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I'm no big fan of kid Fett, yet I do like the adult version, and I like Jango too. I'm probably in the minority here when I say I'm not that thrilled.

Star Wars rumors: Boba Fett spinoff film will kill character and alter origin story
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Since, again, there's no confirmation by LFL or Disney, anyone could speculate anything at this point. I can't imaine the Latino Review is a hotbed for classified Star Wars intel and to say it "stumbled"into this info is ridiculous.
 
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Good. Go ahead and kill him. And as for his backstory, it being retconned ties directly back to the whole "we're restructuring the canon" thing, so that's no surprise.

Honestly, I just don't care. I actually think a Fett film would be deeply unsatisfying. Make it about the Mandalorians in general. Make it about Jango before the Clone Wars thing. But Fett is a suit and a reputation, not a character. In the films he's largely useless.


All that aside, I don't really credit this article. The notion that Disney would do a film about a character widely regarded as "cool" and then kill him off at the end is patently absurd. They'd milk this for every dollar they could, and that means sequels. So, yeah, maybe the film would end with Fett falling into the Sarlaac. But then there'd be a post-credit sequence of his gloved hand clawing its way out of the sand.

Hell, maybe the whole film would be told in between the time he falls into the Sarlaac and the time he climbs out, as a giant flashback, a la Sunset Boulevard (except Fett's not dead).
 
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I sort of read the rumor as they want to eliminate the Jango/Boba arc established by the prequels and return him to the man with No Name concept that made him so popular. So a mysterious bounty hunter kills Daniel Logan, thankfully, but we don't know anything about him and he assumes the role.
 
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I just do not see how you can do a movie about Fett. He is a bad guy--isn't he? Will this be some attempt to make him into some kind of anti hero al la Snake Plissken? Will this be an attempt to make us sympathetic to his character in the OT now?
 
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Almost certainly a rumor. But I hope there is some truth to it.
Boba Fett is only the armor to me. I never cared for the whole antihero or clone thing. He should just be a mysterious badass with a killer costume.
 
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Laspector said:
I just do not see how you can do a movie about Fett. He is a bad guy--isn't he? Will this be some attempt to make him into some kind of anti hero al la Snake Plissken? Will this be an attempt to make us sympathetic to his character in the OT now?
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The EU actually managed to make him a sympathetic character AND a badass. One of the few times the EU nailed it.
 
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Eeeen~I always dug Boba and did NOT care for his appearance in the set of the first three,this fat,annoying,curly haired BRAT is gonna be BOBA???!!! how about NO...almost as bad as what they (Lucas) made Vader out to be in his younger days :facepalm

As far as this stand alone film...well if we can fix his younger self and maybe make him the bad ass he's SUPPOSED to be then fine,change the prequels for all I care,hell maybe we can work on Anakin a bit.

As far as how they should make him out in this film? why be the hero? why be an anti-hero? just make it a film about him going through his daily business and being the bounty hunter he is? really I never saw Fett as a hero or a bad guy-he's a bounty hunter/mercenary i.e. he's sort of a neutral character and doesn't side with anybody but who pays him!

So~yea he may be a real scoundrel or general ass to some or a hero to others,doubt he cares as long as the pay is good.

Actually be refreshing to see a movie where the character is nether good or bad but just doing his thing.

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Here's an idea if they want to flip the SW world on it's ear:

"Boba" from the prequels WAS Jango's cloned kid,but unknown to him he had a real son with some old flame and you could show how that boy tracked down his dad only to find him dead and that he made this ugly little clone for a son who is his brother-so being the guy he is he kills the little freak and takes his place.

Then go from there showing him raising hell in some manner ether hunting down people for Vader or perhaps Jabba.
 
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I haven't read much of the EU, but to me most of what made Boba Fett interesting was the fact that you really didn't know much about him. I always assumed he was really just a ruthless, heartless bounty hunter who was driven solely by his pay.. I mean, he worked with the empire just to get Han Solo, whose only crime (that we know of) was owing Jabba money.

Granted, if they get good people to do the movie, I'm sure they could make it really great. The Star Wars Bounty Hunter video game comes to mind, which had Jango hunting hardened criminals who deserved to get caught, portraying him as more of a "private detective" type rather than a money collector for some gangster. Although, I feel that Disney is (like boba) more worried about the money and will get some random writer to crank it out with a generic story line..
 
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Curmudgeon said:
I haven't read much of the EU, but to me most of what made Boba Fett interesting was the fact that you really didn't know much about him. I always assumed he was really just a ruthless, heartless bounty hunter who was driven solely by his pay.. I mean, he worked with the empire just to get Han Solo, whose only crime (that we know of) was owing Jabba money.
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You'know I always suspected Boba and Han had dealings before and that Boba has no love for the guy because of it,now he could just be dogging him for the money but it'd be funny and interesting if we find Han screwed Boba over and it's a case of the-first-good-chance-I-get.
 
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They gave Boba a poncho & spurs (well the sound effect when he walks) and when they did introduce him back in the 70's (Holiday Special) you could tell he was out on his own like 'The Man With No Name' from the 'Dollar' movies.

I can't see there being a problem with his character apart from him always being masked

J
 
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I don't know why they're having a problem. They need to go play the Star Wars Bounty Hunter game. It easily made Jango the hero of the game while still showing he was ruthless. It's not that hard. What bothers me is a comment from someone involved that said something about making him the movie's hero "without ruining his evil essence." Really? Who ever saw Fett as evil? The Emperor could be evil. Vader? Possibly. Not Fett though.
 
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Sluis Van Shipyards said:
I don't know why they're having a problem. They need to go play the Star Wars Bounty Hunter game. It easily made Jango the hero of the game while still showing he was ruthless. It's not that hard. What bothers me is a comment from someone involved that said something about making him the movie's hero "without ruining his evil essence." Really? Who ever saw Fett as evil? The Emperor could be evil. Vader? Possibly. Not Fett though.
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I agree with that, he could easily be put in the GREY category. Chaotic Neutral, so to speak.
 
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Yeah I don't see Boba as evil. My son is 6 and he always asks who is good or evil and sometimes in the case of Boba and the like I say neither. They fall in an area where they make their own rules and morals in a way.


Ben
 
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I cannot believe anyone would struggle with this one. What about the "Magnificent Seven"? Its been done countless times before in the cinema. Bounty hunters work for reward, monetary or perhaps other wise ,so take your pick from there. I cannot see Boba seeking revenge against Solo or Skywalker, possibly the most famous rebels in the post ROTJ galaxy, but I can see an extended period of civil unrest afterward as the Imperial forces are disbanded. So Boba works for crimelords,mercinaries or gets involved in political unrest. He sees a kid orphaned by the forces he works for, decides he won't do the same given his past and changes sides. There are literally dozens of storylines that could make this work and turn an anti hero into something else more positive. Go watch some old westerns for godssake Disney and Lucasfilm and get your fingers out!
 
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