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Darth_Thucydides Registered: Jul '08	Date Posted: 12/4/08 7:31pm Subject: RE: Why is Boba Fett so popular?
	I like Boba, but only from the literature, ROTJ gave him a very girly scream when he flew into the side of Jabba's Sail Barge after Han hits him. He was very intimidating looking while in Jabba's Palace. All his fighting ability basically disappeared in the film....... "IIIIIIIIEEIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE" WHAM GULP BURP -----signature----- the bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding, go out to meet it.
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Obi-Ewan Registered: Jan '00	Date Posted: 12/5/08 4:47pm Subject: Why is Boba Fett so popular?
	He's the only person ever to escape a Sarlacc... He was only resurrected for that story because he already had a fan following. Which brings us back to the question, why is that? -----signature----- "I am very concerned about our national heritage, and I am very concerned that the films that I watched when I was young and the films that I watched throughout my life are preserved, so that my children can see them." --George Lucas
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_Sublime_Skywalker_ Registered: May '04	Date Posted: 12/5/08 5:45pm Subject: Why is Boba Fett so popular?
	Because in the OT he just looked BA. After the PT, not as much. But he's still a bad motha-shut yo mouth! -----signature----- 'You don't know the Power of the Darkside!'-Darth Vader
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BigBoy29 Registered: Dec '04	Date Posted: 12/5/08 6:58pm Subject: Why is Boba Fett so popular?
	The real answer to your question can be found in the world of comics. Why is Batman so popular? Why is Punisher so popular? They both are guys with no superpower skills or magic. They are very "real humans" who have great gadgets and are good with weapons. And they hold their own in the DC/Marvel universe. Most boys and men love that cause they are relatable to (Bossk and IG-88 are no-go's cause they just ain't human) -----signature----- Lando: "She saved me at the Battle of Tannabe". Han: "Hey remember, I won her fair and square." Lando: "She was mine before she was yours, she was mine before she was yours ..."
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drg4 Registered: Jul '05	Date Posted: 12/5/08 7:38pm Subject: Why is Boba Fett so popular?
	My question: Why isn't Jango more popular? He got better lines ("Always a pleasure to meet a Jedi" "I'm just a simple man trying to make my way in the universe"), knew how to conduct himself in the midst of battle, and was afforded a halfway-decent death.
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_Sublime_Skywalker_ Registered: May '04	Date Posted: 12/5/08 7:45pm Subject: Why is Boba Fett so popular?
	My theory is that it's because we were introduced to Boba first. When Jango was introduced as the original Fett with Boba as his clone, it looked the complete opposite to fans. Boba was the original in our minds, and Jango was just added to sell toys and make the clone troopers wicked awesome. -----signature----- 'You don't know the Power of the Darkside!'-Darth Vader
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Merlin_Ambrosius69 Registered: Aug '08	Date Posted: 12/5/08 9:20pm Subject: Why is Boba Fett so popular?
	Also, lest we forget, Boba is Jango insofar as he is an exact genetic replication of him, and was raised from infancy by the man, instilled with his beliefs, worldview and profession. Jango gets alot more screentime and dialogue in AOTC than Fett ever got in the whole OT, but through Jango we get to know Boba since they're basically the same person, one generation removed. -----signature----- "Chance makes playthings of us all." -- Seneca Shameless non-Manager Emeritus sock of Vortigern99. Fan of George RR Martin, JK Rowling and JRR Tolkien.
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Master_Starwalker Title: Manager Emeritus Registered: Sep '03	Date Posted: 12/6/08 12:59am Subject: Why is Boba Fett so popular?
	Not necessarily. Boba would probably be an even harder man with even less decency than Jango had. He had to be scarred by seeing a Jedi decapitate his father when he was only a child. -----signature----- "Imaginary is the future. Always now, even eternity will be." - Yoda "We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves." - The 14th Dalai Lama
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BigBoy29 Registered: Dec '04	Date Posted: 12/6/08 3:05am Subject: Why is Boba Fett so popular? - Date Edited: 12/6/08 3:07am (1 edits total) Edited By: BigBoy29
	agreed -----signature----- Lando: "She saved me at the Battle of Tannabe". Han: "Hey remember, I won her fair and square." Lando: "She was mine before she was yours, she was mine before she was yours ..."
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Arawn_Fenn Registered: Jul '04	Date Posted: 12/6/08 8:05am Subject: Why is Boba Fett so popular?
	Boba has a better name than Jango IMO. -----signature----- His legions, angel forms, who lay entranced. Thick as autumnal leaves that strow the brooks. <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> "Why don't you take your simplistic good/evil dualism and found Zoroastrianism?" - zweebex
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Ryorin Registered: Nov '08	Date Posted: 12/6/08 2:06pm Subject: Why is Boba Fett so popular?
	Jango had a nicer color scheme to his armor too, but Boba's is just classic. And Jango is a lot less mysterious when we first see him; we know what his face looks like and a bit about his history. -----signature----- "Yub yub, Commander!" -Wes to Wedge "Yub yub, Lieutenent!" -Wedge to Wes The Errant Venture-- Who wouldn't want a bright red Star Destroyer? Now with 1200% more Rambling: http://ryorins-ramblings.blogspot.com/
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Manisphere Registered: Aug '07	Date Posted: 12/7/08 1:11am Subject: Why is Boba Fett so popular?
	Yeah, I think it's the mysterious thing. He was at the apex of cool in ESB. I remember when the Boba Fett action figure came out. It was before ESB. Us kids went freakin' nuts for him. The look. There was nothing like him. We knew not why but we knew this was the coolest action figure ever known. Now, I'm into the EU in a big way but THE LEAST interesting character to me is Boba Fett. I just find him and his stories boring or I don't bother giving them much of a chance. But there was a time where I'd never put up my Fett Man in any bet. I have to say, his dying with a loud scream in ROTJ really took away the je ne se qua about him. -----signature----- "Head of State, a Sith is just a Jedi who's gone off his meds."-Natasi Daala
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Ryorin Registered: Nov '08	Date Posted: 12/7/08 7:46am Subject: Why is Boba Fett so popular?
	I still think he's cool as far as nostalgia and his look goes. You just have to be able to think back to before certain books and/or movies made him lame to you... ...'course, it's harder for some than for others to do. -----signature----- "Yub yub, Commander!" -Wes to Wedge "Yub yub, Lieutenent!" -Wedge to Wes The Errant Venture-- Who wouldn't want a bright red Star Destroyer? Now with 1200% more Rambling: http://ryorins-ramblings.blogspot.com/
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Merlin_Ambrosius69 Registered: Aug '08	Date Posted: 12/7/08 8:15am Subject: Why is Boba Fett so popular?
	I agree with the last two posts. Fett's mystique and his incredibly well-designed armor combine to make him a compelling and fascinating character, a feeling enhanced by his small amount of screentime in ESB. Once we know more about him -- either via Jango or via the various stories about him in the EU -- the mystery is dispelled and we begin to wonder what we thought was so cool about him in the first place. But make no mistake -- in 1978/79, when Fett was first introduced, we young fans embraced him as just about the coolest character ever invented. -----signature----- "Chance makes playthings of us all." -- Seneca Shameless non-Manager Emeritus sock of Vortigern99. Fan of George RR Martin, JK Rowling and JRR Tolkien.
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Merlin_Ambrosius69 Registered: Aug '08	Date Posted: 12/7/08 9:53am Subject: Why is Boba Fett so popular?
	Master_Starwalker posted: Not necessarily. Boba would probably be an even harder man with even less decency than Jango had. He had to be scarred by seeing a Jedi decapitate his father when he was only a child. Surely Jango had a hard childhood too, if any, which led him to become a hard-nosed bounty hunter in the first place. Putative (and in any case minor) differences in their upbringing aside, Boba and his "father" are 1) genetically identical and 2) share the same worldview and profession. Surely it cannot be disputed that we stand to glean some insight into Boba's character by examining the actions and attitude of his father/genetic donor. -----signature----- "Chance makes playthings of us all." -- Seneca Shameless non-Manager Emeritus sock of Vortigern99. Fan of George RR Martin, JK Rowling and JRR Tolkien.
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