nightstalkerpoet said:

The Golden Idol said:

Fettclone1 said:

I haven't seen this brought up yet so I thought I'd chime in.

Vader only refers to Boba Fett as "bounty hunter", which then seems odd after Fett's character is built up due to popularity.

Any chance that Vader could refer to him by name?

With all due respect, that would be pointless. The movies should not be tailored simply to provide fan service for popular characters.

Perhaps a compromise could be reached, with Vader referring to him as "Bounty Hunter Fett"?

While I agree that providing fan service is unnecessary, I do feel that a character as important to the plot as Boba Fett should be named at least once, especially considering that he is referred to by name in RotJ without any proper introduction.

1. As ben_danger said: Boba Fett is not important as a character. He is simply a plot device.

2. There is no need for compromise because there is nothing missing. This is Ady's edit and it is not a democracy.

3. The true makers of The Empire Strikes Back respected their audience and knew they were smart enough to get into the character without having it all spelled out for him. If you want things spelled out for you, go watch the Prequels.

4. Boba Fett not being named on-screen in ESB created a sci-fi version of "The Man with No Name" where fans could project their own imagination about how much of a mysterious badass he was.

The truth is, the more we learned about Boba Fett from the movies, the less we liked him. Just look at his pathetic origin story in the Prequels ("Get him, Dad! Get him! FIRE!!! Heheheheh...")