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Star Wars: The Bounty Hunter Wars #1-3
Star Wars: The Bounty Hunter Wars Trilogy
He's both feared and admired, respected and despised. He is Boba Fett - the galaxy's most successful bounty hunter.
758 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 1999
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About the author
K.W. Jeter
112 books366 followersKevin Wayne Jeter (born 1950) is an American science fiction and horror author known for his literary writing style, dark themes, and paranoid, unsympathetic characters. He is also credited with the coining of the term "Steampunk." K. W. has written novels set in the Star Trek and Star Wars universe, and has written three (to date) sequels to Blade Runner.
Series:
* Doctor Adder
Series contributed to:
* Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
* Alien Nation
* Blade Runner
* Star Wars: The Bounty Hunter Wars
* The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror
* The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror
Series:
* Doctor Adder
Series contributed to:
* Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
* Alien Nation
* Blade Runner
* Star Wars: The Bounty Hunter Wars
* The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror
* The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror
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April 8, 2013
I'm always skeptical of having an author write about the minor characters that appear in a movie. Sure, Boba Fett or Darth Vader we all know and love but the minor bounty hunters that appeared for 5 seconds in the film? Lucky for me, this book does it right. It feels like a Star Wars novel. Your never mad at the book for putting in something that makes you feel like it would never happen in that world. And those of us who are Star Wars geeks can truly appreciate that. Too many times have things ruined parts of our belief in that universe. (Jar-Jar anyone?) I thank K.W. Jeter for taking a character we ALL thought was cool (Boba Fett) and making him even cooler!
October 31, 2025
These were the first Star Wars Legends novels I ever read, and I enjoyed the hell out of them. The story has a different tone from the general franchise as all of the characters are morally questionable, yet the constant scheming and betrayals made sure it never got predictable. This kept the series engaging until the very end.
March 5, 2019
I started a long Star Wars read starting with the earliest prequel books, so by the time I got to this point I was pretty burnt out. Yet, I managed to really enjoy this trilogy.
August 18, 2024
Brutal read. No offense to the author.
October 25, 2013
I would not suggest this book to anyone that is not a Star Wars fan. I love the character of Boba Fett and always wanted to know more about the other bounty hunters but this is not the way to do it. I generally devour Star Wars books, and even though this is a 3-in-1, it shouldn't have taken me 6 months to read. I even had to resort to my one chapter a night to get through it.
The worst part is this is my second time reading it. So generally you read faster since you already have an idea of what is going on. No. I don't remember almost anything about these books. So from here, spoiler alert!!! What I'm writing after this is a synopsis so I don't need to read these for a very long time.
The books spend a lot of time jumping between time frames. One durjng the events of Return of the Jedi and the other years previous. It's a little hard to keep track of stuff.
In Mandalorian Armor most of the focus is on healing Boba from the Sarlaac and just keeping him alive from his enemies, which we aren't sure who they are yet. Dengar also tells Neelah (previous dancing girl of Jabba's, who has had her memory wiped and joins Boba as she believes that he can assist her in finding out who she really is) the story of how Boba joined the Bounty Hunters Guild. It was his job to destroy the guild from within. Here we meet other hunters like Bossk, Zuckuss,and Cradossk. We also learn thay Boba has information that was planted that if brought to light would have shown that Prince Xizor was present during the raid on a Tatoonie mositure farm.
During Slave Ship we continue to learn about the kind of person Neelah is, trying to determine her real story. Boba Fett tricks Bossk out of his ship the Hound's Tooth, leaving Slave I to be taken by the Alliance. We learn the information that Boba Fett has on Xizor could have been damaging to his relationship with the Empire and might have brought Black Sun into the Emperor's sights. Now the trick is to find out who really fabricated the evidence. Kuat of Kuat is very interested in Boba Fett and in Neelah.
In Hard Merchandise, Kuat Drive Yards is in the middle of the power struggle between the Empire and Alliance. Everything hinges in the battle taking place at Endor. The Scavenger Squadron is sent to KDY to ensure the Empire doesn't take possession of the new ships. Boba Fett finally fjnds out about the fabricated evidence. Neelah finally regains her memories. And Dengar finally decides that being Boba Fett's partner isn't worth his life.
The worst part is this is my second time reading it. So generally you read faster since you already have an idea of what is going on. No. I don't remember almost anything about these books. So from here, spoiler alert!!! What I'm writing after this is a synopsis so I don't need to read these for a very long time.
The books spend a lot of time jumping between time frames. One durjng the events of Return of the Jedi and the other years previous. It's a little hard to keep track of stuff.
In Mandalorian Armor most of the focus is on healing Boba from the Sarlaac and just keeping him alive from his enemies, which we aren't sure who they are yet. Dengar also tells Neelah (previous dancing girl of Jabba's, who has had her memory wiped and joins Boba as she believes that he can assist her in finding out who she really is) the story of how Boba joined the Bounty Hunters Guild. It was his job to destroy the guild from within. Here we meet other hunters like Bossk, Zuckuss,and Cradossk. We also learn thay Boba has information that was planted that if brought to light would have shown that Prince Xizor was present during the raid on a Tatoonie mositure farm.
During Slave Ship we continue to learn about the kind of person Neelah is, trying to determine her real story. Boba Fett tricks Bossk out of his ship the Hound's Tooth, leaving Slave I to be taken by the Alliance. We learn the information that Boba Fett has on Xizor could have been damaging to his relationship with the Empire and might have brought Black Sun into the Emperor's sights. Now the trick is to find out who really fabricated the evidence. Kuat of Kuat is very interested in Boba Fett and in Neelah.
In Hard Merchandise, Kuat Drive Yards is in the middle of the power struggle between the Empire and Alliance. Everything hinges in the battle taking place at Endor. The Scavenger Squadron is sent to KDY to ensure the Empire doesn't take possession of the new ships. Boba Fett finally fjnds out about the fabricated evidence. Neelah finally regains her memories. And Dengar finally decides that being Boba Fett's partner isn't worth his life.
May 11, 2023
I love star wars in general but this book(s) was incredibly slow. If I have to be reminded one more time that Neelah knows Boba I'm going to lose my mind. I've known this for the last 150 pages, please stop reminding me
March 27, 2013
The story was good, but too cerebral for me. It would have flowed better without exhaustively repetitive internal dialogue of the characters.
July 15, 2013
During one of my many moves, I got rid of these books. It's one of my life's greatest regrets.
December 31, 2023
Fine enough. Some interesting ideas, but a lot of the trilogy is spent telling us how awesome Boba Fett is, without really showing it. That, and he's pretty boring here.
March 17, 2010
pretty good.. not as bad ass as I wished it would be but worth reading all three books.
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