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   Anybody to Mace Windu   
   Re: Jango would be so disappointed in Bo   
   28 May 08 09:01:39   
   
   afae06f7   
   From: anybody@anywhere-anytime.com   
      
   In article   
   <307e3045-de95-411e-b313-98bd7f36a3f4@c58g2000hsc.googlegroups.com>,   
   Mace Windu  wrote:   
      
   > On May 27, 12:51 am, Anybody  wrote:   
   > > In article , Todd   
   > >   
   > >  wrote:   
   > > > Darth Lucas (Lucas the Hutt?) made a big mistake in adding the Boba   
   > > > Fett bit to A New Hope.  It makes Boba seem like nothing more than   
   > > > Jabba's knee breaker, and Boba should be more than that.  Maybe his   
   > > > part in the ever-upcoming tv series will fix that.   
   > >   
   > > Boba Fett is a bounty hunter / mercenary and at the time of the   
   > > Original Trilogy he does work for Jabba the Hutt.   
   > >   
   > > As far as I've read, Boba Fett being in, or the main character of the   
   > > live-action TV show is still only a rumour.   
   > >   
   > > > Also in ep IV, as the Falcon speeds from Tattooine, and Han claims   
   > > > there's no energy force controlling his destiny, Obiwan laughs as if   
   > > > he knows something Han doesn't.  What he might know was never revealed   
   > > > in the prequels.   
   > >   
   > > Obi-Wan does know something Han doesn't - Obi-Wan knows about the Force   
   > > and all it's abilities.   
   > >   
   > > > Plus, when the Young Han Solo trilogy was written, the writer was   
   > > > forbidden from exploring too early in Han's life.  Again, nothing was   
   > > > revealed in the prequels.   
   > >   
   > > Thank God. It was bad enough shoe-horning in Chewie and Boba Fett to   
   > > appease dumb fans who can't understand that there's an entire galaxy   
   > > and characters do not "have" to appear in every single movie.   
   > >   
   > > > I'm convinced that one of the main characters that we supposedly "have   
   > > > never met before" will be a young recruit who at the end of the series   
   > > > changes his name to Han Solo.   
   > >   
   > > Nope. The live-action TV show is about a minor movie character, and   
   > > does not include any of the main characters - not Luke or Leia, not   
   > > Obi-Wan, not Yoda, not Vader and not Han and Chewie.   
   > >   
   > > You should be looking at minor characters like Boba Fett, Greedo, Aurra   
   > > Sing, perhaps Biggs or Wedge although the rumours say bounty hunters.   
   >   
   > Hold on, who's Aura Sing. I recognize the name, but I don't remember   
   > who that was.   
      
   She was the bald-headed bounty hunter dressed in bright red who was   
   BRIEFLY glimpsed during the Pod Race in Episode I. She was going to   
   appear in Episode II, but George Lucas changed to Zam Wesell instead.   
      
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