Posted by CaribbeanKangaroo (S.Townsley) at 207-172-83-56.s56.tnt1.wlm.va.dialup.rcn.com on November 16, 2001 at 16:36:12:
In Reply to: Re: A Mythological reading of Boba Fett... posted by TheMojoPin on November 16, 2001 at 16:18:06:
(For those who came in late...)
Wedge is the Not-Biggs of the Star Wars galaxy, (that is, whereas Biggs was blown up over the first Death Star, Wedge survived and subsequently attacked numerous other Imperial military targets, ultimately including the "Power Regulator Tower on the North Side".)
MOJO:
If this is what Lucas was going for, well, more power to him, but somehow I doubt that...
STEVE:
Never underestimate the level of detail an artist puts into his work. (Look at "Paradise Lost"!)
MOJO:
So maybe it's more apt to say [Fett is] like a physical manifestation of the Castle of Pride and its inhabitants from "The Faerie Queen"? But I like the idea of him being Solo's shadow...and if the Milton analogy holds, does that make his fellow bounty hunters like the other demons cast down in "Paradise"? And if he really is just a clone, that opens up ALL kinds of comparisons to Sin and Death...
STEVE:
Actually, Spenser's Castle Pride is more manifested in the form of the "Magic Tree", wherein Luke attacks the Darth Vader shadow, revealing his own face....(But if you've read "The Faerie Queene", I'm sure you've noticed the incredibly striking similarity, when the dwarf is shouting "Don't go in that cave! Don't go!"...)
However, you're pretty close. I'm sure there's a case to made there.
MOJO:
But then what does it mean that he vanquishes Fett in such an accidental manner, and essentially blind, with the assistance of his best friend/life partner? I'ts not necessarily a concious explusion of his "dark side" then, is it?
STEVE:
After his "resurrection", Solo moves from seeing "a big dark blur" into seeing "a big light blur"...this is the (perhaps over-) simplified representation of how Solo has abandoned his shadowy past. Removing the physical manifestation of his shadows is no task for him--he has already unconsciously (or perhaps inconspicuously consciously) done it: "Boba Fett? Boba Fett? Where?"