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A Star Wars Boba Fett Movie Is In the Works (variety.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the whether-you-like-it-or-not dept.

"Logan" director James Mangold is reportedly directing a "Star Wars" standalone movie centered on the bounty hunter Boba Fett. Variety reports: The untitled movie will be a part of the studio's Star Wars Anthology films, which are being spun off as origin stories. The first anthology film was 2016's "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story," followed by "Solo: A Star Wars Story," starring Alden Ehrenreich as a young Han Solo. "Solo" began opening in previews on Thursday night in North America, with forecasts of an debut weekend of $130 million to $150 million. Boba Fett debuted in 1980's "Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back" and re-appeared in 1983's "Star Wars: Return of the Jedi" as a mercenary for the Galactic Empire. Jeremy Bulloch played the character in the two movies and Jason Wingreen provided Fett's voice. Here's a video highlighting all the scenes starring Boba Fett in the Star Wars trilogy. Do you think it's wise to produce a movie around a character who's had such few scenes, relative to the others?

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  1. Spoilers by alzoron · · Score: 5, Funny

    He's a clone.

    1. Re:Spoilers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      He's a clone.

      Just like everything else in Star Wars nowadays...

  2. Re:He is a fan favourite..... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    > (why the hell was a galaxy spanning empire hiring bounty hunters?)

    The same reason I get paid as a consultant. Individual experts can be *much faster* and much, much more effective than bureaucracies at many tasks. Can you imagine the sheer *paperwork* generated by a Death Star? That giant laser wasn't designed to destroy planets, it was designed to shred peperwork if the rebels ever fired a Freedoom Of Information Act request!!!!

  3. Next up in the Star Wars origins series by clickety6 · · Score: 5, Funny

    2 and a half hours of watching C3PO being put together on an assembly line...

    Fans may also spot some cameo roles by other Star Wars characters - Darth Vader as factory owner, Luke Skywalker as the Union foreman who leads the strike , Princess Leia as the tea lady bringing relief to the workers, R2D2 as her tea-filled samovar ...biddly boo-boop... one lump or two... and Jabba the Hut as the unflushable thing left behind in the third toilet cubicle from the right.

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