Rumor: Second Anthology Film Stars Boba Fett!

Boba Fett 02While Josh Trank won’t be around to direct the second Star Wars Anthology film, it’s still on target for a 2018 release, as the decision to have him replaced occurred early enough into production to not slow Lucasfilm down on a significant level. Now there’s word that it will star the most popular secondary characters in the Star Wars saga: Boba Fett.

 

From TheWrap:

The next Star Wars Anthology movie due in 2018 that recently lost director Josh Trank will be a Boba Fett origin story, confirming one of many rumors that have appeared online in the last several months, TheWrap has learned.
 
Writer-producer Simon Kinberg has been closely involved in the creative process for the second anthology film, which is set in a separate movie universe that is not associated with Star Wars: The Force Awakens or upcoming Episodes VIII and IX.
 
Disney and Lucasfilm czar Kathleen Kennedy will begin searching for a new director, who could very well be hired before Rogue One starts production this summer in advance of its December 2016 release.

 

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The concept of a “Boba Fett origin story” might sound redundant, given that we already found out what his origin was in Attack Of The Clones, but it’s more likely that they’re being far less literal than that. This “origin”, of course, would be Boba Fett’s development into the best bounty hunter in the Galaxy. It makes me think that they’re going to revisit the story for the sadly-unfinished Star Wars game 1313, which showed Boba Fett in his early adulthood carrying out some kind of criminal job in the depths of Coruscant. 1313 would have marked the transition between the well-intentioned (but dangerous) kid who wanted to avenge the death of his father, to his more ruthless, cunning personality shown in the Original Trilogy – a tale of gangsters, coming-of-age, and high-octane sci-fi action. Hopefully, we’ll get to see the concepts that were worked on for 1313 make their way into the movie.

 

If the rumored Hasbro toy line plan is indeed accurate, that would mean that 2020’s Anthology would be about Han Solo. But of course, always in motion is the future. 2018’s a ways away as it is, but the news that a Boba Fett movie is actually happening should probably be a pleasant sigh of relief for those who weren’t certain about the future of the character. Now, if only they could explain how the hell he gets out of that damn sarlacc

 

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Grant has been a fan of Star Wars for as long as he can remember, having seen every movie on the big screen. When he’s not hard at work with his college studies, he keeps himself busy by reporting on all kinds of Star Wars news for SWNN and general movie news on the sister site, Movie News Net. He served as a frequent commentator on SWNN’s The Resistance Broadcast.

94 thoughts on “Rumor: Second Anthology Film Stars Boba Fett!

  • May 5, 2015 at 4:58 am
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    The galaxy far, far, away is a huge vast place with centuries of history…… so Disney chooses to retell Boba Fett’s origins?!?

    This is just as pointless as those last two Spiderman movies.

    • May 5, 2015 at 5:02 am
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      I agree. Give us something new, something original, don’t take the easy obvious choice.

      • May 5, 2015 at 11:01 am
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        I’ve heard a rumour before that the Fett from the prequel/Clone Wars would be killed off and replaced.

        That would be a really interesting way to go. I really didn’t like seeing ‘lil Boba. It took something away from his notorious nature. Sure, I know you’ll say even the worst, most notorious characters in history all had childhoods, but still…

        Be kinda cool if he was killed off pre-ANH and his identity was taken on by someone else.

        • May 5, 2015 at 2:28 pm
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          Ye, it took the mystery away. In my opinion way too much fuzz about a cool looking costume with very little dialogue. I guess they give ’em what they want…

    • May 5, 2015 at 5:14 am
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      He’s the coolest character besides Darth Vader. ( Prequels destroyed Vader’s true character). I just hope Disney doesn’t mess Fett up the way Lucas did. This movie could have real potential to be good. Another reason to hate the prequels. Lucas heartlessly kills off Boba Fett in an unhonorable way by feeding him to a Sarlacc, then has the nerve to make him into a useless clone. Boba Fett was supposed to be the most notorious bounty hunter in the galaxy, but on screen we never saw it. What a waste of such a beloved character.

      • May 5, 2015 at 5:29 am
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        Dare I mention the fact that everthing that made people think of him as more than just any other bounty hunter was invented by EU writers. He was just another bounty hunter in the OT, who has little more than 3 senteces, in the 3 films and whose only claim to fame is tracking Han Solo to Cloud City. Lets not pretend that he was a really well developed character before being chucked into the Sarlac.

        • May 5, 2015 at 2:30 pm
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          Prequelhaters and EU-lovers unite! How we have missed you!

        • May 5, 2015 at 5:39 pm
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          Actually, even back in 1980 we had a sense that Boba Fett was more than just your run-of-the-mill bounty-hunting thug. It wasn’t something that was concocted later by EU writers – they were only expanding on impressions that the fanbase had already gotten about Fett. Even back then, he seemed to have more to him than what we saw onscreen (which was a badass hunter in a bitchin’ suit of armor who flew one of the coolest looking ships in the whole trilogy.)

          When ROTJ first came out in ’83, I remember my friends and I all being pissed off at the offhanded, almost slapstick death that Lucas gave Fett. I later found out that we weren’t alone in this. The “best bounty hunter in the galaxy” thing was what drove our disappointment in that lame-ass “death” scene at the time, so again… not merely a creation of the EU.

      • May 5, 2015 at 8:14 pm
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        My sexy Godness ! It since ten years ROTS is out and again the same bashing !!! Are you not tired ? Can’t you swallow it yet ? The true Darth Vader ?! What would you have did then ? Do you know all the story is on the paper since the fall seventies ? For all the Hayden-bashers, I ve no shame to tell i liked his performings. It could been better yes, but it could been worse too. Get that stuck in your mind. All that EU-PT bashers, you have maybe lost your child eye’s idk. star Wars is the mirror of his time. Each trilogy will have their owns feelings and i like that. You know what, Bashers ? DEAL WITH IT !!

    • May 5, 2015 at 5:16 am
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      It’s not gonna be boba the annoying elementary school kid.. it’s gonna show his origin as the bounty hunter. He was already infamous by the time he shows up in Empire. Now we’ll get to see why..

      • May 5, 2015 at 1:30 pm
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        A lot of people don’t want to see why. Thats the point of Boba Fett, it’s suppose to be a mysterious character. Why the urge to know and show everything? Isn’t one of the cool things in this Galaxy that it expands inside and beyond your imagination?

    • May 5, 2015 at 2:37 pm
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      If this is still just a rumor, there is good chance we will see something new, something original….I want no original trilogy character spin off. Obi-Wan McGregor? Well, that’ s a different story…

      • May 7, 2015 at 3:30 am
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        Darth maul solo film

    • May 5, 2015 at 8:02 pm
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      Sorry but i have to disagree. When its clear it could shows a lack of creativity. This character can never takes off his helmet and be one of the most important secondary character of Star War. In my mind, it makes no sense to build an anthology movie on a character nobody know. With that said, Bobba Fett didn’t had IMO the screen time he really deserved. But i would prefer a movie with both Han Solo & Fett because public knows since ROTJ they share a common past.

  • May 5, 2015 at 5:00 am
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    to start with i didnt want a fett film. now i think it could be good. i am glad its not the first one. that is good. but to have it as the second – who wouldnt love a good bounty hunters film. It would be nice if some of the others were in it – dengar, ig88, zuckuss etc. no female fetts from rebels please.

  • May 5, 2015 at 5:02 am
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    Ive never heard of “The Wrap”. Are they credible?

  • May 5, 2015 at 5:02 am
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    Very intereting indeed! Gotta love Boba!! And this could be a really good movie, especially if they incorporate elements from 1313. That being said, i personally was hoping for a Boba Fett film that would tie into the sequal trilogy…have him escape from the sarlac pit and eventually turn good and help the good guys! But time will tell! Great article! Thanks SW7N! 🙂

    • May 5, 2015 at 5:43 pm
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      Could still tie in to 7. Could show various stages of his life, even overlapping some OT era stuff.

  • May 5, 2015 at 5:04 am
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    It would be great if Disney did some films in the distant past and in the distant future.

  • May 5, 2015 at 5:04 am
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    It would be interesting as long as they don’t include Han, the Empire or any of the obvious fan service routes. Send him on a mission somewhere we haven’t seen with people we’ve never met and I’m in.

  • May 5, 2015 at 5:05 am
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    The 1313 concept image shows ‘his’ droid. At least this droid is canon because it was ‘used’ in The Clone Wars. I think the design of this robot is one of the best in SW. (My personal fav.)

    I hope it will appear in the movie.

  • May 5, 2015 at 5:05 am
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    I seriously do not understand how this rumor can be taken with more than a grain of salt. We have one source “confirming” this somewhat out of the blue. There’s literally no proof or evidence to suggest this other than most people thought it would be the first spinoff movie.

    I’m not saying they’re wrong. I’m just saying their source is probably making an educated guess more than actually knowing this to be true.

  • May 5, 2015 at 5:13 am
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    this was not a very evntful star wars day. i was expecting some new footage of trailers games books something!! i thought this site was gonna change its name today too

    • May 5, 2015 at 5:18 am
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      Anonymous, Maybe instead of whining about, perhaps you should change your name too. You not a mysterious person, just annoying.

    • May 5, 2015 at 5:18 am
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      Someone needs their bottle

    • May 5, 2015 at 6:39 am
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      You were that kid who started breaking things when you didn’t get a pony for your birthday, weren’t you?

      • May 5, 2015 at 7:26 am
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        that doesnt even make sense

        • May 5, 2015 at 5:04 pm
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          You ought to brush up on your 3rd grade English, then.

  • May 5, 2015 at 5:22 am
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    its called a comment not whining. not trying to be mysterious just dont really care bout putting names on.

  • May 5, 2015 at 5:25 am
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    Plenty of time for new films about new characters in new eras. For goodness sake, do Boba Fett justice!

  • May 5, 2015 at 5:26 am
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    If this is to be true, they shouldn’t start in the prequel era. That story has already been told. Instead, they should tell the story from his early 20’s??? (trying to think of how the timeline fits in really quick). Another thing is that they shouldn’t show his face. Keep him in the mask for the movies. I love Boba Fett, but because he’s such a favorite among most fans, they will have to be very careful with the character. Sometimes it’s best to leave well alone… but I am curious what they have in mind for it.

  • May 5, 2015 at 5:34 am
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    ZERO interest in this unless they make Attack of the Clones non-canon.

    • May 5, 2015 at 5:39 am
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      I have PLENTY of interest in this, but I still want that garbage flick AOTC made non-canon. I don’t care who made it.

      • May 5, 2015 at 6:52 am
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        They aren’t going to do that

    • May 5, 2015 at 7:50 am
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      ZERO interest in this as well, but I love AOTC.

    • May 5, 2015 at 8:27 pm
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      Haha ! No chances for this happening. What about showing some respect to the creator of this universe ? There is bad things and goods things. Personally, i don’t have problems with Bobba’s origins. What did you do then ? It’s good as it is. My point of view is as rude as yours

  • May 5, 2015 at 5:42 am
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    We’ve been hearing the same stand alone rumors since they were announced with nothing concrete except rogue one. Considering the first movie was always speculated to be either about boba Fett or Han Solo I won’t count my chickens just yet..however I feel there’s so much more they could do than this. It could be good if done well.

  • May 5, 2015 at 5:45 am
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    I enjoy the theory/idea that clone Boba from AotC was actually killed by another person who assumes his identity. That would be cool.

    • May 5, 2015 at 7:52 am
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      And yet his voice in ESB sounds the same as his father’s, and the other clones derived from his father’s genotype.

      • May 5, 2015 at 4:14 pm
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        Simple fix. Use the theatrical OT films as canon. Disney could make that call if they wanted to.

        • May 5, 2015 at 7:46 pm
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          Obviously, they aren’t going to do that.

          • May 5, 2015 at 11:11 pm
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            Obviously? Why not? They already wiped clean the old EU. They could even erase the prequels if they so desired. At some point you do realize they’ll probably even reboot the whole franchise. Obviously indeed.

  • May 5, 2015 at 5:45 am
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    If it’s not post Jedi then ho hum.

    • May 5, 2015 at 5:53 am
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      Post Jedi with flashbacks of how he shot the cloned son of Jango Fett and assumed his identity.

      • May 5, 2015 at 1:52 pm
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        Goddamn you people are really obsessed with this dopey concept, aren’t you?

      • May 5, 2015 at 5:51 pm
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        I kind of like the idea of Boba Fett being a character similar to Dread Pirate Roberts from Princess Bride. The man behind the mask changes periodically throughout history, but the character is immortal.

  • May 5, 2015 at 6:04 am
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    This writing just sounds wrong: “the second anthology film, which is set in a separate movie universe that is not associated with Star Wars: The Force Awakens or upcoming Episodes VIII and IX”

    Any Star Wars film WILL be in the same universe, even though the era/time period of the anthology films and main trilogies may be decades (or even centuries) apart. Just poor understanding and writing from these amazing journalists at the Wrap.

    Also these Boba Fett film rumors are old-hat and stale. Clickbait for naive readers I guess, capitalizing on May the 4th hype.

    • May 5, 2015 at 6:42 am
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      I think all they mean by ‘separate universe’ is that it won’t tie in to the main saga.

    • May 5, 2015 at 8:21 am
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      I hope separate universe means R rating!

      • May 5, 2015 at 9:00 am
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        No way they ever go full-R with Star Wars, but you can get pretty dark and violent in PG-13 these days. With no nudity and all the curses being made-up words I can’t see it anything over PG-13 no matter how bloody/gritty it got. I do agree that a darker Star Wars could be really fun an different

      • May 5, 2015 at 4:19 pm
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        We don’t need an R rated Star Wars. I think ROTS gave directors permission to go PG-13 from time to time. Not that I want all future Star Wars movies to be PG-13. I suspect TFA to be PG to be honest. Rogue One could be PG-13 though. Still, no R.

  • May 5, 2015 at 6:04 am
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    Old republic please…..

    • May 5, 2015 at 4:20 pm
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      I’d love to see a Jedi/Sith War Anthology film. Could be incredible. Maybe someday.

      • May 5, 2015 at 7:54 pm
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        Just one film? I want to see three trilogies, dealing with the founding of the Republic, the discovery of the Force, the founding of the Jedi order, the Sith schism, the Sith wars, and the beginning of Darth Bane’s rule of two.

  • May 5, 2015 at 7:16 am
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    I am only interested in 7, 8 & 9. Unless they figure out a way to make them stand on their own and not clash with the main films. Can’t wrap my head around how they’re going to do that. They would have to make them not as good as the Sequel Trilogy but then that means there would be mediocre Star Wars films which I don’t want.

    • May 5, 2015 at 8:57 am
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      They wouldn’t really have to make them worse or mediocre to stand out so much as just make the stories very unique. Totally different feel but in the same world. To me the biggest thing is make the characters different. I don’t want to see much/any of the same main characters in the spinoffs. I am ambivalent to them the same way I felt when the clone wars film came out. If it’s great, neat- I have another good Star Wars movie, but it’s not a continuation of the saga so if it sucks, I just ignore it.

  • May 5, 2015 at 7:49 am
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    This sounds cool, but it’s kind of a no-win scenario for me as far as boba fetts origin. They only have a few options and none are good IMO…

    1.) they keep his clone origin, upsetting many fans and having large redundancy with AotC and clone wars.

    2.) they ignore fetts origin and self-contradict their own statements that all 6 movies are canon, creating a mess already in the fledgling Disney canon.

    3.) they work into canon that the “real” fett is dead, rendering all his clone wars arcs rather meaningless and creating a “mantle” for a character that in-universe wasn’t famous yet. we follow fake fett who is really just another bounty hunter. This would also mean they would have to AGAIN alter the dubbing in the OT since it was re-voiced in all modern versions by Jango fetts actor.

    • May 5, 2015 at 9:08 am
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      I take option 3. Anything to undo AotC’s origins for him. Plus I’d like to have the original voice back. Kind of a win win actually. Which means I wont get anything close 🙁

    • May 5, 2015 at 2:36 pm
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      Where is the mess???

      • May 5, 2015 at 7:59 pm
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        The mess would only be if they removed AotC from canon by contradicting it, calling into question all the canon events of that movie and the clone wars series based off of it. You can’t really ignore such a large element of the film.
        Also, somewhat related, it bothers me to think they would contradict/alter a film they CLEARLY said was canon simply because they didn’t like it… that sets a bad precedent.

  • May 5, 2015 at 8:18 am
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    I got the origin story for Boba Fett, its called Attack Of The Clone and The Clone Wars.

    • May 12, 2015 at 10:57 am
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      Agreed hahaha. Move on with boba fett!!

  • May 5, 2015 at 8:24 am
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    best boba candidate

  • May 5, 2015 at 9:24 am
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    I think the spinoffs should be on
    1 yoda
    2 obi wan Kenobi
    3 not boba fett

    • May 5, 2015 at 1:57 pm
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      YES!!!!

    • May 5, 2015 at 6:33 pm
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      Watching Yoda hop around with a lightsaber was the most ridiculous thing on screen since UHF.

  • May 5, 2015 at 9:40 am
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    Boba shouldn’t be a boy again, He should be portrayed
    by an adult actor like Edgar Ramirez. It will be much more difficult than Rouge One. Director should be more experienced than the one who produced a few low budget movies in the past.

  • May 5, 2015 at 10:26 am
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    I just hope they don’t stick with their idea of “Boba Fett is a mantle”. That just kinda cheapens him.

  • May 5, 2015 at 10:42 am
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    For a minor character Bobba Fett and the people that bum him up bore the pants off me never got Bobba never will!

  • May 5, 2015 at 10:45 am
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    Remember dash rendar from shadows of the empire. He should show up and fight boba get like in the game. That would make a cool spinoff. Sucks it’s not canon.

  • May 5, 2015 at 10:46 am
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    Josh Trank will be lucky if he can get a job directing traffic after this.

  • May 5, 2015 at 10:56 am
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    I’d like to see a movie about the Mos Eisley Cantina-Band directed by the Coen brothers.

  • May 5, 2015 at 11:08 am
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    I’m okay with this. Not interested anymore in anthology films, all set between 3-4 and that starts to be an overused period. I really want instead to see boba fett and cad bane unfinished episode.

  • May 5, 2015 at 12:46 pm
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    Maybe the usurper boba fett also userpt the voice we hear in empire strikes back, to fool people. Yes I would like to not see him remove his helmet. The storm troopers, fetts- all should remain anonymous to add to the unknown.

  • May 5, 2015 at 12:56 pm
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    Don’t do a Han solo film, leave him for games only, Ford put his mark on starwars with solo, it would be weird for anyone else yo play him in a film.

    • May 5, 2015 at 1:48 pm
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      exactly. same with Indiana Jones. theres no way to do a film with Ford’s character and someone else playing him

    • May 5, 2015 at 4:42 pm
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      The character is bigger than the actor who plays them. Otherwise we would only have one Hamlet or Macbeth ever.

      • May 5, 2015 at 4:57 pm
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        I agree that the character is bigger than the actor, but the case of macbeth etc is different than Solo. With Hamlet and such they are total reimaginings with entirely new cast, not in any way supposed to be in-continuity with each other. This is closer to when Edward Norton left they replaced him with Mark Ruffalo, or when Magneto got replaced to be his “younger self” in the X-men franchise. You can pull it off, but you REALLY need a home-run to replace such an iconic actor

      • May 5, 2015 at 6:32 pm
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        …and in 40-50 years they can recast Han Solo and Indiana Jones.

        Till then, Harrison is Han and Indy.

  • May 5, 2015 at 1:55 pm
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    The fun fact: even this becomes a Prequel-haters hive.
    I’m starting to be sick of it… it aapears that it’s going on for 16 years. 16! 16 years spent shouting for nothing.

    • May 5, 2015 at 8:37 pm
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      They’re horrible movies.. no amount of time will change that

  • May 5, 2015 at 2:33 pm
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    *Fistpump of joy*

  • May 5, 2015 at 3:17 pm
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    Not surprising. Disney needs to lay a strong foundation for atleast 50 years of Star Wars content to come. Obviously they start with stuff we already love. If these movies are succesful it opens doors for them to start with completely new and original stuff. It would be way riskier to start with Star Wars stuff thats completely new to us.

  • May 5, 2015 at 4:54 pm
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    As Bill Murray said: “STAR WARS!…nothing but STAR. wars, nothing but starwarsss, everyday.”

  • May 5, 2015 at 7:27 pm
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    The best way to do this would be to have two antagonists/protagonists, original Boba Fett being one, and the other a new character (Mandalorian?). The final fight ending without knowing which lives to don the Fett armor after the fight, and any future movies he never removes the helmet. Keeping the mystery and debate on who he really is alive.

  • May 5, 2015 at 7:30 pm
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    A Darth Maul standalone film would be nice.

  • May 5, 2015 at 8:14 pm
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    Boba lost most of his cool,I don’t mind if he pops up in a film along the way but I don’t think he deserves his own movie,not by a long shot.

  • May 5, 2015 at 8:20 pm
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    I think these films should be focused on events rather than on individuals.

  • May 5, 2015 at 10:55 pm
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    It could be a cool movie. I am just happy we will get a new SW movie every year. This is how it should have been from the start.

    George should have made a lot more movies or given them to other people to make.

  • May 5, 2015 at 11:28 pm
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    i’m hoping it will NOT be an origins story…i would be more interested to see what happens to Fett after getting out of the sarlacc in ROTJ…could be a cool teaser to see him emerging from the sarlacc after killing it somehow…

  • May 6, 2015 at 12:17 pm
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    They better have plenty of the other freak show bounty hunters from Empire. Some as enemies, some as rivals, allies, perhaps even a friend to Fett.

    I can’t imagine them missing the chance to feature a significant amount of IG-88 and Bossk. All of them are cool though.

  • May 6, 2015 at 7:52 pm
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    The only way to make this a bad-ass movie that it should be…

    It has to start with Boba climbing out of the sarlacc pit! Swearing to kill solo. Then we are telling a story of the Boba that we love, one that is already a bad-ass.

    In episode 7, it should be Boba that kills Han! Hauling his body to the sarlac!

  • May 6, 2015 at 8:49 pm
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    Just a weirdly written report. Definitely in the same universe but I think they just mean it takes place in a different time period than the upcoming trilogy and therefore wont really tie in.

  • May 24, 2015 at 9:04 pm
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    If Boba Fett does get a movie in 2018, I think that it should take place between episode 6 return of the jedi and episode 7 the force awakens.

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