Topic: [NEWS] Celebration Anaheim: Recap

Source: BFFC

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    [*]While four Boba Fett actors were there for signings, we brought along a fifth, Mark Austin (ANH:SE Boba Fett)![/*]
    [*]The Mandalorian Mercs presented Daniel Logan with a Boba Fett helmet[/*]
    [*]Many people dressed up as Boba Fett[/*]
    [*]The teaser for Rogue One was shown during the Q&A event with Garreth Edwards; no Boba Fett but cool nevertheless[/*]
    [*]Small standees featuring Boba Fett and other characters were a Celebration exclusive[/*]
    [*]Jakks Pacific unveiled the SDCC 2015 exclusive, a First Appearance Boba Fett figure, which is technically the pre-production Boba Fett look[/*]
    [*]During a Lucasfilm Story Group panel, Pablo Hidalgo mentioned Boba Fett once: Boba Fett is both simultaneously alive and dead in the Sarlacc (which opens the door now to hashtag #SchrodingersFett)[/*]
    [*]During a Star Wars Rebels panel, Dave Filoni was asked in the Q&A if Boba Fett and Cad Bane would return; he only addressed Cad Bane, leaving the door open to speculation about why he didn't answer the full question[/*]
    [*]Dave Filoni and Pablo Hidalgo shared two video clips of the unfinished bounty hunter arc storyline, in its final preliminary animation format before the series was shelved[/*]
    [*]The Clone Wars panel also showed new artwork of Young Boba Fett in armor[/*]
    [*]The teaser for Electronic Arts' new game Battlefront shows Boba Fett with a freshly exploding Star Destroyer in the background, mirroring an earlier but exactly aligned angle from The Force Awakens trailer, causing speculation that Boba Fett is alive in the canon timeline after Return of the Jedi[/*]
    [*]Higher-res artwork was shown from the Star Wars: Costumes panel, including the Supertrooper sketch that later became Boba Fett[/*]
    [*]During the same costume panel, one Q&A asked why Boba Fett's colors kept changing during pre-production and also between Empire and Jedi; the moderators did not know and asked if someone in the crowd knows[/*]
    [*]Two new Boba Fett collectibles were unveiled and we have the pictures[/*]
    [*]We handed out calling cards with some brand-new, original artwork[/*]
    [*]Jeremy Bulloch found his new car, the custom-wrapped Boba Fett car[/*]
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I've been thinking... with Pablo's words of "Boba Fett is both simultaneously alive and dead in the Sarlaac Pit until a story pulls him out" it would be unreasonable to assume that they will not touch up upon him In the future. That said, this has been a sore topic for us Fett fans ever since he first made his tumble into the pit... and while I'm sure the story group is aware of this,  perhaps we should still make our voices heard. George Lucas has always considered Boba Fett dead, and when he finally started to relent those sentiments, his word was taken away. Now, Boba Fett is in limbo... we are closer now than ever to an official ruling on his status as a survivor (well, assuming that you only took the EU with a grain of salt, as well as George's constantly shifting mind), it may very well be up to us to decide that he does indeed survive.

quinncrain64, great points!

We've tracked down Lucas' dead/alive comments and they've definitely all shifted to the "alive" column. See http://bobafettfanclub.com/fettpedia/Sarlacc and http://bobafettfanclub.com/fettpedia/George_Lucas

Fingers crossed to get out of limbo in no time.

@BFFC Admin

Fingers crossed indeed! With news from Kathleen Kennedy, and a little Boba redemption in tomorrow's new comic, I am very excited to see what they cook up for our favorite bounty hunter! As evidenced from the preview we were given of the upcoming comics, they are bringing Boba Fett back to his roots as a cold, ruthless and terrifying version of Clint Eastwood's "Man With No Name," who relentlessly tracks his prey... no matter the cost. Boba Fett is pretty much like the "Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" rolled into one man encased in an armored spacesuit, and I love it!!

And it certainly did NOT disappoint! Hot damn, if anyone hasn't read issue #5 of the new Marvel Star Wars, do it... as a Fett fan, you will not regret it! It was one of the most brutal depictions of Boba Fett to date; they really do have him as a high priority, it seems...