Boba Fett's final hunt - Fenn Shysa

Hey All

Maybe you can help me out here. SO I was reading my Star Wars mag issue #80, they talked about the Mandalorians. It says that Boba went back to Taun We to get his leg fix and asked Boba to take one last job: to hunt Fenn Shysa.

Now is this story publish anywhere? Novels? Comic Books? Please help.

thanks

Fettex

 

Not yet.

 

Without seducing me into Mando witting them, who precisely is Fenn Shysa, please? The bloke mentioned him or her in Twin Engines of Destruction, but some of us don't have the Marvellous comics. What makes that Mando unique?

 

Twin Engines of Destruction was about Boba Fett hunting Jodo Kast, not Fenn Shysta, Excellence.

Fenn Shysta was one of the leaders of the Mandalorian resistance to the Empire. Princess Leia briefly had a love-interest with Fenn as they freed the planet Mandalore. The SW Insider article indicates Fenn was also involved in a Mandalorian attack on Kamino sometime before the OT. Taun We apparently wanted revenge on Fenn for that attack.

 

Yes, but Dala and Shysa are mentioned in it.

Fenn Shysa was Fett's compatriate during the Clone Wars, along with Tobi Dala. Shysa and Dala each had the Mandalorian Armor.

This is all going by the Marvel comics, of course, but the history has been retconned nicely, so far, by the Mandalorian article in that recent Insider.

 

I think Fenn actually ended up saving Boba's life on Shogun (or was it the other way 'round?) but Fenn died in the end, and so our favorite Bounty Hunter became Mandalore.

 

Whoa. I'm confused. Boba Fett is Mandalore? As in, he's the leader of the Mandalorians during the time of the classic trilogy? Or are you saying he's just been accepted into a Mandalorian clan?

 

If I am correct. Boba became Mandalore during the NJO order, or a little before that. Not during the Old Trilogy

 

"Without seducing me into Mando witting them, who precisely is Fenn Shysa, please? The bloke mentioned him or her in Twin Engines of Destruction, but some of us don't have the Marvellous comics. What makes that Mando unique?"

Fenn Shysa was a cop on Mandalore, with his friend Tobbi Dala, and then joined Spar's(Alpha 02) Mandalorian supercommando's. After the war ended Fenn and Tobbi went back to Mandalore. During this time the Empire took it over, and it wasn't until about 20 years later that it was freed from the Empire, with the help of Leia Organa. Tobbi however died in the process.

All of Mandalore's problems fell on Shysa. He became Mandalore(Mandalore's first Lord in a long time), and rallied his people to join the alliance. He later was able to defeat Grand Admiral Miltin Tekel, and take back the Mandalore Sector. Fenn later went on to help the Alliace fight off the Nagai and Tofs, and soon after Lord Shadowspawn.

Why is he unique? Fenn Shya returned the title Mandalore back to it's lordship class, took back the Mandalore sector, rebuilt the Mandalorian army, and fixed Mandalore's shattered economy.

Thus he's rebuilt the Mandalorian Empire. He ruled for 20 years, until he died saving Boba Fett from some enemy on the planet of Shogun. Now Boba Fett his Mandalore.

 

In the comic fenn states how when palpatine took over (earliest reference ive seen of his name) that they had to "enter the clone wars" fighting against the good guys. Anyone care to explain?

 

So you're saying that at some point in the post-ROTJ-era, he becomes the leader of the Mandalorians? But...he's not Mandalorian, is he? And my impression from the KOTOR series is that they're a pretty xenophobic lot...

 

Well, Jango was from Concord Dawn, which I think is a Mandalorian world, so yes, Boba is Mandalorian.

 

well aside from not being born on Mandalore, Boba is about as mandalorian as they come now a days. His father was brought into the group in his youth, became the groups leader, and later was the sole survivor of the Mandalorian commandos/warriors/raiders in the galaxy at large. Then as Boba is a clone of Jango, he basically inherits all that. And is sufficiently Mandalorian enough for this retcon. Which does make some sense.

His referring to Tobi and Fenn in Twin Engines, was more of a "I know who wears the armour" kinda thing, as I dont believe he actually met Fenn or Tobi until his hunt of Fenn on Shogun. I havent read the Mandalorian Insider article, but thats what I gather from all the talk back in the big thread. Fenn and Tobi believed Spar to be Boba. Hey why not eh? he looks like Jango, maybe younger, who knew there was a planet just popping out Jangos left right and centre eh? It must be the great Jango's son. Where the real Boba was off doing his own thing while the Mandalorians ran amuck against the Republic and coincidentally Kamino.

 

Not to mention the only differance between Spar's and Boba's armors were that Spar had a hunting kama on his.

 

was it actually mentioned where Spar got his set of armour?
I'm assuming he stole a set from Jango and made off. Otherwise it might be difficult to come by.

 

Hang on - Spar remains alive until Ailyn kills him, takes his armour, and starts to impersonate her father.

But if Ailyn's armour (identical to Boba's) is Spar's...

Spar becomes one of the various Bobas...

Going by the "multiple Bobas" theory, at least one "Boba Fett" is actually Spar.

- The Imperial Ewok

 

which probably didnt hurt his reputation

 

Okay, then maybe I'm confused about the nature of "being Mandalorian". Does that adjective describe a species or a race? I always thought Mandalorians were a non-human species.

 

They're a race of humans who've colonized Mandalore at some point in the distant past.

 

The Mandalorians were ONCE a grey skinned alien race, that were humanoid, but not human. They colonized Mandalore.

Humans and other species were converted into the Mandalorians.

 

The transition from alien to human seemed to happen pretty quick. They were aliens in Sith War and then at least partly human in KotOR. Unless Canderous wasn't human...

 

Okay, you three: since you all have answered my question differently, varying from human, to alien once but now human, to "partly" human, I gotta pull out the big guns: PPOR, please.

 

canderous never did refer to himself as human it seems. It felt funny, I can almost picture Canderous being replaced with one of hte large grey skinned warriors from the Sith War. I was actually quite upset they didnt use the alien Mandalorians. Which had been established as the norm at that time frame. I cant see a bunch of humans being as scary to the rest of the galaxy as those brutes looked. Even in that raggedy artistic way, they still looked pretty tough.

Otherwise, being Mandalorian is more of a culture thing. Its not so much of a race thing (not anymore), I believe in Fenn's and Boba's new Mandalorian Protectors, there are several species evident. Culture and training anyway I suppose, the fancy armour doesnt hurt either.

 

"Okay, you three: since you all have answered my question differently, varying from human, to alien once but now human, to "partly" human, I gotta pull out the big guns: PPOR, please."

However only one is right, and since my info comes from the Mandalorian article..well.

The Mandalorians were a race of warriors, a grey skinned species. Before the Mandalorian Wars took place, the Mandalorian race converted other speices to their cuase in order to have more warriors for the war. Thus humans and other species came into play and were concidered equals.

Canderous is just human.

 

Cool. I understand now.