was able to subdue several Jedi at once armed with only his bare hands.

 

Jango cannot be taken alive.

 

Hmmm, I guess my opinion of Obi-Wan went down drastically after seeing how easily he got captured on Geonosis and his later duel with Count Dooku. Guess he's still better than Jango, huh.

 

Jango's pretty good, he just let's his pride get in the way, like Boba Fett. They're both eager to jump into the action, even squaring off against a Jedi, when they should fight from a distance.

 

Those Jedi must have been unarmed younglings then

 

How good is Jango Fett anyway?

Not as good as Boba Fett.

 

That depends. Judging from the movies Jango is the best. Take the EU into consideration and Boba is the best.

 

No, they weren't.
You ever read Jango Fett: Open Seasons?

 

I think that is arguable. Jango was only around for one movie. Boba was in two of them so that says something. Although both of them went out like punks.

You are right about Boba deffinately being the best in the EU. He is considered to be the best bounty hunter ever in the EU.

 

I was judging this on what they actually do in the movies. Boba fires some shots at Luke in ESB, then he tries to take on Luke again in ROTJ only to be defeated easily.
While Jango fights Obi-Wan and Mace and even manages to kill one Jedi in AOTC. So it's just that by judging from what we actually see in the movies Jango appears to be the better fighter.

 

IMO Obi-Wan allowed himself to be captured, as he knew he would be taken to whoever was in charge. As Obi-Wan is described as the "negotiator". Fighting isn't always the only way....

 

One of the earlier posts made me think of this: Did Jango know that Mace was the best jedi? Would he have jumped in to face him so quickly had he known Mace's status as senior member on the council? Maybe not.