No name strikes more fear into the heart of a galactic fugitive than
that of Boba Fett. The famed bounty hunter's cool, helmeted visage is
known to the denizens of countless worlds, though few have ever
encountered the mysterious warrior, and fewer still would have any clue
to his true identity or face.
The product of Kaminoan cloning,
Boba Fett was the unaltered clone and son of Jango Fett, a Mandalorian
hunter no less deadly in his day than his progeny. Trained in the
techniques of his people and gifted with his father's cunning, young
Boba follows in Jango's footsteps after the bounty hunter's untimely
death on Geonosis. Boba Fett's trademarks are his instantly recognizable
Mandalorian battle armor, his scorched jetpack and battered old
Firespray interceptor Slave I, inherited from his father. All the bounty
hunter's tools are custom fitted with modifications and improvements
that grant him the edge in tracking and tackling his marks.
Through
a military-style dedication to his art, native predatory instincts and
an innovative battery of hidden surprises, Boba Fett has carved a
reputation as the man who gets the job done. By the time he is recruited
by Lord Vader to hunt down the Millennium Falcon during the Galactic
Civil War, Fett has already become a feared and respected warrior,
standing as an equal among the elite of his profession and the preferred
contractor of Outer Rim crime lord, Jabba the Hutt. His successful
tailing and capture of Han Solo allows him to collect double on the deal
with both the Sith Lord and the Hutt, and also closes the books on a
job that has occupied him for far too long.
