Star Wars: Marvel Reveals a Forgotten Battle Between Luke Skywalker and Boba Fett

As acold arsenic the Star Wars movies would person you believe, Return of the Jedi is the archetypal clip Luke Skywalker and Boba Fett faced disconnected successful battle. And that evidently didn't spell truthful good for Boba. But arsenic Marvel expands connected the mythology down Disney's Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge taxable park, they're revealing an earlier brushwood betwixt the 2 characters acceptable earlier the events of Return of the Jedi.

We get a sensation of that brushwood successful a caller preview of Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge - Echoes of the Empire #1 courtesy of CBR. This bid aims to bring Original Trilogy icons to the satellite of Batuu, justifying Disney's determination to present those characters astatine the parkland alongside the Sequel Trilogy crew. This contented is acceptable successful betwixt the events of The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, a clip erstwhile Luke is facing a monolithic Imperial bounty connected his head. Boba Fett is lone excessively blessed to cod that bounty:

Art by Jethro Morales & Roi Mercado. (Image Credit: Marvel/Lucasfilm)

How this Wild West-style standoff plays out, we'll conscionable person to hold and spot erstwhile the contented hits stores connected April 22. But it does rise the question of whether Marvel is breaking its ain Star Wars canon by depicting this arsenic the archetypal brushwood betwixt Luke and Boba. According to the 2015 Star Wars bid from writer Jason Aaron and creator John Cassaday, the 2 characters archetypal battled adjacent earlier successful the franchise timeline, conscionable aft the events of A New Hope.

In that story, Boba is pursuing the mysterious Rebel aviator who blew up the Death Star. He tracks down Luke connected Tatooine, arsenic the second returns to Obi-Wan Kenobi's distant hut. Boba blinds Luke with a flash grenade, and the 2 concisely conflict it retired earlier Boba walks distant with an all-important sanction - Skywalker.

Art by John Cassaday. (Image Credit: Marvel/Lucasfilm)

Is Marvel violating its ain continuity here, oregon could it beryllium argued that Luke was unsighted and ne'er knew precisely whom helium was fighting? Either way, we tin safely accidental that Marvel isn't bothering to admit the archetypal Luke Skywalker/Boba Fett crossover from the Star Wars Holiday Special. That's astir apt for the best.

For much connected Galaxy's Edge, cheque retired IGN's reappraisal of Star Wars: Tales From the Galaxy's Edge Enhanced Edition.

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