Secret Confessions That Make Me Less Of A Geek:
I don’t really understand the appeal of Boba Fett. He just doesn’t have that much impact on me, and never has, even right back when I watched all three[1] Star Wars movies for the first time.
I just don’t get it.
[1] There were only three. I don’t care what you say. Three.
September 14, 2008 at 10:34 am
You’re no longer part of the Cool Group. Begone!
September 14, 2008 at 11:21 am
Is this where I get to admit that I find the whole Star Wars franchise horribly over-rated?
September 14, 2008 at 11:39 am
I should probably hand in my geek card too…..cause I have to agree with you…(and I thought I was the only one!)
September 14, 2008 at 6:39 pm
I loved Bobba Fett as a child. LOVED him.
I grew out of it.
Of course, I also grew out of cats – I don’t understand most things that people seem obsessed with…
September 14, 2008 at 7:50 pm
For me I think the appeal these days is largely aesthetic – he always had the coolest costume (which looks super awesome in cutesy, super-deformed mode, IMO). Certainly, the movies don’t give you much to go on — he’s a bit of a badass in Empire Strikes Back, but then his death in Return of the Jedi is pretty much played for laughs (possibly the first point in series’ slide that lead first to Ewoks, then to… other things). I think it’s in the fanfiction where most of his following was developed (and by “fanfiction” I mean anything that isn’t one of the moives).
September 14, 2008 at 9:06 pm
Cool costume, that’s about it. And there are somewhere between 2.5 and 3 movies depending on how much you consider one of them to be a retread.. 🙂
September 15, 2008 at 7:09 am
Dude, I am so with you on the Boba Fett malaise.
Also, the episodes 1, 2 and 3 are to episodes 4, 5 and 6 what “American Pie Presents: Beta House” is to “American Pie”.