A fascinating Star Wars story has resurfaced from young Boba Fett actor Daniel Logan, confirming the original fate of Jedi Master Mace Windu in Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith. While young Boba Fett was not featured in the final prequel film, that wasn’t always the case. Likewise, it seems as though Mace Windu wasn’t originally going to meet his end at the hands of Darth Sidious either.

First reported by Popverse, Logan once shared at GalaxyCon Richmond that George Lucas originally wanted young Boba Fett to have a key role in Revenge of the Sith as the one to kill Samuel L. Jackson’s Mace Windu. Revealing that Episode III’s “Revenge” was going to be Boba’s as much as the Sith, Logan confirmed George Lucas wanted the actor to make an appearance to settle Fett’s unfinished business with the Jedi who killed his father, a showdown that was storyboarded by Lucasfilm:

“Mace was going to come at Boba like he did with Jango, but because Boba had already experienced beforehand what had happened, I hit the jetpacks, I fly upside down, or on my back. As I’m flying on my back with the jetpacks along the ground, I pull out Jango’s blasters and I shoot him right between the stomach, and that’s how Mace Windu was meant to die. I was sitting there at Lucasfilm like [makes excited noises]. And they’re like, ‘Okay, we’re holding you for a year.’ And I was like, ‘Okay.’ I kept calling, ‘Is it my turn yet? Is it my turn?’”

This does sound like a very exciting face-off, and the storyboard Logan references was indeed released in 2006’s Star Wars Insider #85 and in the book The Making of Revenge of the Sith. However, Logan goes on to say that it was Samuel L. Jackson who helped convince Lucas to go in another direction, believing Boba wouldn’t be able to kill a member of the Jedi Council (and that Jackson himself didn’t want to be killed by a “punk kid” either).

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Had Boba Fett killed Mace Windu as originally intended, there would have been some pretty satisfying yet dark poetic justice at play in Revenge of the Sith. That said, Jackson was probably right that it wouldn’t have made much sense for the young bounty hunter to have killed a Jedi Master as skilled and accomplished as Mace Windu. A surprise betrayal from Anakin Skywalker and Darth Sidious delivering the final blow does make more sense, all things considered.

Also, Boba Fett killing Mace Windu would have undoubtedly altered how Anakin becomes corrupted to the dark side. After all, betraying Mace Windu plays a large part in what pushed Skywalker to such levels of desperation combined with his fear of losing Padmé, making it even easier for Palpatine to push him further into the dark as his new apprentice, Darth Vader. Had Mace been killed elsewhere, one has to wonder how Anakin’s corruption would have originally played out in Revenge of the Sith.

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A Revenge Plot With Aurra Sing

Ultimately, Boba Fett does get his canonical opportunity to get revenge on Mace Windu, albeit years earlier before Revenge of the Sith during the Clone Wars. As seen during the animated series’ second season, Boba Fett joined with fellow bounty hunters Aurra Sing, Bossk, and Castas in a bid to kill Mace Windu (and he nearly succeeded). However, Fett ultimately failed in his endeavor before moving on to start building his reputation as one of the best bounty hunters in the Star Wars galaxy, like his father before him. That said, it’s still fun to look at what might have been for Boba Fett.

Source: Popverse