Last post I explained that not all Clone Wars stories feature Jedi heroism and then went on to cover the first three Republic Commando novels as well as the video game that started that franchise. This next post does something similar. In Episode II: Attack of the Clones , we meet the bounty hunter Jango Fett, who featured in comics and a game in the pre-Clone Wars period, which we looked at in Part 13 . In that second prequel film, Jango Fett is identified as the template for the Republic's clone troopers, as well as being in the employ of Count Dooku aka Lord Tyranus, leader of the Separatists. As part of his payment for his services to the clone army, he was provided with a clone son, Boba Fett, whom we will know as the bounty hunter hired by Darth Vader to track down the Millennium Falcon in Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back . Young Boba Fett grew up on Kamino with his father, the Kaminoan cloners, a variety of other bounty hunters, and hundreds of thousands of clone troopers....
When Disney first acquired Star Wars and announced the production of new content, one of the settings they would explore first is those first few weeks, months, and years after Episode IV: A New Hope. There would be novels for adults, teens, and children released that would cover that period, but one of the most comprehensive stories was that told by Marvel Comics. In January 2015, two new comic series would begin, Star Wars and Darth Vader . The former would run for 75 issues and lead directly into a prologue to Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. The latter would run for 25 issues and tell the tale of Darth Vader as he establishes his own power base with the help of new character Dr. Chelli Lona Aphra (who would get her own ongoing series after Darth Vader ended). Marvel would also launch multiple five-issue miniseries focussing on individual characters, beginning with Princess Leia but then also having stories for Chewbacca, Han Solo, and Lando Calrissian. For this arti...