Boba Fret

So another year, another Star Wars moving coming out. To those who haven’t asked yet, no I’m not going to see it. Not because of hate but more indifference. Why take a ticket away from someone who really wants to see it so that I, someone who doesn’t care one way or another, can. I hope its fun and there are some interesting new characters and stories I can enjoy once I finally do get around to watching it…whenever.

See, I was never a big Star Wars guy. It took me ages until I finally sat down and actually watched the 3 movies instead of casually coming across them on cable (for those of you who forgot, cable was like Netflix only you couldn’t choose what to watch, when. That was all pre-decided.). So there’s no nostalgia there for me. In fact, kind of the opposite. The stuff that was cool as a kid, like Power Rangers, seems a bit dumb in hindsight and I’m flabbergasted people still think highly of them today.


Case in point: Boba Fett. How did people fall in love with someone who was just a cool costume introduced in Empire? How did they still continue to love him after a blind Han Solo accidentally bumped into him and he fell into the Sarlac Pitt? It wasn’t even intentional. It was more 3 Stooges than Star Wars. I know ardent fans say he gets better in the novels (which are no longer canon) but the only thing I know about him from the books is that he escapes the Sarlac Pitt only to somehow end up there again. Now, for the 3 of you who don’t know, the Sarlac Pitt is a monster that’s essentially a large pot hole with teeth. It doesn’t move (as far as I know) it just sits in one place, mouth open and eats whatever is dumb enough to wander into it which, evidently is Boba Fett. I mean, I’m no superhero. My greatest feat is being able to watch YouTube for an entire day and still find time to complain about how hard my life is. But even I would be athletic enough to avoid the Sarlac Pitt. “Yeah, that giant hole in the ground with teeth. I’m staying away from that”. Even if I somehow magically managed to get sucked into it and escaped you sure as hell wouldn’t catch me anywhere near that thing again.  “Yeah, that giant hole in the ground with teeth I got caught in once before. I’m staying FAR away from that, just to be safe.” Throw a cool costume on me and I’m already more worthy of fan adulation in the eyes of Star Wars fans. 

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