Star Wars 68 : The Search Begins Star Wars 68 : The Search Begins is the sixty - eighth issue in the " Marvel Star Wars " series of comics . Plot summary . The Rebels continue their search for Han Solo , having just recently learned that Boba Fett was in league with another bounty hunter during the search for the " Millennium Falcon " . Having narrowed the search down to three different bounty hunters , the Rebels split up into three teams : Lando Calrissian and Chewbacca in the " Millennium Falcon " , Luke Skywalker and R2 - D2 in his X - wing , and Princess Leia Organa and C - 3PO in a Y - wing . Of the three bounty hunters on their list , the princess is assigned to hunt down Dengar , last seen on the planet Mandalore . Landing just outside the capital city of Kedalbe , Leia and C - 3PO make their way on foot before encountering a caravan of individuals . To their surprise , the procession is a group of slavers , herding a group of enslaved Mandalorians . Before Leia and C - 3PO can sneak away , the caravan comes under attack by a group of Mandalorian soldiers led by what looks to be , Boba Fett . During the battle , Leia ends up saving " Fett " from a slaver ' s attack , and is shocked to find herself fighting by the Mandalorian ' s side . Following the end of the battle , the Mandalorian leader introduces himself to Leia . He is not actually Boba Fett , but another Mandalorian named Fenn Shysa . Shysa brings Leia and C - 3PO back to his base and explains to her how he has spent the past few years trying to free his people from the Galactic Empire ' s influence in the aftermath of the Clone Wars . Shysa then tells Leia of his role in the Clone Wars , claiming that he fought for the Empire , was led into battle by Boba Fett , and even became acquainted with Leia during briefing missions . Shysa finishes his tale by telling Leia that of all the Mandalorian Protectors , only three survived , his commander , his childhood friend , Tobbi Dala , and himself . At the end of his story , Leia asks Shysa if he had seen Dengar anywhere on the planet . Shysa leads the princess to a suspended cage , deep within the Mandalorian base , but refuses to turn the bounty hunter over to her . Shysa ' s friend , Dala had unfortunately been captured a few days before Leia ' s arrival , and the Mandalorian had made a deal with the Empire , planning to exchange the bounty hunter for his imprisoned friend . As Shysa leads Leia away from Dengar ' s prison , the bounty hunter calls out to her , promising that he will tell her everything he knows if she will only free him from his cell . Leia decides to take the hunter up on his offer , and when night falls on the camp , she distracts Shysa , while C - 3PO sneaks over to Dengar ' s suspended cell and cuts him free . Before Shysa can figure out what is happening , Leia tricks Shysa into kissing her , using the action to position him next to a large tree . With Shysa off balance , the princess slams his head into the tree , knocking him unconscious . With the Mandalorian leader incapacitated , and Dengar cut loose , Leia and C - 3PO make their way back to their ship with their captive , planning to bring him back to the Alliance base and interrogate him there . However , unknown to the princess , when she had freed him from his cell , Dengar had used the time to send a signal to the Empire via a transmitter on his armor . Leia and C - 3PO are ambushed by an All Terrain Advance Raider and a group of stormtroopers , leaving C - 3PO to claim that the two Rebels are most certainly doomed this time . Behind the scenes . Jabba the Hutt is referred to as " Jabba the Hut " in this issue , continuing the inaccurate spelling that commonly occurred in the Marvel comics . The capital of Mandalore is referred to as " Kedalbe " in this issue . Later sources have changed the spelling to " Keldabe " . Princess Leia mentions in this issue that most Mandalorians speak Galactic Basic Standard , but is cut off before she can tell C - 3PO why she needs him to come along on the adventure . Retroactively , this may be an oblique reference to the Mandalorian language . One of the slavers who attempt to kill Fenn Shysa during the opening battle refers to the Mandalorian as an " outlaw son of a — " before he is gunned down . Retroactively , the term " son of a bantha " may have been a reference to this mention . The background of the Mandalorian Protectors given by Fenn Shysa in this issue appears contradictory with the story laid down in the film , , namely that Shysa claims that he fought on the side of the Empire , that his commander was Boba Fett , and that he became familiar with Princess Leia during briefing before battles . These were all contradictory statements , as Boba Fett was only 10 years old during the beginning of the Clone Wars , Leia Organa had not even been born yet , and Jango Fett had been allied with the Confederacy of Independent Systems . The " Star Wars Insider " article , " The History of the Mandalorians " eventually retcon ned these discrepancies , by claiming that Shysa had been confused in his retelling . The clone Alpha - Ø2 was shown to be Shysa ' s real commander , with the article stating that there were rumors that the clone was Jango Fett ' s son . The picture of Princess Leia in the comic was shown to actually be a picture of Padmé Amidala , showing that Shysa had confused the two when he met Leia many years later . Lastly , the article stated that the Mandalorians were sent into battle by Darth Sidious , making Shysa ' s claims of fighting for the Empire true , from a certain point of view . " The New Essential Chronology " placed this two - part story just prior to " " .