Harley Quinn Is The Boba Fett Of The Batman Universe, Says Her Creator Paul Dini

Even if you don’t know the name Paul Dini, you know the man’s work. I guarantee it. Dini wrote for a number of animated series, including contributing to multiple episodes of Star Wars: Ewoks. None of his work is more prolific though, than his work as a writer, producer, and editor on Batman: The Animates Series, and later Batman Beyond. Dini has worked on numerous animated superhero shows since. He has written for comics and the Batman: Arkham video games, and even returned to Star Wars once again, writing three episodes of Star Wars: The Clone Wars.

Most excitingly, Dini created Harley Quinn with Bruce Timm, a character who did not originate in the comics. Her first appearance was in the episode of Batman: The Animated Series titled ‘Joker’s Favor,’ and after that she continued to exist in the animated world and was written into her first comic, The Batman Adventures: Mad Love by Dini and Timm.

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So, with his work on both Star Wars and Batman projects, does Dini see a clear parallel between his creation, Harley Quinn, and a particular Star Wars character? Dini was interviewed by USA Today for his work on the short story ‘Added Muscle’ that will be included in a new 40th-anniversary anthology book Star Wars: From A Certain Point of View, which contains forty stories about different characters from forty authors. Dini discussed the similarities he sees between Quinn and the character his short story is focused on, Boba Fett:

“They were both later additions to ongoing pop culture mythologies, yet they each wound up fitting seamlessly into their respective universes. They were also wild cards, not heroes, but maybe not entirely villains either. It’s a lot of fun to identify with a character who lives by their own rules.”

There you have it. A creator of Harley Quinn identifying her Star Wars counterpart as the great Bounty Hunter Boba Fett. Or, at least, rumored to be great, as we never see him do much of anything except be defeated by a blind Han Solo. They may both be wild cards with a dark side, but Harley Quinn sure is more productive in her film appearance than Boba Fett is in his!

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SOURCE: USA Today

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