Rumor: Boba Fett Movie May Possibly Resume Development.

It’s not exactly a secret that a Boba Fett movie was always on the cards for Lucasfilm, but given the departure of planned director Josh Trank and the fast-tracking of the Han Solo movie, it seemed like the movie was at risk of being cancelled altogether. Well, you can stop worrying about the fate of the project, because it seems as though it will still be made.

 

Omega Underground took notice of a certain addition to a list of film productions as observed by My Entertainment World. The addition of the Boba Fett movie to the list suggests that the project will be returning to early development in the near future. The premise reads as follows:

An origin story of the galaxy’s most notorious bounty hunter. Boba Fett is a Mandalorian warrior who was trained by his father-figure Jango Fett and became a notorious bounty hunter throughout the galaxy.

Filming is slated to occur at Pinewood Studios in London at an unspecified date. The premise given is not an official one from Lucasfilm, but it does suggest that the movie is still looking into that tried and true “origin story” angle. Technically, we already know what Boba Fett’s origin story is through Attack Of The Clones and The Clone Wars – the latter of which actually explained that he wasn’t actually Mandalorian – but the emphasis seems more to be about how Boba Fett gained his reputation as the best bounty hunter in the Galaxy.

 

Perhaps the movie could be a reworking of the story that was planned for 1313, which featured elements of The Clone Wars. If so, then Lucasfilm may have always treated that story as being canon in spite of the looming canon wipe that rendered most of the old EU obsolete. Depending on when this fits into the timeline, it may also be possible that we could see a degree of crossover of the cast of the Han Solo movie. Take this with a grain of salt, but we’ll still keep looking into this project for more details – even if it’s still 3.5-4 years away. Hopefully, we’ll learn more after the apparent Star Wars Anthology summit that’s being held early next month.

 

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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.

Grant Davis (Pomojema)

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.

124 thoughts on “Rumor: Boba Fett Movie May Possibly Resume Development.

  • December 25, 2016 at 6:04 am
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    Merry Christmas!

    – Pomojema

    • December 25, 2016 at 6:31 pm
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      Exactly. Right now Disney has my faith. One more good movie and they’ll have built up enough faith for me to forgive a bad one! 😛

      • December 25, 2016 at 7:46 pm
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        Haha, they’ll have built up extra faith points, so if they make one bad one. You can just shrug it off, since the faith points make up for it.

    • December 27, 2016 at 2:41 am
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      *couldn’t care less*

      Yes, I’m that guy.

  • December 25, 2016 at 6:35 am
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    Please no. Please no Boba Fett movie. What are they doing… Can we not have an Old Republic movie or a spinoff in the Sequel Trilogy, or something Original.

    Yes, i believe Rogue One is the second best Star Wars movie ever made, but those were brand new characters.. The Han Solo movie has alot of talent behind it, but I still feel like we dont have to go BACK, we dont have to recast.. Move OUT of the era we’re getting bashed over the head with already. The Force Awakens is the only sequel to the Original Trilogy that started in 1977. C’mon.. I love Star Wars, but lets get fresh, new story in a new era, or at the very least, between RotJ and TFA

    • December 25, 2016 at 8:51 am
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      An Old Republic movie won’t happen until after BioWare is done making content for their MMORPG… Which doesn’t seem to be wrapping up anytime soon.

      The premise itself is not officially written by Lucasfilm, so the movie very well could be between ROTJ and TFA if they choose to take that route.

      – Pomojema

      • December 25, 2016 at 9:19 am
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        Oh, If its not an Origin story and instead a story about Fett surviving, I could dig that haha. Im hoping they do. That would be a sweet story to tell in the post ROTJ pre TFA era

        • December 27, 2016 at 2:53 am
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          There you go. Agreed. We don’t need an origin story. We already got that with Attack of the Clones. But I’m sure a story about Fett that takes place during the prime years of his bounty hunting career could be quite interesting.

      • December 26, 2016 at 2:23 am
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        EA’s Old Republic isn’t canon.

        • December 26, 2016 at 5:52 am
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          I know it’s not, and that’s all the more reason as to why I think they’ll avoid putting a large emphasis on that era for a while. They’ll elaborate a bit on a few key eras by means of using them as exposition for “present-day” works (IE: Malachor’s backstory as explained on Rebels), but they won’t dedicate a huge focus on it at the risk of taking something that could be used in The Old Republic and throwing it away.

          – Pomojema

          • December 26, 2016 at 7:29 am
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            TOR is pretty much toast, and the current story line is bizarre (fun) but bizarre even for Old Republic standards. I don’t know that they would use anything from the game property in a film, or vice versa.

          • December 26, 2016 at 9:39 am
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            Right, but what I’m saying is that if they come up with new content for the prehistory of Star Wars, it will be for that non-canon game as opposed to a canon movie/comic/book/show. Right now, there’s no real incentive for Lucasfilm to invest in ht era.

            – Pomojema

          • December 26, 2016 at 4:47 pm
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            Gotcha.

    • December 25, 2016 at 6:49 pm
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      I’d watch a VI – VII film but it would probably be pretty dull since TFA pretty much implied that the New Republic was scratching their ass for 30 years and allowing The First Order to flourish so no major conflicts. Also doesn’t help that the ST isn’t over yet and they can’t reveal too much.

      • December 26, 2016 at 4:48 pm
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        a movie explaining why the resistance separate from the republic might be ok. With the republic on the brink of wiping out the empire remnants, maybe they are deceived into a peace with the newly established first order which is perhaps why the resistance operate on their own, what with the likes of Akbar having sensed a trap but the warning going unheeded.

        • January 12, 2017 at 11:21 am
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          I like the idea of a political spinoff film but I don’t think they have the balls to do it after the entire PT attempted it.

    • December 27, 2016 at 2:51 am
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      I’m not totally sold on a Boba Fett movie, but an Old Republic movie isn’t the answer. We had 15+ years of Prequel-era and earlier material in the form of films, novels, comic books, and video games. We need a break from that time period. I don’t know. I don’t think that using Boba Fett precludes any chance of originality. We really don’t know much of anything he did during the OT era so the time period is fertile ground for good stories.

      • December 29, 2016 at 12:31 pm
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        Old republic is not really a prequel. It’s so far in the past that it is completely unconnected to what we know that they can do anything they want. My guess is we either get an obi-wan trilogy between ep 9 and 10 or a old republic trilogy. And with the possibility of massive Jedi vs sith battles, Disney has to be tempted. It’s an easy sell to the public. Though so is obi-wan.

        • December 30, 2016 at 5:26 pm
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          I don’t understand people’s desire for an Obi-Wan movie (or trilogy). We already got one: the Prequels. His story has been told. Obi-Wan spent the 20 years between trilogies laying low and watching over Luke; not galavanting around the galaxy on another slew of adventures.

          If I rolled Old Republic stuff into the very general Prequel era, it’s because that stuff tended to surface during the last 15 or so years when most of the storytelling material took place during the actual Prequel years. To many folks, it’s sort of part of the same larger package. I don’t know. I can see where the Old Republic era would be tempting, but all that Jedi vs. Sith army stuff just sounds to me like video game material.

  • December 25, 2016 at 8:23 am
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    Premise sucks. (And is redundant.)

  • December 25, 2016 at 8:23 am
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    Not my first choice for spin-offs but whatever. Though if they go with that rumored idea of killing off young boba to replace him and have another character take on the ‘mantle’ of fett I will be seriously mad. I know boba’s AotC backstory was unpopular but considering lucas overdubed boba’s lines in ESB & RotJ then that would be a desperate retcon on top of a retcon. Why not make a Force Awakens era movie of a Boba Fett post his escape from the sarlac (assuming that aftermath’s armor cameo indeed means he survived). IMO that would be much more interesting then filling in the backstory of a side-character who we already know most of his origin!

    • December 25, 2016 at 8:49 am
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      I think that Pablo Hidalgo has strongly implied that the whole passive-aggressive “kill and replace” approach to the situation is not what they plan on doing at all with Lucasfilm. They’re being respectful of George Lucas’s vision.

      – Pomojema

      • December 25, 2016 at 6:43 pm
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        I don’t think TFA was respectful but R1 was. They might be taking a different approach with the spinoffs but I’ll wait till VIII to see.

      • December 29, 2016 at 12:25 pm
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        Thank god. If people don’t like his backstory, fine, but that is just a stupid solution. Frankly, I don’t see how his backstory in AotC makes him less interesting.

        • December 30, 2016 at 10:06 am
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          I think it’s that people don’t like the idea of him being a clone, period, and that it somehow diminishes his character. I didn’t mind it, considering that I basically thought of Jango Fett’s battles in AOTC as the big set pieces that Boba Fett never got in the OT. Given that he is a clone, they basically have the same sort of skill set anyway, so it was obvious to me that Jango Fett was more or less a stand-in for Boba Fett in the PT era, which is honestly fine by me.

          – Pomojema

  • December 25, 2016 at 8:43 am
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    Such an overrated character. I would rather see a Vizsla movie if there is to be an armored Mando.

    • December 25, 2016 at 8:58 am
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      Here’s the thing – most audiences have no idea who Pre Vizsla is. More, but not as many as you would think, know who Boba Fett is. Recognition plays a big part in deciding which characters get spin-offs, and I think the reason that they started with Rogue One first is because it was tied to a crucial event in the original movie.

      There has been very little seen of Fett since the canon reboot (which is surprising, given the frequency at which he appeared in the old EU), and I think that there’s a story to tell there if they wish to pursue it. With Vizsla, you basically are locked into fitting him into a “He attempted a coup of his planet’s government, succeeded, was overthrown, and then died. The end.” narrative, and we’ve seen all of that on The Clone Wars. The possibilities seem to be open for Fett but are closed for Vizsla.

      – Pomojema

      • December 25, 2016 at 5:19 pm
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        Vizla is a clan and you can expand way past Pre and show his descendants at war with rival factions like post Return of the Jedi timeline. Boba Fett is a way more closed door in my opinion because no matter how badass and action hero you make him you will always remember his utter embarrassment in Jedi.

        • December 25, 2016 at 6:29 pm
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          I don’t understand why in the midst of frantic combat a blind man accidently hitting a volatile part on a jetpack is so bad? I mean that’s Star Wars. A bit of humor/luck for our plucky heroes…

          Hell with the Force now being such a background fabric to everything… possibly even making blaster bolts night find their mark. Maybe Han had “help.” It was their destiny!

          I never held it against Fett.

          • December 25, 2016 at 7:20 pm
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            I do not either but my point is there are a multitude of better stories to tell other than the dude that got embarrassed by blind Han Solo.

  • December 25, 2016 at 8:45 am
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    Obi Wan standalone > Boba Fett standalone

    • December 25, 2016 at 8:47 am
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      And I’m sure it will still come. It’s not like Lucasfilm is saying “Okay, so we have to make either a Boba Fett movie or an Obi-Wan movie, and we can only choose one!” here. They have one of the most lucrative franchises in history here, and it has substantial enough lore that there’s more than enough room for everyone to get a movie eventually.

      – Pomojema

      • December 25, 2016 at 9:57 am
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        I’m just saying I would rather have Obi Wan in 2020. I also think they should alternate the standalone films when it comes to single character movies. We got Rogue One first, then Han Solo, so the 3rd standalone should be another RO style, multiple character story. Then bring along the next single character focused movie in 2021-2022.

    • December 25, 2016 at 9:21 am
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      Yeah, IMO Obi standalone movie is coming for sure, infact its the only character focused standalone movie that has been requested by fans, even more so than Solo and Fett Standalones. They are well aware, and Im sure we are getting. I dont lose hope because the older Ewan gets, the more fitting it is to the Obi Wan we know at that time, so time is most certainly on our side

      • December 25, 2016 at 3:54 pm
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        I know you’re touching yourself and fantasizing that Kathleen and Co. actually give a shit about what fans think or want but Rogue One and Han Solo will put to death *at last* the primacy of the fanboy input.

        The money the standalone make will embolden them to stop listening to your masturbatory drivel and tell stories that are the exact opposite of the garbage you say yu want

        Boy Fett an simply exist in more movies for much longer because he’d be a boy douche. Adult Fett isn’t going to capture the kids and Lucasfilm needs toys

        Stop being dumb

        • December 25, 2016 at 6:32 pm
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          Bit harsh eh?

        • December 25, 2016 at 8:19 pm
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          Having a bad day? Sheesh.

        • December 26, 2016 at 1:53 am
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          Speaking of boy douche. I think you may be his name sake.

        • December 26, 2016 at 5:46 am
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          If Lucasfilm only wanted to capture the kids for toy sales, then they did a bad job of that with Rogue One, which was intentionally geared towards an older audience. Just because toy sales lead Lucasfilm’s revenue doesn’t mean that they abandon their other sources of income, which includes continued interest and support from the parents, who are also being blown away by the films and spending money on the merchandise.

          The fanboy input towards Star Wars is also not always prime in terms of consideration regarding what happens with their films. They seem to know how to listen to fan input and yet still tell their own original stories, all of which lead to increased revenue from multiple sources.

        • December 27, 2016 at 2:26 am
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          Flagged.

        • December 27, 2016 at 2:47 am
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          So…you type something like this and then ask someone to stop being dumb? I don’t agree with Longstar, but your response is silly and juvenile. Converse like a grown-up.

      • December 27, 2016 at 2:46 am
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        “…infact its the only character focused standalone movie that has been requested by fans…”

        That’s simply not true. Where in the world are you coming up with this?

  • December 25, 2016 at 9:12 am
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    Boba Fett was interesting in the OT because he was mysterious. The prequels created a backstory that made him dull as dirt. He has very little bearing on the outcome of the over-all saga arc, so I just can’t see how a Boba Fett movie could possibly expand or enhance the mythos we know and love.

    Honestly zero interest in a Boba Fett film. And this is coming from someone who has looked forward to and adored every Star Wars film ever made (except AOTC, which, not coincidentally had BFs backstory).

    Obi Wan story, please. Save Boba Fett for when the well has run dry and no one cares anymore.

    • December 25, 2016 at 9:38 am
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      not every movie has to “expand the mythos”. some can just be fun, kickass adventures.

    • December 25, 2016 at 12:17 pm
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      Agreed.

    • December 26, 2016 at 1:54 am
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      I disagree. He was mysterious, sort of, it may have added his to his mystique.

      But it was that he looked so damn bad ass that he got the attention he did. Was the armor, not his motives.

    • December 26, 2016 at 1:52 am
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      I don’t even want another dirty dozen movie, I’d prefer it just be about him. Rogue One’s weakness is how little time they had to flesh out such a large cast. I get why, the movie is really about stealing the Death Star plans, not these dutiful heroes who are now ****SPOILER**** dead.

      • December 26, 2016 at 3:33 am
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        i agree in the case of rogue one, but in regards to bounty hunters i don’t think we need to know a lot about bossk or cad bane or IG-88. lets just see them do their thing.

  • December 25, 2016 at 9:38 am
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    There’s talk of multiple Han Solo films – Could the Boba Fett film actually be Han Solo II? It makes sense that the two characters have ‘history’ It could ‘redefine’ ESB by filling out backstory the same way as Rogue One ‘redefined’ ANH

    • December 25, 2016 at 6:40 pm
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      It would also make sense if Alden signed for multiple films. I’d prefer he have a cameo in this though kind of like Batfleck in Suicide Squad which I see this as analogous too only hopefully better made.

  • December 25, 2016 at 9:52 am
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    Please let this rumor be wrong. I agree with the people below: an Obi Wan Kenobi film is what Disney should be making!

    • December 25, 2016 at 6:17 pm
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      Plenty of time for both.

  • December 25, 2016 at 10:29 am
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    I would of thought having Boba Fett against Solo in his movie would make more sense, they’ve background already and Fett is a gun for hire for whoever is the main antagonist.

    He’s the kind of character that could make a cameo in a few other films, keeping that coolness about him. Really don’t think a film based on him alone is required.

    • December 27, 2016 at 2:58 am
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      That’s sort of the angle that I take. He would be a great antagonist for Solo and a way to scratch both those itches with one film.

  • December 25, 2016 at 1:54 pm
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    Not that I’m warm to the idea of a Boba Fett movie, but for the people advocating for an Obi Wan film, what the heck is that movie actually about? What is Obi Wan going to do on Tatooine that will make for an exciting and engaging movie? The Obi Wan comic has him battling Jabba’s thugs for water collection. Riveting.

    • December 25, 2016 at 2:32 pm
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      Count me in as someone else who doesn’t see the attraction in an Obi-Wan film. If there has to be new “Star Wars stories”, they should take Star Wars in new directions, with new characters and storylines. A movie about bounty hunters would be preferable to another movie about a guy who already appears in six Star Wars movies, during a period when he is hiding in a desert.

    • December 25, 2016 at 3:27 pm
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      Where’s your imagination? Obi Wan could literally do anything. We don’t know definitively that he never left Tatooine or that his last encounter with Vader was on Mustafar. We just got an amazing movie based on a sentence in the crawl from A New Hope. I’m confident they can find something interesting for one of Star Wars’ greatest characters to do for two hours. I want those new characters and storylines as well but Disney has only made two movies. They’re still in the process of rebuilding the franchise. Marvel couldn’t make Gaurdians of the Galaxy until they built up the brand enough to take a risk on it. Same rule applies here to a lesser degree.

      • December 25, 2016 at 4:56 pm
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        No, he can’t do anything, 1. He’s in hiding. 2. He’s keeping watch over Luke from the constant threat of Vader locating him. He’s not galavanting around the galaxy going on crazy adventures. He enters a period of relative solitude and becomes a hermit. The Empire assumes he’s dead. Which makes his re-emergence 20 years later a significant and meaningful event.

        • December 25, 2016 at 7:30 pm
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          Thankfully, creative people write screenplays. Vader actually doesn’t know that Luke was born. Being in hiding doesn’t mean he’s under self imposed house arrest. Watching over Luke doesn’t mean that Obi Wan is creeping behind every rock with eyes on him 24-7. The Lars are the trusted guardians of Luke. Obi Wan can have a side mission even if it conflicts with the narrative you’ve created in your head.

          • December 25, 2016 at 10:59 pm
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            Glad Crixxx isn’t a writer for Lucasfilm/Disney…. he’d come up with a very boring Obi-Wan story. hehe 😉

            Doesn’t take much imagination to come up with something amazing for Obi-Wan.

        • December 26, 2016 at 1:49 am
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          Luckily for us, you aren’t the Lord of Star Wars, so if Lucasfilm decides he can do something during his exile, he can do something.

    • December 25, 2016 at 6:39 pm
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      I honestly think people just want to see Ewan play him again.

    • December 25, 2016 at 11:04 pm
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      Re: “What is Obi Wan going to do on Tatooine that will make for an exciting and engaging movie?”
      1) Who says he stayed 100% on Tatooine & that something didn’t drag him away? (and/or other characters involved in film are off planet)
      2) Never seen a Clint Eastwood / other western or even Japanese samurai movie….with the “reluctant ex warrior” who winds up using his *special abilities* again?

      Of course this could be tied into his primary *goal* of protecting Luke / hiding his identity. Or even somewhat related to rise of Rebellion. In R1 we heard reminder that Bail knows about Ben. Somehow be reminded of why getting to “General Kenobi” would be best course for his daughter those years later?
      Anyhow… anyone saying – “there’s no Obi-Wan story that’s interesting” must not be exercising much of an imagination.

      • December 26, 2016 at 5:04 am
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        plus lucasfilm might have some new obi-wan canon(Rey?) for the ST that will need to addressed in the past

    • December 29, 2016 at 12:19 pm
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      They could use it to bridge some of the differences between the prequels and OT. Have him dive into the mystism of the force, and realize the Jedi had become to austier and science based, arrogant in their high tower. So when he teaches Luke he embraces a more worldly and compassionate approach. For instance the midiclorians. The Jedi reduced the force to a count of an organism which lead them to not seeing anakin for what he was. Or the Jedi had become blind to the Sith for the same reason, having lost touch with the more mystically aspect. That their code of celibacy drove them to become distant and unfeeling to others and the world around them that again let the sith stand right under their noses.

  • December 25, 2016 at 2:54 pm
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    If they rework elements and possible the setting from 1313, I might down.

  • December 25, 2016 at 4:11 pm
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    Oh ffs who wants to know about his origin, they did that in the prequels and it was fkn awful. We don’t need to know, it’d be like doing an origin movie for Eastwood’s the man with no name, it’ll just ruin the character.

  • December 25, 2016 at 4:19 pm
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    No thanks.

    • December 25, 2016 at 4:47 pm
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      Would rather see a Captain Rex, or Obi-Wan standalone tbh.

      • December 25, 2016 at 6:25 pm
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        Just different tastes… I find Rex about as interesting as dirt. I’m not against Obi-Wan. I admit Fett isn’t what he once was… but that’s just it. I want to see him restored to his former glory.

        BTW when I say Rex doesn’t interest me doesn’t mean I wouldn’t be willing to see his movie flesh him out. I’m pretty damn open to anything!

        • December 26, 2016 at 1:30 am
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          He isn’t what he once was because we say his 8 year old self cackling like a demented Japanese school girl.

          They could fix it. You put a dude in that armor and give us some good action sequences, people would rejoice.

          There were many a folk who did not believe that VII could renew hope in the franchise, yet it did.

      • December 25, 2016 at 6:51 pm
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        Considering how well The Clone Wars did at the box office and how they are moving away from the PT era, Not very likely.

      • December 26, 2016 at 5:17 am
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        None of this has to be one-or-the-other, either. All of these movies could be made, in time. I think that both Rex and Obi-Wan are also interesting characters, but the mystique around Boba Fett can definitely help make for a good story, too. Which of these movies would come first is not that important to me, as long as the stories are told well.

        The only difficulty I see for Disney/Lucasfilm is in the Han Solo movie. Han just died in Ep. 7, and now they’re also going to replace his role with a new actor within the space of just a couple of years? I get it that things move on, but I still don’t envy that particular task.

    • December 25, 2016 at 6:12 pm
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      The idea is to reestablish his charm. Everyone knows he took a hit but the burning love for him still simmers. Even I’ve got to admit despite the damage of the PT I still want Fett to be awesome. I think it’s possible.

      • December 25, 2016 at 6:17 pm
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        I don’t think he’s strong enough to carry his own film.Anyway,we’ll see.

        • December 25, 2016 at 6:20 pm
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          I think people expect to much depth. I mean the obvious comparison would be The Man with No Name style of storytelling. Where it’s just Fett getting wrapped up in local problems. Doesn’t really pick a side other than his own… could also introduce other characters to the galaxy through this style. Fett gets stuck working with someone or thing.

          Not everything has to be an epic that intertwines.

      • December 29, 2016 at 12:11 pm
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        Not everyone thinks he took a hit. He is just as badass as before. I can not understand how him being a clone makes him less cool or interesting. if LF does what is rumored, which it is a different person is under the suit, that is stupid because now the character does not mean anything. Suddenly the suit is more important than the person underneath it. Like rogue one, embrace the story completely and come up with a compelling story, that actually improves the other stories.

        • December 29, 2016 at 12:34 pm
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          I don’t really want to reset the character either just because it seems to desperate. I’d rather repair the one we have. I could list the reasons why the Clone Wars damaged Fett but who cares? It’s not going to change it. It’s cannon and we’ve got to deal with it. I think he’s salvageable.

    • December 25, 2016 at 6:46 pm
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      He’s no longer a Mandolorian according to TCW which is canon.

      • December 25, 2016 at 7:45 pm
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        You know what I mean.

  • December 25, 2016 at 5:25 pm
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    I don’t want a Boba Fett movie, I want new characters!

  • December 25, 2016 at 6:15 pm
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    If it’s as “grounded” and gritty as Rogue One… it could be quite awesome. I don’t think we need all that much of an Origin story as a stand alone badassery story 😛

    It’ll finally shut up the haters (well they’ll be less vocal) and please the long time fans. Man hard to believe not that long ago I’d have been far more wary of anything. Now with Disney I’ve got a lot more hope than I once did. If they ever slip up it’s going to hurt that much more now lol.

    Still skeptical of a young Han Solo…

  • December 25, 2016 at 6:37 pm
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    Bring on the hate but I still think this is a better idea than the Han Solo solo film, Maybe not by much but this is a character we still don’t know much about considering his old backstory has been wiped out. Also how he pretty much vanishes after II and we never see him again till IV in a cameo role with no explanation of how he got to be who he is. I also think a film about bounty hunters has tons of potential as well as having an anti-hero star. I hope they retain the idea of him from the old EU of being less of a hired thug and more of someone who walks the gray line.

    • December 25, 2016 at 6:53 pm
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      They could even throw in IG-88, Dengar, Bossk, 4-LOM, and Zuckuss. Long as they treat them better than they did TCW. Maybe even throw in the original Bousch and show how he/she died or even explain what happened to Cad Bane and Aurra Sing.

  • December 25, 2016 at 7:17 pm
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    I am not excited for a young Han Solor or Boba Fett movie but what would be truly creative would be to have one crossover scene in both movies where you see the events from the respective main character’s point of view and give it an entirely different ‘read’.

  • December 25, 2016 at 7:35 pm
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    Just…please…not Daniel Logan.

  • December 25, 2016 at 8:16 pm
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    The only way to make it attractive to both old fans and new alike, like Rogue One would be to have the movie start with him escaping the Sarlacc and go on from there. That way fans of the Prequels can enjoy his @#%$ backstory and older fans like me who despise the prequels can just ignore it like it never happened.

    He originally was conceived of as an old relic of the Republic. One of their old commandos who (most likely) was part cyborg to still be so spry in the OT era. but given the shenanigans of the PT he’s in his 30s in the OT. Since not much has been revealed of the timeline between RotJ and TFA it would be a perfect setting to have a new, original story we may actually WANT to see. I would prefer a movie where we see things from his perspective, with him not saying much as everything goes on around him.

    A mostly silent 1st act- where he picks through the barge’s remains for equipment and repairs his jet pack. Goes back to Jabba’s Palace and gets Slave 1.

    Act 2- Hears of the Emperor’s death and we see the celebration at Mos Eisley from his perspective.

    Act 3- Maybe him hooking up with or going up against some other Bounty Hunters. Picks up a job at Maz Kantata’s castle? Would be a nice tie-in if he is hired by the adherents, the Acolytes of the Beyond from Aftermath (or perhaps is hired to find out information about them?).

    I’d like to see ord Mantell. Maybe hunting a target needed for information there, or on Correllia. If they include IG-88 I hope he is as badass as K2 was.

    I have no faith they will do anything as interesting as any of this though. I would love to be wrong.

    • December 25, 2016 at 10:51 pm
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      Re: “fans of the Prequels can enjoy his @#%$ backstory and older fans like me who despise the prequels
      What about the older fans who don’t despise the sequels?

      • December 27, 2016 at 2:07 am
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        We don’t discuss those 3 people. JK

        • December 27, 2016 at 7:50 am
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          The rest can go post in the “Carrie Fisher in ICU” forum about how the prequels destroyed their childhood.

    • December 27, 2016 at 1:46 am
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      “If they include IG-88 I hope he is as badass as K2 was.”

      Wasn’t he shown scrapped in the same junk room Chewie found 3PO in on Cloud City? So a post RoTJ Fett movie couldn’t use him.

      https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/51ae2395e58f238f7258170effbfee192cb082552d8f87047ee573ba9951cf19.jpg

      As much as some fans don’t feel a Han Solo film is necessary, part of a Fett film set in the same time frame could utilise some of the new cast, and create the same linked feel that Marvel has achieved.

      • December 27, 2016 at 4:57 am
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        That was never meant to be inferred to be IG-88 although they probably used the same prop. it’s a different color then IG-88. They used a lot of the same droid props in background shots in the OT

  • December 25, 2016 at 9:18 pm
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    Siege of Mandalore or old republic movie please..thank you.

    • December 27, 2016 at 2:05 am
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      You read my mind. A SoM movie starring Ahsoka and an Old Republic trilogy are the two Anthology projects that I most want to see Lucasfilm do.

  • December 25, 2016 at 9:33 pm
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    Absolutely ZERO interest in a Boba Fett movie and I LOVE star wars OB1 trilogy please. Thanks.

    • December 25, 2016 at 10:54 pm
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      I’d much rather an Obi-Wan movie instead.

      I suppose Obi-Wan could be involved it this was set before Ep4, as the bounty hunter has some ties to Jabba (on Tatooine).
      Perhaps that could get “Ben” off the sand planet for some last big adventure.
      As well it could pit him against the “son” of the bounty hunter who matched him in battle pre clone wars?

    • December 26, 2016 at 3:29 am
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      hell yeah, he was great as deathstroke too.

  • December 25, 2016 at 11:40 pm
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    Everyone is talking about how they want an Obi Wan movie over a Fett movie, and I agree until I read this line here in the article, “how Boba Fett gained his reputation as the best bounty hunter in the Galaxy”

    I remember SO many people, myself included were disappointed because they hyped up Phasma and then she did didily squat in the movie. We never saw Boba do anything either. Why is he so special? He shot at luke a few times, chased han in his ship, and then died to a blind man. I’d be perfectly fine giving this character a movie so we can see the underworld where he grew up. See how he had to rise through the ranks and other bounty hunters start to fear his name.

    • December 26, 2016 at 1:42 am
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      He didn’t die, though. He just got KO’d and later made it out.

      – Pomojema

      • December 26, 2016 at 3:35 am
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        wait so fett survived the sarlacc pit in the new canon, too ?

        • December 26, 2016 at 5:54 am
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          Yup. Fett’s survival just hasn’t shown up in a canonical work yet (aside from the Aftermath series, which showed someone buying his stomach acid-drenched armor from some Jawas and using it).

          – Pomojema

    • December 26, 2016 at 3:52 pm
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      I think the difference between Fett and Phasma is the Fett became a fan favourite without really being pushed that much. The media, through Lucasfilm maybe, was pushing the character of Phasma as the new Fett.

      • December 27, 2016 at 2:57 am
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        Yeah, Fett’s growth as a fan favorite character was an organic development. Lucasfilm most certainly responded to the growth in interest in Fett, but they weren’t necessarily the driving force behind it. Aside from the Boba Fett mail-away action figure promotion and his Holiday Special appearance, Lucasfilm didn’t pay much special attention to the character during the OT run. That came later after several years of Fett patches, home made t-shirts, and other fan-generated Fett stuff that started circulating during the “dark years” between ROTJ and the release of the Special Editions. The buzz of Fett as a cult character predated the industry’s recognition of his popularity.

  • December 26, 2016 at 12:27 am
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    there will be SW movies until the whiners star to whine …mmm.mmmm…too much SW, oh no, one more SW

  • December 26, 2016 at 4:54 am
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    Love the idea of a Boba Fett movie, of course. I think that with the tone and originality that was achieved on Rogue One, Lucasfilm can certainly come up with an interesting story about Boba Fett, and who knows how that might further enrich the whole saga. Sounds fantastic to me.

  • December 26, 2016 at 5:42 am
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    Why are they doing a movie on a Green Clonetrooper? I want to see a movie where 1000 Sith fight 1000 Jedi.

    • December 26, 2016 at 6:44 pm
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      Yes, hell yes 😀

  • December 26, 2016 at 5:07 pm
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    Oh god please no. A movie on the imperial mouse droid would be far more interesting.

  • December 26, 2016 at 6:33 pm
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    I’m down for a Fett movie if done well. Love the bounty hunters. I can picture an old west vibe of a bounty on the run with Fett and others chasing him/her. But lets make Fett a Dread Pirate Roberts type…get rid of that f’n clone $h!t.

    But then again I can also get behind an Obi-Wan movie…Ewan is one of the few things in the prequels that I enjoyed.

  • December 26, 2016 at 6:46 pm
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    Please stop playing it safe and create some new characters, c’mon Lucasfilm, you’re better than this!
    Having said that I will no doubt pay to see this film and thus invalidate my argument. I apparently am not better than this.

    • December 26, 2016 at 7:56 pm
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      The whole phrase “playing it safe” is nearly meaningless when it comes to talking about Star Wars. No matter what comes out of Lucasfilm, someone’s going to accuse them of that. So far, I see absolutely no evidence of Lucasfilm having done any such thing.

      • December 26, 2016 at 9:09 pm
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        I agree – if anything the new Han Solo film is a huge risk.

      • December 27, 2016 at 11:51 am
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        Without wishing to fire up the militant TFA defence league, last years effort was definitely playing it safe!

        That’s not to say it wasn’t an enjoyable film, it’s just that it relied on familiar archetypes and families circumstances in the way that sequels are traditionally made.

        By comparison, fan favourite The Empire Strikes Back took the existing characters and placed them in new situations in a story far removed from the existing film, it took risks and is idolised because of that.

        Back in 1977 when planning a sequel it would have been much easier to have essentially remade the same film, a new bigger superweapon, a much bigger space battle and triumphant heroes – This was/is usually how Hollywood do these things.

        Remember, last year Disney had an obligation to it’s shareholders to recoup it’s costs. TFA had to be a success which is why they played so heavily on the nostalgia factor.

  • December 26, 2016 at 7:57 pm
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    Beats an Obi-Wan movie by a long shot.

  • December 26, 2016 at 8:31 pm
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    The Outlaw General Kenobi. Imagine the Outlaw Josey Wales set on Tatooine. It’s not that difficult to see that type of film working.

  • December 26, 2016 at 11:21 pm
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    I don´t understand Disney. If they have one person to look over the internet, they would know that 80 % of fans doesn´t want Solo/Fett movies, but Obi-Wan or just anything else – just new……yet they don´t give a…

  • December 27, 2016 at 1:04 am
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    Come on SWNN – you know better than to trust this. Firstly, the MPW post was added on Christmas Eve. Dead giveaway. Everyone at LF would be visiting family for the holidays. Secondly, y’all know better than most that LF have publicly stated that they have no set plans beyond Episode IX and Han Solo and will be hosting a meeting of all the key creatives and executives early in 2017 to discuss what the best path forward will be regarding future films, once they have enough sales data from R1 to compare with TFA and make some decisions re: ‘Star Wars Stories’ vs saga films.

    The article that sparked all this is full of wishful thinking, conjecture, and rather large leaps. A lot of the purported pieces of evidence are illogical and inconsistent with what LF have been doing elsewhere. It could well be that LF do choose to move forward with a Boba Fett film (it makes sense – they’ve already done some work on the project so they don’t need to start from scratch) – but SWNN is usually above re-posting this kinda shoddy work. We’ll hear something official later in January or at Celebration Orlando.

    • December 27, 2016 at 11:30 am
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      Agreed, this screams fake!

  • December 27, 2016 at 7:44 pm
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    For an Ahsoka movie? Low. or an Old Republic movie? High, just not very soon. I would expect an announcement within the next few years.

    • December 27, 2016 at 8:13 pm
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      Dude I hope so..an old republic movie would be amazing

    • December 27, 2016 at 8:13 pm
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      Dude I hope so..an old republic movie would be amazing

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