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

"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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High Cost of Damaging the Brand

[Kunedog]

"Solo" began opening in previews on Thursday night in North America, with forecasts of an debut weekend of $130 million to $150 million

Dream on. Foreign box office totals have been grisly so far.

A lot of people don't realize how severely The Last Jedi harmed the franchise as a whole by souring audience expectations (and it won't get fixed before this Boba Fett flick, if ever).

Re:High Cost of Damaging the Brand

[Nidi62]

One day I would understand why people hate The Last Jedi, I really enjoyed it.

I thought it was "meh". Pretty enough, but they keep rehashing scenes from the original trilogy-VII was almost a scene for scene rehash of IV, but VIII had a lot of V in it, with a little IV thrown in.

Plus, I really don't get how, if at the end of RotJ, (in the special edition) they show worlds all over the galaxy celebrating the fall of the Empire, how the Rebels are still, well, rebels. It's like if the US, after winning the Revolutionary War, just sat around doing nothing waiting until the British re-invaded in 1812 instead of trying to form a government. The new trilogy should have been about the Rebels' new government hunting down the remnants of the Empire and cleaning up the galaxy.

Re:High Cost of Damaging the Brand

[Nidi62]

Well, yes, that would be a perfect plot point. The intrigue and drama of competing factions, one trying to keep the new government democratic, one wanting revenge on the remnants of the Empire and the planets that supported it and therefore becoming more and more draconian, more like the Empire. Basically an exploration of how, when you might so hard to gain power you have to fight even harder to use that power sparingly and justly, as well as how easy it is to justify the misuse of that power.

Re:High Cost of Damaging the Brand

[Anonymous Coward]

They're designed to get normal people in to watch them, not commit hundreds of millions to fellatiate a small number of fans.

In the 70s Star Wars spread like a wildfire and everyone just had to go and see it, so it's always been geared towards normal people, but let us not forget that Lucas made his fortune off of merchandising and most of the merchandise is sold to that relatively small number of fans that's being alienated. Pretty much every toy store has mountains of TLJ merchandise that's just gathering dust, whereas from the 1970s to the 2000s it was hard to find a lot of the toys.

It's hard to sell action figures when there's no longer a single relatable or likeable character in the new movies.

Kylo - an emo child
Rey - a mary sue
Finn - a coward that fights for good... that then tries to run away again
Poe - a hot shot pilot that literally gets everyone killed
Luke - a hero that ran away from his problems
Han - another hero that ran away from his problems
Snoke - the seemingly all-powerful person responsible for turning Kylo to the dark side and founding the all-menacing First Order.. that dies due to his incompetence
Hux - a cartoon villain
Rose - a preachy imbecile
Holdo - a leader that can't or won't communicate with her underlings (i.e. a bad leader)

There are pretty much no redeeming qualities in the characters, and they either accomplish their goals without any effort (Rey) or fail miserably due to incompetence (Poe/Finn/Rose) and/or a lack of trying (Luke).

popular character

[Anonymous Coward]

He is a popular character. The fact that he has so few scenes means he is a blank canvas for the writers.

Could be amazing, could be garbage. Time will tell.

Re: popular character

[Anonymous Coward]

Let me help you: it will be garbage.

Welcome to the world of the Rat

[Virtucon]

Disney is thoroughly destroying the franchise. Capitalism for the win!

Re:He is a fan favourite.....

[thegarbz]

Is he a favourite because he had so few scenes, and fans 'filled in the blanks' to make him feel cooler than he is? Is he a character where 'less is more' should be the core idea?

You're asking the wrong question. The question you should be asking is: "'Should we milk our $4bn investment by making a shitty movie about every character in the known universe and ignoring lore as we go?"
And then answer yes.

I don't mind a Fett movie. I'll mind if it's done badly.

You'll mind. About the only starwars movie that was even remotely interesting of late was Rogue One.