Boba Fett first appeared at
the September 20, 1978, San
Anselmo Country Fair parade. The character appeared on television
several weeks later, animated by Nelvana
Studios for Star
Wars Holiday Special as a mysterious figure who betrays Luke Skywalker after saving
him, Chewbacca, C-3PO and R2-D2 from a giant monster, only to be
revealed as a bounty hunter working for Darth Vader.[ After his image and identity were
revealed in Star Wars Holiday Special, costumed Fett characters appeared
in shopping malls and special events, putting up "Wanted" posters
of the character to distinguish him from the franchise's Imperial characters. He also appears in Marvel Comics' Star Wars
newspaper strip.
Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back features Boba Fett as the "next
major villain" after Darth Vader. Fett tracks the Millennium Falcon to Cloud City, where Vader
captures its passengers and tortures
its captain Han Solo. Wanting to
collect a bounty on Solo, Fett confronts Vader about whether Solo will survive
carbon freeze. Vader promises that the Empire will compensate Fett if Solo
dies; after Solo is determined to be alive, Vader turns him over to Fett.Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi features Boba Fett at Jabba the Hutt's palace when Solo's rescuers are captured, and he travels on Jabba's sail barge to the sarlacc pit, where the prisoners are to be executed. When the prisoners mount an escape he attempts to intervene, and ends up in a tussle with Luke Skywalker, but Solo accidentally ignites Fett's rocket pack, sending the bounty hunter falling into the Sarlacc's mouth.
In the digitally remastered Special Edition version of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, Boba Fett briefly appears outside the Millennium Falcon with Jabba, as well as several added and altered scenes.
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