WrenchNinja
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There's no weight to the fight. Maul is a nothing character. He didn't save shit.Because he arguably saved the first prequel?
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Second Star Wars spinoff confirmed to be Boba Fett origin story
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So he is like Boba Fett. Only that Maul has a awesome fight.
I mean, he kills Qui-Gon. That's about as much weight as you get in Ep1.
Genesis Knight
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I dont watch movies in slow motions, with marks that highlighte stuff and repeats.
Still, I like the fights in the old movies far more. This fight is entertaining noneless.
Darth Maul fought two Jedi at the same time and even KILLED the Master.
Boba Fett doesn't have a feat that is even close to this.
Yes, it was.
A legit strategy to claim everything they have bought the last 2 years was a lie and their talk of reforming canon to have it be concrete without retcons and the like? The whole point of the story group was so everyone knew what they were reading and watching "counted" and there wouldn't be major plotholes/retcons.
To claim all this was one big trick...that is not a legit strategy at all. You are 100% wrong.
Mengy
wishes it were bannable to say mean things about Marvel
Oh Hell Yeah, I'd love to see Urban play the character, fantastic idea!
it won't happen...
Very true, and STILL Darth Maul saved episode 1. Let the reality of that sink in....
But on the other hand, they could have been lying and it's going to be a Jaster Mereel origin story. The ol' Lucasfilm switcheroo.
I think it's going to be Jaster Mereel.
Anton Sugar
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Poor Cheebo.
What, you don't believe in the second coming of Jaster Mereel?
But wasn't the Jaster Mereel identity also thought to be stolen? Or was Jaster Mereel changed to a Mandolorian?
SW lore, for all its greatness, was a complete clusterfuck.
IG-88 origin anyone?
Not sure what sort of Jaster Mereel plot they're going for in the film, there's a couple to choose from, but I'm sure it'll be a great origin of Jaster Mereel and his evolution into bounty hunter Boba Fett.
Sectorseven
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I think you may be putting too much stock in what amounts to lip service to the hardcore fans. The films and video games will always be regarded as more prestigious than the books and comics (and I have to imagine more profitable). Some guy in creative isn't going to walk up to J.J. and say "you can't do that." In the end the film makers will create what they want and the story group will have to work around it.
tattooed_dwarf
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Only thing I want is Temuera Morrison in this movie. Actually give me more Temuera in any movie.
Sectorseven
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I think there might be a Speed 3 script in the basement at Fox.
Punchy4486
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Oh, you mean the second Death Star?
tattooed_dwarf
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I'll take that!
CloudyTuba
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There are two Boba Fett movies that would appease me and a prequel isn't one of them. As long as Boba Fett's final fate is getting KOd by a blind man who didnt even know they were fighting, I just cant respect him. He was cool in ESB but ROTJ turned him into a punchline.
Part of the appeal was always the mystery. I dont want to know more about his past, I want to repair his future.
1. Post ESB. Fett's 'Fresh Start'
Fett just delivered Solo to Jabaa and is staying there for the night. Some dumbass stole his armor during that night, however Fett thinks this is the perfect opportunity to regain a lower profile after his dealings with the Empire. Maybe he even left his armor in a vulnerable place on purpose.
Allow the idiot to inevitably get himself killed so that everyone thinks he is dead. He's already gone when Solo escapes, but he wouldnt care anyway. He already got his money. Fett gets himself some new cool armor (inspired by his old armor but not the same) and has badass adventures. All according to plan.
(I dont remember Fett talking in ROTJ besides the yell that didnt even sound like him. If he did then that doesnt work anymore)
2. Post ROTJ. Fett's 'Resurrection'
Starts off with him crawling out of the pitt (and killing the sarlaac for good measure) and going on to do badass things. Change his embarrassing finale to only a speed bump, show him to be clever and effective again like ESB.
Part of the appeal was always the mystery. I dont want to know more about his past, I want to repair his future.
1. Post ESB. Fett's 'Fresh Start'
Fett just delivered Solo to Jabaa and is staying there for the night. Some dumbass stole his armor during that night, however Fett thinks this is the perfect opportunity to regain a lower profile after his dealings with the Empire. Maybe he even left his armor in a vulnerable place on purpose.
Allow the idiot to inevitably get himself killed so that everyone thinks he is dead. He's already gone when Solo escapes, but he wouldnt care anyway. He already got his money. Fett gets himself some new cool armor (inspired by his old armor but not the same) and has badass adventures. All according to plan.
(I dont remember Fett talking in ROTJ besides the yell that didnt even sound like him. If he did then that doesnt work anymore)
2. Post ROTJ. Fett's 'Resurrection'
Starts off with him crawling out of the pitt (and killing the sarlaac for good measure) and going on to do badass things. Change his embarrassing finale to only a speed bump, show him to be clever and effective again like ESB.
Grover Cleveland
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I think you're extrapolating from this thread (and maybe the Internet) incorrectly.
Mainstream, Boba has MANY times more fans than detractors still
The English Conquistador
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Really aint a fan of this "seperate universe" nonsense. I've had the distinct impression recently that Disney want a coherent and expanded universe. Mixing it all up with a "seperate universe" Boba Fett movie just sounds like a bad idea to me.
The article is mistaken. The spinoffs are still all part of the same canon.
We don't... but we also have heard the rumors that a Hans Solo origin story is coming too...
Such a vast universe and such a huge lore to pull from... and we continue to stay within the and service the OT.
The English Conquistador
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Oh thank goodness!
Bobby Roberts
Banned
Those rumors don't seem to have panned out so far, though. I mean - when the Han Solo rumors first hit, the idea was that would be what they led off with.
Nobody seemed to have called a military-focused war movie about stealing the Death Star plans.
Rumors about the spinoffs are way more speculative than the rumors about Force Awakens. People really don't know what the fuck is going on w/r/t the Anthology films at all, really.
Zvonimir Boban
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Maybe Vader has to address Fett specifically because he knows Fett is so monumentally stupid that he doesn't realise that disintegration means the bounty will no longer be alive?
I mean, I love Boba but I agree with the people who said that his role in the OG trilogy was really limited and ultimately disappointing. I think they could easily make it that he survives the sarlacc pit and goes on to do awesome stuff. His origin story should cover him becoming an adult and a bounty hunter and have the movie end with him getting out of the pit. There, easily makes him into a badass again.
Anton Sugar
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Haha, my little brother brought up that point once. "Boba must be a really stupid bounty hunter if he keeps disintegrating them."
Always hated how they REALLY wanted to force that "Boba hates Jedi" narrative. Haven't seen TCW yet, though.
All AotC did was make Boba a snotty, almost evil little kid. GET HIM, DAD, GET HIM!!!
Zvonimir Boban
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Boba: I found the target, where's my reward?
Client: Where is he?
Boba: Killed him innit. Money please.
Client: So where's the body?
Boba: *smug grin underneath helmet* Disintegrated. Blown out to space. So about that money...
Client: Don't try and pull that shit on me, I've seen The Rock. Get the fuck out of here.
Boba: Godammit, not again.
Dude is a chump.
Star War's the wild west, I'm sure "dead or alive" is fine for bounty hunting.
Hell, even Vader risked killing Solo with carbonite
Zvonimir Boban
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A) Vader had no interest in whether Han Solo lived or died at that point.
B) "dead or alive" still requires a body or some kind of proof. Nobody is going to take a bounty hunters word for it.
C) Boba is so thick that Vader needs to point out that disintegration results in people not being alive.
I don't get him being "snotty" at all. He's just a kid who is with his dad. Why can't he cheer on his dad? I've never understood this weird hatred that people have for the PT's child actors. Jake Lloyd wasn't the greatest actor in the world but most children aren't, and he had some weird clunky lines and did the best he could. People love to hate lines like "I'm a person and my name is Anakin!" but that's a totally logical thing for a slave who hates being thought of as property to say. Daniel Logan was also totally fine. TCW makes him into a much more interesting character due to his hatred of being thought of as a clone, his constant failures but obvious skills (he managed to blow up a Star Destroyer but still didn't kill Mace Windu, leads a team of bounty hunters but gets stuck in a box, etc.). It fits well with the idea of the Fetts being a family of cool guys who ultimately are bunglers.
Anton Sugar
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To be fair, Star Wars is full of stupid decisions.
Like, Luke has never ever used a light saber before. Let's put a blinding helmet on him, shoot at him with a droid, and ask him to swing the saber around to block the laser bolts.
Oh, also, do all of that, while in a space ship, flying through fucking SPACE.
B) Vader "trusts" Fett and those other bounty hunters, they wouldn't be foolish enough to double-cross him. You could always bring a holorecording or personal item if there are no body parts.
C) Vader pointed at Fett about the "no disintegrations" but it applies to all of the bounty hunters present. Dead or Alive fits the Star Wars theme and had to be clarified.
Furthermore we can look at Boba's skills and how he captured Solo for evidence of how he's a competent if not a great bounty hunter.
AbsolutBro
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Boba didn't actually capture him though; Vader did. Boba basically just told Vader where to find them.
So that's where Bill Watterson has been hiding all these years.
Bobby Roberts
Banned
I doubt he signed on without knowing it was going to be a Boba Fett film.
Yeah, that would be kind of important in the early going I would think.
Calints Neos
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Can we have some Cad Bane in the movie?
kopitarrulez_11
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http://epicstream.com/news/Max-Von-Sydow-Reportedly-Confirmed-as-Boba-Fett-in-Star-Wars-The-Force-Awakens
don't know how true this is
don't know how true this is
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