So, which was worse? Or can you never get enough Boba?
As a collector/hobbyist, I'm happy to see as much "source" material hit the screen as possible. Obviously I'd like it to be excellent storytelling, but barring that, at least give us some good toys
I was NOT a fan of the Star Wars Special Edition in general. Why does Greedo need to shoot first? However, there's a brief snippet with a dewback and sandtrooper, and was just enough to get the then Power Of The Force line to release a dewback and sandtrooper set. Later, it might have been just enough to push the 12 inch dewback into production.
As a collector, I'm glad BOBF was made for the toy potential alone. I really don't get the teenager punk rock rebel fighters that look like they fell out of a N'Sync tour bus. But I actually liked BOBF as a tv series. There's a lot wrong with it on a fundamental level, but I really enjoyed it. I'm a sucker for samurai stories I suppose. I might be one of the few people here on this forum who did like it. I ended up picking up a Black Series comic Krrysanten and a Boba Fett with removable helmet for very good prices. I think they are cool figures. I didn't pay that much for them. I'm glad to have them. Without the TV series, I would probably not have them since they might not have been made.
On BOBF, the "mistake" I see that was made IMHO was that they didn't recast a younger version of Boba Fett. Then used Morrison as either flash forwards, or as present day with the younger version as flashbacks. That way you could DOUBLE the merchandising potential, and give both ends of the story ( i.e. a comprehensive "origin" story in terms of being a bounty hunter while also dealing with his survival post Sarlacc) To potentially fix the recasting, they could have just never let younger Fett take off his helmet. Or made him a burn victim or something else with scarring to hide that he 's not a young Morrison ( to avoid the massive SFX cost of de-ageing, etc, etc)
I'd rather the TV series ENDED with Bib Fortuna getting shot up and then Fett takes the throne. With most of the footage dealing with younger Fett stories about individual hunts that shaped his overall character. I also think that would have been an interesting chance to bring in some Shadows Of The Empire stuff into the fold. Again, more merchandising potential.
I get the desire for "homage" to what Lucas created first, i.e. bringing in Morrison. But the guy was too old, too heavy and not a good enough actor to uplift the material given. Ming Na is also basically a TV show's kiss of death ( though her figure sculpt is amazing ) I think the show realized too late that they needed Cad Bane and Cobb Vanth in there much much sooner.
At least as collectors, we have the potential consolation "prize" of possibly some cool action figures. Just regular Star Wars fans were sort of boned though in that regard. I didn't really like the M.A.S.K. cartoon in some ways as a kid. But damn did those toys rock. Especially Boulder Mountain. Same basic premise, even decades ago. Just some thoughts.
