Boba Fett
Species	Human clone
Gender	Male
Hair Color	Black
Eye Color	Brown
Home Planet	Kamino
Affiliation	None (mercenary)

Boba Fett (born 32 BBY) is a popular character in the Star Wars universe, despite having relatively little screen time in the films. Boba Fett was a bounty hunter hired by the Empire to track down and capture Han Solo.

Contents

1 Overview 2 Actors 3 Expanded Universe 4 Quotes

Overview

Boba Fett's first appearance on-screen was in a cartoon as part of The Star Wars Holiday Special, an element of Star Wars that apparently George Lucas would prefer to have forgotten.

His first live appearance in a Star Wars movie was in The Empire Strikes Back, in which his name is not actually heard in the dialogue. He is first seen as one of a group of bounty hunters hired by Darth Vader to track down Han Solo and the crew of the Millennium Falcon ("I want them alive. No disintegrations!"). He was the only hunter to figure out how the Falcon eluded Imperial pursuit by hiding among garbage and tracked the ship to Cloud City on Bespin, thus allowing Darth Vader to arrive first and arrange a "deal" with Lando Calrissian and secure the capture of Solo and the crew. Fett stayed at Vader's side as the Dark Lord tortured Han Solo in an attempt to draw Luke Skywalker into a trap. In addition to the reward for Solo's capture from the Empire, Vader allowed Boba Fett to take Han Solo, frozen in carbonite, back to Jabba to receive an additional reward, claiming two bounties on the same man. Fett's dialogue in The Empire Strikes Back, indeed in the entire original trilogy, consisted of the lines "As you wish", "He's no good to me dead", "What if he doesn't survive? He's worth a lot to me" and "Put Captain Solo in the cargo hold", in that order.

In Return of the Jedi, Boba Fett was at Jabba the Hutt's palace when Luke, Princess Leia, and Chewbacca rescued Han from his carbon prison. Fett remained on-guard, but found his stay entertaining, flirting with dancers and even laughing along with Jabba as Luke battled the vicious rancor. When Luke killed the monster, an outraged Jabba sentenced Luke, Han and Chewbacca to be cast into the Pit of Carkoon where the ghastly Sarlacc lived. Luke staged his own rescue and Fett attempted to stop them along with several of Jabba's hapless guards. While he fired at Luke, in his obsession with killing Jedi he failed to notice that Solo, still blind from hibernation sickness, accidentally activated Fett's jet pack, rocketing him against the sail barge and down to the sand, rolling right into the waiting maw of the Sarlacc.

When the special edition of Star Wars was released in 1997, a scene with Han Solo, and Jabba the Hutt was added to the film, before the Millennium Falcon took off from Mos Eisley, in which Boba Fett is shown in Jabba's retinue to improve the trilogy's continuity.

Boba Fett's origin is revealed in Attack of the Clones. Boba is the son of legendary bounty hunter Jango Fett, last of the Mandalorians, or more specifically, Boba is a clone of his "father." Jango Fett was hired by Count Dooku to be the template of an entire army of clones, all of which would be altered to be docile, obedient, and grow at twice the rate of normal men. Boba was the only unmodified clone and was raised by Jango to learn the Mandalorian ways on the stormy planet Kamino, home of the master cloners. When Boba was only ten, Obi-Wan Kenobi arrived on Kamino to investigate an assassination linked with Jango, and the Fetts fled to Geonosis to join Count Dooku and the Separatists forming the Confederacy of Independent Systems. Kenobi, along with Anakin Skywalker and Padmé Amidala, were to be executed in the Geonosian arena. Boba watched with interest, but the ceremonies were interrupted by the arrival of several Jedi led by Mace Windu. In the ensuing battle, Jango Fett was slain by Windu. Boba buried his father on Geonosis and took his armor and ship to start his own life as a Mandalorian bounty hunter.

Actors

Boba Fett was played by Jeremy Bulloch in both The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi and voiced by Jason Wingreen in ESB (his only line in ROTJ was a scream). A young Boba was played by Daniel Logan in Attack of the Clones. In a controversial move met with mixed reviews, the 2004 DVD re-release of the Star Wars Trilogy had Wingreen's voice replaced by Temuera Morrison, who played Jango Fett in AOTC, the reasoning being that as a clone of Jango, Boba should sound like him as well.

Expanded Universe

In a young adult novel series set shortly after Attack of the Clones, Boba sought out Darth Tyranus to claim the rest of his father's payment. He spent a short amount of time in the custody of the Sith Lord before venturing on his own to begin his career at an early age, already making modifications to both the Slave 1 and the Mandalorian armor inherited from his father. He met his future employer Jabba the Hutt, fought the Separatist commander General Grievous (and lost), and had several minor bounties under his belt before the age of thirteen.

Boba Fett also made a cameo appearance in The Unifying Force, the conclusion of the New Jedi Order series.

In addition to The Unifying Force, Boba Fett is a prominent figure in the Star Wars novels, comics, and games. Initially, the novels revealed tidbits of Boba's past-that he was once a "Journeyman Protector" called Jaster Mereel. This at first appeared to be contradicted somewhat by Attack of the Clones, but the Jango Fett video game Bounty Hunter and comic miniseries Open Seasons revealed that the original Jaster Mereel had been Jango's mentor.

Boba Fett is garbed in traditional Mandalorian armour with a string of Wookiee pelts at his shoulder and flies a specially modified, starcraft called Slave I. Despite his weapon-laden suit of armour, Fett is a subtle hunter and relies more on his cunning and intelligence than on pure muscle and combat skill. Speaking with a raspy, gravelly voice, Fett allows few to see his face and even less to know his origins, giving the hunter a mysterious aura and a psychological edge over his prey. Though Boba is a perfect genetic clone of Jango Fett, a different lifestyle has produced some changes from his father's appearance: while Jango was focused on combat skill, Boba's emphasis on wit over muscle has given him a thinner build. Boba is also slightly taller than Jango (despite official reports that they are the same height), likely because he took better care of himself during puberty. Boba's face remains hidden, but it is a given that he looks more or less like his father did, but beyond his actual features, Boba's face may have less or more scars, tattooes, or facial hair. Even if Jango's face is well-known among fans, it only gives a very basic idea of what Boba may look like.

There is a long-standing belief that Darth Vader (the Sith name of Anakin Skywalker) and Boba Fett have an unspoken mutual respect for each other (ironically, Boba was eager to see Anakin die in the arena in Attack of the Clones). The bounty hunter is sometimes considered to be the closest thing Vader has to a right-hand man. In The Empire Strikes Back, Fett is seen questioning Vader in an informal manner, a deed which would probably get an Imperial Officer strangled.

Likewise, Fett has a grudge of sorts against Han Solo. Few details are known, but it is believed that Solo is among the only people to elude capture by Fett on multiple occasions.

As revealed in the Star Wars Marvel comics series, Boba Fett served with a group of Supercommandos from the planet Mandalore towards the end of the Clone Wars. Only three Mandalorians survived: Boba Fett, Tobbi Dala, and Fenn Shysa. Not long after, Boba visited his father's homeworld of Concord Dawn, and joined the ranks of the Journeyman Protectors under the name of Jaster Mereel. He was exiled from that planet after he killed a fellow Protector. Following this incident, he enrolled at-or infiltrated-the Imperial Academy on Carida. He became a stormtrooper, but deserted after he killed his commanding officer.

Boba Fett played a prominent role in the miniseries Dark Empire where it was revealed that he had survived the Sarlacc somehow, and continued his hunt for Han Solo. The story of Boba's first escape and recovery (there being three of them) is documented mainly in the Bounty Hunter Wars trilogy and the anthology book Tales From Jabba's Palace. Interestingly enough, Fett was found lying outside the Sarlaac pit by a fellow bounty hunter named Dengar, whom Boba had previously left to die earlier on in the novel Tales of the Bounty Hunters. Boba Fett also played a prominent role in the comic book version of Shadows Of The Empire and has had several comic book miniseries. Post-Attack Of The Clones, the comics now often depict Fett helmetless, appearing nearly identical to Jango Fett. Currently, a series of young adult novels starring the young Boba Fett from Attack Of The Clones is being published, showing his evolution into a bounty hunter.

Quotes

What are you!?!- The young Boba Fett when he meets General Grievous.

He's no good to me dead.- Boba Fett in reference to the tortured Han Solo.

What if he doesn't survive? He's worth a lot to me.- Boba Fett, questioning Darth Vader's decision to freeze Solo.

The Sarlacc found me somewhat indigestible.- Boba Fett

Everyone dies. It's the final and only lasting justice. Evil exists; it is intelligence in the service of entropy. When the side of a mountain slides down to kill a village, this is not evil, for evil requires intent. Should a sentient being cause that landslide, there is evil; and requires Justice as a consequence, so that civilization can exist. There is no greater good than Justice, and only if law serves Justice is it good law. It is said correctly that law exists not for the Just but for the unjust, for the Just carry the law in their hearts, and do not need to call it from afar. I bow to no one and I give service only for cause. - Boba Fett, Tales of the Bounty Hunters

I've one of those faces that used to appear familiar to everyone. - Boba Fett, The Unifying Force