{"id":2286,"date":"2013-09-13T00:22:49","date_gmt":"2013-09-13T07:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/?p=2286"},"modified":"2016-12-26T00:17:24","modified_gmt":"2016-12-26T08:17:24","slug":"would-boba-fetts-origin-story-make-a-great-feature-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/film-tv\/would-boba-fetts-origin-story-make-a-great-feature-film\/","title":{"rendered":"Would Boba Fett's Origin Story Make a Great Feature Film?"},"content":{"rendered":"

NOTE: Please see our Fett Fact Check for up-to-date fact versus fiction on this subject.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Over an investor conference yesterday, September 12th, Disney CFO Jay Rasulo referred to the Star Wars spin-off films as being origin<\/em> stories, which Variety<\/a> first broke. Rasulo added that “the market is extremely hot for everything Star Wars<\/em>.”<\/p>\n

Looking at the past 35 years, it’s been extremely hot for several years now.<\/p>\n

Past speculation pegs these spin-offs to be around characters like Han Solo, Yoda, or — you guessed it — Boba Fett. The news here is simply an origin storyline, which has to do with the moment the hero\/villain made them the person they are today. Comic Vine<\/a> has a great run-down of all the comic book origin stories, many of which we’ve seen in film: Batman, Wolverine, Superman, Spider-Man. We’ve also seen them “rebooted,” or revised after either flopping at the box office or being re-imagined a decade later (or less!).<\/p>\n

Could this mean seeing Boba Fett between Episode II \/ Clone Wars (Animated) and Episode IV:SE, more specifically about being a bounty hunter? Or would Boba be a supporting role in any headlined effort? Leave your comments below!<\/a><\/p>\n

Some back story for anyone late to hearing the full timeline of this news.<\/p>\n

In February, we reported on the official news that there would be spin-off Star Wars films,<\/a> where Entertainment Weekly emphasized a Boba Fett storyline.<\/p>\n

Also in January\/February, we ran a two part article on “what if” scenarios for a Boba Fett feature film. Check out part 1<\/a> and part 2<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Back in January, many directors including Robert Rodriguez<\/a> (Sin City<\/em>) were quoted as saying they’d love the opportunity. Later, J.J. Abrams made headlines for being the chosen one to do Episode 7, their main effort slated for 2015.<\/p>\n

In July 2011, we noted that Joe Johnston<\/a> (Captain America: The First Avenger<\/em> and designer of the original Boba Fett) showed interest in a Boba Fett film<\/a>, way before Lucasfilm was sold to Disney for $4.05 billion dollars.<\/p>\n

Some comments on the news speculate whether this will be a re-boot or all work within the same (extended) universe of Star Wars. This was very important to George Lucas, who traded in Jason Wingreen’s<\/a> voice of Boba Fett for the consistent-with-Episode-2 voice done by Temuera Morrison<\/a> (Jango Fett). (You can compare the audio files in our Multimedia > Audio<\/a> section.)<\/p>\n

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To see how this news fits into the larger picture, follow the trail at our Fett Fact Check: Spin-Off Film<\/a> one pager.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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