PT Did anyone else assume that Boba Fett would kill Mace Windu?

Yes my friend, in terms of skills; Boba is no match to Windu. He can not face Windu head to head. But by surprise, tricks and treachery, it could have worked.That is what TWC wanted to show but the result was really disappointing. A few years earlier, in the Boba Fett young adult books, specially in Pursuit, whose events are taking place six months before RotS, one sees Boba confront Windu. This is an excerpt (long enough) :
The tall Jedi stood pensively at the far end of the room. His hands were in his robes. His head was down. As Boba entered he looked up, eyes widening slightly.
"Who - ?"
Boba stared at him without remorse.
"You killed my father," he said.
Boba's heart was racing. But his voice was cold and utterly calm.
And his pistol was aimed directly at Mace's chest.
"I've waited a long time for this, Jedi Windu - but I'm not waiting anymore!"
Boba fired. The flechette's missile tore through the air. A nanosecond later it burst open. Hundreds of deadly projectiles spun out.
Faster than thought, Mace Windu leaped aside. The missiles exploded against the wall.
"Who are you?" Mace Windu shouted.
Boba fired again. Another starburst of flechettes exploded through the room.
Again, the Jedi was too fast.
"On Geonosis, you murdered a warrior named Jango Fett," Boba said.
FFFFAAMM! He fired again!
"Jango Fett was my father."
"Your father?" Mace raced from the barrage of flechettes. "He had no son! Only clones - "
"He had me!" Boba lunged at Mace. The Jedi fell back, overwhelmed by the young man's rage and power. "And now I'll have you!"
KRACK!
A flechette smashed against Mace's shoulder. The Jedi reeled backward. His hand reached for his lightsaber. But before he could touch it Boba struck again, this time the other shoulder. And again!
KRACK! KRACK!
With each alternate blow the Jedi fell back. In a moment, Boba would have him pinioned against the wall. And then - he'd go for the kill!
"I had no choice!" Mace's voice was deep, unafraid. Without warning he leaped, springing past Boba as he drew his lightsaber. "Just as you're giving me no choice now!"
The lightsaber glowed deep violet. Its hum filled the room, and Mace Windu swung - and struck! PAM!
Boba staggered back. The lightsaber had skimmed his armor. He recovered immediately, darting off. Mace followed, his robes billowing behind him.
PAM!
The lightsaber struck again!
But this time Boba was ready. Or so he thought. Mace's violet blur sliced the flechette pistol cleanly out of his hand. Blinding indigo light flared as Mace Windu drew back, arm raised for another blow.
Before he could strike, Boba drew his dagger with his free hand and charged.
The dagger ripped through Mace's robes. The Jedi twisted, avoiding the blade.
But Boba's fist followed, smashing into the Jedi's ribs.
"Ah - !"
Mace staggered to one side. Before he could dodge, Boba was on him!
BAM!
Boba lunged the dagger at Mace's head - but the Jedi was too fast! He dropped and rolled, jumping to his feet. The lightsaber rose and fell And struck.
"Agh!" Boba cried out as the glowing blade smashed against his shoulder. Pain arced through him. Blood seeped from Grievous's wound.
"Surrender!" commanded Mace Windu. "Surrender, and I promise you'll receive fair treatment!"
"Surrender?" Boba hesitated, feigning doubt. Unseen he shoved the dagger into his belt, then reached for a cryo-ban grenade.
"You have my word," Mace continued.
"And you have my hatred!" Boba screamed. He fired the grenade!
Mace leaped, seeming to fly above Boba's head.
BRRAAANG!
Boba flung himself away from the freezing blast. Waves of numbing cold rushed past him as the cryo-blast absorbed heat. The cold could not penetrate Boba's body armor.
But Mace Windu had no body armor. The Jedi stumbled, nearly falling as the frigid waves sapped him of energy. Boba picked up his flechette pistol. He towered above the fallen Jedi.
He fired.
FAM!
Blinding pain lanced Boba's arm as Mace Windu's Lightsaber struck.
"No!" Boba cried.
In agony, Boba fell. He rolled, trying to get to his feet.
FAM!
The lightsaber crashed against his head. Not even his helmet could absorb the blow. Boba shouted with pain and fury, striking blindly at the figure above him.
"I don't want to kill you," said Mace Windu grimly. "Surrender, or die."
"Never."
He swung his dagger. The Jedi's weapon knocked the dagger blade aside.
"You leave me no choice!" Mace cried.
Boba stumbled to his feet. Blood streamed from his wounds. The dagger lay useless and out of reach. And his blasters were on Slave I.
But he still had the saberdart. He slid his hand toward his utility belt. His fingers slipped into the familiar configuration of his palm shooter. The poisonous dart was loaded into it.
He had only one shot.
I won't miss this time.
He raised his hand. Mace Windu was just meters away. Boba stared at the Jedi, summoning all his strength. All his hatred.
His thumb pressed the trigger.
The dart sang from the palm shooter like an enraged hornet. It spun, glittering, through the air, straight for Mace Windu's throat.
I got him! Boba's mind sang in triumph.
Mace Windu flinched. His hand shot into the air. Between his fingers the saberdart shivered like a trapped insect.
"No!" groaned Boba.
Mace Windu flung the deadly dart into the shadows. He stepped toward Boba, his lightsaber poised to strike.
Boba Fett was cornered.
"This is my final offer of surrender," said the Jedi Master.
"No," said Boba in a low voice.
He would never surrender.
The Jedi took another step toward him. Boba thought of his friends back on Tatooine.
Good-bye, Ygabba. Good-bye, Gab'borah. I'll miss you.
He thought of his father, fighting until the very last. Boba lifted his head and stared fearlessly at Mace Windu.
"There are worse things than death," the bounty hunter said, raising his flechette pistol.
"There are," the Jedi replied in his powerful voice. "You are brave indeed, stranger. I would have spared your life. But now you leave me no choice - "
His raised his arms. The glowing light blade tore through the air.
"STOP!"
A deafening shout of command filled the room. Heavy footsteps echoed as uniformed guards raced in. The Chancellor's Red Guards surrounded Mace Windu and Boba.
More footsteps sounded. Another figure entered the room, clad in the luxurious robes denoting his high rank.
"Who dares disrupt this place?" he demanded. It was Supreme Chancellor Palpatine.
"Your Eminence," said Mace Windu. He deactivated his lightsaber and took a respectful step back. "I arrived a few minutes early for our meeting, and found this intruder in your antechamber."
He gestured at Boba. Palpatine turned. He stared at the bounty hunter. The Supreme Chancellor nodded at Boba, almost imperceptibly.
"This man is not a stranger to me," said Palpatine. "I was expecting him."
"Expecting him!" Windu exclaimed. "But - "
Palpatine turned to calmly face the Jedi. No longer was Palpatine the soft-spoken, thoughtful figure who had first come to prominence in the Senate. Now the Chancellor radiated power - and arrogance.
"Do you dare question me?" he asked. "This bounty hunter has important information - information vital to the Republic! And will your bickering interfere with him bringing it to us?"
For a moment the Jedi said nothing. Then he nodded.
"I was unaware of your meeting. My sole concern was for your safety and the safety of the Republic."
Palpatine waved a hand toward the Red Guards. "As you can see, I am not unprotected. I am, as always, grateful for your support. But now, Master Windu, you may leave."
Palpatine inclined his head toward the door. Boba blinked. He swiftly replaced his weapons, and waited.
Mace Windu bowed slightly. But his eyes were on Boba. "Yes, your Eminence. The Jedi Council will question this bounty hunter after his meeting with you - "
"Perhaps."
Mace Windu walked to the door. At the last moment he paused and looked back at Boba. A long, hard look. Then the door closed behind him. Boba was alone with Supreme Chancellor Palpatine.

Thank you for reading me.

 

No. "He's just a boy".
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Jango Fett can no longer help him

 

I totally read that one in Jackson's voice. I wonder how he feels about how his final death, considering it was a cheap shot from Anakin that did him in (the impressive duel beforehand probably makes up for that).

I too wondered about that particular scenario; I was actually around the same age. Revenge of the Sith is a rare movie where you knew how it was going to end, but it remained fresh and exciting; we knew the characters introduced in the prequels would have to be sent out, so that was one of the questions I had going into it. Dooku was the other one I wondered about.

Anyways, Boba was too young to have done much by Revenge of the Sith, George was wise to rule that out; he wouldn't even fit in the armor. He served his purpose when he was introduced in Attack of the Clones, anything beyond that in the prequels would be unnecessary. Besides, having Boba's thirst for revenge being unsatisfied would give him more of a hatred against the Jedi.

 

Basically all that happens.

 

It's certainly plausible and I do wonder what he was doing during time if he was still trained or was just too far away.


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