It's an interesting artifact of the OT that so many of the props and costumes were reused without much thought towards continuity. Specifically what I'm referring to is the appearance of Dengar, or any of the other bounty hunters from that brief scene in Empire and I'm certain they were all present in Jabba's throne room in ROTJ. I don't think the writers really gave it any thought so much as needing an animated body to fill out the crowd. I mean one of the Tauntaun heads is mounted to the wall next to Han frozen in carbonite. Sure it's possible Jabba could have such an item as a trophy, but it's more like an easter egg and wouldn't really be seen by anyone in the final cut of the movie. Though they would have enough sense to not have a bunch of Rebel soldiers thrown into the sail barge scene to fill out the background because that wouldn't make sense. They understood context.
Dengar is the same in that regard. Fett was the most prominent in that group of hunters so his presence feels warranted considering he may just delivered Solo and was waiting for another job Jabba may have had for him. I have to remind myself sometimes that though I've poured over these films for decades just because there was a character present in the background it doesn't necessarily mean their presence was important in any way to the story. For example just because I tend to equate these hunters as part of Jabba's entourage because of their reappearance in ROTJ, it doesn't mean they actually are. For the sake of the story they could have just been invited as guests to celebrate Jabba getting Han as a trophy. They could have been networking for their next gig. Who knows?
That's my gripe with a lot of the modern material is that too often the background/ supporting characters get too much emphasis and rob the spotlight from the lead. That also works to the detriment of the story where cameos or easter eggs become so prominent that the material almost becomes self aware and takes me right out of the story, stealing my suspension of disbelief with it. Likewise seeing characters reappear from the dead without explanation gets under my skin too. So as much as certain continuity can be over looked, it still has to fit within the context of the story. It's a matter of knowing what to focus on and what not to focus on.
Dengar is the same in that regard. Fett was the most prominent in that group of hunters so his presence feels warranted considering he may just delivered Solo and was waiting for another job Jabba may have had for him. I have to remind myself sometimes that though I've poured over these films for decades just because there was a character present in the background it doesn't necessarily mean their presence was important in any way to the story. For example just because I tend to equate these hunters as part of Jabba's entourage because of their reappearance in ROTJ, it doesn't mean they actually are. For the sake of the story they could have just been invited as guests to celebrate Jabba getting Han as a trophy. They could have been networking for their next gig. Who knows?
That's my gripe with a lot of the modern material is that too often the background/ supporting characters get too much emphasis and rob the spotlight from the lead. That also works to the detriment of the story where cameos or easter eggs become so prominent that the material almost becomes self aware and takes me right out of the story, stealing my suspension of disbelief with it. Likewise seeing characters reappear from the dead without explanation gets under my skin too. So as much as certain continuity can be over looked, it still has to fit within the context of the story. It's a matter of knowing what to focus on and what not to focus on.
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