Star Wars: Empire #28

The character Boba Fett was used to promotion the sequel to Star Wars.  He appears in the Star Wars Holiday Special in 1978 and more importantly, in early 1979, a free Boba Fett action figure is offered on the cardbacks of the original 20 action figures.  With descriptions like "A fearsome interplanetary bounty hunter." and "A threat to the Rebel Alliance, especially Han Solo!", Boba Fett is promoted as another evil villain in the same mold as Darth Vader and he did not disappoint when he showed up on screen!  Fett had a past with Vader that was only hinted at when Vader warned "No disintegrations!" and Fett responds "As you wish."  In a galaxy where Darth Vader kills his own subordinates for mistakes, Fett has no problem challenging Vader twice with his "He's no good to me dead." and "What if he doesn't survive?  He's worth a lot to me." lines.  He only utters one other line in the movie "Put Captain Solo in the cargo hold." and this minimal dialogue just adds to his mystique.

The mysterious, silent Boba Fett is exactly what is delivered in the story Wreckage from Star Wars: Empire #28.  The story starts when two TIE Fighters guarding a wrecked Star Destroyer, the Anya Karu, are destroyed by Slave I.  Fett has 30 minutes to recover an item from the wreckage before another Star Destroyer, the Adjudicator, returns to destroy the downed vessel.  He fights his way through flying creatures and deadly droids to recover the item aboard the destroyer and returns to Slave I just in time.  Later, he is in the office of the captain of the Anya Karu who explains to him the circumstances behind the destoyer's destruction.  The captain asks if Fett retrieved the item which Fett places on the captain's desk.  Eagerly the captain opens the holo-projector which is a recording to him from his deceased wife.  During the captain's soliloquy, Fett utters his only words in the story "Half up front, half upon completion.  That was the deal."  The captain explains he does not have the money, but he knows this does not matter to Fett.  His final words before Fett executes him are "I just wanted to see her once more.  Hear her say my name again.  I loved her so very much."

At the beginning of the story there is chatter between the two TIE pilots and the captain does a lot of talking at the end, but in the middle of the story, the only words are captions used to denote the time Fett has left to complete his mission.  In many comics that feature him, Fett is much more talkative, so this was a nice return to the way he was original portrayed in the movies.

Star Wars: Empire #28a - Dark Horse Comics, U.S. (December 2004)

The cover shows Boba Fett cautiously entering the wreckage with several of the flying creatures in the background.