The Book Of Boba Fett – Chapter 1: Stranger in a Strange Land

In present day Tatooine, Boba Fett has a dream about his past. While inside a Sarlacc[a] Fett struggles within its digestive system. He retrieves an oxygen unit from the armor of a swallowed Stormtrooper before punching a hole through the sarlacc’s gut and firing a flamethrower, creating a hole in which he escapes the creature. A weakened Fett climbs out of the Great Pit of Carkoon and is left for dead by Jawas who steal his Mandalorian armor and jetpack. Later, a group of Tusken Raiders stumble upon the unconscious Fett and drag him through the sands to their encampment. That night, Fett awakens, bound to a wooden post, seated nearby a red Rodian. Fett manages to untie his ropes and attempts to escape, but the Rodian cries, alerting the rest of the Tusken clan. Fett tries to run but fails to escape the Tuskens. The next day, Fett and the Rodian are forced to dig for black melons in the desert until they are attacked by a large sand creature that kills the Rodian. Fett kills the creature, saving a Tusken child. The tribe’s chieftain gives a black melon to Fett.

Five years later,[1] in Fett’s palace on Tatooine,[b] Fennec Shand wakes Fett up in his Bacta Pod and they travel with their two new Gamorrean bodyguards to a Mos Espa cantina, where Max Rebo and a Bith are performing. An astromech droid asks why they are here, and Shand tells him that they have business with Madam Garsa Fwip. Fett allows two Twi’leks to clean their helmets while they wait for Fwip. Fwip welcomes them to the Sanctuary and Fett introduces Shand and informs her that he has replaced Bib Fortuna as daimyo of Tatooine. He then introduces himself and reassures her that her business will continue under his watchful eye. Fwip thanks him for personally traveling to The Sanctuary, saying he is always welcome and has Twi’leks return their helmets with Fett’s being filled with credits as tribute.

The two are then ambushed by six crimson-clad figures from the Order of the Night Wind, armed with plasma pikes and energy shields. The Night Wind assassins surround the two in a circle and a fight ensues, with Fett and Shand barely holding their own before the Gamorreans come to their aid, breaking the circle, and allowing Fett and Shand to regain the upper hand. They dispatch three of the attackers and lead the other three to attempt to escape. Fett fires a rocket at one, disintegrating the attacker. The other two climb to the rooftops, and are pursued by Shand, retrieving her helmet on the way. Before leaving, Fett tells Shand to capture them alive. Shand catches up and disarms them, knocking one off the rooftop to his death and capturing the other. The Gamorreans bring Fett back to the palace and into his Bacta Pod.