Why did Boba Fett Stay at Jabba's Palace for a Year? | Star Wars Explained

Report from the Holocron of Xela. Description: Why did Boba Fett seemingly sit around at Jabba’s palace for the entire year between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi? Sure, he often worked for the Hutt, but he didn’t have an exclusive contract, and was in high demand as a bounty hunter. The Star Wars comics set in between episodes five and six show us the reemergence of Crimson Dawn, a rival criminal syndicate to the Hutt Clan. They had kind of a grand reopening party surrounding the theft and auction of Han Solo’s carbonite slab. Orchestrated by Qi’ra, her stunt was meant to throw the criminal underworld into chaos, and she absolutely succeeded. The Hutt Council was slaughtered, leaving Jabba as the sole survivor, and the rest of the syndicates went to war with one another. Jabba was nervous and basically hiding on Tatooine, so when Boba Fett finally recovered and delivered Han Solo, he promised the bounty hunter more credits if he stuck around. Fett correctly guessed that the Hutt wanted protection from Crimson Dawn, but agreed to stay after being handed a large sum of credits. He even went so far as to remove Jabba’s other security measures, like a huge battle droid, so the Hutt would be even more reliant on Boba. #starwars


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