Boba Fett

Boba Fett was a renowned human male Mandalorian bounty hunter of Clan Fett whose career spanned decades, from the fall of the Galactic Republic to the end of the rule of the Galactic Empire and the era that followed where he ascensed as ruler of Mandalore. Originally code-named unit A0050, he was an unaltered clone of the famed Mandalorian bounty hunter Jango Fett. Boba emulated his father and genetic donor by wearing a customized suit of Mandalorian armor. His personal starship was the Slave I, a Firespray-31-class patrol and attack craft that once belonged to Jango. Trained in combat and martial skills from a young age, Fett was one of the most feared bounty hunters in the galaxy during the reign of Emperor Palpatine. He became a legend over the course of his career, which included contracts for both the Empire and the extensive criminal underworld.

Boba was created on the planet Kamino as a result of an arrangement between the Sith Lord Darth Tyranus and Jango Fett, a Mandalorian who served as the template of the Grand Army of the Republic. Unlike the clone troopers grown from Jango's DNA, Jango regarded Boba as his son. During the last days of the Separatist Crisis, Boba and Jango retreated to Geonosis where the latter was killed in battle by Jedi Master Mace Windu. Orphaned by Jango's death, Boba sought vengeance by attempting to assassinate Windu, although his plan proved unsuccessful. After serving time in prison on Coruscant, Fett took up his late father's profession as a bounty hunter, working alongside other mercenaries such as Bossk, Dengar, and Asajj Ventress.

In the aftermath of the Clone Wars, Fett continued to make a name for himself while working for the Hutt gangster Jabba Desilijic Tiure as well as the Sith Lord Darth Vader. Fett also married Sintas Vel and had a daughter named Ailyn Vel and joined the Journeyman Protectors under the name Jaster Mereel, taking the same name as his grandfather. However Sintas was raped by Fett's senior officer and Fett killed him in revenge, only to be jailed and exiled for his own crime. After that, Fett and Sintas split up and Fett focused on a renewed career as a bounty hunter. During the Galactic Civil War, Fett was often employed by the Empire as a bounty hunter, and chose not to belong to the Bounty Hunters' Guild. Fett in the aftermath of the Battle of Hoth, transported Captain Han Solo from Bespin to Jabba's Palace on Tatooine.

He tried to prevent Solo's rescue by the Alliance to Restore the Republic, only to fall into the Great Pit of Carkoon when Solo accidentally slammed a pole into Fett's jetpack, causing it to malfunction. Although Fett survived his ordeal with the man-eating sarlacc, he lost his memory but was able to regain it and was nursed back to health by Dengar, and resumed his life as a bounty hunter once more. However Fett had been tested to his physical limits and required extensive medical treatments to prevent himself from developing a cancer, a result of his altered metabolism from his days in the sarlacc. Fett had lost a leg, and the stump was constantly irritated by the prosthetic attachment and Fett returned to Kamino to have his bad leg replaced, but Taun We asked Fett to hunt down Fenn Shysa due to past actions. Although the exact details are unclear, during this encounter, Shysa perished on the planet Shogun, saving Fett from death.

After a promise made to a dying Fenn Shysa, Fett became Mandalore, ascending to the leadership of the Mandalorian Protectors and ending his long career of bounty hunting. Fett eventually led the Mandalorians through the Yuuzhan Vong War and originally working as a mercenary for the extra-galactic invaders, Fett later aided the New Republic in their battle against the aliens. When the Yuuzhan Vong assaulted Mandalore and bombarded the planet's surface, a large deposit of Mandalorian iron was unearthed, ironically helping to strengthen the Mandalorians.

Later, during the Second Galactic Civil War, Boba, who was still leading the Mandalorians, was plagued by ailing health. He found his granddaughter, Mirta Gev, and the two went on many missions together, even alongside Han Solo. Fett also trained Solo's daughter Jaina to kill her twin brother, Darth Caedus, and assisted the Jedi Coalition in several battles. Ultimately, Fett's training helped Jaina bring down Caedus, though an Imperial nanovirus attack prevented Fett from ever returning to Mandalore.

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