I may have been the only nerd in the world excited when Joe Johnston was announced as the director of “Captain America.” Johnston as a filmmaker is incredibly unappreciated, partially because his job is usually to step in and fix other director’s messes; if “Jurassic Park III” and “The Wolfman” are kind of bad, it’s not really Johnston’s fault. Especially since “The Rocketeer” and “October Sky” kicked so much ass.
Which is why Johnston, who early in his career worked on all three “Star Wars” movies, is currently leaning on his good buddy George to let him make a Boba Fett movie.
That squealing you heard was the collective cry of joy from theForce.net. Unfortunately, it’s just something Johnston wants to do, not something set in stone, but we can certainly dream, dream of a Star Wars movie made in modern age that doesn’t totally suck. Ahhhh, such a happy world that is.
[ via the hunter bounties at Blastr ]
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What self-respecting nerd gets worked up over Star Wars these days? The last three turds (called “movies”) killed the series as far as I’m concerned. Their only redeeming quality was that they made “Jedi” look good.
Jedi rules. That is all. Saw it in the theaters when it first came out as a ten-year old and have loved it since minute one. I know it’s trendy to say Empire is the best, but at the time–and for me, still–Jedi was the shiznit.
My god what is the endless fascination with this boring side character? Lucas already took a hearty dump with Jango Fett and the Clone Troopers, a storyline that existed for no other reason than people thinking Boba Fett is so cool. Yeah, we really need an entire movie about that guy.
Oh and “Jedi” was the prequel to the prequels in terms of quality. Nostalgia doesn’t make it better.
I hate Jedi. I hated it then, and I hate it now. And Empire is only the best in relation to the other two. They’re all brainless fun. But the worst thing about Jedi was that we’d been hearing for freaking EVER how badass Boba Fett was, and how you don’t want to mess with him because he’d melt your face off, steal your ship and bang your girlfriend. And what does he do? Die. Horribly. Without firing a shot. What a pussy. Jedi sucked. Hard.
Jedi wasn’t bad. It was ok. It had good and bad moments.
And anyway, I hope that George lets this guy do it and then STAYS AWAY from the process.