Lucasfilm have registered several domain name URLs with variations on the term “Star Wars 1313″ this week, leading to speculation that George Lucas is working on a super secret new project that could be the previously talked about Boba Fett movie.
On May 2nd, Lucasfilm registered terms such as StarWars1313.com (Whois) and SW1313.com (Whois) via the brand protection agency Corporate Service Company. They now own no less than eight domains with the term, including; 1313starwars.com, 1313starwars.net, 1313sw.com, 1313sw.net, starwars1313.com, starwars1313.net, sw1313.com, and sw1313.net.
But what does Lucasfilm plan to do with all these URLs?
Well last July, Captain America: The First Avenger director Joe Johnston claimed that he was calling George Lucas constantly in the hope that he would allow him to make a spin-off Stars Wars movie based around bounty hunter Boba Fett.
Johnston would have great credentials for this to happen, of course. He worked on the Star Wars movies as a concept artist and special effects technician and he created the design for the Bounty Hunter. He is as much a George Lucas creation as a Joe Johnston one.
But what would a proposed Boba Fett movie have to do with “Star Wars 1313″?. Well Fusible have done some digging and suggest CT-1313 was once an alias that Boba Fett used on Aargau when he was confronted by a clone trooper in the Star Wars universe.
It is a vague connection, of course. But if Lucasfilm were to be working on a super secret project and wanted to get our imaginations flowing over what it could be, then isn’t that the kind of link that would work for a working title?
Discuss: Is Star Wars 1313 a super secret Star Wars movie? Would you like to see a Boba Fett movie spin-off?
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8 Comments
It might be a computer game or animation.
I’m not sure a Boba Fett movie would work. I know that he’s a favorite of the fanboys, for reasons that totally escape me, but I don’t see how a character like him could carry an entire two hour+ film.
1313 could be a date, 1-3-13, or January 3rd 2013? Or does that seem to soon? Only time will tell.
13 is the digits of 1138 added together? (1+1+3+8=13)
Boba Fett could easily carry a two hour + movie, most people don’t think so because they only know the Boba from the movie, but if you read some of the EU you will see how big a charecter he is, very mystique but a very good backstory and the like. I really hope its a Boba fett movie, or atleast a game, he deserves something more then just 10 min screen time in the original trilogy
@Chris — Boba Fett could easily carry a 2 hour+ movie, especially if they are taking info from the EU, as he is a very major player (not to mention has quite the awesome backstory).
Also, it’s not just the fanboys that go nuts over Boba Fett, us fangirls do too. The movies unfortunately do not do Boba justice as they only give us a glimpse of who he is.
Could be for the live action series that is supposed to air early next year.
A Boba Fett movie would be epic, no matter what they choose to portray. They could make a movie about the escape from the sarlacc pit, or make a movie based completely on his endeavors that led him to become the most feared and respected bounty hunter in the galaxy. Regardless a Boba Fett movie could easily fill two and a half hours.