RUMOR The Max von Sydow is Boba Fett Theory

Let's call this the Pimpernel Fett Theory!

 

Pardon me if this has been mentioned and I missed it, and mind you that I don't really put any stock into what I say, just putting it out there... but what about the EU character of Jodo Kast being used as inspiration?

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Jodo_Kast

I think he's pretty obscure. I only knew about him because he was an unlockable character for that Masters of Teräs Käsi game for the Playstation back in the day.

I think his story was something about wearing Mandalorian armor like Fett, and taking on the identity of Fett when it suited him, and eventually being hunted down by Fett. I doubt this is the route they'd even go, but technically it could allow you to cast a big actor (like Fassbender as the rumor once went) in the Fett role, have an adventure, and then show in the last portion the real Fett hunting him down.

Or, have a movie that centers on Boba Fett realizing something is wrong and hunting down the clues to find the imposter, giving both about equal time in the movie. (that I actually would like to see, in all actuality)

 

But the Old EU was never ever ever considered Canon in the same sense as the movies. Disney moved the old EU to legends so it could write new stories without dealing with the work of previous authors and so on. But it made it clear that going forward there would be no separation like which existed before that only the movies and TCW were set in stone. All of it is canon.

The might change things as you say but the implication of their actions so far is to treat developments outside of the films as part of a unified continuity. If they wanted flexibility they would have said all the old EU is myths and all the new non movie stories are legends but only the movies count for Canon.

 

I'd rather see something like the new Boba already operating in the galaxy after having killed the old one and getting into a heist/mission with some of old-Boba's former colleagues. He plays it cool but they eventually figure out he's someone else; the backstory of old-Boba's demise is slowly revealed. The third act features new-Boba tracking down and "silencing" anyone who knows the truth about him while still completing the MacGuffin mission; in the end, there is now only the one and only Boba Fett.

--- Double Post Merged, Jul 10, 2015, Original Post Date: Jul 10, 2015 ---

"Myths" and "legends" are the same thing. Really, only the movies do still count when it comes to the movies. When it comes to the rest of the canon, everything now fits into their new hierarchy (though some cracks are already beginning to show; that's a discussion for a different thread). When it comes the actual movies though, the only events that matter are what happened on screen. The rest of the canon can and will reference the movies and itself, but the movies will undoubtedly only ever refer to themselves. They are not trying to make movies that only hard-core fans like us will enjoy, they are making movies that everyone can understand and immerse themselves in.

 

I'm glad to see in at least one instance, that cooler heads prevailed with regard to the "trolling" issue. Far too many people attach that tag (which I think should be done away with entirely) to someone with whom they disagree. It smacks of certain folks who are no longer here, in part, because they labeled everyone with that rating (and could not be respectful).

Respectful disagreement and debate should never amount to trolling. As you all figured out, use the "disagree" rating instead. Bravo.

For what it is worth @Snazel, I hardly think you are "unpopular for [your] opinions" here (although we all unknowingly present an unpopular opinion from time to time). To the contrary, I find you to be one of the most insightful, well-reasoned posters among our ranks.

But watch, I'll probably get hit with the trolling tag for this...

 

@Snazel

Yeah, not unpopular at all, in fact, the references and perspective are pretty near my own, leading me to assume we must be around the same age.

 

I agree that myths and legends are the same thing my point was if they wanted to keep things other than the movies on a different level of canon hierarchy they could have. I used myths and legends simply to differentiate the fact that Disney wants their new comics books games and so separate from the old EU. When they made the move with the EU they made a solid point that their storytelling group would view things as a single continuity.

 

What I'm arguing though is that while the new EU is "solid" (though I don't think the old EU was a porous as it's made out to be), the movies are still the movies and will continue to be made so that the only things a viewer needs knowledge of beforehand are the previous movies. Here's two examples:

1. In the old EU, "Shadows of the Empire" was as close to "movie canon" (or "G level" canon), as a story got. It filled in exactly what happened between ANH and ESB. However, reading it was not a prerequisite for watching RotJ. The book referenced the movies, but the movies ignore the book.

2. In the Marvel cinematic universe, we have this nice little show called Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. The show goes out of its way to reference the movies, it even fills in some plot holes here are there (Project Theta anyone?). However, the movies have yet to acknowledge the show or its characters; watching the show enhances the movies, but again it is not a prerequisite to understand what is going on.

This is how I see the new canon of Star Wars. We're getting stories that may (or may not) enhance what we are seeing on-screen, but that does not mean that those stories are needed in order to understand what is happening. As @Snazel has said many times, canon is largely a fan construct; if you want to consider all the new stories to be a part of your personal SW saga, they're writing them so as to make it easy for you to do so. Myself? I still consider some things that are now classified "Legends" to be in my canon until proven otherwise.

So all of this is to say: canon is canon until it's not canon. Boba Fett is an unaltered clone of Jango until/if they decide to change that. But if something that big occurs, rest assured it will happen on-screen and not in a novel/comic/video game.