Boba Fett

Boba Fett
Position	Bounty Hunter
Homeworld	Kamino
Birth	32 BBY
Death
Species	Human (clone)
Sex	Male
Distinctions	Customized Mandalorian armor
Weapon	EE-3 blaster rifle
Affiliation
Appears in	Dark Forces, Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy

Boba Fett is a deadly bounty hunter first introduced in the film Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back. He appears in Dark Forces and Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy.

History

A faceless enforcer, Boba Fett's distinctive armor strikes fear in the hearts of fugitives. He is a legendary bounty hunter, accepting warrants from both the Empire and the criminal underworld. He is all business, laconic, and deadly.

Fett has carefully guarded his past, cultivating a curtain of mystery around his origins. He is in truth a clone, an exact genetic replica of his highly skilled "father," Jango Fett. From Jango, Boba learned valuable survival and martial skills, and even as a child he was proficient with a blaster or laser cannon.

Fett was raised in isolation in the hermetic cities of Kamino, where he was protected not only from the ceaseless storms, but also the harsher elements of his father's career. Young Boba's life changed when a tenacious Jedi Knight, Obi-Wan Kenobi, came looking for his father. Sent to apprehend the bounty hunter for the attempted assassination of a Naboo Senator, Kenobi brawled with Jango as the Fetts sought to escape from Kamino. Young Boba helped his father by pinning the Jedi down with explosive laser fire from the Fett starship, Slave I.

Fleeing from Kamino, the Fetts journeyed to Geonosis, where Jango's benefactor resided. Boba watched as his father's enemies were sentenced to death, but Jedi prove very hard to kill. A huge battle erupted as Jedi reinforcements stormed Geonosis to free their fellow Jedi. Jango entered the fray, only to be killed by Jedi Master Mace Windu. Boba was shocked to witness his father's swift death, and he quietly cradled Jango's empty helmet as Geonosis erupted into all-out war.

Over the years and during the time of the Empire, Boba developed a reputation as the galaxy’s deadliest bounty hunter. He wore a customized Mandalorian armor reminiscent of his father’s, beat up from his many jobs, and piloted the fearsome Slave I starship. He became one of Jabba the Hutt’s go-to mercenaries, and was present during a tense meeting between the gangster and Han Solo on Mos Eisley.

Shortly after the Battle of Hoth, Darth Vader desperately wanted to capture the fugitive Rebel craft, the Millennium Falcon. To that end, he hired a motley assortment of bounty hunters, including the legendary Fett. Vader specifically pointed out to Fett that the Falcon's passengers were to be taken alive. "No disintegrations," rumbled the Dark Lord, obviously familiar with Fett's reputation.

It was Fett who successfully tracked the Falcon from Hoth to Bespin. Arriving at the gas giant before the Falcon, Fett and Vader sprung a trap on the ship's hapless crew. Fett, a shrewd negotiator, received his bounty for capturing the crew, but also was given custody of Han Solo. The bounty hunter was set to collect the reward on Solo's head placed there by the vile gangster Jabba the Hutt.

Whisking the carbonite-frozen form of Han Solo away from Bespin, Fett eventually arrived on Tatooine aboard his starship, the Slave I. Fett delivered Solo to Jabba, his some-time employer, and was many thousands of credits richer. Fett stayed at Jabba's palace, and was present when Solo's friends attempted to rescue the carbon-frozen smuggler.

Jabba, enraged at the attempted prison break, brought his captives out to the Tatooine desert, to execute them in the Great Pit of Carkoon. In the sandpit lay the immense Sarlacc, a vile creature that would digest its prey over thousands of years. Rather than let themselves be thrown in the Sarlacc's maw, Solo's friends, led by Luke Skywalker, fought against their captors. In the chaos that followed, Fett entered the fray.

Solo, free of the carbonite and suffering blindness from hibernation sickness, wildly swung a vibro-ax into an inattentive Fett's rocketpack. The pack activated, and the bounty hunter soared into the air, out of control. The airborne Fett slammed into the side of Jabba's sail barge before tumbling into the Sarlacc's mouth. With a sickly belch from the desert creature, it seemed as if Fett's career as the galaxy's most notorious bounty hunter was brought to an end.

In the Jedi Knight series

Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy

Boba Fett is encountered by Jaden Korr when the Jedi was sent on a mission to Ord Mantell to destroy the old stocks of ammo and weapons in the abandoned city. The bounty hunter would try to stop the Jedi using his blaster and jetpack, often halting the Force attacks with his flamethrower. Upon the destruction of weapons, Jaden would defeat Fett, making the bounty hunter leave the battle, regretting there was no bounty on the Jedi.

Behind the scenes

Boba Fett is a unique NPC in Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy - he uses a jetpack to move around the Ord Mantell ruins and aside from E-11 blaster, he also uses a flamethrower - a weapon, available to Boba Fett class characters only. He is also coded to be invincible, thus the Player can't kill him in game. While the NPC file includes his "Force abilities", the class converts these into his special weapon.

External links

• Boba Fett in the Star Wars Databank