The first book introduces us to Cobb Vanth, a sheriff on Tatooine who wears Mandalorian armor that's heavily implied to be Boba Fett's. Cobb buys it off Jawas who happen to also have pieces of a " ...

He couldn't even negotiate with Jawas without busting out his flamethrower ... If you were to tell someone fresh off watching The Mandalorian Season 1 that these two characters would get a movie ...