General star wars talk/discussion/complaining

[Jensaarai]

What did Boba Fett do on screen that was cool?

He had his brief shoot-out with Luke at Cloud City, but mostly he just stood around and looked cool. The toys were sick.

 

[Guest 85555]

Rey’s a good character. I like Rey.

Yeah I liked Rey. And I liked Daisy Ridley as the character. Really when you are dealing with characters in movies like this, you are not looking for deeply layered. You are looking for the actor to bring something that makes you believe them in the role, makes you want to see them in that role, and the character needs a spark, but it isn't breaking bad or Taxi Driver. This is a space romp where the characters serve a function in the overall story. They are more like melodic themes in a song

 

[chuckdee]

I think storm troopers are as competent as the plot needs them to be

And the same thing could be said of Finn, which makes him the paragon and archetype of Stormtroopers.

 

[MarkB]

The only thing cool about Fett was his armor. I think that is literally the only reason people liked him (and that he was a bounty hunter)

He's a great example of informed ability. He's feared or respected in-universe (Vader has to single him out with a "no disintegrations" reminder, he's the one whose approving nod confirms the acceptance of Leia's fake-bounty-hunter persona in Jabba's court, Han's alarmed when Chewie mentions him during the Sarlacc pit fight), but the only reasonably impressive thing he does on-screen is to figure out Han's garbage-disposal escape plan and tail him to Bespin.

 

[Willie the Duck]

What did Boba Fett do on screen that was cool?

Boba Fett is the ur-example of a wasted opportunity.

The only thing cool about Fett was his armor. I think that is literally the only reason people liked him (and that he was a bounty hunter)

I think people caught what was being set up, even if it didn't come to fruition. The SW holiday special and then ESB set a trajectory where he was going to do something pivotal and impressive in the next installment(s). It's just that between the change to his toy (missile chocking hazard concern) or Lucas deciding to roll the rest of the storyline into a single final movie, it just didn't happen. I think people knew there was something going to be there that they didn't get, and felt a little cheated out of it. It's certainly not just a cool look. There are so many cool-looking things in SW that people don't excessively latch onto (B-wings, Padme's silver starship, thermal detonators, imperial red guards, Biggs) that I think it has to be more than just looking cool.

 

[Zardnaar]

What did Boba Fett do on screen that was cool?

Looked like a bad ass vs a storm troopers in silly armor? Tracking Han and how Vader talked to him.

 

[Guest 85555]

Boba Fett is the ur-example of a wasted opportunity.

I think people caught what was being set up, even if it didn't come to fruition. The SW holiday special and then ESB set a trajectory where he was going to do something pivotal and impressive in the next installment(s). It's just that between the change to his toy (missile chocking hazard concern) or Lucas deciding to roll the rest of the storyline into a single final movie, it just didn't happen. I think people knew there was something going to be there that they didn't get, and felt a little cheated out of it. It's certainly not just a cool look. There are so many cool-looking things in SW that people don't excessively latch onto (B-wings, Padme's silver starship, thermal detonators, imperial red guards, Biggs) that I think it has to be more than just looking cool.

I have to admit I barely noticed the character until I realized other kids were intensely interested in him

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I have to admit I barely noticed the character until I realized other kids were intensely interested in him

I think Kenner was responsible for a lot of the hype, since a Boba Fett figure (with genuine choke-on-a-missile-lodged-in-your-throat action!) was the pre-release action figure kids could save up proofs of purchase for before Empire Strikes Back. I remember my brother making sure he sent off for his as fast as possible and he haunted the mailbox for weeks after that.

 

[chuckdee]

I think people knew there was something going to be there that they didn't get, and felt a little cheated out of it. It's certainly not just a cool look.

There was that same aspect with Phasma, especially with the actor tapped to portray her. She had to be something bigger, but it didn't come to fruition.

 

[Willie the Duck]

I have to admit I barely noticed the character until I realized other kids were intensely interested in him

Reasonable. However, I think they did telegraph something special for the character. They were advertising him as a big deal (action figure, animated story in the holiday special). And in ESB there were six bounty hunters, but only he gets direct interaction from Vader, and only he actually does anything (as passive as it is) afterwards, including actually making off with Han's frozen body back to Tatooine. It just all got binned somewhere between the second and third movie.

Mind you, that makes the comparison genuinely apt. Phasma has all the same hallmarks, and the same lack of payoff.
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