Originally posted by: zombie84
Say what you want about the Ewoks in ROTJ, but atleast you get an hour of development of their terrain. You see their tribe, you see how they live, that is called character development! The Ewoks are key to the victory for the rebels, so they serve a purpose in the movie, the only problem with them is that they are too kiddy!
I don't think its merchandising. Once again, its the story changing. Boba was always a key figure in the clone wars, revealed way back in 1979, and Fett was confirmed by Lucas as appearing in ROTS--so his AOTC-heavy role would have paid off. He almost assuredly would have played a role in the Jedi purge. But Lucas changed his plot outline in august of 2002, as i mentioned, and Fett was written out because Lucas didn't have room to include him.
As for Kashyyk, that could indeed come down to fan appeasement, although the notion of a wookie battle was something that existed in the first draft of Star Wars in 1974, so Lucas had genuinely been wanted to show it for three decades.
Say what you want about the Ewoks in ROTJ, but atleast you get an hour of development of their terrain. You see their tribe, you see how they live, that is called character development! The Ewoks are key to the victory for the rebels, so they serve a purpose in the movie, the only problem with them is that they are too kiddy!
I don't think its merchandising. Once again, its the story changing. Boba was always a key figure in the clone wars, revealed way back in 1979, and Fett was confirmed by Lucas as appearing in ROTS--so his AOTC-heavy role would have paid off. He almost assuredly would have played a role in the Jedi purge. But Lucas changed his plot outline in august of 2002, as i mentioned, and Fett was written out because Lucas didn't have room to include him.
As for Kashyyk, that could indeed come down to fan appeasement, although the notion of a wookie battle was something that existed in the first draft of Star Wars in 1974, so Lucas had genuinely been wanted to show it for three decades.
I agree with you on both points, but even Lucas admitted on the ROTJ Commentary that he did not realize Boba Fett would become that popular back in the early 80's or he would have gave him a cooler death in ROTJ! I remember hearing that thinking??????? That statement tells me that Lucas was fully aware of the popularity of Boba Fett by the fans, and I think he believed they would love to see Boba Fett and that Wookie Battle we all wanted to see in the OT, and just shoehorned them in the PT, thus coming off halfass.