{"id":2131,"date":"2013-07-02T17:29:03","date_gmt":"2013-07-03T00:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/?p=2131"},"modified":"2017-05-14T23:03:59","modified_gmt":"2017-05-15T06:03:59","slug":"remembering-boba-fetts-prototype-armor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/collectibles\/remembering-boba-fetts-prototype-armor\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembering Boba Fett's Prototype Armor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/boba-fett-prototype.jpg\" alt=\"boba-fett-prototype\" width=\"340\" height=\"145\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2134\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Abuzz all over the web is the revisit to the 1978 film reel that was a screen test for Boba Fett, used for the production team as Boba Fett was still being developed and as <em>Empire<\/em> was still being written.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"video-embed-wrap\"><div class=\"video-embed \"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Meet Boba Fett: Initial 1978 Boba Fett Costume Screentest\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-yF5HFFcv8E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n<p>In the clip, sound editor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/fettipedia\/Ben_Burtt\">Ben Burtt<\/a> introduces the viewer to Boba Fett, as portrayed by assistant editor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/fettipedia\/Duwayne_Dunham\">Duwayne Dunham.<\/a> In later photos, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/fettipedia\/Alan_Harris\">Alan Harris<\/a> models the suit.<\/p>\n<p>Coinciding with this anniversary, Sideshow Collectibles has a new replica statue due in early 2014 for $180. Do you want to <a href=\"http:\/\/affiliates.sideshowtoy.com\/Tracker.aspx?aid=1323&#038;href=http%3a%2f%2fwww.sideshowtoy.com%2f%3fpage_id%3d4489%26sku%3d1001361%26ref%3dEX_RP_meet-boba-fett\" target=\"_blank\">pre-order with the beach towel<\/a> &#8212; or <a class=\"affiliatestyle\" href=\"http:\/\/affiliates.sideshowtoy.com\/Tracker.aspx?aid=1323&#038;href=http%3a%2f%2fwww.sideshowtoy.com%2f%3fpage_id%3d4489%26sku%3d100136%26ref%3dEX_RP_meet-boba-fett\" target=\"_blank\">without beach towel<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/boba-fett-prototype-2-580x386.jpg\" alt=\"boba-fett-prototype-2\" width=\"580\" height=\"386\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2136\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/boba-fett-prototype-2-580x386.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/boba-fett-prototype-2-340x226.jpg 340w, https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/boba-fett-prototype-2.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abuzz all over the web is the revisit to the 1978 film reel that was a screen test for Boba...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-collectibles","category-film-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2131","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\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2131"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7579,"href":"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2131\/revisions\/7579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}