"Boba Fett?! Boba Fett? Where?"

It was November, 1978 -- in an era before home video or downloadable Star Wars entertainment on demand. The notion of a two-hour Star Wars Holiday Special on television was electrifying to many a fan. Though the end program delivered mixed results, there was a definite standout of the evening. An animated segment introduced fans to a memorable new character -- Boba Fett.

This new bounty hunter soon was everywhere. Comic strips, preview action figures, apparel, and elsewhere -- all in anticipation to his big-screen debut in The Empire Strikes Back.

History has a way of repeating itself. With a few scant months to go before the premiere of Attack of the Clones, there's a new bounty hunter who's the talk of the town.

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