screen catalyst. The 1976 television series Ark II featured a jet pack called the Jet Jumper. In the Star Wars original trilogy, the bounty hunter Boba Fett used a jet pack. In the prequel trilogy, Jango Fett also used a jet pack. The Mandalorian TV series from 2019 has multiple characters using jetpacks, as do various comics, video games, and other television shows in the franchise. In the 1982-1995 comics book series, The Rocketeer, the protagonist, Cliff Secord, acquires a stolen military jet pack and uses it to become the eponymous superhero. It was later adapted into a motion picture in 1991. In 1988 Cinemaware created the Amiga computer game Rocket Ranger which was ported to several other platforms of the era and in 1991 and 1992 Malibu Comics published a Rocket Ranger comic series closely based on the computer game. The G.I. Joe action figure launch in 1982 included the JUMP (Jet Mobile Propulsion Unit) jet pack as an accessory. It was also featured prominently in the related G.I. Joe comic book series and cartoon. Jet packs have been used by the title characters in several episodes of SWAT Kats cartoon series (1993–1994). In the Toy Story franchise introduced in 1995, Buzz Lightyear uses a jet pack (which is made of plastic). In the 1997 video game Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back, the titular character Crash operates a jet pack in two main levels: "Rock It" and "Pack Attack". He also uses the jet pack in the final boss fight against Dr. Neo Cortex. Super Mario Sunshine for the Nintendo GameCube, features Mario with an autonomous, water-powered jet pack named the Flash Liquidizing Ultra Dousing Device (or, F.L.U.D.D.) as a key element of navigation throughout the game; in addition to its default "hover nozzle", which allows the titular character to change trajectory or hover in mid-air, it can be upgraded/customized to allow Mario to make an immediate jump boost (the "rocket nozzle"), or allow Mario to increase his speed exponentially while running or swimming (the "turbo nozzle"). The device has also appeared in various remakes and/or ports of the game, as well as in brief cameos or references in other Nintendo and Mario games. Jet packs appear in the popular video game Halo: Reach The jet pack also appears in the 2012 video game Halo 4, developed by 343 Industries. Jet packs also appeared in other video games,