{"id":2082,"date":"2013-06-03T08:00:44","date_gmt":"2013-06-03T15:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/?p=2082"},"modified":"2013-06-03T15:42:58","modified_gmt":"2013-06-03T22:42:58","slug":"could-boba-fetts-prototype-armor-appear-in-rebels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/film-tv\/could-boba-fetts-prototype-armor-appear-in-rebels\/","title":{"rendered":"Could Boba Fett's Prototype Armor Appear In \"Rebels?\""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2083\" alt=\"Prototype Armor\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/prototype.jpg\" width=\"314\" height=\"211\" \/>When Disney announced the development of <em>\u201cStar Wars Rebels,\u201d<\/em>they released a short video of Pablo Hidalgo talking with Dave Filoni about the basic concepts behind their approach to this new animated series.<\/p>\n<p>Filoni said they are using concept art by Ralph McQuarrie, an artist famous for assisting the look and feel of the original <em>Star Wars<\/em>, as a foundation for the new series. Since his concept art is similar, but not exact to what we see in the original trilogy \u2013 Filoni is running with the idea those designs could be an early evolutions of armor, ships, etc.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2084\" alt=\"Mcquarrie Concept\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/mcquarrieoncept.jpg\" width=\"343\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/mcquarrieoncept.jpg 417w, https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/mcquarrieoncept-340x273.jpg 340w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 343px) 100vw, 343px\" \/>Many of us are familiar with McQuarrie\u2019s early designs for Boba Fett. We\u2019ve seen the white prototype armor, when the character was mused as being a \u201csuper trooper.\u201d This made me think whether it would be interesting if Filoni and his team used these early designs for Boba Fett in <em>\u2018Rebels.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve seen a variety of colors and styles worn by Mandalorians in <em>The Clone Wars<\/em> and comics. Since Boba Fett is separated from his culture during this time period, there\u2019s no telling what his first armor may look like \u2013 leaving room to introduce the prototype armor as the bounty\u2019s hunter first reintroduction to Mandalorian tradition.<\/p>\n<p>Due to <em>The Clone Wars<\/em> being cancelled, we missed out on the story arc of how Boba Fett gets his armor. Assuming they don\u2019t recycle that storyline, perhaps his first armor is commissioned by Boba Fett as a way to pay homage to his father \u2013 and this is the prototype version \u2013 the young Fett not knowing too much about the meaning of colors and insignia, it\u2019s reasonable the design could be \u201coff,\u201d since it would be from memory.<\/p>\n<p>As he gains experience and knowledge of his culture, maybe even stumbling upon a lost and forgotten armory of his father\u2019s, he finds the armor we eventually see in the <em>Original Trilogy.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Would you like to see the prototype armor used in \u2018Rebels\u2019? Share your thoughts at our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BringBackBoba\"><strong>#BringBackBoba<\/strong> Campaign page<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Disney announced the development of \u201cStar Wars Rebels,\u201dthey released a short video of Pablo Hidalgo talking with Dave Filoni...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-film-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2082\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}