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post #51 of 63
8/29/06 at 12:04pm
The whole 'Nooo' thing is so aggravating. If only he'd just screamed in grief and anger it would have been effective. But instead we get two letters forming one word which equals unabashed mirth forever. Not that the scene ruined a perfect prequel trilogy, but anyway.

BTW a good example of how to scream in grief can be seen in Six Feet Under [SPOILER!!!] when Krause has just buried his wife in the desert.
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post #52 of 63
9/1/06 at 11:12am
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Originally Posted by Litmus Configuration
Well, we barely knew Boba Fett, and look what an uproar his cursory death in JEDI caused.
Yeah, about that... anyone who might have been upset by that death must have been into heavy fanfics and/or EU stuff, right? I mean, what the fuck does he do or say in the movies that's so awesome?
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post #53 of 63
9/1/06 at 11:38am
Well, I don't know if you were around when STAR WARS opened but it was an amazing time, especially if you were a kid who had his world turned upside-down because of this film. In the wake of the first movie, and the promise of more to come, Boba Fett was the first new film character introduced into the STAR WARS Universe. This happened in the form of a mail-away action figure and his appearance in the animated segment of THE STAR WARS HOLIDAY SPECIAL. He was hyped (accurately or not) as "the most notorious bounty hunter in the galaxy and a threat to the rebels, especially Han Solo." So Fett had a special mystique before he even appeared on-screen. Even though he didn't do a whole lot besides standing around, looking cool and growling a few lines, he was awarded instant bad-ass status because of what he represented more than what he actually did.

Admiral Ackbar, the first new character to be introduced for JEDI, didn't quite get the same love though.
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post #54 of 63
9/1/06 at 12:52pm
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Originally Posted by ServantOfDagon
anyone who might have been upset by that death must have been into heavy fanfics and/or EU stuff, right?
Following up on Litmus: You had to be there, and you had to be nine years old. You are correct in assuming that interest in the character was developed outside the content of the films themselves, but there was no such thing as EU in 1978. Pre-Internet, 'fanfics' would have appeared only in fanzines (if at all) and would never have reached the under-21 crowd.

For official information all we had to go on was the mail-away action figure and the cartoon from The Star Wars Holiday Special. The guy looked cool, and if you saw the cartoon you knew he was a sneaky bastard too, pretending to be a good guy and all.

Once Empire came out, we saw just enough of Fett to further intrigue us. Not only was this a guy who could catch Han Solo, embarrass the Imperial Fleet and live, but he seemed to have some shared history with Vader: "No disintegrations." He didn't need to play a major role in Jedi-- he just deserved to put up more of a fight.

Back to topic: He sounds just as creepy in French, more flamboyantly villainous in Spanish.
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post #55 of 63
9/1/06 at 2:08pm
It is as I suspected. An action figure and the friggin' Holiday Special made him look cool. As much as including Jango Fett in Episode II is derided as hasty fanservice on Lucas' part to make up for Episode I, I still think he managed to look cooler than Boba, simply because he... well, did stuff.
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post #56 of 63
9/2/06 at 5:03pm
People were upset at Boba Fett's death not because they loved him and didn't want him to die, but because he died like a clown. Empire was all setup as far as that character was concerned. We waited until Jedi to finally see what he could do. And when the moment finally came, he was killed accidentally by a blind guy and followed up by a belch joke. It was a bunch of anticipation for a clownish payoff. It was annoying.
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post #57 of 63
9/3/06 at 3:52am
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Originally Posted by ServantOfDagon
Yeah, about that... anyone who might have been upset by that death must have been into heavy fanfics and/or EU stuff, right? I mean, what the fuck does he do or say in the movies that's so awesome?

Once again, it's expectations, some felt his death was too easy. I never did. I always cheered his death. That's what he gets for messing with my boy Han.

Although, a final confrontation with Solo would have been welcomed, with perhaps Chewie stepping in and kicking Fett's ass. Still, his death is fine by me, thats what he gets for being a chump in a flashy suit.
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post #58 of 63
9/3/06 at 11:39am
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Originally Posted by General Zod
thats what he gets for being a chump in a flashy suit.
This is hilarious. I'm going to try and work this phrase into conversation next week.
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post #59 of 63
9/3/06 at 3:14pm
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Originally Posted by General Zod
Although, a final confrontation with Solo would have been welcomed, with perhaps Chewie stepping in and kicking Fett's ass. Still, his death is fine by me, thats what he gets for being a chump in a flashy suit.
If Lucas had truly focused on what little characterization Fett had developed, I don't think Fett would have stuck his neck out for Jabba. He would have delivered Solo, gotten paid and taken off for other bounties. Kicking it in Jabba's crib for presumably months, hanging out on the Sail Barge and then jumping into the shit with a Jedi Knight was not only a stupid move but completely against a mercernary character.

Then again, maybe Boba had some anti-Jedi hatred that needed to be addressed considering the way his dad was taken out. Still...he thinks a rope is going to stop a Jedi Knight? As soon as things started going sour, he should have fired his jetpack and gotten the hell out of there. We wouldn't need to see him again, just knowing that he would live to fight another day.
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post #60 of 63
9/3/06 at 4:59pm
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Originally Posted by Litmus Configuration
Kicking it in Jabba's crib for presumably months, hanging out on the Sail Barge and then jumping into the shit with a Jedi Knight was not only a stupid move but completely against a mercenary character.
Agreed. I always thought it was lazy to have Jabba be Tatooine-based at that. There's precious little continuity between the original Tatooine and what we see in Return of the Jedi anyway.
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post #61 of 63
9/5/06 at 5:15am
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Originally Posted by Litmus Configuration
If Lucas had truly focused on what little characterization Fett had developed, I don't think Fett would have stuck his neck out for Jabba. He would have delivered Solo, gotten paid and taken off for other bounties. Kicking it in Jabba's crib for presumably months, hanging out on the Sail Barge and then jumping into the shit with a Jedi Knight was not only a stupid move but completely against a mercernary character.

Then again, maybe Boba had some anti-Jedi hatred that needed to be addressed considering the way his dad was taken out. Still...he thinks a rope is going to stop a Jedi Knight? As soon as things started going sour, he should have fired his jetpack and gotten the hell out of there. We wouldn't need to see him again, just knowing that he would live to fight another day.

That's good point. I guess the dough was really good and the women better. I hear those twi'lek whores can suck the chrome off a lightsaber. A final space shoot-out against the Falcon would have been cool too.

C'mon, his death created all of those awesome EU stories of Dengar cradling his scarred body while quietly whispering, "Jeester.....Jeester.. Jeester..."


Total sarcasm.
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post #62 of 63
9/5/06 at 5:17am
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Originally Posted by Andrew Ellis
This is hilarious. I'm going to try and work this phrase into conversation next week.

Royalties please.
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post #63 of 63
9/7/06 at 4:39pm
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Originally Posted by [I
"No disintegrations."[/I]
For those too young to have seen ESB at the time, I'll second: that's pretty much what made the Fett the shit, Vader felt it necessary to personally address this guy and to ask him not to do TOO much damage. Your imagination ran wild with what a bad ass he/she/it must be.
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