The Fail of Boba Fett
Boba Fett finally gets what he had coming to him in today’s strip. I know a lot of people hate to accept that Boba Fett made an ass hat of himself in Return of the Jedi, but those are the onscreen facts. We can fill in as many blanks about this character as we like through our own imaginations or through the Expanded Universe, but the fact remains that what we got onscreen in the films was just another goon, albeit one wearing a cooler costume.
Fett was unconvincing when he finally put his jet pack to use in the film. He had his blaster chopped in half and his lasso weapon easily escaped before he fell forward onto his face. He then got to his feet to be blindsided by a literally blind Han Solo by sheer accident. His jet pack fired up out of his control and he flew head first into the sail barge and rolled into the belly of the Sarlacc. He sucked. He looks awesome, but he sucks. That’s been the message throughout his time in Blue Milk Special. That doesn’t mean he sucks as a character, just that his costume and gadgets are bundled up with a good helping of bungling and that works REALLY well in our webcomic.
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I’m gonna go home, put my Boba fett Helmet on, and cry. 🙁
At least I can take comfort knowing that the rag-tag Ewoks will get a proper mauling from the Elite Scout Forces of the Empire… Right!? 😉
there could be an “all Ewoks look alike” joke in there somewhere if the empire kills off all but a dozen of them before they are able to take them down…
Dude, Boba Fett sucks!
Somebody pick up Jango’s head so we can shake it side-to-side in shame.
Yeah, no one should watch hentai movies.
Things don’t look too good for the skiff guards, either. Looks like Lindsay may be swearing a blood oath of vengeance on Chewy for whacking her Klatooinian. Or maybe she’ll be grateful, who knows?
You’ll have my Patreon support, though it may be mostly symbolic. 🙁
And here I was half-expecting the eternally late Biggs to swing in to Luke’s rescue and save Boba by mistake. I suppose Biggs it still a bit preoccupied. I’m still holding out hope for Barada taking up Han and Chewie on the “Release Me From These Handcuffs” tier.
You’re not the only one who had been hoping for that
Saying Boba Fett “sucked” is rather like saying Marcus Brody “sucked” in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. It’s simply one of those things that happens when George Lucas is let off his leash and allowed to indulge the worst aspects of his flaws as a storyteller; intriguing side-characters get sacrificed to the god of cheap jokes through no fault of their own.
Don’t worry, we appreciate Boba here at BMS. We just like to look at the funny side which has been long overlooked in favor of a lot of EU character building.
Ah, but the funny side is, again, merely another product of the much-reviled Lucasian excesses, like Jar-Jar Binks and so forth. The EU character building is simply a return to the character’s roots, so to speak.
The characters roots were in the Holiday Special. See our parody of that to see just how awful Boba was in that appearance. About the only thing that portrayed him as a genuine bad ass was character promotional material that was never reflected onscreen, hence BMS giving another perspective on Boba for this comedy webcomic.
There’s a difference: Marcus Brody’s character was a brilliant comedy turn in the Last Crusade, which didn’t jar. Brody was never signposted as anything but an academic and the incongruous humour of putting him in the field was entirely in character (and totally played to Denholm Elliot’s strengths as a comic actor). The problem with Boba was that he never actually delivered, on screen, what his reputation claimed for him.
The problem with Boba was that he never actually delivered, on screen, what his reputation claimed for him.
No, the problem was that Lucas discarded everything that the character had previously delivered onscreen in favour of bringing him back in the sequel as a glorified sight gag.
No. Lucas wasn’t involved in the Holiday Special was he? Look at Boba in that. He backs away and runs when he has a gun on the unarmed crew of the Falcon. The fact really is, that in the original appearances of Boba, he behaved like a doofus. We’re celebrating that in this parody for its comic aspects, and for the fact that almost all other takes on Boba Fett since have done the inverse and made him the ultimate bad ass. After 30 years of being a bad ass, I think one parody comic can have a little fun with the original presentation.
It seems that people really, really take their Boba Fett seriously.
I figured the ever-late Biggs would swing to the rescue, only to realize he’s too late to save Boba, and then go back to making out with his hot space babe.
I have an idea for a really funny gag. Maybe Leia’s slave outfit could replace the gaffer because Jabba had secretly applied super glue to it, making it unable to be removed. And Leia finds out about that when flying off Tatooine on the Millenium Falcon. After that, Han Solo replies with a witty remark: “Look on the bright side, Leia. You’ll be on the front cover of those famous beach sporting magazines for months!”
Dangit! I had all my money riding on Boba. i figured, as many times as I’ve seen him lose that fight, he’s got to be due for a win, right? Well, I’m totally sure he’ll pull it off next time. After all, he’s Boba Fett!
Doesn’t Boba Escape the Sarlacc pit later in the EU?
Have to admit I am a little disappointed. The strip in the past has done a good job making trivial characters look cool, so it’s obviously not limited by what took place in the movies. So no reason to give Boba the Lucas treatment.
Sorry, but Boba Fett has been given nothing but the Bad Ass treatment ever since the EU took off in the early 1990s. This is one of the few places where Boba Fett is given a unique characterization. Why should we just do what everyone else has done before? This Boba is seen as awesome by everyone around him, but really only just bumbles his way through. That’s was a refreshing way of looking at him and giving a nod to both camps.
Sorry, Boba. Everyone on the Barge has Cellphones. This will be on Youtube before you know it. :p
You know i’ve always wondered something. Why didn’t Boba just fly out of the Sarlacc?
Jet pack was damaged on impact? Sarlacc got him too quickly before he could react? Perhaps, but I think Boba forgot to refuel the jet pack before leaving home that morning, and that was the last little bit it had in it.
As I said before, using your jetpack to close distance (and putting yourself in melee range) to a Jedi (known to be terrifyingly strong in melee range) is not the smartest thing you could do.
Then again, none of them probably saw a Jedi in action their whole life.
…Except for Boba Fett, which doesn’t reflect too good on him.
Don’t worry Boba, you can always blame Jabba for ordering you to fly over there.
Based on the original movies, Boba was a shmuck. The movie ‘Fanboys’ commented on this as well. He had a bad ass rep, but we never saw him live up to it.
As for the ‘Extended Universe’ Lucas always said only the movies were canon (this was before Clone Wars, so not sure if he included those cartoons), so what amounts to fan ret-cons of Boba Fett doesn’t count.
On that note, I don’t know why people got so worked up about Disney declaring the Extended Universe non-canon, Lucas had already said the same thing years ago.
So I think BMS representation is the far more accurate one.
Rod, I agree with you. I never understood the fascination with Boba Fett that turned out all that EU material where he is a bad ass. His armor looks cool and was unique until we started seeing Mandalorians show up everywhere with the video games and EU material. I’ve never really been a fan of him. I enjoyed the BMS version. Keep up the great work.
George Lucas, in his good moments which are few and far between, can spin a good yarn.
However, he gives in to this insane stupidity all too often where he just absolutely HAS to stick some truly bizarre idiocy in there for absolutely NO reason.
Case in point: Jar Jar Binks, and Lucas angry explosion at the fans deriding the character as stupid and pointless.
Ewoks, put in there for little more than “Hey, check out these teddy bears!”
[And the pathetic “Emperors Elite” troops as well. They would have lost a pickup game against 8 year olds.]
As for Boba, I never EVER saw the character live up to his supposed reputation.
In Strikes Back, he makes an appearance to basically HAUL VADERS UNWANTED TRASH. [“What? That old thing? Sure kid, you can have that as a planter or something.”]
Yay, he’s a badass GARBAGEMAN.
[Which makes Jabba a trash picker..]
Star Wars, The Empire Holds a Yardsale..
Oh, I vote that Boba ends up in a Facebook “lasting relationship” with Miss Sarlacc and her Tentacles of Tantalization.
[Images of Boba/Sarlacc children with tentacles sticking out of helmets pops to mind.]