Star Wars 69 : Death in the City of Bone Star Wars 69 : Death in the City of Bone is the sixty - ninth issue in the " Marvel Star Wars " series of comics . Plot summary . Continuing where the left off , Leia Organa and C - 3PO have just been captured by the Galactic Empire , due to the duplicity of the bounty hunter , Dengar . Leia and C - 3PO are escorted to the City of Bone in a transport barge where they meet with the Imperial Commander , the Suprema , who assures them that he will soon crush the resistance on Mandalore and kill Fenn Shysa . As Dengar communicates with the Suprema about tracking down Shysa , Princess Leia and C - 3PO are led away by stormtroopers . However , one of the stormtroopers is in fact Fenn Shysa in disguise , and he frees the two Rebels . Shysa explains that after Organa had knocked him unconscious , he had awoken to find the princess being captured by the Imperials . Discovering a perfect way to infiltrate the base , Shysa had knocked out one of the perimeter guards and took his place . Shysa tells the princess that he will help her recapture Dengar if she will help him free his friend , Tobbi Dala , from his cell in the City of Bone . After Leia agrees , the group make their way to Dala ' s cell and mount a rescue . With the two Mandalorian friends reunited , the group decides to mount an attack on the fortress . Shysa shoots a flare out the window of the city , triggering an assault by his forces . In the commotion that follows , Dala commandeers an airspeeder , and the group make their way back to the Suprema ' s headquarters . As a shoot - out ensues with the Imperial forces , Organa and Dala destroy the control box powering the energy links of the Mandalorian slaves . Free of their restraints , the Mandalorians rise up against their captors , causing a riot to break out in the city . The rebels use the distraction to enter the Suprema ' s headquarters , but find the Imperial leader waiting for them . The alien shoots Dala in the chest , mortally wounding him , but the rest of the Rebels are able to stop him from doing any further damage . Dala is near death , but he promises his old friend that he ' ll open the doors of the city , letting the Mandalorian slaves escape to join up with Shysa ' s forces who are arrayed outside . True to his word , Dala opens the doors , and the Mandalorians are allowed to escape . As Princess Leia and Shysa escape in their airspeeder , Dala closes the doors , preventing the pursuing Shrike Squadron from pursuing them . The squadron smash headlong into the sides of the city , creating a chain reaction of exploding fuel and ammunition , incinerating the inside of the city and killing both the Suprema and Tobbi Dala . Back at the Mandalorian camp , Shysa forces Dengar to talk by threatening to kill him . Dengar claims that he was not the one working with Fett , but that he overheard someone telling Fett about a hideout in the near the Anga system . Although the mission to find Fett had been a wild goose chase , Leia takes solace in the fact that the Empire ' s presence on Mandalore has been crippled . Meanwhile , on the Wheel , Lando Calrissian and Chewbacca are pursuing Bossk , believing that he might be the bounty hunter who had worked with Fett during the search for the " Millennium Falcon " . The duo have found a patron , Vorol , who knows where Bossk is , and Chewbacca threatens him until he gives up the information . After hearing the location , Calrissian is shocked . " Aw , no . No ! Not … there ! " he proclaims . Behind the scenes . The animal from which the City of Bone is made out of is never identified in this issue . It was eventually revealed to be a mythosaur in the " Star Wars Insider " article , " The History of the Mandalorians " . " The New Essential Chronology " placed this two - part story just prior to " " .