Star Trek vs. Star Wars (and a collection of memes)

Sorry to hear it... maybe tomorrow will be more like #5.

 

Again, the same as my list. Although, I must confess, if I took these one at a time without knowing what pairing was coming next, I might have a harder choice. I would likely choose Luke over Obi-Wan and I might have considered Boba Fett over Chewbacca.

To the Jango vs. Boba comments. This is a tricky question b/c there would be no Jango without first having Boba Fett, but Jango did have more action in the PT than Boba in the OT. I agree that it was mostly the cool armor, the original husky/whispered voice and the mystery behind the character of Boba Fett. But, he is still a character that poses a threat to the heroes (more so than Stormtroopers), even if much of it is implied threat. Boba was sharp enough to recognize Han's clever hiding tactic and out maneuver him. He was quick to raise his blaster to shoot Chewie, before being stopped. He helped lure Luke into Vader's trap. From that, I think the audience is meant to infer that he is dangerous and has skill. I know that he gets punked out in RotJ, but at least for a short time in that scene, he's the only bad guy to frustrate the heroes. I always felt like it was the Force flowing among the heroes that thwarted the bad guys in that scene... sometimes in wacky ways I guess.

I maintain that every "Mandalorian" since then (including Jango and the Mandalorian show) is a proxy for Boba Fett and how people imagined what his cool exploits must have been.

Plus, any villain who falls into a pit or down a shaft is NEVER dead in Star Wars. Heck, I'm sure Disney will bring back Phasma in something.

 

This is the truth of it. You can see it through the ways in which the other characters act around him. It is obvious that he has the respect of Vader and Boba doesn't snivel in front of him like many others do. If you changed nothing about the character in the OT other than giving him an epic hard fought death in ROTJ, we wouldn't even be having this discussion. Unfortunately, his "death" was so goofy and silly that it stained the character.

We'll see if the Book of Boba Fett can build upon him. I have heard mixed things about it, the latest of which is bad in the form of
these goofy looking "power ranger" mopeds from the latest episode:


Who the hell thought that was a good inclusion in Star Wars?

 

Agreed. I didn't care that much when I was a kid that Boba Fett's defeat was goofy, but I see it now.

Also, to be fair, I thought ALL of those bounty hunters looked bad @$$ and I wanted to know more about each of them. So cool!

Oh no! Seriously? Sigh...

EDIT: I was REALLY hoping this was a Photoshop joke, but no, it was actually in the show.

 

Seriously? Are you sure they didn't get those mixed up and there aren't some scruffy teens in New York riding actual Star Wars Speeder Bikes?

 

I'm not going lie, if they made this crossover, I'd totally watch it. Talk about a clash of worlds, Al Bundy on the Enterprise!