Boba Fett Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
| Boba Fett | |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Eye Color | Brown |
| Hair Color | Black |
| Species | Human Clone |
| Year of Birth | 32 BBY |
| Affiliation | None |
Boba Fett's first appearance on-screen was in a cartoon as part of The Star Wars Holiday Special, an element of Star Wars that apparently George Lucas would prefer to be forgotten.
His first live appearance in a Star Wars movie was in The Empire Strikes Back, in which his name is not actually heard in the dialogue. He is first seen as one of a group of bounty hunters hired by Darth Vader to track down Han Solo and the crew of the Millennium Falcon ("I want them alive. No disintegrations!"). He was the only hunter to figure out how the Falcon eluded Imperial pursuit and tracked the ship to Cloud City on Bespin, thus allowing Darth Vader to capture them. As partial payment, Vader allowed Boba Fett to take Han Solo, frozen in carbonite, back to Jabba to receive a bounty.
In Return of the Jedi, Boba Fett was at Jabba the Hutt's palace when Luke, Princess Leia, and Chewbacca rescued Han. He attempted to stop them, but Han activated Fett's jet pack, rocketing him into the Sarlacc which apparently ate him. Later stories maintain that he escaped and is still active, though not all fans choose to believe them, even if a majority do.
When the special edition of Star Wars was released in 1997, a scene with Han Solo, and Jabba the Hutt was added to the film, before the Millennium Falcon took off from Mos Eisley, in which Boba Fett is shown in Jabba's retinue to improve the trilogy's continuity.
Boba Fett is garbed in traditional Mandalorian armour with a string of Wookiee pelts at his shoulder. His ship is called Slave I. In it is revealed that he is the "unmodified" clone of the bounty hunter Jango Fett, whom he calls his father. It is revealed here that Jango trained Boba in the ways of the Mandalorian warriors until Jango was slain by Jedi Master Mace Windu when Boba was only ten.
Boba Fett also made a cameo appearance in The Unifying Force, the conclusion of the New Jedi Order series.
There is a long-standing belief that Darth Vader and Boba Fett have an unspoken mutual respect for each other (ironically, Boba was eager to see Anakin Skywalker die in the arena in Attack of the Clones). The bounty hunter is sometimes considered to be the closest thing Vader has to a right-hand man. In The Empire Strikes Back, Fett is seen questioning and even making minor demands of Vader in an informal manner, a deed which would probably get an Imperial Officer strangled.
Likewise, Fett has a grudge of sorts against Han Solo. Few details are known, but it is believed that Solo is among the only people to elude capture by Fett on multiple occasions.
Boba Fett was played by Jeremy Bulloch in both The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi and voiced by Jason Wingreen in ESB (his only line in ROTJ was a scream). A young Boba was played by Daniel Logan in Attack of the Clones. The 2004 DVD re-release of the Star Wars Trilogy had Wingreen's voice replaced by Temuera Morrison, who played Jango Fett in AOTC.
In addition to The Unifying Force, Boba Fett is a prominent figure in the Star Wars novels, comics, and games. Initially, the novels revealed tidbits of Boba's past-that he was once a "Journeyman Protector" called Jaster Mereel. This at first appeared to be contradicted somewhat by Attack of the Clones, but the Jango Fett video game Bounty Hunter and comic miniseries Open Seasons revealed that the original Jaster Mereel had been Jango's mentor.
As revealed in the Star Wars Marvel comics series, Boba Fett served with a group of Supercommandos from the planet Mandalore towards the end of the Clone Wars. Only three Mandalorians survived: Boba Fett, Tobbi Dala, and Fenn Shysa. Not long after, Boba visited his father's homeworld of Concord Dawn, and joined the ranks of the Journeyman Protectors under the name of Jaster Mereel. He was exiled from that planet after he killed a fellow Protector. Following this incident, he enrolled at-or infiltrated-the Imperial Academy on Carida. He became a stormtrooper, but deserted after he killed his commanding officer.
Boba Fett played a prominent role in the miniseries Dark Empire where it was revealed that he had survived the Sarlacc somehow, and continued his hunt for Han Solo. The story of Boba's first escape and recovery (there being three of them) is documented mainly in the Bounty Hunter Wars trilogy and the anthology book Tales From Jabba's Palace. Boba Fett also played a prominent role in the comic book version of Shadows Of The Empire and has had several comic book miniseries. Post-Attack Of The Clones, the comics now often depict Fett helmetless, appearing nearly identical to Jango Fett. Currently, a series of young adult novels starring the young Boba Fett from Attack Of The Clones is being published, showing his evolution into a bounty hunter.
The Sarlacc found me somewhat indigestible. - Boba Fett
Everyone dies. It's the final and only lasting justice. Evil exists; it is intelligence in the service of entropy. When the side of a mountain slides down to kill a village, this is not evil, for evil requires intent. Should a sentient being cause that landslide, there is evil; and requires Justice as a consequence, so that civilization can exist. There is no greater good than Justice, and only if law serves Justice is it good law. It is said correctly that law exists not for the Just but for the unjust, for the Just carry the law in their hearts, and do not need to call it from afar. I bow to no one and I give service only for cause. - Boba Fett, Tales of the Bounty Hunters This is an Article on Boba Fett. Page Contains Information, Facts Details or Explanation Guide About Boba Fett Boba Fett in the Expanded Universe
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I've one of those faces that used to appear familiar to everyone. - Boba Fett, The Unifying Force