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star wars - Why did Jango Fett jump into the arena to engage Master Windu?


Master Windu was a very powerful Jedi Master (even Count Dooku couldn't stand a chance against him) and this fact should be popular among the bad guys if not across the Galaxy. What made Jango Fett think that he could take out Master Windu all by himself? Yes, he was flying and Windu was on the ground, but this hardly matters in a universe with The Force.



Answer



Fett was hardly alone when he jumped into the arena -- a huge battle was in progress in which all the Jedi were fighting an army of battle droids as well as the animals intended to kill Anakin, Obi-Wan, and Padme.


Windu had just lost his lightsaber to a reek the moment Fett jumped into the arena, and Fett jumped in to try to grab Windu's lightsaber. Fett was trying to take advantage of Windu's momentary distraction by the reek and the loss of his lightsaber. Presumably, Fett would have used his jetpack to retreat back to a safe distance, and Windu wouldn't have his lightsaber to deflect Fett's shots (or anyone else's).


Unfortunately for Jango (and poor Boba), Windu was able to use the Force to grab his lightsaber back just before Fett reached it, and then Fett was immediately trampled by the reek and his jetpack destroyed. Fett can't use the Force, so he couldn't know ahead of time that Windu would beat him to the lightsaber by just a moment and that the reek would turn on him and destroy his jetpack.


Fett fought well against Obi-Wan on Kamino and had defeated other Jedi, so he probably felt he would be able to defeat Windu with the help of the battle droids, animals, and the fact that Windu wouldn't have his lightsaber.


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