![]() ![]() According to Joe Johnson, the design was then developed as something much more generic, as the model for “ an army of super troopers.” There wasn’t ever any real sense of who Boba Fett was underneath that design. According to George Lucas, Boba Fett is based upon an early and abandoned concept for Darth Vader. Part of what is interesting about Boba Fett is the extent to which the design is the character. Just looking at Fett, it is easy to imagine that the character has lived a life outside of what is shown on screen - even if the details of that life are best left shrouded in ambiguity for fans to explore themselves. ![]() Boba Fett is a bounty hunter with a jetpack, a man of few words who wears distinctive armor. One of the great features of the Star Wars universe was the way in which everything within the film felt both designed and lived in, as if every corner of the frame could sustain the audience’s focus. When Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) and Obi-Wan Kenobi (Alec Guinness) arrive in Mos Eisley, every alien there looks like they have their own story. When Han Solo (Harrison Ford) boasts about how the Millennium Falcon “made the Kessel Run in less than twelve parsecs,” it suggests an entire unseen adventure. One of the most enduring and appealing aspects of the original Star Wars was the extent to which it created a world that seemed much deeper than the simple story being told. ![]()
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