Boba Fett ( books ) Boba Fett is a series of young reader books published by Scholastic and written by Terry Bisson ( Books 1 and 2 ) and Elizabeth Hand ( Books 3 through 6 ) . The series , illustrated by Peter Bollinger , was about Boba Fett ' s teenage years , taking place between and . The series explains how Boba begins his career as one of the galaxy ' s greatest bounty hunters . Plot . After Geonosis , Boba buried his father and tried to escape . All that he had left of his father was his armor and a " book " that Jango left to help instruct him , in the event of his death . Fett attempted to return to Kamino , but it was to no avail once he realized no place was safe for him since his father had died . Aurra Sing gave Fett to Darth Tyranus , who gave Sing Slave I as payment ( Boba eventually recovered the ship ) . He was taken to Raxus Prime to meet with Tyranus . The Sith Lord attempted to detain his young charge , but a Republic attack allowed Fett to escape . Boba was taken by clone troopers and sent to an orphanage on Bespin . He managed to escape with Sing , who had come searching for the boy , in order to gain access to Jango Fett ' s rather large bank account on Aargau . On Aargau , Fett lost 500 , 000 credits of his father ' s money due to the betrayal of a Clawdite named Nuri , but received the rest . While on Aargau , Boba managed to elude Aurra Sing after she failed to steal Jango ' s credits , stealing back Slave I in the process . Jango ' s " book " told Fett to visit Jabba the Hutt , but Fett had a run - in with the dangerous Separatist Commander Durge . The Gen ' Dai ' s hatred of all Mandalorians caused him to attack the young Fett . After this encounter , Fett was constantly on the run , managing to secure a minor bounty on an assassin before reaching safety on Tatooine . Once there , young Boba found himself in the custody of Jabba the Hutt himself . One of the reasons Jabba accepted Boba was to repay the favor Jango Fett did him by apparently killing Gardulla the Hutt a decade earlier . While working for Jabba the Hutt , Boba had befriended one of Jabba ' s cooks , Gab ' borah , and his daughter , Ygabba ( whom he had rescued earlier , after first arriving on Tatooine ) . In gratitude , the two had Jango Fett ' s body armor re - sized to fit the young Boba ' s frame . Gilramos Libkath was the first bounty assigned to Boba by Jabba . Jabba , however , had also assigned the bounty to Durge as well . Boba had the advantage over Durge of already knowing where to start looking for Libkath . Libkath was the master of Ygabba and the underfed child thieves that had been responsible for stealing his helmet only a day before . After receiving the assignment Boba , realizing he had been left with no weapons , sought out Gab ' borah , the chef that had helped him while on board Jabba ' s sail barge . The chef gave him a jetpack and directions to leave the Dune Sea . Boba quickly realized as he flew over the Dune Sea that he wouldn ' t make the trip to Mos Espa with just a jet pack , and quickly stowed away aboard one of Jabba ' s cargo barges that was heading towards the city . Once he arrived in Mos Espa , he fled , but was pursued by Durge . After some evasive maneuvering , only to find Durge waiting ahead of him , Boba made his escape by using the reflection from Tatooine ' s twin suns on Durge ' s armor as a blind spot , where he dipped low into the streets and alleys of Mos Espa . There he located Gilramos ' hideout and followed the voice of his prey to a central location of the crashed starship . Boba initiated the looming confrontation with the toss of a brick that struck Libkath in the back of the head , followed by another . Boba then revealed himself , however , he was weaponless . Suddenly , Durge arrived , ready to take both the bounty and Boba . The young bounty hunter skillfully managed to escape using his jetpack , stealing Libkath ' s hat on his way out , which represented prestige to the Neimoidian and proof to Jabba of the bounty . Durge fired at Boba and one of his stray blaster bolts struck a fuel cell , covering Fett ' s escape and killing Libkath in the process . The hunt for Jhordvar had been a short but intense one , leading Boba to the Dune Sea . After the betrayer refused his offer to accompany him back to Jabba ' s palace Boba decided to kill the Noghri assassin . He was caught in a sandstorm , delaying his return to Jabba . He stayed in Jhordvar ' s lair , leaving the body out to wither away in the sand , but he took the hands back to Jabba as proof of the contract . Jabba then gave Boba the ring of Jhordvar as part of his payment . This couldn ' t have come at a better time , since Jabba was about to give him his first off - world assignment . His first major hunt off - planet was after Techno Union Foreman Wat Tambor , who had a base on Xagobah . The planet was under assault by the Grand Army of the Republic , so Fett encountered difficulties sneaking past both attack forces . He managed to get inside the fortress , Mazariyan . However , the arrival of General Grievous foiled his plans , as Fett proved no match for the Kaleesh warrior . Young Fett only survived because he faked his own death by using the xabar fungus , which carries a toxin that causes temporary paralysis . He was taken by two battle droids to be incinerated , but he awoke in time and was able to escape the Mazariyan . Both Wat Tambor and General Grievous escaped . Boba Fett tried to give pursuit in Slave I , but the ship was damaged in a dogfight with Asajj Ventress . Slave I was actually saved from destruction because of the intervention of a young Jedi Knight named Anakin Skywalker , who drove off Ventress . After forcing Slave I to land on a nearby moon , Skywalker and Fett met for the first time . Skywalker , knowing that Fett was obviously not a Separatist , assisted Boba in repairing his ship . During this time , Boba repainted his armor , which was identical to Jango Fett ' s , into the green color scheme that he is most identified with , thus making it his own . Even though Skywalker had helped him repair his ship , he was intent on taking Fett in for violating air space in a Republic controlled military zone . Boba convinced Skywalker , however , that he had information vital to the Republic ' s survival ; information he would only tell the Supreme Chancellor . The information Boba had was knowledge that Count Dooku and Darth Tyranus were one and the same person . He would trade this information in order to get close to the one person he hated the most — the Jedi who had killed his father on Geonosis : Mace Windu . After being escorted to Coruscant by Governor Tarkin , Boba finally acquired his second and final chance at Mace Windu . Boba followed and waited for the Jedi in the Supreme Chancellor ' s chambers , of all places . Boba engaged Mace Windu in combat but could not kill the Jedi Master . The two stood , battered and wounded , each ready to deliver a final blow with their weapons . The fight was actually halted by Supreme Chancellor Palpatine , before either one could make a move . Boba was surprised to learn that the Chancellor already knew that Dooku was Tyranus . He also knew that Boba would hunt down Mace Windu , once he arrived on Coruscant . " I believe we share a common enemy , " the Chancellor told Fett . Palpatine paid Fett for his information and told him never to speak of their conversation again , an agreement that Boba wisely kept . Then the Chancellor sent him on his way . By the end of the Clone Wars , Boba Fett had reached the age of thirteen — the traditional start of adulthood in Mandalorian culture . Fett was now a fully - fledged bounty hunter .