8 Star Wars Mysteries You Didn't Know Were Answered

8. Why Did Vader Stress "No Disintegrations!"? - Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

He may not have uttered all that many lines in the original trilogy, but whenever he did, the iconic Boba Fett certainly made them count.

And his small part in an exchange with the Dark Lord of the Sith himself Darth Vader during Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back left many wondering what in the hell he'd been up to in the time before showing up on the Executor Star Dreadnought.

As Vader tells the various bounty hunters he'd gathered on the ship he'd offer a "substantial reward" for the person who could bring him the Millennium Falcon, he notes that they can use any method necessary as long as the crew are brought back alive. And it's here when he stresses to Fett in particular that there would be "no disintegrations!", with Boba replying with a simple "as you wish."

Folks long wondered why Vader would chuck out such a specific threat at Fett here. But it was eventually revealed in the From A Certain Point Of View anthology book that this was actually a response to Boba's actions on Coruscant before the events of Empire.

You see, Fett ended up disintegrating three rebel spies with a weapon accelerator when they tried to attack him on that planet. And then when he tried to collect the bounty on them, an incensed Vader refused to pay up due to there now being no bodies.

In other words, Vader knew what Fett was capable of in Episode V, and made a point out of ensuring there wouldn't be a repeat of the Coruscant debacle.