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I'd better be getting paid for this!!!
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Boba Fett is the most feared and notorious bounty hunter in the galaxy, as well as the most mysterious. Little is
known of his upbringing or his link to Han Solo's past. Ever since the Clone Wars, Boba Fett has worked as a
mercenary, a soldier, a body guard, an assassin, but most frequently as the best bounty hunter in the known
systems.
Boba Fett wears the armor of the Mandalorians, a group of evil warriors who were defeated by the Jedi
Knights in the Clone Wars. The Mandalorian Armor Fett possesses is extremely rare, and no one knows
exactly how he obtained it. However we do know about the armor and the ways in which Fett has perfected it.
The helmet has a macrobinocular viewplate, motion and sound sensors, infrared, an internal comlink with his
ship, the Slave I, and an antennae for intercepting and decoding transmissions. In his wrist gauntlets are lasers,
a miniature flame projector, and a grappling device, which is used in the movie Return of The Jedi, to grab
Luke Skywalker. Strapped to his back is powerful jet pack used occasionally. His equipment includes
knee-pad rocket dart launchers, spiked boots, and a concussion grenade. Wookie scalps hang over his
shoulder and his BlasTech EE3 sawed off rifle makes sure nobody messes with him.
Over the years Fett has worked for numerous crime lords including Jabba the Hutt. One of Fett's most
outstanding accomplishments was his capture of Han Solo, frozen in carbonite.
In the movie Return of Jedi Fett falls into the beast Sarlacc's mouth at the Dune Sea, apparently dying. But, Fett
amazingly escapes the creature, blasting his way out with concussion grenades, and collapses in the Dune
Sea, with his armor and every thing else ruined. Surprisingly, Fett lives to tell the tale.
After this whole ordeal, Fett caught up with Han Solo and his newlywed wife, Princess Leia Organa Solo on
Nar Shaddaa, claiming that the Sarlacc found him somewhat "undigestible." Fett chased Han Solo alongside
fellow bounty hunter Dengar, in his backup starfighter, SLAVE II. As Solo's and Fett's ships closed in on their
destination-planet Byss, Han managed to sneak past the planetary shields. Boba Fett was not so lucky. He and
Dengar crashed into the planetary shield and the SLAVE II went spinning out of control.
Boba Fett chased Han Solo off-planet in the SLAVE I into a radioactive gas cloud. Solo found a way out right away.
Boba Fett went back the way he came and waited for Solo to come back. After days of waiting, Fett finally got
his reward as he spotted the Millennium Falcon exiting the gas cloud. As Fett moved into attack position, Han
Solo suddenly fired some kind of lightning gun at Fett's SLAVE I, sending it spinning into the gas cloud.
Eventually, Fett escaped from the gas cloud and has since then continued to work as the most successful
bounty hunter in the galaxy.
Among his later achievements in life, from the book Tales of the Bounty Hunters, include capturing the Butcher
of Montellian Serrat on Tatooine. The Butcher, a Devronian, had a bounty of five million credits on his head and
after the capture, Fett became rich enough to get the operations for his ailing legs as well as retire. He didn't
retire right away though, first he acted on an anyonymous tip that Han Solo was on the planet Jubilar, alone.
Fett hunted down Solo and they ended up both racing to get back to Han Solo's getaway vehicle, a rented
landspeeder. Fett and Solo rounded the last corner and surprisingly almost collided, stopping less than a meter
from each other. You really must read the book to hear what happened next, but neither dies, and Boba Fett
comes to peace within himself. His current whereabouts are unknown.
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