star wars - Why did Jango Fett have a son via cloning instead of through natural reproductive processes?
Why did Jango Fett choose to have his son, Boba Fett, created via cloning, rather than having a child by a woman?
Did he want a son and was either unwilling or unable to do so with a mate?
Answer
Canonically, we don't know because we don't know of any romantic relationships Jango had with either men or women. The fact that Jango did not have a child with a woman does not really indicate he's homosexual -- he is willing to have a son but perhaps he never found a suitable woman to be the mother.
In Legends, he is heterosexual. He has a romantic relationship with a woman named Sheeka Tull.
Legends also provides the backstory for Jango's recruitment as clone template. The ending to the video game Star Wars Bounty Hunter includes a scene in which Darth Tyranus first recruits Jango. Tyranus sells the idea to Jango as a chance for "immortality", and to pass on his ways to the clone army. This convinced Jango to become the clone template for the army and possibly for Boba (he could pass on his ways to Boba in particular), but when Tyranus asks him why he wanted an unaltered clone Jango refuses to answer. So even Legends only hints at why Jango wanted a son.
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