James Mangold to write and direct Boba Fett movie! The Hollywood Reporter brings word that Logan director James Mangold will write and direct a standalone Boba Fett movie for Lucafilm. The film will follow in the footsteps of Rogue One and Solo as standalone “Star Wars Stories,” anthology movies from the galaxy far, far away. Boba Fett made his debut in Star Wars: Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back originally (before “The Special Edition” of A New Hope gave him an earlier appearance) as one of the bounty hunters hired by the Empire to find the Millennium Falcon.