WARNING: The following article contains spoilers for The Book of Boba Fett's sixth episode, "Chapter 6: From the Desert Comes a Stranger," streaming now on Disney+.
Author and Cobb Vanth creator Chuck Wendig aired his grievances about not being credited for his gunslinging character who made a surprise appearance in The Book of Boba Fett.
Wendig, who wrote the Aftermath trilogy as part of Disney's new Star Wars canon, tweeted a tactically vague comment on the omission of his own name from the credits of the latest Boba Fett episode. "I always dig it when big media properties have a special thanks for the writers and creators who contributed to their worlds and stories, and it’s a bummer when they don’t do that, and I bring this up for absolutely no reason at all and I will almost certainly delete this tweet," he wrote.
Wendig's snub comes after an episode built around a parade of major Star Wars cameos. With the return of a de-aged Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker, Rosario Dawson as Ashoka Tano and the live-action debut of bounty hunter Cad Bane (voiced by original Clone Wars actor Corey Burton), the latest appearance of Timothy Olyphant's Cobb Vanth was overshadowed by franchise tie-ins and returns of fan-favorite characters and actors.
Wendig originated the character of Vanth in Aftermath, where he appears briefly but connects some major dots as he acquires Boba Fett's armor from Jawa scavengers. Vanth would make his live-action debut in Season 2 of The Mandalorian, in an episode where Din Djarin bargained for Fett's armor, which in turn set up the bounty hunter's return and own spinoff series. Vanth's latest appearance serves largely to set up the serious threat of Cad Bane. Casual audiences who might not know Bane, while being familiar with Olyphant's penchant for playing gunslingers as in Deadwood and Justified, were treated to a pointed introduction when Bane handily defeated Vanth (and killed his deputy) in a blaster duel.
While Wendig is understandably upset for not receiving special thanks for the creation of Vanth, there are no contractual rules in this regard. Which names go into final credits are largely determined by rules put in place by various unions involved in film production. Special thanks are given to individuals who were helpful to production but did not receive a formal title or compensation for their contribution.
Wendig was brought in to help establish Disney's own vision of an interconnected multimedia Star Wars universe when the entertainment giant purchased Lucasfilm, and any of his creations would legally be a part of Disney's Star Wars IP.
The Book of Boba Fett's season finale premieres Feb. 9 on Disney+.
Source: Twitter