ben_danger said:
the only problem i have about all this boba fett surviving, or basically doing anything else except for dying or being completely absent is that it would just be really distracting to the plot, and wouldnt add anything to the film. if boba had a bigger role in ANH and ESB then it would be different, but in the context of the movies, he is just a cool looking plot item.

id just have him decapitated, or at the very most, replace the burping muppets frog from outside the palace with his ship taking off.

So how hard would it be just to show the Slave 1 taking off in the distance behind the Sail Barge when you first see it? Granted, the HARD part would be getting Boba out of the rest of the action, but I think I would prefer that edit for JEDI.

Vaderios and BingoWings:
I love your images, though I'm not sure if we have to actually SEE any of that; one of the things I like in storytelling is discovering things while reading/watching a story. One of the many problems with the Prequels was how they spoon fed everything. I would show Jabba handing Boba a particular looking device, and then later when the female rebel general begins the meeting, she takes out said device and connects it with the holographic projector - that way we can put "2 and 2 together" and say "hey, that looks like the same thing Jabba gave Boba!" and thus something that fans can argue about and make backstories about - which is what made the original STAR WARS so damn cool.