The shared graphic shows Boba Fett in black armor, with a blaster pistol in one hand and an ax in the other. Behind him you can see a wall full of traces of bullets of various caliber. Below it is the inscription: “BOBA FETT … NOWHERE TO HIDE”. Fans automatically started the upcoming series around this character. The question was what events would be revealed: what happened to the bounty hunter after Return of the Jedi , what happened after the finale of the second season of The Mandalorian , or maybe some kind of introduction to the upcoming production of The Book of Boba Fett , which was scheduled to premiere at December this year? Another entry on the StarWars.com website dispels all doubts.
It turns out that the series was called War of the Bounty Hunters , and will unfold after the events of The Empire Strikes Back . This movie shows Han Solo being frozen in carbonite, and Boba Fett is tasked with delivering him to Jabba Hutt. This is what the comic series will focus on, because it turns out that the road from Cloud City to Tatooine has not gone smoothly: Han Solo is stolen from a bounty hunter, who has to retrieve it and deliver it to a designated place.
Charles Soule ( Daredevil , Star Wars: The Rise of Kylo Ren ) is responsible for the idea . Steve McNiven ( Marvel Knights, New Avengers ), Luke Ross ( Spider-Man , Indiana Jones ), Greg Pak ( Darth Vader ), Alyssa Wong ( Doctor Aphra ), and Ethan Sacks ( Bounty Hunters ). Each of the creators is responsible for the direction in which the plot will develop. Soule tells about the project:
There must be something going on between The Empire and the Jedi. And I would like to present this story. (…) The main story will be about the epic of crime. Boba Fett versus the most powerful enemies in the galaxy. It will be Jabba Hutt. It will be the Black Sun. It will be Darth Vader. And a lot of others. (…) Boba Fett is in possession of Han Solo at the end of “The Empire Strikes Back”, but not at the beginning of “War of the Bounty Hunters”. And he would do anything to get it back, no matter what. It doesn’t matter who would stand in his way.
The upcoming comic series will be the biggest Star Wars story told by Marvel. Consequently, it is intended to influence the course of events, and the actions that Boba Fett undertakes will give rise to something else, “opening many new doors,” as Charles Soule put it.
The comics from the War of the Bounty Hunters series will be released between May and October and will be related in some way to other titles following the movie Empire Strikes Back , such as Star Wars , Bounty Hunters , Darth Vader and Doctor Aphra . The story begins in War of the Bounty Hunters Alpha # 1, which will be released on May 5, while the actual series will consist of five parts and will begin in June.