Fictional Star Wars artifact: Boba Fett's invoice to Jabba the Hutt

[Flickr page here, and large size here.]

Via the BB Submitterator, reader Dan says, "Brock Davis is an artist for Wired, the New York Times, and other outlets, but here he created a funny Star Wars artifact. My favorite bit is that the invoice echoes period paperwork from the late '70s-early '80s when the Star Wars movies were released."

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cjp

Nice use of eighth rests.
- grphiw
  
  Look closer: they’re actually credit marks, or at least ones that I’ve seen associated with the Star Wars franchise.
  
  On another note, I find the bit about the carbonite aesthetic display (w/ wall hanger) particularly amusing.
Anonymous

How can science fiction have an anachronism?
Samurai Gratz

Dude. I would pay that invoice promptly, if I were Mr. Hutt.
groovehouse

Interesting, I don’t see a fuel surcharge for Slave One! LOL!
- EeyoreX
  
  I’m guessing that Darth Vader got to pay the fuel surcharge for Slave One, since Fett was primarily working for him at the time. To be fair, the Empire ought to pick up the tab for the jet fuel and ammo as well.
  But that’s the big upside of beeing an independent contractor – if you have several employers, you can try to double-bill them.
- TheSpaghettiman
  
  Wouldn’t that be slave 2?
- hadlock
  
  It’s missing the liftgate and inside delivery charges, too.
Brainspore

Seems a little steep considering that Chewbacca only fetched thirty-five thousand. (And that was AFTER a thermal detonator-based renegotiation of the contract!)
T Nielsen Hayden

I love it. That’s either good mimeography or bad tabletop offset — and judging from the color of the paper, I’d say it’s mimeo. And why not? It’s a robust technology.
- Anonymous
  
  Of course it’s mimeo, it’s from A Long Time Ago :)
Anonymous

Boba Fett was in business for a little over 20 years when he captured Han Solo. Nice try though.
MrsBug

Perfect. Absolutely perfect.
angrydroid

What if he doesn’t survive?
He’s worth a lot to me.
- cjp
  
  FTW.
rduncan10

Jabba the Hutt only gets Net 30 terms??
Anonymous

It wasnt planned to encase solo in carobnite,it was going to be for skywalker,so they tested it!!!! :o)
AirPillo

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1186/5120267747_d3649727e7_b.jpg

View source lol
- devophill
  
  Thanks for that, man! If I’d seen your comment before, I wouldn’t have had to use the “prtsc” button.
Anonymous

I may be getting this wrong but I thought Jabba gave Han the carbonite treatment after BF delivered him.
- Anonymous
  
  false, darth vadar froze him.
  - Anonymous
    
    The invoice doesn’t say Boba froze Han… he just delivered him. Read the fine print next time.
- Brainspore
  
  Yeah, you got that wrong. But it’s still a little sleazy for Boba to include the cost of the carbonite since that service was provided by the taxpayers of Cloud City, Bespin.
- Anonymous
  
  Nope, he was carbonized (?) on Bespin after Lando betrayed him.
Anonymous

To nit-pick, I think this is a fake. Bobba Fett would do better math, he’s owed 10 050,00. After all, he’s got a jet pack, probably a calcu-droid too.
Mark Dow

The “smiley face” icons at bottom are a bit anachronistic. The early ’80s were still under the spell of the yellow button variety, but the typeface icon hadn’t appeared.
- bellhalla
  
  Agree that it’s a bit anachronistic for me, too, but that doesn’t take away from the humor and coolness in my book.
  
  But while we’re talking about it: The ruled lines (vertical ones especially) and the typeface make it look like it’s from the early laser printer era, rather than the late â€™70s.
  - Anonymous
    
    What about docking fees? and longshorman fees, nothing about administrative fees either, what about transport and shipping taxes to the empire, obviously he wasn’t a smuggler and needs to keep his small business above reproach.
Anonymous

Where is tax? What is the tax rate and how many tax should there be?
Anonymous

I recall it being Mr Vader (nee Skywalker) that applied the carbonite.
ScavengerCat

Dear Mr. Fett:

This invoice cannot be processed for payment without receipts detailing itemized expenses – originals are preferred, but photocopies or R2 droid holoprojections will suffice. Please forward immediately to avoid any delays in transmission of fees. Thank you.
Anonymous

What no Imperial Sales and Services Tax?
Anonymous

He’s probably not getting a tip though.
grikdog

What’s the currency? Wupiupi? On Tatooine, I thought, a smile and 7 million Imperial credits would get you a nice cuppa coffee.
Ugly Canuck

Anon #16: No question mark seems necessary, seeing as “carbonated” is already taken.
grikdog

Shouldn’t that be 181,250 peggats?
- Fiber1
  
  Jabba may prefer to pay in peggats, but clearly…according to this invoice, Boba requires credits
Anonymous

Not to nit pick, but would you be working for a bounty posted and not for a specific bill of services?