The "San Francisco Chronicle" describes Boba Fett fans as "among the most passionate", and the character is important to "Star Wars" fan culture. Boba Fett's popular following before the character even appeared in "The Empire Strikes Back" influenced Damon Lindelof's interest in developing "Lost" across multiple media. Between filming "The Empire Strikes Back" and "Return of the Jedi", Mark Hamill pitched the idea that Fett was Luke Skywalker's mother to George Lucas, which "he didn't like". In about 2000, a feminist campaigned online to have the character unmasked as a woman. Fan parodies include Boba Phat, a cosplay "intergalactic booty hunter" created by David James.