The Book of Boba Fett Failed Because It Was The Wrong Western Story
Warning: The following contains SPOILERS for The Book of Boba Fett finale.
The Book of Boba Fett failed to please some Star Wars fans because the story forced him into an adaptation of The Magnificent Seven, which is the wrong sort of Western for the mysterious bounty hunter to headline. While various bits ofStar Wars media have given Boba Fett more definition as a character over the past four decades, the popular perception of the character remains that of a faceless drifter with an unclear past and an uncertain future. In this Boba Fett might be likened to Clint Eastwood's Man With No Name from Sergio Leone's Dollars Trilogy, who served as an inspiration for Boba Fett according to actor Jeremey Bulloch, who originated the role of Boba Fett in The Empire Strikes Back.
The Star Wars setting is a mythological gumbo, born of multiple elements borrowed from a variety of genres. While nominally a science-fiction franchise, the series is notable for its dependence on mysticism, with the Jedi combining elements of the samurai Bushido code and European depictions of wizards. George Lucas was also highly influenced by the great Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa, with the first Star Wars movie, A New Hope, borrowing heavily from Kurosawa's The Hidden Fortress, with a storyline centering around the rescue of a princess, who is also the leader of a rebel army. Later Star Wars films also referenced Kurosawa's films.
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Given that, and the equal amount of inspiration Star Wars has drawn from Westerns, it was perhaps inevitable that Star Wars should pay homage to Kurosawa's The Seven Samurai, which was also adapted into the Western The Magnificent Seven in 1960.
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