Star Wars: Boba Fett, Man with a Mission
by various writers & artists (Dark Horse, 2007)

Man with a Mission is a collection of one-shot stories proving that Boba Fett is the best he is at what he does.

Each story revolves around a single mission for the galaxy's most feared bounty hunter: he chases down a green-skinned Rebel leader and poet for his greedy brother; he scours an Imperial star destroyer for a valuable memento; he assists in fomenting a war between Imperial troops and a local population while displacing an unpopular leader; and he tracks down two architects of genocide. In two cases, he must deal with being shorted on his fee. In one case, he must prove his identity after certain failures (of cinematic notoriety) have marred his reputation. In all four tales, he goes up against tall odds and comes out, of course, on top.

That said, Man with a Mission seemed to me like a fairly uninspired piece of work. The stories are nice, certainly providing a heapin' helpin' of Boba for anyone with a hankering for more. But they don't really add much dimension to the character; you don't come to know him better, or understand his motivations more, or anything that could make Boba Fett any more interesting to readers than his few brief scenes in the movies already did.

He does each job with ruthless detachment, collects his fee and moves on. That's all there is to it. How often does it need to be seen?




Rambles.NET
review by
Tom Knapp

6 October 2007






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