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〈 CHARACTER INFO 〉CHARACTER NAME: Boba Fett
CHARACTER AGE: 12 years old
SERIES: Star Wars (Legends)
CHRONOLOGY: A few months after (*cough* indirectly *cough*) killing Libkath
CLASS: Anti-hero or Villain depending on how things shake out
HOUSING: Bring on the roomies!
BACKGROUND:NOTE: This history is based on Expanded Universe material that pre-dates The Clone Wars TV show and Disney’s new Star Wars trilogy. For this reason, certain aspects of Boba’s history and personality will not match that of TCW!Boba. In particular, this Boba is based on his portrayal in the Expanded Universe Fight to Survive and Legacy of the Force series of novels, as well as bits and pieces from a few other novels and comics.Boba Fett did not have anything like a normal childhood. The cloned son of the infamous bounty hunter Jango Fett, he grew up on an isolated, little-known planet called Kamino, where his existence was kept a secret from the rest of the galaxy. As such, he spent most of his life in a very sheltered environment. His father was extremely paranoid about anyone harming his son and in one instance scolded Boba for even letting another person see him.
Boba thus had a very lonely childhood. He only interacted with three people with any regularity: Jango, Zam Wesell, and Taun We. Jango was not only Boba’s father, but also his hero; he could do no wrong in his son’s eyes. Jango also loved his son dearly and would do anything to keep him safe. However, he also knew that in his line of work, he couldn’t guarantee he’d always be there for his son and so did his best to teach Boba how to be self-sufficient despite his sheltered environment. Besides Jango, Zam Wesell was the closest thing Boba had to a second parent. Zam was a fellow bounty hunter and friend of Jango’s who met Boba when he was very young and quickly befriended the boy. The two regularly swapped jokes and stories, and it’s suggested that Zam and Jango took turns looking after Boba when the other was out hunting. Finally, Taun We was a Kaminoan cloner who oversaw Boba’s growth and helped tutor him. Though Boba counted her as a friend, in reality, her interest in him was mostly scientific.
It was Zam who suggested Boba combat the loneliness and boredom of life on Kamino through reading books. It was through books that Boba learned about the outside world and what life was like for other children. He found concepts such as “school,” “mothers,” and “other children” foreign, but fascinating. He also developed a keen interest in starships and enjoyed talking about them at length.
In all, Boba Fett as a young child did not seem the type destined to become a ruthless bounty hunter. Though he idolized his father as something akin to a superhero and naturally wanted to follow in his footsteps, he seemed disturbed by the thought of killing anything or anyone who meant him no harm. On one occasion, his father tasked him with feeding aquatic rodents known as sea-mice to an eel every morning. The thought disturbed the boy to the point that he spent those days feeding the eel his own food instead and attempting to release the sea-mice into Kamino’s ocean. It wasn’t until he saw the sea-mice die the instant they hit Kamino’s waters that he resigned himself to their fates and began giving them to the eel—an act that seemed to depress him considerably. Later on, he displayed the same compassionate streak when he was watching Anakin, Obi-wan, and Padme being prepared for execution in the Geonosian arena. Though he didn’t care about the two Jedi, who he believed had hunted down him and his father, he quietly hoped that Padme would escape, seeing as she looked like a good person and had done him no wrong.
But Boba’s gentle childhood would not last for long. At ten years old, Boba experienced Zam’s death followed by his father’s within days of each other. He watched his father decapitated in the Geonosian arena by Jedi Mace Windu, an event that sharpened his hatred towards the Jedi Order into an obsession. In the aftermath of the battle, he buried his father’s body in the Geonosian desert. The memory of his father’s death and burial would haunt him for the rest of his life.
Boba then took his father’s ship Slave I and returned to Kamino. There, he asked Taun We to shelter him—but to his shock, the Kaminoan who he believed to be his friend told him she had already alerted the Jedi when she detected his approach in Slave I. Betrayed and hunted, Boba fled. His only possessions were his father’s armor plates and helmet and a “book” (really a holo projector) his father had left him. He didn’t make it far before being captured by bounty hunter Aurra Sing.
(The following is taken from the wiki)
”Aurra Sing gave Fett to Darth Tyranus, who gave Sing Slave I as payment (Boba eventually recovered the ship). He was taken to Raxus Prime to meet with Tyranus, who was then searching for the Force Harvester. The Sith Lord attempted to detain his young charge, but a Republic attack allowed Fett to escape.
Boba was taken by clone troopers and sent to an orphanage on Bespin. He managed to escape with Sing, who had come searching for the boy, in order to gain access to Jango Fett's rather large bank account on Aargau.
On Aargau, Fett lost 500,000 credits of his father's money due to the betrayal of a Clawdite named Nuri, but received the rest. While on Aargau, Boba managed to elude Aurra Sing after she failed to steal Jango's credits. Jango's "book" told Fett to find Jabba the Hutt.Boba thus traveled to Tatooine, the seat of Jabba’s power. His first act there was to get mugged by a gang of thieving children who attempted to steal his father’s helmet. Fortunately, Boba was able to get it back by reasoning with the gang’s leader, a girl named Ygabba. He learned that the children were actually slaves to the gang’s adult leader, a Neimoidian named Gilramos Libkath, who used the children to smuggle weapons and explosives. Libkath controlled the children with eye-shaped sensors embedded in the palms of their hands. If any tried to escape, the sensor would release a deadly toxin into their bloodstream, killing them instantly. Boba was horrified and promised to return to help her one day.
Boba then went on to locate Jabba, who was in a local gambling den betting on a podrace. Wearing his father’s helmet, Boba posed as an adult (not difficult in a universe full of short-statured alien races) to gain an audience with the Hutt. Jabba was intrigued by the small stranger without weapons who claimed to be a great bounty hunter. He offered Boba a trip to his palace—as an indentured servant. Outraged, Boba demanded what he could possibly owe the Hutt. He was then immediately set upon by one of Jabba’s guards.
Though Boba’s opponent was much bigger and stronger, Boba was faster, more evasive, and clever. Grabbing a small nearby table to use as a shield, he baited the guard into stabbing the table, pushed the table up into his face to get him off balance, and then kicked his knees out from under him. Still indignant, Boba took the opportunity to address Jabba again, telling him, “I am no one’s slave or servant! I will work for you, for a price—but I will name that price!” Both entertained and impressed by the stranger’s nerve and skill, Jabba agreed to take him on as a bounty hunter.
However, Boba’s troubles were far from over. Back at Jabba’s Palace, he encountered Durge, a bounty hunter with a notorious hatred for all Mandalorians. As Boba was at that moment still wearing his father’s Mandalorian battle helmet, things went about as well as you’d expect them to go. Durge threatened Boba in front of Jabba and, in an effort not to look weak in front of the crime lord, Boba insulted him back. Durge attacked him and a fight broke out between the two right there in the throne room. Boba held his own but his helmet was knocked off during the scuffle. Suddenly, everyone in the throne room knew that the self-proclaimed “great bounty hunter” was a child. The charade was over.
Fortunately, Jabba was only further amused by the revelation. He granted Boba an assassination contract, seemingly as a cruel joke, as he refused to give the boy any weapons and sent Durge to pursue him all the while. Boba’s target: Gilramos Libkath and his gang of thieves.
Before the hunt for Libkath could even begin, Durge was already hunting Boba through the palace. Boba only managed to escape thanks to the kindness of a kitchen slave named Gabborah, who lent him a jetpack he himself had been saving as a means of escape. With Durge only meters away, Gabborah pushed the boy through a secret door hidden in a storage closet—that led to a straight drop out of the palace, hundreds of meters above the desert below.
Free from Durge, Boba began his hunt for Libkath. Thanks to his earlier encounter with Ygabba, he knew exactly where to find the Neimoidian. He returned to the gang’s hideout and found Libkath inspecting the children’s latest handiwork—crates of explosive weapons, disguised as water shipments. Boba knew he had to strike now while Libkath was still there. But he had no weapons. Undaunted, Boba improvised, picking up a stone and hurling it at Libkath’s head. A scuffle ensued, during which Boba attempted to make use of his new jetpack in the fight—and promptly knocked himself out against the ceiling.
When Boba awoke, Libkath was about to implant an eye-shaped sensor into his hand. Fortunately, before the Neimoidian could complete the process, Durge barged in, intent on killing everyone inside the hideout. What everyone else knew that Durge
didn’t was that firing off a bolt inside the hideout would be a very bad idea as the crates around them held a huge amount of explosives. Boba immediately wriggled out of Libkath’s grasp and threw himself to the ground while yelling at the rest of the children to flee, just in time to dodge a blaster bolt that wounded Libkath instead. He then grabbed Libkath’s hat (as proof of the completed bounty, since Neimoidians would quite literally die before being parted with their hats) and used his jetpack to dart towards the crates of explosives. Enraged, Durge fired a shot at the boy and missed. His blaster bolt hit one of the crates and the hideout was immediately engulfed by a huge explosion, just as Boba made a break for the exit. Boba narrowly escaped being killed himself as he fled the explosion.
With Libkath dead, the sensors in the hands of the other children deactivated, freeing them from his slavery. Durge was likewise nowhere to be seen. Boba returned to Jabba’s palace with Ygabba and told the crime lord that he had killed Libkath. Jabba was impressed that the boy had survived at all and even moreso that he had brought back proof of Libkath’s death. From then on, Boba’s position in Jabba’s court was secured. It also helped that Ygabba ended up being the long-lost daughter of Gabborah, the kitchen slave who Boba had befriended earlier. As the months went by, the two of them would prove an invaluable source of palace intel (and food) to the fledgling bounty hunter.
Boba’s canon point is taken several months after the hunt for Libkath, after he has already done a few jobs for Jabba.
PERSONALITY:At this age, Boba is something of a contradictory character. Though he’s on his way to becoming the battle-scarred, imperturbable bounty hunter we all know and love, he’s still got a long way to go. He’s impulsive and untried, operating more on an idealistic belief of what a bounty hunter
should be rather than any experience in reality. The more idealistic aspects of his outlook can be seen clearly during his conversation with Ygabba, when he angrily thinks to himself that if he were a real bounty hunter of any honor, he’d free her and the other children from slavery.
This isn’t to say that he’s at all a gentle soul. After Libkath, Boba went on to kill many targets, becoming a favorite of Jabba, who saw potential in the boy. Far from the child who had recoiled at the thought of killing mice, Boba quickly became someone who shows no squeamishness killing full-grown men, even taking back severed trophies as proof of a completed job.
In addition, Boba is clearly a child raised against the backdrop of organized crime, where one’s reputation is tantamount. Despite his young age, he tolerates no disrespect, no matter who it comes from. This can lead to actions that appear to be borderline suicidal, such as telling off much better-armed bounty hunters and even Jabba himself. As he gains notoriety in Jabba’s court, he basks in the fear and respect he gains from the crime lord’s other lackeys, enjoying the dread in his rivals’ eyes when he mentions bringing their names up with Jabba. Given his employer’s short temper, Boba is fortunate that his young age makes these qualities a novelty rather than a nuisance.
That said, Boba’s demeanor quickly changes when he’s around friends, like Ygabba and Gabborah. He’ll chat away and swap stories almost like a normal child—until he’s called back into Jabba’s throne room and once again assumes the role of Jabba’s favored hired gun. As an adult, Boba described this seeming contradiction—the flipping back and forth between ruthless bounty hunter and 12-year old boy—as “a switch he had to throw, off and on, off and on.” When the switch was “on,” he felt emotions as any other child would feel them. When it was “off,” his emotions and conscience were dulled, making it useful for “when he needed to be all cold logic.” Though he would eventually lose the ability to turn this switch on, at this age, he still has control over it.
POWER: In canon, Boba is an unaltered human. Upon arriving in-game, he will receive the following powers:
Quiet As A (Sea)Mouse: Boba has the power to move in complete silence. Armor won’t clank, footsteps won’t echo—the sounds aren’t just muffled, they’re completely neutralized. This ability can be problematic when it’s active, as it also mutes speech. However, it doesn’t apply to his weapons; firing a blaster will still result in the normal amount of sound, as will the explosion of a thermal detonator. Boba can extend this power to anyone he is in physical contact with, muting their movements and speech as well.
Beskar'gam (Updated 12/28/2018): Using this power, Boba can summon a fitting set of silver-and-blue Mandalorian armor that will spontaneously appear over his body and clothes. De-summoning the armor will cause his clothes/posessions to revert to whatever he was wearing or holding prior to using the power. Summoning his armor will also summon a holstered blaster pistol at his side and a jetpack on his back. The armor can only be removed by de-summoning it, meaning another character can't, say, yank off Boba's helmet. The armor will involuntarily de-summon if Boba is severely injured, knocked unconscious, or killed. Attempting to summon the armor while hurt or fatigued will result in damaged or depleted gear, such as missing or cracked armor plates, little to no blaster ammunition, and/or depleted jetpack fuel. Spending more than a few hours at a time in the armor will drain Boba of energy, causing the armor and gear to degrade until it de-summons. At this point, Boba will not be able to summon it again until he's once again well-rested and healthy.
The blaster has more-or-less the same stopping/killing power as a modern handgun, with the benefit of not leaving identifiable munitions in the victim's body. The jetpack can be used to fly short distances, though it certainly isn't a replacement for long-distance transportation such as cars, buses, trains, etc.
Psychometry: Boba has the ability to “see” someone’s memories by touching an object held by them at the time. When he uses this ability, he can briefly experience the sights, sounds, and feelings, both physical and emotional, that the object’s wielder experienced while in possession of the object. Highly emotional memories tend to be the clearest, while more mundane ones fade into the background. Boba cannot control what memories he experiences, and objects frequently held by numerous people are difficult and unpleasant to read, as they result in a sensory barrage.
No One’s Slave: Boba is immune to all mind-control effects and furthermore, can sense when someone is attempting to use them on him. These include all external powers meant to influence his actions, perception of reality, and emotions.
〈 CHARACTER SAMPLES 〉COMMUNITY POST (VOICE) SAMPLE:[Boba generally doesn’t like asking people for help. It isn't a very competent look for a bounty hunter, for one. Plus, in his experience, people who are actually willing to offer help usually have ulterior motives. But for this? He’s willing to swallow his pride and his caution.
The video feed flickers on to a silver and blue helmet staring balefully at the camera. Whoever’s behind it spares no time getting to the point.] I’m looking for a book. It’s black and about this size...
[Two gloved hands appear and trace a rectangle in the air.] Someone might’ve confiscated it when I arrived.
[He’s doing his best to sound impassive, but the tension in his voice betrays him. Not to mention, even with the helmet, he doesn’t sound quite like an adult...]If anyone’s found it or knows where they keep confiscated goods here, I’d be willing to pay.
[A pause, musing over some decision.]Don’t open it.
LOGS POST (PROSE) SAMPLE: Link to TDMFINAL NOTES: I am waiting on a commission for his icons, which is why I don’t have any at the moment. I should receive them in the next couple of weeks though!
