darthmunky said:
Yeah but he's alive in all the stories taking place after Return of the Jedi. It just doesnt make sence for him to die. He has a much bigger role outside of the movies, which is still important.

Whether anyone included EU stuff in their edit or not aside, I was always perplexed at the "Fett love" in the EU. All Boba Fett ever had in the movies was a little mystique. We never even see him fight. Just from the films we can see he's a crafty bounty hunter who dies in the first fight he's in.

When he falls into the Sarlacc, I never wondered "where did this mysterious figure come from? Could his father/clone template actually have been the greatest bounty hunter in the galaxy and the genetic model for an army?" He was a minor villain who died in a minor way.

Lucas's decision to delve into Fett's backstory in the PT seemed so odd, because from the movie's there's no reason to assume it's a particuarly interesting origin.

I think the EU obsession with him stems from that he is a complete blank slate in the films. His convoluted and often contradictory backstory only makes him less mysterious and less interesting.