Part 1: First Impressions, Part 2: Coolest Moments. Now for Part 3: The Fett Family.
Scott: To start this debate, I have to look back to the original trilogy. In New Hope, there was NO mention of Boba Fett anywhere. Boba does not appear until midway through the Empire Strikes Back. He hunts down Han Solo (naturally there must be some kind of connection between Solo and Boba in Episode III?) He then reappears in Return of the Jedi, dying at the hands of Solo. The main point being, the beef appears to be between Boba and Han Solo - if you follow the original subplot written into the storyline.
So jump to Episode 1... again no mention of the Fett family. Now all of a sudden, in Clones, we have Jengo Fett, with cloned son Boba... and an entire clone army based on Jengo's gene pool. Whoa, hello? All of a sudden Star Wars has turned into an episode of the Family Feud... Boba now should by all rights be ticked at Obiwan, Anakin and all the Jedi for the eventual death of his father.
The whole clone stormtrooper thing makes complete sense. There is no way that the Old Republic (aka the Empire) could create and army of such massive size without using droids... neat twist how the Emperor is actually in control of both armies... but the fact that it's millions of Jengo Fett's running around in that armor is meaningless.
Back to my main point... the storyline of Star Wars created a beef between Solo and Boba. Well if Boba should be pissed at the Jedi for killing his father (which by the way parallels him with Luke being pissed at Darth Vader), while creating the rivalry with Han Solo (to set up the original trilogy properly) then Episode III is going to have to focus only around Boba Fett.
Bottom line, it was cool to see the Fett family armor, the Fett family starship, and Boba in his youth... but obviously Lucas is flying by the seat of his pants - writing a clumsy story line in Clones that is drawing in all the Fett fanatics, but will require a massive creative effort to resolve in Episode III.
Joe: My knowledge of Star Wars trivia is rusty, but I think Han is only a couple of years older than Luke/Leia, ten at the most. But I could swear reading about some kind of old grudge between Boba Fett and Han Solo, which, as Scott pointed out, is going to seem completely sidestepped by the inclusion of the Fett father into the formation of the Empire. I think we're all a little put off by the sudden, sweeping Fettish.
So, to get the Han/Boba animosity (is this real, or did the fans make this up?), we're going to need to see some kind of conflict between a 15 year old Boba Fett and a 10 year old Han Solo in Episode 3. This does not sound likely, even for someone as eager to please as George Lucas.
Furthermore, I thought the Kamino clone colony looked ridiculous. All those millions of guys, just training and eating at the caf'. The multiple images of the Jango and Boba actors was extremely silly. The phrase "Clone Wars" sounded much cooler and mysterious when it was a throwaway line in a contemporary Star Wars novel; seeing it in practice made me cringe. However, I loved the Kaminoans... even if they did look far too similar to the long-necked Jedi dude from Episode 1 who was noticeably absent from the Council scenes in 2.
Chris: FETT SHMETT... no one knew or cared about BOBA FETT until JEDI. Before that he was just some measley old BOUNTY HUNTER. I wouldn't be surprised if George Lucas goes back to EMPIRE and has Darth Vader say, "BRING HIM BACK ALIVE BOBA FETT," instead of "BRING HIM BACK ALIVE, BOUNTY HUNTER." Although JANGO did kick major booty, I preferred Zam Wessell. Now she's a looker hooker.
Stay tuned for Part 4: The Worst.