The Mandalorian Shows Just How Dangerous Jango Fett Was To Obi-Wan
The Mandalorian season 2, episode 7 saw Boba Fett use one of his father's weapons - proving Obi-Wan Kenobi was fortunate to survive Jango.
The Mandalorian season 2, episode 7, "Chapter 15: The Believer" just revealed just how fortunate Obi-Wan Kenobi was to survive his encounter with Jango Fett in Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones. Created by George Lucas himself, the bounty hunter Jango Fett was the template for the entire Clone Army in the prequel trilogy. He was also the "father" of the infamous Boba Fett as a result of cloning as well.
Lucas went to great lengths to demonstrate just how dangerous Jango Fett really is. Not many people can honestly say they've survived encounters with Jedi, and not even Sith Lords tend to make it out of a fight with Obi-Wan Kenobi unscathed. For all that's the case, though, Jango Fett successfully escaped Kenobi after a brief scrap - and then learned the Jedi Master had successfully pursued him to the planet Geonosis. The two engaged in a brief dogfight, one that came to an end when Obi-Wan faked his death. But The Mandalorian season 2, episode 7 shows how much danger he was really in during the brief battle.
The episode came to an end with Boba Fett and his allies escaping the Imperial facility on Morak. Pursued by two TIE Fighters, he demonstrated his superiority by simply releasing a single seismic charge - one of the weapons his father used against Obi-Wan all those decades ago. Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones only showed what seismic charges can do to asteroids, but The Mandalorian proves they can do the same kind of damage to a starfighter as well. The TIEs are shredded.
The seismic charge is clearly meant to be a Fett's typical response to being pursued, suggesting both Boba and his father tended to go straight for the kill-shot. These seismic charges are tremendously impressive, and the truth is only a Jedi Master could have piloted with the necessary skill to evade the radius of the blast shockwave. Obi-Wan's very survival is a demonstration of his skill and sensitivity to the Force; little wonder Jango Fett seemed rather surprised to see he was still alive after he'd dropped a series of the bombs. Indeed, this feat is all the more impressive given Obi-Wan was flying through an asteroid field, meaning he also had to damage the debris generated by the seismic charges.
This is a smart callback to the prequel trilogy, but it's also a sensible one. Boba Fett always lived in his father's shadow, and it would make sense for him to have adopted Jango Fett's tactics, as seen in The Mandalorian. This particular weapon certainly demonstrates the kind of casual disregard for life that would earn both Fetts notoriety as bounty hunters; in Star Wars, you'll be fortunate to survive crossing the path of a Fett.