Boba Fett was mysterious. We first saw him in the Star Wars Holiday Special (1978) in animated form. The colors of his uniform were about right except the helmet. His voice by Don Francks is a bit gravelly, but it was difficult to determine if he was good or evil. In the Original Trilogy, we never see him remove his helmet, he was embodied by Jeremy Bulloch, there was only his voice (first by Jason Wingreen), “As you wish.”, “He’s no good to me dead.”, “What if he doesn’t survive? He’s worth a lot to me”, and “Put Captain Solo in the cargo hold” in Empire Strikes Back (1980). An even toned voice like a gunfighter and a man of few words.
Then, we had in the special editions, Temuera Morrison about the same tone, but with his distinctive Kiwi accent. He was a bounty hunter, savy to Han Solo’s tricks, tracking him to Bespin. He is ruthless with Darth Vader’s warning, “No disintegrations.” First at the side of Darth Vader, then working for Jabba the Hutt, quick on the draw with his EE-3 carbine rifle. Taking on Luke Skywalker, but accidentally struck by Han Solo and ending up in the Sarlaac Pit. The prequels had Boba Fett as Patton Oswalt puts it “as a kid!”, ten years old in Attack of the Clones (2002). He would have been cloned somewhere around the time of Phantom Menace. This is now the young teen Boba Fett played by Daniel Logan.
When we first see him encounter Obi-Wan Kenobi, he is suspicious and watchful of him, but casual in talking to his father, Jango Fett, as dad. In The Clone Wars is impetuous and brash as a teen. He found the bounty hunter group, Krayt’s Claw, made up of Bossk, C-21 Highsinger, combat droid able to rotate his torso to blast in all directions, Dengar, and Latts Razzi, an alien deadly with her grappling boa (she later leaves the group). It seems like his last time with the Krayt’s Claw was working for Asaaj Ventress in Dark Disciple (2015). This was based on unproduced Clone Wars episodes. Boba Fett while looking for “muscle” to defend Tatooine could have found any of the bounty hunters, but there wasn’t apparently enough episodes for Boba to recruit anyone. This would have brought in Clone Wars characters which is a speciality of executive producer, Dave Filoni, instead of bringing in The Mandalorian.
Temuera Morrison himself is a great actor, he really adds to genre roles, and the series gave him a chance for a main character spotlight. When Boba makes his cameo in Star Wars, Boba Fett is age 32, so he is 35 in ESB and 36 in RoTJ. He would be about 39 when he escaped the Sarlaac Pit (around 4 years after the Battle of Yavin). Then, he spends time with the Tusken Raiders. He finds Fennec Shand after she is shot in Season 1 of The Mandalorian, “The Gunfighter” (2019), about nine years ABY. So let’s follow Boba’s path, in The Mandalorian episode, “The Marshall”, Cobb Vanth gives The Mandalorian Boba Fett’s armor. Mando rides a speeder bike back with the armor and is seen by Boba. Mando is tracked to Tython, Fennec’s MK sniper rifle shots has Mando take cover.
Boba says, “I’ve been tracking you Mandalorian.” He wants his armor back that was from his father. Boba adds to Mando, “There’s no need for bloodshed.” Then, he kills several stormtroopers with his gaffi stick. When Boba and Fennec leave the Sanctuary cantina, Boba says, “Jabba ruled with fear. I intend to rule with respect.” So he has killed stormtroopers and fired upon the Kintan Strider speeder bike gang with the Slave-1 cannons. By the way, the name Slave-1, is never mentioned. Then, in his armor, Boba blasts stormtroopers and destroys two troop carriers. Mando knows that Boba does not follow the Way, exposing his face, he could have worn a cloth wrap to hide his face. He shows Mando the armor’s chain code to show that he is the true owner of the Beskar armor.
At the time of the finale of Season 2, “The Rescue” (2020), we had the teaser of Boba Fett taking Jabba’s throne. Boba Fett would be about 41 during the time of The Book of Boba Fett. Boba Fett started working for Jabba the Hutt before the Battle of Yavin. So about three years by ESB and four during RoTJ. He started to work for Darth Vader on a mission ABY hiring the bounty hunter to find a Rebel pilot. Vader also sent Black Krrsantan who also worked for Jabba. Krrsantan worked for Jabba 10BBY. The Wookie bounty hunter gave a nod to Boba in “The Tribes of Tatooine” who recognized him as a gladiator not as Jabba’s bounty hunter. Boba Fett, we find is recovering in a bacta tank, he flashes back to his time escaping the Sarlaac pit and taken in by the Tusken Raiders.
Lucas did not use scenes of visions or flashbacks for the Jedi, Luke explained to Yoda what he saw on Bespin, Anakin is troubled by his dreams hearing the voice of his mother cry out for him. Yoda hears Qui-Gonn shouting for Anakin in his vision. Anakin has a future vision of Obi-Wan helping Padme. The Book of Boba Fett has the flashback memories of Boba until episode four. This is another misunderstanding of how Lucas frames stories. If those scenes were necessary, then it should have been in chronological order, the first two episodes?, and then bring up being daimyo. This series does not understand Star Wars, but it is fine if every SW series doesn’t work. For every Iron Man (2008), there will be a Cowboy vs. Aliens (2011). The most important critieria is if a Star Wars story is memorable, the Book of Boba Fett is starting to fade in my memory.
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