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Fett was one of the first new characters to be designed for The Empire Strikes Back.

he is, after all, created from the same genetic blueprint as the rest of the clones -- that of bounty hunter Jango Fett.

Fett was able to get a serum that rapidly helped him recover, and he helped Mandalore return as a power in the galaxy.

Part of what makes Boba Fett as good as he is are the special modifications he has made to his Shocktrooper's armor.

Unwilling to be caught defenseless, Fett laid low for a while, which prompted a concerted search by Solo's friends.

According to Empire's "making of" book, Once Upon a Galaxy, Boba Fett's character had originally emerged from that of Darth Vader.

During his attempt to capture Joben with a magnetic beam, Fett pulled the bomb onto his own speeder, and it was destroyed.

That Boba Fett's armor had some connection to the storm trooper pedigree had long been a vague assertion in Star Wars lore.

Naked, wounded, and defenseless on the sands of Tatooine, Fett was rescued by his fellow hunter Dengar, who nursed him back to health.

As a licensed law enforcer of the Empire, Fett worked for that oppressive government on numerous occasions.

Jaina Solo arrived on Mandalore asking for Fett's help in training her to defeat her brother.

He was responsible for the creation of a clone army on the Republic's behalf, selecting a prime candidate as the clone template: Jango Fett.

There, Fett is described as dressed in the armor of "a group of evil warriors defeated by the Jedi Knights during the Clone Wars. "

Fett delivered Solo to Jabba, his some-time employer, and was many thousands of credits richer.

Though Fett had proven himself deadly against other Jedi, he was no match against Windu.

Actually, the main source for the The Clone Wars Mandalorian armor design was the Jango Fett costume.

True to his enigmatic character, facts about Boba Fett remain as shifty as the sands of the Dune Sea.

Did you get the sense that George was using some of the original concepts he had when he developed Boba Fett for The Empire Strikes Back?

For this assignment, they were led by Boba Fett, a mercenary hired by Darth Vader for his intimate knowledge of the cloning environments.

Elements of Boba Fett's helmet shape and chest hexagon can be found repeated throughout the Mandalorian architecture.

The Advanced Recon Commando tradition did not end with the death of Jango Fett in 22 BBY.

Fett managed to intercept them, but refused to kill Solo when he had the chance.

Borne of Vader, Fett required an equally villainous look, but something a bit less conspicuous.

At one point in early story development, Ahsoka visited Boba Fett in jail to ask for details about Aurra Sing.

He is in truth a clone, an exact genetic replica of his highly skilled "father, " Jango Fett.

Given his iconic image as a ruthless and inscrutable bounty hunter, it's hard to imagine Boba Fett being manipulated by anyone.

Fett's armor and body were extremely battered by his ordeal in the Sarlacc.

The airborne Fett slammed into the side of Jabba's sail barge before tumbling into the Sarlacc's mouth.

Boba Fett may have first appeared in the 1978 television rarity, "The Star Wars Holiday Special, " but he had been in the works for a while.

Fett stayed at Jabba's palace, and was present when Solo's friends attempted to rescue the carbon-frozen smuggler.

Fett returned many times to Kamino, where Taun We secretly had been growing replacement body parts for the bounty hunter.

Arriving at the gas giant before the Falcon, Fett and Vader sprung a trap on the ship's hapless crew.

Fett was the first new action figure for The Empire Strikes Back line of toys.

His design revisits the original Boba Fett armor crafted in the late 70s, with a number of cosmetic differences.

The tale ends with Fett tumbling into the Sarlacc again, though it was definitely not his last appearance.

The ultimate in the clone trooper ranks were the Advanced Recon Commandos, or ARC troopers, elite infantry hand-trained by Jango Fett.

Fett and Gev learned that Ailyn had been captured, tortured, and killed by Jacen Solo.

It was in these full-color pages that readers discovered that Fett was alive and well, and once again on Solo's trail.

Boba Fett. Being a bounty hunter seemed too cool for a child. I liked his paraphernalia too.

Instead of the stark white finish, Fett would appear as weathered as possible, with mismatched gauntlets to suggest a storied background.

Fett reclaimed his armor and his reputation, returning from the "dead, " and again taking on bounties.

Fett and Dengar eventually parted ways during the resurrected Emperor's campaign to retake the galaxy.

Jango Fett, notorious bounty hunter, had called Kamino home for a decade.

Fett and his soldiers took no prisoners, opening fire on the Moffs and killing any that tried to escape.

Fett delivered Solo, frozen in carbonite, to Jabba's palace in return for a large bounty.

Although she and her friends continued their search for Boba Fett, she still had Alliance missions to undertake.

Fett's big-screen appearance had actor Jeremy Bulloch behind the mask, though the character was coldly voiced by Jason Wingreen.

Young Boba helped his father by pinning the Jedi down with explosive laser fire from the Fett starship, Slave I.

Fett has carefully guarded his past, cultivating a curtain of mystery around his origins.

Concept artists Ralph McQuarrie and Joe Johnston were most responsible for Fett's design.

Fett subcontracted the job to an assassin named Zam Wesell, and armed her with poisonous mourns to finish the job.

Fett had another pre-Empire appearance in the daily newspaper strip story arc entitled "The Frozen World of Ota. "

One tale tells of Fett being a failed storm trooper who killed his commanding officer.

Playing Boba Fett required more then a love of action, it also required patience.

On occasion, Fett would tangle with Zam Wesell, as their talents would overlap on similar assignments.

In the battle that ensued, Windu faced Dooku's hired gun, bounty hunter Jango Fett.

He also appears in the Boba Fett young reader series, and the adult novel Labyrinth of Evil.

Fett dresses in fearsome armor of Mandalorian design.

Fett agreed to the job, and began teaching Jaina how to fight like a Mandalorian.

Years after this final hunt, Fett went to Mandalore to assume control of the Mandalorian Protectors.

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