Say the name Boba Fett and most folks will recall the mysterious badass Bounty Hunter

from the original Star Wars films.

They might also remember that he got thrown into the Sarluck Pit in return of the Jedi

where we assumed he'd get slowly digested over a thousand years.

He got out.

We learned that much at least in the Disney Plus series The Mandalorian.

Exactly how he escaped that grizzly fate and what became of him later is the subject

to the spin-off series The Book of Boba Fett, which stars Tim Weirah Morrison and Ming

Na Wen.

I'm Glenn Weldon and today we're talking about the Book of Boba Fett on Pop Culture

Happy Hour from NPR.

Joining me today is I Heart Radio Producer Joelle Monique.

Joelle?

Hi Glenn.

Also back with us returning to the show is Laura Siricoul.

She's a freelance writer and movie critic.

Welcome back Laura.

Hi thank you for having me.

Of course.

Boba Fett, oh he has had a convoluted history of both on and off the screen.

He was introduced in an animated sequence in the Cheesetastic Star Wars Holiday Special

in 1978.

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