WHO IS BOBA FETT? WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM THE PREQUELS a very important essay about a very important thing
Boba Fett is mostly remembered for two things:
- looking cool as hell (this is true)
- being a badass (this is completely unfounded, like people who remember Han Solo as a suave ladykiller)
And I’m not judging! Latching onto bit characters simply because they look cool is literally my favorite thing to do in the world. Boba Fett has appreciated a life far beyond what his role actually yielded based strictly on how cool his armor was. You can buy Boba Fett hoodies at Hot Topic. This is amazing for a character whose major contribution was getting Darth Vader to do his job for him and then falling in a hole. I completely support it.
Then the prequels happened and everyone was disappointed to find that…I dunno, Boba was also a shitty kid in addition to being a shitty bounty hunter? It’s fine! I get it. Seeing under the mask and getting a tragic backstory for your favorite mysterious masked asshole ruins the mystique. Well, I come bearing good news: the prequels can be regarded as full canon in a way that not only preserves the mystery of Boba Fett’s identity, but also adds to it in a deeply interesting way.