He's probably not really dead, as this thing takes place 10 years before the Battle of Yavin.
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This series takes place 10 BBY, which is 10 years before the destruction of the Death Star, so he obviously isn't dead.
Yep. Would have been cool if it took place after the Darth Caedus saga....then we could have a comic series starring Fett's granddaughter Mirta Gev.
Remember in the 90s when this character was still super mysterious, super cool, and super awesome but was then revealed to be Daniel Logan? How did we let this happen?
Where does this fit in with the timeline at the end of Fate of the Jedi where Boba is alive and well?
The real Bobba trains Jianna (Daughter of Leia and Han) on how to kill Jedi so she can kill her brother who went "dark". She does and Bobba lives on. He also has a grand daughter running around. He survived the Sarlac pit. He's Bobba man, come'om
This "comic" is bs...stop reading that them. Comics are for little kids who can't follow complex plots anyway.
Wednesday's Previews makes definite sure to mention in the last issue of Blood Ties, that people are after Fett's old wife and kid or some such, and that old comic book standby since the Death of Superman (never mind that it was well publicized that Superman would return from the dead after 4 imposters), that FETT MAY NOT BE DEAD AFTER ALL because, you know, that was a clone or some douche and just a retarded plot.
Never much cared for Bubba. And before I get the fanboys into a bloodlust, yes I know that's not how you spell his name. It's called snarking, get with it!
While I can buy that the Mandalorians are a race of uber badass, I get sickened by how the Extended Universe basically painted him as Star Wars' version of The Goddamned Batman. If he truly was as awesome as the fanboys painted him up to be, he would've foreseen the knock that would have knocked him into the Pit and get the fuck out of the way.
That, or he has about a billion contingency plan to counter even being in that position to begin with. You know, like Batman.
Someone stole his armor, paraded around in it, and got killed.
Hasn't that happened before?
Hate to spoil it for everybody, but Dark Horse pretty much did already. If you just look at the preview for the last issue it has a painfully obvious "Boba Fett is dead....OR IS HE?!" I think it's even more explicit than that, something about the guy who allegedly killed Boba being in line for some payback, WITH A PICTURE OF BOBA FETT POINTING A GUN AT HIM
have to agree with dark horse showing balls by killing boba fett knowing that fans may have a fit about his death including that he is the real mcoy not a clone at least till some one decides later to clone him in the comics run.since death is fleeting in comics
There's something terribly and yet hilariously ironic about people condemning Ewoks, Chewie's Tarzan yell, Greedo shooting first, anything Jake Lloyd did or said onscreen and Jar Jar Binks in general and yet vociferously defending Boba Fett being written out of the plot by way of a belch gag.
Truly, self-awareness (or logical consistency, if you prefer) is a Jedi power they have yet to master.
See I don't get this. But then I never got the obsession with Fett.
I'm pretty sure that you don't even know his name in the movies.
He's just the Fedex driver who takes the carbonite Han from Vader to Jabba. Then he stands there for a while, henches for Jabba a bit, then dies. I never saw what the big deal was, and him getting tossed in the Sarlaac was an entirely appropriate death for a character who was only boosted out of the unidentifiable henchman zone just so Solo has an identifiable character to kill.
He's basically a competent version of Henchman 21.
See, I don't get this. But then I never got the dismissal of Fett.
Fett is actually referred to by name in the movies, but that of itself is not really meaningful one way or the other (think of Clint eastwood's "Man with No Name", apparently an influence on the character). As for the rest, well, the disingenuous reduction of the character's role in ESB down to the last fifteen minutes or so of the film is entirely typical, and expected, and as for the rest, there's not really much I need to say that I didn't point out before, i.e. that Lucas's use (or rather, misuse) of the character in RotJ is an early example of the rot creeping into the franchise that would later give rise to Greedo shooting first, Jar Jar stepping in dung, etc, etc.
Having just seen the Robot Chicken Star Wars special tonight, I was thinking Boba Fett needs a more fitting death.
I think the title of this story should be "STAR WARS Is Dead". Because it has been since 1999.
Come on people, the plot is so clear here. Fett's "nephew" is helping someone to catch the killer... 100$ this nephew is Bobba Fett...
This story is set ten years before the original star wars film (A new hope) so what the hells the point. We know 100% that he is till alive.
Yeah, I was just in my comic shop a little bit ago flipping through this and noticed that little tidbit on the first page. When I thought this was set somewhere after all the books, 30-odd something years after the movie, I thought it was daring and intriguing. Now I'm just disappointed. Though the writing from the pages I looked at seemed pretty good, I'll give it that
Well this is the sequel to the original Blood TIes-- so if you read that you have some insight into where this one is headed--
Not to mention there is 2 alternate covers- one to the comic shops based on number of orders-- and the others (with a CSI like white chalk outline)- will be at one of those diamond retailer only events/conferences.
A "mysterious person" is going around avenging his death?
It's him. How is this not clear to everyone?
I think everyone, including me, thinks that that twist would be so painfully obvious that a professional writer would choose not to include it. You're right of course it's just that tiny sliver of hope that's preventing us from discussing it.
Wait, wait, wait, I gave up on the expanded universe around about the time of the Jedi Academy days with Han and Leia's kids but I heard that Boba Fett is still around but as Mandalore so how can he dead as Boba Fett? And more pressingly why do I care?
WHAT I TAKE FROM THE EXPANDED UNIVERSE:
Everybody in Star Wars ends up leading miserable, awful lives.
Well, we're nearing 40 years since the movies, which is almost halfway to Legacy. Star Wars is gonna have to start killing everybody off soon to make way.
This could be interesting, if he does truly stay dead. I always thought that Boba Fett was...well...overrated. Other Star Wars fans usually stare daggers at me when I say that, but there it is. Knowing the writers of these comics, etc, there will be a way around Boba's death...
He's a cool character, and the EU did some great stories with him... but then they just kept on going and going with him. I kinda stopped following the EU, but it looks like he became a super awesome invincible guy who revived the Mandalorians and could pretty much do no wrong. I guess they were just doing what fans wanted, but too much of a good thing can really spoil it.
I agree. There was some overkill, definitely. I liked the Bounty Hunter Wars series, but after that it got to be too much.
You're kind of right. Boba Fett's characterization, at least in the movies, amounts to having cool-looking armor. He's only on-screen for a few minutes, I don't remember if he even has any dialogue, and he's defeated by a blind man. Boba Fett was basically a delivery boy. Still, that was some cool-looking armor...
Yes, that's all he amounts to. I won't disagree that the armor isn't cool looking, but...meh. I have even read some of the novels/comics, and even though he was represented as a bad-ass, there were other bounty hunters that had more...personality (Is that what I am looking for?)...I dunno.
Correction: The above should read "Shocktroopers" rather than "Supercommandoes (the latter being a later development in the character's backstory).
Shhhhh, don't mention fighting the Jedi, George Lucas had the whole Star Wars prequels planned from the very start. Saying anything that would contradict that claim, even if you have written evidence, would imply that George Lucas is a delusional liar.
PLANNED FROM THE VERY START.
Not really. Other bounty hunters weren't specifically told by Darth Vader that they couldn't disintegrate the quarry, didn't find the Millenium Falcon when Vader's personal flotilla couldn't, didn't get assurances of compensation from Vader in the event of Solo's death, or get cleanly away in the end. Throw in references to "Supercommandos" fighting the Jedi during the Clone Wars in then-current issues of the official Star Wars fan club newsletter, an appearance in the animated segment of the Holiday Special, Kenner's promotional drive with the mail-away figure and so on and so forth and it seems obvious that "the Emperor had something special planned" for the character.
