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.)
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.
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-
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
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?
my drawing blog ya'll UPDATES 10 TIMES A MONTH WOW, THIS IS STRAIGHT UP MUH SOGGY KNEEI'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.".
"All you Fascists bound to lose."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.
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