Star Wars : Jango Fett Jango Fett was a one - shot Prestige Trade paperback published in 2002 . The story was continued in " " . Publisher ' s summary . " A solitary figure , clad in the distinctive armor of a Mandalorian Warrior , cuts through a throng of soldiers , bounty hunters , and cutthroats , unleashing a barrage of blaster fire with graceful , cold - blooded dexterity . This could only be the most notorious assassin in the galaxy : Jango Fett ! This Christmas , Dark Horse Comics is giving you something you ' ve always wanted , a glimpse of Boba Fett , the most mysterious and beloved of all the " Star Wars " rogues . First you ' ll meet Jango Fett , a bounty hunter and killer for hire who is looking for a lucrative job . When Jango is hired to recover a rare and extremely valuable artifact , he thinks this could be his biggest score . Only one obstacle stands between him and his prize : a beautiful and deadly rival ! " Back cover summary . Jango Fett . . . the heir to armor of an infamous Mandalorian Warrior , the most feared bounty hunter in the galaxy , and the loving father to a very special son . " When he is hired by a mysterious unseen employer to retrieve an ancient alien artifact , Jango Fett has no idea that his path will cross with that of a woman from his past — the beautiful , deadly Zam Wessel [ sic ] — the only other bounty hunter worthy of being called Fett ' s equal , and who is seeking the same prize . Somebody is playing them against one another , and their survival will depend on whether they decide to be allies or adversaries … " Plot summary . Jango Fett covertly entered the estate of Black Sun Vigo Antonin . He found Antonin enjoying a bottle of wine , his last bottle of wine . He quickly disposed of the Vigo and then returned to his employer for payment . When he returned to Dreddon , his employer , Fett found Dreddon dead . Shortly after this a voice called out to him to turn around slowly . When he did so he came face to face with the blaster of Zam Wesell , another bounty hunter . He instinctively drew his own weapon . Locked in a stalemate , Fett expressed his displeasure with finding his employer dead before he could collect the bounty on the Vigo . Upon hearing this , Wesell became very upset . Her contract on Dreddon was issued by Antonin ; now she , too , was not going to be paid for her latest job . Seeing as neither of them was going to get paid , they parted company . Fett headed back to Kamino . He was looking forward to spending some time with Boba . When he entered his quarters , MU - 12 informed him that a message about a job had come in while he was on his last mission . He listen to the message from a Dug named Fernooda . The message didn ' t go into detail about what the job was but it did ask Fett to meet him at the Twirling Twi ' lek on Coruscant to discuss the details of the job . Not wanting to leave his son so soon after returning form a job , Fett reluctantly went to the meeting with Fernooda . Once Fett and Fernooda met , Fett was informed that the this job was to recover a piece of art work from Seylott . Fernooda explained that the piece had been part of his employer ' s extensive primitive art collection , and that it had recently been stolen from that collection by a native of Seylott . Fernooda informed Fett that the bounty for bringing the idol would be 50 , 000 Republic Credits . When Fett was informed that his employer wish to remain anonymous he demanded double the price , Fernooda agreed and Fett left to find the idol . The bounty hunter followed his quarry back to its home planet of Seylott . Once on the planet Fett had little problem finding the thief and the idol . The thief had placed the idol on an altar and was chanting to it . When Fett tried to take the idol , the thief attacked him and Fett mortally wounded the thief . With his dying breath , the thief beseeched Fett to leave the idol where it was saying " . . . must not take away the infant again . . . it must rest with the mother . . . return the infant to the womb . . . for it is the destroyer of worlds . . . " Fett walked away with the idol . Before he had gone far , someone put a blaster to his back and told him to turn around . He found himself staring down a blaster at Zam Wesell . She informed Fett that she , too , had been hired by Fernooda , but she had decided to let Fett do all of the hard work and she would simply take the idol from him . As she was finishing her explanation , she was attacked by a giant arthropod . During the attack Wesell dropped the idol , which Fett quickly recovered . Fett then helped Wesell escape from the arthropod . Seeing that Fett had recovered the idol , as well as saved her life , she let Fett take idol back to Fernooda with out any problems . Fett returned to Coruscant to collect his bounty . Upon receiving his payment Fett expressed his displeasure with Fernooda for not telling him about Zam Wesell and strongly stated that he was never going to work for Fernooda again . After Fett left , Fernooda took the idol to his employer , Ashaar Khorda . Khorda was very pleased to have the idol back in his possession . With the idol secure , he was free to put his plan in motion . The end result would have seen the idol being used to destroy the heart of the Republic . Behind the scenes . When the Twi ' lek pole dancer talks to Jango Fett , the planet Coruscant is misspelled " Corsucant " .