Boba Fett spinoff film may have major ret-con
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DiipuSurotu
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It sounds like Kasdan would retcon the entire prequel trilogy if he could.
I don't mind the clone backstory too much (sidebar: was Boba actually a clone? I thought he was Jango's actual son while the stormtroopers were clones of him) but man-with-no-name Boba Fett is a much cooler take on the character.
I always loved Fett as a kid for obviously no other reason than that he looked cool and seemed badass (despite his lame end), so whatever they can to do bring that back is fine with me.
I always loved Fett as a kid for obviously no other reason than that he looked cool and seemed badass (despite his lame end), so whatever they can to do bring that back is fine with me.
Tal Shiar Agent
Banned
I don't like this. Then again I hate retconning in general. Boba Fett was supposed to be different from the other clones because he wasn't accelerated or mind fucked with training and programming.
We can only wish. If I had my way, Ep VII would start out with Luke waking up from the nightmare that is the PT.
sixteen-bit
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Wasn't the Boba Fett in the prequels a different guy? He had purple armor instead of green IIRC.
Jimnymebob
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I still don't get Boba Fett's popularity in the films themselves. He does pretty much nothing during the two films he's in.
He looks cool, sure, but that's about it.
That said, I'd welcome a Boba Fett film with open arms if it expands on his character/retcons the whole Jango clone plot.
He looks cool, sure, but that's about it.
That said, I'd welcome a Boba Fett film with open arms if it expands on his character/retcons the whole Jango clone plot.
lazorexplosion
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They should write it as if the prequels don't exist. That's a retcon we can all get behind.
The Elite
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I think we are going to see someone using Darth Vader's armor in the sequels. In fact, I think it will be the big mystery.
/crazy theory.
methane47
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PeskyToaster
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Retcon away! I actually wouldn't mind a whole redo of the prequels. They can't be any worse than what we've seen.
Also Boba Fett was/is my favorite character next to Darth Vader so I will be seeing this movie. I will be seeing every Star Wars movie at midnight probably.
Also Boba Fett was/is my favorite character next to Darth Vader so I will be seeing this movie. I will be seeing every Star Wars movie at midnight probably.
That's pretty easy to retcon out as well... the Boba Fett in ROTJ who was inept at combat and hanging out on Tatooine was a fake as well.
Basically:
- Boba Fett steals the suit/identity and kills Jango's son sometime in the gap between the prequels and the OT
- At some point Fett has another identical suit made or makes it himself
- He appears in Empire, takes Solo back to Jabba
- Fett gets paid for the Solo capture and gets a large sum of money up front to hang out and be one of Jabba's bodyguards (offscreen between Empire & ROTJ)
- Fett does the switcharoo and gives an associate his old suit + some of the money to hang out and guard Jabba.
- Fake Fett gets owned and killed in the Sarlaac Pit
- Boba Fett gets to leave a free man with both the Empire + Rebels (and probably some other bounty hunters) thinking he's dead.
Anoregon
The flight plan I just filed with the agency list me, my men, Dr. Pavel here. But only one of you!
But does he find the chaos emeralds?
I think we talked about this when I was a kid, that Boba was just an impostor to make money.
Beak saarlac sucks btw.
polyh3dron
Banned
So he's like the Dread Pirate Roberts.
edit: beaten by seconds, lol
edit: beaten by seconds, lol
Disney should place the Prequel Trilogy in a separate universe, along with the Special Edition Original Trilogy and the Clone Wars.
Basically...
Universe A: Original Trilogy, Sequel Trilogy, Boba Fett Tales
Universe B: Prequel Trilogy, Special Edition Original Trilogy, Clone Wars
And when it comes to future Blu-ray box sets, always have Universe A packaged separately from Universe B.
Basically...
Universe A: Original Trilogy, Sequel Trilogy, Boba Fett Tales
Universe B: Prequel Trilogy, Special Edition Original Trilogy, Clone Wars
And when it comes to future Blu-ray box sets, always have Universe A packaged separately from Universe B.
CitizenVectron
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This is stolen from GAF from last year, I'll see if I can find the thread. I 100% think this is fake, and somehow the good idea spread around the internet and now Latino Review is reporting it as true (as they tend to do with these things).
EDIT - FOUND IT!
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=81701945&postcount=52
Proof there that this idea originated on GAF. I didn't come up with it myself though, I saw someone else post it here before, and then I was reiterating what a cool idea it was. So if Disney does this:
1) Good for them
2) GAF needs royalty payments!
EDIT - FOUND IT!
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=81701945&postcount=52
Proof there that this idea originated on GAF. I didn't come up with it myself though, I saw someone else post it here before, and then I was reiterating what a cool idea it was. So if Disney does this:
1) Good for them
2) GAF needs royalty payments!
As an older guy who got to experience Star Wars as it unfolded, Boba Fett was awesome because A) he looked cool, B) all the magazines said he was bad ass, and C) the few things he did confirmed it.
This guy said little, tracked down HAN SOLO when the entire empire couldn't, was able to negotiate with DARTH VADER, and was only taken out by random chance while fighting a jedi, a wookie, and HAN SOLO. So basically he only lost because he was ganged up on by the entire fighting complement of the OT
As a kid this was more than enough to cement Boba Fett as a total bad ass. The fact that he was essentially anonymous allowed every kid to project himself into that armor. While I don't necessarily dislike the Jango/Boba/clone stuff from the PT, though it begs the question about how good could the Fetts be if all the clone troopers and eventually bumbling Stormtroopers [? this CAN'T be true, how could they keep it a secret? The empire CLEARLY takes on tons of non-clone soldiers/pilots/technicians, none of them ever see a stormtrooper take off his helmet or see a dead body?] came from his genetic source and are virtually worthless.
Anyway, while I don't much care for Boba Fetts PT origins, I could live with a Jango-clone idea so long as they keep the character like Judge Dredd, i.e. IN THE ARMOR. Guy needs to be faceless and remorseless. Alas, I suspect any movie featuring him will turn him into some sort of brooding anti-hero with a redemptive arc, so THAT is what I would object to. I want evil people in the Star Wars universe who aren't also Sith. Fett should be one of those people.
This guy said little, tracked down HAN SOLO when the entire empire couldn't, was able to negotiate with DARTH VADER, and was only taken out by random chance while fighting a jedi, a wookie, and HAN SOLO. So basically he only lost because he was ganged up on by the entire fighting complement of the OT
As a kid this was more than enough to cement Boba Fett as a total bad ass. The fact that he was essentially anonymous allowed every kid to project himself into that armor. While I don't necessarily dislike the Jango/Boba/clone stuff from the PT, though it begs the question about how good could the Fetts be if all the clone troopers and eventually bumbling Stormtroopers [? this CAN'T be true, how could they keep it a secret? The empire CLEARLY takes on tons of non-clone soldiers/pilots/technicians, none of them ever see a stormtrooper take off his helmet or see a dead body?] came from his genetic source and are virtually worthless.
Anyway, while I don't much care for Boba Fetts PT origins, I could live with a Jango-clone idea so long as they keep the character like Judge Dredd, i.e. IN THE ARMOR. Guy needs to be faceless and remorseless. Alas, I suspect any movie featuring him will turn him into some sort of brooding anti-hero with a redemptive arc, so THAT is what I would object to. I want evil people in the Star Wars universe who aren't also Sith. Fett should be one of those people.
meltingparappa
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While they're at it, they should digitally insert him flying out of the Sarlac pit in a background shot RotJ.
Fuck the canon, fuck all canons, he deserves better.
Fuck the canon, fuck all canons, he deserves better.
yaay
Just as long as he still is a Mandalorian.
This is more or less how I have begun looking at it.
Just as long as he still is a Mandalorian.
This is more or less how I have begun looking at it.
RumblingRosco
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These posts back-to-back gave me a great idea. Let's just have Han wake up from a
Boom, all that shit is gone and we can forget about it.
Shalashaska161
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It's kind of dumb, but it's less dumb than Boba Fett being a clone. So why not.
Nerdkiller
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You know, it's hilarious how fans just happen to think they have better ideas than Lucas himself, only to actually be worse off with how contrived and badly executed those ideas (like this one) more so than Lucas' ones, which is saying a lot. In short, never let a phanboi be put in control of the Star Wars universe.
Wait a minute...JJ Abrams...FECK!
As for the whole "him being a clone" problem, I don't see why it's a big deal. I thought it did more to expand the character rather than ruin what was essentially a "do nothing, yet be popular regardless" character. As for the retcon...couldn't care less, but at least they have an actual director worthy of directing a Star Wars movie (who just happened to be my choice for the Sequel trilogy).
Count of Monte Sawed-Off
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Sounds good to me. Hopefully they never try and retcon his death in Return of the Jedi. That was too awesome.
AstroZombie
Banned
What do i care you never see his face anyway.
Duane Cunningham
Member
I don't really care if he's the clone from the PT or not. I mean, who knows what happened to him after that, maybe he saw some crazy shit and now he's a huge badass. Just open the movie with him shooting his way out of the pit and make the rest a spaghetti western. Don't even show his face until the very end and when you do, show that he's a crazy, scarred hardass.
Maybe in the end he looks like this but way more fucked up:
Maybe in the end he looks like this but way more fucked up:
Stiflers Mom
Banned
all the things I keep reading about the new star wars movies sound too good to be true...
Please retcon the whole prequels out of existence..
Please retcon the whole prequels out of existence..
Well, Jango's son appeared on screen so now I have an attachment to him. Would completely bum me out if he actually died. I vote for a twist at the end where we found out that he never took over his father's armor or lifestyle. He will either turn out to be the behind the scene manipulator and/or one of the badass buddies.
Zuhzuhzombie!!
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I'm totally ok with this.
Too late.
HUELEN10
Member
Not into Star Wars much, but I son't see how it's a retcon. All we knew is that the original Boba Fett was son/clone of Jango, and to my knowledge, it was never confirmed or denied that Boba in the latter 3 movies was the same character. So, how is this a retcon? We're just learning more about what happened, nothing gets over-written.
Now retcon would be that Luke skysaber was one of the Fetts and lost his memory or something.
Now retcon would be that Luke skysaber was one of the Fetts and lost his memory or something.
Shin Johnpv
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This is the first time I've ever seen people hating the fact that Boba was an unaltered clone. It never bothered me, honestly I never cared about it either way. Didn't change my liking of him in the OT.
Yeah, I thought it was fine. Or maybe just in comparison to the other atrocities in the prequels it wasn't the worst one.
Nexus Zero
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I heard from a (drunk) source who is currently dealing with them that the off-beat Star Wars films are being pitched by Disney as non-theatrical releases.
thecouncil
Banned
Why is the Boba Fett of the prequels so hated?
This is a character that didn't do anything across six movies except die comically. So, for some reason, this absolutely nothing character from the OT was given a backstory in the PT. And instead of working with that, the better idea is to wipe it away? Really, why? I don't actually get why it matters. Doesn't even need to be a Boba Fett movie at that point. It's just another Mandolorian. ...B-b-but this is the one that said, "Put him in the cargo hold"!
this is what im getting at.
John Rabbit
Banned
IG-88 movie instead plz.
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