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Despite Boba’s prowess as one of the most skilled bounty hunters the galaxy’s ever seen, massive misfortune befell the Mandalorian-clad warrior after claiming his token prize frozen in carbonite on Cloud City.
After the events of ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ in which Boba takes Han Solo – frozen in carbonite – aboard his ship, one might be led to believe that Fett delivered the hopeless smuggler to Jabba without incident. After all, that is of course where we find Solo at the beginning of ‘Return of the Jedi’. But the story is much more complicated and practically led to an all-out war between bounty hunters…
From the Comic Series ‘War of the Bounty Hunters’ in addition to ‘Dr. Aphra (2020)’, we learn what really happened to poor Han Solo, frozen in carbonite. After departing from Cloud City, Fett called Bib Fortuna to assure him and Jabba that Solo was in his possession and would soon be delivered to the Hutt on Tatooine. While en route however, Boba quickly discovered that there were strange stains forming on the surface of Solo’s carbonite chamber. Cutting off his call with Fortuna, Boba quickly changed course to the nearer planet of Nar Shaddaa in hopes of diagnosing the issue and preserving his prized bounty.
After landing on Nar Shaddaa, Boba met with an old contact known as Doc Ragon who informed him that the carbonite matrix housing Solo’s body was unstable. Fortunately, Doc knew how to solve the problem – but it would cost Boba. Without sufficient credits, the two settled the deal with Boba agreeing to fight in an arena and kill the Kanji Hutts’ arena pit warrior known as Wyrmen Lictor. Doc Ragon hated Wyrmen since she had killed a fighter that he had bet a large sum of money on. If Boba would defeat her in combat, then Doc would help him save Solo.
Wasting no time, Boba agreed to fight Wyrmen, and using black nano-spray paint to cover up his identity, he quickly rose through the ranks in the arena, killing many skilled fighters to eventually take on Wyrmen Lictor.
After a challenging duel, Boba prevailed, using his jetpack as a detonator to cause the arachnid-like warrior to plumet to her death. But when Fett returned to Ragon’s quarters, he found the Doc dead and Solo stolen.
Frustrated and vengeful, the Mandalorian-clad warrior departed Nar Shaddaa and headed to a nearby moon – relentless to recover his prize and deliver it to Jabba. While at a bar though, Fett was surprised when he was attacked by fellow bounty hunters, Zuckuss and 4-LOM. A duel ensued, but Boba’s rage was not to be tempered and he quickly defeated the two, only to discover that the reason they had attacked him was because Jabba had placed a huge bounty on Boba’s own head!
Arriving on Tatooine and confronting Bib Fortuna, Boba learned that Jabba knew of his loss of Solo and assumed that Boba had sold him, prompting the Hutt to turn on him. During the same conversation, Fett discovered that Jabba had received word of Solo’s whereabouts and that an auction was being held by the thieves who had stolen him – members of the crime syndicate, Crimson Dawn.
