![]() ![]() Presumably, he's mad because they all left him for dead in the Sarlaac Pit, but is there more to it? Fett's relationship with Jabba is murky right now, which is part of the reason why War of the Bounty Hunters could get really interesting. Furthermore, Boba Fett is hanging around Jabba's Palace just like chilling out a full year after the events of The Empire Strikes Back?īut why? Was Jabba his boss? Did he have beef with Bib Fortuna? In the Mandalorian Season 2 post-credits scene, we see Boba just full-on murder Bib. Boba Fett is basically guarding Jabba the Hutt in A New Hope, so it's not totally clear what kind of gig he had at that time. ![]() Oh yeah! It's me Boba Fett, Jabba the Hutt's.employee? Lucasfilmįamously, Boba Fett tells Vader that Han Solo "is no good to me dead." But who is paying Boba Fett? Clearly, Vader hired Boba Fett to track down Han Solo in Empire, but the Star Wars special edition of A New Hope established that Fett was working for Jabba the Hutt way before that. Could Xizor make a comeback? Who was paying Boba Fett? Nobody thought Thrawn would be canon in 2016, but look where we are now. Will War of the Bounty Hunters reconcile or borrow from similar storylines in Shadows of the Empire? Maybe, maybe not. Soule doesn't mention Shadows in this interview, but he does namecheck Black Sun, the criminal organization that was created for Shadows of the Empire, and remains canon, even though its leader, Prince Xizor is not canon. The difference is of course, that this version will be considered canon, whereas Shadows of the Empire isn't. So, yes, the basic concept of War of the Bounty Hunters isn't remotely new. At one point, (as immortalized in the comedy film Free Enterprise) you could only find Shadows of the Empire toys at toy stores because the entire line effectively replaced regular Star Wars merch for over a full year. Like the multi-platform project The High Republic, Shadows of the Empire was the biggest '90s Star Wars event prior to the special editions of the classic films. Like the impending War of the Bounty Hunters, the Shadows of the Empirecomics (and novel) were set in the gap year in-between Empire and Jedi. In 1996, Dark Horse Comics published the Shadows of the Empire miniseries which depicted, among other things, Boba Fett on the run from other competing bounty hunters - including IG-88 - who were all trying to rip-off his Han Solo cargo. It's your boi Boba Fett and.oh yeah.Prince Xizor! He's your favorite! Lucasfilm/dust-jacket art for Shadows of the Empire by Drew Struzan. Hasn't this happened before? What about Xizor? Boba Fett trying to keep ahold of Han Solo, could, in theory, just be one part of this era. So, in theory, there's an entire year in between these two movies for a ton of Star Wars stories to take place. And that's because Empire happens in 3 ABY and Jedi happens in 4 ABY. ![]() ![]() The conventional answer to that question is one year. This begs a more interesting question: How much time passes between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi ? In the article, Soule says "It's basically Boba Fett, by himself, against all of these people. The purpose of War of the Bounty Hunters is, in theory, to demonstrate that a lot of people have an interest in snagging Fett's cargo. also has included some images from the first issue which seems to show some kind of carbonite switcharoo? Did Bib Fortuna try to cheat Boba Fett? If so, why? "Boba Fett is in possession of Han Solo at the end of Empire Strikes Back, and at the beginning of War of the Bounty Hunters, he is not," says Charles Soule, the long-time Star Wars writer overseeing the new series. Everyone knows that Boba Fett took Han Solo's frozen body of carbonite straight to Tatooine after he left Bespin, but what this comic book miniseries presupposes is - maybe he didn't? The concept behind the series is to chart the journey of Boba Fett from Cloud City to Jabba's Palace. superlatively calls it "the biggest Star Wars story Marvel has told thus far," which feels exciting if a little bit misleading. Don't touch his Han Solo! Marvel/Īnnounced on, War of the Bounty Hunters is a five-part miniseries that will span several ongoing Star Wars comic book titles, including Doctor Aphra, Darth Vader, Bounty Hunters, and the ongoing post- Empire Strikes Back series, too. Boba Fett from the new comic book series. ![]()
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