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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.

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...")

1. A character as a plot device is still a character.

2. I have a huge amount of respect for Adywan. This may not be a democracy, but he has been very gracious in considering the different ideas and concepts presented to him on these forums. By attempting to fix what Lucas has corrupted, he exemplifies an anti-Lucas approach to his works by allowing others' input. By "compromise", i simply meant just another idea presented to Ady, that was a compromise of two other concepts/ideas.

3. I really don't feel passionate about Boba Fett one way or the other... but that's not a question of intelligence, simply a personal preference on storytelling/narrative techniques.

4. Because there wasn't enough to his character to intrigue me, I didn't really care that much to project my imagination on it. 

I think Adywan is wise enough to keep Boba mysterious. And wise enough to make Jango mysterious, when he is up to doing the prequels.

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Personally I like the idea of Vader referring to Fett as Bounty Hunter.  Actually I would have preferred it if Han referred to Fett by name the moment he shows himself at Cloud City.  A shame there was never a shot of Han saying his name in the next shot especially seeing him back at Mos Eisley.  Then again I do think Fett shouldn't have made an appearance during that Jabba scene.  Guess it's a good thing Ady had the scene deleted in his previous edit in the first place.

Going back to Han Solo.  Would have loved a look of chagrin on his face the moment Boba comes into the shot next to Vader - and then saying his name with disgust (reminds me of Wolverine and his past encounters with numerous villains). :)

Fettclone1 said:

Here's food for thought: When there was a poll on BobaFett.com years ago, the majority of people said they felt the same way about Boba after Ep II.

Removing boba from jedi would not be a good move IMO. He has been part of Jedi since 83, And for the little time we saw him in jedi ( for better or for worse ), it would be a shame to take him out completely.

Ady could always change the events that caused boba's death. Anybody with an accurate constume and a HD camera can film some new footage for ady to insert in his edit.

Maybe he just hung around to 'play' with the chicks!!  I would...Even Bounty Hunters need time off!!!

As for the Sail Barge...Watching Solo and his pals die is a way of keeping entertained for a while...and when things went to shit, he tried to help out...Sort of like getting brownie points off Jabba....

Who's to say he was there all that time??

He could have popped off, done some 'Bounty Hunting' and come back for some ladylove!!

I don't think Fett needs to be in RotJ.  He is a mysterious character and needs no formal entrance or fanfare exit.  He is just there to do a job, gets it done, and then is gone.  End of story.  However, Lando's line (in ESB) about '...catching up with that bounty hunter...' would certainly appear to be a lead-in to seeing Fett in RotJ.