About “Hard Merchandise”
Boba Fett is a character in the Star Wars franchise. He first appeared in the Star Wars Holiday Special (1978), voiced by Don Francks. He is an armored bounty hunter featured in both the original and prequel film trilogies. In the original trilogy, he was a supporting antagonist, portrayed by Jeremy Bulloch and voiced by Jason Wingreen. Boba Fett is known for his taciturn nature and never removing his helmet. He appears in The Empire Strikes Back (1980) as an agent of the Galactic Empire and in Return of the Jedi (1983) serving Jabba the Hutt. Though seemingly killed in Return of the Jedi, he has appeared in later Star Wars media, confirming his survival. Temuera Morrison portrays him in the new canon. Daniel Logan plays a younger version of Boba Fett in Attack of the Clones (2002), revealing his origins as a clone of Jango Fett. Morrison also played Jango Fett in Star Wars media. The animated series The Bad Batch shows Boba Fett was born as Alpha and has a biological sister named Omega, as well as another sister named Emerie Karr. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)
Book details
- First published
- 1999