The Boba Fett Critique

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yeah, another star wars thread.

I've been rewatching the OT in preparation for TFA which I'm going to see saturday morning. I just finished Empire last night and something occurred to me:

The whole "Boba Fett sucks, he just looks cool and got taken out like a bitch in ROTJ" is some hipster ass bs. While it's true that he did get taken out pretty easy in Return everyone seems to forget what he did in Empire.

Among the group of bounty hunters he was the only one smart enough to track Han Solo which eventually lead to him getting frozen in carbonite. This event was hugely important because it is what emotionally triggered Leia to confess her love.

So while they could have probably done more with Boba Fett, him getting tossed into the Sarlacc pit with relative ease isn't the thing he should be remembered for.

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You're still cool to me Boba
 
FloatOn said:
The whole "Boba Fett sucks, he just looks cool and got taken out like a bitch in ROTJ" is some hipster ass bs. While it's true that he did get taken out pretty easy in Return everyone seems to forget what he did in Empire.
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I'm going to disagree because he doesn't even look cool. He looks like the punk nerd he ended up being. His death was appropriate.

IG-88 is the better bounty hunter.
 
Boba Fett's such a great design that he can be a victim of his own success with the fanbase. If he just looked like a generic random guy no one would ever complain about him. Lucas and co came up with a breathtaking design for the bounty hunter, and people latched onto it. He's a great minor character, with no ambitions (in the original trilogy) of being more than that.

Boba Fett is perfect.
 
If the Count Dooku Qui Gon thread got shut down last night this doesn't have a prayer if Cyan mod is around ha. That one had dialogue debate that I was always curious about and it was not worthy. So get it while you can.

Bobba is cool and alive!
 
FloatOn said:
Among the group of bounty hunters he was the only one smart enough to track Han Solo which eventually lead to him getting frozen in carbonite. This event was hugely important because it is what emotionally triggered Leia to confess her love.
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Yep. When I rewatched the OT recently and Boba pulled this I was pretty impressed. Dude was seriously on point.
 
I've heard the theory that the reason Boba Fett is so beloved is because he is an enigma, a blank slate with cool, feature hiding armor. So when kids got his action figure they project on to him in a big way. He became so awesome not through his actions in the movies but through the imaginations of children.
 
FloatOn said:
yeah, another star wars thread.

I've been rewatching the OT in preparation for TFA which I'm going to see saturday morning. I just finished Empire last night and something occurred to me:

The whole "Boba Fett sucks, he just looks cool and got taken out like a bitch in ROTJ" is some hipster ass bs. While it's true that he did get taken out pretty easy in Return everyone seems to forget what he did in Empire.

Among the group of bounty hunters he was the only one smart enough to track Han Solo which eventually lead to him getting frozen in carbonite. This event was hugely important because it is what emotionally triggered Leia to confess her love.

So while they could have probably done more with Boba Fett, him getting tossed into the Sarlacc pit with relative ease isn't the thing he should be remembered for.

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You're still cool to me Boba
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pshhh if you love him so much, why don't you marry him?

You can't because he's mine. Can't wait for the Bobba Fett movie!!
 
I rewatched the movies recently as well. Boba didn't even need to show up in ROTJ. What's he even doing hanging out with Jabba when he's just a bounty hunter? I have to assume he's getting extra paid by Jabba to be part of his entourage, right?
 
His entire inclusion in ROTJ is questionable, really. It's been pointed out plenty since 1983 that there's really no reason he should be there. It's not like he works for Jabba, he's a bounty hunter, once he delivered Han he should have been outta there on to find a new bounty to hunt. Instead he's just sort of hanging around Jabba's palace for some reason.

It's obvious he's only there because fans thought he was super cool in ESB, but then they ruin it with a goofy death. Some things are better left as a taste.
 
Ithil said:
His entire inclusion in ROTJ is questionable, really. It's been pointed out plenty since 1983 that there's really no reason he should be there. It's not like he works for Jabba, he's a bounty hunter, once he delivered Han he should have been outta there on to find a new bounty to hunt. Instead he's just sort of hanging around Jabba's palace for some reason.

It's obvious he's only there because fans thought he was super cool in ESB, but then they ruin it with a goofy death. Some things are better left as a taste.
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He just captured Solo and hung around to blow some money on drinks and watch awful cgi monsters sing.
 
Ithil said:
His entire inclusion in ROTJ is questionable, really. It's been pointed out plenty since 1983 that there's really no reason he should be there. It's not like he works for Jabba, he's a bounty hunter, once he delivered Han he should have been outta there on to find a new bounty to hunt. Instead he's just sort of hanging around Jabba's palace for some reason.

It's obvious he's only there because fans thought he was super cool in ESB, but then they ruin it with a goofy death. Some things are better left as a taste.
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Maybe Jabba hires him for protection. I mean, Jabba has got to have a big price on his head himself. So I imagine he doesn't want the second best Bounty Hunter out there possibly being hired to take him out. He'd probably get IG-88 if he could afford it.
 
I rewatched the trilogy this week for the first time in ages. I was surprised Boba Fett is such a minor character. He's more famous than he has any right to be, based on the movies.
 
NoblesseOblige said:
I'm going to disagree because he doesn't even look cool. He looks like the punk nerd he ended up being. His death was appropriate.

IG-88 is the better bounty hunter.
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all the bounty hunters were cool looking but guess who actually did the deed?

mother fucking Boba Fett. That's who.
 
John Kowalski said:
how's that boba fett game? i remember something like that
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You mean the Jango Fett game? It was aight back in 2003 not so sure about in 2015 though.

Also Boba Fett is a pretty big offender for people who like "cool" things in Star Wars than anything with actual real depth. Fett always seemed like a jobber to me.
 
Alright so let's examine all the bounty hunters Vader hires to track the Falcon.

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From left to right:

Dengar: Dengar is basically some dude. His face is scarred up, so he's clearly no rookie. You've gotta wonder why he still wears no face protection even though he got messed up at least one time. That is a mark of arrogance right there.

IG-88: He is pretty popular on the count that he is some random ass robot who is also a bounty hunter. He kinda looks like that drone thing on Hoth mixed with the Tin Man from Wizard of Oz. Since he's a robot, he is somewhat limited by the fact that a magnet could possibly kill him.

Boba Fett: Fett is easily the coolest looking MF'er of the group, no contest. He's the only one Vader actually talks to directly in this scene, warning him not to disintegrate the target. This implies that Boba Fett has perhaps DISINTEGRATED someone. I'm not sure how, since he just has a rifle and a rocket launcher, but he immediately gained badass points right then and there. He replies with, "As you wish." Now, Boba Fett probably would love to disintegrate Han Solo, but he is professional enough to obey the wishes of his employer. That's how you stay in this business.

Bossk: It's pretty clear that Bossk is a badass. He doesn't even wear shoes inside an imperial ship. That how many fucks he gives. He also straight up sneers at an imperial officer. However, Bossk seems like a real wild child and does not have the intelligence and ingenuity to track down the Falcon when compared to someone who wears shoes.

4-LOM: Is he like a bug or a robot or what? He kinda looks like what would happen if C3PO and a fly went into that fusion machine from The Fly. I don't really trust robots to capture someone so points off (please don't bring up HK-47 ok I've played KotOR).

Also there's one dude not in the picture, Zuckuss:
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Zuckuss is a straight up fatass who is past his prime. He reminds me of that Patton Oswalt bit about when he attended a Solider of Fortune magazine convention, and all the mercenaries there were horribly obese people. Zuckuss probably died of a heart attack before stepping off the ship.

Ergo, Boba Fett is clearly the stand out and was the only one to actually successfully complete the task.
 
He was a victim of chance. Solo hit his equipment accidentally and instead of going up and away he hit the barge stunning him so he can't respond fast enough to get away. He represents that even the very best of us (as he very clearly is) can't escape an element of randomness that could very easily kill us. No one kills Fett on purpose.

No one even can. Try to come at the king directly? Good. Goddamn. Luck.
 
He's a complete non-character that looks cool and explains one plot point in Empire.

I never really understood the following beyond "he looks cool".
 
"Recitation: Yes, as I said, I am an assassin droid. It is my primary function to burn holes through meatbags that you wish removed from the galaxy… Master. Oh, how I hate that term."

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I honestly don't care if Knights of the Old Republic is considered to be non-cannon or whatever, but this sociopathic assassin droid is the most memorable hired gun in the Star Wars universe. (Though it was lame that he was reconstructed into a jetpack following the Galactic Civil War.)
 
Forkball said:
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Bossk: It's pretty clear that Bossk is a badass. He doesn't even wear shoes inside an imperial ship. That how many fucks he gives. He also straight up sneers at an imperial officer. However, Bossk seems like a real wild child and does not have the intelligence and ingenuity to track down the Falcon when compared to someone who wears shoes.
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lol
 
Bobba Fett is the Yamcha of the Star Wars OT before Yamcha's rise to infamy.
Bobba was just Vader's errand boy nothing more.
I'm sorry I just can't see this character being an significant to the OT outside of selling merch.
The only good 'Bobba' is the one from the Megaman X series, hell their names are the same even!
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Tizoc said:
Bobba Fett is the Yamcha of the Star Wars OT before Yamcha's rise to infamy.
Bobba was just Vader's errand boy nothing more.
I'm sorry I just can't see this character being an significant to the OT outside of selling merch.
The only good 'Bobba' is the one from the Megaman X series, hell their names are the same even!
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yeah that guy was pretty sweet in MMX but

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Crusader is better
 
It's easy to see why a younger generation wouldn't be so impressed with Boba Fett. To those born before Star Wars the only info we got on the movies came from Bantha Tracks, Starlog or other Movie magazines that were weeks and months behind. Today's generation needs MOAR!!!!
 
Mighty Chin said:
It's easy to see why a younger generation wouldn't be so impressed with Boba Fett. To those born before Star Wars the only info we got on the movies came from Bantha Tracks, Starlog or other Movie magazines that were weeks and months behind. Today's generation needs MOAR!!!!
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I used to get Bantha Tracks in the mail.

Wish I still had them.
 
I was watching ROTJ recently and noticed in the Sarlac scene that Fett takes a shot at Luke with his wrist blaster and misses by like 25 feet. How he outsmarted Han, I have no idea.

Disney needs to go in and show that Boba Fett was like 85 years old in ROTJ for him to save any face for his piss poor performance.
 
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