Boba Fett Was Never Cool

It’s not truly Star Wars until the fans are upset about something. And now they’re upset about Boba Fett. The latest Disney Plus streaming hit, The Book of Boba Fett, explores what the bounty hunter has gotten up to since we last saw him in the second season of The Mandalorian. Our anti-hero has traded in “the way” for the title “Daimyo,” establishing himself as the new king of the underworld in the Tatooine city of Mos Eisley. After (I kid you not) climbing out of the belly of the sarlacc that swallowed him whole in Return of the Jedi, the bounty hunter undergoes a transformative journey that leaves him rethinking his line of work. Eventually, he teams up with master assassin, Fennec Shand aka Melinda May In Space to jump headfirst into organized crime. Now, no Star Wars property is without its share of detractors shouting at the rain far and wide across the internet. At this point, it just comes with the territory. But in this case, when the chief complaint seems to be that Jon Favreau has somehow “ruined” everything that’s cool about Boba Fett with his desert kung fu and Gen Z vespa street team? We have to unpack a little and have a rough conversation. The discourse isn’t that much unlike the divide among fans when The Last Jedi came out. Things took place in that almost 3-hour adios to Luke Skywalker that upset what long time nerds believe to be the status quo of Star Wars. For example, Yoda burning the ancient Jedi scrolls that Luke had long held as gospel, remarking tha…