From the writer/director of Logan. I wasn’t really looking for this, but now...
Boba Fett movie is happening.
This better not be indicative of the fate of the X-23 movie, because I've been wanting that since LONG before Logan itself happened. I frankly don't care about a Boba Fett movie.
No date given, so its a bit unsure of when they will film it. I highly doubt it is the 2020 film.
Boba Fett is an amoral ****** who does the bidding of crime lords and totalitarian regimes. How will they turn him into a sympathetic character? Also, I know he’s going to make it, so why should I care about the action?
Edited by BlodVargarnaI see you do not subscribe to the Traviss Bible, whereas Fett is a god among men....
I think it is definitely going to have a western feel. Likely will be hired to take out someone worse.
12 minutes ago, BlodVargarna said:Boba Fett is an amoral ****** who does the bidding of crime lords and totalitarian regimes. How will they turn him into a sympathetic character? Also, I know he’s going to make it, so why should I care about the action?
Well.
Did you like SOLO? Any of the prequels? Yeah the character's gonna' make it, but whether or not somebody's gonna' die shouldn't ever be what your concern is. What happens to somebody however, can define how they became the character we recognize. (Which has yet to happen in SOLO, given that story is desperately asking for a second part. Which it will definitely get.)
It's not the destination, it's the ride, as they say.
2 hours ago, BlodVargarna said:Boba Fett is an amoral ****** who does the bidding of crime lords and totalitarian regimes. How will they turn him into a sympathetic character? Also, I know he’s going to make it, so why should I care about the action?
Ever seen Scarface? or A Clockwork Orange? Just because the protagonist is an utter bast4rd doezsn't mean he can't be sympathetic.
1 hour ago, Robin Graves said:Ever seen Scarface? or A Clockwork Orange? Just because the protagonist is an utter bast4rd doezsn't mean he can't be sympathetic.
Seen them both, bothe powerful films making social commentary. Wondering how an anti-hero as main character fits in Star Wars? Star Wars at its heart is supposed to be positive. A movie about a dirty bazterd doesn’t seem SW to me.
12 hours ago, BlodVargarna said:Boba Fett is an amoral ****** who does the bidding of crime lords and totalitarian regimes. How will they turn him into a sympathetic character? Also, I know he’s going to make it, so why should I care about the action?
They already kind of started off that narrative in TCW, so I'd expect any Boba movie to build on that. Add to that the hints that Mace Windu survived RotS and you could have a somewhat compelling revenge movie where Boba hunts down a broken and crippeled Mace Windu. He still gets to be the monster he should be, but his motivation, avenging his father, is compelling. The suspense would be how the conflict with Windu is resolved, success for Boba, failiure, reconcilation, more complicated outcomes, and also what Boba is willing to sacrifice along the way. OT Boba is even more lonely than TCW Boba. I think the anthology movies have enough room to stray into these kinds of themes.
What would be interesting is if he does survive the Sarlac pit and the film starts there.
The whole story would be wide open at that point.
14 hours ago, BlodVargarna said:Seen them both, bothe powerful films making social commentary. Wondering how an anti-hero as main character fits in Star Wars? Star Wars at its heart is supposed to be positive. A movie about a dirty bazterd doesn’t seem SW to me.
Don't forget Han shot first. While not quite an anti-heron Han wasn't quite sqeaky clean either.
1 hour ago, Robin Graves said:Don't forget Han shot first. While not quite an anti-heron Han wasn't quite sqeaky clean either.
He had a journey as a character. He was redeemed. Fett being a cold blooded killer for 2.5 hrs doesn’t intrigue me. Maybe he could have a heart of gold under all his mandalorian armor, but then that’s a different character to Fett we know already.
The character needs to be dynamic. The Fett we have right now is pretty static. Right now I don’t see how you make a good movie out of that character.
Han Solo has a strangely apocalyptic feel, with the Republic dead and the Empire struggling to control just the core worlds. Crime lords seem to rule everything, and people are fighting over resources like fuel.
I could totally see a Mad Max style approach to the Boba Fett movie. Have Boba fight to protect some random people from some random criminals or something. I could see Boba taking the moral high ground if it involved killing a whole bunch of other random scum who he already has a grudge against. It would also provide some interesting background to see Boba as the good guy, and see why he became the hardened bounty hunter we remember from the OT.
Also, remember the Star Wars Christmas Special: Boba can be pretty calm and conniving, and he's good at acting like the good guy when it helps him.
7 hours ago, BlodVargarna said:What would be interesting is if he does survive the Sarlac pit and the film starts there.
The whole story would be wide open at that point.
It should start there. I don't need to see an origin story of every single OT character who's background is still somewhat of a mystery. But I am sure they will start it somewhere after III and make it about how he becomes a bounty hunter.
5 hours ago, BlodVargarna said:He had a journey as a character. He was redeemed. Fett being a cold blooded killer for 2.5 hrs doesn’t intrigue me. Maybe he could have a heart of gold under all his mandalorian armor, but then that’s a different character to Fett we know already.
The character needs to be dynamic. The Fett we have right now is pretty static. Right now I don’t see how you make a good movie out of that character.
I'd figure they'll turn him into something like the punisher. (minus the dead family motivation) Sic him on some realy awfull bad guys so he looks more sympathetic by comparison.
I'll admit Boba ain't Spike Spiegel, but you could probably tell a good story about him.
Oh snap! With Disney owning both SW and Marvel we could have a Death's head cameo in it!
On 5/26/2018 at 5:33 PM, BlodVargarna said:Boba Fett is an amoral ****** who does the bidding of crime lords and totalitarian regimes. How will they turn him into a sympathetic character? Also, I know he’s going to make it, so why should I care about the action?
Anti-hero.
As to how it can be done, let me introduce you to the major influence on Boba Fett: Clint Eastwood in The Man With No Name Trilogy.
Yes, we need A Fistful of Credits, For a Few Credits More, and The Jedi, the Sith, and the Hutt.
(Hat tip to the original source material, Yojimbo, which would make great inspiration for a Boba movie.)
I wonder if they'll use Daniel Logan as the actor with Temuera for the voice. I know Logan has always expressed a desire to keep playing boba, and temuera is too old to play him now I'd think.
Plus he does look somewhat like Temuera now that he is an adult.
1) Established characters are more interesting off screen. Leave them alone! By creating another origin story / prequel a Disney is de-authenticating our own emotional ties to the universe. It’s a big universe .. let’s explore another element of it.
2) There were plenty of references to the ‘scum and villiany’ element of the SW universe in Solo (there’s also a scene that feels very out of place which points to this element too). I would argue that a Boba Fett film would act as a sequel to Solo and this story arc would be unpacked.
8 hours ago, markcsoul said:I wonder if they'll use Daniel Logan as the actor with Temuera for the voice. I know Logan has always expressed a desire to keep playing boba, and temuera is too old to play him now I'd think.
Plus he does look somewhat like Temuera now that he is an adult.
Doesn't matter; in the Boba Fett movie in my head he never takes off his helmet and says few words.
I never particularly cared for the "Jango Fett Clone" business, anyway.
10 hours ago, Hawkstrike said:Doesn't matter; in the Boba Fett movie in my head he never takes off his helmet and says few words.
In my head .. Boba Fett doesn't even speak with a Kiwi accent
2 hours ago, Conandoodle said:In my head .. Boba Fett doesn't even speak with a Kiwi accent
I kind of feel like you should see a doctor about hearing Boba Fett in your head.
On 5/27/2018 at 2:01 AM, Robin Graves said:Ever seen Scarface? or A Clockwork Orange? Just because the protagonist is an utter bast4rd doezsn't mean he can't be sympathetic.
Besides, he strives to be an honorable man, just like his father, but he hates the Republic and Jedi with a passion. ?
On 5/28/2018 at 12:52 AM, Robin Graves said:I'd figure they'll turn him into something like the punisher. (minus the dead family motivation)
Boba has already the dead family mo… ther f…wait, Mace Windu SHOULD have survived his fall in RotS, yet we never have seen im re-appear. Why is that? Boba tried to kill him a few times. A Fett movie in which he actually gets his revenge would be quite interesting.
On 5/27/2018 at 6:12 PM, BlodVargarna said:The character needs to be dynamic. The Fett we have right now is pretty static. Right now I don’t see how you make a good movie out of that character.
It's a story almost as old as cinema.
Big bad guy hires bad guy to bring him good guy - alive. Bad guy captures good guy, but other bad guys want good guy dead. Bad guy fights other bad guys off, while Stockholming a friendship and mutual respect with good guy. Bad guy cannot bring himself to give good guy over to big bad guy.
Basically it would be A Life Less Ordinary, but in space.
I immediately jumped to 'Unforgiven'
And it would be interesting to find out why Darth Vader has to ask him to tone it down a bit....
"No Disintegrations"
Edited by Cr0aker