Jawas of Doom Discussion Thread

I just read Marvel's Jawas of Doom, #81. It was fascinating. Boba Fett lives the Sarlacc, only to fall back into the Sarlacc a second time with the Jawa Sandcrawler. This makes more sense why he is half dead when Dengar rescues him. In ROTJ, I could imagine Boba Fett jumping out really easily, and he did, but it would take something much more to beat him up so bad, and thats why this story helps a lot. Also, R2D2 finds himself back in sandcrawler again. What do you all think about this issue?

 

This story *must* be set after RotJ and the escape seen in Tales From Jabba's Palace//The Bounty Hunter Wars Trilogy because it features the main characters, who were otherwise occupied at Endor during his original escape. I have theorized he falls back in after one of his attempts to destroy the creature (seen in Tales from Jabba's Palace and the Dark Empire Sourcebook, IIRC.)

And its canon, referenced in Abel's Mandalorian article.

 

what's Abdel's Mandalorian article? Is that the one that was feature in SW Insider?

 

yes it was in issue 80.

 

cool, i'll have to reread it, i didn't know it mentioned events of Jawas of Doom. thanks

 

To clear things up, this was Boba's second escape from the Sarlacc (as applicable a word as "escape" is, as he was slightly "spat up").

First fall: Return of the Jedi
First escape: A Barve Like That/The Mandalorian Armor/Payback
Second fall: We haven't seen it yet, but we can hope it involves Black Sun.
Second "escape": Jawas of Doom
Third fall: Jawas of Doom
Third escape: The Ordeal of Boba Fett

 

what is The Ordeal of Boba Fett? never heard of that one. A book, or a comic, a link? thanks.

 

how incompetent is boba fett to be trapped in the pit of carkoon 3 separate times?? although i'm a big fan of anything with jawas in it, i think that outside of the "tales of jabba's palace" the other stories can be ruled out.

i mean, okay, maybe falling in the sarlaac twice would be ironic and some-what interesting...but three times? this man is supposed to be the most feared bounty hunter in the galaxy, not a brain-dead gungun.

 

If R2 is back on the sandcrawler again, does this tie in with the Tales story where R2 and 3PO try to escape wearing Jawa costumes?

I'd always placed that as they were walking to Jabba's palace during RotJ (yeah, I know it's infinities, but ...)

 

Fett fell in the Sarlacc once, and got out once. None of this "he kept falling in" bull. That's one of the lamest things I've ever heard.

 

I enjoyed a Star Wars Tale where Bink and Tag save Boba Fett.

 

Though there are discrepancies, most of those escapes from he Sarlacc are meant to be the same escape...and Jawas of Doom (unfortunately) fits somewhere in between.

The circumstances surrounding his escape in TfJP and "Ordeal" are pretty similar, but I think what happens to him afterward differs substantially between those two, doesn't it?

 

I think Maverick merged the non-JoD escapes once, but I could be mis-remembering the thread.

edit: looking at Nathan Butler's timeline, he just ignored the interior notes and bumped Mandalorian Armor forward a bit after RotJ (after Jawas of Doom); I don't see a mention of "Ordeal of Boba Fett", but I guess once JoD is put first "Ordeal" and "Mandalorian Armor"'s accounts can be more easily reconciled.

So we'd have:

-RotJ (falls in)
-Jawas of Doom (burped up, falls in again)
-Mandalorian Armor/Ordeal of Boba Fett (escapes)

Which isn't too bad really.

 

Mandalorian Armor (and the rest of the Bounty Hunter Wars Trilogy for that matter) takes place concurrently with Return of the Jedi--there isn't really any way around that, although I've seen some fans try to tie in the later Marvel issues (with a second battle at Endor) with the references in the novel. It doesn't really work. The order is something like this:

ROTJ/Bounty Hunter Wars (Boba falls in and escapes for the first time.)
Truce at Bakura
(Boba falls in for the second time--Black Sun/Aurra Sing? )
Marvel #81

TC

 

no, i think Kruezader's got it right. It makes more sense. Also, why couldn't their have been some time between ROTJ and Mandalorian Armor? Also, doesn't Dengar save Boba Fett and take him off planet? This is why Mandalorian escape should come last.

 

There can't be any time between ROTJ and the BHW because the books make references to "the upcoming conflict" between the Empire and the Rebels at Endor, and the series ends at about the same point in time the movie does, with everyone learning about the Rebel victory. The whole trilogy (minus the flashbacks) takes place *during* ROTJ. Jawas of Doom takes place afterwards.

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