Boba Fett Books

I enjoyed this book even though I really don't like Jacen turing to the dark side. I still remember him as he was in the young jedi series. Now he is the apprentice of Lumiya, a sith and an old enemy of his father's. Boba Fett is dying and trying to find a kaminoan scientist to help him. It makes him a little more human.He is also trying to find his daughter who he hasn't seen in 50 years. He finally finds his daughter but he finds out she has died by the hands of Jacen. If you want see how Jacen falls deeper to the dark side then read this book.

I'm really enjoying this series within the series. I hated the New Order series about the Vong. I thought it was pointless. Yes, there were some good books but overall I didn't like the series. However, I'm really getting into the changing of Jacen Solo. I've always been interested in Jacen and Jaina. I know a lot of people are saying it's a repeat of Anakin Skywalker's turn. Maybe it is, but I think it's more. Jacen is older and more mature. He knows what he is doing and getting into. He is wanting to become a Sith Lord. I really got into this second book of the series. I felt that Karen Traviss wrote the thoughts and feelings very well. She explored issues with Ben Skywalker being brought into this and being in the middle. I didn't really care for the Bobo Fett sections of the book. I didn't understand why he was in even in the book other than the author loves Mandolores. I hope that this series doesn't become an action only series. I've only read the first two and am looking forward to picking up the rest. I know what a Sith Lord can do the universe. I saw Darth Vader. I want to see what they go through on the journey. What they think and feel. I highly recommend this series and this book to all Star Wars fans.

It was hard to follow, and didn't really have much to do with the past book. This author also made one of my favorite charecters, Boba Fett look really bad. It was the only book in the series that I didn't really enjoy. You will probably have to read it if you want to know what is going on in the series, but it won't be the most enjoyable time of your life. I got very bored of this book really fast.

I love Karen's books. She is great, but not even she could make up for this silly story. On the one hand you have all the goofy behavior of the characters. Jacen Solo--it makes me laugh. He's playing the martyr roll to the silly extreme. "Oh woe is me, I know everyone will hate me if I do these things, but it is the right thing and has to be done, so I'll do it." Even when he tortures someone to death, it doesn't quite dawn on him that he's probably not one of the good guys anymore. Its just another rehashing of the old Anakin plot. There HAS to be order in the galaxy, and of course the ONLY person who can do that is Jacen? Give me a break.

What's even more silly is that suddenly the GA are the bad guys, yet nobody ever says why. Not to mention that Luke--has allowed the Jedi to get roped back into "protecting" the government, which is exactly what lead to their downfall the first time. It is as if all those decades of experience amounted to nothing. Continuing the sillyness is their 13 year old son that they simply let run around and do whatever he wants. Jedi or not, the kid is still a kid, and although I sympathize with him to some extent, I get tired of hearing about his whining inner dialogue about being viewed as just a kid, or just luke's kid. The little family problems just got so ridiculous that they detracted from the story completely.

The saving grace of the book is the Fett storyline, which is masterfully done. It is nice seeing the world from his perspective for once. Yes its cool viewing him as this mysterious bad-guy, but that's just not enough after this many years. Karen does a fabulous job of showing his humanity, or what little he can possess given his background.

Sadly, I found skipping over all chapters of the troubles of the Skywalker & Solo families left a really great Karen Traviss story about our favorite bounty hunter, Boba Fett. It was almost like it was two different authors writing the intersecting story lines. Boba Fett's story was excellent and I can't wait for the author's next installment of stories of renegade clones/Mando warriors to be added to the Star Wars cannon.

I wouldn't call this the most deep or complex Star Wars Spinoff, but, after all these years, it is one of my favorites.

Essentially, Boba Fett goes on three missions for Gorga the Hutt. Each of the three stories can be read on their own, but there is an overarcing plot connecting them all together.

As far as plot and artwork go, it's pretty dark for a Star Wars yarn. In a lot of ways, it seems to have more in common with Cowboy Bebop than it does with Star Wars. This comic is full of chase scenes, savage fights, seedy and corrupt characters, and grim deeds such as graverobbing and cold-blooded murder.

Don't get me wrong, this book has a lot of comedy. However, the humor is absolutely black. One "gag" (for lack of a better word) depicts the fresh remains of a half-eaten hutt. Believe-it-or-not, that's not even the most disturbing visual in the book.

One of the coolest moments is when Wagner and Kennedy first introduce Fett. The first time you see him, he's doing what he does best: chasing down a group of bounty heads...all with a chillingly calm demeanor.

For the first time, I actually enjoyed Cam Kennedy's unusual choice of coloring. I hated it in Dark Empire, but it really captured the mood and atmosphere in Fett's adventures.

For those who don't know what I'm talking about, Cam Kennedy made his Star Wars debut with the limited series Dark Empire and his method of coloring divided a lot of fans. For each page or set of pages, Kennedy uses a single color. Let's say that color was red. This means that everything on that page would be a different degree of red, even the charcters. It was like looking at the world through a set of stained lenses.

The problem is that, in Dark Empire, the colors he used often weren't appropriate for the scene. This distracted from the reading expreience.

However, where he failed in DE, he succeeded here. From the brown rugged canyons, to the green toxic waste junkyard, every color matches the atmosphere and/or mood for the scene.

This comic also features the first and only appearance of my 2nd favorite Expanded Universe character: Wim Magwit. Cross the physique, resourcefulness, and charisma of Bilbo Baggins or Willow with the showmanship of magician David Copperfield and you'll have this character. He has the unique "privilege" of being Fett's sidekick for a time.

Another bonus is that this book came out in 1998. So, if you're like me and you hated how they destroyed the mystery when they revealed Fett's origins in 2002, just dig into this one and pretend that Attack of the Clones never happened. This book keeps Fett enigmatic, just the way we like him.

So click that order button and prepare for a wild, shocking, but ultimately rewarding ride.

This was a great graphic novel with the exception of the art. Reading it, I was under the impression that the only color available to the artist was green. Still, the story was good (not to mention interesting) concerning a Hutt getting married. Another con about the art is the fact that Bar-Kooda looks almost exactly like Ry-Kooda. Another downside to the story is the end. (SPOILERS AHEAD) The end is highly predictable, what with Boba riding off into the sunset with his mission complete.(SPOILERS END) This still gets 4 stars because, simply put, it's Boba Fett, and it's hard to ruin him. Reccommended to Fett fans only.

Nothing to notable here. The plot was overall quite shaky, with an inconsistent mix of humor and action. Cam Kenndey's art is its usual.... uniqueness. Like it or not, it will take some getting used to.

The stories are odd and at times rather ludicrous. Overall, if you want some nice Boba Fett/bounty hunter action, look for 'Enemy of the Empire' and the 'Shadows of the Empire' comic.

Boba fett didn`t die in the pit of carcoon. He escaped after finding out about the inteligent life form inside the salaac. That`s why he was able to be written about in this extreme comic book. Action is kept up through the intire book. It prooves Boba Fett`s skill and power. I love the literature that is used by all of the main people. Boba fett`s calm atmosphere makes his killings seem athentic to his personality. YOU GOTTA READ THIS BOOK!

I can be pretty forgiving where Star Wars is concerned. But the Boba Fett spotlight book "Death, Lies & Treachery" is just plain awful.

The art by Cam Kennedy is ugly, with monochromatic washes on many pages that make it look like a child's paint-by-numbers book. You know the sort of thing I mean; little Timmy doesn't yet understand the correlation between numbers and colors, so he just paints the whole page green. Kennedy's work is like that.

And the story by John Wagner isn't much better. It's a trilogy of sorts, all putting Fett at the beck and call of a Hutt even more loathsome than Jabba. His primary foe (or, rather, his primary foe and his primary foe's brother) is a caricature that one can't even begin to take seriously.

by Tom Knapp, Rambles.(n e t) editor

My grandson loves this series of books....but he had not had to do a real book report until he started middle school. His first one was not good but then he decided to do the next one on this book and he got an "A"!
Excellent reading for Star Wars fans! (my grandson is 11)

I am basically a huge star wars fan and one of my favorite villains was boba fett. In the movies he was very quite but in this you get a glimpse of his history as a young bounty hunterI was a little bit confused on how the plot worked out. I mean at the end he actualy failes getting his bounty because of general grievous who actually fought him. heres how the story goes. Its a nice hot day on tatooine boba enters jabbbas palace tto find out his new bounty. later he arrives on this wierd swampy planet called xagobah he later befriens a giant lizard and so on and so forth.

a pretty good book. my only complaint was that they didn't show much of general grievous, but i can forgive that.

The Boba Fett series are good books because it tells the story from Boba's point of view! But don't read this one first - You won't understand it. Read "The Fight To Survive" first!

Although these books are written for a younger set, I've enjoyed reading about the early adventures of Boba Fett and finding out how he becomes the fearsome bounty hunter of the original movies. In general, the books in this series have been pretty good, taking into account the prose and the plots are pretty simple.

This book however, was not very good at all. The plot is simply boring, with none of the suspense or intrigue found in earlier novels. The dialogues are completely uninteresting, even for a juvenile book. And the 'end' isn't really an end, the book simply runs out of pages. It's as if the publishers told Elizabeth Hand she had to write another book right away and it had to be a certain number of pages. All the while I was reading it, the text felt very rushed and unimaginative, which is sad because the other books in this series have actually been somewhat creative.

I hope that the next book in this series is better, otherwise I'll have to skip anymore books that may be published for Boba Fett.

this is a good collection of Fett One-Shots, though not representative of his work. my main gripe is that 2/4 of the one-shots is done by Cam Kennedy--not my favorite Fett artist. i was glad to see a range of older and newer stuff, but i think DH could've put together a better selection. hopefully, this TPB is successful enough that DH will release another collection, esp given the rarity of some Fett tales, notably Twin Engines of Destruction and the Wizard 1/2.

The graphic novel collects issues seven and twenty-eight of the comic-book series "Star Wars Empire" along with a couple of one-shots.

In "Sacrifice", the governor of Solem hires Fett to hunt down Yolan Bren, a local Rebel leader. I found this to be the weakest story and I had difficulty differentiating between all the green aliens.

"Wreckage" finds Fett searching through the remains of a wrecked Star Destroyer for a mysterious box. This story is undoubtedly the best of the bunch. The vivid artwork is all the more noticeable as the story has very little dialog.

In "Overkill", a junior Imperial officer enlists Fett's talents to help him get a promotion. This story is pretty good too, with a great cartoon-like quality to the artwork.

Finally, an older Boba Fett becomes an "Agent of Doom" when he is hired to hunt down two Imperials engaging in genocide. An okay story with very moody artwork.

While there is nothing new or particularly remarkable here, it is an entertaining addition to any Fett fan's collection.

This is one long story about Boba Fett. Being a huge boba fett fan i found this story to be fairly boring and only moderative creative. I'm happy with my purchase as a mild collector but if you are getting it for reading material it is a marginal storyline at best.