The "cool" guy

Has it occurred to anyone else that Lucas is searching for a "cool" guy in these films?

In ESB, we were introduced to Mr Fett and everyone lost their minds. Even today he has a cult following.

When TPM was in the works I recall hearing something along the lines of "Darth Maul is going to be the new Boba Fett". Despite the fact he was only in the movie a short time, he too had a LOT of merchandise.

Now. Jango Fett. I am getting the feeling that GL is trying to create another loveable baddie for epII.

Could this be to capitalize on the merchandise which he has done so with Boba and Maul? I don't know.

But lets not forget, Maul was never as "cool" as Boba Fett.

I don't think that Maul and Boba are fair comparisions..Mainly because Fett was such a minor character in OT. I'm sure that you are right about GL trying to make a dynamic bad guy..I think Chris Lee will fight that bill nicely.

But Lee is not good merchandise material. Well, not since he doesn't use the teeth anymore. 😄

Lucas would never do anything just to cash in merchandise, surely? 🙂

It's a fair point, though, and I've often wondered why Fett was soooo popular with fans. The best I can come up with is that Fett (with the exception of the Emperor and Moff Tarkin, who were set up as Vader's superiors) Fett was the character with confidence enough to be strong in Vader's presence. And as Vader was the primary villain, and everyone else seemed to cower in his presence, that makes him pretty special. Remember the scene on Bespin in ESB, "He's no good to me dead"? Who else in would have had the gaul to lay down conditions like that with Vader? No-one, making Fett an instant hit. Of course, the use of Fett in the pre-release hype helped - but he lived up to expectations. Despite the fact that Fett appeared in so few scenes and said so little is irrelevant, when he did appear he was tough and formidable enough to be memorable and think that's entirely down to the fact he didn't cower from Vader.

Creating a character who's cool in the same way for the sequels will be difficult, I reckon - afterall, there's a whole army of jedi who're going to stand up to the villains, battle brave and defy their threat.

My bet is, if Lucas is planning a cool character at all he'll related directly to Fett - else be another devil-may-care bounty hunter.

But we'll see. 😄

Every SW character is cool. There is no one cooler than Yoda.

I think Jango gets disqualified from true cool cult status because it looks like he may actually have a few lines...

And he is identical to Boba Fett (no pun intended).

Yet, Fetts are great merchandise, no doubts there. It'll help for sure.

well Boba Fett had a very small part to. Kind of a similarity between those two characthers.

Actually, my point was that Jango's part is too BIG for him to be the cool guy.

You're totally right Ush!!
Look at the cool guys! That are 2: Boba and Maul, they are cool because they look cool and they don't do much, even talking is reduced too a minimum.

You could add Aurra Sing to the "cool" list and she hasn't said a word yet.

I didn't find her so good, for that 1.5 seconds that she was in the movie, I hope she has a great rol in EpII

It's amazing how someone can be in a Star Wars film for one and a hlf seconds yet get so much publicity.

Indeed, it IS odd. It's one of those little pieces of Star Wars magic.

But yes, I am afraid that Jango is to much of a star to be cool...

Yes, but when Jango is on scene, it will be practically like an early Boba Fett, which he really is. I don't know what my point is, but he's too similar to Boba to be a new cool guy, or something.

Let's shut up about Aurra Sing, I'm afraid everything is so blown up about her that she is overestimated as a cool girl. So prevent that from happening!!

Don't you think that's good though? She hasn't done a thing yet she is so hyped and popular. I think Lucas is definatley modelling her as the prequels Boba Fett. They both had one very short scene in the foirst movies of both trilogies.

That's the whole point, she hasn't done a thing and already she is suposed to be a 'Boba Fett'-girl. Whe don't know anything about her, remind you that the scripts of EPII that are on-line are maybe not the one shooted so, you still can't give a reference from that

Accordin to the scripts online, Aurra Sing gets wasted by Jango within 30 minutes of the movie. Doesn't sound too cool to me.