Boba Fett Boba Fett was a male human bounty hunter , and the genetic clone of infamous bounty hunter Jango Fett . Boba was created by the cloners on Kamino and was physically identical to the clone trooper s created for the Grand Army of the Republic , though Boba was unaltered and did not grow at the same accelerated rate as the other clones . Raised as Jango ' s son , Boba learned the combat skills necessary to one day become a bounty hunter in his own right . Jango was killed during the Battle of Geonosis , which sparked the Clone Wars between the Galactic Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems . The young boy swore vengeance against Jedi Master Mace Windu , who killed Jango , and teamed with a group of bounty hunters that included Aurra Sing and Bossk . Their plot to kill Windu failed , and Boba realized that he had gone too far in trying to kill the Jedi Master — but he vowed never to forgive Windu . After serving a brief prison sentence , Boba formed a team of bounty hunters and took on a number of missions . During the rise of the Galactic Empire , Boba gained a reputation as one of the galaxy ' s deadliest bounty hunters . His distinctive Mandalorian armor helped keep stories about the Mandalorians alive in the galaxy after the Empire ' s subjugation of the planet Mandalore . By the time of the Galactic Civil War , Boba worked for Jabba the Hutt . Shortly after the Battle of Hoth , Boba and other bounty hunters were gathered by Darth Vader , the Dark Lord of the Sith , to locate Han Solo and the " Millennium Falcon " , hoping to use them to lure Luke Skywalker into a trap . The plot was successful , and Boba took Solo , who was frozen in carbonite , to Tatooine to collect the bounty that Jabba had placed on him . After Solo ' s friends in the Alliance to Restore the Republic mounted a rescue on Tatooine , a battle broke out over the Great Pit of Carkoon . Boba fought against the Rebel rescuers and was inadvertently knocked into the sarlacc . Biography . Creation and early life . After the Battle of Naboo , a clone army was secretly commissioned on Kamino by Jedi Master Sifo - Dyas , who believed it would be necessary in order to ensure the protection of the Galactic Republic . The army however , was part of a Sith plot to overthrow the Republic and destroy the Jedi Order . Prior to the creation process , bounty hunter Jango Fett was recruited by the Sith Lord Darth Tyranus . Jango was to be the genetic template for the clone army . Jango agreed to become the genetic template for a considerable payment , as well as one request : the creation of a clone who did not have the same genetic modifications , such as behavioral conditioning and growth acceleration . The Kaminoan scientists created this clone , who Jango raised as a son named Boba Fett . As a child , Boba was raised on Kamino by his father , who taught his cloned son many of the skills Jango had learned as a bounty hunter . Boba learned survival and martial skills , and became proficient with a blaster as a child . He also learned how to operate the weapon systems on his father ' s ship , Slave I , and became familiar with members of the Kaminoan government . Escape from Kamino . Shortly before the outbreak of the Clone Wars , Jango was sent on a mission to assassinate Senator Padmé Amidala , an outspoken opponent of a potential war , at the behest of the Confederacy of Independent Systems . Jango and his associate , Zam Wesell , failed to kill the senator , and Jango was tracked to Kamino by Jedi Knight Obi - Wan Kenobi , who knew a bounty hunter connected to Kamino was behind the attempt on Amidala ' s life . When Kenobi arrived on Kamino , the Kaminoans revealed the clone army to him , and Kenobi requested to meet Jango . Taun We , an aide to Prime Minister Lama Su , brought the Jedi Knight to the Fetts ' quarters , where Boba greeted them . Despite being distrustful of the Jedi ' s presence , Boba allowed them to enter , where Kenobi spoke with Jango about the clones and implied he knew Jango was behind the assassination attempt . Knowing that he had been discovered , Jango and Boba immediately prepared to leave Kamino once Kenobi departed . While loading " Slave I " to leave , Kenobi discovered the Fetts attempting to flee and engaged Jango in one - on - one combat , fighting across the ship ' s landing platform . During the fight , Boba engaged the ship ' s blaster cannons and fired at Kenobi repeatedly in an attempt to kill him . As the fight progressed , Kenobi kicked Jango from the landing platform towards the ocean below , causing the Jedi — who was attached to the bounty hunter by a wire — to fall as well . Jango cut the wire and was able to make his way back up the platform , while Kenobi landed on the lower levels . This gave Jango enough time to reach the ship and leave as Boba piloted it , though Kenobi arrived on the platform again in time to attach a tracking device to its hull . Jango and Boba made their way to Geonosis , where the Separatist leaders had gathered . While en route , Kenobi caught up with them and engaged them in a firefight in the asteroid field surrounding Geonosis . The Fetts were able to evade the Jedi , and Jango shot a number of seismic charge s into space in an effort to destroy Kenobi ' s starfighter . Kenobi was able to fake his ship ' s destruction by ejecting spare parts that exploded , leading the Fetts to think he was dead . They proceeded to the planet ' s surface , while Kenobi remained hidden in the asteroid field before pursuing them . The Clone Wars . Jango ' s death . Shortly after the Fetts ' arrival at Geonosis , Kenobi began investigating the Separatists on the planet and was captured by the Geonosian s . His capture prompted Senator Amidala and Kenobi ' s Padawan , Anakin Skywalker , to attempt a rescue of their friend . Jango and the Geonosians captured them , and all three detainees were brought into an execution arena , where Boba watched with his father from the sidelines as the detainees fought off the creatures that were meant to kill them . A team of Jedi , led by Master Mace Windu , soon arrived to rescue them . Windu held a lightsaber to Jango ' s throat while threatening Count Dooku , but Windu quickly left the stands for the arena below as Separatist battle droid s began flooding the arena . The battle droids and Jedi engaged one another in the arena . As the battle proceeded , Jango joined the fight , where the jetpack on his armor was damaged and rendered inoperable , leaving him more vulnerable to attack . Despite the setback , Jango faced off against Windu , who beheaded and killed the bounty hunter . Boba watched in horror as his father was killed . Once the battle left the arena , Boba made his way into the cleared arena and took his father ' s helmet , pressing it against his head while swearing vengeance against Mace Windu . Quest for vengeance . After Geonosis , Boba joined with a team of bounty hunters , including Aurra Sing , Bossk , and Castas to have his revenge against Mace Windu for Jango ' s death , and came into possession of " Slave I " . Together , Boba and the bounty hunters crafted a plan to assassinate the Jedi Master aboard the Republic vessel " Endurance " . Boba posed as a young clone trooper cadet , with the nickname Lucky , using the fact that he was genetically identical to the other young clones to his advantage ; no one onboard " Endurance " was aware of his true identity . Once aboard the " Endurance " , Boba and the other clones were greeted by Windu and Anakin Skywalker , before being put through tactical training . Each clone was able to engage in target practice , and they all missed their targets — except for Boba who was able to use the skills his father taught him to his advantage . Later , while on a tour of the ship , Boba slipped away from the other clones and found his way to Windu ' s quarters , where he quietly installed a bomb that would be triggered by a laser tripwire in the doorway . Windu did not enter his quarters , however , but a clone trooper did , killing the soldier in Windu ' s place and forcing the entire ship into alert status . Sing instructed Boba via comlink to sabotage the " Endurance ' s " reactor core , thereby killing everyone on the ship , but Boba was reluctant to kill everyone . His only goal was to kill Windu . Nonetheless , Boba did as instructed , sneaking away from his fellow clones once again , before being caught by a clone trooper who called for security . The two engaged in a brief scuffle near the core , before Boba was able to stun the clone with the trooper ' s own blaster . He also shot at the core command console . Much of the hull was immediately destroyed in the ensuing explosion , while Windu and Skywalker were nearly sucked into space and killed before the hull breaches were sealed . With the " Endurance " critically damaged , the crew began to abandon ship . Boba , whose identity was not yet discovered , and the other young clones were sealed into an escape pod and jettisoned into space , but Boba sabotaged the pod in order to separate himself ( and his fellow pod inhabitants ) from the other escapees . The pod was intercepted by " Slave I " , led by Sing and Bossk , which revealed Boba as the traitor who destroyed the " Endurance " . Boba was given the choice to either stay with the clone cadets or leave with the bounty hunters , and Boba somewhat reluctantly chose to leave with the bounty hunters . After leaving the escape pod , Boba and the other bounty hunters , including Castas , made their way to the nearby planet Vanqor , where the " Endurance " had crashed after the explosion . Once there , they killed several clone troopers and captured Admiral Kilian , the ship ' s commanding officer , as well as Clone Commander Ponds and another officer . Hoping to set another trap for Windu , Boba rigged his father ' s old helmet as an explosive on the ship ' s bridge , which would be detonated if Windu came looking for any survivors . The Jedi Master , with Skywalker , arrived shortly thereafter . The helmet exploded just after Windu noticed it , and remembered that Jango had a son — deducing that Boba was the one attempting to kill him . Windu and Skywalker did not die in the ensuing explosion , but were caught within the rubble of the quickly - deteriorating vessel . As Boba and the other bounty hunters watched the explosion , he assumed that Windu had been killed and wanted to recover his body . Some of his companions objected , however , believing that their three prisoners were already enough to earn a sizable fortune from Count Dooku if they were turned over to the Separatists , but Sing sided with Boba , and the team set out to find Windu ' s body . As they entered the ship , they encountered R2 - D2 , Skywalker ' s personal astromech droid , who attempted to slow their advance by throwing debris at them and closing doors in their path . Unable to make it to the bridge , Sing made the decision to use " Slave I " to destroy the remainder of the " Endurance " , ensuring that Windu would perish . Before using " Slave I " , the bounty hunters overheard an explosion caused by R2 - D2 , who had been attacked by gundark s and used one of the Jedi starfighters to kill a gundark . The bounty hunters believed that meant Windu had survived and jammed all communication , hoping to prevent the Jedi from requesting help . R2 - D2 was able to escape in the other starfighter , however , and survived a brief firefight with " Slave I " before jumping to hyperspace for Coruscant , where he successfully found help at the Jedi Temple and was able to bring a team of Jedi and clones to rescue Windu and Skywalker . The bounty hunters , meanwhile , decided to use the hostages to lure Windu into a trap . Sing took charge of setting the trap , and she sent a transmission to the Jedi Temple revealing that they were holding the Republic prisoners . Sing told Boba to personally execute Commander Ponds during the transmission , but he refused , as his goal was to kill Windu rather than other prisoners . Sing executed Ponds on her own , jettisoning him into space , and Boba ' s relationship with her and the other bounty hunters began to deteriorate . Boba objected to the treatment of the other prisoners as well , going so far as to show compassion by providing them with water . Nonetheless , the transmission to the Jedi Temple did end up putting the Jedi on their trail , only the Order sent Master Plo Koon and Padawan Ahsoka Tano rather than Master Windu . The group soon took refuge on Florrum , where Sing planned to seek the assistance of Hondo Ohnaka , a spice pirate and her former lover . Ohnaka declined to help her if the Jedi arrived on Florrum , but he also vowed not to stand in her way . Castas , however , contacted a fellow bounty hunter on Coruscant and offered to provide information on Boba and the others . Sing overheard his conversation and executed him , leaving Boba horrified as he began to realize he had made a mistake in teaming with the bounty hunters against Windu . Despite Castas ' betrayal , it was his transmission to Coruscant that allowed the Jedi to discover Boba and the others on Florrum , as Tano had overheard the transmission . The two Jedi arrived on Florrum shortly thereafter , where Sing attempted to ransom the prisoners . Both sides ended up attacking one another , with Boba holding a blaster to Koon ' s head and Tano holding a lightsaber to Sing ' s throat . The bounty hunters created a diversion and attempted to escape , but Boba was captured while Sing fled on a speeder . Koon interrogated Boba , who refused to disclose the location of the hostages despite his reservations about their treatment . Ohnaka was able to convince Boba to tell the Jedi , however , by saying that Jango would have wanted his son to do the honorable thing . The hostages were rescued , while Sing managed to make it to " Slave I " and begin to flee , but Tano clung to the ship and damaged it enough to cause a crash . The ship went down in a fiery explosion and the Jedi assumed Sing had been killed , but she survived . Boba and Bossk , who was also taken into custody , were sent to Coruscant where they would be imprisoned . Windu met Boba upon his arrival , and Boba apologized for his actions and the destruction that he caused — but he vowed to never forgive Windu for killing his father . Becoming a bounty hunter . Boba was imprisoned on Coruscant for his actions during the assassination attempts . During his time in prison , a Republic plan was put in motion aimed at preventing a suspected kidnapping plot against Supreme Chancellor Sheev Palpatine . To do so , Obi - Wan Kenobi faked his death and disguised himself as Rako Hardeen , the suspect in the attempt on his life , and entered the same prison where Boba was being held . Kenobi teamed with Moralo Eval , a suspect in the suspected kidnapping plot , and bounty hunter Cad Bane to escape the prison in the hopes it would lead him towards the heart of the conspiracy . As part of the escape attempt , Bane paid and encouraged Boba to confront " Hardeen , " and Boba claimed that Hardeen had cheated him out of a bounty . Boba and Kenobi briefly fought one another , before Bossk intervened and started a riot to defend Boba . Bane ' s plan was successful , and Kenobi eventually went on to help stop the plot against Chancellor Palpatine . Boba left prison shortly thereafter and formed a syndicate of bounty hunters , using Tatooine as his base of operations . As part of the syndicate , Boba hired Bossk , Dengar , C - 21 Highsinger , and Latts Razzi . One of the missions they chose to undertake was on Quarzite , where they were to protect cargo on an underground tram from being attacked and stolen by a band of raiders . After Asajj Ventress , a former apprentice of Count Dooku who was betrayed by the Sith Lord and became a bounty hunter , killed one of their teammates , Oked , Ventress was hired in his place . The team left Tatooine and proceeded to an orbital elevator station above Quarzite where they meet their employer , Major Rigosso , and received the specifics of their assignment . The crew was to protect the contents of a chest , which would be delivered to the Otua Blank , the ruler of Quarzite , via an underground tram , as the planet ' s atmosphere rendered delivery via spacecraft impossible . The chest needed protection from the band of raiders , which was why the bounty hunters were hired . The team embarked on their mission by taking the space elevator down beneath the surface of the planet , where they boarded the tram and made their preparations to defend the chest from the raiders . The raiders boarded the tram during its journey and attacked , killing the Quarzite personnel . Most of the bounty hunters were thrown off of the tram . During the struggle against the raiders , Boba inadvertently knocked the chest over , revealing its contents : a young woman named Pluma Sodi , who had been kidnapped so she could be married to Otua Blank against her will . The leader of the raiders , Krismo Sodi , was her brother , who had been trying to save his sister . Ventress and Boba , who managed to remain on the tram , argued about the situation after Pluma pleaded with the former Sith acolyte , who felt sympathy for the girl ; Ventress had also been forcibly taken from her home . Boba , on the other hand , intended to continue with the operation . Ventress used the Force to choke Boba , preventing him from fulfilling the mission . Once the tram arrived at its destination , Ventress delivered the chest to Blank and claimed the bounty , departing before the ruler could discover the chest ' s contents : an angry Boba , who Ventress had tied up and placed into the chest . Ventress released Pluma to her brother and regrouped with the other bounty hunters , paying them their shares of the bounty before parting company with them . Running a Syndicate . Despite his embarrassment at Ventress ' hands , Boba continued to run a successful syndicate of bounty hunters based out of both Coruscant and Tatooine . However , Ventress ' history with the team continued to haunt the crew . In the waning years of the Clone Wars , Boba was approached by the Jedi Quinlan Vos while frequenting one of Coruscant ' s Level 1313 bars . Vos was interested in hunting down the former Sith for a planned assassination attempt on Count Dooku and wanted to partner with Ventress , a Nightsister who had once been Dooku ' s apprentice . Boba informed Vos that Ventress was hunting a Volpai fugitive named Moregi on the planet Pantora . Using Fett ' s information , Vos traveled to Pantora where he rendezvoused with Ventress . After doing several bounty hunting jobs together , Vos revealed his true mission to Ventress , who agreed to train him in the ways of the dark side of the Force . When Vos ' attempt failed , Ventress approached Boba once again at Chalmun ' s Cantina on Tatooine with the hopes of recruiting his syndicate to rescue her new partner turned lover . While initially cool , Fett and his fellow bounty hunters accepted Ventress ' job after she offered to pay 250 , 000 credit s in advance . Satisfied , Boba and his allies joined Ventress on her mission to rescue Vos . However , Dooku defeated Fett and his fellow bounty hunters with relative ease and Ventress ' s attempt to save Vos resulted in failure as well . Defeated but alive , Boba and his crew retreated from Serenno . In the ensuing years , Boba gained a reputation as one of the deadliest bounty hunters in the galaxy . One of his known tactics was disintegrating his adversaries . As his career evolved from the days of the Clone Wars , Boba took on Mandalorian armor reminiscent of his father ' s , and once again took possession of " Slave I " . Boba ' s armor was also adorned with numerous braids hanging from the shoulder , which he displayed as trophies of his fallen prey . Galactic Civil War . Working for Jabba . By the time of the Galactic Civil War , Fett was an established bounty hunter who worked as one of Jabba the Hutt ' s go - to mercenaries . His Mandalorian armor kept the idea of Mandalorian warriors alive in the galaxy , after many of them had been killed by the Empire . At some point before the secret mission to Tatooine , Boba traveled to Coruscant where he encountered three rebel spies . After the spies attempted to engage Boba with Ion disruptor s he disintegrated them using a weapon accelerator , this angered Darth Vader who refused to pay Boba the bounty as there were no bodies . Shortly before the Battle of Yavin , Boba was present in Mos Eisley on Tatooine when Jabba confronted Han Solo , one of the Hutt ' s smuggler s ; Solo owed Jabba money after having dumped his smuggling cargo before his ship , the " Millennium Falcon " , was boarded by soldiers from the Galactic Empire . Solo promised Jabba he would pay him , but a bounty had been placed on the smuggler ' s head . Solo , who became a member of the Alliance to Restore the Republic , ultimately did not pay Jabba , leading Boba to eventually pursue the bounty . Bounty for the Dark Lord . Not long after the Battle of Yavin , Boba was present in Jabba ' s Palace when the Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Vader visited on behalf of the Emperor , to negotiate terms of the Hutt Clan supplying the Imperial Military with raw resources to increase their production . However , Vader arrived a day early on behalf of himself . Jabba was wary of Vader , but ordered his court to leave them in privacy nonetheless . Vader soon revealed that he needed two of Jabba ' s top bounty hunters . After Jabba tested the Dark Lord , they came to an agreement , so Jabba sent Boba , and the Wookiee Black Krrsantan . Later that day Boba and Krrsantan met Vader out in the desert after meeting with Jabba . Vader inquired to whether the two bounty hunters were Jabba ' s finest , and when Boba assured him they were , Vader gave them each their missions : Boba was to capture a Rebel Alliance pilot who was associated with a man named Obi - Wan Kenobi , and a smuggling vessel known as the " Millennium Falcon " . And Krrsantan ' s bounty was on an Imperial agent who the Emperor favored . He was also to be apprehended alive . Boba assured Vader that his will would be done . The Dark Lord told them to start immediately as he basked in a Tusken Raider camp he had slaughtered earlier . Per Vader ' s orders , Boba began the search immediately . He knew Solo frequented Mos Eisley , so he started there to find Solo ' s accomplice . Boba soon found a group of four Rodians and informed them of his search for Kenobi , to which the lead Rodian replied that Kenobi was just some " crazy old wizard , " who lived in the Dune Sea , and asked why Boba was looking for the wizard . Boba pointed his weapon at the Rodian , stated that Kenobi was dead , and that he alone would be asking the questions . Boba then killed the Rodians , after they proved useless , and went in search of others who might know anything useful about the boy . He came across a group of Jawa s that he also killed , then a family of moisture farmers that he interrogated , before murdering them as well . All leads proved fruitless , therefore , Boba headed towards the cantina , the place where most of Tatooine ' s scum and villainy went to drink . Boba entered , stood as the center of attention , and addressed the gathered criminals and spacers , telling them he was not going to leave until someone provided him with the boy ' s name . However , while Boba threatened an Ithorian , someone in the back of the room spoke up and mocked that the only boy he saw , was Boba . The bounty hunter demanded to know who had insulted him , and was pleased when a six - armed over two meter tall alien approached . Boba quickly overpowered the alien , removing one of its arms and breaking three others , in order to intimidate the patrons into answering his questions . Boba again demanded the boy ' s name . but Wuher the cantina ' s bartender , said that no one there knew the boy , therefore , no one knew his name ; only that Kenobi had been in the cantina recently with the boy , but that was all anyone knew about him . Suddenly , a young moisture farmer bolted towards the exit , but Boba fired a length of fibercord that tripped up the teen . The young farmer claimed he didn ' t know anything , but to Boba , he obviously did for he had tried to run . Boba tied the young man to a table and and proceeded to interrogate him . The teen eventually broke and told Boba the boy ' s history on Tatooine , and most importantly , his name : Luke Skywalker . The bounty hunter knew the teen spoke the truth and released the boy who had " only wanted a drink " , however , shot him in the chest right after . Boba left the cantina , boarded his ship , and headed to Ben Kenobi ' s home in the Jundland Wastes , where he waited for Skywalker to show . A group of Tusken Raiders were ransacking Kenobi ' s home , but Skywalker and his astromech droid soon arrived and Skywalker chased them off with his lightsaber . Boba stealthily closed in on them as they entered the hut . Boba threw a flash grenade that temporarily blinded Skywalker and short - circuited his droid , R2 - D2 . Boba moved in and hit Skywalker across the head with his carbine and ordered him to surrender . Skywalker , however , struck Boba in the stomach , hitting Boba ' s armor . Skywalker , as he was blind , mistook Boba for a stormtrooper . Skywalker deduced that since Boba hadn ' t killed him , whoever had hired the bounty hunter wanted Skywalker alive , so he ignited his lightsaber after Boba warned that Skywalker needn ' t be walking , just " alive . " Skywalker told Boba that the bounty hunter never should have come to Kenobi ' s home , and was adamant that he would fight Boba blind ; for Jedi didn ' t need eye s — although , as Boba reminded him , he was no Jedi . Skywalker swung wildly , giving Boba the chance to shoot a length of fibercord that Skywalker surprisingly evaded . Skywalker used the noise that Boba ' s Mandalorian armor produced to fight him , and caused Boba to stumble backwards and trip over Artoo , prompting them both to charge each other . The bounty hunter cut Skywalker several times with vibroblade s that extended from his gauntlets , drawing blood several times . Boba again ordered him to surrender . Skywalker , therefore , added that Kenobi could help him even beyond death , prompting Boba to shoot him in the shoulder . Boba prepared to do so again when Skywalker recited a Jedi saying , and deflected the incoming blaster bolt ; forcing Boba to tackle the still - blind boy . Both combatants grappled one another , and Boba began to press the lightsaber towards Skywalker ' s face . However , a box marked " For Luke " suddenly flew across the room and collided with Boba ' s head , knocking him unconscious . Skywalker and his astromech were equally surprised , but quickly left the hut and Tatooine , leaving Boba to report the events that had transpired to Lord Vader . Later , Boba traveled aboard " Slave I " to meet Vader on a Star Destroyer , and reported that the boy had " gotten lucky " and escaped . Vader was disappointed and asked if Boba had brought him anything of value . Boba told him he had , at least , discovered the boy ' s name : Skywalker . Vader remained silent for some time , so Boba left , for their present business was concluded . Unknown to Boba , he had just told the Dark Lord that he had a son . The hunt for Han Solo . Several years later , Boba took on another bounty on Solo ' s head , which was also placed by Darth Vader . He was among the six bounty hunters gathered on board the " Executor " by Vader . Vader intended to use Solo , as well as Leia Organa and Chewbacca , as bait to lure Luke Skywalker into a trap . Boba and the other bounty hunters were given permission to use any means necessary to capture Skywalker ' s friends , as long as they were captured alive . Boba located the " Millennium Falcon " hiding amongst the Imperial fleet in the Anoat system , and he pursued them out of the system as they made their way to Cloud City on Bespin . Boba and the Empire arrived before the " Millennium Falcon " , which allowed Vader to manipulate Solo ' s friend and the leader of Cloud City , Lando Calrissian , into helping them capture Solo and the others . Whilst on Bespin , Boba destroyed IG - 88 , who had followed him to Cloud City . Boba became concerned when he learned that Vader intended to freeze Solo in carbonite , as a test to determine whether Skywalker would be able survive the same process . Vader promised the bounty hunter that he would be compensated by the Empire for the loss of any potential bounty earnings if Solo was to be killed . Solo survived the process , however , and Vader turned the frozen smuggler over to Boba , who had Solo taken to " Slave I " . He was pursued by Organa , Calrissian , and Chewbacca , all of whom were attempting to save Solo from being taken to Jabba the Hutt . Their attempt failed , however , and Boba successfully left Bespin and brought Solo to Jabba ' s Palace on Tatooine . Into the sarlacc . Boba remained at Jabba ' s palace after delivering Solo to the Hutt . In the meantime , a plan was developed by Skywalker , Organa , Chewbacca , and Calrissian to free Solo from the palace . Boba was present while the plan went into action , and witnessed Skywalker and Chewbacca be captured by the Hutt , while Organa was taken as a slave girl and Calrissian posed as a guard . Organa was , however , able to free Solo from carbonite freezing , and the smuggler emerged temporarily blind as a result of the freezing process . At Jabba ' s decree , Skywalker , Solo , and Chewbacca were to be taken to the Great Pit of Carkoon , where they would be fed to the sarlacc — a creature that lived in the pit . Boba made the journey to the sarlacc with Jabba ' s entourage . Once at the Great Pit of Carkoon , Skywalker and the others put their plan into motion , attacking Jabba ' s guards — and even leading to the death of Jabba himself , who was strangled to death by Leia Organa . During the firefight , Boba fought against Skywalker , who used his lightsaber to destroy Boba ' s blaster . In the ensuing chaos , Solo — still somewhat blind — inadvertently knocked Boba over the side of a desert skiff into Jabba ' s sail barge and tumbling into the Pit of Carkoon . Personality and traits . As a child , Boba was close with his father , learning much from Jango ' s years as a bounty hunter . He was distrustful of Obi - Wan Kenobi upon the Jedi Knight ' s arrival on Kamino , recognizing him as a potential threat to both himself and Jango . He took pleasure in fighting Kenobi both on Kamino and in orbit of Geonosis , expressing joy at the thought that the Jedi had been killed . His personality hardened after Jango ' s death , as Boba swore vengeance on Mace Windu , yet he did not take any pleasure in the collateral damage wrought by his mission . His better nature eventually won over in honor of his father ' s memory , as Boba turned against his bounty hunting allies and allowed himself to be taken into the custody of the Galactic Republic . Despite realizing the errors of his ways , he swore he would never forgive Windu for the murder of his father . After being released from prison and forming a bounty hunter team , Boba became more ruthless than he had been previously , focused on achieving the goals of his mission . During the mission to Quarzite , Boba wanted to hand Pluma Sodi over to Otua Blank , despite her pleas for mercy . It was only Ventress ' betrayal that allowed Sodi to escape . As the years went by , and the Clone Wars gave way to the reign of the Galactic Empire , Boba became known for his lethality , going so far as to display trophies of his prey on his armor . During the Clone Wars , Boba expressed aversion to being compared to clone troopers . He did not want to see himself as being the same as other young clones or a clone in general , as he was the one who Jango Fett considered to be his son . He nonetheless did not care to harm his fellow clones , and briefly considered leaving his bounty hunter companions to stay with the other young clones who escaped the " Endurance " . Skills and abilities . Boba ' s talents as a bounty hunter were infamous across the galaxy , and he became well - known to galactic fugitives who had bounties on their heads . From a young age , Boba was trained by his father in combat skills , able to handle a blaster at a young age while being deadly in battle scenarios . Boba helped Jango fight against Obi - Wan Kenobi on Kamino , displaying his ability to utilize the heavy weapons on " Slave I " . His skills grew throughout the years , and he displayed an affinity for leadership as he formed his own syndicate of bounty hunters . He also commanded the loyalty to those close to him , such as Bossk . Equipment . After Jango ' s death , Boba took possession of " Slave I " , which he would use throughout his bounty hunting career . The ship was armed with laser cannons and projectile launchers , as well as seismic charges . This vessel became iconic throughout the galaxy , known to fugitives as the ship of the feared bounty hunter . During his early bounty hunting career , Boba had his own unique , red and grey armor , including a helmet and twin blaster pistols . As his career continued , Boba took on Mandalorian armor similar to Jango ' s . Unlike Jango ' s , Boba ' s armor — which was mostly green — was battered and covered in marks from weapons fire . The armor was equipped with a jetpack , flamethrower in the wrist gauntlets , and a whipcord launcher . Inside the knee pads were rocket dart launchers , and the shoulders were adorned with braids that Boba displayed as trophies of defeated prey . Behind the scenes . Boba Fett was first introduced in " The Star Wars Holiday Special " , a two hour long holiday - themed television movie special in the year 1978 . His first canon ical appearance was in , where he was portrayed by Jeremy Bulloch and John Morton . He was voiced in " The Empire Strikes Back " by Jason Wingreen , before his voice was over - dubbed by Temuera Morrison , who played Jango Fett in as well as Jango ' s clones in , for the 2004 DVD release of the original trilogy . Bulloch reprised the role for . The character was also added into the 1997 Special Edition of , where he was portrayed by Mark Austin , while Don Bies played Fett for shots inserted into the Special Edition of " Return of the Jedi " . For " Attack of the Clones " , young Boba Fett was portrayed by Daniel Logan , who also voiced the character in his multiple appearances on the television series " " . Despite his brief appearances in the original trilogy , with only four lines of dialogue in " The Empire Strikes Back " , Boba became a popular character amongst " Star Wars " fans , which surprised series creator George Lucas . On the DVD commentary for " Return of the Jedi " , Lucas stated that if he had known Boba would be a popular character , he would have made the character ' s death in " Return of the Jedi " more exciting . Lucas contemplated adding a scene in " Return of the Jedi " where Boba climbed out of the sarlacc pit , especially in light of the character ' s story in " Attack of the Clones " , but ultimately decided against it because he thought that the audience would believe that Fett would appear later in the film if this scene had been seen . However , on July 16 , 2014 , " Star Wars " author and historian Jonathan W . Rinzler stated in a Reddit AMA that Lucas has said that Boba also survived the sarlacc in the new canon , though this has yet to appear in official new canon media . Although Lucas opted against adding Boba ' s escape , and the ambiguity surrounding the character ' s fate in sources such as the official Databank on StarWars . com , the " Star Wars Legends " continuity , previously known as the Expanded Universe , saw Boba escape from the sarlacc . He went on to appear in dozens of Expanded Universe stories set after " Return of the Jedi " . His last chronological " Legends " appearance was in " " , set 40 years after " Return of the Jedi " . According to Gary Kurtz , during the early development of the original trilogy , when Lucas envisioned the whole story of " Star Wars " in four trilogies and twelve films , he conceived Fett as the main antagonist of " Return of the Jedi " , because Darth Sidious was originally planned to be introduced in . However , after Lucas decided to not make a third trilogy , Fett ' s role in " Jedi " was changed to a relatively minor role . During the development of the prequel trilogy , at one point Lucas considered depicting Anakin Skywalker and Fett as stepbrothers , possibly referencing their alliance in " The Empire Strikes Back " , but discounted it as " too hokey " . In continuing to develop the character in the prequel films , Lucas closed some avenues for expanding the character ' s story while opening others . Also , for a time , Lucas considered including Fett in the story of " Star Wars " : Episode III " Revenge of the Sith " . Fett was meant to participate during the Jedi Purge as the killer of Mace Windu instead of Darth Sidious , via shooting him with his blaster while he was escaping from some stormtroopers , ending his vendetta against him due the death of Jango once and for all . Eventually , Lucas decided to not add Fett to the story , saying that he would be " too young " ( he would have been 16 years at that point ) and that he was not necessary to be involved in Anakin ' s fall . The concept , however , was loosely reworked later in some episodes of " Star Wars : The Clone Wars " . Ironically , George Lucas originally placed off - limits the possibility to use Fett in the show when writer Henry Gilroy was writing the show bible , but by the time of the next meeting , Lucas changed his mind and Fett was allowed to be used in the series . Before the cancellation of " The Clone Wars " TV series , Boba Fett was set to make an appearance during a four - episode arc starring him and Cad Bane . The two were going to team up for a " rescue mission " on Tatooine where Tusken Raiders had kidnapped a child . It would emphasize Boba ' s and Cad ' s relation to one another as Cad had known Jango . During this arc , Boba would don his green armor for the first time . In a clip revealed during the Animated Origins and Unexpected Fates panel at Celebration Orlando in 2017 , Cad Bane and other Bounty Hunters had ended an insurrection by Fett . To finish it , Fett and Bane engaged in a stand - off duel . During the initial development of , Bulloch expressed interest in reprising his role as Fett , but in the end , Fett didn ' t appear in the film .