# I actually liked Boba Fett's prequel backstory **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 30, 2013, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-actually-liked-boba-fetts-prequel-backstory/648758 "2013-01-30T00:46:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 3
**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:** [January 31, 2013, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-actually-liked-boba-fetts-prequel-backstory/648758/41 "2013-01-31T10:22:45Z")
And I predict that people will say, “Ugh, this again?” and stay home in droves. Not a good idea. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2013, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-actually-liked-boba-fetts-prequel-backstory/648758/42 "2013-01-31T10:30:48Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > From what I heard, the very end of the final duel - those two or three minutes where everyone is suddenly a better actor - was “guest directed” by Steven Spielberg. That would make a largely scary amount of sense, if true! How credible do you think that is? > [@AK84](#): > > I thought Hayden Christensen put out a fine perfomance in Episode III. Patchy at times, but otherwise fine. He handles some of the big scenes really well, for example his reaction to being told of Padme’s pregnancy, the fight scenes etc. > From what I have read, in the same vein as the above, the odd scene where the “lovers” in Ep II are less wooden and more believable were ad libbed by Portman and Christensen. I thought that the actor did fine. He was told to act like a whiny teenager and he did an excellent job at that. It was want the director wanted. It was not what the film needed, but thats not his fault. Agreed. He was a lot better overall in Episode III but especially toward the end. And yeah… in Ep II he was just acting the way Lucas wanted him to act… like you said… as an annoying, whiny, entitled teenager. And, given the events of Episode I, it kind of makes sense that he would think he was hot shit and should get everything his way, after what he did and all. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Call\_Me\_Shirley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Don\_t\_Call\_Me\_Shirley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Call_Me_Shirley)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2013, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-actually-liked-boba-fetts-prequel-backstory/648758/43 "2013-01-31T15:36:33Z")
> [@tim314](#): > > It didn’t really make sense to me as a motivation for his actions in the original trilogy. He sees his dad killed by a Jedi… thus instilling in him a lifelong hatred of the Jedi… so he devoted his life to catching smugglers who’d reneged on their debts, who only just happened by pure coincidence to be best buds with the last of the Jedi. He only works for Jabba to pay the bills. Not a lot of money in revenge. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2013, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-actually-liked-boba-fetts-prequel-backstory/648758/44 "2013-01-31T15:45:56Z")
By far, the better interpretation of Boba Fett comes from various _Robot Chicken_ episodes in which he is cocky and arrogant (kind of a dick, really) but far more entertaining. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-actually-liked-boba-fetts-prequel-backstory/648758.md?page=2)