MysterioMaximus

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Why Boba Fett?

Many people ask “Why Boba Fett?” when I reveal my favorite Star Wars character. I've got an unnatural Boba Fettish, as I put it. Granted I’ll be the first to admit that he was conceptually a glorified extra with only one plot-point: Take freeze-pop Solo from point A to B. It’s in the mystery that he intrigued world attention. Ole’ bucket head’s always been visually a little boys dream (cool armor inevitably spawns fascination) but what elevated him to icon status was his obscurity. Luke Skywalker had a thorough every-man background. Han Solo’s space-pirate personality was notorious. Darth Vader’s history was explained, albeit delivering a few revelations along the way. Boba Fett was something else entirely. Before Attack of the Clones unfortunately decided to deliver the coup de grâce to that said ambiguity…he was instantaneously empathetic. He had no major affiliate, merely out for his own wellbeing. He was faceless but identifiable, connecting any and all minorities and races. His appeal encompassed a larger demographic. Children of any ethnicity and gender could be the meticulous Mandalorian man-hunter. After all, at the time, for all we really knew, he…was actually she. Fett granted free-reign with his largely unexplained back-story. I could envision anything I so liked while playing in the sandbox. My imagination was endless, hardly anchored whatsoever to the films continuity. What more could an artistically budding 80‘s child ask for? Here’s Boba Fett. Here’s your empty canvass. Welcome to a galaxy far far away.


 
 
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