Boba Fett : Enemy of the Empire Boba Fett : Enemy of the Empire , originally titled Boba Fett : The Vader Job , was a mini - series of comics in the " Boba Fett " series . Plot . Boba Fett is hired by Darth Vader to track down an Imperial colonel of the Lightning Battalion named Abal Karda . It seems that Karda killed his superior officer after the Icarii campaign on Vestar and was last seen carrying a kneedhide casket in Port - Esta . Boba leaves for Vestar immediately , fully knowing that Vader put a tracer beacon on Slave I but not knowing that he also sent three assassins led by Nevo to kill Fett once he ' s found the casket . Fett learns from some Lightning Battalion troopers that Karda went insane after he decimated a whole tribe of Icarii and decapitated their leader Selestrine . Then he plans on checking out the freighter Port - Esta Queen which is on a return route to Vestar and he suspects had something to do with Karda ' s escape . Boba Fett finds out from the captain of the freighter Port - Esta Queen that they dropped off Karda at Starstation 12 , with braid of hair from the Icarii queen as proof . Darth Vader ' s assassins also find this information and follow Fett there . Fett finds out from a trading post dealer that a tattooist named Bojam Rees sold an identical braid of hair about ten days earlier . From the tattooist , he finds out that Karda was going by the name Mixxim and got a tattoo on his face . He recognizes the design of the tattoo as the tribal pattern of the Duhma . Before he leaves Starstation 12 , Boba has an encounter with one of the assassins trailing him , a human named Gann , and he kills him after getting the info he needed . From his ship ' s computer , he finds out that a Duhman left the station about nine days earlier aboard the liner Orramas , and he catches up with the ship on the planet Rim 3 . The captain of the liner tells Fett that the passenger was dropped off on Maryx Minor six days earlier . Meanwhile , at the hermitage of the Ancient Order of Pessimists on Maryx Minor , Abal Karda is going crazy knowing that Fett is coming for him . Boba Fett and his pursuers are on Maryx Minor . They finally meet up while on the way to the hermitage of the Ancient Order of Pessimists , the likeliest place Abal Karda is hiding in . The fight is short , and Fett arrives at the gates of the hermitage . With a threat of death from Karda if they don ' t protect him , the hermits try to stop Fett but they ' re no match for him . Fett dispatches Karda easily and gets to the casket containing Queen Selestrine ' s head . From her he hears how the story of how she became into Korda ' s possession and why he tried to escape from the Empire . And Darth Vader is on his way to the hermitage , where he will have to confront Fett to get the casket . At the hermitage of the Ancient Order of Pessimists on Maryx Minor , Darth Vader and Boba Fett are fighting over the head of Queen Selestrine of the Icarii , who can foretell the future of any man who possesses her . To escape Vader ' s grip , Fett kicks the casket containing the head over a cliff , distracting Vader long enough for the bounty hunter to make his escape . Once aboard his Star Destroyer , Vader is contacted by the Emperor who is asking for the head just as Selestrine predicted . Vader then decides to kill Selestrine , as she wished it before she told Vader of the perils of knowing the future .