# My Star Wars Idea **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 3, 2001, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-star-wars-idea/96686 "2001-12-03T20:31:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-star-wars-idea/96686/1 "2001-12-03T20:31:47Z")
Remember how in the Empire Strikes Back, Darth Vader hangs out withj Boba Fett, and actually seems solicitous of the guy? What if it’s because Boba Fett is really Jar-Jar Binks? I think it would be great is something terrible happens to Jar Jar in Episode II, he gets all messed up physically and turns to bounty hunting. from inside some Mandalorian armor. ---
**Author:** ![newcrasher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b3f665/32.png) [@newcrasher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcrasher)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-star-wars-idea/96686/2 "2001-12-03T20:46:15Z")
I give your idea a 1. Really. ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-star-wars-idea/96686/3 "2001-12-03T20:51:17Z")
I guess you’re just kind of hanging around looking for trouble. My earlier rating seems to have been spot-on. ---
**Author:** ![newcrasher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b3f665/32.png) [@newcrasher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcrasher)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-star-wars-idea/96686/4 "2001-12-03T21:00:09Z")
…I am just kidding. Sorry to have offended you. I will try to ascertain who is light hearted her and who is not. You are not on the welcoming comittee, are you? ::slumphs off and contemplates a return to just lurking… ---
**Author:** ![Lego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b5e925/32.png) [@Lego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lego)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-star-wars-idea/96686/5 "2001-12-03T21:05:02Z")
That reminds me of this Brunching Shuttlecocks article. [http://www.brunching.com/features/feature-jarjartruth.html](http://www.brunching.com/features/feature-jarjartruth.html) No, really, it does. ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-star-wars-idea/96686/6 "2001-12-03T21:09:03Z")
> [@](#): > > You are not on the welcoming comittee, are you? In point of fact, I am. Here’s some goddamn coupons and a refrigerator magnet. The twelve steps to martyrs anonymous program starts promptly at 8. Attend. ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-star-wars-idea/96686/7 "2001-12-03T21:12:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lego \* > \*\*That reminds me of this Brunching Shuttlecocks article. > > [http://www.brunching.com/features/feature-jarjartruth.html](http://www.brunching.com/features/feature-jarjartruth.html) > > No, really, it does. \*\* Wow. So much for being original. ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-star-wars-idea/96686/8 "2001-12-03T21:15:08Z")
The real bitch of it is, Scyll, the brunching boards went through their Amish and groundhog rants four years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Kwyjibo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/59ef9b/32.png) [@Kwyjibo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kwyjibo)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-star-wars-idea/96686/9 "2001-12-03T21:38:48Z")
That theory would work, except Boba Fett is in Episode II. (Yes, I know that the guy in the trailer _isn’t_ Boba.) ---
**Author:** ![Abe\_Babe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@Abe\_Babe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abe_Babe)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-star-wars-idea/96686/10 "2001-12-03T21:58:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Scylla \* > \*\*Remember how in the Empire Strikes Back, Darth Vader hangs out withj Boba Fett, and actually seems solicitous of the guy? > > What if it’s because Boba Fett is really Jar-Jar Binks? > > I think it would be great is something terrible happens to Jar Jar in Episode II, he gets all messed up physically and turns to bounty hunting. from inside some Mandalorian armor. \*\* “Mee-sa gon’ GET dat Solo.” ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-star-wars-idea/96686/11 "2001-12-03T23:55:45Z")
Boba’s father is Jango Fett, a human. You can see a picture of him at any of a dozen fansites. ---
**Author:** ![Dignan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@Dignan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dignan)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2001, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-star-wars-idea/96686/12 "2001-12-04T02:40:39Z")
Oh. _That_ Star Wars. I thought this thread would be an announcement that you’d be joining the design team for Bush’s missle shield. Boy do I feel silly.