I'm sure someone can explain to me, but I honestly never understood the popularity of Boba Fett (perhaps I should have issued a nerd alert prior to opening with that remark).
I remember even before "Empire Strikes Back" was released, he had been issued as a 12" figure action figure joining the ranks of the main stream characters of Luke, Leia, Han, Darth Vader et al. Sure, in the movie he captures Han Solo, but he has a screen time of just six minutes and 32 seconds and 4 lines of dialogue. And of course, he would go on to have perhaps the lamest demise (or so we thought) in screen history when the unfrozen (and temporarily blinded) Han, accidentally knocks him into the sarlacc pit where he would be "digested for over a thousand years" (again, or so we thought). Despite everything going against him, Boba Fett had a following. He even ranked his own candy. This was another find at the collector's estate sale. Sadly, no candy remained.
Given the presence of fumaric acid, I have to assume these were sweet tarts.
Disney (and Jon Favreau) has gone a long way to redeem Boba Fett with their "Book of Boba Fett" series (surprise, and spoiler alert, Boba survived the sarlacc pit!) although it's had its own share of detractors. For the most part, I enjoyed the series. While it started out slow, it redeemed itself in the final episodes, which ironically had little to do with Boba Fett.
So I leave you with this question Star Wars nerds: why was Boba Fett initially embraced and why has he remained such a popular character?
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