ST Is Boba Fett really dead....?

Well you sorta got your wish in Aftermath

 

That's what I think it means, yeah. The idea that the actual Boba Fett survived ROTJ is annoying to me. So if they have to have Boba back in the post-OT era, let it be a different person.

But frankly, this storyline bores me. The less we know about Fett, the cooler he is. Leave the guy alone.

 

To me, there's no reason not to brink Boba back, alive and (relatively) well, post-ROTJ.

Resurrection? It's not a 'resurrection' if he's not dead in the first place. And given that, unlike every one of the poor saps Jabba condemned to a horrible death in that pit, Fett was fully-armed, fully-armored and protected, injury-free and wearing a fully-functioning, flying rocket pack when he fell in.

I think the real question is (for anyone other than someone who just finds themselves so against the character that they cannot consider any alternative other than "Dead, dead, dead!!!"): Why would anyone in said position not be able to eventually find their way out?

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Anyway, yeah, I'd love a Boba Fett movie. Especially, particularly, if it's set after Episode VI and we learn that the Boba survived the events of that film.

Can't help it. I've lived for far too long now with George Lucas' words ringing in my ears, telling me Fett survived. The word of the Maker -- to say nothing of all the vast amounts of EU literature over the years; stories which showed me how terrific a character Fett truly can be -- makes me long to see it happen "for real" in the canon.

Does the guy badly need a rebound after Carkoon? Yep. Other than taking the 'mantle' route (which is kind of a slick little 'end-around', I admit ), I guess the other way you go about that is to make the guy so skilled, so damned impressive, that Fett's failure in the desert starts to feel little more than a blip on the radar, rather than the pitiful end to a character with little but unfulfilled potential to show for itself it looks like today.

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As to the rumor? Obviously, if the Fett we came to know in AOTC and TCW is still the "Boba" in any future film, then Michael B Jordan cannot, will not, be appearing in the title role playing Boba Fett. It's just a non-possibility and the story has no merit, whatsoever.

However, if the 'mantle' idea is being pursued by the writers (an idea which has already been categorically denied by Lucasfilm reps, but I digress)? Then it may well be feasible. If they're not going to pursue a Maori actor for the role, I actually liked the idea of Michael Fassbender as Boba Fett, myself. Fassbender's got the kind of presence I'd like to see in whoever plays the character. That said, I know people who are equally high on Jordan as an actor, so who knows?

But far and above any other choice I can think of, I'd rather they simply honor that Boba Fett is a character portrayed by a Maori actor. I thought it was a cool choice by Lucas at the time, and I think it's best to keep that tradition alive.

 

I think it would be great to have a Boba Fett movie with Temuera Morrison set after ROTJ

 

But...is Morrison even a good actor?

 

I thought he was good in "Once was Warriors". But that's really all I have seen him in. (Aside from AOTC of course)

 

He was good enough for me in AOTC.

Also at this point I would be fine if they can't get Morrison but at least get someone who looks sorta like him.

 

Yep, get Tem back if they're setting the film post ROTJ. My preference at this point though is a film set in the same period of the Han spin off film, showing Boba Fett growing into the feared bounty hunter he is. I'm also all for Boba going Dredd style and never removing his helmet.
Dread Pirate Fett idea can go straight to hell.

 

I think Morrison can still voice Fett Pre ROTJ.

Battlefront

 

Oh sweet, didn't know he was voicing Boba again. So if he does keep his helmet on full time in the spin off, Morrison voicing him would be fine in any era.

 

I thought his acting was way better in this than in the SE edits...Oh well. I'm all for continuity and would be on board with Morrison doing Fett if they must do a Boba Fett film.

 

For whatever it's worth, at least according to IMDb, Morrison has continually found work as an actor since at least 1984.

Personally? I did like Temuera in the Obi-Wan/Jango's apartment scene. I guess I felt he had some gravitas and came off as a reasonably threatening foe for a Jedi.

Daniel Logan, on the other hand? His lack of work (save for a handful of voice-over work appearances on TCW) for near a decade after AOTC makes me suspicious. Still, it appears that he's begun recently to ease his way back into acting.

 

didn't Rinzler say last year that Lucas said to him that Fett survived,
I'm not really fond of the idea of Lucasfilm contradicting this.

 

I am not against TM returning as Fett, but I am against RotJ Fett returning to be anything more than something to be mocked. I still believe that Michael B Jordan would be a solid casting should they decide to pull the "Fett is a mantle" number.

Aftermath teases that the person wearing Fett's armor got out of the Sarlacc, I don't think anyone went fishing for it the armor. Whether he lived long after or if it was actually Boba Fett in the armor in RotJ is left undeclared.

 

Temuera should do it if Boba comes back

 

Anyone now how old Fett would be in TFA?

If my math is correct he would be 65.

born in 32 bby+3aby+30 years=65

 

No, he was about 30 in AOTC. That means he'd be about 80 years old in TFA. I just don't see it it.

 

You're suggesting that Boba Fett was thirty years old in AOTC?

Methinks someone's a little confused.

EDIT: Jedi Knight Fett. ROTJ is actually set 4 ABY, but otherwise, you're spot-on.

So, roughly speaking, if he survives, then Boba is 66 years old by TFA.

 

Whoops! I was thinking of jango. My bad. Bona might still be able to pull off being a bounty hunter at 60.

 

bona?

 

Yes he is dead and is now Sarlaac poodoo.

 

Boba's "good" brother.

 

I never really got what made Boba fett so cool tbh. He got taken down pretty fast in his first on screen brawl. I think he's dead tbh. And so I wouldn't mind if someone, well, competent, took up the mantle.

 

He got taken out by a fluke. He's a competent warrior. He gave Luke a little trouble on the skiff in ROTJ. He's dead though. Let him stay that way. Let's see some new bounty hunters.