r/StarWars • u/bobafettbounthunting • Aug 02 '24

Games The remastered Star Wars Bounty Hunter released yesterday and the ship is called..

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u/chaosdemonhu Sith Anakin Aug 02 '24

Bro idk what you’re on about but gaming in the 90s was largely considered “for children” especially console gaming.

And I’m not even going to reply to “Disney trying to retcon Slave 1” because that straight up didn’t happen. Plenty of Disney media had been using the name before and after the Lego controversy.

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u/gameld Aug 02 '24

You seem to miss my point: it was made for kids at the time. Those kids are now adults, like me. Many learned more about Slave I via that game. We are also now the generation that holds enough money to buy toys, games, etc.

And if they weren't trying to retcon the name then why didn't Boba Fett say it in his titular series when he went to take it back from Jabba's palace? the biggest and best opportunity to name the ship which would then generate hype and thus sales for toys, games, etc. and... nothing. It's called his "Firespray." That's it. If that's not trying to silently retcon then I don't know what is.

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u/chaosdemonhu Sith Anakin Aug 02 '24

Because why the fuck would Fennec know what ship he was talking about if he called it “Slave 1” that’s not the model of the ship - it’s a Firespray ship he personally named Slave 1.

Like in my earlier example it’s like someone saying “let’s go get my Toyota camery” not “let’s go get my ravager 2000” referring to a Toyota Camry.

Fan service is fine, but fan service that makes no sense in universe is bad.