‘The Book Of Boba Fett’ Star Thinks Boba Fett Is Talking Too Much

As Star Wars fans debate whether or not they like this version of the famed bounty hunter in The Book of Boba Fett, some of their concerns may be getting echoed by…the star of the show himself, actor Temuera Morrison.

In an NME interview with Morrison and Ming-Na Wen, he expresses the idea that he thinks Boba Fett talks too much in the show, and needs to remain more mysterious, like when we first met the character in the original trilogy.

He’s kind of joking around, but I think the point he’s making is true. Here’s what he had to say about it:

“I wasn’t very successful, I was hoping not to say as much as I have already in the first two episodes. I speak far too much. In fact, in the beginning, I was trying to pass my lines onto Ming-Na. ‘Excuse me, director, I really feel like Ming-Na should say these lines, because I want to stay mysterious. I want to stay quiet.’”

Morrison also talks about trying to cut some of his dialogue when writer Jon Favreau wasn’t around, but he couldn’t get away with it:

“Sometimes I’d say ‘I think this is too much.’ I remember Jon actually went away to Atlanta so I rang Noah that night and I said ‘Noah, the scene tomorrow, I’m talking way too much. Boba doesn’t talk this much! I’ve got all these paragraphs here. I think we should get rid of it. And Jon’s gone to Atlanta, so don’t tell him.’ The next morning I get a call from Atlanta: ‘Jon wants you to say all that dialogue, he’ll cut it out later.’”

Again, he sounds pretty jovial when he’s saying all this, but it does sound like a genuine concern he had. And responses to this interview seem to be a lot of fans nodding their heads and saying he “understands” the character.

Boba Fett, of course, barely speaks in the original trilogy where he appears. Jango Fett (who Morrison played) didn’t talk all that much either. Din Djarin in The Mandalorian has to speak a good amount since his scene partner is usually baby Yoda, but it seems like even he talks a lot less than Fett does in this show. I’ve seen a common refrain that The Mandalorian feels a lot more like everyone’s vision of an expanded role for Boba Fett, while Fett himself feels like an entirely different character. And that may be Morrison’s concern here.

We are only three episodes into The Book of Boba Fett here, so we’ll see how things develop as he tries to secure control of the underworld. I expect many more debates to be had, going forward.

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