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'''Boba Phat''' is an underground character that publicly debuted in 2007 at [[Star Wars Celebration]] IV<ref>{{cite web|author=May 26, 2007 |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-sQmJCKdc0 |title=Have You Seen Boba Fett Lately? |publisher=YouTube |date=2007-05-26 |accessdate=2009-07-28}}</ref>, although he was first spotted wearing the costume as early as 1998 at private parties.
[[File:The Go-Gos Jane Wiedlin & Boba Phat at SDCC 09.jpg|thumb|right]]
==Description==
Also known as "Pimpin' [[Boba Fett]]", "Drunk Boba Fett", "Ol' Dirty Boba Phat", "Leisure Suit Boba Fett", or "Lounge Boba Fett", the character has been seen at [[Comic-Con]] & numerous ''[[Star Wars]]''-related events. The character refers to himself as a 'Intergalactic Booty Hunter' and "wears a 100 percent royal blue polyester leisure suit, complete with iridescent ascot, rhinestone bling ring and plastic goblet full of mystery purple
drank".<ref>{{cite web|last=Chinn |first=Derrik |url=http://www.signonsandiego.com/entertainment/street/2009/07/post_70.html |title=Street |publisher=Signonsandiego.com |date=2009-07-23 |accessdate=2009-07-28}}</ref>
==Internet, Documentary & Print Popularity==
Boba Phat has been featured in numerous viral videos,<ref>{{cite web|author=August 2, 2009 |url=http://www.buzzfeed.com/drbrooke/have-you-seen-boba-phat-lately-hco |title=Drunk Pimp Boba Fett = Boba Phat |publisher=BuzzFeed |date=2009-08-02 |accessdate=2009-08-02}}</ref> as well as a number of ''[[Star Wars]]'' fan photos across the internet. Rapidly gaining popularity due to his personal appearances, Boba Phat is also recognized as a unique personality as portrayed by comments made about him by celebrities such as [[Fanboys (2009 film)|''Fanboys'' (2009 film)]] star [[Kristen Bell]],<ref>{{cite web|author=February 07, 2009 |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2yzJrG7luw |title=Kristen Bell on Craig Ferguson Pt 1 (02.06.09) |publisher=YouTube |date=2009-02-07 |accessdate=2009-07-28}}</ref> artists such as [[Marvel Comics]]' [[J. Scott Campbell]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.facebook.com/pages/J-Scott-Campbell/80791377580?ref=mf |title=Incompatible Browser |publisher=Facebook |date= |accessdate=2009-07-28}}</ref> and musicians such as [[The Go-Go's]] [[rhythm guitarist]] [[Jane Wiedlin]].<ref>http://twitpic.com/bhgfi</ref>
He is featured in several noteworthy videos, making appearances at [[Star Wars Celebration]] IV,<ref>{{cite web|author=May 27, 2007 |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiCMH7EHh4k |title=Drunk Boba Fett - Celebration IV |publisher=YouTube |date=2007-05-27 |accessdate=2009-07-28}}</ref> as well as each year at Comic-Con. His popularity expanded in 2008 with his appearance at the world's largest comic book convention largely due to the release of several internet videos of him wandering around inebriated.<ref>{{cite web|author=August 04, 2008 |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKQTo32COog |title=2008 Comic-Con - drunk Boba Fett |publisher=YouTube |date=2008-08-04 |accessdate=2009-07-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=May 28, 2007 |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_BUyA4XgRA |title=drunk boba fett |publisher=YouTube |date=2007-05-28 |accessdate=2009-07-28}}</ref> His underground fame continues to establish itself due to his appearance at San Diego Comic-Con 2009,<ref>{{cite web|author=July 25, 2009 |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uKm3ayjB4A |title=Boba Phat at Comic-Con (SDCC 2009) |publisher=YouTube |date= |accessdate=2009-07-28}}</ref> and its subsequent release of video footage onto the [[World Wide Web]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/vuze/3752218405/ |title=Boba Fett / Darth Vader. Wingmen? on Flickr - Photo Sharing! |publisher=Flickr.com |date=2009-07-24 |accessdate=2009-07-28}}</ref>
Boba Phat is featured in "''Crashing the Con''",<ref>Amazon.com, "Crashing The Con" http://www.amazon.com/Crashing-Con-Jason-Stout/dp/B002EVPY3Q, ASIN: B002EVPY3Q; Nice Try Productions, Inc., June 26, 2009.</ref> a documentary on San Diego Comic-Con 2008.
Boba Phat photos and videos continue to pop up across the internet from fans as well as a multitude of media sources as a result of his prominence at San Diego [[Comic-Con]] 2009.
[[LA Weekly]] featured a photograph of him under which they refer to him as their "perennial favorite ''Star Wars'' cosplayer, Pimpin' Boba Fett".<ref>{{cite web|author=July 26, 2009 |url=http://www.laweekly.com/slideshow/view/28077406/3 |title=Comic-Con: Day 3: ''Iron Man'' 2 Panel, Cosplay Madness, ''Lost'' and More |publisher=LA Weekly |date=2009-07-26 |accessdate=2009-07-29}}</ref>
While the 2009 convention attendance ranged anywhere from 125,000<ref>{{cite news |first=Calvin |last=Reid |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Soldout in San Diego: Another Booming Comic-Con |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6673130.html |work=Publishers Weekly |publisher=Reed Elsevier Inc. |date=July 27, 2009 |accessdate=27 July 2009 |quote=David Glanzer, spokesperson for the San Diego Comic-Con, said the unofficial attendance figure for the soldout show is about 125,000—capped at that number by fire marshals—although the show organizers will provide an official tally in a few weeks.}}</ref> to 140,000 people,<ref name="G2009">{{cite news |first=Anna |last=Pickard |coauthors= |title=Comic-Con: revenge of the nerds |work=Guardian |page= |date=29 July 2009 |accessdate=30 July 2009 |quote=Every summer for the last 40 years, San Diego has hosted this international festival of "comic books and popular arts". Famous for its elaborately costumed attendees and passion for sci-fi, fantasy and everything superhero, the event has mushroomed: last weekend it attracted nearly 140,000 people. |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2009/jul/29/comic-con-2009-revenge-nerds }}</ref> Boba Phat appealed to [[KSWB-TV]] [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] 5 San Diego, which featured him in 2 out of a mere 30 photographs acknowledged in their online image gallery entitled 'Monsters and Aliens at Comic-Con 2009'.<ref>{{cite web|last=Feria |first=Joel |url=http://www.fox5sandiego.com/news/comiccon/kswb-pg-comic-con-monsters,0,6539069.photogallery |title=Monsters and Aliens at Comic-Con 2009
|publisher=FOX 5 San Diego |date=2009-07-23 |accessdate=2009-08-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Jones |first=Jay |url=http://www.fox5sandiego.com/news/comiccon/kswb-pg-comic-con-monsters,0,6539069.photogallery |title=Monsters and Aliens at Comic-Con 2009 |publisher=FOX 5 San Diego |date=2009-07-23 |accessdate=2009-08-07}}</ref>
Additionally, he was approached by [[Metromix]] Los Angeles, to whom he provided an independent interview,<ref>{{cite web|last=Kenan |first=Amir |url=http://losangeles.metromix.com/movies/world_now_video/boba-phat-at-comic/1347909/content |title=Boba Phat at Comic-Con 2009 |publisher=Metromix|date=2009-07-25 |accessdate=2009-08-07}}</ref> and was also included in several of their video montages displaying notable cosplayers appearing at the San Diego convention.<ref>{{cite web|author=July 25, 2009 |url=http://losangeles.metromix.com/movies/world_now_video/comic-con-2009-highlight/1349135/content |title=Comic-Con 2009 Highlight Video |publisher=Metromix|date=2009-07-25 |accessdate=2009-08-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Metromix.com |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Qi7n5RYiLw |title=We Heart Cosplay!! (SDCC 2009) |publisher=YouTube|date=2009-07-30 |accessdate=2009-08-07}}</ref>
Most recently, he was videotaped and interviewed providing a testimonial intended to be used in an upcoming [[Lucasfilm]] milestone - the launch of the all-new ''Star Wars Stories Project''.<ref>{{cite web|author=July 16, 2009 |url=http://www.starwars.com/fans/events/news20090716stories.html |title=Star Wars Stories Project Schedule at Comic Con |publisher=StarWars.com |date=2009-07-16 |accessdate=2009-07-29}}</ref>
On October 2nd, 2009, officially declared "[[Stan Lee]] day" by City of Long Beach mayor Bob Foste, Boba Phat was again spotted at the inaugural Long Beach Comic Con immediately after American comic book writer, editor, and the former president and chairman of [[Marvel]] Comics [[Stan Lee]] cut the opening ribbon. On the front page of the printed version of the [[Long Beach Press-Telegram]] is a photo of Boba Phat walking around with his sidekick, the "Tusken Raver" immediately below the image of Stan Lee cutting the ribbon in the article entitled "Heroes Welcome." Not only were Boba Phat & his sidekick the only cosplayers featured in the paper at all, but Boba Phat was also the main focus of that very first article to be released & published both in print & online about the brand new comic convention by the [[Long Beach Press-Telegram]], which identified the underground character by his iconic garb: "Instead of Boba Fett, the fierce Mandalorian warrior and bounty hunter familiar to "Star Wars" aficionados, Boba Phat is pseudo-inebriated and decked out in a blue leisure suit adorned with a medallion necklace and brown mittens. He also carries a plastic goblet with a mystery intergalactic elixir. He's also on the prowl as the "Intergalactic Booty Hunter."<ref>{{cite web|last=Zonkel |first=Phillip |url=http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_13476056?source=rss |title=Heroes Welcome at Long Beach Comic Con |publisher=Long Beach Press-Telegram|date=2009-10-02 |accessdate=2009-10-03}}</ref> Additionally, he and the Tusken Raver were featured on [http://www.562citylife.com 562CityLife.com] in a photo which referred to him as Pimp Bobba (sic). <ref>{{cite web|last=Saunders |first=Matt |url=http://www.562citylife.com/photo/pimp-bobba?context=album&albumId=1682999%3AAlbum%3A38768 |title=Pimp Bobba (sic) From day one of the LB Comic Con! |publisher=562 City Life=2009-10-02 |accessdate=2009-10-03}}</ref>
[[File:Pimp Boba & me.jpg|thumb|right]]
==References==
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==Links==
*'''Personal fan link''' (new site, pending maintenance) http://www.BobaPhat.com
*Campbell, J. Scott; referring to "ProjectFoxhole.com: The Ultimate Convention Survival Guide", http://www.facebook.com/pages/J-Scott-Campbell/80791377580?ref=mf, July 19, 2009 at 9:16 pm.
*Weidlin, Jane; http://twitpic.com/bhgfi, July 24, 2009.
*Dutchman4000; "Have You Seen Boba Fett Lately?", http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-sQmJCKdc0, May 26, 2007.
*Rusbuc1985; "Drunk Boba Fett - Celebration IV", http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiCMH7EHh4k, May 27, 2007.
*8Dauncle; "2008 Comic-Con - drunk Boba Fett" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKQTo32COog, August 4, 2008.
*Jolts; "Drunk Boba Fett", http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_BUyA4XgRA, May 28, 2007.
*Metromix.com; "Boba Phat at Comic-Con (SDCC 2009)", http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uKm3ayjB4A, July 25, 2009.
*Vuze.com; "Wingmen?", http://www.flickr.com/photos/vuze/3752218405/, July 24, 2009.
*Thigpen, Douglas & StreetFreaks.tv; "Crashing The Con", http://www.crashingthecon.com, June 26, 2009.
*Carroll, Larry; with reporting by Horowitz, Josh; "Megan Fox Is More Than Just A Pretty Face At Comic-Con", http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1616949/20090724/story.jhtml?rsspartner=rssMozilla, July 24, 2009.