Wondering what would happen to Boba’s reputation when he returned to find Solo gone, IG-88 entered the ship. Expecting a trap, IG-88 waited for Boba to leave his ship. Noting Boba’s skill and his resolve, IG-88 concluded that he would defeat Boba because of the organic’s weakness of arrogance. After a cybernetic droid smith called RB919 rebuilt and programed IG-88, the droid killed its savior, as ordered by Deva Lompop, and was ready to hunt once again.ĭeva Lompop provided IG-88 with specs on Boba Fett and security codes for his ship, and the droid studied them so that it was prepared when it arrived on Tatooine.

So, she tasked a bounty hunter named Deva Lompop with tracking down IG-88 and putting him on Boba’s trail. Qi’ra wanted the famed droid to assist in Crimson Dawn’s second heist involving Han Solo. IG-88 was abandoned after that, but Crimson Dawn had a plan. IG-88 had intended to use a remote to disable Vader’s cybernetics, but the Dark Lord had co-opted the droid’s plan and made IG-88 blow its own head off. However, as anyone would have expected, Vader triumphed. Sly Moore, who was bound and determined to kill Darth Vader, had hired IG-88 to terminate the Sith Lord. IG-88 probably would have gotten in on the action sooner, but he was busy for most of the hostilities during The War of the Bounty Hunters. RELATED: Star Wars' Newest Darth Vader Twist May Make the Sith Lord More Powerful Than Ever So, when IG-88 fought Boba in this issue, the droid was only one of many credit-hungry hunters that Boba had fended off on his mission. It turned out that Crimson Dawn had stolen Solo, so Boba had a good reason for being late. The slug of a crime lord was displeased with Boba’s delay in bringing the carbonite-frozen Han Solo to his palace on Tatooine.

With that said, after the droid’s confrontation with Boba Fett in Star Wars: IG-88 #1 - by Rodney Barnes, Guiu Vilanova, Antonio Fabela, and VC’s Ariana Maher – there was officially a new, best bounty hunter in the galaxy.ĭuring The War of the Bounty Hunters crossover series, nearly every hunter in the galaxy has tried to collect the bounty on Boba Fett that Jabba had ordered against him. Star Wars has been ripe with bounty hunters over the years: Bossk, Dengar, Aurra Sing, and Cad Bane were some of the best, but many people considered IG-88 to be the best bounty hunter in the galaxy during the time of the Original Trilogy.

WARNING: The following contains spoilers from Star Wars: IG-88 #1, on sale now from Marvel Comics.

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