Boba Fett’s Desire To Ride A Rancor Becomes Cute Children’s Book Cover

Illustrator Brian Kesinger turns The Book of Boba Fett into a children’s book in an adorable piece of Star Wars fan art. The Book of Boba Fett premiered in December 2021 and is currently being released weekly on Disney+. The series, created by Jon Favreau, follows fan-favorite Boba Fett (Temuera Morrison) after his long-awaited return to the screen in The Mandalorian. After they both escaped death on Tatooine, the former bounty hunter and assassin Fennec Shand (Ming-Na Wen) take over Jabba the Hutt’s rule on the desert planet.

In The Book of Boba Fett chapter 3, Jabba the Hutt’s cousins gift a rancor to Fett after they give up on claiming his throne for themselves. The rancor is an alien beast that first appears in the Star Wars Universe in Return of the Jedi, attacking Luke Skywalker while he tries to rescue Han Solo from the carbonite trap Jabba held him in. Boba Fett’s rancor is young and lonely, and Fett tells the rancor’s trainer (Danny Trejo) that he wants to learn to ride it like the Witches of Dathomir were said to. While he speaks, Fett shows a rare moment of tenderness and pets the depressed rancor.

Naturally, Star Wars fans loved this moment between Fett and his new pet. Illustrator and fan Brian Kesinger shared a cute piece that turns the moment between bounty hunter and beast into a children’s book cover. Check it out below:

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Mixing together Clifford the Big Red Dog and The Book of Boba Fett, Kesinger’s artwork shows Boba Fett hugging his rancor while standing on his back. The caption reads, “A different type of Boba Fett book…” Kesinger’s timeline is full of charming fan art and original work. The artist also created a popular Star Wars comic strip which places Han Solo and Kylo Ren into Calvin & Hobbes. 

While Boba Fett and his rancor probably won’t have the loving bond that Emily Elizabeth and Clifford have in Kesinger’s source of inspiration, Fett’s reaction to the rancor calf is unmistakable fondness of a new pet owner. Perhaps more than any moment so far from The Book of Boba Fett‘s first four episodes, this one grounds Fett and shows his vulnerability. After losing his father Jango at a young age and then the Tusken tribe who took him in, Boba is lonely. Of course, some fans have complained that The Book of Boba Fett is stripping away everything that made Boba Fett cool, but in terms of showing the character’s depths, The Book of Boba Fett is succeeding.

Source: Brian Kesinger

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