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The New Comic Thread for Friday, April 9, 2010

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  • RaneadosRaneados police apologist you shouldn't have been there, obviouslyRegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    shouldn't it be "jive"?

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  • World as MythWorld as Myth a breezy way to annoy serious people Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    going through canon with an axe is like the lucasarts mission statement at this point

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  • World as MythWorld as Myth a breezy way to annoy serious people Registered User regular
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    Raneados wrote: »
    shouldn't it be "jive"?

    http://www.thefreedictionary.com/jibe

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  • scsscsscsscs Registered User regular
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    Raneados wrote: »
    shouldn't it be "jive"?
    “Gibe” is a now rare term meaning “to tease.” “Jibe” means “to agree,” but is usually used negatively, as in “the alibis of the two crooks didn’t jibe.” The latter word is often confused with “jive,” which derives from slang which originally meant to treat in a jazzy manner (“Jivin’ the Blues Away”) but also came to be associated with deception (“Don’t give me any of that jive”).

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  • bsjezzbsjezz Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    jibe is a word

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  • PharezonPharezon Struggle is an illusion. Victory is in the Qun.Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Wonderful.

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  • RaneadosRaneados police apologist you shouldn't have been there, obviouslyRegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    woah

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  • VALVEjunkieVALVEjunkie Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    going through canon with an axe is like the lucasarts mission statement at this point

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  • BroloBrolo Broseidon Lord of the BroceanRegistered User regular
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    BRO YOUR HOMEWORLD JUST GOT GALACTUS'D

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  • FramlingFramling FaceHead Geebs has bad ideas.Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Yeah, this is why Karen Traviss isn't writing Star Wars books anymore.

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  • existexist Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    this is my favorite PA comic in a while

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  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    "Star Wars is about space wizards who live in the past-future."

    OH GOD HE'S RIGHT

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  • Der Waffle MousDer Waffle Mous Blame this on the misfortune of your birth. New Yark, New Yark.Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Framling wrote: »
    Yeah, this is why Karen Traviss isn't writing Star Wars books anymore.
    Isn't the only reason she wrote them in the first place due to some wierd lesbian nepotism?

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  • BroloBrolo Broseidon Lord of the BroceanRegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    People have turned the Cthulu mythos into a pretty silly thing anyway.

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  • QuidQuid Definitely not a banana Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Hahahaha. Fantastic.

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  • BroloBrolo Broseidon Lord of the BroceanRegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Also far too many people have a hard-on for Boba Fett.

    I originally typed that sentence as "Also fat too many people have a hard-on for Boba Fett.", which I think was better.

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  • The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited April 2010
    Killed by a blind man with a stick. And no, he didn't fly out.

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  • RaneadosRaneados police apologist you shouldn't have been there, obviouslyRegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    boba fett only had like 4 lines

    total



    why do you like him so much, world?

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  • SabreMauSabreMau ネトゲしよう 판다리아Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Rolo wrote: »
    People have turned the Cthulu mythos into a pretty silly thing anyway.

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    Silly can work too.
    Raneados wrote: »
    boba fett only had like 4 lines

    total



    why do you like him so much, world?

    What, you didn't watch the Star Wars Holiday Special?

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  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Framling wrote: »
    Yeah, this is why Karen Traviss isn't writing Star Wars books anymore.

    Which is too bad. I haven't read her books but I've heard about what she was doing and it sounded fucking incredible. But Lucas hates dynamic interesting stuff.

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  • bsjezzbsjezz Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    i like him because when i was little i was digging in the yard and dug up an original boba fett action figure

    pretty dirty but it worked good

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  • FaynorFaynor Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Framling wrote: »
    Yeah, this is why Karen Traviss isn't writing Star Wars books anymore.

    I can't speak much for her most of the stuff she wrote, but I read that one series Legacy of the Force and man it seemed like she just stuffed Mandalorians in at every opportunity

    and they killed Mara fucked that shit

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  • Dee KaeDee Kae Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    The ruining of everything a person loves is always a great thing.

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  • Kuribo's ShoeKuribo's Shoe Kuribo's Stocking North PoleRegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Mara Jade has always sucked

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  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
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    Well now we've got a Tycho who's trying to hate Gabe to death.

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  • RanxRanx Registered User regular
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    I'm reading Timothy Zahn's Thrawn trilogy just for trashy before bed reading.

    He really cannot write worth balls.

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  • IvarIvar Oslo, NorwayRegistered User regular
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    bsjezz wrote: »
    i like him because when i was little i was digging in the yard and dug up an original boba fett action figure

    pretty dirty but it worked good

    Is the "action" part him sitting still?

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  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    The Thrawn Trilogy is heralded as like the reason why the EU is great though, isn't it? <_<

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  • BroloBrolo Broseidon Lord of the BroceanRegistered User regular
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    Fett is a "cult figure"[14] and one of the most popular Star Wars characters.[25] He personifies "danger and mystery",[4] and Susan Mayse calls Fett "the unknowable Star Wars character" who "delivers mythic presence."[26] Although Tom Bissell asserts that no one knows why Boba Fett has become so popular, nor cares why,[6] both Lucas and Bulloch cite Fett's mysterious nature as reasons for his popularity.[14] Bulloch, who has never fully understood the character's popularity, nevertheless also attributes it to the costume and the respect Fett garners from Vader and Jabba the Hutt.[17] The initial Boba Fett toy, more than Fett's actual film appearance, might be responsible for the character's popularity;[27][28] Henry Jenkins suggests children's play helped the character "take on a life of its own".[15] Moran said Vader's admonition specifically to Fett in The Empire Strikes Back — "No disintegrations" — gives Fett credibility; he was interested in Fett because the character is "strong, silent, [and] brutal".[16] Jeter says that even when Fett appears passive, he conveys "capability and ruthlessness".[9] Bissell credits Bulloch for giving Fett "effortless authority" in his first scene in The Empire Strikes Back, using such nuances as "cradling" his blaster and slightly cocking his head.[6] Fett's small role in The Empire Strikes Back may actually made the character seem more intriguing.[4]

    Bissell adds that Boba Fett, along with other minor characters like Darth Maul and Kyle Katarn, appeals to adolescent boys' "images of themselves: essentially bad-ass but ... honorable about it".[6] This tension and the absence of a clear "evil nature" (distinct from evil actions) offer Fett dramatic appeal.[6] Furthermore, Fett "is cool because he was designed to be cool", presenting a "wicked ambiguity" akin to John Milton's portrayal of Satan in Paradise Lost and Iago.[6] Bissell compares Fett to Beowulf, Ahab, and Huckleberry Finn: characters "too big" for their original presentation, and apt for continued development in other stories.[6] Moran finds Fett reminiscent of the Man with No Name.[16]

    The San Francisco Chronicle describes Boba Fett fans as "among the most passionate",[10] and the character is important to Star Wars fan culture.[29] Boba Fett's popular following before the character even appeared in The Empire Strikes Back influenced Damon Lindelof's interest in developing Lost across multiple media.[30] Will Brooker calls "superb" a fan's campaign to have Boba Fett unmasked as a woman.[31] Fan parodies include Boba Phat, a cosplay "intergalactic booty hunter" created by David James.[32]

    dammit you nerds

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  • RanxRanx Registered User regular
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    Henroid wrote: »
    The Thrawn Trilogy is heralded as like the reason why the EU is great though, isn't it? <_<

    I'm reading it just because its Star Wars, but he just cannot write well. There is no feeling of suspense, he does not do a good job of further developing the characters, and the ones that me makes up (Thrawn, Mara Jade, etc) are one trick ponies in terms of character depth.

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  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Henroid wrote: »
    The Thrawn Trilogy is heralded as like the reason why the EU is great though, isn't it? <_<

    Let's be totally honest with ourselves, the "best" of Star Wars EU novels aren't much better than the "best" of any other branded SF/Fantasy novels.

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  • bsjezzbsjezz Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Ivar wrote: »
    bsjezz wrote: »
    i like him because when i was little i was digging in the yard and dug up an original boba fett action figure

    pretty dirty but it worked good

    Is the "action" part him sitting still?

    oh no he can like, rotate his arms

    his legs

    i guess with some help he can zoom around

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  • MaceraMacera UGH GODDAMMIT STOP ENJOYING THINGSRegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    No man, Boba Fett is totally like Huckleberry Finn

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  • BroloBrolo Broseidon Lord of the BroceanRegistered User regular
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    Survival

    "You don't eat a barve like that all at once."
    ―Boba, to Susejo[src]

    But the Sarlacc could never hold Fett. After conversing with a fellow captive, the Choi known as Susejo, Fett discovered that this being was actually psychologically connected to the Sarlacc—and it was this advantage that he used to goad the creature into contracting around his jet pack, igniting the device and providing his means of escape. The resulting explosion, combined with the beast's acidic stomach juices, left Fett on the verge of death. As he lay dying on the surface of Tatooine, his colleague Dengar was searching for anything valuable left from the explosion, but found Boba Fett instead, and nursed him back to health.

    Dengar and Fett would become good friends, the infamous Fett even serving as Dengar's best man during his wedding to Manaroo. In return for this rescue, Fett allowed Dengar to accompany him on a labyrinthine mission involving the Bounty Hunters' Guild and Prince Xizor's ultra-secret Black Sun. Fett learned of Xizor's involvement with the deaths of Owen and Beru Lars, the uncle and aunt of Luke Skywalker. His search led him to Neelah, who knew about the conspiracy. With so many potential leads, Boba eventually found out the head of the serpent was wealthy industrialist Kuat of Kuat. For the mission, Fett stole the freighter Hound's Tooth from his rival Bossk, leaving Slave I behind drifting in space. After arriving in the shipyards, Kuat wired the entire construction docks with explosives. Fett flew the Hound's Tooth into the exploding construction area, where he found Kuat inside one of the larger ships waiting for his imminent death. After a series of questions about the bombing raid on Jabba's palace, Boba made Kuat leave the ship. Fett managed to pilot the ship into the vacuum of space. In the aftermath Kuat was killed by the explosions, but Fett managed to save the shipyards from serious damage. At approximately the same time, word spread that the Rebel Alliance had defeated the Empire in the Battle of Endor, an event that would change Fett's life forever.

    At a point after this, Fett fell in the sarlacc again, which regurgitated him out. Fett was found by a group of Jawas who took him to be either a droid or cyborg, never bothering to scan him, and claimed him as their own under the impression he was an unintelligent being. They took him into their sandcrawler, fitted him with a restraining bolt, and went on their way. He was later joined by a familiar face when the Jawas stole R2-D2 from a hangar bay in Mos Eisley.
    Fett waking up after his second escape from the Sarlacc.

    R2-D2 immediately recognized Fett, but the meeting was interrupted as Han Solo and Leia Organa attacked the sandcrawler in an attempt to get R2 back. It was at this point that Fett awoke for the first time since being freed from the Sarlacc, just in time to see Solo enter the sandcrawler in his attempt to rescue R2. Unfortunately, the sandcrawler had been damaged during Han's attempts to enter it and so was on a collision course with the Sarlacc. The Jawas were too busy to fix it, as they had just been attacked by Tusken Raiders. Solo was as surprised as R2 had been to find Fett alive once more, but somehow Fett had temporarily lost his memory and in fact helped Solo rescue R2 from the doomed sandcrawler. Though against his better judgment, Solo then tried to help Fett escape also, as he couldn't leave a helpless man to die.

    Unfortunately for Fett, it was at this point that his memory came back due to Leia shouting Han's name repeatedly. Fett fired on the unarmed Solo before he managed to free him from the sandcrawler, causing Solo to jump onto the sand. The sandcrawler, with Fett still in it, crashed into the mouth of the Sarlacc, trapping Fett once more. Solo once more thought of Fett as dead.

    Slave I later fell into Alliance hands and rusted in an impound lot on Grakouine. Fett would subsequently use three more ships bearing the name during his career, until he eventually recovered the original with the help of Crystalboy, a former employer.
    Late Galactic Civil War (4–19 ABY)

    "The Sarlacc found me somewhat indigestible, Solo."
    ―Boba Fett[src]

    Boba Fett surprises Solo after his second escape from the Sarlacc.

    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 ambushed him using a hologram of a bounty Jodo was after and brutally finished him off by causing his jetpack to overload.

    Four years passed until Han Solo discovered his nemesis was still alive. During the Clone Emperor'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.[23]

    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.
    The fate of Orko the Hutt.

    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 near-by 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.

    In 14 ABY, Boba Fett encountered the Jedi Jaden Korr on Ord Mantell. Korr's mission was to destroy a large weapons cache hidden in the wastes of a ruined city. Fett had been hired, presumably, to transport the weapons off planet and arrived at the same time. His attempts to stop the fledgling Jedi failed and all seven stockpiles were destroyed. Boba Fett then tried to exact revenge on Korr. They battled to a draw, and, seeing no profit in his actions, Fett flew off.[24]

    Fett would meet Solo again in 19 ABY, when, after securing his financial situation by collecting a five million credit bounty on the Devaronian criminal known as "The Butcher of Montellian Serat", Solo and Fett faced each other on Jubilar, the planet where Fett first saw Solo. They had come full circle.

    Ultimately, both combatants agreed to drop their long-standing feud and go their separate ways. Fett even elected to retire from the hunting business, but when he returned to Kamino to have his bad leg replaced, the Kaminoan cloner he saw—his old associate, Taun We—had other ideas. Remembering the Mandalorian attacks on Kamino during the Clone Wars, Taun We asked Fett to hunt down the last surviving Mandalorian responsible—Fenn Shysa.
    Mandalore (23 ABY—)
    Fett and two of his Mandalorian Protectors.

    "Just wanted to remind you, Solo, that my personal fight was always with the Jedi. You were nothing more than cargo."
    ―Boba Fett[src]

    On the planet of Shogun, Fenn Shysa and Boba Fett met. The details of their encounter are unknown to this day, but Shysa met his death—at Fett's hands, but, ironically, as an act of mercy after Shysa was mortally wounded saving Fett from an unknown threat.

    Boba would replace Shysa as Mandalore, ascending to the leadership of the Mandalorian Protectors and ending a 45 year career of bounty hunting. However, Fett's daughter, Ailyn Vel, would begin to pose as him in her own career, using the Mandalorian armor of Alpha-Ø2 and trading off Fett's reputation like Jodo Kast had before. Such actions only served to further muddy the waters as to whether Fett was always "himself" when he put in an appearance on the galactic stage. Around 24 ABY, he temporarily piloted the massive ship, Slave IV. Sometime after this, Boba was able to restore Slave I, which he flew from then on.
    Yuuzhan Vong War (25–29 ABY)

    Just one year prior to the Yuuzhan Vong War, Fett was contacted by Nom Anor. The two met in the Mandalorian capital of Keldabe. Under the alias of Udelen, Anor met with Fett and provided him with the location of a rendezvous where he and a select number of Fett's troops were to meet. As the Mandalorian fleet awaited Fett's commands, Boba made contact with the Yuuzhan Vong aboard his ship. Once aboard the Miid Ro'ik warship, Fett ordered Goran Beviin, one of his most trusted lieutenants, to discreetly gather any samples he could while Fett ran scans with his helmet. While touring the ship, Anor explained the Yuuzhan Vong vision for the Galaxy and how the Mandalorians would play a part in shaping it, and both Fett and Bevin witnessed first hand the plans the Vong had for the Humans they'd captured. Shortly afterwards, Anor gave Fett the plans for the next mission he had planned for the Mandalorians, to secure a landing zone on Birgis, in exchange for the promise that through their continued service the Mandalore Sector would be left alone during the invasion.
    Boba Fett during the Yuuzhan Vong War.

    Following the meeting, Fett and his Mandalorian fleet arrived on Helska 4 where they took its spaceport. Fett, Beviin and several other Mandalorian warriors spearheaded the assault. Passing the intelligence on to a pilot during the assault, Fett only hoped that the Republic wouldn't blow their cover. After taking the spaceport, Fett and his commandos were contacted by the Yuuzhan Vong to take part in the Battle of New Holgha, where Fett saved the Jedi Kubariet. However, during the battle, the Mandalorian Briika Jeban died saving Kubariet, a fact that Fett later used to make sure Kubariet also did something for them.

    The Jedi met the Mandalorian again after the battle. Working with New Republic Intelligence, Kubariet was able to confirm that Fett and the Mandalorians would continue to masquerade as Vong mercenaries while at the same time passing intelligence to the Republic. Before he left, Kubariet asked if Fett would spare a few of his best commandos to act as a kind of new Cuy'val Dar to train planetary militias to fight the Yuuzhan Vong. Keeping his promise to the Jedi, Fett initiated a brutal training regimen for his forces on Raxus Prime.

    Some time in 28 ABY, Fett was hired by Daala.

    By the last year of the war, the ruse had ended, as evidenced by the Yuuzhan Vong attack on Mandalore. Fett led the Mandalorians in several engagements in the Outer Rim Territories. Fett in Slave I and his group of warriors in Gladiator assault fighters would later aid Fett's old enemy, Han Solo on Caluula Station from being overpowered from Yuuzhan Vong forces. Boba Fett and his Mandalorian Protectors helped liberate planets from the Yuuzhan Vong, such as Ord Mantell, Tholatin, and Gyndine.
    Second Galactic Civil War (40 ABY–41 ABY)

    "You're dying."
    ―Dr. Beluine[src]

    Despite being in his seventies, Fett continued to lead the Mandalorians, and still operated as a bounty hunter after the resolution of the Yuuzhan Vong War.
    Boba Fett in 40 ABY.

    During this period, he maintained a private residence on Taris. To remain inconspicuous during his stay on Taris, he stopped wearing his armor. This was the first time in his adult life that he had been in public without his face hidden behind a visor.

    Fett pursued a 500,000 credit bounty posted by the Traders' Coalition, for the retrieval of the Atzerri glitterstim dealer H'buk. When he caught up with his quarry in the Atzerri system, H'buk offered to pay double the bounty. When Fett had H'buk's Z-95 Headhunter securely grappled to Slave I, the prisoner made all sorts of offers in exchange for his freedom, including his own daughter. This made Fett angry. Landing on Atzerri, Fett delivered H'buk to the Coalition members who had posted the bounty.

    Fett then headed for Kamino, where he was to meet with his doctor. Fett was ill, and suspected that he was dying, although he was only 71 standard years old and convinced he would have at least 30 more left in him. His doctor, Beluine, confirmed it—Fett had only a few years at the most left to live due to clone degeneration. He also discussed Taun We's departure from Kamino with the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister told him that Taun We didn't have the data he needed, but Ko Sai did. He then began to go about accomplishing three things—one: find Ailyn Vel, his daughter who he had not seen for 50 years; two: find a new Mandalore; and three: cheat death.


    "You make it sound like I pursue you."
    "You do."
    ―Boba Fett and Han Solo[src]

    He eventually teamed up with his old rival, Han Solo, during an escalating civil war within the Galactic Alliance. His daughter had taken up the bounty Thrackan Sal-Solo had placed upon the Solo family.

    During this time, Fett united with his granddaughter—Vel's daughter Mirta Gev—and the pair reconciled, Fett's family finally forgiving him for abandoning his wife so many decades ago. Gev told him about a Mandalorian bounty hunter, with the same appearance as Fett, who claimed to have fought at Geonosis, but was walking and as fit as Boba should be. Fett deduced that he must have been a clone that found Ko Sai and used her data to stop the aging process. Gev told Boba that the clone wore gray armor, strange leather gloves, and said that his clan name was Skirata.

    Fett and Solo eventually brought an end to Sal-Solo, with Gev dealing the shot that killed him, while Ailyn Vel was captured and tortured to death by Jacen Solo, an act which led to Jacen earning Fett's enmity.
    Boba Fett, bounty hunter

    Fett and his granddaughter recovered Jango's remains on Geonosis. They then buried both bodies next to each other on Mandalore. After that, they set off to find the clone with the gloves, recover Ko Sai's data, and rebuild the Mandalorian society.

    After Goran Beviin gave Fett details into Ailyn's death, Fett realized what was happening to Jacen Solo. While everyone else associated with Jacen believed he was becoming a fallen Jedi, Fett knew that Jacen was following the path of the Sith, due to Fett's history and personal association with Darth Vader. Fett viewed the Jedi and Sith to be exactly alike, since Mace Windu had killed his father years and years ago. Believing that the Jedi would end up destroying themselves, as he believed they always had, Fett made a mental note to find Ko Sai's data so he could live long enough to see it.

    Fett eventually found the clone he was searching for—Jaing Skirata. Jaing had indeed found Ko Sai's data, but he said that he destroyed the data after he had used it. However, Jaing arranged for Fett to be cured via a bone marrow transplant.

    After learning about the death of Mara Jade Skywalker, Boba asked Medrit, one of the blacksmiths in Keldabe, to send Han Solo a gift of chest armor plates, a small blade, and a pair of crushgaunts made of "proper beskar." Fett said this was so Solo could "throttle the life out of his vermin spawn." He signed it simply saying "With deepest sympathy."[25].

    Before setting out on a combat mission on Murkhana, Boba learned from Mirta that Sintas was still alive and on Phaeda, frozen in carbonite. He then gave Mirta the credits she needed to free Sintas.
    Sintas

    "If his granddaughter tried to kill him, and his daughter even killed a man who looked like him, what do you think his ex-wife's going to do if she remembers who he is?"
    ―Goran Beviin, on Boba Fett's luck with women[src]

    Boba and Mirta then retrieved the carbonited Sintas and took her to Mandalore, where Fett's doctor, Dr. Beluine, helped release her from the carbonite. When she was out, she was temporarily delusional and suffered from sight and memory loss. After some time, Jaina Solo, who had come to Mandalore to receive training from Fett, got the former Jedi Gotab, who had become a Mandalorian, to heal Sintas. He was able to repair the damage and give Sintas her sight and memory back.

    After Mirta's wedding and the day after her healing, Sintas told Boba she had no hard feelings, and Boba gave her a new Heart of Fire pendant that contained his memories from the time he had left her. It also contained bank account numbers and other codes to obtain property Fett owned so that Sintas would never have to bounty hunt again.
    Training Jaina Solo
    Boba Fett, Mandalore

    "Fett, you can teach me to bring down Jedi. You've done it often enough."
    ―Jaina imploring Fett to train her[src]

    Inspired by the "gift" Boba Fett had sent to her father, Jaina Solo set out to find Fett, hoping to enlist his aid in hunting her brother Darth Caedus, the new Dark Lord of the Sith, and to learn from him skills she would need to confront her twin. Arriving on Mandalore in an X-wing, Jaina found herself confronted by a group of heavily armed Mandalorians, to which she was escorted to meet Boba Fett in a humble, rustic cantina that served as the Mandalore's seat of government, all too aware of the traditional Mandalorian dislike for Jedi. Fett agreed to train her, but promised to be a hard teacher. While in the cantina, she encountered a pair of Force-sensitive Mandalorians, Gotab and Venku, but had little chance to talk with them.[26]

    In her first lesson, Fett started by dueling her with a lightsaber, only to eventually relax and discuss Jacen's strengths as other Mandalorians gathered to watch. Her guard lowered, Fett delivered a tremendous punch to her midsection, catching her completely by surprise and humiliating her. It was not to be her only defeat at the hands of the warrior people. Needless to say, there was significant tension between Jaina and Fett, but she put up with it in her quest to find a way to defeat Caedus. She was also given some training from Goran Beviin who allowed her to stay at his farm, where Jaina met Mirta Gev, who eventually came to regard her as a comrade in arms.

    Even as Fett trained her, she was required to help with mechanical work and other fairly menial tasks around the Mandalorian settlement, and in doing so, learned about the Mandalorian culture and Fett's personal history. Fett himself told her that he particularly reserved Jacen for her to deal with, because it was the fault of the Skywalker and Solo families that he had been allowed to wreak such havoc. In addition to her standard training, Fett allowed Jaina to accompany him and other Mandalorians to Fondor, hired out as a contract force to accompany Admiral Natasi Daala's ragtag Maw Irregular Fleet who had earlier discussed with Fett his views on the Jedi and Sith. After Gilad Pellaeon was murdered by Jacen's new Sith apprentice, Tahiri Veila, on his flagship, the Bloodfin, Fett, Jaina and the Mandalorians boarded the ship. The Mandalorians stormed Bloodfin, killing any Imperials who dared to resist them and also dealing with the renegade Moffs who had planned on seizing power after Pellaeon's death and had been aiding Caedus. Jaina and Mirta set out after Tahiri and chased her down the escape shafts. Mirta charged Veila and engaged her in vicious melee combat, using a vibroblade to slice Veila's femoral artery while Jaina held off other Imperials. However, Caedus arrived and began Force-choking Mirta until Jaina broke his grip, which allowed the Sith and his apprentice to make their escape. While the Sith Lord suffered further injury from a group of Mandalorians, he and Veila were able to escape, planning on regrouping and consolidating back on Coruscant.[26]

    Following the battle, Jaina returned to Mandalore to continue her training. While all the other Mandalorians now saw Jaina as an ally and a friend, Fett was still as hard-edged and ruthless as always. However, Fett now felt more tolerant of Jaina and was willing to impart his own views on how he did not see much difference between Jedi and Sith. Fett also told Jaina that the solution to stop Caedus would not be as simple as killing him and Fett personally wanted to see Jaina's brother live a long time in torment as well as Fett wishing to avoid being entangled with Jaina's family problems.[26]

    A month later Boba would also oversee the wedding of his granddaughter and a Mandalorian warrior named Ghes Orade.[26]
    End of the War

    Boba and Jaina participated in an inspection of Nickel One, during which the Imperial Remnant began its invasion of Roche. They were able to at first fend off the oncoming Imperials, but Roche soon turned into a firestorm and the Mandalorians on the asteroid were forced to withdraw until another time. During the evacuation, Fett told Jaina she had learned what she needed and sent her back to the Jedi Order so that she could deal with her brother. Later, Darth Caedus moved his fleet to Nickel One, and during an attack on the asteroid by the Jedi and the Solo's, Fett worked with his former enemy, Luke Skywalker, in order to sneak Jaina into Roche to kill her brother, Caedus. During this time, Fett had also sent a commando team, led by Vatok Tawr, which also included Fett's granddaughter, Mirta Gev, in order to kill the Imperial moffs.[27]

    While entering the station, the Mandalorians came upon Jaina Solo, who had also infiltrated the station during the attack. The two joined forces, however, the team tried to use the Jedi to aid the Mandalorian's assault on the Moff's conference room. During the assault, the Mandalorians had gained the upper hand and killed several of the Moff's, until Darth Caedus intervened. As a result, the command team was killed, and Jaina's attack on Caedus was a failure, although she succeeded into taking the Sith Lord's arm during their lightsaber battle. Believing Mirta to be dead, Boba confronted Jaina and Luke after the battle, angry with them. Fett believed Jaina to be responsible for Mirta's death because she had not gone back to check to make sure if she was alive or not. Luke told Fett that it was Fett's own fault that Mirta was missing, because he had tried to use the Jedi Order, and that the plan would've worked if the Mandalorians simply worked with the Jedi.[27]

    Mirta, however, was not dead, but was in captivity of Caedus. During the battle Caedus had force lifted Mirta into the air and broke her spine when he dropped her back down on her head. Unable to move below her neck, Caedus interrogated her about the mission and whether it had been Luke or Jaina who was responsible for his arm. During this time the Imperial Remnant had developed a nanovirus that could be engineered to specific genomes or family bloodlines and they wanted Caedus to take a sample from Mirta so that a virus could be engineered and tailored for Boba Fett. Caedus taunted Mirta with the Bacta treatment she needed to help restore her mobility and the threat of letting the Remnant have their blood sample. He also planted the idea in Mirta's mind that Fett knew exactly what he was doing when he sent her on such an obvious "suicide mission" to kill the Moff's, hoping to sow the seeds of distrust between the two. In the end, the Imperials used her blood to make a virus for the Fetts. Caedus ordered an attack on Mandalore wherein the nanovirus would be released in the atmosphere of Mandalore itself and kill Boba. Fett was not on Mandalore at the time, so the virus did not kill him. However, because of the nature and prolonged life of the virus, Fett and Mirta Gev would never again be able to set foot on the planet. It is unknown what effect the virus had on any clones or their progeny still living on the planet, since they were also cloned from Jango Fett, so would have the same genome as Boba. Eventually, the war did end with the death of Caedus on Shedu Maad, at the hands of his sister. Jaina also rescued Mirta during this mission, who was already showing improvement from the Bacta treatment, and returned her to the care of the Mandalorians.[27]

    This is only about 40% of the 'history' section on Boba Fett on Wookiepedia. I can't post the rest of it because the forums only have a 35000 character limit per post.

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  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    DarkPrimus wrote: »
    Henroid wrote: »
    The Thrawn Trilogy is heralded as like the reason why the EU is great though, isn't it? <_<

    Let's be totally honest with ourselves, the "best" of Star Wars EU novels aren't much better than the "best" of any other branded SF/Fantasy novels.

    I guess. I don't really read often, or much at all, so sometimes I don't understand the qualifiers people use for determining how well a book is written or not. I just thought the idea was "Hey can you imagine it in your head?"

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  • SabreMauSabreMau ネトゲしよう 판다리아Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Rolo wrote: »
    This is only about 40% of the 'history' section on Boba Fett on Wookiepedia. I can't post the rest of it because the forums only have a 35000 character limit per post.

    As a side note, I came across this in the sidebar while browsing Wookiepedia:

    starwa.jpg

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  • BroloBrolo Broseidon Lord of the BroceanRegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    SabreMau wrote: »
    Rolo wrote: »
    This is only about 40% of the 'history' section on Boba Fett on Wookiepedia. I can't post the rest of it because the forums only have a 35000 character limit per post.

    As a side note, I came across this in the sidebar while browsing Wookiepedia:

    starwa.jpg

    but why doesn't superman just kill lex luthor and

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  • SabreMauSabreMau ネトゲしよう 판다리아Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Which show is Gabe talking about, anyway? And how are the Mandalorians changed?

    And does the timeline allow for the inclusion of Mirta Gev?

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  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Henroid wrote: »
    DarkPrimus wrote: »
    Henroid wrote: »
    The Thrawn Trilogy is heralded as like the reason why the EU is great though, isn't it? <_<

    Let's be totally honest with ourselves, the "best" of Star Wars EU novels aren't much better than the "best" of any other branded SF/Fantasy novels.

    I guess. I don't really read often, or much at all, so sometimes I don't understand the qualifiers people use for determining how well a book is written or not. I just thought the idea was "Hey can you imagine it in your head?"

    They aren't necessarily "bad", persay, but they're consumerist, literature-lite. They're the popcorn film you go to see to be entertained instead of the thought-provoking work of cinema that the critics liked but is only showing at that dinky locally-owned theater that caters to the college kids.

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  • VALVEjunkieVALVEjunkie Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    SabreMau wrote: »
    Which show is Gabe talking about, anyway? And how are the Mandalorians changed?

    And does the timeline allow for the inclusion of Mirta Gev?

    that clone wars show on cartoon network

    no fucking idea

    who the hell is that

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