The Mandalorian-armored gun-for-hire looks incredible in a static shot, a trading card, or a paperback novel cover, but can he ever be enough to prop up an entire story? And this story will absolutely do that.Who is Boba Fett? Lucasfilm and its various creative partners have struggled for eons to answer the question in a meaningful, entertaining way. They tell a great story in and of themselves, but they’re also the start of something, and they open a lot of new doors. “ War of the Bounty Hunters is a story about Boba Fett doing his thing, but it builds into something much bigger, and that’s what the best comic crossovers and big stories do. And while he can’t say much, Soule promises it will have an impact. War of the Bounty Hunters will be the biggest Star Wars story Marvel has told thus far. “Everybody’s getting to tell their own story within this over-arching plot of Boba Fett trying to get what’s his.” This might’ve come from my brain to a degree, but we’re all adding things to it, and we’re all adding really interesting things to it,” he says. “My co-writers on this story, and all of the great artists that we’re working with, it’s a fantastic team. While the inspiration for the story comes from Soule, he’s quick to point out that the overall event is a true collaboration between himself and several of Marvel’s Star Wars creators, including writers Greg Pak ( Darth Vader ), Alyssa Wong ( Doctor Aphra ), and Ethan Sacks ( Bounty Hunters ). “And he is going to do everything he can to get him back, no matter what. “Boba Fett is in possession of Han Solo at the end of Empire Strikes Back, and at the beginning of War of the Bounty Hunters, he is not,” says Soule. “It’s basically Boba Fett, by himself, against all of these people.”Īnd what could make Boba Fett take on the galaxy’s worst? There could be only one thing. And a bunch of others - factions and so on - that I think will be really interesting for the fans,” says Soule. “The main story that we’re dealing with is a Boba Fett-focused crime epic, that involves Boba Fett going up against some of the heaviest hitters in the galaxy. From the sound of it, it wasn’t exactly smooth space sailing from Cloud City to Tatooine.

The five-issue War of the Bounty Hunters miniseries from Soule and Luke Ross, which will anchor the story, begins in June. Running from May through October, it all kicks off with War of the Bounty Hunters Alpha #1 from Soule and artist Steve McNiven (“I think it’s the best work he’s maybe ever done,” Soule says you can get a first look at the cover and interior art below) on May 5, and will then spin out into Marvel’s entire post- Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back line, including Star Wars, Bounty Hunters, Darth Vader, and Doctor Aphra. Following yesterday’s mysterious teaser image of Boba Fett, is excited to announce War of the Bounty Hunters, an epic crossover in the Merry Marvel tradition that will indeed reveal what Fett experienced on his journey to deliver Solo. And I was like, ‘I would like to tell that story, and I would like it to be about Boba Fett and what happens to him.”įinally, Soule will get his chance. “Something had to happen in between that intervening time between Empire and Jedi. “ Boba Fett clearly doesn’t take Han Solo directly to Jabba’s palace,” Soule tells. It outlined his plans for the title, but also included was one specific story he was itching to write.

Charles Soule tells all about the upcoming crossover event starring the legendary bounty hunter.īack in 2019, writer Charles Soule created a big pitch document for Marvel’s flagship Star Wars series.

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