10 Star Wars Moments You'll Never See Again

5. Boba Fett's Original Voice - The Empire Strikes Back

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The Empire Strikes Back of course introduced audiences to bounty hunter Boba Fett, and until the 2004 Special Edition, Fett was voiced with acid-tongued delight by Jason Wingreen.

But in order to reflect the prequel revelation that Boba was a clone of Jango Fett (Temuera Morrison), Lucas had Morrison record Wingreen's original lines and then plugged them into the 2004 re-release.

As much as we all love Morrison and his portrayals of both Jango and Boba Fett, there's just no contest between him and Wingreen.

Listening to the two side-by-side, Wingreen's line readings are imbued with a greater sense of menace and mystery that truly made the audience want to know more about this masked man.

Morrison's delivery, on the other hand, sounds weirdly casual and off-the-cuff, like Lucas just had Morrison record a single take and decided that was good enough.

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