Spin-Off Film About Boba Fett

That's... reaching. You may as well claim he meant to get eaten by the sarlaac as part of his master plan (which I'm sure someone somewhere has argued in total seriousness. Probably Traviss.)

Well, I'm certainly not saying that he meant to get eaten but what's so farfetched about him jetpacking down to rescue some of his friends/coworkers? After all, the EU portrays him as an honorable man.

edited 19th Feb '13 11:39:04 AM by FantasyLiver

The EU says a lot of things, most of which are stupid. But if you really want to swear by it, each of those guards actually has a Wookipedia page. None of them mention a friendship with Boba Fett.

Well, they don't mention they don't have a friendship with him either . I know that excuse is a bit lame but there are several unidentified skiff guards on the page so you never know. Also, in Tales From Jabbas Palace, there is a story where a skiff guard is having a conversation with Fett so we know that Fett was at least cordial with some of the guards. here's the proof.

I'm not saying that him being friends with some of the guards was the reason he was KO but I don't think he died like a punk.

Of course, we could say that he was slightly tipsy during the fight, as a previous poster mentioned.

edited 19th Feb '13 12:32:32 PM by FantasyLiver

The EU is dubious at best. Seriously. Lucas never cared about it, it was just extra cash. Disney's staying out of that matter too, IIRC. Besides, in the EU Boba didn't get eaten. He was one of the few people in the Galaxy to get out of the Sarlaac. Soooo, WITHOUT the EU, there could be any number of reasons he fought the way he did.

And if you cut out the EU, you can probably cut out those Wookiepedia pages, too. Boba Fett as honorable? He must have taken a few points to that growing up. This is the same kid who interfered in the battle between his father and Obi Wan. There's nothing honorable about shooting a Jedi with a ship's blasters. No Jedi in the movies deflected a SHIP bolt with a saber.

Plus, his idea of a fair fight to capture his hated rival Han Solo is to call his boss (aka Darth motherfucking Vader) to do all the legwork. That don't sound too "honorable" to me.

Considering the EU affects many peoples' perceptions of the Star Trek verse, George should have grabbed onto it and exercised control. The place had HIS vision, and if he wanted to protect it, he really needed to vet every single book/video game that was going out with his franchise's name on it.

Instead we get dishonorable pieces of fecal matter getting called honorable by the FANS and getting the fangirl treatment. -Gags-

He did exercise control in some ways, vetoing certain things. For example, despite his oft expressed disdain for the Star Wars Holiday Special, an author who tried to change Chewie's backstory and family was informed he had to keep it in line with the special... so yeah, that shit is aaaaall canon.

With the unspoken understanding that it happened in something OTHER than a crappy variety show.

I'm more worried about the Han Solo movie, actually. Either we get a geriatric Harrison Ford or Guy who Isn't Quite Harrison Ford. God above, we might even get SHIA LEBOUF! GAH!

While with Boba, we could just get, I dunno, Hugo Weaving under the helmet and it'd be cool enough, and no one but hardcore no-life nerds would mind the change.

edited 20th Feb '13 2:45:21 PM by NapoleonDeCheese

You're right. Gosh I hope they don't ruin Han Solo. My hopes is a movie about how a teenaged Solo meets Chewie.

Why teenaged?

I don't know. I'd like to see Han develop, if he does in that film. Doesn't have to be teenaged though.

I would have preferred actual sequels to the original trilogy but I suppose midquels can't be any worse.

Still, the Fett one and Yoda one sound like they're going to have a lot of padding; considering there's not much Yoda can do on a swamp, and what the hell does Fett do other than kill people?

A film with Boba Fett could easily be done in the style of, say, The Raid. Some kind of action-thriller. And Yoda's movie doesn't have to take place on Dagobah. He's 900 years old, you know.

Depends on how they handle the EU. According to the Thrawn trilogy, a rogue Jedi landed on Dagobah and fought Yoda. He landed near the cave where Luke faced down his Vader self, and the Jedi's dead spirit caused that mess.

How about they dump Boba Fett and go with a new bounty hunter? He already has books, action figures, games and making more of him moves the setting forward in no tangible way. Yes a new bounty hunter, a better bounty hunter! Twin bounty hunters based on the Usos.

The USOS?! But they're the tag-team equivalent of the Putty Patrol.

Samoa Joe then(before the penis tattoo and sling blade).

Guys, what we really need is a Metroid/Star Wars crossover. Imagine if Samus was tasked with bringing in Han Solo instead of Bobble Head!

-Samus shoots Luke with her arm cannon. Luke hits it back with his lightsaber. Samus and half the skiff dies horribly.-

Resurrecting this ancient thread, because it's just been reported that a Boba Fett movie has been confirmed for production, and that James Mangold (of The Wolverine and Logan fame) will be writing and directing for it.

I'm conflicted . Boba Fett is shit but James Mangold is quite the man.

It did, however, give me the amusing mental image of a wheelchair-bound Cad Bane looking at a young Phasma and then back at Boba and telling him "She's like you. Very much like you.".

About fucking time, and it even has a director who isn't shit! Fuck episode IX, this is the real hype!

Do we know who's playing Boba? The one who played him in AotC is about the right age, and he voiced him in TCW too.