Jango offers Obi-Wan a modest account of his life on Kamino.

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Jango Fett

I’m just a simple man, trying to make my way in the universe.

— Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones ‧ 2002

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Jango offers a plain identity in place of a useful answer. The ordinary phrasing makes his refusal to disclose anything sound almost reasonable.

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In Attack of the Clones, Jango answers Obi-Wan’s questions on Kamino by describing himself as an ordinary man making his way through the galaxy. The understatement avoids explaining his involvement with the clone army and the assassination attempt. His apparently modest self-portrait conceals a highly specialised trade.

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