One of the many bounty hunters after a piece of Han Solos behind was a man far more capable than Greedo, who was killed by Solo in an even more embarrassing way: by accident. Having finally captured Han Solo, turned him into modern art and sold him to crimelord Jabba The Hutt, who Solo owed a ridiculous amount of money to, renowned hunter of men (and women and weird blue things with suckers for toes) Boba Fett elected to stick around Jabbas sleazy desert palace-cum-nightclub and party down for the next well, however long it took for Solos rebel friends to come and rescue him. Dangerous, dangerous rebel friends who, as well he knows, creamed the Empire's biggest weapon of mass destruction only three years earlier, classifying them at an 8.5 on the Blofeld scale of terrorism. His decision not to leg it out of this incredibly combustible situation with his money like a sensible lil' mercenary should, is what results in his hilarious death. Opinion (and canon) is divided on whether Fett was a bounty hunter* moonlighting as the Hutt cartels enforcer, or vice versa. If youre a massive fan of the Star Wars expanded universe of the books, comics and video games, then youll know that Fett has a ridiculously long history making him out to be the galaxys greatest independently-affiliated badass. As far as the movies go, however, hes a smart, cool but ultimately hapless hired gun who gets whacked in the jetpack by a comedy prat-falling blind Han Solo and flies off into a huge angry desert-dwelling vagina dentata to be eaten alive. * Lucas has no clear idea what a bounty hunter actually does - in his universe, they're mercenaries/criminal enforcers/hitmen, whereas everywhere else they're freelance adjuncts to law enforcement, catching bail jumpers and flight risks for money.
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