Ailyn Vel Ailyn Vel was a near - Human bounty hunter , the daughter of Boba Fett and Sintas Vel and the grand - daughter of Jango Fett . When Ailyn was just a baby , her father , Boba , was forced to leave her and her mother . By the time she was sixteen , her mother disappeared , leaving her alone . She became a very successful bounty hunter , like her father , and devoted many years to hunting her father down to avenge her mother ' s death . She eventually killed a clone of her grandfather Jango Fett , which she believed was Boba . Afterward , she assumed the role of Boba Fett himself , and kept her real identity unknown . Shortly before the Yuuzhan Vong War , Vel had a daughter , Mirta . By the time of the Second Galactic Civil War , Vel had become a respectable bounty hunter like her father , and took a contract from Thrackan Sal - Solo to kill his cousin , Han Solo . She found out that her father was alive and attempted to use her daughter to bring Fett to her and kill him once and for all , but never got the chance . Vel was arrested by Jacen Solo on a GAG raid , and was accidentally killed by Jacen during her interrogation . Biography . Early life . Ailyn was born in approximately 15 BBY , when her father was roughly eighteen years old . The place of Ailyn ' s birth was unknown , though it was believed that she was born on Concord Dawn , where Fett may have been a Journeyman Protector at the time . Her mother , Sintas Vel , was a Kiffar bounty hunter . Ailyn ' s father walked out on the family ( actually Boba was exiled from the mighty sarlac ) circa 12 BBY . As a result , Ailyn grew to hate her father . She lived with her mother until she was a teenager . Sometime between the age of five and fourteen , she and her mother then met a man named " Quinny " Ailyn then helped " Quinny " and her mother fight off a hit team of Devaronians by using a small ion cannon . After successfully fighting them off , Ailyn , her mother and Quiny then decided to go to a safe house in a nearby village . Tragedy struck Ailyn again shortly prior to her sixteenth birthday , when her mother was presumed to have been killed while in pursuit of a bounty . Sintas had taken the bounty mission for the sole purpose of getting credits to buy a special birthday gift for her daughter . Ailyn was devastated by her mother ' s loss . The death of Ailyn ' s mother fueled the strong hatred she had towards her father , and her ambition in life became killing Boba , whom Ailyn blamed for her mother ' s death . Tracking Fett was a difficult task for young Ailyn , so she resorted to becoming a hunt - saboteur in hope of finding Fett in her travels . Unfortunately , her efforts went unrewarded for a long time . Bounty hunter . It was not until some years after the reported death of Fett at the Great Pit of Carkoon that Ailyn felt she could finally move on in life . It was from that point that she began her career as a bounty hunter . Years later , Ailyn discovered that her father still lived , and so the biggest hunt of her lifetime had resumed . She eventually hunted Fett down in the Extrictarium Nebula . However , on confronting her target , she found a man that was not her father , but was in fact an old clone of Jango Fett known as Spar . Ailyn killed the old ARC trooper and took his Mandalorian armor with her , and so her hunt continued . Ailyn returned to hunting bounties , and on occasion would don the Mandalorian armor and act as Boba Fett , in order to receive bounties with much larger payouts . She began to believe that she was truly Fett ' s equal — or better . In 21 ABY , Ailyn once again believed her father to be dead . She tracked " Fett " down at Shogun and found evidence of a dead Mandalorian supercommando . She also found Fett ' s " Slave IV " and took it as her own , assuming the corpse was that of her father . Believing this dead man to be her father , she committed to assuming Fett ' s identity , taking jobs from Bwahl the Hutt and for Nolaa Tarkona of the Diversity Alliance to find shipping merchant Bornan Thul . On the way she encountered wannabe bounty hunter Zekk . She eventually found Thul , discovering that he ' d been hiding - the coordinates of a plague storehouse - and then transmitting that data to Tarkona . The Diversity Alliance crumbled in battle with the New Republic . In 22 ABY , Ailyn had a daughter , Mirta Gev . The father was Makin Marec , a Mandalorian warrior she had met while researching Mandalorian culture . The two raised Mirta in the midst of the devastating Yuuzhan Vong War that would rage for much of the decade . It was probably at this time , possibly through Mirta ' s Mandalorian father , that Ailyn learned that her father , Boba , was indeed still alive . Second Galactic Civil War and death . By the time of the Second Galactic Civil War , under the alias Ailyn Habuur , she accepted Thrackan Sal - Solo ' s bounty on the Solo family . What she did not know , however , was that Sal - Solo was setting her up to be caught to hide the real threat posed by other hunters he had hired for the contract . Also at this time , Ailyn told her daughter Mirta to find her father , Boba , and lure him to Coruscant with the Heart of Fire pendant that he gave to her mother , Sintas , when the two first married . She intended to kill him once and for all . Because of Sal - Solo ' s deception , Ailyn was led to Coruscant . There she hid in a Corellian community and was caught during the Galactic Alliance Guard ' s raids . Believing her to be a Corellian terrorist , Jacen Solo interrogated her . When she did not provide information , he used the Force to bludgeon her and attempted to enter her mind . However , this was too much for Ailyn to endure , and she died . Mirta , who had successfully found Boba on Taris , had traveled with him to Corellia . Boba , who had learned that Ailyn took the contract to kill the Solos , found Han Solo , and tried to use him as bait to reunite with his daughter . However , Han revealed that Ailyn had been captured . Later on , Thrackan Sal - Solo revealed his deception , which resulted in Mirta killing him in a fit of rage . After Han led the two to Leia Organa Solo , she contacted Jacen to bring her to Corellia . However , she then informed Boba and Mirta of Ailyn ' s death . Jacen Solo traveled to Corellia to bring Ailyn ' s corpse to Boba and Mirta . Later on , after learning from a fellow Mandalorian that Jacen Solo was the cause of Ailyn ' s death , Boba Fett considered hunting him down . However , he was already aware of the strife going on in the Solo family , and figured that they would cause enough damage to themselves in ways worse than he ever could . Ailyn was buried with half of the Heart of Fire pendant in a modest grave in a wooded area outside Keldabe . She would never learn that her mother was still alive , having been encased in carbonite since around the time she took the bounty for Ailyn ' s present . A year later , in a Coruscant Holozine , Ailyn was referenced as " Fett Junior . " Behind the scenes . Ailyn Vel ' s character was developed by Abel G . Peña , fleshed out exclusively for his article in " Star Wars Insider 80 " entitled " The History of the Mandalorians " . Ailyn was designed as the typical " gorgeous butt - kicker " , based on characters such as , TV ' s , , and the hookers of . The artwork depicting Ailyn that appeared in the article was by Joe Corroney , inspired by a photograph of model Anastasia Heonis . The photo was taken by Jason Perlman . Ailyn assuming her father ' s identity was based on the concept of from " " . Several reasons exist behind Peña ' s decision to make the appearance of Boba Fett in the second story arc of the " Young Jedi Knights " series Ailyn , instead of Fett himself . " The Last One Standing " short story , which takes place five years earlier , builds toward the suggestion that Fett ' s ardent animosity toward Han Solo comes to an end . His adherence to the Bounty Hunters ' Creed in " Young Jedi Knights " also conflicts with his past behaviour , having betrayed other hunters on multiple occasions , even going so far as to help destroy the Bounty Hunters ' Guild itself . The clincher for Peña was a quote given in " " , in which a character speculates that Fett could be female under his helmet , to which " Fett " responds that he removes his helmet for no one . Ailyn first appeared as a baby in the arms of Sintas with Boba Fett in " Outbid But Never Outgunned " , though her name and character was likely not established at that time . While this story , like all other stories in the early " Star Wars Tales " issues , was not meant to be necessarily canon , the references in " The History of the Mandalorians " and " " have made her existence canonical .