Boba Fett

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**Boba Fett** was a human male crime lord and former bounty hunter whose career spanned decades, from the fall of the Galactic Republicto the end of the rule of the Galactic Empire. Originally code-named **Alpha**, he was an unaltered clone of the famed Mandalorianbounty hunter Jango Fett who raised the boy as his son. Boba emulated his father and genetic donor by wearing a customized suit of Mandalorian armor. His personal starship was the *Slave I*, a *Firespray-31*-class patrol and attack craft that once belonged to Jango. Trained in combat and martial skills from a young age, Fett was one of the most feared bounty hunters in the galaxy during the reign of Emperor Palpatine. He became a legend over the course of his career, which included contracts for both the Empire and the extensive criminal underworld. After living among the Tusken Raiders of Tatooine for a time, he took over as Daimyo of Mos Espa during the era of the New Republic.

Boba was created on the extragalactic planet of Kamino as a result of an arrangement between the Sith Lord Darth Tyranus and Jango Fett, a Mandalorian foundling who served as the template of the Grand Army of the Republic. Unlike the clone troopers grown from Jango's DNA, Jango regarded Boba as his son. During the last days of the Separatist Crisis, Boba and Jango retreated to Geonosis where the latter was killed in battle by Jedi Master Mace Windu. Orphaned by Jango's death, Boba sought vengeance by attempting to assassinate Windu, although his plan proved unsuccessful. After serving time in prison on Coruscant, Fett took up his late father's profession as a bounty hunter, working alongside other mercenaries, such as Bossk and Dengar, and eventually apprenticing himself to his father's infamous protégée, Cad Bane.

In the aftermath of the Clone Wars, Fett continued to make a name for himself while working for the gangster Jabba Desilijic Tiure as well as the Sith Lord Darth Vader. During the Galactic Civil War, the bounty hunter managed to track down Captain Han Solo to Bespin on a contract for the Galactic Empire, before delivering him to Jabba's Palace on Tatooine. Fett tried to prevent Solo's rescue by the Alliance to Restore the Republic, only to fall into the Great Pit of Carkoon when the smuggler accidentally slammed a pole into the bounty hunter's jetpack, causing it to malfunction.

Although Fett survived his ordeal with the man-eating sarlacc, his armor was sold to Cobb Vanth by Jawa scavengers. Following a time in the company of a Tusken tribe, Fett eventually regained his armor by tracking down and confronting the Mandalorian warrior Din Djarin on Tython, who took Fett's armor from Vanth. After helping Djarin to rescue the foundling Grogu from the clutches of Moff Gideon, the ex-bounty-hunter returned to Tatooine where he killed Bib Fortunaand claimed the late Jabba's throne as Daimyo with Fennec Shand by his side. Now the head of his own gotra, Fett intended to rule the territories of Mos Espa by winning the people's respect, though he would face several major challenges to his position owed to the two-facedness of mayor Mok Shaiz such as the Twins' bid for power and the expansion of the Pyke Syndicate's spice trade. Ultimately, though, Fett overcame all obstacles - including a confrontation with his old mentor, Cad Bane - and emerged victorious with the help of his associates, gaining the appreciation and approval of Mos Espa's denizens.

## Biography

### Creation

"*Apart from his pay, which is considerable, Fett demanded only one thing: an unaltered clone for himself. Curious, isn't it?*"
"*Unaltered?*"
"*Pure genetic replication. No tampering with the structure to make it more docile and no growth acceleration.*"
―Lama Su and Obi-Wan Kenobi, about Boba Fett's creation
Following the Battle of Naboo, an extensive clone armywas secretly commissioned on Kamino by Jedi MasterSifo-Dyas, who believed it would be necessary in order to ensure the protection of the Galactic Republic. The army, however, was part of a Sith plot to overthrow the Republic and destroy the Jedi Order. Prior to the creation process, Mandalorianbounty hunter Jango Fett was recruited by the Sith Lord Darth Tyranus. Jango was to be the genetic template for the clone army. Jango agreed to become the genetic template for a considerable payment, as well as one request: the creation of a clone who did not have the same genetic modifications, such as behavioral conditioning and growth acceleration. The Kaminoan scientists agreed and created a boy codenamed "Alpha"in 32 BBY shortly after the Battle of Naboo.

### Early life

Although he was born a clone, Alpha regarded Jango as his father, who likewise viewed the boy as his son. Soon after referred to as Boba, he was the first of many clones modeled on the Jango Fett template, but was only one of two known clones that were pure genetic copies of the original Fett template—the other being Omega.

For the next ten years, Boba was raised on Kamino by his father within Tipoca City and occasionally accompanied Jango on missions to track down countless bounties. On one night, Boba awoke to see the *Slave I* flying off, watching his father leave on one of his missions. In his youth, the young Fett enjoyed the combat training his father administered to him, and danger-filled life provided by the man who raised him. Jango taught his cloned son many of the skills he had learned as a bounty hunter, so Boba learned survival and martial skills and became proficient with a blaster as a child. He also underwent clone troopertraining, learned how to command and operate the weapon systems on his father's ship, *Slave I*, and became familiar with members of the Kaminoan government. From a young age, Boba also learned to pilot *Slave I*.

### Clone Wars

#### Outbreak of the war

##### Escape from Kamino

Shortly before the outbreak of the Clone Wars, Jango was sent on a mission to assassinateSenator Padmé Amidala, an outspoken opponent of a potential war, at the behest of the Confederacy of Independent Systems. Jango and his associate, Zam Wesell, failed to kill the senator, and Jango was tracked to Kamino by Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi, who knew a bounty hunter connected to Kamino was behind the attempt on Amidala's life. When Kenobi arrived on Kamino, the Kaminoans revealed the clone army to him, and Kenobi requested to meet Jango. Taun We, an aide to Prime Minister Lama Su, brought the Jedi Knight to the Fetts' quarters, where Boba greeted them. Despite being distrustful of the Jedi's presence, Boba allowed them to enter, where Kenobi spoke with Jango about the clones and implied he knew Jango was behind the assassination attempt. Knowing that he had been discovered, Jango and Boba immediately prepared to leave Kamino once Kenobi departed.

While loading *Slave I* to leave, Kenobi discovered the Fetts attempting to flee and engaged Jango in one-on-one combat, fighting across the ship's landing platform. During the fight, Boba engaged the ship's blaster cannons and fired at Kenobi repeatedly in an attempt to kill him. As the fight progressed, Kenobi kicked Jango from the landing platform towards the ocean below, causing the Jedi—who was attached to the bounty hunter by a wire—to fall as well. Jango cut the wire and was able to make his way back up the platform, while Kenobi landed on the lower levels. This gave Jango enough time to reach the ship and leave as Boba piloted it, though Kenobi arrived on the platform again in time to attach a tracking device to its hull.

Jango and Boba made their way to Geonosis, where the Separatist leaders had gathered. While en route, Kenobi caught up with them and engaged them in a firefight in the asteroid field surrounding Geonosis. The Fetts were able to evade the Jedi, and Jango shot a number of seismic charges into space in an effort to destroy Kenobi's starfighter. Kenobi was able to fake his ship's destruction by ejecting spare parts that exploded from a tracking missile, leading the Fetts to think he was dead. They proceeded to the planet's surface, while Kenobi remained hidden in the asteroid field before pursuing them.

##### The death of Jango Fett

Shortly after the Fetts arrival at Geonosis, Kenobi began investigating the Separatists on the planet and was captured by the Geonosians. His capture prompted Senator Amidala and Kenobi's Padawan, Anakin Skywalker, to attempt a rescue of their friend. Jango and the Geonosians captured them, and all three detainees were brought into an execution arena, where Boba watched with his father from the sidelines as the detainees fought off the creatures that were meant to kill them. A team of Jedi, led by Master Mace Windu, soon arrived to rescue them. Windu held a lightsaber to Jango's throat while threatening Count Dooku, but Windu quickly left the stands for the arena below as Separatist battle droids began flooding the arena.

The battle droids and Jedi engaged one another in the arena. As the battle proceeded, Jango joined the fight, where the jetpack on his armor was damaged and rendered inoperable, leaving him more vulnerable to attack. Despite the setback, Jango faced off against Windu, who beheaded and killed the bounty hunter. Boba watched in horror as his father was killed. Once the battle left the arena, Boba made his way into the cleared arena and took his father's helmet, pressing it against his head. After Jango's death, Boba fled Geonosis aboard *Slave I* and began plotting his revenge.

#### Quest for vengeance

##### Going undercover

Sometime later, Boba joined with a team of bounty hunters, including Aurra Sing, Bossk, and Castas to carry out his revenge against Windu for Jango's death. Together, Fett and the bounty hunters crafted a plan to assassinate the Jedi Master aboard the Republic vessel *Endurance*. Fett posed as a young clone cadet, with the nickname "Lucky", using the fact that he was genetically identical to the other young clones to his advantage; no one onboard *Endurance* was aware of his true identity. Once aboard the *Endurance*, Fett and the other clones were greeted by Windu and Anakin Skywalker, before being put through tactical training. A few cadets were able to engage in target practice, and they all missed their targets—except for Fett who was able to use the skills his father taught him to his advantage.

Later, while on a tour of the ship, Fett slipped away from the other clones and found his way to Windu's quarters, where he quietly installed a bomb that would be triggered by a laser tripwire in the doorway. On his way back, Fett bumped into Windu. After Windu instructed him to watch where he was going, Fett returned to his group, hoping that Windu would activate the trap. Windu did not enter his quarters, however, but a clone trooper did, killing the soldier in Windu's place and forcing the entire ship into alert status. Sing instructed Fett via comlink to sabotage the *Endurance's* reactor core, thereby killing everyone on the ship, but Boba was reluctant to kill everyone. His only goal was to kill Windu. Nonetheless, Fett did as instructed, sneaking away from his fellow clones once again, before being found by a clone trooper who called for Fett to be escorted back to the group. Fett was able to stun the clone with the trooper's own blaster, before shooting at the core command console.

Much of the hull was immediately destroyed in the ensuing explosion. With the *Endurance* critically damaged, the crew began to abandon ship. Fett, whose identity was not yet discovered, and the other young clones were sealed into an escape pod and jettisoned into space, but Fett sabotaged the pod in order to separate himself (and his fellow pod inhabitants) from the other escapees. The pod was intercepted by *Slave I*, led by Sing and Bossk, which revealed Boba as the traitor who destroyed the *Endurance*. Fett was given the choice to either stay with the clone cadets or leave with the bounty hunters, and Fett somewhat reluctantly chose to leave with the bounty hunters.

##### Trap on Vanqor

After leaving the escape pod, Fett and the other bounty hunters made their way to the nearby planet Vanqor, where the *Endurance* had crashed after the explosion. Once there, they killed several clone troopers and captured Admiral Shoan Kilian, the ship's commanding officer, as well as Clone Commander Ponds and another officer. Hoping to set another trap for Windu, Fett rigged a decoy of his father's old helmet as an explosive on the ship's bridge, which would be detonated if Windu came looking for any survivors. The Jedi Master, with Skywalker, arrived shortly thereafter. Skywalker soon discovered and picked up the helmet, causing it to explode just after Windu noticed it. Windu remembered Jango and how Jango had a son—deducing that Boba was the one attempting to kill him. Windu and Skywalker did not die in the ensuing explosion, but were caught within the rubble of the quickly-deteriorating vessel.

As Fett and the other bounty hunters watched the explosion. Fett wanted to ensure that Windu was actually dead, and suggested they find the bodies of Skywalker and Windu to earn a sizable fortune from Count Dooku. Sing sided with Fett, and set out with Castas to find Windu's body. As they entered the ship, R2-D2, Skywalker's personal astromech droid, attempted to slow their advance by throwing debris at them and closing doors in their path. Unable to make it to the bridge, Sing ordered Bossk to fire up *Slave I*.

Before using *Slave I*, the bounty hunters overheard an explosion caused by R2-D2, who had been attacked by gundarks and used one of the Jedi starfighters to kill a gundark. The bounty hunters believed that meant Windu had survived and jammed all communication, hoping to prevent the Jedi from requesting help. R2-D2 was able to escape in the other starfighter, however, and survived a brief firefight with *Slave I* before jumping to hyperspace for Coruscant, where he successfully found help at the Jedi Temple and was able to bring a team of Jedi and clones to rescue Windu and Skywalker. Sing, meanwhile, decided to use the hostages to lure Windu into a trap.

##### Florrum

Sing took charge of setting the trap, and she sent a transmission to the Jedi Temple revealing that they were holding the Republic prisoners. Sing told Fett to personally execute Commander Ponds during the transmission, but he refused, as his goal was to kill Windu rather than other prisoners. Sing executed Ponds on her own, jettisoning him into space, and scolding Fett for disobeying her. Nonetheless, the transmission to the Jedi Temple did end up putting the Jedi on their trail, only the Order sent Master Plo Koonand Padawan Ahsoka Tano rather than Master Windu.

The group soon took refuge on Florrum, where Sing planned to seek the assistance of Hondo Ohnaka, a spice pirate and her former lover. Ohnaka was also a friend of Jango's, and gave Boba his condolences for his father's death. Ohnaka declined to help her if the Jedi arrived on Florrum, but he also vowed not to stand in her way. Castas, however, contacted a fellowbounty hunter on Coruscant and offered to provide information on Fett and the others. Sing overheard his conversation and executed him, horrifying Fett once again.

Despite Castas' betrayal, it was his transmission to Coruscant that allowed the Jedi to discover Fett and the others on Florrum, as Tano had overheard the transmission. The two Jedi arrived on Florrum shortly thereafter. Both sides ended up attacking one another, with Fett holding a blaster to Koon's head and Tano holding a lightsaber to Sing's throat. The bounty hunters created a diversion and attempted to escape, but Fett was captured while Sing fled on a speeder. Koon asked Fett to reveal the location of the hostages, however, Fett was speechless, having been left alone once again. Ohnaka was able to convince Fett to tell the Jedi, however, by saying that Jango would have wanted his son to do the honorable thing. The hostages were rescued, while Sing managed to make it to *Slave I* and begin to flee, but Tano clung to the ship and damaged it enough to cause a crash. The ship went down in a fiery explosion and the Jedi assumed Sing had been killed, even though she had in fact survived.

##### Captured by the Jedi

Fett and Bossk, who was also taken into custody, were sent to Coruscant where they would be imprisoned. Windu met Fett upon his arrival, and Fett apologised for his actions and the destruction that he caused, but he vowed to never forgive Windu for killing his father. Windu coldly told Fett that he would have to, before ordering the clones to take him away.

#### Imprisonment

##### Life in prison

Boba was imprisoned on Coruscant for his actions during the assassination attempts. During his time in prison, a Republic plan was put in motion aimed at preventing a suspected kidnapping plot against Supreme ChancellorSheev Palpatine. To do so, Obi-Wan Kenobi faked his death and disguised himself as Rako Hardeen, the suspect in the attempt on his life, and entered the same prison where Fett was being held. Kenobi teamed with Moralo Eval, a suspect in the suspected kidnapping plot, and bounty hunter Cad Bane to escape the prison in the hopes it would lead him towards the heart of the conspiracy. As part of the escape attempt, Bane paid and encouraged Fett to confront "Hardeen," and Fett claimed that Hardeen had cheated him out of a bounty. Fett and Kenobi briefly fought one another, before Bossk intervened and started a riot to defend Boba. Bane's plan was successful, and a breakout occurred, during which, Fett and Bossk managed to escape the prison.

#### Running a syndicate

Boba left prison shortly thereafter and formed the bounty hunter syndicate Krayt's Claw, using Tatooine as his base of operations. As part of the syndicate, Boba recruited Bossk, Dengar, C-21 Highsinger, Latts Razzi, Oked and Embo. One of the missions they chose to undertake was on Quarzite, where they were to protect cargo on an underground tram from being attacked and stolen by a band of raiders. After Asajj Ventress, a former apprentice of Count Dooku, killed one of their teammates, Oked, Ventress was hired in his place. The team left Tatooine and proceeded to an orbital elevator station above Quarzite where they met their employer, Major Rigosso, and received the specifics of their assignment. The crew was to protect the contents of a chest, which would be delivered to the Otua Blank, the ruler of Quarzite, via an underground tram, as the planet's atmosphere rendered delivery via spacecraft impossible. The chest needed protection from the band of raiders, which was why the bounty hunters were hired.

Boba continued working for Jabba after delivering Solo to the Hutt. In the meantime, a plan was developed by Skywalker, Organa, Chewbacca, and Calrissian to rescue Solo from the palace. Sometime later, he witnessed Skywalker and Chewbacca be captured by the Hutt, while Organa posed as the bounty hunter Boushh and Calrissian posed as a guard. Organa was, however, able to free Solo from carbonite freezing, and the smuggler emerged temporarily blind as a result of the freezing process and Organa got captured and made a slave girl for Jabba. At Jabba's decree, Skywalker, Solo, and Chewbacca were to be taken to the Great Pit of Carkoon, where they would be fed to the sarlacc—a creature that lived in the pit that would digest them over the course of a thousand years. Boba made the journey to the sarlacc with Jabba's entourage.

Once at the Great Pit of Carkoon, Skywalker and the others put their plan into motion, attacking Jabba's guards—and even leading to the death of Jabba himself, who was strangled to death by Leia Organa. During the firefight, Boba fought against Skywalker, who used his lightsaber to destroy Boba's blaster. In the ensuing chaos, Solo—still somewhat blind— was alerted to Boba's presence and swung out wildly with a vibro-ax, unintentionally striking Boba's jetpack as he took aim at Skywalker with his wrist gauntlet. The impact caused the jetpack to ignite, sending Boba slamming into the side of Jabba's sail barge, the *Khetanna*, and then tumbling into the Pit of Carkoon.

When Fett fell into the sarlacc, he was assumed dead by the galaxy at large. He was remembered amongst his fellow bounty hunters, such as Dengar and fellow bounty hunter Mercurial Swift who entered into a fight in Coronet City on the Core World of Corellia. During their scuffle, Dengar pulled out his particle array gun and aimed it at Swift. Thinking of a way to survive, Swift pretended to see Fett on a nearby rooftop and said his name in false confusion, causing Dengar to turn his gun towards the roof. Taking advantage of this, the younger bounty hunter defeated him. However, he let Dengar live, as there was no bounty on his head.