After taking the captured and carbonite frozen Han Solo from Cloud City, Bespin, Boba Fett
was forced to stop off on Nar Shaddaa to meet up with an old doctor friend of his because
the carbonite began melting, potentially about to set Solo free…
Unfortunately, as you can imagine from the very shady world of Nar Shaddaa, Han Solo’s
body was stolen from Boba… but not just by anyone.
It was stolen by the henchmen of the new Leader of the Crimson Dawn Crime Syndicate Qi’ra…
Q’ra and Crimson Dawn had been off the Galaxy’s radar for years at this point, and wanted
to get their name back on the big stage with a massive heist.
As a result, they invited all the of Galaxy’s big names from the Empire, Rebel alliance,
crime world and more to witness her capture of Han Solo…
So lets find out how Luke Skywalker gets his invitation!
Also, make sure you’re subscribed for every single part of the War of the Bounty Hunters
event, as Lucasfilm have just confirmed that this series will be tied directly into the
Book of Boba Fett TV show on Disney Plus.!
So the story begins with Luke Skywalker training on board a Rebel Ship in Deep space, allowing
the force to flow deeply through him.
Luke Ducks, weaves, flips and dodges, practicing his technique with his new Yellow lightsaber,
which he acquired after losing his Father’s on Bespin…
If you want to know how he got this yellow saber, let me know in the comments.
As Luke is training, he embraces Master Yoda’s words from Dagobah, and successfully dismantles
a couple of his training droids…
Until he is interrupted by Artoo and C-3po.
Luke casually deflects more blaster bolts, as Threepio interrupts and is very sorry for
doing so.
Luke doesn’t mind however as he knows that a Jedi should be able to stay focused through
much bigger distractions then someone saying Hello There.
After saying this, Threepio explains to his master that Artoo Has a message about the
planet Elphrona, the place where he found his lightsaber.
Before they can get any further, Chewwie comes storming through the hall and Roars at Luke,
much to his delight.
The two are excited to see eachother again, exchanging quick hello’s before Chewwie
delivers the real message.
According to Chewbacca, there have apparently been sightings of the notorious and eared
bounty hunter Boba Fett on the smuggler’s moon, Nar Shaddaa, and because Chewwie knows
boba has Han in his possession after Bespin, he wants Luke to help him travel there.
Without even a glimpse of hesitation, Luke agrees to help Chewwie out and even suggests
that they bring Lando along because a guy like that is sure to know Nar Shaddaa like
the back of his hand…
Chewie however, coming fresh off the Bespin incident is not happy with that idea at all..
Following this, the crew arrive above Nar Shaddaa and Luke tells Chewie that he really
hopes they can bring back some good news to Leia when they get back.
Unfortunately, she’s currently too busy planning operation Starlight, which the Rebel’s
plan of action to regroup after the battle of Hoth.
Following this, Luke and Chewbacca bring the falcon down to land on the surface of the
Smuggler’s moon, and Chewie is immediately greeted by his *very* old friend, Sagwa, who
was tragically enslaved on the spice mines of Kessel until Chewwie Freed him.
And if you have a very keen eye, you may have noticed that Sagwa is actually one of the
Wookies that Chewwie rescued in Solo: A star Wars story after Lando’s droid started an
uprising.
Really cool that we’re getting yet another connection to Solo in the War of the Bounty
Hunter comics.
Threepio then explains to Luke that as soon as Han was taken by Boba Fett on Bespin, Chewbacca
immediately spread the word among the Galaxy’s free wookies, telling them to keep an eye
out for Boba.
Luckily for him, Sagwa happened to catch boba on Nar Shaddaa.
The two wookiees then continue their conversation in their native language while C3po translates
to Luke, explaining that a new champion of the arena was recently crowned, and he managed
to defeat the feared Wyrmen Lictor.
Luke asks if this feared fighter was Boba Fett, and he is immediately told that it was
someone named Jango…
Luke says “Jango huh?
Wrong name… but it sure looks like him”...
He immediately knows that this probably is Boba Fett, but is very puzzled as to why he
is using the name Jango, obviously not realizing the full history behind him.
After this, the group travel to the ticket master of the arena, who was here when Boba
signed up, and Luke is forced to Muzzle Threepio, before handing over some credits to get the
information on who beat Wyrmen Lictor.
He asks if it was a man named Boba Fett, but is met with a refusal, because the fighters
don’t use their real names.
Following this, the ticket master pulls a low move and immediately betrays Luke, calling
over the kanji crime gang who threatened Boba when he won… but this time, they want Luke
The Kanji believe that Luke is a friend of the fighter who called himself Jango, and
immediately demands a stack of money because Jango of course killed their main fighter…
Luke then immediately professes that he has nothing to do with Jango and have no idea
who is is, but the Kanji aren’t having it, threatening to kidnap the whole group.
Luke is not going to stand for this, so he ignites his yellow lightsaber in an instant,
telling the Kanji that they’ll be leaving now.
The Kanji however doubt that this young boy is a jedi saying “Lightsaber huh… haven’t
seen one of those in a long time… but just because you’ve got a lightsaber, doesn’t
make you a Jedi boy”...
Luke fires back at this, telling them that he agrees fully and it’s actually something
else entirely that makes him a Jedi.
At this point, the Kanji are done talking, and immediately open fire on the group, leading
Luke to cleanly weave his yellow blade to every blaster bolt and deflect them back with
menacing power.
After realizing that Luke Skywalker is actually a Jedi, their minds immediately go back to
a bounty placed on him by Palpatine, switching their plans to kill the two wookiees and only
stun the Jedi.
After hearing this, Luke wants to immediately retreat for the safety of the group, but Chewwie
is very reluctant because this is the only elad he has to finding Han…
Skywalker fully understands his friend’s situation, but eases his mind by telling him
that they can’t even be certain that Jango is boba, and they’ll find another way.
Chwwie then roars in pain, and rushes out into the open, firing on the Kanji with pure
rage and anger.
After releasing his anger on the Kanji criminals, the crew escape through a back hatch in the
structure, but are met by even more trouble on the other side.
Luke is going to have to pull something huge off to escape this one.
On his mark, Luke force pushes a speeder into the most dangerous Kanji, while the two wookiees
commandeer the vehicle and prepare the escape.
Luke then hops on top of the speeder to protect the others with his bright yellow lightsaber,
allowing them to escape just in the nick of time.
Unfortunately, their encounter with these savage criminals isn’t over just yet, Luke
is forced to remain on the hood of the speeder as they travel through the narrow streets
of Nar Shaddaa, with snipers posted on the rooftops of every corner.
Luke then immediately comms over to artoo, warning him to get the Falcon ready because
he’s going to be coming in hot very shortly.
Moments later, the Wookies dive into the Falcon and rush to the cockpit, immediately taking
off to safety, and away from the deadly streets of Nar Shaddaa.
The Kanji criminals are disgusted that they managed to let the crew go, but one of them
suggests that they should report the presence of this crew to the Imperial Garrison on the
planet Vandor, which is of course another Reference to Solo: A star Wars story, and
was the planet where Han helped Beckett out with the train heist for the Coaxium.
Either way, his criminal friend brushes this off and says “what, do you think?
That guy was a jedi”...
Back on the Falcon, Threepio apologises for disturbing Luke so soon after the battle,
and Luke asks where they will drop Sagwa off after his incredible help…
Threepio then responds by telling his master that Sagwa intends to join the rebel alliance,
and after recent events he wants to move on from his contacts on Nar Shaddaa and never
look back.
Being very pleased to hear that, Luke is again interrupted, this time by Artoo who says he
has a deeply important message to share with him.
Luke knows that whenever artoo has a message, it usually ends up being important…
Artoo then reveals that while on board the death star, we managed to hack into the coputer
systems and uncover a list of former Jedi outposts across the galaxy, which excites
Luke as he’ll finally be able to study more of the Jedi’s history and learn about their
practices and traditions…
Luke even makes fun of how convenient it was that ARtoo has Just what he needs, when he
needs it…
Either way, Artoo lists off all of the Jedi outposts he found on the Death star, before
Sagwa calls Luke over to join him and Chewie in the cockpit because he has received a Transmission
from General Organa, who needs the FAlcon to return to the main Rebel fleet immediately
for a very mysterious and cryptic reason…
It seems that that Rebel alliance has received a coded message from an unknown party, claiming
to be in possession of Han Solo, inviting them to a large display…
We of course know that this message is from Qi’ra and Crimson dawn, who are eager to
make their return to the Galaxy and put their name back on the map with a massive target
like Han Solo.
So that is Episode #1.1 of the War of the Bounty Hunters story, which will all be tying
into the Book of Boba Fett and the hunt for Han Solo, who is still frozen in Carbonite.
Thanks so much for watching, really hope you enjoyed the video.
Cheers guys, hope to see you in the next one!