Boba Fett was among the most infamous and dangerous bounty hunters during the Imperial
era, with him being Darth Vader’s go to hunter during the Galactic Civil War.
So when Boba was not tracking down a target or bringing one back to his client, what did
he do in his free time?
While growing up on Kamino, young Boba was given access to most of the facilities on
the water world as a privilege of being Jango’s
chosen son.
As such, while his father was busy overseeing the training of the future clone
army or taking bounties too dangerous for his son to
come with, Boba was known to spend much of his time reading books and data pads borrowed
from the library on Tipoca City.
Much of what he read centered around starfighters, including
how they worked, and the tactics used for space battles.
Following Jango Fett’s death on Geonosis, Boba Fett was left completely traumatized,
with the memory of his father’s demise haunting him
for many years after.
Once he became a successful bounty hunter as a young man, he spent much
of his free time with Zeltron and Twi’lek women.
He likely spent most of his off time on the planet Zeltros, a party world filled with
every imaginable entertainment establishment, with
the local authority going out of its way to ensure
every visitor was having a good time.
Although these early bounty hunting years brought a life many his age could only dream
off, it appeared a lot of these things were done not
purely out of pleasure, but to distract himself from
Jango’s death.
No matter what he did, he could not forget Jango, as every time he looked into a
mirror he saw his father’s face.
Despite this early success as a bounty hunter, Boba realized he wanted a different life,
a normal peaceful one.
He eventually fell in love with a woman named Sintas Vel.
The two of them got married, with Boba being sixteen and her eighteen
at the time.
The two of them settled on the planet Concord Dawn, a world within Mandalorian space.
Trying to commit to this new life, Boba gave up bounty
hunting and instead joined the local law enforcement agency, known as the Journeyman
Protectors.
A year into their marriage, the young couple had a daughter named Ailyn.
A few years went on as normal, until one day a well-connected
officer within the Journeyman Protectors sexually assaulted Sintas.
Fearing embarrassment as well as what her husband would do in retribution,
she kept it a secret.
However, Boba eventually found out, and he ended up killing the man who
had attacked her.
As a result, he was exiled from Concord Dawn.
His relationship with Sintas also fell apart, as he
felt he couldn’t trust her anymore, with him even doubting that Ailyn was his own daughter.
The two got a divorce, with Sintas remaining with
Ailyn on Concord Dawn while Boba returned to his
life as a bounty hunter.
Although they separated, they eventually were able to forgive one another, with Boba later
in his life coming to protect his former family from
an assassination plot.
As a bounty hunter again, Boba likely returned to his life of partying and being a ladies’
man.
He eventually became close with a fellow bounty
hunter named Xasha.
They went on some missions together and lived on Nar Shaddaa.
Despite being a successful bounty hunter again, both Boba and Xasha were always out of money,
likely from them spending it all on a very luxurious lifestyle.
Due to their financial troubles, Xasha used other means of attaining money, including
selling stormtrooper armor on the black market, which
Boba disliked as doing so went against Imperial law.
Eventually she sold his own DNA behind his back to the Empire, who were seeking to use
it for their cloning experiments.
Boba soon discovered this, and although we don’t know what
happened to Xasha afterwards, they likely went their separate ways as Fett felt she
had betrayed him.
Boba continued bounty hunting throughout the height of the Galactic Civil War, only taking
a short break to recover from his injuries from
the Sarlacc.
About 23 years following the destruction of the first Death Star, Boba
was sent on his final bounty hunting mission, to kill a
man named Fenn Shysa, who was the current Mandalore at the time.
Although the exact details of their confrontation are unknown, it is
said Fenn Shysa sacrificed himself to save Boba, with
his dying wish being for Fett to become the next Mandalore.
Boba honored this, ending his long career as a bounty hunter and becoming Mandalore,
leading the Mandalorians against outside threats from that point on.
Around this point in his life, Boba became very puritanical, devoting his life as ruler
of Mandalore and no longer living the pleasure
filled life of his younger years.
As he reached his seventies, Boba had a private residence on the planet Taris, where he
publicly walked around without his armor or helmet, a rarity as before most outside of
his inner circle never saw his real appearance.
While he continued his duties as leader of Mandalore and even went back to bounty hunting
at times, Boba spent most of his off time at
this point attempting to extend his natural life span,
finding a suitable person to succeed him as Mandalore, and mentoring his granddaughter
Mirta Gev following her mother Aileyn’s passing,
who Boba buried alongside Jango’s body after retrieving it from Geonosis with his granddaughter’s
help.