CAPTAIN AMERICA Director Wants George Lucas to Make STAR WARS Spin-Off Film About Boba Fett
The most popular bounty hunter from a galaxy far, far away may get his own film, if it was up to the character's co-creator -- and filmmaker -- Joe Johnston.
Boba Fett is a fictional bounty hunter in the widely popular Star Wars universe who was hired by Darth Vader to find the Millennium Falcon spaceship in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. His personal motivation to take the job was to capture the ship's pilot Han Solo (Harrison Ford) who had a bounty placed on his head by Tatooine gangster Jabba the Hutt. During one of the first scenes in Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, Fett met his quick and accidental demise -- a minor plot point that was later retconned in the Star Wars Expanded Universe novels and comics series.
Though he had very little screen time in both films, Boba Fett quickly rose to cult popularity and is now one of the most recognizable Star Wars characters. His background and childhood were expanded upon in the prequel film Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones.
During a recent interview pertaining to his new film Captain America: The First Avenger, director Joe Johnston revealed his desire to see a new Star Wars based-film realized with Fett as the title character, "I’m trying to get George [Lucas] to make a feature based on Boba Fett.”
These words would bear little relevance if it weren't for the fact that Johnston is the credited co-creator of Boba Fett and as Lucas' designer and visual effects art director for the first three Star Wars films; going as far as to attend the University of Southern California's film school -- Lucas' alma mater -- based upon the veteran director's urging. Unfortunately for fans of The Fett, there's no word yet whether this project will ever, officially, come to pass.
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greenlanternfury
The Doctor hop aboard the Tardis, travel to the future to see the Boba Fett movie, came back and heres what he think:
Magius
I'm sure fans would be ecstatic at the chance of George giving Bob the special edition treatment. Who wouldn't be? Of course everyone knows that today's technology will only help George realize his true (ego induced) vision of the character he, um, intentionally made into a greater-than-cool anti-hero.
I can only hear the fans cries of (anguish) joy as he reveals Bob's partner in the Bounty Hunter business, Freddo, played by none other than the beloved Dog. Being a bounty hunter in real life will only give a boost to the reality and quirkiness of the new trilogy!
And who can forget about Bob's snazzy, yet sexy-voiced, computerized talking backpack, Suzzan! There is a reason why Bobba seems to have eyes behind his back and Suzzan is there to provide all that platonic, impossible love relationship that all movies need.
Remember, Uncle George knows best! This is why you all LOVE (to hate most/some of) his movies.
gtrman
A Boba fett film is a good idea...Lucas doing it is a bad one. What George Lucas really should do is allow other filmmakers to write and direct their own Star Wars films so we can get people like Ridley Scott (Blade Runner) to make a dark and gritty Fett movie, or Neill Blomkamp (District Nine) to make an Old Republic film of some sort. There are so many good stories waiting to be told on film, and Lucas...man let go of the ego for f**k sake.
ensigndesign
I'm not even a boba feet fan really. He started off just as some random bounty hunter then as the new movies came out he got turned into a key figure in the galaxy. The same thing happened with c3po. However, I'm a big fan of the star wars books and how the use the whole universe. I would love to see a star wars movie that used the rest of the galaxy. There is so much more out there than just the skywalker clan. And a star wars movie that wasn't directed by Lucas would be a welcomed change because he obviously has lost his chops. Give someone else a chance you know.