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Han Solo in Carbonite at the Lucasfilm booth
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Jeremy Bulloch tells Vanity Fair that Boba Fett opened a Hooters in the Sarlacc Pit

Jeremy Bulloch
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Vanity Fair has an interview with Jeremy Bulloch, the actor who played Boba Fett. Vanity Fair is doing a series of interviews and stories online in conjunction with the release of the new book, The Making of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back.

He talks a bit about the popularity of the character with fans, and about the many questions he gets asked. One of the common ones is what does he think of Boba Fett falling into the Sarlacc Pit in ROTJ:

“I stay down in the pit as long as I want. There are bounty hunters falling down there every day of the week and I’ve now opened a bar. I’ve opened a Hooters.” 

Read the entire Vanity Fair article here.