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What do you know? The rumors of Boba Fett's survival were true.
Yeah. Frankly, it feels like they just pulled him "out of retirement" to sell more books. I actually did read this one, I remember now. I wasn't especially thrilled with it, and believe I skipped the rest of The Bounty Hunter Wars. I don't even remember for sure -- as you noted, it's a little hard to connect with these characters!

Gah, that title still makes me twitch; it makes me think of "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes", which is probably not the association Lucas was going for.
Believe it or not, I heard that's exactly what he was going for. He wanted to evoke his own childhood memories of excitement and "pay homage" to the sci-fi flicks that inspired him. See the Aug 2001 announcement (http://www.starwars.com/episode-ii/news/2001/08/news20010806.html) to get the "official" news on the title selection.

I might be inclined to do my best to forget everything that ever happened before putting on that famous armor.
Very true! You have to wonder what those kinds of things do to a guy.

Oh, well. These books can't all be gems.
Yeah, I hear you. I love the X-Wing series, hope you enjoy that. The stories sort of fall off after Anderson talks about the development of the Jedi Academy on Yavin 4, then they finally get some real steam back when the Yuuzhan Vong invade the galaxy in Vector Prime. For a while there, I started to wonder if they should keep going! Well, the Centerpoint Trilogy is pretty good, I will admit. And yes, the twins (Jacen and Jaina) get cooler as they get older.

Up next: Book 2 of The Bounty Hunter Wars, Slave Ship.
Must go to library, must keep up... ;)