A Freudian Analysis of the Fight Between Boba Fett and Han Solo in Return of the Jedi

First off, here is a YouTube video of the fight in question. It starts around the 3:15 mark -- forgive the foreign subtitles.

Before analyzing the fight itself, let us examine the two combatants. On one side, we have Han Solo: strong, cocksure, loyal, and romantic, Han is everything that a man (in this universe or any other) should be. He does not flaunt his masculinity or heroism as much as he did in A New Hope; he has come to terms with it, and has dedicated himself fully to the rebellion's cause. On the other side, we have Boba Fett. Silent and permanently hidden behind his Mandalorian armor, Boba Fett exudes an attitude of cool deadliness wherever he goes. As the films tell us next to nothing about his personality, we must judge him by his looks -- and by the look of things, he seems to be an extremely capable killer, a fearsome man in his own right.

And yet, Han effortlessly kills Boba. Why? Well, let's look at the fight blow-by-blow.

First, when Luke gets his lightsaber back and begins to cut up Jabba's bodyguards, Fett ignites his jetpack and leaps to intercept Luke. Fett, having neither force powers nor a lightsaber as Luke does, is forced to compensate by using a jetpack in roughly the same way that men born without large penises will often seek enlargement surgery. Inferiority complexes aside, however, things seem to be going well: he lands right next to Luke and whips out his blaster...only to experience a circumcision by lightsaber. Suddenly, his compensating technology fails him and he finds himself partially defeated by a real man -- in this case, Luke.  

However, Luke remains somewhat unsure of himself: he's dealing with soon-to-be-awkward (if appropriate, given the Freudian nature of this analysis) feelings for his sister, possible corruption to the dark side, and his hopes of redemption for his father. This confusion between his ultimate duty and those who are emotionally close to him still weigh heavily upon his conscience, to the point where, when Chewie falls down next to him, Luke becomes distracted and Boba once again gets the upper hand. He ties Luke up with white, entangling rope (obviously representing semen), which Luke unceremoniously cuts before running away to fight some other bodyguards. 

Now, consider the scene: Boba Fett, a man whose technology cannot make up for his lack of true manhood, aims at the fleeing Luke. Luke, while seemingly a badass in every respect, still feels great internal turmoil which (despite his birth-given gifts of force power) prevent him from being a true man. As Boba draws down on Luke, Han Solo groggily arises.

While Han's eyes and mobility have been severely hampered due to carbonite sickness, he still retains those qualities which make him Han Solo (and, therefore, a true man). He still refuses to take abuse from immoral men (as his seemingly last words to Jabba would indicate), and he possesses a clarity of thought and purpose which even Luke does not. And when Solo rises, he does so holding a vibro-axe.  The vibro-axe, unlike Luke's lightsaber or Boba Fett's blaster, is a low-tech, simple, obviously phallic weapon. It does not represent the masculine power Luke was born with, nor the phallic compensation Boba Fett's gizmos embody, but rather symbolizes Han's natural and earned powers of manliness. The vibro-axe isn't flashy, but it can get the job done; similarly, Han doesn't constantly flaunt his masculine prowess but neither does he take it for granted. He is a man, quite simply, and he need not prove it to anyone else.

This is why Han Solo kills Boba Fett so easily.

After rising, Han hears Chewie grunt something and incredulously responds, "Boba Fett? Where?!" For a moment, Han panics -- he is comfortable enough with his manhood and sexuality that he knows when it is admissible to show honest fear. Han, vibro-axe in hand, quickly turns around and strikes Boba Fett (still aiming at his sexual idol, Luke) directly in his penis-filled jetpack.

Boba Fett's jetpack/penis compensation device malfunctions and sends him careening into Jabba's sail barge. His bravado and his feelings of sexual insecurity, physically manifested by the jetpack, literally backfire and send him to his death. Fett is so focused on besting Luke, who seems to be the embodiment of masculinity, that he completely neglects to notice that the blind, inebriated fellow at his feet is the true man. Han was scared of Fett's flashy, armored exterior, designed to keep others on the outside. Yet, in the end, Han had nothing to be scared about; in the end, true manhood shall always defeat false manhood, and Han's victory over Boba comes about effortlessly. Phallic symbol clashes against phallic symbol, and the best man wins without breaking a sweat (or even knowing what has happened).

It is also highly significant that after Boba hits the sail barge and falls to Earth, he is devoured by -- what else? -- a huge, sandy vagina.

The Sarlacc Pit, complete with tentacles and vagina dentata, represents womanhood. The Sarlacc holds power over the characters exactly as the female vagina holds power over all men: those who are weak will be devoured by it, while stronger men can tame it. 

Boba, powerless despite his technology, is eaten by the Sarlacc-vag. Han, however, learns to tame the beast to his ends: when a Sarlacc tentacle wraps around Lando Calrissian (who has fallen victim to the Sarlacc as punishment for his un-manly betrayal on Cloud City), Han grabs a blaster and -- despite his seemingly incapacitating blindness -- successfully shoots the tentacle and frees his friend. Han Solo controls the female vagina through natural masculine prowess, whereas Boba Fett, through his misguided idolization of Luke and his sexually compensating technology, is ultimately destroyed by the very same vulva.

Also, everyone wants to fuck their moms.