On this day in our history of our Daily Fett posts

#4082: May 13, 2025

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Joe Johnston

Happy birthday Joe Johnston!

"All of the details of #BobaFett’s costume were invented by Johnston – the wheat insignia on his chest, the braid of hair (later said to be Wookiee hair), the skull. 'I made all that stuff up,' Johnston said [to The Wrap in 2021]. 'Because I figured, let's make him mysterious. Let's not use anything we’ve seen before. And I had names for all that stuff. Most of them I’ve forgotten. But that wheat thing is called the Venom Vine. And on one of his shoulder pads he's got, it's like a skull of some creature. That's all just out of nowhere.' After George told him to 'make him look cool,' he was hands off. (Johnston thinks that he was either in the UK or busy working on the screenplay for 'The Empire Strikes Back.')"

More: https://bobafett.com/fettpedia/joe-johnston/

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#3717: May 13, 2024

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The Simpsons

Last night's episode of #TheSimpsons (Season 35 Episode 17) featured #BobaFett references

Fun fact: the Aurebesh around the front of Boba Fete translates to "easy Boba Fett pun" (BOBATEA), noted right out of the gate by one of the writer/producers of The Simpsons (and BFFC follower), Michael Price

More info on all of the Fett references in the show so far: https://bobafett.com/fettpedia/the-simpsons/

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#2986: May 13, 2022

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Bruce Nicholson

Joe Johnston

Happy birthday Joe Johnston! He's shown here from behind, hard at work in pre-pro on an early look for #BobaFett before he dialed in with George on his "Empire" look. (Joe is considered Fett's original conceptual designer.) The costume was modeled by Bruce Nicholson. #DailyFett

#2621: May 13, 2021

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Joe Johnston

Happy birthday Joe Johnston!

"Johnston is #BobaFett's original conceptual designer. He has also been referred to as the 'father' of Boba Fett. Joe designed the colors and helmet for Boba. John Mollo had designed the original suit as the super trooper army of millions, but the production couldn't afford it for 'Empire Strikes Back.' Therefore, Joe made Boba a singular character with the paint job he did on him, including the damaged suit and helmet." – Joe Johnston's website (now offline, quote saved on bobafett.com)

Photo courtesy of the official Star Wars website

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#2256: May 13, 2020

Joe Johnston

Happy birthday Joe Johnston!

Born on this day in 1950, and credited as art director of visual effects on The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, Johnston was #BobaFett's original designer.

Since then, Johnston has been a major motion picture director, helming films like Captain America: The First Avenger and The Rocketeer.

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#1525: May 13, 2018

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Ralph McQuarrie

A Ralph McQuarrie concept-inspired #BobaFett stars in a new fan film, "Protector of Hope" by DoubleJump Studio

Watch the whole film: https://youtu.be/2wLi0nxXv7U

#SupertrooperSunday #StarWars #FanFilm #DailyFett

#1160: May 13, 2017

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Joe Johnston

Happy Birthday Joe Johnston!

Joe is #BobaFett's conceptual designer -- aka the "father" of Boba Fett.

This is also his own original, recent artwork.

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#795: May 13, 2016

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Joe Johnston

#FettFriday: Happy birthday Joe Johnston!

Building upon the vision of George Lucas and Ralph McQuarrie, Johnston designed #BobaFett. Shown here is one of his sketches alongside one of his moments in front of the camera, showing off Fett's jetpack harness.

More recently, Joe is an acclaimed director behind work ranging from Captain America (2011) to The Rocketeer.

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#64: May 13, 2014

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Joe Johnston

Joe Johnston, who celebrates his birthday today, designed #BobaFett: "I designed the final version of Boba Fett. Ralph and I both worked together on preliminary designs, and we traded ideas back and forth. Originally, Boba Fett was part of a force we called Super Troopers, and they were these really high-tech fighting units, and they all looked alike. That eventually evolved into a single bounty hunter. I painted Boba's outfit and tried to make it look like it was made of different pieces of armor. It was a symmetrical design, but I painted it in such a way that it looked like he had scavenged parts and had done some personalizing of his costume; he had little trophies hanging from his belt, and he had little braids of hair, almost like a collection of scalps." -- #StarWars: The Annotated Screenplays

For more about Johnston, visit his entry on Fettpedia at http://www.bobafettfanclub.com/fettpedia/Joe_Johnston