Boba Fett: A Member of the Knights of Ren?
Since the our first glimpse at the Knights of Ren there has been rampant speculation regarding the identity of the Knight on the far left. He bares a striking resemblance to the classic Star Wars character Boba Fett. While The Force Awakens didn’t provide much insight on the Knights, we have very good reason to believe Episode VIII will.
FakingStarWars has gotten a hold of a concept design for Boba Fett from one of our insiders at Lucasfilm. “Boba Ren” seems to have been through quite a bit since we last saw him. He’s sporting some cyborg prosthetic limbs throughout and looks even more rough and tumble than when we saw him take a nose dive into the almighty Sarlacc. We aren’t sure if this is the actual design that made it into the production, and the clip in the movie provides no clarification but it appears Boba did find his way to Knighthood one way or another.
Entertainment Weekly recently released a tentative schedule of the upcoming sequel trilogy and anthology films to be released, which included a Boba Fett film. This film may serve as the bridge for Boba’s escape from his digestive doom and an eventual return on the the Knight side. Josh Trank was originally brought on to handle the Boba Fett project but was let go for unknown reasons. His recent Fantastic Four reboot failure makes it unlikely we will see him anywhere near a Star Wars project ever again. Whomever Disney decides to bring on, we can only hope they do one of the most undeveloped Star Wars characters justice.
-Comrade Out
