Who is Jaster Mereel?

Darktrayn · Post by **Darktrayn** » 2003-04-10 07:42pm

I have this acquaintance that refuses to watch any of the new (ep 1, 2) star wars movies, and refuses to accept any of the information revealed in them. Regardless of how inane this is, this is what he said about Boba Fett, and claims this is(was) widely accepted.

Boba Fett's real name is Jaster Mereel. He was a Journeyman Protector (kinda like a Judge in Judge Dredd) on Concorde Down. He attacked a superior officer and was arrested, but he escaped.

While it's not proven, it's the most widely accepted theory.

What the hell?! I had never heard this before. It's (obviously) wrong, but does anyone know where this info had been obtained from?

Darth Garden Gnome · Post by **Darth Garden Gnome** » 2003-04-10 07:47pm

You're friend is an idiot. Smack him in the face and tell him LFL policy is CANON (movies, novelizations, scripts, radiodramas) over OFFICIAL (any and all EU). If he doesn't want to believe you, kick him in the nuts and tell him Iannazzo sent you. God, I hate idiots.

Either way, the secrets of Jaster Mereel are revealed in "Jango Fett: Open Seasons" I believe. I've never read it, so I can't really help you, but GEEZ! That guy pisses me off and I've never met him.

Admiral Johnason · Post by **Admiral Johnason** » 2003-04-10 07:53pm

So this guy put some half-ass writer's word over that of GL! Put some chlorine in his gene pool.

Raptor 597 · Post by **Raptor 597** » 2003-04-10 08:15pm

Jaster Mereel is actually Jango's adopted father or so Jango's history goes...

Post by **Kuja** » 2003-04-11 12:23am

Darktrayn wrote:I have this acquaintance that refuses to watch any of the new (ep 1, 2) star wars movies, and refuses to accept any of the information revealed in them.

Your friend is a whiner who can't accept reality.

Regardless of how inane this is, this is what he said about Boba Fett, and claims this is(was) widely accepted.

Well, let's take a look, shall we?

Boba Fett's real name is Jaster Mereel. He was a Journeyman Protector (kinda like a Judge in Judge Dredd) on Concorde Down. He attacked a superior officer and was arrested, but he escaped.

While it's not proven, it's the most widely accepted theory.

What the hell?! I had never heard this before. It's (obviously) wrong, but does anyone know where this info had been obtained from?

Allright, here we go.

Your friend is both right and wrong. Much of Boba Fett's original background (IE, before EpII) came from a novel called TALES OF THE BOUNTY HUNTERS. In it, it's reveal that a young man named Jaster Mereel killed a fellow protector and was exiled from Concord Dawn (not injured, and not escaped, as your friend claims).

However, the Dark Horse comic books about Jango Fett give us new info. Jaster Mereel was the name of a Mandalorian who took Jango in after he was orphaned as child and taught him everything he knew about combat. When Jaster was killed, Jango became leader of the Mandalorians.

Later, the Mandalorian army was wiped out by the Jedi, but Jango escaped and became a bounty hunter. When Boba was 'born.' Jango naturally taught him all about his own past. After Jango's death, Boba somehow made his way to Concord Dawn and adopted the name Jaster Mereel. After his exile, he reassumed his true name and went to work as a bounty hunter.

Boba Fett · Post by **Boba Fett** » 2003-04-11 06:56am

IG-88E wrote:
Allright, here we go.

Your friend is both right and wrong. Much of Boba Fett's original background (IE, before EpII) came from a novel called TALES OF THE BOUNTY HUNTERS. In it, it's reveal that a young man named Jaster Mereel killed a fellow protector and was exiled from Concord Dawn (not injured, and not escaped, as your friend claims).

However, the Dark Horse comic books about Jango Fett give us new info. Jaster Mereel was the name of a Mandalorian who took Jango in after he was orphaned as child and taught him everything he knew about combat. When Jaster was killed, Jango became leader of the Mandalorians.

Later, the Mandalorian army was wiped out by the Jedi, but Jango escaped and became a bounty hunter. When Boba was 'born.' Jango naturally taught him all about his own past. After Jango's death, Boba somehow made his way to Concord Dawn and adopted the name Jaster Mereel. After his exile, he reassumed his true name and went to work as a bounty hunter.

Well, thanks Iggy for the explanation.

The first part I knew but never seen the comic books about Jango.

FettKyle · Post by **FettKyle** » 2003-04-11 12:41pm

Also the armor Boba wears was originaly Jaster's

Darktrayn · Post by **Darktrayn** » 2003-04-11 03:07pm

Darth Gnome, IG-88, Lennox, thanks for clearing that up for me.

Notice that i used the word acquaintance

Knowledge of a person acquired by a relationship less intimate than friendship.

Darth Gnome, I have taken your suggestions into consideration.

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2003-04-11 03:18pm

This made me think of this picture, which allegedly shows an unmasked Boba Fett...

However, this "Boba Fett" looks rather Scandinavian - a glaring inconstistency with AOTC, where the Fetts were portrayed by Maori actors.

white_rabbit · Post by **white_rabbit** » 2003-04-11 03:35pm

Later, the Mandalorian army was wiped out by the Jedi, but Jango escaped and became a bounty hunter. When Boba was 'born.' Jango naturally taught him all about his own past. After Jango's death, Boba somehow made his way to Concord Dawn and adopted the name Jaster Mereel. After his exile, he reassumed his true name and went to work as a bounty hunter.

woohoo!

Good to know that that little continuity quirk got worked into the canon.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-04-11 03:41pm

white_rabbit wrote:
Later, the Mandalorian army was wiped out by the Jedi, but Jango escaped and became a bounty hunter. When Boba was 'born.' Jango naturally taught him all about his own past. After Jango's death, Boba somehow made his way to Concord Dawn and adopted the name Jaster Mereel. After his exile, he reassumed his true name and went to work as a bounty hunter.
woohoo!

Good to know that that little continuity quirk got worked into the canon.

It didn't. That's official.

Galvatron · Post by **Galvatron** » 2003-04-11 04:23pm

Darktrayn wrote:I have this acquaintance that refuses to watch any of the new (ep 1, 2) star wars movies, and refuses to accept any of the information revealed in them. Regardless of how inane this is, this is what he said about Boba Fett, and claims this is(was) widely accepted.

Boba Fett's real name is Jaster Mereel. He was a Journeyman Protector (kinda like a Judge in Judge Dredd) on Concorde Down. He attacked a superior officer and was arrested, but he escaped.

While it's not proven, it's the most widely accepted theory.

What the hell?! I had never heard this before. It's (obviously) wrong, but does anyone know where this info had been obtained from?

Just because the canon origin sucks doesn't mean it's not canon...

SPOOFE · Post by **SPOOFE** » 2003-04-11 07:44pm

However, this "Boba Fett" looks rather Scandinavian - a glaring inconstistency with AOTC, where the Fett "family" were portrayed by Maori actors.

Plastic surgery, perhaps? Frankly, if I were Fett, I'd take it as a worthwhile precaution to change my appearance from that of a few million clonetroopers running around...

Lord of the Farce · Post by **Lord of the Farce** » 2003-04-11 11:16pm

SPOOFE wrote:
However, this "Boba Fett" looks rather Scandinavian - a glaring inconstistency with AOTC, where the Fett "family" were portrayed by Maori actors.
Plastic surgery, perhaps? Frankly, if I were Fett, I'd take it as a worthwhile precaution to change my appearance from that of a few million clonetroopers running around...

The healing factor of bacta would make surgery that is normally too drastic into something that is viable (as long as you have the credits).

Darth Garden Gnome · Post by **Darth Garden Gnome** » 2003-04-11 11:20pm

Simon H.Johansen wrote:http://www.x-entertainment.com/stuff/hodge2.jpg

Is that Jeremy Bulloch, by chance?

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-04-11 11:25pm

I don't think so. Doesn't really look like him. Besides, he appears unmasked as an Imperial officer, so it doesn't really make sense for him to be unmasked as Boba Fett.

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2003-04-12 03:22am

SPOOFE wrote:
However, this "Boba Fett" looks rather Scandinavian - a glaring inconstistency with AOTC, where the Fett "family" were portrayed by Maori actors.
Plastic surgery, perhaps? Frankly, if I were Fett, I'd take it as a worthwhile precaution to change my appearance from that of a few million clonetroopers running around...

Or maybe Boba Fett and Jaster Mereel exchanged names (alongside with Boba's armour) at a time when one of them was escaping from the law.

Of course, this hypothesis is not only mere speculation, it's also contradicts official litterature.

Utsanomiko · Post by **Utsanomiko** » 2003-04-12 03:47am

*Shrug* After watching AotC, I just naturally assumed that Jaster Mereel was the name he took on after his father died. Makes perfect sense, and fits in with official/canon.

SPOOFE · Post by **SPOOFE** » 2003-04-12 07:59am

Indeed. It should be made perfectly clear that the events as dictated in AOTC do not, in any way, contradict the origin story of Boba Fett in the novel.

Captain tycho · Post by **Captain tycho** » 2003-04-12 08:12am

SPOOFE wrote:
However, this "Boba Fett" looks rather Scandinavian - a glaring inconstistency with AOTC, where the Fett "family" were portrayed by Maori actors.
Plastic surgery, perhaps? Frankly, if I were Fett, I'd take it as a worthwhile precaution to change my appearance from that of a few million clonetroopers running around...

Where did that pic come from anyway?
And I agree with SPOOFE. Fett would have probably had his appearance changed, and maybe even his genes altered.

His Divine Shadow · Post by **His Divine Shadow** » 2003-04-12 08:43am

neoolong wrote:
white_rabbit wrote:
Later, the Mandalorian army was wiped out by the Jedi, but Jango escaped and became a bounty hunter. When Boba was 'born.' Jango naturally taught him all about his own past. After Jango's death, Boba somehow made his way to Concord Dawn and adopted the name Jaster Mereel. After his exile, he reassumed his true name and went to work as a bounty hunter.
woohoo!

Good to know that that little continuity quirk got worked into the canon.
It didn't. That's official.

Technically, what he said works, canon could be used as an all-encompassing word for continuity.
Also, there is actually no official, the correct term is quasi-canon.
But official is the common colloquial term.

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2003-04-12 11:25am

Captain tycho wrote: Where did that pic come from anyway?

I'm not sure. I just found it on X-Entertainment.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-04-12 12:39pm

That picture is in jest, you idiot. X-E does picture edits for humourous effect all the fucking time.

Shit, you can clearly tell it's a photo edit, because it looks exactly the same as an ESB picture of Fett with his helmet ON.

God damn it, you're just too dense to know that...

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2003-04-12 01:48pm

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:That picture is in jest, you idiot. X-E does picture edits for humourous effect all the fucking time.

Shit, you can clearly tell it's a photo edit, because it looks exactly the same as an ESB picture of Fett with his helmet ON.

God damn it, you're just too dense to know that...

I had the suspicion that it was a fake....

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-04-12 01:57pm

Then at least you should have indicated that when you posted it.

For shame...!!

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