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Star Wars 1313

Same here. I've always been kind of amazed he was killed off in such an offhand manner when everyone seemed to love him so much. I honestly can't blame the EU for bringing him back.
 
theenglish said:
For me there is one thing, and one thing only, that destroyed the character as any type of fearsome villain. His defeat in ROTJ. Would it have hurt the movie to have three extra minutes of action added on to the desert sequence to give Boba Fett a chance to show he was a legitimate nemesis for Han? A great Han Solo/Boba Fett fight scene in that sequence is something that I have always felt was missing.
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You'd still have the problem of Fett getting beaten by a blind guy.
 
Set Harth said:
theenglish said:
For me there is one thing, and one thing only, that destroyed the character as any type of fearsome villain. His defeat in ROTJ. Would it have hurt the movie to have three extra minutes of action added on to the desert sequence to give Boba Fett a chance to show he was a legitimate nemesis for Han? A great Han Solo/Boba Fett fight scene in that sequence is something that I have always felt was missing.
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You'd still have the problem of Fett getting beaten by a blind guy.
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His sight was much better by the end of the fight, trust him.
 
The original Fett action figure could shoot your eye out.

Even the action figure was more lethal than ROTJ Fett.
 
The initial announcement was on Game Trailers TV last night. Star Wars 1313 is to be a "mature-themed franchise.'"

From GamesRadar:
Players will be stepping into the armor of an as-of-yet unnamed bounty hunter on Coruscant, a wretched hive of scum and villainy that makes all others seem tame by comparison.

[...] 1313 refers to Level 1313, "a ruthless criminal underground deep below the surface of the planet of Coruscant."

We know that it's going to be a third-person game with cinematic gameplay [...] we’ll have access to “an arsenal of exotic weaponry” which we’ll be able to use to hunt down marks on our way to unraveling a criminal conspiracy.
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A trailer will be released on Monday.
 
Or it could be a new character, with Fett appearing as an NPC. Judging by the key art, Coruscant is under Imperial control. This is me speculating, but it could be this is set between the trilogies and will eventually tie into the live action show.
 
C.E. Evans said:
I had no problems with Boba staying dead, nor with the way he died.
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This.

theenglish said:
Would it have hurt the movie to have three extra minutes of action added on to the desert sequence to give Boba Fett a chance to show he was a legitimate nemesis for Han?
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They'd have to have given Han his eyesight back a lot sooner so Han could have had a chance to go mano a mano... but honestly Han isn't the kind of guy who'd fight 'fair'.

More to the point, though, the idea that Boba Fett is a 'legitimate nemesis for Han' - and the entire Boba Fett mystique - has very little to do with the original trilogy. In Empire Strikes Back he's just some unnamed faceless guy with five lines, who serves to remind us of the still-unseen 'Jabba the Hutt' menace that film and the previous film have been talking about. Beyond him being yet another one of the bounty hunters who wants to collect on that particular bit of cash, there's absolutely no sense he's a bigger problem than Greedo, a character who had more dialogue, clearer motivation, and an actual name.

And then in the next film he's one of a dozen hangers-on around the character that the past two films have been building up as Han Solo's big problem, Jabba the Hutt - and Jabba gets plenty of screentime to rub in exactly how much of a problem he is for our dear smuggler.

Basically, deciding to throw in an epic duel between him and Han Solo at that point would have been as dramatically relevant as having Obi Wan Kenobi and Ponda Baba have an epic brawl in the cantina as opposed to having the old Jedi Master just cut the guy's arm off. If we needed a Han Solo/Boba Fett fight scene, we'd need very different scripts for Return of the Jedi and Empire Strikes Back in which Boba Fett is actually an important character.

...okay, yes, also as a kid I preferred Bossk because he's a giant lizard who's not afraid to not wear any shoes.
 
scnj said:
Or it could be a new character, with Fett appearing as an NPC. Judging by the key art, Coruscant is under Imperial control. This is me speculating, but it could be this is set between the trilogies and will eventually tie into the live action show.
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I was going to say "or Jango" (who already had the Star Wars: Bounty Hunter game), but if it's Imperial Coruscant I'd have to assume that either the player or a lead NPC will be teen/20ish Boba learning his dad's trade.
 
Kegg said:
More to the point, though, the idea that Boba Fett is a 'legitimate nemesis for Han' - and the entire Boba Fett mystique - has very little to do with the original trilogy. In Empire Strikes Back he's just some unnamed faceless guy with five lines, who serves to remind us of the still-unseen 'Jabba the Hutt' menace that film and the previous film have been talking about. Beyond him being yet another one of the bounty hunters who wants to collect on that particular bit of cash, there's absolutely no sense he's a bigger problem than Greedo, a character who had more dialogue, clearer motivation, and an actual name.
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I think their motivations were the same: greed.

Greedo seemed like a local small punk over-reaching himself to gain more cred in Jabba's organization.

Which reminds me of a way they hurt Boba Fett with fan service. The wink-wink of Fett in the Star Wars special edition just makes it seem like Fett hangs out with Hutt all the time waiting to chase down dead beats. Hardly seems like something the greatest bounty hunter in the galaxy would do, more like a mob goon, more like Greedo.

...okay, yes, also as a kid I preferred Bossk because he's a giant lizard who's not afraid to not wear any shoes.
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And he growls at Imperial officers. Too bad he also dies on the exploding sail barge. I think Dengar does, too. Most people don't realize they were there; I didn't until like the late 1990's.
 
Disruptor said:
I think their motivations were the same: greed.
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This is true, but my point was that Greedo's role as Jabba's money-wanting hitman is a little more developed than Boba Fett's terse I WANT MY PAYMENT stuff in Empire.

Narratively speaking, Boba Fett is not more important than Greedo in the original trilogy... he just lives longer.

...okay, yes, also as a kid I preferred Bossk because he's a giant lizard who's not afraid to not wear any shoes.
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And he growls at Imperial officers. Too bad he also dies on the exploding sail barge. I think Dengar does, too. Most people don't realize they were there; I didn't until like the late 1990's.
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As far as I know, neither one are in Return of the Jedi.
 
Another smegging game? I would really love to see Lucas loosen the reins and allow other filmmakers to make one-off "side stories" in the SW universe.
 
Lonemagpie said:
scnj said:
Or it could be a new character, with Fett appearing as an NPC. Judging by the key art, Coruscant is under Imperial control. This is me speculating, but it could be this is set between the trilogies and will eventually tie into the live action show.
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I was going to say "or Jango" (who already had the Star Wars: Bounty Hunter game), but if it's Imperial Coruscant I'd have to assume that either the player or a lead NPC will be teen/20ish Boba learning his dad's trade.
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Given the website shows TIE fighters over Coruscant it has to be Imperial Coruscant.

It has a shadowed, mostly from the back shot of who I'm guessing is the Bounty Hunter who could pass for a young Boba Fett, but just as easily be someone else. I'm hoping for a new character so that the writers for the game will have more freedom with what they can do with him.
 
milo bloom said:
Another smegging game? I would really love to see Lucas loosen the reins and allow other filmmakers to make one-off "side stories" in the SW universe.
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Lucas has officially started his transition into retirement, so in a few years Lucasfilm might do something like that.
 
Jono said:
Given the website shows TIE fighters over Coruscant it has to be Imperial Coruscant.
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Or AOTC-era Coruscant.

milo bloom said:
I would really love to see Lucas loosen the reins and allow other filmmakers to make one-off "side stories" in the SW universe.
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He should just let the fans do it.

They have such great ideas.
 
New piece of concept art posted by Entertainment Weekly:

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