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Originally Posted by Superfraggle
I think the reason Fett seemed so bad-ass and became such a legend (considering that he was really a minor character in the movie) is precisely that he didn't do anything. I agree that his death was dumb and shouldn't have happened, but I think that his character really would have been diminished by any actual action seen, unless it was a really one-sided win for him.
The temptation would be for the good guys to have to win the fight or at least escape, in which case he becomes yet another supposedly tough character who turns out to not really be such a big deal.
The only real opportunity I see to have done more with Fett in a good way in the original trilogy would have been for him to capture Han himself in a very one-sided fight, rather than have Vader do it and hand him over. That would have taken away from the more important demonstration of the hopelessness of fighting Vader in that scene, though.
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I partially agree, with Jango, they did a good job of making him formidable in an economic manner.
He fought a Jedi like Obi-Wan to a standstill.
Even in the arena he showed no fear in jumping into the fight, he got run over by basically a bull and stood up and tried to take on a Jedi Master.
So he looked pretty good and his death was meaningful.
They didn't do anything to really establish Fett as anything more then a poser with some neat armor. They tried to by having him talk back to Vader as if they were equals without getting his helmet rammed up his butt.
I had this inner monologue after the bounty hunters met on the bridge of the Star Destroyer. After the meeting.
Dengar - "Going after Solo is like a death sentence, he always shoots first. I'm out"
Bossk - "SSSolo and Sssskywalker, I'm not sssstupid you know"
IG88 - "I have an important update in my operating system to do, do I want to reboot now? Yes"
Shuts down
Zukass - "There's only one man dumb enough to go after Solo and the wookie and the guy who wasted the death star and there he goes"
Boba Fett flying away - "I'm the best"