# Disney Drops ‘Slave 1’ Name On Lego’s Boba Fett ‘Star Wars’ Ship **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** disney-hulu\ **Created:** [June 30, 2021, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-drops-slave-1-name-on-lego-s-boba-fett-star-wars-ship/945285 "2021-06-30T00:30:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2021, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-drops-slave-1-name-on-lego-s-boba-fett-star-wars-ship/945285/1 "2021-06-30T00:30:22Z")
Opinions? Personally I think it is ridiculous. Boba Fett is a bad guy. His ship’s name reflects his character. I see no reason to sanitize that. It is a fantasy world. Nothing to do with slavery on earth. It seems this only applies to their Lego products. Still… > **[Disney Drops ‘Slave 1’ Name on Lego’s Boba Fett ‘Star Wars’ Ship](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/disney-slave-1-name-boba-fett-star-wars-ship-1234975131/)** > > The name of the ship, which appeared in the films and on 'The Mandalorian,' remains on the official 'Star Wars' Databank, however. ---
**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2021, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-drops-slave-1-name-on-lego-s-boba-fett-star-wars-ship/945285/2 "2021-06-30T00:33:26Z")
Disney’s been trying to get rid of the word Slave in Star Wars for years, both the Slave 1 ship name (previously it was renamed to Clone 1) and also Slave Leia. Which kind of makes me realize that Boba Fett was definitely a slaver in the OT. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2021, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-drops-slave-1-name-on-lego-s-boba-fett-star-wars-ship/945285/3 "2021-06-30T00:40:48Z")
The name was never uttered on-screen (except possibly in one of the animated series) and there’s a new Boba Fett TV show coming, so I suspect that something about the ship’s name will be canonized there that will retcon its former moniker. I personally have no dog in this fight. It’s not a great name for a ship anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2021, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-drops-slave-1-name-on-lego-s-boba-fett-star-wars-ship/945285/4 "2021-06-30T00:41:55Z")
It’s just on the Lego toy. They are not trying to change the canon so let’s all calm down. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2021, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-drops-slave-1-name-on-lego-s-boba-fett-star-wars-ship/945285/5 "2021-06-30T00:42:30Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > I personally have no dog in this fight. It’s not a great name for a ship anyway. Neither is the “Millennium Falcon” but it is now a name immortalized in a well liked franchise. ---
**Author:** ![Lamoral](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lamoral/32/16078_2.png) [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2021, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-drops-slave-1-name-on-lego-s-boba-fett-star-wars-ship/945285/6 "2021-06-30T00:57:13Z")
How is the name “Millennium Falcon” anything but an objectively badass name for a spaceship? What exactly is your objection to it? ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2021, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-drops-slave-1-name-on-lego-s-boba-fett-star-wars-ship/945285/7 "2021-06-30T01:00:14Z")
> [@Asuka](#): > > Disney’s been trying to get rid of the word Slave in Star Wars for years, both the Slave 1 ship name (previously it was renamed to Clone 1) and also Slave Leia. The name “Clone 1” was a mistake in the 2015 book Ultimate Star Wars book, not intentional. In fact the book has a [number of inaccuracies](https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Ultimate_Star_Wars#Continuity). > [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](#): > > It’s just on the Lego toy. They are not trying to change the canon so let’s all calm down. If the folks at LEGO are to be believed, they _are_ trying to change canon. This is just the first sign of it. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2021, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-drops-slave-1-name-on-lego-s-boba-fett-star-wars-ship/945285/8 "2021-06-30T01:05:11Z")
Has the name “Slave 1” ever appeared in any source more canonical than toy packages? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2021, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-drops-slave-1-name-on-lego-s-boba-fett-star-wars-ship/945285/9 "2021-06-30T01:11:57Z")
Comic books and video games. Maaaaybe in an animated TV show. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2021, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-drops-slave-1-name-on-lego-s-boba-fett-star-wars-ship/945285/10 "2021-06-30T01:18:05Z")
[Starwars.com](http://Starwars.com) is the official canonical reference source for the Star Wars universe and it has info on Slave 1, including an [article](https://www.starwars.com/news/from-concept-to-screen-slave-i) about its conception, and it still has the name in its [entry](https://www.starwars.com/databank/boba-fetts-starship). The ship itself appeared multiple times in the Clone Wars TV show but I haven’t had a chance to go through those episodes to see if its name was mentioned. If it was, I would think it was the episode where the pirate Hondo got his hands on it. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2021, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-drops-slave-1-name-on-lego-s-boba-fett-star-wars-ship/945285/11 "2021-06-30T01:26:48Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > It’s not a great name for a ship anyway. This. > [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](#): > > It’s just on the Lego toy. They are not trying to change the canon so let’s all calm down. Also this. Lego Poe Dameron’s ship is called “Poe’s X-Wing Fighter,” Lego General Grevious’s ship is called “General Grevious’s Starfighter.” They get generic names to cast a wider net when parents are shopping. A buyer might not know what _Slave I_ is but they might know “Boba Fett’s Ship.” ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2021, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-drops-slave-1-name-on-lego-s-boba-fett-star-wars-ship/945285/12 "2021-06-30T01:34:16Z")
Do they have falcons in a galaxy far, far away? And “millennium” is just so much ad-speak. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2021, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-drops-slave-1-name-on-lego-s-boba-fett-star-wars-ship/945285/13 "2021-06-30T01:35:46Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Ah-C3rFHOuU/hqdefault.jpg "Slave I | Robot Chicken | Adult Swim") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ah-C3rFHOuU) ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2021, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-drops-slave-1-name-on-lego-s-boba-fett-star-wars-ship/945285/14 "2021-06-30T01:36:08Z")
Hasn’t it shown up in [“The Mandalorian”](https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Chapter_15:_The_Believer)? (to be fair I forget if they call it by name) ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2021, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-drops-slave-1-name-on-lego-s-boba-fett-star-wars-ship/945285/15 "2021-06-30T05:07:53Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > The ship itself appeared multiple times in the Clone Wars TV show but I haven’t had a chance to go through those episodes to see if its name was mentioned. It is in at least one episode: > **[Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Season 2, Episode 21 script | Subs like Script](https://subslikescript.com/series/Star_Wars_The_Clone_Wars-458290/season-2/episode-21-R2_Come_Home)** > > Transcript for Tv Show Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Season 2 Episode 21 - R2 Come Home ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2021, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-drops-slave-1-name-on-lego-s-boba-fett-star-wars-ship/945285/16 "2021-06-30T11:06:21Z")
Yes, _Slave I_ appeared starting in the first episode in which Boba and Fennec Shand are shown to be working together. The _Razor Crest_ is destroyed, and Mando hitches a ride with Boba and Fennec. The name wasn’t mentioned. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2021, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-drops-slave-1-name-on-lego-s-boba-fett-star-wars-ship/945285/17 "2021-06-30T13:12:52Z")
I haven’t watched the show (I may need to turn in my Geek badge) but Slave 1 is clearly a singleship, designed for one pilot/occupant and storage space for compact, high value cargo. How do you fit two other people into that? ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2021, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-drops-slave-1-name-on-lego-s-boba-fett-star-wars-ship/945285/18 "2021-06-30T13:24:10Z")
[It’s bigger than it looks.](https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/star-wars-the-mandalorian-reveals-boba-fetts-ship-rotates-inside/) ---
**Author:** ![gdave](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gdave/32/3683_2.png) [@gdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gdave)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2021, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-drops-slave-1-name-on-lego-s-boba-fett-star-wars-ship/945285/19 "2021-06-30T13:32:48Z")
> [@DrFidelius](#): > > I haven’t watched the show (I may need to turn in my Geek badge) but Slave 1 is clearly a singleship, designed for one pilot/occupant and storage space for compact, high value cargo. How do you fit two other people into that? > [@Alessan](#): > > It’s bigger than it looks. Yep. When it first appears in _The Empire Strikes Back_, it’s pretty clearly a small ship, not much bigger than a Y-Wing or large “snub fighter”. It’s since been retconned into being a considerably bigger ship, with substantial interior space. And I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone getting upset about that sort of retconning. And what about Wookie claws? Wookies don’t have claws. Except then they do, for climbing. But, no, wait, they’re actually also usable in combat. But, no, wait, Wookies have very strong cultural and psychological inhibitions against using them that way, and only insane outcasts would ever use them in combat. But, no, wait, “rageclaws” are a totally normal, playable character build. But, no, wait, we finally see an actual Wookie hand on-screen in _The Last Jedi_, and…it’s just a perfectly normal human hand, with a big tuft of fur on the back. No claws at all. The overly-elaborate point being, Star Wars has _always_ retconned elements of the story. Dropping references to _Slave I_ bothers me a _lot_ less than who shot first, Han or Greedo. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2021, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-drops-slave-1-name-on-lego-s-boba-fett-star-wars-ship/945285/20 "2021-06-30T13:41:57Z")
> [@DrFidelius](#): > > I haven’t watched the show (I may need to turn in my Geek badge) but Slave 1 is clearly a singleship, designed for one pilot/occupant and storage space for compact, high value cargo. Here is the iconic scale image from _ESB_. > **[‘Empire Strikes Back’ at 40: How iconic Slave 1 matte painting was done](https://beforesandafters.com/2020/04/15/empire-strikes-back-at-40-how-the-iconic-slave-1-matte-painting-was-done/)** > > Behind the scenes of the Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back matte painting with Harrison Ellenshaw. Boba Fett, Slave 1, Industrial Light & Magic, ILM, VFX, (Also, the bubblegum card used _Slave 1_.) [https://milnersblog.com/2019/03/07/topps-star-wars-galactic-moments-countdown-to-episode-ix-week-12/](https://milnersblog.com/2019/03/07/topps-star-wars-galactic-moments-countdown-to-episode-ix-week-12/) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-drops-slave-1-name-on-lego-s-boba-fett-star-wars-ship/945285.md?page=2)