Boba Fett spinoff film may have major ret-con
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Bobba Fett got played up big time after the films were done, his career, his capability, everything about him was basically him being beyond awesome who could take down anything and anyone. And yeah he could even hold his own against Vader. Basically the guy got fanwanked big time in a professional manner.
It's really eye roll worthy considering he was nothing more than an enforcer for a two bit gangsta on a backward planet on the rim. Of course that got changed too.
It's really eye roll worthy considering he was nothing more than an enforcer for a two bit gangsta on a backward planet on the rim. Of course that got changed too.
The clones became the stormtroopers correct?
Then again why they suddenly lost their ability to aim I have no idea.
I'm not sure how much 501st is considered canon in EU (lol) it is explained that most of the original clones of Jango Fett die over battles and only a battalion or so remain, who are with the Emperor and are stationed at Death Star in the end. The bulk of the imperial army are lesser clones of others or not even clones. something like that. This is covered in Battlefront 2 game and related comics/media.
read here
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/501st_Legion
brandonh83
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As someone who doesn't have a problem with the prequels and considers them 100% canon since Lucas did them, and who doesn't think of Boba Fett in this limelight that most fans do, I think it's utter bullshit to retcon anything. So what if he's a clone of Jango. Why is that such a horrible thing? There's very little to that character; the only reason people like him is because he looks like a badass. He never actually is seen doing anything badass except get picked off like a damn clown. Like the prequels or not, the story was fine and they shouldn't be retconning anything. If they have people who hate the prequels as much as to retcon stuff from them working on the new films, I can already see myself having some major problems here very soon.
WanderingWind
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Well, then you get to experience what everybody else in world has felt since AOTC.
Personally, if they just said "fuck it, the prequels aren't part of the new canon" I'd be exceptionally happy. Leave them in the bin with the Ewok's Christmas special.
brandonh83
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I have issues with the prequels from a quality standpoint, but I have very little when it comes to the actual narrative. If the later episodes retcon stuff, I'll find that very jarring and unacceptable. I'm not terribly worried though about the main installments because Lucas mapped those out didn't he? I don't think they'll go against him. For the spinoffs, sure, I guess it's possible.
You know, re-reading it without the assumption that it's a retcon because the article screams RETCON, you're actually right. There's nothing really stated in the originals that the Boba Fett in the prequels is the same as in the originals because there's literally no information
It's still stupid and a considerable hula-hoop of nonsense, but hey, it's Star Wars.WanderingWind
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Eh. Maybe it's because I'm a comic fan, but retcons that fix bad decisions and poor storylines are okay with me. Midocholorians, Boba Fett being some bratty clone, Darth turning dark because the Simp Was With Him, ninja Yoda, Anakin winning a space battle on accident at age 8....I could go on. But like, the internet has been doing that for decades.
brandonh83
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It's cool, I understand and people are entitled to their opinions. I'm just not as picky I guess because while I love Star Wars I've always seen it as a goofy, out-there space opera. Also about Midichlorians-- and I don't really want to stir the pot too much-- but I always saw them as a measuring stick instead of something that explains away the Force. If Midichlorians explained the Force I think we would know so much more about it. I see them as kind of like that bullshit that picks up paranormal activity; EVP's or whatever. Doesn't explain it but "senses" it
WanderingWind
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It's cool, I understand and people are entitled to their opinions. I'm just not as picky I guess because while I love Star Wars I've always seen it as a goofy, out-there space opera. Also about Midichlorians-- and I don't really want to stir the pot too much-- but I always saw them as a measuring stick instead of something that explains away the Force. If Midichlorians explained the Force I think we would know so much more about it. I see them as kind of like that bullshit that picks up paranormal activity; EVP's or whatever. Doesn't explain it but "senses" it
Yeah, I get that, but it was still a really bad insertion. A great change from the mystical force or hokey religion from the OG SW. Now, like you said, it turns finding a Jedi into Ghost Hunters and a mix of HIS POWER IS OVER 9000!!
Dislike.
You know, re-reading it without the assumption that it's a retcon because the article screams RETCON, you're actually right. There's nothing really stated in the originals that the Boba Fett in the prequels is the same as in the originals because there's literally no information
Well, Lucas went ahead and pasted Temuera Morrison's voice (which I actually like) into the originals later, so there is that.
brandonh83
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Fair point. Did that happen in the Blu-ray release or before?
Moff
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then they retconned this updated version of the OT, not the prequels.
whatever happened in the prequels is 100% accepted as far as I see.
the voice in the OT is a minor detail, I mean we all know what lucas' intentions were in the prequels, he obviously wanted boba fett to be the son-clone of jango, no doubt.
I still dont think this qualifies as retcon as long as everything in the prequels is respected.
tiggerkiddo
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Seems like an interesting way of handling the character, I would love to see how this goes.
We need a movie about my man Bossk
look at this cool motherfucker.
This is the franchise. Not you marks and your boba fett!
I never understood this. I watched the OT and thought 'well, what's exactly so great about this guy?' because there wasn't much about him in the movies.
Noisepurge
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i hope they use this Robot Chicken storyline version and retcon the death scene too 
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mo10xiHvR_c
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mo10xiHvR_cAgain - a lot of lost potential for this franchise. Or is it lost dumb and silly potential? The only thing I got atleast beside the movies was those ewok kids spinoffs (and some video games)?i hope they use this Robot Chicken storyline version and retcon the death scene too
I like the idea described in the OP.
Triggerhappytel
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I didn't even know a Boba Fett film was in the works. Ugh, this sounds horrible. He's not interesting on his own and needs to be a side character and/or as part of an ensemble. He's like The Wolverine in that regard; if he's an edgy anti-hero he needs to feature alongside plain and straightfoward characters to offset his villainous-ness.
Shotgun Kiss
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I have no love for the prequels, but all this potential retconning sounds like a clusterfuck.
If you're going to ignore what happened in the prequels, then how about going back and redoing them before starting on sequels? At least then the foundation will have been laid down.
If you're going to ignore what happened in the prequels, then how about going back and redoing them before starting on sequels? At least then the foundation will have been laid down.
Triggerhappytel
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Considering the Expanded Universe is considered canon and in the books Boba Fett escapes the Sarlaac and survives, I wouldn't worry too much about retcons and so on. The moment Boba Fett and the original Stormtroopers all became clones of the same person was the moment I stopped caring about the character.
Someone like Boba Fett is cool because of the mystique. The moment you start trying to characterise and motivate him is the moment the character becomes blander and less appealing.
Moff
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its a pussy magnet
honestly I dont understand what the big deal is. how did it matter that he was a clone of jango fett? it was even a special clone with his own personality. It didnt bother me at all.
I do wonder though, if the people it DID bother are pleased with this now. its even more fucked up now, like its not the real boba fett but boba fake.
Disney, oddly enough. Cartoons and comic books.
Kung Fu Jedi
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I like the idea of using a "Man With No Name" western approach. That has all kinds of cool possibilities to it.
I don't understand why everyone hates the idea of Boba Fett being a clone. How does that diminish him in any way? Obviously we see the kid take up the helmet, but aside from that we don't know the rest of his story that eventually leads to him being one of the most feared bounty hunters in the galaxy. He isn't like all of the other clones, which is kind of the point in the prequels. The other clones were all growth accelerated and went through standard training to turn them into soldiers. Boba received all the genetic material from his "father' that would make him a good solider, but followed a different path on his way to becoming a bounty hunter. So, why the hate on him being a clone then?
I don't understand why everyone hates the idea of Boba Fett being a clone. How does that diminish him in any way? Obviously we see the kid take up the helmet, but aside from that we don't know the rest of his story that eventually leads to him being one of the most feared bounty hunters in the galaxy. He isn't like all of the other clones, which is kind of the point in the prequels. The other clones were all growth accelerated and went through standard training to turn them into soldiers. Boba received all the genetic material from his "father' that would make him a good solider, but followed a different path on his way to becoming a bounty hunter. So, why the hate on him being a clone then?
WanderingWind
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I think it's more of the kid thing than the clone thing. But put them together and you have a shit sammich.
Also, you know how Top Gear was pretty awesome, then kinda fell off after The Stig was unmasked? Same thing here.
JetBlackPanda
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Please make this happen before Empire! Prequel Fett stuff is horrible.
We can pretend he was using a, umm, voice modulator, to sound like Jango and the clones in front of Vader seeing as he knew Boba's history and where he came from, so he wasn't discovered as not actually being Boba....or something.
He should be this super elite assassin, but he falls into manhole covers, ditches, and pools all the time as this tragic foreshadowing.
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Boba_Fett
Christ, this is longer than the wiki for George Washington and dumb as all hell.
Fuck it, just get JJ Abrams to write it, I don't even fucking care anymore.
Oh, according to the wiki, he also got into a fist-fight with Vader apparently.
Let us not forget, all of that has been official thrown away now. It is part of a separate EU universe, nothing but the films and clone wars TV series is canon unless Lucasarts says it is now. So as of now, Boba Fett never made it out of the Sarlac Pit, never was the best man at any wedding, and never had a fist fight with Vader.
Cue a dude sipping his drink in a tattoine bar.
dude's face is barely visible. scars run along his face, but what you see is his grin.
the dude is grinning like a kid at christmas.
Cue the mask by his side. Bobba Fett's mask.
Dude gulps his drinks. a humanoid lady whore comes to him. aks him if he's looking for some more gulping... he declines. yet grins. like a cheshire cat.
"nothing personnal lady. but I've had enough private time with a hungry lady for one lifetime.
One big hungry lady was lusting after me not so long ago. Hot, moist and hungry inside. We kept it going for days...suffice it to say I had enough and left her, empty and soar."
"Who was that lady?" asks the whore.
"Oh...didn't ask for her name. We had our thing in Sarlacc...tough one tho.".
"You're Bobba Fett! You're alive?!" says the whore.
"Not quite so. lady. not quite so."
"by the way, I said I had enough gulping for one lifetime. never said I wasn't up for a new one."
dude's face is barely visible. scars run along his face, but what you see is his grin.
the dude is grinning like a kid at christmas.
Cue the mask by his side. Bobba Fett's mask.
Dude gulps his drinks. a humanoid lady whore comes to him. aks him if he's looking for some more gulping... he declines. yet grins. like a cheshire cat.
"nothing personnal lady. but I've had enough private time with a hungry lady for one lifetime.
One big hungry lady was lusting after me not so long ago. Hot, moist and hungry inside. We kept it going for days...suffice it to say I had enough and left her, empty and soar."
"Who was that lady?" asks the whore.
"Oh...didn't ask for her name. We had our thing in Sarlacc...tough one tho.".
"You're Bobba Fett! You're alive?!" says the whore.
"Not quite so. lady. not quite so."
"by the way, I said I had enough gulping for one lifetime. never said I wasn't up for a new one."
He's a boss in N64 game Shadows of the Empire... which was a cool game.
Junior Asparagus
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I used to read the novels back in middle school and I had totally forgotten about this name until now. I just read what's happened to that character since then. So many retcons. This comment is basically true!
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