SPECULATION Will Boba Be in Star Wars 7?

Now that we are able to see from the new Star Wars Battlefront game (the storyline IS canon) that Boba Fett survived the Sarlacc, what are the chances you think we will see him in TFA?

I was about 50/50 before now I'm at 95% sure we will see him!

 

Well all the gameplay is just "scenario" or "wishful thinking" ....but the actual storyline for the game IS canon. So the story of how he survives IS canon!

 

That's the point of this post. Any storyline from the game IS canon......IS CANON!!! So that means he IS alive per Canon up to the point the game ends off at. That being said, I really don't want him in the movie just because he's popular. If they are able to put him in and it makes sense....I'm for it! Also another thing to remember, Jango had him made special so he aged twice as slow (if I remember correctly) so that means he wouldn't necessarily have to be as old as other returning cast. That's what put me at 95% he will return for sure during the ST.

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There might not be a "story mode" but any cut scenes or story type scenes will be considered canon. Just no gameplay! So if you are not controlling any of the characters.....It is canon

 

Thanks for the clarification. The only reason (besides explaining why he is in the game) why they would explain in the game that he is alive now is so that he can make an appearance in TFA and people not be wondering too much about he survived. I agree that he is not needed in the ST.....but if they have some sort of master plan and he fits in it.....I'm down!

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Things are a bit more complicated with the matter of Star Wars games. The overall scenario and documentation (cutscenes, manuals, strategy guides etc) are proper EU (see C-canon below). This, however, doesn't apply to "game mechanics" and stats.

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Topps card featuring Kyle Katarn, addressing the issue of carrying many weapons simultaneously.

• Game mechanics are the "artistic license" properties of the game that separate any computer game from reality and serve to make one more playable and enjoyable; for example Kyle Katarn carrying 10 weapons simultaneously, fully and immediately recovering from wounds simply by touching a bacta tank, bodies of defeated enemies disappearing etc., are things not realistically possible. Game mechanics are also some special effects accompanying the use of Force powers, such as sounds and glow surrounding the caster, which never appear in the movies. Health, shield, and Force repository are also game mechanics.
  • On a similar note, "artistic license" for the sake of gameplay is often exercised in many Star Wars games which contain adaptations, either in whole or in part, of scenes from the Star Wars movies, especially when the player takes the role of a character from the film. For example, in Star Wars: The Arcade Game the player takes the role of Luke Skywalker during the Battle of Yavin, although the specific events of the game do not exactly match those seen on screen during the A New Hope. During any conflict of canon the respective movie has precedent, though this is rarely an issue.
• Background information given in the RPG sourcebooks such as biographies, stories, blueprints, etc. is proper canon. Stats, on the contrary, are considered game mechanics. Stats include details such as weapon damage, speed, and character attributes (strength, intelligence, dexterity, health points etc).
• In mission and quest solving, canon is assumed to be the fullest and best outcome possible of each mission/quest available as given in the briefing or scenario. Kyle Katarn, Keyan Farlander, Maarek Stele, Jaden Korr, etc. never failed their quests. Although the player can avoid some optional quests, Wookieepedia assumes that those heroes managed to complete all the "available" feats.
• Problems can arise with customizable options such as the species or gender or alignment of the main character, until Lucasfilm releases a definite answer on this.
  So far all game characters with customizable gender, except Meetra Surik, have been canonized to be male.

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The apocryphal ending of Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II where Kyle Katarn becomes the new Emperor. It is non-canon since it occurs only if the player chooses the dark side scenario.

• In side-choosing games such as the Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic series and Dark Forces saga where the player has the choice between light side and dark side, as of yet, the light side ending has been verified as canonical by Lucasfilm in all games.
  It is not known however if it does impose additional restrictions on the secondary story and the outcome of any individual alignment-defining sidequest or choice in the game since they are not strictly set. For example the protagonist of KOTOR canonically followed the light and helped the Galactic Republic destroy the Star Forge but that doesn't mean that he didn't kill Bendak Starkiller or that he didn't join the GenoHaradan (both dark-aligned options in the game).
  However, Wookieepedia articles assume that the player picks the light side choice for all scenarios; therefore, even the secondary choices and events pertaining to the dark side or triggered by relevant choices, are considered non-canon.
• On the other hand, ambiguity is maintained when it comes to alternative choices and solutions to puzzles with the same outcome. For example in KOTOR, the fate of droid C8-42, or the responses to Rutum, is up to the player; although dark side options can be excluded according to the above, there are still several neutral or light-sided options possible to choose from; and none of them can be taken for sure to be the 'true' one.
• In-game events and characters that are 'triggered' when the non-canonical gender or alignment is selected are non-canon as well. For example Hanharr is not considered to have followed Meetra Surik, since Hanharr joins the player only in the non-canonical Dark Side outcome of the game.

There are however some exceptions when an external canon source, such as an encyclopedia or Guide, state it as happening, like for example that Brianna joined the Jedi Exile. In the game, Brianna joins the player only in the non-canonical male identity. In that case, the game is inconsistent to the canon and falls under the "game mechanic" logic.

• Battlefront games have both a Campaign and an Instant Action Mode among others. While the events in the campaign, including those that only appear there, such as the Battle of Kamino and the existence of X1 and X2, are considered canon. However, Instant Action allows players to create and replay battles in non-canon means and contain obviously non-canon gameplay elements, such as Luke Skywalker fighting during the Clone Wars.

 

Here is one last snippet from an article explaining what the Canon will include:

Decades of stories have been told in the E.U., giving Han and Leia twin Jedi children, dealing with every last shred of the Empire still lingering throughout the galaxy, creating a New Republic, introducing a new alien enemy more fearsome than the Empire, and loads more. But with a new mandate at Lucasfilm to produce Episodes VII through IX, trying to adhere to all of that continuity was just too limiting.

So they tossed it out. In its place, Kennedy decided that everything going forward — movies, books, comics, video games, you name it — would be officially sanctioned as Star Wars canon. To ensure this new continuity would never contradict itself, Kennedy made the genius move of assembling a "Lucasfilm Story Group," a small body of individuals whose job it is to make sure that all of the pieces fit.

Now we have new movies, TV shows, novels, young adult novels, comic books and video games, sharing one continuity.