Did Boba Fett die?

heh, my opinion hasn't really changed since the last time, I just forgot it. And it's so logical, too. Boba Fett did not die in RotJ. By the time the movie ended, he was still alive and being digested.

I noticed something else, though: AFAIK, Boba's survival was first told in Dark Empire (just as the Emperor's quasi-survival). Since I hate Dark Empire, Fett crawling out of the Sarlacc is a little lower on my personal canon ranking

 

Lucas intended Fett to be dead. However, considering Lucasfilm gives the licensing to the authors, it seems to me that when Lucasfilm declined to correct the idea that Fett escaped, he thereby did not die retroactively. I would have problems with the EU bringing a dead character back to life, but, since neither Lucas nor anyone at Lucasfilm objected to the Fett escaping the Sarlacc storyline, we have to discount Lucas saying he intended the character to be dead, as he had could have said no, you can't bring him back, he is dead, but he chose to allow it instead. As long as Lucasfilm doesn't cancel out an intended storyline, if it gets published, we have to assume its official, because Lucasfilm could have stopped it, but chose not to. Therefore, despite the original intent of ROTJ, Boba Fett is indeed alive.

 

Exactly. Or has it been a thousand years yet?

 

Death is alway an unpleasant topic. It's always sad to see the ones that we care for, like, love die. It's that way in life, and in the Star Wars universe. Boba Fett has a huge fan base. There are many that don't want to face the idea that he did die, in the all mighty Sarlac. We like to cling to the hope that somehow, someway, he got out of it. He escaped and lived on to do more jobs, more bounty hunting.

I like to play the "wonder if" game. Wonder if he did live and get out of it? The EU universe does give us a glimpse, a story, an idea of what would of happened had he made it out alive. And I think if there was anybody that could beat the very low odds, it would have been him.

I am a huge fan of Boba Fett myself. When I was younger, well even to this day, my two favorite guys in those movies where the "men in the masks". Boba Fett and Darth Vader. Even I have a tough time dealing with the fact, he did die. I have recently bought the "Escape the Sarlac" unleashed figure, and it is indeed one of my all time favorite items in my collection, cause it shows that battle between Fett and the Sarlac. It shows that he is trying to escape. But it leaves it to your imagination, whether he did escape, or maybe his rocket pack gave out upon exiting the beast, or another couple tentacles dragged him back in.

Or maybe he blasted his way right out of it, rocket pack blazing, Fett rocketing out of the maw of the beast. It shows that at least Fett gave it his ultimate best shot at escaping the thing. But whether he did or not.......well I guess that is up to the imagination. In my mind I know he died, he didn't make it. But in my heart he beat the big ugly thing, and he's still crusing around in Slave 1.

 

Or has it been a thousand years yet?

"A long time ago..."



I still can't believe you actually revived this thread.

 

YES! It lives!


(...Unlike one Boba Fett, who died in the Sarlacc.)

 

Personally, I despise Boba Fett. I think he is the most overrated character in all the films (except perhaps Kit Fisto), and such, I wish that Return of the Jedi contained conclusive proof of his death. So for me, it isn't a matter of me wanting him to be alive - it is a matter of what is in the story. Nothing in Episode VI states that he met his demise on that day, and thus the Expanded Universe decided his fate. I accept officially licensed novels as part of the story, and therefore, Boba Fett escaped.

By the way, Senny, Lucas enjoyed the artwork and story from Dark Empire when it was produced, and gave copies to some staff members as a Christmas present. In general, some of the thematic elements were similar to what would have constituted as a sequel trilogy (based on rough outlines made years ago). One of the biggest similarities would have been Luke teaming up with his sister to defeat the Emperor.

 

Dark Empire is *ugly! Period!


And how is Kit Fisto overrated? He's a grinning squid-head in the movie(s), he's a grinning squid-head in the cartoons and comics. Because he's a squid-head, he kicks ass in the oceans of Mon Calamari. He gets a part in the novel Cestus Deception in which he's not even a grinning squid-head, but just a Form I using Jedi. He does the same things in EU as in the movies. And at least Kit Fisto is 100% definitely dead

how does this compare to Fett? The only thing he does in the EU that he does in the movies is fall into the Sarlacc. Like, seven times

I wish they'd retcon all Boba Fett stories to be adventures of Jodo Kast, successfully imitating Boba Fett and building upon the overly exaggerated myth surrounding Fett. Or adventures of Kast retold as exaggerated as Fett is being portrayed everywhere.

 

I'm going to say that he didn't die, not because he shows up in Jedi Academy but because he's a resourceful bounty hunter, the best in the galaxy. Jabba says himself that they'll be digested for a thousand years, learning a new meaning to suffering. You can't suffer if you die immediatly. Fett also has a jet pack, and whether it malfunctioned causing him to fall in, he's a Mandalorian and probably can repair it...or just burn the sarlaacs stomach open with his flamethrower.

 

a flamethrower he doesn't have in the movie

 

After 1451 votes, it is 52% dead to 47% alive. I think the "yes" votes have gained a few, since 52-48 was the split for quite awhile.

 

but if they retcon Fett being alive to being Jodo Kast imitating him, then who imitates Kast while Kast is imitating Fett? Who was wearing the Mandalorian armor pretending to be Kast, when Jodo Fett kills him? You are making it complicated...

Kast has never been smart enough to imitate Fett for long. You can't pretend to be someone far better at bounty hunting than you are, because if you could pull it off, you would have been just as successful as they were to begin with. If Kast had it in him to be as good a bounty hunter as Fett, he would have been. If you claim Kast was just lazy about it before, but had the ability all along, I would suggest that its that very laziness that would prevent him from successfully pulling it off, as Boba Fett is downright meticulous in detail. Kast doesn't have it in him to pull off a successful imitation of Fett for very long.

 

eh, it was just an attempt to insult Fett once again. It's not like anything of the sort will ever happen, so what's the point in thinking it all the way through? There's "What if" scenarios and there's nonsense.

 

**** damn. This thread? Why didn't someone delete it when they had a chance?

Fett is neither dead nor alive. He is a cylon, so the Fett that fell into the Sarlacc died, but there are dozens if not hundreds of other copies.

 

I hate Fett, but I think he's about as dead as Palpatine is (interpret that as you will ).

Kit Fisto was the best squidhead a squidhead can possibly be. He was kinda cute topless in the Clone Wars cartoons. Also, we learned from that show that lightsabers work underwater, so George Lucas/TPM has been pwned by EU again. EU was born from Lucas, but now it has grown into a megalith that is powerful enough to kill him, much like God and Satan. GRAWWWR! DEVOUR LUCAS ALIVE, EU!!

Also, lol @ "Boba Fett: Overkill"

 

Its possible that Kit Fisto's lightsaber was heavily modified to be able to do that. Being a water breather, it makes sense if he built a lightsaber that could survive it, maybe a special crystal, waterproofing the thing, something like that. Its still entirely possible that normal lightsabers, such as Obi-Wans, still can't work under water.

 

Yeah, he died. I've read all the lit about post-RotJ Fett and none of it impressed me much, with the exception of The Last One Standing. He was better off dead.

 

No, he survived. The EU does exist.

 

I thought I heard the Mouth (Beak) was added to the Sarlacc to prove that Boba was Dead once & for all plus I thought I heard The Flaneled one himself say Boba was Dead. If god says your dead your dead thats it finite done Game Over man

 

dead

 

He died. Let's just deal with it.

 

Well... I think he lived in EU. However, I felt the character was extremely overrated and should have died in sarlac's gut screaming like a punk. So I voted yes.

 

Boba Feet SHOULD be dead. But, because Lucasfilm approved the storylines where he wasn't dead after ROTJ, he was left alive retroactively. If Lucasfilms had told Tom Veitch and Cam Kennedy that they couldn't explore a Boba Fett escaping the Sarlacc storyline in Dark Empire, they allowed the Star Wars Essential Guide to Characters to say that he escaped the Sarlacc, they allowed K.W. Jeter to write the Bounty Hunter Wars, featuring the ressurected Fett...from that, since Lucasfilm did not prevent the storyline, when they certainly had the power to do so, Boba Fett escaped the Sarlacc, despite the original intent that he was killed. Basically, Lucasfilm could have made sure Fett stayed dead, had the opportunity to do it, and declined, thus allowing Fett to be retconned alive. Boba Fett is alive, and its Lucas's fault for not stopping it from happening.

 

Who re-opened this thread?