Updated 23 October 2007.
A zombie is seen with a tattoo of the Mandalorian Skull insignia on his arm. It is not in the film itself, but in the extras (Special Report: Zombie Invasion).
The segment plays out as live news coverage inside a morgue where the mortician is explaining his discovery. The zombie on the table is the one with the Boba Fett tattoo.
Contributed by Xavier via theforce.net
Directed by Joe Johnston, who was an artist for Lucasfilm throughout the original trilogy, and involved with designing Boba Fett.
Randal: Which did you like better? Jedi or The Empire Strikes Back?
Dante: Empire.
Randal: Blasphemy.
Dante: Empire had the better ending. I mean, Luke gets his hand cut off, finds out Vader's his
father. Han gets frozen and taken away by Boba Fett. It ends on such a down note. I mean, that's what life is, a series of down endings. All Jedi had was a bunch of Muppets.
The mercenary aliens in "The Fifth Element" are described as having been persecuted by the government. JEAN-BAPTISTE EMMANUAL ZORG (head bad guy): "So what if the federal government scattered your people to the winds..." They are referred to as Mandalores by a federal general who is listening to the broadcast of the fight aboard the luxury liner.
Mandalore is the name of the planet and people of which Boba Fett is one. The Mandalorians are mercenaries who were made withouthome by the Galactic Empire which turned Mandalore into a conscription planet. They fight against the empire.
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"Okay, you are Boba Fett, and you're the Grand Moff Tarkin."
"Hey, how come he gets to be Boba Fett?"
"Okay, you're Boba Fett, and you're Tarkin."
"But, I don't want to be Tarkin."
"Okay, fine, you're both KISS dolls."
Bob Falfa / Boba Fett. Both are lovable rogues who pilot hot vehicles, and move the story along with just a few minutes of screen time. The spelling of their names has an eerie similarity.
-- from: Star Wars Insider #30 (p. 20)
Elliot names all of his Star Wars action figures for E.T. 'This is Hammerhead and this is Boba Fett.'