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In a recent interview to promote "Captain America," Star Wars alumni-turned-film director Joe Johnston mused how cool it would be if he could make a movie about Boba Fett. Didn't he already make a movie like that called "The Rocketeer?"
Fanboys everywhere went into geek mania, salivating at the prospect of a 3-hour film of nothing but Fett killing people and looking cool while doing so. Even more preposterously, they forgot all about Joe Johnston--who actually did work on the first set of Star Wars films--and started salivating over the idea of Christopher Nolan making the film. Oh brother.
Let's not parse words on what this is all about. It's not the joy of seeing more Star Wars in any way shape or form, though maybe for some fans it is. It's the prospect of someone not named "George Lucas" making Star Wars cool again in their eyes. That's it.
It's not as though Lucas hasn't bent over backwards to please Fett fans in the wake of his growing popularity. He let the EU revive Fett from the dead and appear in scores of books and comics. He went out of his way to create a backstory for Fett in AOTC, tying him to the stormtroopers. Fett has popped up on Clone Wars and if this live action show ever gets made, he's going to be in that too. What more do they want?
Anyway, if "Captain America" stinks, everyone will forget all about this and move on to whatever else.
Fanboys everywhere went into geek mania, salivating at the prospect of a 3-hour film of nothing but Fett killing people and looking cool while doing so. Even more preposterously, they forgot all about Joe Johnston--who actually did work on the first set of Star Wars films--and started salivating over the idea of Christopher Nolan making the film. Oh brother.
Let's not parse words on what this is all about. It's not the joy of seeing more Star Wars in any way shape or form, though maybe for some fans it is. It's the prospect of someone not named "George Lucas" making Star Wars cool again in their eyes. That's it.
It's not as though Lucas hasn't bent over backwards to please Fett fans in the wake of his growing popularity. He let the EU revive Fett from the dead and appear in scores of books and comics. He went out of his way to create a backstory for Fett in AOTC, tying him to the stormtroopers. Fett has popped up on Clone Wars and if this live action show ever gets made, he's going to be in that too. What more do they want?
Anyway, if "Captain America" stinks, everyone will forget all about this and move on to whatever else.
