LEGO’s newest Star Wars playset, an incredible 2,970-piece model of Jango Fett’s Firespray, seems to be avoiding the old “Slave I” name. The Slave I is a heavily customized Firespray-31-class patrol and attack craft (also known as a “Firespray Pursuit Special) used by Jango Fett and later inherited by his son, Boba Fett. The Slave I is iconic, both in-universe and among viewers, as one of the galaxy’s most efficient and feared bounty hunting vessels, yet the ship’s name is rarely spoken in recent Star Wars properties.

LEGO recently revealed that they would be releasing the Slave I as part of their Ultimate Collector’s Series. The set was introduced with a humorous parody of a family sitcom intro, with the “unconventionally wholesome father-son duo” of Jango and Boba Fett flying the Slave I. Surprisingly, the ship is referred to as “Jango Fett’s Starship” instead of the Slave I or its alternate designation used in some Star Wars material.

Disney Is Now Officially Calling Boba Fett’s Starship His “Firespray”

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The origin of the Slave I was revealed in the original Star Wars Legends continuity’s video game Star Wars: Bounty Hunter. Jango Fett’s original starship – the Jaster’s Legacy – was destroyed on a mission to Oovo IV, leading Jango to steal one of the prison’s Firespray Pursuit Specials and destroy the rest, making this prototype the last of its kind. Following his mission to Malastare, Jango Fett encounters a slave vessel belonging to the Bando Gora, reminding him of the years he spent enslaved following the Battle of Galidraan. This led Jango to name his ship the Slave I.

Following the Star Wars franchise’s partial reboot in 2014, Jango and Boba’s vessel was still called the Slave I, but starting By 2021, the ship’s name was no longer spoken or marketed in merchandise. It was simply “Boba Fett’s Starship” or “Jango Fett’s Starship,” though The Book of Boba Fett seemingly gave it a new designation, treating “Firespray” as the new name. As the new LEGO set reveals, this new “Firespray” designation has not been unanimously adopted as the ship’s new name.

It’s Easy To See Why Disney Wanted To Avoid The “Slave” Name

Although Jango and Boba Fett’s ship is still canonically the Slave I, even in the newer timeline, Lucasfilm and Disney likely wish to avoid marketing merchandise with the word “slave” in it, due to the word’s unpleasant undercurrents. This choice has annoyed a contingent of Star Wars viewers, though it is not the only instance of Star Wars rebranding an element of its lore to avoid the word “slave.” Merchandise that depicts Princess Leia during her brief enslavement by Jabba the Hutt refers to her as “Huttslayer” rather than “Slave Leia.”

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