8/30/2023 0 Comments Star wars bounty hunter logoThe first time we see Boba Fett in the Star Wars Special Edition, he’s standing off to the side, a voiceless supporting player. As creatures of the Outer Rim, they operate at the edges of the galaxy, the fringes of society, and the borders of the screen. We’ve become acquainted with several bounty hunters in Star Wars films, from Greedo to the Fetts to Boba’s rivals in Empire (Bossk, IG-88, Dengar, Zuckuss, and 4-LOM) to the prequels’ Zam Wesell and Aurra Sing to the latest trilogy’s Bazine Netal, but we haven’t spent enough time with them to learn why they became bounty hunters, how the job works, and what they do during downtime. Although George Lucas gave us some of Boba’s backstory in Clones, bounty hunters in Star Wars have hardly been asked to emote. In the Star Wars Celebration sizzle reel, The Mandalorian creator Jon Favreau said, “This is a character you’ve never met before.” One could say the same about any character with a new name and face, but Favreau meant that the Mandalorian doesn’t fit familiar Star Wars archetypes. How Boba Fett Became a ‘Star Wars’ Icon Jon Favreau Is the Exact Person You Want Helming ‘The Mandalorian’ Who Is the Mandalorian? Let’s Start With Who He’s Not. After more than four decades, the most famous subset of Star Wars scum is migrating from the periphery of the frame to the center. They’ve always made the most of their minutes, but they haven’t earned many minutes until now, which is part of what makes The Mandalorian so distinct from previous on-screen Star Wars stories. But before the still-unnamed Mandalorian raised them to the status of series lead, bounty hunters in live-action Star Wars were mostly seen and not heard-and they were seen only sparingly. That might seem surprising, considering the prominent place the bounty hunting profession occupies in the Star Wars mythos. Which means that by the end of the first episode of The Mandalorian, Pascal’s character will likely have eclipsed the combined dialogue and screen time of every other bounty hunter in the history of live-action Star Wars. By coincidence, it’s also the same number of lines uttered by bounty hunters other than Jango in every Star Wars movie put together (counting Bossk’s growl of untranslated Trandoshan in The Empire Strikes Back and Boba Fett’s dismayingly unmenacing scream in Return of the Jedi, but not counting kid Boba in Clones). That’s the same number of lines spoken by Jango Fett, Boba Fett’s father, in all of Attack of the Clones. In those seven minutes, the titular bounty hunter, played by Pedro Pascal, delivered 13 lines. At Star Wars Celebration in April, a theaterful of thirsty fans saw seven minutes of footage from The Mandalorian, the live-action series that will premiere on Disney+ on Tuesday.
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