{"id":3966,"date":"2014-10-08T14:41:15","date_gmt":"2014-10-08T21:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/?page_id=3966"},"modified":"2022-11-17T22:37:23","modified_gmt":"2022-11-18T06:37:23","slug":"star-wars-episode-7","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/fett-fact-check\/star-wars-episode-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Star Wars Episode VII"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Star Wars Episode VII (7), also known as &#8220;The Force Awakens,&#8221; is directed by J.J. Abrams and written by &#8220;Empire&#8221; co-writer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/fettpedia\/Lawrence_Kasdan\">Lawrence Kasdan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SPOILERS AHEAD<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This exclusive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/fett-fact-check\/\">&#8220;Fett Fact Check&#8221;<\/a> is our own repository of what we learn, when we learn it. We&#8217;re both logging <em>and<\/em> analyzing Boba Fett-specific <span style=\"background:green; color:#fff;\">confirmations<\/span> and rumors &#8212; each with date and original attribution. Below are our findings, sorted from newest to oldest:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4>December 23, 2015<\/h4>\n<p>Forbes has a &#8220;recap&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/insertcoin\/2015\/12\/23\/exploring-the-lingering-mysteries-of-star-wars-the-force-awakens\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">article<\/a> about fan theories. One of them is that Snoke is Boba Fett. We&#8217;ve found many tweets about this prior to the 23rd, but the first <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mrbowers\/status\/674358413829115904\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">tweet<\/a> appears to be on December 8, 2015. (We&#8217;ll keep hearing this one as far as August 2016 at least &mdash; and we&#8217;ll keep making a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bobafettfanclub\/status\/769985979600044032\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">joke<\/a> about it.)<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>December 17, 2015<\/h4>\n<p>&#8220;The Force Awakens&#8221; has officially premiered worldwide. Boba Fett is <span style=\"background:red; color:#fff;\">not<\/span> in the film. Here are all of the rumors addressed: The castle is a cantina-style spot that just happens to have Mandalorian symbols on flags outside, but no clear Mandalorians inside. Max von Sydow is clearly a different character. The Knights of Ren are shown very quickly in a montage without clear close-ups of the character on the left with perhaps a Mandalorian helmet.<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>October 20, 2015<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/knights-comparison.jpg\" class=\"fancybox\" rel=\"prettyPhoto[3966]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/knights-comparison-340x340.jpg\" alt=\"knights-comparison\" width=\"340\" height=\"340\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-5882\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/knights-comparison-340x340.jpg 340w, https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/knights-comparison-520x520.jpg 520w, https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/knights-comparison.jpg 612w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/><\/a>An overly blurry image begins to circulate today on social media that appears to be a Mandalorian-like helmet (or as some like to presume, Boba Fett) within a shot of Kylo Ren&#8217;s Knights of Ren. We looked at the official trailer and compared the image frame side by side. We believe that this is <span style=\"background:red; color:#fff;\">not<\/span> Boba Fett and not necessarily a Mandalorian helmet, but just something similar.<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>October 19, 2015<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/20151019_news_theforceawakens.jpg\" class=\"fancybox\" rel=\"prettyPhoto[3966]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/20151019_news_theforceawakens-340x178.jpg\" alt=\"20151019_news_theforceawakens\" width=\"340\" height=\"178\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-5647\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/20151019_news_theforceawakens-340x178.jpg 340w, https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/20151019_news_theforceawakens-520x272.jpg 520w, https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/20151019_news_theforceawakens.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/><\/a>The final official trailer for &#8220;The Force Awakens&#8221; features a one-second shot where Boba Fett&#8217;s shoulder symbol is clearly visible in the top center of the shot. To the left is also a 45-degree shifted edge of Boba Fett&#8217;s chest symbol. Especially in a shot with Han Solo, this <span style=\"background:green; color:#fff;\">confirmed<\/span> at least a slight &#8220;easter egg&#8221; reference to Fett and\/or Mandalorians. (Boba Fett would be approximately 66 if he appears at all in the film.)<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>May 7, 2015<\/h4>\n<p>MoviePilot claims to now insist that they know Max von Sydow is Boba Fett. The article goes on to elaborate that we do not first know it&#8217;s Fett, but it&#8217;s revealed in the film that he has cybernetic repairs to his body due to being in the Sarlacc. While this sounds interesting, so does fan fiction. Their unidentified source seems like a stretch, validated by knowing before who the main actor would be. Furthermore, the switch from New Zealand actors Daniel Logan (Young Boba Fett) and\/or Temuera Morrison (Jango Fett) over to Max Von Sydow would &#8220;retcon&#8221; (retroactive continuity) the Star Wars universe, which has been shut down nowadays by Lucasfilm having an official Story Group in charge of continuity. We&#8217;ve decided to not cover this rumor in a dedicated article, although want to note that this is the second &#8220;flare up&#8221; of this rumor going viral since it originated last December. Finally, as if to suggest this was all a rouse, MoviePilot appears to have taken their own article offline!<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>March 12, 2015<\/h4>\n<p>Regarding Episode 8 (VII), Lucasfilm <span style=\"background:green; color:#fff;\">confirmed<\/span> on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.starwars.com\/news\/rogue-one-is-the-first-star-wars-stand-alone-film-rian-johnson-to-write-and-direct-star-wars-episode-viii?linkId=12857855\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">StarWars.com<\/a> that Rian Johnson is the director of Episode VII, which was also rumored; see our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/fett-fact-check\/spin-off\/\">Spin-Off Film(s) &#8220;Fett Fact Check&#8221; page<\/a> for more announcements on this day, including &#8220;Rogue One.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>December 29, 2014<\/h4>\n<p>Various blogs begin to speculate if Max von Sydow (who <em>is<\/em> confirmed in the cast of the film) plays Boba Fett in the film, which is <em>not<\/em> confirmed. It&#8217;s unclear to us where exactly this rumor originated, but we can see it spread quickly according to this date-specific filter of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=%22max+von+sydow%22+%22boba+fett%22&#038;espv=2&#038;biw=1174&#038;bih=933&#038;tbas=0&#038;source=lnt&#038;tbs=cdr%3A1%2Ccd_min%3A12%2F15%2F2014%2Ccd_max%3A1%2F31%2F2015&#038;tbm=\">Google News<\/a> headlines. Due to such speculation, and no bold &#8220;confirmation&#8221; headlines, we chose not to report this at the time.<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>December 2, 2014<\/h4>\n<p>4chan user by the name of &#8220;SpoilerMan&#8221; posts a thread of plot points under the introduction that he&#8217;s read the script via a source inside Lucasfilm. Boba Fett is mentioned. We reported this in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/film-tv\/episode-7-rumor-boba-fett-appearance-mentioned-in-possible-spoilerman-leak\/\">Episode 7 Rumor: Boba Fett Appearance Mentioned in Possible &#8220;SpoilerMan&#8221; Leak<\/a>. No official response on the possible leak.<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>March 17, 2014<\/h4>\n<p>The film takes place &#8220;about 30 years after the events&#8221; of Return of the Jedi, <span style=\"background:green; color:#fff;\">confirmed<\/span> by <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140701225638\/https:\/\/starwars.com\/news\/star-wars-episode-vii-set-to-roll-cameras-may-2014.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">StarWars.com<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>October 24, 2013<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/fettpedia\/Lawrence_Kasdan\">Lawrence Kasdan<\/a>, who wrote The Empire Strikes Back, is the <span style=\"background:green; color:#fff;\">confirmed<\/span> screenwriter, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140529121133\/https:\/\/starwars.com\/news\/master-filmmaking-team-announced-for-star-wars.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">StarWars.com<\/a>. Kasdan replaces Michael Arndt, who was originally hired to write the screenplay (and may or may not get a co-written credit depending on the state of the draft).<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>August 22, 2013<\/h4>\n<p>This very site <span style=\"background:green; color:#fff;\">confirmed<\/span> first that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/film-tv\/exclusive-star-wars-episode-7-to-be-shot-on-film-by-dan-mindel\/\">Dan Mindel ASC is shooting the film<\/a> on Kodak film stock, as told at an American Society of Cinematographers event in Los Angeles.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":0,"parent":3961,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3966","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3966"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3966\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12674,"href":"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3966\/revisions\/12674"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}