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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 Republic to the end of the rule of the Galactic Empire. Originally code-named Alpha, he was an unaltered clone of the famed Mandalorian bounty hunter Jango Fett who raised the boy as his son.
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"My dad was killed in front of me when I was thirteen. I was on the run for three years. I married Sintas at sixteen because I thought I could make my life right by doing what normal people did, but I was wrong. I tried to be a Journeyman Protector but I killed a superior officer and I was jailed and exiled from Concord Dawn. And that was the end of trying to be a regular man. After that, I settled on being Boba Fett, because I just didn't know how to do anything else."
―Boba Fett
Boba Fett was a renowned human male Mandalorian bounty hunter of Clan Fett whose career spanned decades, from the fall of the Galactic Republic to the end of the rule of the Galactic Empire and the era that followed where he ascensed as ruler of Mandalore. Originally code-named unit A0050, he was an unaltered clone of the famed Mandalorian bounty hunter Jango Fett. 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
Boba was created on the planet Kamino as a result of an arrangement between the Sith Lord Darth Tyranus and Jango Fett, a Mandalorian 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, Dengar, and Asajj Ventress.
In the aftermath of the Clone Wars, Fett continued to make a name for himself while working for the Hutt gangster Jabba Desilijic Tiure as well as the Sith Lord Darth Vader. Fett also married Sintas Vel and had a daughter named Ailyn Vel and joined the Journeyman Protectors. However Sintas was raped by Fett's senior officer and Fett killed him in revenge, only to be jailed and exiled for his own crime. After that, Fett and Sintas split up and Fett focused on a renewed career as a bounty hunter. During the Galactic Civil War, Fett was often employed by the Empire as a bounty hunter, and chose not to belong to the Bounty Hunters' Guild. Fett in the aftermath of the Battle of Hoth, transported Captain Han Solo from Bespin to Jabba's Palace on Tatooine.
He tried to prevent Solo's rescue by the Alliance to Restore the Republic, only to fall into the Great Pit of Carkoon when Solo accidentally slammed a pole into Fett's jetpack, causing it to malfunction. Although Fett survived his ordeal with the man-eating sarlacc, he lost his memory but was able to regain it and was nursed back to health by Dengar, and resumed his life as a bounty hunter once more. However Fett had been tested to his physical limits and required extensive medical treatments to prevent himself from developing a cancer, a result of his altered metabolism from his days in the sarlacc. Fett had lost a leg, and the stump was constantly irritated by the prosthetic attachment and Fett returned to Kamino to have his bad leg replaced, but Taun We asked Fett to hunt down Fenn Shysa due to past actions. Although the exact details are unclear, during this encounter, Shysa perished on the planet Shogun, saving Fett from death.
Early years (32–19 BBY) Early Imperial era (19–0 BBY)
"Everyone dies. It is the final and only ever lasting justice. Evil exists; it is intelligence in the service of entropy. When the side of a mountain slides 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 a 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 give service only for cause." ―Boba Fett For years to come, Fett's reputation grew among bounty hunters and assassins. Boba continued to acquire and upgrade pieces of Mandalorian armor. It is said he had at least three complete sets of armor from which to use, one of which was mostly left in the Sarlacc pit when he escaped. Eventually he found the Mandalorian armor of Jango's old mentor and leader, Jaster Mereel. Along with his new green and red armor, he had honed his skills as an assassin and mercenary, which would one day make him the most feared and sinister bounty hunter in the Galaxy. For a time Fett worked for Malorum, a vicious Imperial Grand Inquisitor, operating on far flung worlds such as Polis Massa, Naboo, and Bellassa. He employed young Fett to search for information about the late Padmé Amidala. On this mission Boba had to work with fellow bounty hunter D'harhan. With D'harhan's help, Fett tracked the Jedi to Bellassa where they stopped a Rebel uprising on the planet. At the Red Twins, Fett battled the fugitive Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi and Ferus Olin, forcing them out of the system before crash-landing Slave I in a nearby nebula.
Early Galactic Civil War (1 BBY–4 ABY)
"I'm sorry for the deaths of the innocent. But the innocent die in wars, Leia Organa, and your side should not have started this one." ―Boba Fett, describing his perspective of the war
Late Galactic Civil War (4–19 ABY)
"The Sarlacc found me somewhat indigestible, Solo." ―Boba Fett 8t88 ran into Fett one of the few times he surfaced after his escape from the Sarlacc in the Rimmer's Rest in 4 ABY and tried to hire him to capture Kyle Katarn, but Fett declined, arguing that it would be tactically unwise to take jobs against the victorious and successful Alliance. The Galaxy thought Fett was nothing more than a half-digested morsel in the bowels of the Sarlacc, and Fett used this to his advantage. Utilizing the less recognizable Slave II, Fett only took jobs from the most subtle and discreet clients. It became even worse when Jodo Kast, a would-be bounty hunter who managed to acquire Mandalorian armor in an attempt to imitate Fett, made others believe that he was the infamous bounty hunter. Boba, using the alias of Sava Brec Madak, hired Kast through House Benelex to hunt Satnik Hiicrop, who was also Boba in disguise. The background of the two fictional identities mirrored Boba and Kast with Hiicrop supposedly stealing business from Madak. In the end Boba ambushed Kast and finished him off by causing his jetpack to overload. Four years passed until Han Solo discovered his nemesis was still alive. During the reborn Emperor Palpatine's reign of terror, Fett took a new bounty on Solo. Along with Dengar, he surprised his target on the moon of Nar Shaddaa, but once again Solo escaped. He pursued Solo to the Deep Core world Byss. Fett was confident that Slave II would make it past the planetary defense shield but the Imperials closed off before he could make it. Slave II crashed against the shield, and Fett and Dengar went spinning off. The latter swore he would never work with him again; they won't be splitting the bounty. When they encountered each other again on the moon several months later, the engagement again ended against Fett's favor; Chewbacca took off Fett's helmet and ignited his jetpack, caused Fett to slam into the roof of the enclosure they were in, knocking him out. The Wookiee kept Fett's helmet as a trophy. Unfortunately, Fett wasn't done and waited for the Falcon to emerge from the poisonous clouds by Nal Hutta. He was prepared to finish the job, but didn't anticipate the Falcon being refitted with a lightning gun. It disabled Slave I and sent Fett spinning into the clouds. However, Solo would never leave the back of Fett's mind. In 10 ABY, Fett was hired by Slique Brighteyes to kill Mir Tork and Leonis Murthé, the commanders of the Imperial "Death Ship" Azgoghk. Brighteyes offered Fett the entire wealth of the last surviving Gulmarids: 100 credits. Fett scoffed at such an offer and took it as an insult. Brighteyes told Fett how his name used to inspire such fear and respect throughout the Galaxy until his defeat at the hands of a Jedi at the Pit of Carkoon. He also appealed to Fett's code of honor and justice. Giving in to his claims, Boba accepted the job. After taking down the ship on Malicar 3, Fett returned to Brighteyes on Basteel with the severed heads of his targets and received his payment. Fett once again found himself working for the Hutts when Gorga the Hutt hired Boba to locate the pirate Bar-Kooda. Even though the standing bounty was 100,000 credits, Boba demanded double that; Gorga grudgingly accepted. On this mission, Fett enlisted the help of Wim Magwit, an illusionist who had spent four years aboard Bar-Kooda's starship, Bloodstar, performing for the pirates. When first confronted by Fett, Magwit effectively faked his own death to avoid the bounty hunter—who was not fooled. Magwit agreed to help Fett in exchange for freedom from an outstanding bounty on his own head. Using Magwit's mystifying hoop, Fett was able to bring Bar-Kooda out in the open. With the help of Wim and the pirate, Toxus Li, Boba finally subdued Bar-Kooda after firing his flamethrower into Bar-Kooda's face. Meanwhile, Magwit had fled back to the escape pod. With Bar-Kooda in tow, Fett and Magwit blasted free from Bloodstar and returned to Gorga with his prize. Shortly afterwards, Fett gave his corpse over to Gorga the Hutt and his guests to dine on. During this time, Fett took on a number of assignments from Gorga. He rescued Gorga's wife, Anachro, from devious kidnappers. He swung her on a tight rope to a nearby train cart and trotted her home. After the incident, Gorga wanted his new father-in-law, Orko the Hutt, dead. Fett managed to get his money from Gorga, even though he did not kill Orko himself. Orko bribed Fett not to kill him, but to protect him. Unfortunately, he was attacked by a vengeful Ry-Kooda, Bar-Kooda's elder brother, who sought revenge on Fett and Gorga. Fett, the kidnappers, and Ry-Kooda collided on Skeebo and violence ensued. Boba managed to successfully rescue Anachro from her prison deep within an abandoned mine, but was confronted with Ry-Kooda, a larger and more ferocious—to the point of being psychotic—opponent than his brother. Ry-Kooda was beaten by Fett, who fired a wrist rocket into the ceiling of the mine, collapsing it onto Ry-Kooda. However, Ry-Kooda survived and would face Fett a second time. This time, Fett quite literally blew up Ry-Kooda, killing him and ending the threat against Gorga, Orko and himself. Fett had succeeded in killing Orko and rode off with Boz, who swore revenge on Fett. Shortly afterwards, Anachro had their baby.
"Curse Fett! He thinks he's real smart."
"He is smart, Bossk. That's why he's the best."
―Bossk and Zuckuss
Many people, including Darth Vader, considered Fett to be the best bounty hunter in the Galaxy. Fett was aware of that opinion and it emboldened him enough to occasionally converse with the Sith Lord in an irreverent tone that no one besides Emperor Palpatine or Grand Moff Tarkin would dare take with him. Fett was very cunning and witty like his father, but at a much more emphasized level. Throughout the many years of his bounty hunting career, Fett developed a strong sense of justice, moral obligation, and adhered to his own code of honor. He took only certain bounties that agreed with his own beliefs and brutal justice. But to those few, he whole-heartedly devoted all of his magnificent skill should the occasion call for it. This led him to believe in a quick, clean kill. His moral code however, did not prevent him from taking numerous bounties from Imperial clients. In fact, he worked for Darth Vader so often that in some instances, Fett was even referred to as Vader's "right-hand man". He once justified this apparent contradiction to Leia by pointing out that the Rebel Alliance had started the Galactic Civil War, not the Empire, and that the Rebels brought only chaos and strife to galactic society, whereas the Empire created order. As Fett believed that order was preferable to chaos regardless of how that order was achieved, he preferred to work for the Empire rather than the Alliance. He also mentioned at one point that he preferred working for clients who would be around to hire him again, and as such refused to work for the Alliance because he thought its existence would be very short.
Despite his animosity with the Jedi, he apologized to his brief friend Jax, only leaving him and the rest of the clone cadets to die at the insistence of Aurra Sing. He also told Aurra that while he wanted to kill Windu for Jango's death on Geonosis, he did not wish the crew of the Endurance any harm. Prior to the destruction of the Endurance, he incapacitated a clone trooper while infiltrating the reactor core, assuring him to not be worried about dying, which possibly meant that Fett harbored some sort of attachment to his clone brethren. However, he did not consider himself a "clone"—not in the same sense as the "modified and disposable" clone troopers. Regardless of whatever sentiment he might have felt for the other Fett clones, Boba Fett accepted a job as the mission commander of the 501st Legion during the Kamino Uprising—a battle that saw the complete extermination of rebel clones grown from the Jango Fett template.
Fett was also an expert marksman and had access to considerable weaponry. Despite having this high-tech arsenal, he was not dependent on it. In his search for the Butcher of Montellian Serat, Fett had to capture him without his armor, equipped only with a bow, some arrows, and a crystal knife, due to electronic detecting equipment installed on the Devaronian's compound. He was dedicated to whatever job he was doing, and would often suspend grudges if it meant completing his mission. Also, during his time with the Clone Youth Brigade, he was able to shoot down all of the targets with one shot each on the Endurance, while the other members couldn't even hit the targets.
"I've one of those faces that used to appear familiar to everyone."
―Boba Fett
As an adult, Boba Fett stood 1.83 meters tall. He was garbed in traditional Mandalorian armor with a string of Wookiee scalps at his shoulder.
Despite his weapon-laden suit of armor, Fett was a subtle hunter and relied as much on his cunning and intelligence as on pure muscle and combat skill. Speaking with a similar voice as his father's, Fett allowed few to see his face and even fewer to know his origins, giving the hunter a mysterious aura and a psychological edge over his prey. The bounty hunter Xasha was one of the only people to whom Fett showed his face.
He obtained gruesome scars from his time spent in the Sarlacc. These scars extended to his face and so Fett disguised his own appearance with bandages when fooling the bounty hunter's guild, stating that he doubted they would recognize him anymore. Dengar also hinted this to be true, as did Fett's own thoughts during his examination by Beluine. By the time of the Second Galactic Civil War, his face remained largely unlined due to very little exposure to sunlight. His scars, including those obtained in the gut of the Sarlacc, were no longer very conspicuous. His face was described by Han Solo as looking like "an unfeeling slab of stone."
Though Boba was a perfect genetic clone of Jango Fett, a different lifestyle produced some changes from his father's appearance: while Jango was focused on combat skill, Boba's emphasis on cunning over muscle gave him a thinner build.
Helmet
"This is my face." ―Boba Fett to Dengar regarding his helmet Boba Fett's Mandalorian helmet recorded video and played it back on his command, dispensed water, compensated automatically for low or high light conditions, picked up on minute sounds and amplified them and could connect with the onboard computer of Slave I, assuming the transmission wasn't blocked (by being underground inside the Sarlacc, for example). The helmet at one point also had the capability of sealing to compensate for pressure changes, and holding 5 to 10 minutes of air, though damage may have disabled this feature at some point. The helmet also contained a retractable straw, allowing Fett to drink without removing his helmet. Like most Mandalorian helmets, it had a T-shaped visor. Fett could control weapons, sensors, and his jet pack with verbal commands. His helmet's HUD (heads-up-display) featured information on the surrounding environment as well as a 360-degree field of vision. The HUD's data streams could be controlled by eye movements and blinking. In addition, an advanced penetrating radar allowed his HUD to provide information on nearby rooms, and could be used to scan the HoloNet and connect with databases, allowing him to perform tasks which would normally require a computer terminal, such as searching databases for individuals or even trading on the stock market and buying real estate, from anywhere that was accessible through the HoloNet. The macrobinocular viewplate could be magnified to allow Fett to see great distances, and was equipped with, among other things, an infrared scanner that could be magnified up to 50 times. The infrared scanner magnified light up to 100 times or displayed heat gradations. The helmet's broad band antenna was capable of intercepting and unscrambling comlink and starship comm transmissions. It was also capable of, with assistance from his ship's computer, jamming transmissions or sending fake transmissions, even while not in his ship. At the top of the antenna was a rangefinder capable of tracking up to 30 targets from a distance of 100 meters. The rangefinder fed data to a display overlay inside the helmet showing range and movement for targets in a 360 degree radius. The overlay also linked to Fett's weapons systems to display fire vector and range data. The rangefinder could be deployed horizontally or vertically. The environmental filter system could filter out poisons and contaminants as well as provide Fett with a two-hour reserve air tank.
Armor/clothing
"My armor insures my victory in hand-to-hand combat!" ―Boba Fett to Han Solo, Luke Skywalker, and Chewbacca Fett's Mandalorian armor was originally constructed from duraplast, allowing it to sustain a great deal of damage without degrading. On his left duraplast blast plate a digital life support system readout was visible. His armor also had two shoulder pads which were orange, like his kneepads. The left shoulder pad exhibited the Mandalorian skull logo, while his right chest plate displayed Jaster Mereel's sigil. Fett wore a power armor liner. This liner shirt had a micro energy field projector and two layers of thin ceramic plates, in order to disperse physical and blast impacts, reducing injuries and likelihood of knockdowns. The power liner also gave him increased protection from fire, acid, intense heat, and cold. His main clothing was a reinforced armor mesh battle/flight suit. The inner lining of the suit blocked poisons and corrosives for a period of time. This suit had pockets on his hips and thighs (one on each side). Fett wore a leather utility belt that usually had ten leather pouches (but sometimes less). Below this he wore a Journeyman Protector honor sash. Attached to his right shoulder were three braided Wookiee scalps. The battle/flight suit had pockets on his shins which contained an anti-security blade, a survival knife, a jet-pack adjustment tool, and a sonic-beam weapon. Fett wore spats around his ankles to help prevent debris from going into his boots. They were smaller than standard spats, were made of a light colored cloth and attached behind the ankle as opposed to under the boot. Fett wore a pair of versatile boots that had two spikes attached to the front of each. Around 0 BBY, Fett wore a slightly different colored armor set on Panna. He was also armed with a rarely used double pronged Amban phase-pulse blaster and a Sacros K-11 pistol, known as "The Disintegrator." It is unknown whether this was a repaint to disguise his infamous armor or another set entirely, but the suit consisted of a yellow chestplate and a blue helmet and gauntlets. By 25 ABY, Fett wore a durasteel set of armor plates, similar in appearance to his earlier duraplast armor. Around 40 ABY Medrit Vasur made some new armor plates and a helmet for Boba from some of the Mandalorian iron deposits that were discovered in the countryside around Mandalore. Medrit and his husband Goran Beviin thought it more proper that Fett's armor be made from this material, since he was Mandalore. The pieces were painted in the same color pattern as his original armor. Medrit added a gorget to the ensemble, explaining to Fett that this way he wouldn't have to worry about being killed in the same manner as Jango had. Fett switched out all his armor plates prior to the Mandalorian mission, under contract from Admiral Daala, to retake the Star Destroyer Bloodfin. He opted to replace the helmet when he could later add all the electronics to it himself. After taking several blaster shots during the conflict, Fett decided that the extra weight of the new armor was worth it, since he noticed a distinct difference in how much more punishment the armor could take than his previous durasteel armor. The neck gorget would later prove itself useful after Fett approached Jaina Solo just after she had taken care of some adversaries. Startling her from behind, she instinctively swung her lightsaber up to decapitate her would-be opponent, but the gorget stopped the lightsaber blade before it could do any damage.
Rocket/jetpack
Fett wore a Mitrinomon Z-6 jetpack. The fuel tank held enough fuel for three 20-second blasts, 20 three-second blasts or one minute of continuous operation. Each three second blast moved Fett up to 100 meters horizontally or 7 meters vertically. Fett could reach a top speed of 145 kilometers per hour with a maximum range of two kilometers. Directional thrusters featured gyro-stabilizers to apply counter-thrust for maneuvering and landing. The top of the jet pack had a turbo-projected magnetic grappling hook with 20-meter lanyard (replaceable with 100 meters). A winch inside the launcher could lift up to 100 kilograms. The grappling hook unit was replaceable with an anti-vehicle homing missile.
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