Young Boba Fett Series

Most people first saw Boba Fett in the Empire Strikes Back, a few in the Holiday Special. But few imagined the child he must’ve once been, or how he became the ruthlessly efficient hunter he was. This is how he got that way. Orphaned by the swing of a Jedi lightsaber and seeing only the point of view of the child who worshiped his father, his path is a challenging one.

Young Boba Fett has to survive, in a galaxy where the people most think of as heroes are, in his eyes, the ones who took his father, and the only ones who have the power to help, are likely to stab him in the back! He knows too much about the secrets of Dooku to be safe, but not enough to be streetwise, not yet.

But the lessons he learns here, will forge him into the deadly bounty hunter that he will become.

Review

Boba Fett in this series is a believable kid. His blind faith in the rightness of his father’s actions is what is setting him on a path of ruthless bounty hunter. Jango didn’t hate Jedi, but respected and was wary of them getting in the way. Boba does hate them in general, because they killed Jango.

Boba has to learn to be streetwise, he’s prone to being scammed, and in danger from knowing too much. He does make friends – in spite of Jango’s code that there are only enemies and allies. And he does still listen to his own sense of right and wrong – finding children enslaved makes him mad. But he doesn’t seem to register the conflict of working for the kind of people that would enslave or slaughter others – like Jabba.

It’s easy enough reading for kids but has some interesting history there for the adults, especially those of us who like to cross reference and reckognize what is going on in the galaxy. We actually that, at least for now, Boba Fett does have at least a few friends.

Young Boba Fett Lore and Continuity

The first book starts out right before the outbreak of the Clone Wars, events of Attack of the Clones are included. Hints of his and Jango’s relationship are revealed. This also nicely ties into the Jango/Boba comic arcs such as Blood Ties.Aurra Sing shows up, the infamous Jedi killer who has a wonderful comic book arc.

The second book is set during the mission to Raxus Prime that is seen in the Clone Wars video game. The Force Harvester is directly mentioned, as well as Cydon Prax.Raxus Prime also appears in The Force Unleashed.

The third book is probably still while the Jedi are battling the Harvester, but Boba is now off with Aurra Sing on a mission to Aargau. Aargau was first revealed in the Classic Marvel Comics in a somewhat odd issue with Leia vs Vader. The laws of Aargau are first seen there and the book is consistent with this.

In the fourth book we turn to familiar old Tatooine where Jabba just so happens to have hired Durge the infamous bounty hunter. Durge appears in Republic comics and the ’03 microseries and he hates Mandalorians so Boba isn’t going to do well with him! Some interesting tech is revealed but not explained. The stranger thing is Boba having literally no weapons – one would think that Jango would’ve kept something in Slave 1, even just a knife or vibroshiv that would come in handy while being discreet.

Fifth book is a time jump. Boba has now been working for Jabba for a few years, apparently limited to on planet jobs. The Clone Wars is still on, as he’s sent on a mission involving a Separatist leader. There is one continuity question: when did he get the chance to return to Geonosis for Jango’s armor. Here his mission has him encounter Anakin. He recognizes him as padawan he’d seen in the arena. But he’s flying a yellow fighter, suggesting he might be a knight now. No reason Boba would know that, however. Grievious appears here.

Book six picks up at in mid-mission to catch a bounty, right where the last left off. It runs into 1 continuity error with itself: it says Boba has never been to Coruscant before. But he’s actually been there in bok one of the series: The Fight to Survive! Also, Boba sees a group of young Dathomir witches on Coruscant. A group seems unlikely as the world is still interdicted at this time (the series is not part of The Clone Wars TV continuity).

Boba’s attitude is an interesting continuity issue. At this point, he believes bounty hunters do not operate inside the law – or at least, Jango and Boba don’t, perhaps because they aren’t guild members. He doesn’t believe in stealing or enslaving kids, yet he works for people that do. Later on, in spite of his feelings on the law, as an adult, he seems to believe the Empire is the legitimate legal authority.

The stories do mention Boba as regularly seeking to upgrade Slave 1. Slave 1 was originally written as custom built for Boba in the Bounty Hunter Trilogy but we actually see Jango Fett steal it in the game Bounty Hunter.

You can read on more of how Boba Fett and Jango Fett are definitely Mandalorian, here.

Other stories featuring Young Boba Fett

Star Wars Blood Ties in particular connects Boba Fett (both as a youth and adult) to his father’s adventures.