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Originally posted by: buddy-x-wing
Boba Fett (bounty hunter) + Han Solo (smuggler with large bounty on his head) = 'why Fett was somewhat "obsessed" with Solo'
Han refers early in tESB about 'that run in with the bounty hunter on Ord Mantell' I'm assuming that between A New Hope and TESB , Han had a few encounters with bounty hunters including Boba Fett. Do we really need any more backstory on such a minor insignificant character in the series? I never quite understood the fascination with Boba Fett, when you consider his mininmal on-screen contributions to the series he is no where near the intergalactic badass that the fanboys think he is,
The cool thing about being introduced to Boba in 1980 was that he had the audacity to talk back to to Vader:
"No disitegrations"
"...As you wish."
This guy was ballsy! He just sassed Vader. Cooool.
What wasn't to like? His take no poodoo 'tude, his cool costume and his cool voice... (which has now changed to "Es yoi wush" "His no gud ti me did" Gah!)
When I was a kid Boba Fett was one badass dude. Now he's just some bloody nerfherding sheepfucker. No offense to my Kiwi neighbours across the Tasman, I'm just muckin with ya, you guys are alright.
In an attempt to pander to the Fett-fans, hoping they'd gloss over the various ruinations of the 1997 versions, Boba was made far too prominent for my liking in the SE films. He's like the galactic 'Where's Waldo?' Look there he is, now he's there, look over behind that tree. what was that eighties cartoon that had the multicoloured imp that would hide in the background of each episode and had to be found? Was it She-Ra? Anyway he's like that now.
Lucas never understood what made Fett cool and he decided to destroy the character on his second outing so the fans resurrected him and gave him a backstory which The Beard promptly ignored in favour of this bullcrap PT origin.
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- his only contribution in Empire was following the Falcon to Bespin and leading the Empirials to Cloud city, Vader and his troops did the rest , then Boba Fett acted as a courier service delivering Han to Jabba, even Greedo could have done that!
Heh. What are you talking about? Greedo couldn't hit a guy sitting at a table across from him, how's he going to deliver a package?
"Gukhh Guhhh Gkuhh... wheeze... Here's your package Mr. Hutt!!!"
"Dooo!! My name is the return address, you senseless dunderpate."
*Jabba gives Greedo a chance to get a shot off, the 'Bounty Hunter' misses the GIANT HUTT by a few hundred parsecs and falls down into the Rancor pit.*