Popularity Power/Film

Examples of Popularity Power in Film include:

Go back and watch Return of the Jedi, before Boba Fett's popularity rocketed. Boba has his gun taken out and then gets knocked over like a wuss by a rookie Jedi. He is then propelled into the side of Jabba's sailbarge when a blind man set off his jetpack. By accident. He then rolls right into the Sarlacc's mouth. The final humiliation is granted by the Sarlacc letting out a satisfied belch after swallowing him. Now compare him to the man who, among other things, went head to head with Darth Vader in a Star Wars Expanded Universe story and came out of it alive.
- It gets even better, in another one he shoots his way out of the sarlacc like some sort of FPS player character, said sarlacc is nearly dead now.
- Taken to extremes in the pre-Empire novels, where he actually almost killed Mace Windu (aka Samuel-Motherfucking -Jackson) in revenge for his dad's death in Attack of the Clones, when he was no older than thirteen years old.
- It should be noted that Lucas had no idea Boba was so popular when Return of the Jedi was made. He confesses that Boba would have gotten a much better send-off if he had known.
The Green Hornet: Kato being revamped into Hypercompetent Sidekick taken Up to Eleven was obviously inspired by Bruce Lee's increased popularity since playing the character.