STAR WARS: JANGO FETT – OPEN SEASONS #1

Cover shows sharp, unblunted corners and clean, unbroken spine with no visible stress lines or ticks. Colors appear vivid with no fading or staining, and the book is protected in a plastic sleeve which limits ability to assess minor surface abrasions. No creases, tears, or writing are visible on the front cover; interior and back cover were not assessed.

Star Wars: Jango Fett – Open Seasons #1 (Dark Horse Comics, 2002) launched a four-issue miniseries spotlighting the bounty hunter Jango Fett shortly after his live-action debut in Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones. Written by Haden Blackman with art by Tomás Giorello, the series was positioned as a tie-in expansion of the character's backstory rather than an introduction, since Jango Fett's first appearance is the 2002 film itself. The book reflects Dark Horse's early-2000s strategy of building expanded-universe miniseries around newly prominent film characters, and it remains a notable entry in the Star Wars comics line from that era even without first-appearance status.

Market data shows a comic with a large surviving population, as is typical of direct-market Star Wars titles from the early 2000s that were heavily ordered by speculating retailers. Certified sales cluster overwhelmingly at the high end of the grading scale, with 9.8 copies selling steadily in the $130-$180 range over the past year, while 9.6 and 9.4 copies trade far lower, reflecting a collector base focused almost entirely on pristine, slabbed examples rather than mid- or low-grade raw copies. Demand is driven primarily by Star Wars completists and Jango Fett/Mandalorian-adjacent collectors rather than by broader key-issue speculation.

This book collects best as a modern Star Wars tie-in rather than a speculative key, appealing to niche completists assembling Dark Horse's Attack of the Clones-era output and to CGC registry builders chasing high grades. Raw copies in low and mid grades move slowly and for modest sums given the high surviving population, while 9.8 slabs command a real premium and represent the primary liquid market for the issue. Long-term value is tied closely to sustained interest in Jango Fett and the broader Mandalorian mythos rather than to any inherent scarcity of the book itself.