In early 2013, Disney CEO Bob Iger announced the development of a "Star Wars" spin-off film written by Simon Kinberg, which "Entertainment Weekly" reported would focus on Boba Fett during the original trilogy. In mid-2014, Josh Trank was officially announced as the director of an undisclosed spin-off film, but had left the project a year later due to creative differences with Kinberg, causing a teaser for the Fett film to be scrapped from "Star Wars" Celebration. In May 2018, it was reported that James Mangold had signed on to write and direct a Fett film, with Kinberg attached as producer and . The author of a Fett-focused stated that Lucasfilm had considered adapting it into a film. By October, the Fett film was reportedly dead, with the studio instead focusing on the "Mandalorian" series on Disney+; the "Mandalorian" character Din Djarin features a similar design to Fett. The Fett film was afterwards reported to have also featured the other bounty hunters from "The Empire Strikes Back".