Boba Fett's death, just me that likes it?

Is it just me that like's Boba's death in Jedi? (I know he didn't die if your in the EU world)
I like it. Lucas said something about it on the DVD commentary and seems like he would have liked to give him a bigger death now that he has a bigger role. (Added to ANH and his AOTC part)
I like his death, why? It shows that someone can die simple and not some big going on with a bang death.
Why is it if your in more than one movie or have key role you can't be killed simple or easy. Even hero's or great fights slip up at times are taken out easy.

 

I don't mind that he's killed simply or by accident. I hate that its played for laughs.

 

I don't mind it anymore, although I used to. Fact is, in terms of the movies, Boba Fett is overrated. He's not some great warrior, he's just some guy who made a big reputation for himself by having a famous father and a powerful suit of armor.

 

It's slapsticky, but Fett really was a minor character way back when. I didn't think twice about it until Fett became really popular back in the early 90's.

 

A lot of people, unfairly in my view, criticize Lucas for the way Boba Fett died, but seriously how was Lucas to know Fett, who was a very minor character at that point, would become such a popular character?

 

I'm a Boba fan...and I've never had a problem with it. It just struck me as one of life's little ironies that you could be the most feared...most ruthless...best equipped butt-kicker in the galaxy, and still get killed by a freak accident.

What bothers me are all the idiots who say "Boba's a punk cuz he got killed by a blind guy with a stick."

For one thing...that "blind guy with a stick" just happened to be Han Solo. Solo isn't some random thug. And if you asked Solo about Boba's death...he'd probably "call it luck."

newwillorder...my avatar doesn't like your avatar.

 

Is it just me that like's Boba's death in Jedi? (I know he didn't die if your in the EU world)
I like it. Lucas said something about it on the DVD commentary and seems like he would have liked to give him a bigger death now that he has a bigger role. (Added to ANH and his AOTC part)
I like his death, why? It shows that someone can die simple and not some big going on with a bang death.
Why is it if your in more than one movie or have key role you can't be killed simple or easy. Even hero's or great fights slip up at times are taken out easy.

Well-spoken, FirstStarWars. Personally, I've always liked the scene anyway (come on... it IS kinda funny), but that was probably a much better reason/explanation than I could have given anyone. Good Job!!!

 

Well, Lucas did say that he thought about showing Boba climbing out of the Sarlaac on the Director's Commentary for ROTJ...

 

I agree with Devilanse. It just shows that not every great warrior dies a warrior's death. After all, Attilla the Hun died while getting drunk at a party.

Warrior_of_Mandalore Strikes Again!

 

I liked it aswel, anyway what has Fett ever done that makes him so feared...i mean in ESB all he did was follow the falcon, it is not as if he overpowered Solo an co. and hand delievered them to Vader, he just followed them and reported it to the empire-Watto could have done that.
And the fact that he died the way he did adds more menace to the Sarlaac- as in if Bobba Fett was killed by it, not a lot of people are safe from it then!!

 

What I dont like is when people say the Fett is a bad guy or he hates the Rebels. I always seen Fett as a man for hire. If you have the money, he will work for you, no matter what side you are on.
If Han hired him to get Vader, and paid well, I am sure he would have tried.

 

Boba Fett died...??

 

All Boba Fett really did was look cool and take that one puny shot at Luke on Cloud City. Metroid heroine Samus Aran is infinitely cooler.

Yes, I had to drag Metroid into this discussion

 

Boba's death was just okay in my opinion. Nothing great, especially knowing how such a great bounty hunter such as Boba died in such a puny state. I'd rather see him get shot down while hunting someone down as opposed to being thrown in the Sarlacc.

 

Boba's death was appropriate; he was a poser who died like a poser.

However, I didn't like the part of RotJ where Vader slipped on that banana peel in his duel with Luke.

 

Hey, man, the emperor was out to get on everyone's case. Including those damn environmental activist pansies that whine and moan like babies about him dumping toxic on their planets. That banana peel is just one more sign of his rebellion against their biodegradable recycling sentiments!

I liked Fett's death. It's nicely ironic. And deserving of somebody who, y'know, really didn't have that big of a role at a time. Hell, his role in AOTC isn't that big either.

 

I have no problem with Boba's death. I know how popular of a character he is, but I've never really seen what was so special about him. I like him alright, but he just doesn't interest me that much. I like how his death was so fast and meaningless, just as what often happens to people.

 

I'm a huge Boba Fett fan, the death didn't bother me, it's just his scream, it sounds so gay, even Jar Jar and the Emperor have better screams.

P.S. Though I can easily say, no matter how cool you are, you are likely to scream when smashes face first in a barge then rolling inside a monsters mouth.

 

It doesn't bother me, but I'm not really a big Boba Fett fan so I don't really care that much.
Had I been a big fan I would probably have liked to see a more grand adieu, but (like some of you and GL himself has pointed out) GL didn't know that he would become such a popular guy. Had he known, maybe BF would still be alive and well.

 

If he didn't know Boba Fett was going to be so popular then why did he make him so cool in ESB? (not being afraid of Vader & finding the Mellinium Falcon).

 

Fett never really died. I'm not saying this because of the EU, but in the Unifying Force, which is OFFICIALLY approved by Lucasbooks, Fett makes an appearnce. So, if Lucas confirms that story, then that means Fett never died.

 

He died like the little punk he was

 

The character is nothing special, he died in a pathetic way, just like his father, Mace made him look a total fool, and killed him easy, just take a look at the stormtroopers (assuming that the majority are clones) they cant even shoot (though if they did, we'd have no story, as the characters would be dead) lol

"It shows that someone can die simple and not some big going on with a bang death"

I agree 100%

 

Jango's death was dissapointing in that it was unnecessary for him to go down there to the arena to fight Windu. He should have just let the droids take care of him and all the other jedi and stay there guarding Dooku.
Unless Dooku "forced" him to go down there.
And I'm sure the explanation from some people will be that he saw an opportunity to take out a jedi who dropped his saber. But he hesitated a half second when he got down there. He should have been firing on him on the way down.
Plus there was no reaction from Boba.
Why doesn't anyone duck when a lightsaber is coming at your neck?

Boba's "death". Yeah, kinda cheesy, but the movies are full of that, so it was no big deal. Though Boba should have taken care of his long time enemy, Han, while he could before dealing with Luke.

And, Tyrantus, I don't see how you think the Unifying Force is anymore official than the rest of the EU. All Star Wars product (comics, games, toys, etc.) are OFFICIALLY approved by Lucas' divisions. Including the novel TALES OF THE BOUNTY HUNTERS which depicts Fett blowing up the sarlacc and being aided out of the desert by Dengar.

 

I'm happy that it was Han that defeated Boba, even if it was reliant on a hefty dose of that old smuggler's luck. Someone else, like Luke or Chewie doing it, wouldn't have meant so much to me...

And I hope we won't get into an EU war here...