8 Biggest Unsolved Mysteries In The Star Wars Universe

For a character with such little screen time, Boba Fett is staggeringly popular among Star Wars fans, but his apparent death in Return of the Jedi was embarrassing, knocked into a Sarlaac Pit by a visually-impaired Han Solo.

Given that Sarlaacs take 1,000 years to digest their prey and nobody saw the bounty hunter's corpse, fans have speculated about whether it's possible he survived, and there are scraps of evidence to suggest he might have.

Firstly, a spin-off movie starring Boba has been rumoured for years and is expected to materialise as part of the Star Wars Story series. This could, of course, be a prequel set before the events of the character's debut in Empire Strikes Back, but there have been hints that there are stories of his to tell post-Sarlaac Pit.

The closest thing Star Wars canon has offered to proof of his survival is a reference to Boba's Mandalorian armour in the novel Star Wars: Aftermath. The gear is described as "pitted and pocked, as if with some kind of acid" and looking like it's "been through hell and back".

The fact Boba's armour is still intact, despite looking worse for wear, suggests he had more than a snowball's chance in hell of making it out of that Sarlaac Pit. Of course, somebody could have entered the pit and recovered it after the bounty hunter had perished, but the book seems to emphasis how tough Mandalorian armour is.

Meanwhile, leaked artwork from a Star Wars LEGO set has added fuel to the rumours of Fett's survival. It appeared to depict the bounty hunter's escape from the Sarlaac Pit, which could either be a hint of things to come in the movies, the toy maker playing fast and loose with canon and just having a bit of fun.