CT Darth Vader's motivation for hiring Bounty Hunters

It can't be because he was out of options because it would show his Admirals were inept and by virtue the whole Navy. Is it possible that it was too much trouble so by turning the Rebels into wanted fugitives it would discredit the Republican cause.

The moment he had that conversation with Emperor Sidious he immediately went behind the Admiralty and although Vader was the most snr officer on board that ship the Imperial Navy must have had many leading officials.

Skirting official channels he gets the fugitives whacked off and for good measure snatch Luke in the process. He had no idea how the hunters would ensnare the Millennium Falcon but it would serve to be a more sly method of getting the job done.

While I know we see Lord Vader did try to bring the Falcon in with the Stormtroopers almost from the moment he came across these tricky customers he realized the Rebels were no idiots and could easily outmaneuver the tactics and technology of the Top Brass.

I reckon he did not trust them to deliver Luke to the Emperor so the only alternative was to think outside the box. Bringing in Bounty Hunters would outrage them but he did not care. They might have wanted to put him on trial and damage the reputation of the Empire serving to further the spread of the Republicans. He served the Sith and the Imperialists be damned.

 

He employed them because he knew what a cool scene it would make in TESB.

But seriously, Vader always held the Imperial officers in fairly low regard. He's a slave boy from the back waters of the galaxy and he had no time for bureaucratic procedures and chains of command (The Emperor aside). He wanted the guys with the 'street' knowledge who would get on the ground and get the job done.

 

Bounty hunters are trained to find people. Probe droids only follow orders and Imperial squadrons, I would assume, have neither training for nor experience with trying to track down a certain individual or space vessel in an enormous galaxy

 

Vader did not have access to Palpatine's Red Guard, so he needed true hunters to find Luke's friends.

 

Well, it was pretty obvious that his Admirals weren’t having any luck finding the Millennium Falcon. And remember, Boba Fett was the one who eventually tracked them to Cloud City. Unlike the Imperial officers, he was able to see through Han’s old smuggler trick of just floating away with the garbage.

Also, it makes even more sense if he knew about Han Solo’s past as a smuggler. Bounty hunters would probably know a few old smuggler’s tricks that Imperial officers would never even consider.

 

lol just noticed the title

 

From a nitpicky "in-universe" point of view I would pay real money to learn what the Imperials thought when Boba Fett requested

1. To bring his ship aboard the Avenger and
2. have it jettisoned with the garbage

Anybody with an alert mind among the Imperials could have concluded, that Fett was expecting the Falcon to be somehow attached to the Avenger, but apparently nobody cared or was just following orders.

One more reason for Vader to call for the bounty hunters. Nevertheless, he appeared eager to show them what they were up against (in terms of competition) when he assembled them in the radar room of the Executor.

 

I completely agree with the posters that putting a bounty on the Falon's crew was the sensible decision to make. However what is of interest is the reaction of the Imperial officers. I can just imagine the top brass being outraged they were not consulted by what Vader was doing. We see in ANH Vader had contempt for the Grand Council. Lord Vader was also going through a lot of snr officers at that time. Impatient and ungracious towards the chain of command. He trusted rogue Bounty Hunters ahead of seasoned Stormtroopers.

I happen a guess he must have learnt of Han Solo and Leia nearly getting caught by one of Jabba the Hutt's hunter and looked into that seeing that he was onto a winner by choosing the dregs of galaxy to help him locate the Falcon's crew.

 

Bob the X-Winger wrote

I happen a guess he must have learnt of Han Solo and Leia nearly getting caught by one of Jabba the Hutt's hunter and looked into that seeing that he was onto a winner by choosing the dregs of galaxy to help him locate the Falcon's crew.

Exactly. From the bounty hunters' point of view they'd get the double reward for the same job, but would get nothing at all, had the Empire captured Solo before them...

I'm still curious whether Fett, Dengar and Bossk had formed a team and would later share their reward.

 

Dark...Vader.

ROFL

 

He ran out of Inquisitors.

 

Sorry about the title people. Typo.

 

Vader lacked patience, and his patience was sorely tried during that film.

 

boba fett flew his ship to the sd that''s how he got there. he attached and detached (if that's what happened) his ship himself.

 

I thought he was called Dark Fader for a few years there. Kept waiting for his to him to vanish...

 

Vader's logic could have been as simple as ''set a thief to catch a thief.'' If you want to catch a criminal lowlife scoundrel, give the job to people who routinely deal with criminal lowlife scoundrels - the Bounty Hunters. And he didn't just bring a random group together either - these were the cream of the crop, Fett was the best but the rest were all pretty damn good too.

 

4-LOM and Zuckuss were partners, but the rest were fiercely independent.

 

I imagine you can't figure out who a bounty hunter is working for just by looking at them, whereas if you see a stormtrooper, you know exactly who their employer is. Since the Rebels were trying to hide, the hunters could probably go to a lot of places where the stormtroopers couldn't and not draw too much attention and immediately alert their quarry.

 

Exactly. Bounty hunters could blend in better with the Rebels as they would know the lay of the land better, know how to act without arousing suspicion.

 

Vader hired Boba to investigate Luke in the new Marvel comics, after ANH. That's when he first discovers he has a son. He is absolutely fuming mad at the Emperor for lying to him about Padme, but chooses to withhold his discovery. So along with Inquisitors, Boba Fett and other bounty hunters, he's always had a connection with mercanaries.

 

I just wish they were called county hunters... Sounds like a new reality TV show.

 

This, the Imperial starfleet's expertise wasn't in chasing down criminals, its in warfare and maintaining order, so Vader subcontracted out to professionals in that area. At the very least, it was a way for Vader to further expand the net and increase his chances of capturing the MF.

 

The only explanation needed is in the opening crawl:
The evil lord Darth Vader,
obsessed with finding young
Skywalker...

 

It was clear that he would not normally do this, but it is possible that he was desperate, or wanted to work behind the Emperors back.