Can Boba Fett reconcile the generations of "Star Wars" fans?

• Disney + begins broadcasting a new Star Wars series,

  The Book of Boba Fett

  .

• The character has been cult among fans of the saga since its inception and has experienced a long development.

• The new generation of

  Star Wars

  fans

  may not buy into a story designed for the nostalgic.

"You're getting drunk with Boba Fett there!" The sentence breaks the heart of this parent who seeks to educate his ungrateful offspring in the exegesis of Star Wars mythology. Said offspring undoubtedly prefers to gloss over "the Way" of "true Mandalorians", Rey's genealogy or even the merits of baby Yoda. This generational conflict will experience a new episode with the posting online, this Wednesday, on Disney +, of the first episode

. The new live series takes over from

and will follow the fate of Boba Fett after his takeover of Tatooine.

With this new series, Disney chooses to satisfy the "old" fans of the saga, transfixed lovers of the badass prime killer, and (perhaps) the youngest converts who devoured the two seasons of

and draw their passion as much. in the comics and animated series than in the Star Wars feature film trilogies.

But does this character really deserve the honors given to him with this ambitious series?

From plastic figures to heroes from their own series

It has often been said that Boba Fett was one of the plastic figures of the plethora of 

Star Wars

, before becoming a real character in the saga. It's a little more complicated than that. “He first appeared on the big screen in 1980 for the release of

. However, his first “real” appearances were around “marketing” content, recalls Arnaud Da Costa, from the Star Wars Universe site. Indeed,

Boba Fett is unveiled during a promotional parade as well as in a TV movie (the

) where he appears in cartoon. Thus, when 

, the public already shows an interest in his character through a communication campaign that highlights him. “Love at first sight is immediate with the fans and George Lucas will have a hollow nose as he gradually develops his character.

Before he had a real story, or even a line of dialogue, Boba Fett was successful for his allure and his armor (which he finds after many adventures when the series begins). “A lot of young kids, including myself, who experienced the original trilogy in theaters and ordered the Boba Fett action figure in the mail have always had a soft spot for this

looking bounty hunter

 with armor outfitted all the way through. teeth, says Dany Pépin, director of the Star Wars Live podcast. It was probably the costume and character design that fascinated fans first, and then his actions in

Back

and

.

But this character remained a mystery until Georges Lucas developed his origin in

.

"

A unique place at the heart of mythology

For those ignoramuses who would have spent the last twenty years in a distant (very distant) galaxy, the

film prelogy

explained that Boba Fett is the "son" (actually the unmodified clone) of Jango Fett, a warrior who has served as a model for the clone-soldiers who would form the bulk of the imperial army, the terrible stormtroopers. You follow ? Basically, Boba Fett is linked to the most iconic white-masked characters in the series. Both unique, by his fate, and from an anonymous mass, Boba Fett is a parable of the fan: alone and multitude at the same time. In the third film of the first trilogy, Boba Fett has a pitiful end when he falls into the mouth of a giant monster ...

"His fate in 

 has clearly left a sense of unfinished business for the public and especially the fans, said Arnaud Da Costa.

Thus, from the end of the 1980s, what is called "the extended universe" will seize the character and continue to bring him to life through multiple novels, comics and animated TV series (

) .

Thus, the character never really died and continued to live even after the last installment of the original trilogy.

"

A mercenary turned nice?

In

, the character therefore regains his armor and seizes the throne left vacant by Jabba the Hutt at the head of the criminals of Tatooine. But, from what we saw in

, Boba Fett, if he is still so silent, has become a rather positive, almost peaceful character. Do we really want to see CE Boba Fett? And above all, do we want to know more when the main part of the cult around this character comes from the imagination of the fans and the gaps left in his biography?

“Boba Fett is probably, after Yoda, one of the characters whose origin has remained the most mysterious of the original trilogy, concedes Dany Pépin. This series will undoubtedly be of great

. And knowing Dave Filoni and Jon Favreau, one can easily imagine that it will open doors or bridge between other series and films in development as well as new comics, literature and merchandise. Disney knows how to make money… ”The podcast director is no less impatient to discover the series, just like Arnaud Da Costa:“ Boba Fett deserves to come back to a series just for him! The character really has an aura. Show his helmet to anyone and you will see! It is an integral part of popular culture. "

Above all, this series, if it is successful, could make it possible to reconcile the generations of fans.

One of the showrunners of the series, Robert Rodriguez, explained that it is the attraction for the character that he feels since his discovery as a child in the original films that prompted him to make

”says Arnaud Da Costa.

The children of 2022 will then perhaps understand why their parents "get drunk" with Boba Fett.

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