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Originally posted by: Mr.Coffee
Avery good point. Boba was a fan favorite because he was mysterious, with an unknown past, and was just out-right cool. Now he justs looks as lame as little Anakin.

I have my own theory about Boba Fett's popularity:

For one thing, the Boba Fett animation sequence in "The Holiday Special" was the only enjoyable part of the program ... and millions of Star Wars fans tuned-in to that program when it aired. A cubic zirconia resting on a pile of shit is bound to look like the Hope Diamond.

For another thing, the Boba Fett mail-in action figure was released as a teaser for Empire long before the film was out ... I think most kids thought that the character was going to be very important. I know me and my group of Star Wars fans elevated him to a very high, nefarious position without knowing what kind of role he was going to play in the films. He was a bounty hunter Darth Vader. In that, the "imagined" role of Boba Fett was grander than his actual character ... thanks entirely to merchandising.

I kept up with the Expanded Universe up until Phantom Menace, and I appreciated Boba Fett's original origin story far more than what was presented in Attack of the Clones.