Boba Fett's rise to fame is improbable, to say the least. With a first appearance in the Star Wars Holiday Special, it seemed like he should be consigned to a career scrounging for money on Mos Eisley. But his machismo charisma and dramatic gravitas shined through, winning him a return appearance in The Empire Strikes Back. From there, his cult of personality grew, until the entire universe had been retconned to be composed entirely of Boba Fett clones.

In short, for a guy with one line in the original trilogy, Fett's got quite a fan club. Heck, even in the Expanded Universe, they won't keep him dead: according to Fett's Wikipedia entry, after he "died" at the beginning of Return of the Jedi, he escaped the belly of the Sarlaac, went on some adventures, got knocked back in, then escaped a second time. A bad muddafugga indeed.

So no surprise that Lucasfilm intends Boba Fett to take a big part in the upcoming Star Wars television series. Producer Rick McCallum has confirmed that Fett will indeed be a featured player. I'm still sort of holding out for a Firefly-like take on the Star Wars universe, and I get a bit giddy to think of Boba Fett as the central protagonist of such a show. It'll never happen, but it's nice to dream.

Boba Fett to Be in New Live Action Star Wars Series [Show Me SciFi]