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Why Boba Fett is now bunk

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I hope the majority of guys know about the Star Wars encyclopedia that was available before the prequels. It described Boba Fett as the son of the Mandaloran race and thats was as far as his origins could be traced but it also described the character as a mystery that used the Mandalarean armor. The book also said the Mandaloran army was wiped out by the Jedi during the Clone Wars. I don't know about you guys but that battle was one of the main reasons I was waiting for the prequels to come out. Boba Fett is just another character ruined by the horrible prequels and I think he would of been better left a mystery character with no known origins.
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Boba Fett was such a bad ass in the Original Trilogy. Totally. He rocked. But since the PT came out he's nothing more than the genetic hand-me-down copy of some two-bit, no-name, bounty hunter. Well isn't that nice.

And I read somewhere that the braids that he has on his shoulder are from young Padawans that he killed during the "cleansing" of the Jedi temple. That they were trophies of his.
Now THAT I was looking forward to seeing. How bad ass would that have been? He shoots down a young Jedi, walks over all calmly, takes out a knife, cuts off the braid and pockets it. Wow. Just wow. I tell ya', you wouldn't look at him the same way again in ESB.

The PT did more harm than it did good. It raised more question than it gave answers, and the answers that were given to us just plain suck. Boba is a clone? Wow, aren't we clever Mr. Lucas.
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One thing that would have worked well, IMO is this: Since Jango went out like a bitch at the hands of Mace, it would have been the ultimate redemption for Boba to be the one who killed Mace. Maybe he could have helped Anakin or something. Talk about redemtion for his father! Lucas would have liked that, as it reasonates with his main story.

And now, since Lucas chose not to do that, he could generate a similar effect by inserting that scene he was talking about of Boba in the ROTJ DVD commentary of Boba crawling out of the sarlaac pit in ROTJ. That way, it would look like he too went out like a bitch, but then climbs out all badass and stuff.
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I always read that the braids were Wookiee scalps, actually, and that Jeremy Bulloch thought they were supposed to be ponytails for the character coming out of his helmet, and he had to be corrected.

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Boba Fett was a mysterious badass in Empire. A guy who was wise to Han's land-on-the-hull-and-float-away-with-the-(rest of the)-garbage-maneuver. A guy who Darth Vader felt he had to remind, "no disintegrations." A guy with the balls to challenge Vader when he says he's gonna freeze Han. Vader doesn't even choke him to death, just promises to make up for it with money!! I always figured, as soon as he drops Han off with Jabba and gets PAID, he'll be off on some other mission. Sadly, as of ROTJ, Fett had been reduced from a mysterious bounty hunter to a guy with nothing better to do than stand around Jabba's "palace" all day, watching slave girls get fed to the rancor, and rocking out to Sy Snoodles. Then Han gets to kill him--by mistake? Fett goes toe to toe with Luke, only to die because he evidentally doesn't know how to work his own jet pack. To top it off, the sarlaac belches afterward, reducing Fett's death to comic-relief status. The Jabba scene in ANH only further ruins Fett's credibility. He's no bounty hunter, just one of Jabba's henchmen. Boba Fett should never have been in ROTJ to begin with, much less become a key player in the prequels. It shows a certain amount of desperation on Lucas' part, to go out of his way to write Fett into the PT because he knew Fett was popular with the counter-culture/cult SW fans. If GL wanted to preserve Fett's cool, cult-y status, he should have just left it alone. But I guess that just ain't his strong suit, is it?
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I agree that Fett going out like a punk in ROTJ really diminished him, but the PT was another reason why knowing more about a character doesn't necessarily make it more interesting.

Boba Fett, The fate of Luke & Leias mom, The Duel, The Emperor, The Clone Wars, and the character of Anakin Skywalker is one reason why I now look back and wish the prequels were never made. Everyone one of those things I just named to me were underwhelming. It is my fault cause I wanted them before 1999, but the mystery of all these characters, and just the total mystique of what you 'thought' about each character made them more interesting than really seeing it on screen for three more movies.
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Originally posted by: Gaffer Tape
I always read that the braids were Wookiee scalps, actually, and that Jeremy Bulloch thought they were supposed to be ponytails for the character coming out of his helmet, and he had to be corrected.


THE BRAIDS WERE ALWAYS MEANT AND SAID TO BE WOOKIE SCALPS.

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I personally thought they were going somewhere with the "No Disintegrations" thing. I thought he was going to somehow disintegrate Mace in Ep III right in front of Anakin or something. That would've ruled. I also would have been a nice little touch to have Fett be one of the few people who knew who Vader was. Fett is just one of those people with badass potential that got lost.
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Originally posted by: Knolly
I personally thought they were going somewhere with the "No Disintegrations" thing. I thought he was going to somehow disintegrate Mace in Ep III right in front of Anakin or something. That would've ruled. I also would have been a nice little touch to have Fett be one of the few people who knew who Vader was. Fett is just one of those people with badass potential that got lost.


I suppose they will explain that "No disintegrations" line in the live-action TV series.
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wouldve, shouldve, couldve, i know ill get banned over this even though i'm expressing my feelings the same as you guys but the prequels are now over and done get over it
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Originally posted by: battlewars
wouldve, shouldve, couldve, i know ill get banned over this even though i'm expressing my feelings the same as you guys but the prequels are now over and done get over it


The TV series isn't the prequels, though.
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As I said in my post above, I suspect that they will explain much (probably too much) in the TV series, as McCallum said in that interview I posted a link to a while back that they hoped to answer any and all questions that fans have been asking.
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too bad they werent explained in three prequels, now we need books and tv shows? ridiculous
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Yes, I feel the same way. I wish he would have explained these things in a logical way and not cause so many plotholes that it causes me to have such little suspention of disbelief most of the time.
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Originally posted by: Fat Jedi
Boba Fett is just another character ruined by the horrible prequels and I think he would of been better left a mystery character with no known origins.

Very well put.
Just as he's done with so many parts of the OT, Lucas invented some clever (he thinks) background for someone that didn't need one and cheapened the character in the process.

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Boba Fett was already ruined by the time of the prequels. His character is the 2nd most wanked character in the EU. It's just ridiculous. I'm glad that AOTC kicked his character down a lot. He needed it.

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I think Lucas should re-do his voice to match the continuity of the Radio Dramas. That is, Boba Fett, voiced by Ed Begley, Jr.

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Originally posted by: ADigitalMan
I think Lucas should re-do his voice to match the continuity of the Radio Dramas. That is, Boba Fett, voiced by Ed Begley, Jr.

I am not making this up.


Who would have thought that Ed Bergley Jr would have anything to do with STAR WARS.
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Originally posted by: skyman8081
Boba Fett was already ruined by the time of the prequels. His character is the 2nd most wanked character in the EU. It's just ridiculous. I'm glad that AOTC kicked his character down a lot. He needed it.


I know! They try to put him in EVERY game or or novel they can possibly fit him in!
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if only boba fett had a more interesting background, i wouldve liked to have seen the mandalorian story myself
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Wait!!! I've got it!!!

The Boba we all know and love actually ISN'T the kid from AOTC... instead he is an unknown being who killed that kid, stole the kid's dad's ship and money but kept the kid's name to throw suspicion off of himself and set out to become the biggest badass bounty hunter in the galaxy!

These truths will become self-evident someday.....
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In fact, in another piece of EU that occurs between ESB and ROTJ, the kid (who turns out was alive after all) tries to edge in on the 'Boba' we all know and love... the now adult kid paints up an old Mandalorian armor to look like 'Boba' and decides to go to Jabba's palace. Jabba, who doesn't understand why 'Boba' is back after getting paid off for bringing Han in, let's him hang out... the adult kid ends up getting into a skirmish that he didn't expect though when Luke arrives and ends up dying comically when he realizes he doesn't even really know how to use his own equipment. Later, the 'Boba' we all know hears about all of this, has a good laugh and continues to do his work with much of the SW gangster world thinking he is dead!