'Star Wars' Toys & Collectibles Review: Hasbro 'Star Wars Unleashed: Boba Fett' Sculpture
A carded example of 'Star Wars Unleashed: Boba Fett.' (C) 2003 Hasbro, Inc. and Lucasfilm Ltd. (LFL) |
As the hungry Sarlacc
holds Boba Fett in its lashing tentacles, you would expect Fett to rage at fate
for bringing him to this hideous circumstance. But Fett never allows himself a
second of weakness or self-pity. – Boba Fett, Hasbro Star Wars Unleashed collection
For almost 25 years (26 if you count the Nelvana Star Wars
Holiday Special that aired on CBS in 1978), Boba Fett's armored figure has
menaced the Heroes of the Rebellion and captured the imagination of legions of
Star Wars fans. Since his introduction in the aforementioned TV special in an
animated segment and his "official" film debut in Star Wars Episode
V: The Empire Strikes Back, Fett has become one of the iconic "bad
guys" in the Star Wars mythos. Canny, calculating, and relentless, the man
encased in the Mandalorian armor says little but acts decisively.
From the moment he
witnessed the brutal death of his father in the first battle of the Clone Wars,
Boba Fett has dealt with the injustices and vagaries of life in a cold,
calculating manner. Encased in armor and hidden behind a battle helmet, Fett
has cut himself off from the universe, protecting himself from the dangers of
his work as a bounty hunter, and also, perhaps, from the pain of loving and
losing anyone else dear to him.- Boba
Fett, Hasbro Star Wars Unleashed collection
Boba Fett appeared originally only in Episodes V and VI
until producer/writer/director George Lucas tinkered with the Classic Trilogy
to make the 20th Anniversary Special Edition in 1997 and included the galaxy's
most feared bounty hunter in the restored Han-and-Jabba confrontation scene in Star
Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. More
recently, Lucas finally shed some light into Boba Fett's mysterious origins by
establishing him as a 9 or 10-year-old boy who is an unaltered clone of a Clone
Wars era bounty hunter, Jango Fett.
Even as he struggles
within the deadly Pit of Carkoon, Boba Fett exemplifies a harsh enforcer of his
own code of honor and justice. He is armed not only with powerful weapons but
also with the superb survival and martial arts skills taught to him by his
father. If it could be possible for anyone to emerge alive from the carnivorous
maw of the Sarlacc, that person would be Boba Fett. – Boba Fett, Hasbro Star Wars Unleashed
collection
Even though Boba was last seen falling into the maw of the
Sarlacc at the Great Pit of Carkoon in Episode VI, many authors and graphics
artists working on the Star Wars Expanded Universe franchise have written
post-Return of the Jedi stories in which Fett escapes from the Sarlacc's tentacled and toothy maw and resumes his bounty hunting career, and this Hasbro offering in the 2003
Star Wars: Unleashed series depicts
the climactic moment of Boba's flight to freedom as his rocket backpack
launches him out of the angry, hungry monster in whose belly he'd been expected
to suffer for 1,000 years.
Star Wars Unleashed: Boba Fett is a very energetic and kinetic sculpture, and
every detail – from Fett's dented and
scratched Mandalorian armor to the flailing tentacle of the enraged Sarlacc –
is painstakingly recreated in a displayable
sculpture any serious Star Wars
collector should be proud to own.
Source: (Return of the Jedi)
Year: 2003
Assortment: Unleashed
Assortment No. : 84985/85002
Retail: $14.99
Weapons and Accessories:
- Sarlacc Pit
- Jetpack
- Blaster
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