‘I’m at a Convention, and I Say Stupid Things’ — Boba Fett Star Temuera Morrison Reveals Lucasfilm Phone Call After Telling Star Wars Fans to Lobby for His Return

What next for Temuera Morrison and his iconic character Boba Fett in the ongoing Star Wars franchise? Not much, it sounds like. In a new interview, the actor said Boba is still “on the shelf” — despite his attempts to spark a return.

In August last year, Morrison called on Star Wars fans to inundate Lucasfilm with requests to see the actor reprise his role as the iconic bounty hunter, with The Book of Boba Fett Season 2 looking increasingly unlikely.

Morrison, alongside Daniel Logan, who played young Boba/Jango Fett’s clone son, told fans at the FanX’s Tampa Bay Comic Convention that there’s nothing in the works in terms of a new appearance. He then used the opportunity to issue his plea: “I think we really have to treasure those moments now. All of you need to send a fax, or a letter, or an email, to those powers that be at Lucasfilm. I’m sure they’d love to hear from everyone. Please give Daniel Logan and Temuera Morrison another chance and put them somewhere.”

It turns out that slightly irked Lucasfilm, who called Morrison up to reiterate Boba’s situation.

“I was only joking. I’m at a convention, and I say stupid things,” Morrison told Inverse. “Then I’ve got [Lucasfilm] ringing me: ‘Look, you’ve been put on the shelf, Boba Fett. We might open up the jar later.’”

Morrison originally played Jango Fett in Star Wars: Episode 2 – Attack of the Clones, but years later rejoined Star Wars as Jango’s son and clone Boba Fett.

The last time we saw the 65-year-old New Zealander play Fett was at the end of The Book of Boba Fett, in February 2022. The Disney+ spin-off series proved divisive, with some Star Wars fans feeling it went too far in softening the iconic villain’s character.

Morrison told Inverse that he had hoped to get multiple seasons out of Boba Fett. “It was a big deal for me,” he said. “When you do a series like Boba Fett and work with Ming-Na [Wen], I started to think, ‘Man, this is it. I’m away. Season 2, 3, 4.’ But at the end of it, we had a great time. I was honored to be brought back after all that time.”

Even with The Mandalorian and Grogu coming out in May, a Boba Fett return feels low down on Lucasfilm’s priority list. Will there be a The Mandalorian Season 4? Lucasfilm has yet to say, but if it does happen, perhaps Boba Fett would pop up there. Otherwise, if Lucasfilm actually makes the Dave Filoni New Republic team-up movie it has announced, perhaps Boba will join forces with Mando and Ahsoka in an Avengers-style fight against Grand Admiral Thrawn.

However, outgoing Lucasfilm boss Kathleen Kennedy made no mention of the Mandalorian, Ahsoka, and Boba Fett crossover movie when revealing her exit in January, though it’s likely her successor, Filoni himself, will be the one to give an update on this as its fate likely rests on the performance of The Mandalorian and Grogu this year.

In June last year, Morrison revealed he actually pitched Lucasfilm on Boba Fett appearing in Ahsoka Season 2 (“can I be Rex and take his helmet off, please?”), pointing out that he plays not just Boba Fett but all the clones based upon the character.

In 2024, speaking at the From Clone Troopers to Bounty Hunters panel at Fan Expo Chicago, Morrison cited The Book of Boba Fett’s poor reception as the reason for the once beloved character not returning in Star Wars: The Mandalorian & Grogu. The show, which told the story of Boba Fett as he escaped from the Sarlacc Pit and acted as a miniature season of The Mandalorian, was among the worst received Star Wars shows. “This show’s reception does seem to have impacted the future of the character in the franchise,” Morrison said at the time.

Amid all this, only two Star Wars films are definitively confirmed to release: The Mandalorian and Grogu launches in theaters on May 22, and Ryan Gosling’s Star Wars: Starfighter arrives on May 28, 2027.

Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.