The Creation of Boba Fett - A detailed timeline of the character's creation by Paul Duncan

[@ConvergencePrecisionPro]

Nothing beats that subtle scene of him snapping his head to the sound of Luke unholstering his blaster, and he doesn’t skip a beat before waiting around the corner to ambush him. I wish The Mandalorian had this level of quality secondary character writing. So many of the characters act like clowns

[@wordsmithpd]

Yes, Boba Fett is sneaky! He knows how to use the element of surprise.

[@1anre]

You didn't think the Mandalorian has solid writing and storyline?

[@ConvergencePrecisionPro]

@@1anre... He forgot his jetpack... The same jetpack we watched him call like a drone in the 2nd episode of that very season...

[@1anre]

@@ConvergencePrecisionPro Didn’t he sacrifice the jet pack during a fight or something like that, when it got shot at?

[@pacman5698]

Fett seemed like a response to all the people who just wanted to see him blow shit up because they were still angry about him going out like a whimp in RotJ. Book of Boba Fett on the other hand decided not to forget about the fact he fell in the pit, took his escape from it very seriously instead of pretending it wasn't important, and used it to build on his journey into solidarity.

[@timewarpdrive77]

That test footage just exemplies the coolness of boba

[@1anre]

This was very exciting to watch. Hated Boba growing up as a kid because of what he did to Han Solo, but after watching The Mandalorian this year & seeing his plight & what their tribe, creed & union is all about, I think he's going to be my favorite character in the Star Wars Franchise going forward. His cool gadgets, RPG-weapons and his face-looking spaceship are my fave bits of his persona.

[@212something]

Great video! I feel that Boba Fett had so much potential that we never got to see.

[@bobafettfanclub]

Well done! Glad to have helped with some of the sources!

[@wordsmithpd]

Many thanks! Happy to hear you enjoyed it. Phew!

[@luis_e_saavedra]

Fantástico! Thanks for sharing the origins of this iconic character!

[@wordsmithpd]

My pleasure!

[@Mithrandir69]

I've been a Boba Fett fan since Empire came out, but I learned a lot from this video. Very well done!

[@wordsmithpd]

My pleasure. Happy to hear you enjoyed it!

[@darthsidious8596]

A book about Joe Johnston's art says that Super Troopers were going to be "from the Mandalore system", but Johnston has denied that that was his idea.

[@Samlalo170]

Extraordinary timeline, perfectly detailed... thank you!

[@wordsmithpd]

Glad you liked it!

[@kettufox4915]

I never seen the Holiday special cartoon, Fett was so badass in it!

[@wordsmithpd]

I have included a link to the full cartoon in the video details. Enjoy!

[@jurassicfett1274]

What a great video, very well put together! Thank you so much!

[@wordsmithpd]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@72PSI]

Awesome. Thank you for putting this up.

[@wordsmithpd]

My pleasure!

[@andrewharris7517]

I just discovered your channel and it’s Electric! I love to read and I’m going to add these books to My collection.

[@MikeSidious]

Thank you, Paul. This is fantastic, mate.

[@wordsmithpd]

My pleasure!

[@j_oe6919]

Underrated detailed video Good Job -Kenobi

[@wordsmithpd]

Thank you!

[@SamPapa333]

Thank you so much for making this video-documentary

[@wordsmithpd]

It's my pleasure

[@bobafeet1234]

Excellent video, very well done!

[@wordsmithpd]

Thank you very much!

[@alfredom.9139]

Very educational! Thank you

[@wordsmithpd]

Glad it was helpful!

[@rickytoddbotelho9555]

Excellent job 👍👏❤

[@wordsmithpd]

Thank you! 😊

[@Pattern51lover]

I thought Boba was thought of after the first film, then why was he seen in the cut scene of Jabba speaking with Han. Was this scene filmed after A New Hope?

[@wordsmithpd]

Boba was added into A New Hope for the 1997 Special Edition.

[@ohadros1951]

Sounds weird that they did camera tricks with actor and with cgi to put jabba in new hope,han doesnt look like its 1997, is there any prooof that they actualy refilmed?

[@lusotuber]

Didn't George Lucas refer to Mandalore / Mandalorian supercommandos to Joe Johnston when designing proto-Boba Fett early on? I believe it's in the original sketches.

[@wordsmithpd]

In Summer 1979 in Bantha Tracks he is said to be wearing "part of the armor of the Imperial Shocktroopers, warriors of the olden times." There was a reference to Mandalore in the ESB Sketchbook (June 1980) and in the Art of ESB (Oct 1980), so the background of the character was being developed throughout the process.

[@nineleafclover]

@@wordsmithpd Interesting that even at that early date he's described as wearing armor belonging to "warriors of the olden times." The wording of which would arguably suggest that Boba was simply wearing the armor of a group that once existed--but not necessarily that he belonged to that group himself. Could give context to Lucas's later pronouncement--much to the chagrin of many fans--that Jango and Boba were simply wearing the armor of the Mandalorians, but were not Mandalorians themselves (though recent media under Disney seems to have reversed that pronouncement). It's also interesting how the idea of "Imperial Shocktroopers" from "olden times" ties into later developed ideas about the clone troopers, and the connection Boba Fett was established to have to them.

[@1anre]

@@nineleafclover Boba doesn't claim to be a Mandalorian even in the Mando Disney TV series, he said his creed is to himself & to no man.

[@nineleafclover]

@@1anre Most fans of the show I've encountered don't seem to have taken it that way. And I think it was made "ambiguous" by design, precisely for that reason. They wanted to have their cake and eat it too (let fans believe Boba is a Mandalorian again, without blatantly undermining George).

[@procyon6370]

Yes, the new classification of Jango as a "foundling" allows both to be true, as well as aligning the backstory of Jango Fett from the comic book Open Seasons.

[@citeriorcf]

Nice video

[@wordsmithpd]

Thanks

[@byrne8509]

amazing vid

[@rhettburgess8753]

Awesome video!!! Gained a new subscriber!!!

[@wordsmithpd]

Thanks! I have more videos planned, but they take time to research/make.

[@rhettburgess8753]

@@wordsmithpd Quality is worth the wait!!!

[@festo8756]

HI Paul Duncan. In a new hope in the beginning of the boardroom of evil scene General Tagge calls Vader a sith Lord. The line was cut from the final film. Why did Lucas cut the line?

[@procyon6370]

My personal thinking is that Lucas thought that the sudden and off-hand reference to a Sith Lord, which is not brought up again for the rest of the film, may be confusing to the audience. Since the scene works without Tagge's first line, the line was cut. Another part of my personal thinking is that Lucas should have brought back the deleted line in the Special Editions. Alas, he didn't.

[@festo8756]

@@procyon6370 How do you explain Vader called a sith Lord in all the novelizations and comics during the 70s/80s?

[@procyon6370]

Vader was referred to as a Sith in the novelization of Episode IV from 1976.

[@festo8756]

@@procyon6370 like I just told you Vader is called a sith Lord in all three novelizations. Why would George Lucas take out that line if in a new hope but then have Vader called a sith Lord in the books?

[@procyon6370]

He didn't write the books, Alan Dean Foster wrote the novel based on the scripts.

[@JC-cv3up]

I feel since the prequels and clone wars animation changed his origin he doesn’t have that same persona from the original trilogy

[@wordsmithpd]

In the original trilogy there was no background to Fett so we could project our own ideas onto the character.

[@alexanderhaden0158]

They built a working jetpack in 1978 😳damn Kinda works lifting him some inches

[@HoboTheHenry]

This is great, better than disney's trash documentary. But I'm incredibly disappointed that again Jason Wingreen who was the voice for Boba Fett wasn't mentioned at all. I do like that Don Francks was mentioned but Jason Wingreen played a major role in the character becoming as iconic as he is and in his creation

[@wordsmithpd]

Sorry for the omission. If I ever get the chance to redo this, I'll add the info.

[@HoboTheHenry]

@@wordsmithpd Thank’s for actually listening to the criticism and not just reacting childishly. Again you did a great job on this video

[@johnrudy9404]

And in the end, just a movie.

[@fduranthesee]

16:34 dude looks kinda like Cobb Vanth instead of Boba Fett

[@manuelserrano2632]

😃😃😃👍👍👍👍

[@dawfydd]

imagine adding book of boba fett to the end of this "and then disney fucked over his character and made his own titled series a joke" What a shame the white slavers Disney got ahold of the IP.

[@tenforward715]

The real Boba Fett, and not that ridiculous’Beta Fett’ by Disney!

[@212something]

Great video! I feel that Boba Fett had so much potential that we never got to see.

[@wordsmithpd]

The character was very well conceived, but was not a central character-he is a henchman/villain-so did not have the screen time needed to develop him further. It was great to see him developed further in the recent TV series.