History Literature / TheBountyHunterWars

* VillainHasAPoint: Kuat is TheUnfettered at trying to keep control of Kuat Drive Yards... But given how the other candidates seem to lack his EvenEvilHasStandards and PragmaticVillainy for the corporation, '''''and''''' the risk of hostile takeover by people like [[[[Literature/ShadowsOfTheEmpire Prince Xizor]], he kind-of has to be. That he's shown to be a UniversallyBelovedLeader for the dockworkers doesn't hurt, either.

** The BigBad, Kuat, is willing to do some ruthless things... because he's ProperlyParanoid about the future of his corporation, employees (the non-traitor ones, that is), etc.

* VillainHasAPoint: Kuat is a CorruptCorporateExecutive willing to be TheUnfettered if it means keeping control of Kuat Drive Yards, but he's ultimately ProperlyParanoid in his belief that most -- if not all -- of the other candidates are too greedy and StupidEvil to do anything but run it into the ground. It helps that he's AFatherToHisMen to all of the actual dock-workers, too.

* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:Despite his best efforts, Kuat ultimately loses his corporation anyway, driving him to SuicideAttack his soon-to-be-former place of business rather than leave it to someone with potentially far-less EvenEvilHasStandards than him. Additionally, he retains his AFatherToHisMen status by waiting until all of his soon-to-be-former employees have evacuated, before detonating his bombs. But the cherry on top is when he's last seen waiting to die in the explosions -- his alien pet is revealed to have invoked UndyingLoyalty by his side instead of taking its chance to escape, leading to him musing about how it's his only real friend left.]]

* NotSoHarmlessVillain: Bossk's HairTriggerTemper and UnwittingPawn tendencies can make him seem like a meaner version of an IneffectualSympatheticVillain. However, he still lives up to the ruthlessness of his Trandoshan heritage during his ImAHumanitarian (see above) moments, and he gradually gets smarter with each encounter with Fett -- culminating in [[spoiler:Bossk stealing Kuat's fabricated evidence against Prince Xizor and leaving Fett with no choice but to buy it back for much more than it's really worth.]]

* AntiVillain: Kuat is basically a CorruptCorporateExecutive version of [[Literature/TheThrawnTrilogy Grand Admiral Thrawn]].

** The BigBad, Kuat, is willing to do some pretty-ruthless things... but only because he's ProperlyParanoid about the future of his corporation, employees[[note]]The loyal, non-[[TheMole Mole]] and/or -[[TheStarscream Starscream]] ones, that is.[[/note]] etc.

* RepetitiveName: Kuat of Kuat. For extra points, the second part refers to his family name, not his homeworld, so he's actually Kuat of Kuat ''[[UpToEleven of Kuat]]''.

* TranquilFury: When Crandossk gets like this, he can be TheDreaded to even Fett. [[spoiler:But after trying and failing to invoke OffingTheOffspring on Bossk, the latter ultimately turns this around on Daddy -- [[CruelAndUnusualDeath to]] [[OhCrap his]] [[SelfMadeOrphan dismay]].]]

* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:Despite best his efforts, Kuat ultimately loses his corporation anyway, driving him to SuicideAttack his soon-to-be-former place of business rather than leave it to someone with potentially far-less EvenEvilHasStandards than him. Additionally, he retains his AFatherToHisMen status by waiting until all of his soon-to-be-former employees have evacuated, before detonating his bombs. But the cherry on top is when he's last seen waiting to die in the explosions -- his alien pet is revealed to have invoked UndyingLoyalty by his side instead of taking its chance to escape, leading to him musing about how it's his only real friend left.]]

** The BigBad, Kuat, is willing to do some pretty-ruthless things... but only because he's ProperlyParanoid about the future of his corporation, employees [[note]]The loyal, non-[[TheMole Mole]] and/or -[[TheStarscream Starscream]] ones, that is.[[/note]], etc.

* TheBait: Poor, poor Zuckuss...

* ButtMonkey: Zuckuss is this for the entire guild.

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Kuat of Kuat.

* GiantSpider: Kud'ar Mub'at.

* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Neelah. [[spoiler: She gets better]].

* ResetButton: Most of 4-LOM's CharacterDevelopment from ''Tales of the Bounty Hunters'' is undone by this book, by way of him having suffered damage to his memory hardware in a fight.

* CoversAlwaysLie: Darth Vader appears, but has little direct role in the story, which takes place mainly in the background of ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''.

This is a relatively old ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'' trilogy by K.W. Jeter that details what happened to Boba Fett after his fall in the Sarlacc, his recovery, and his partnership with Dengar. It has some overlap with a few of the stories found in the ''Literature/TalesOfTheBountyHunters'' anthology collection. Along with stories like ''ComicBook/EnemyOfTheEmpire'', it takes place before Fett was [[Film/AttackOfTheClones revealed as a clone]] and before the Mandalorian ProudWarriorRaceGuy backstory was set in stone.

There's also a parallel flashback storyline covering Fett's time in the Bounty Hunter Guild, his one-sided rivalry with Bossk, a behind the scenes plot orchestrated by the CorruptCorporateExecutive Kuat of Kuat, and an ongoing subplot revolving around the rivalry between Darth Vader and Prince Xizor, leader of the Black Sun crime syndicate, which was also an important feature of the ''Literature/ShadowsOfTheEmpire'' multi-media {{Interquel}}.

!This work provides examples of:

* CrewOfOne: At the end of the third book, Fett somehow manages to pilot an Imperial Star Destroyer - a mile-long ship that normally has a crew of ''over thirty-seven thousand'' - by himself. ([[spoiler:Albeit he only fires the engines to get it and himself away from Kuat Drive Yards before Kuat of Kuat self-destructs the place.]])

* MissingMom: Bossk's antagonistic relationship with his father is a main theme of the first book. His mother. meanwhile, is never even mentioned.
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: Bossk's HairTriggerTemper and UnwittingPawn tendencies can make him seem like a meaner version of an IneffectualSympatheticVillain. However, he still lives up to the ruthlessness of his Trandoshan heritage during his ImAHumanitarian (see above) moments, and he gradually gets smarter with each encounter with Fett -- culminating in [[spoiler:Bossk stealing Kuat's fabricated evidence against Prince Xizor and leaving Fett with no choice but to buy it back for much higher than it's really worth.]]

* PunctuationShaker: Kud'ar Mub'at and the ex-Stormtrooper warlord Trhin Voss'on't.

* ShoulderCannon: An extreme variation with the mercenary D'harjhan, an old partner of Fett's who has replaced his entire head with a laser cannon powerful enough to penetrate the armor plating on small star ships.

* ContractOnTheHitman: Basically the premise of the entire plot. Everyone always wants Fett dead. Yesterday.

* CrewOfOne: At the end of the third book, Fett somehow manages to pilot an Imperial Star Destroyer - a mile-long ship that normally has a crew of ''over thirty-seven thousand'' - by himself. ([[spoiler:Albeit he only fires the engines to get it and himself away from Kuat Drive Yards before Kuat of Kuat self-destructs the place, but still.]])

* MissingMom: Bossk's antagonistic relationship toward his father is a main theme in the first book. His mother meanwhile is never even mentioned.

* PunctuationShaker: Kud'ar Mub'at and the ex-stormtrooper warlord Trhin Voss'on't.

** Within the Bounty Hunters' Guild, you've got people like Fett and Zuckuss, who are interested in money and adventure respectively, and people like Bossk, who's more or less a serial killer, cannibal and slaver. And from the ''ComicBook/XWingSeries'', a cop killer, too.

* CrewOfOne: At the end of the third book, Fett somehow manages to pilot an Imperial Star Destroyer - a mile-long ship that normally has a crew of ''over thirty-seven thousand'' - by himself.

* VillainHasAPoint: Kuat is a CorruptCorporateExecutive willing to be TheUnfettered if it means keeping control of Kuat Drive Yards, but he's ultimately ProperlyParanoid in his belief that most -- if not all -- of the other candidates are too greedy and StupidEvil to do anything but run it into the ground. It helps that he's AFatherToHisMen to all of the actual dock-workers, too.

* {{Determinator}}: Boba Fett personified.
** Kuat even lampshades this a few times, always insisting that he'll find a way to come back.

This is a relatively old ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'' trilogy that details what happened to Boba Fett after his fall in the Sarlacc, his recovery, and his partnership with Dengar. It has some overlap with a few of the stories found in the ''Literature/TalesOfTheBountyHunters'' anthology collection. Along with stories like ''ComicBook/EnemyOfTheEmpire'', it takes place before Fett was [[Film/AttackOfTheClones revealed as a clone]] and before the Mandalorian ProudWarriorRaceGuy backstory was set in stone.

* DudeWheresMyRespect: Zuckuss complains that in spite of his long, successful career and considerable skills as a hunter, everyone else treats him like a novice who's "lucky" to be included in the guild.