Databank Download: Jango Fett, Bounty Hunter Preview

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Launching into today’s Star Wars™: Shatterpoint preview by way of his jet pack and loaded up with an arsenal of versatile weaponry is the galaxy’s most acclaimed bounty hunter (at least in his day): Jango Fett!

After a long career securing the most dangerous bounties, the greatest long-term impact of Jango Fett’s legacy was being hired to become the template for the clone army created for the Grand Army of the Republic. It would be his DNA in the bodies and his face beneath the helmets of countless soldiers deployed against the Separatist Alliance in the final years before the rise of the Empire.

There are good reasons for his selection for this strange honor; Jango Fett has proven himself to be a tremendously skilled, versatile, and fit warrior. Not only a capable marksman, Jango Fett possesses superlative combat and survival instincts, employing a diverse arsenal of weapons and tools. Where some bounty hunters are narrow specialists, Jango Fett is an all-around generalist, as skilled in close combat as marksmanship—just the sort of warrior generals dream of replicating to fill every combat niche. And while his clones perform ably, it’d be hard to find one who can hold up compared to the original. For now, he is quite willing to serve as a gun for hire in the current conflicts, looking to secure a future for himself and his son.

In combat, Jango Fett is all about either disabling or neutralizing his chosen foe, and he has many means to achieve this end. Jango was a Foundling of the Mandalorians™ and inherited their distinct Beskar armor, including a tremendously useful Jet Pack that allows him to perform a jump and seek the higher ground, ideally used while maneuvering into position. Similarly, Jango Fett can perform a jump after making a focus action thanks to My Client is Getting Impatient, giving him another way to be in the right place at the right time. Rather than changing his own position, Jango Fett also has the option to Pull a target out of cover and pin them in place with his Capture Wire.

Spending Force to jet around or capture foes might seem spendy, but I’m Just Looking to Get Paid provides considerable efficiency to strategic use of Jango’s abilities. So long as he Wounds a significant target, this ability refreshes two Force and provides some minor healing. And if enemies think Jango is only dangerous on his own turn, his Not So Fast reaction lets him punish an enemy that begins their activation too close to him. This allows Jango to unleash his favored rocket launcher straight into a nearby adversary, potentially doing considerable damage before they can do anything else.

Jango Fett’s Stance, Resourceful Gunslinger, offers a very well-rounded attack package. This gunslinger prefers fighting in mid to close range and is as dangerous to engage as to leave firing from a distance. From farther away, he’s more accurate, but close on him in melee and his shots can potentially do even more damage. The Stance’s Combat Tree provides both substantial punishment and additional maneuvering or the opportunity to use an Active ability, as well as an early option to strain his quarry. This Stance also provides decent defense dice and the protection of his Beskar Armor.

That closes out our early look at Jango Fett, Bounty Hunter!

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