It started with a droid and turned into a call to action.
Actor Chris Bartlett, known for his many droid roles in The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett, recently took to Instagram to address a striking image circulating online: an AI-generated poster teasing “Chapter 2” of The Book of Boba Fett.
While Bartlett clarified that the image is not official, what followed was truthfully more interesting than the photo itself. Fans left a deluge of comments pleading for Book of Boba season 2 and hyping Bartlett’s potential return, not just as 8D8 or Q9-0, but possibly even as Triple Zero from the Doctor Aphra comics.
“I personally believe it is AI created,” Bartlett wrote, “but fans have the loudest voice where studios are concerned. If you’d like to see the darker underworld of Fett’s dominion… then shout it from the mountaintops.”
He added that one of his goals is to bring Triple Zero, the torture-happy protocol droid, to live action.
Although Bartlett didn’t comment on season 2 directly, he didn’t need to. Fans filled the comments with passionate responses like:
- “We want Book of Boba season 2 and you to play like 4 characters in the series! Ok maybe 6 characters!”
- “NEEEED an Aphra show or something! Would LOVE to see you play 000, and also Beetee!”
- “You would CRUSH Triple Zero.”
The post tapped into something simmering just beneath the surface of the ongoing Star Wars discourse – there is something of a sense that Book of Boba was unfinished and that fans are still interested in more of Fett and Fennec Shand’s adventures on Tatooine.
This isn't the first time the fandom has rallied to revive a shelved or seemingly sidelined project. The #MakeSolo2Happen movement gained enough traction that even director Ron Howard had to address it, and The Clone Wars season 7 owes its very existence to persistent fan pressure.
Bartlett’s post feels like an unofficial green light for fans to use their collective voice.
There are a number of avenues a second season could take. Boba’s transformation from feared bounty hunter to reluctant daimyo still feels incomplete, and the Tusken Raider arc deserved more closure.
Also, for a show with “Boba Fett” in the title, season 1 occasionally sidelined its own lead in favor Pedro Pascal’s Din Djarin. A second season could do what Andor did for Cassian, letting fans dive deeper into the emotional depths of a man trying to redefine who he is after decades of living in survival mode.
The prospect of bringing in Triple Zero and other figures from the Doctor Aphra comics also opens things up for dark, morally gray story arcs. Picture Boba Fett leaning into crime syndicates and assassin droids with personality disorders. It’s weird. It’s dangerous. Basically, it’s exactly the kind of storytelling that keeps Star Wars fresh after almost 50 years.
As Bartlett put it, “Fans have the loudest voice where studios are concerned.” If the comment section is any indication, fans are ready to use it.
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