Jango Fett and Django Reinhardt

(Kirk 5/16/05)

For some reason, The famed jazz guitarist, Django Reinhardt has been coming up a lot in my life. He's been mentioned in things I've read, listened to, and watched.

At the same time, I've been barraged with Star Wars marketing, so Jango Fett has been on my mind. So I figured somebody ought to straighten out any confusion about the two.

Django Reinhardt		Jango Fett
Revolutionary Jazz Guitarist		Bounty Hunter from "Star Wars: Attack of the Clones"
Obscure to the general public, well known to Jazz geeks.		Obscure to the general public, well known to Science Fiction geeks.
Played guitar.		Played by Temuera Morrison.
Born a gypsy, he grew up in Paris.		Born a human on the planet Concord Dawn, he travels the galaxy gypsy-like in his ship, Slave I.
Scarred by a fire in his caravan home, covered it playing guitar with only two fully functioning fingers.		Scarred by battles, covered it with an armored helmet
Known as the father of Gypsy Jazz Guitar.		Known as the father of Boba Fett.
Inspried many imitators.		Inspired many clones.