When the Heck Did Bib Fortuna Double-Cross Boba Fett? (SPOILERS)

Jan. 20 2022, Published 12:29 p.m. ET

Spoiler alert: This article accommodates spoilers for The Mandalorian and Episode 4 of The Book of Boba Fett.

In Dec. 2020, the Season 2 finale of The Mandalorian confirmed a derivative collection titled The Book of Boba Fett. At the top of the episode, in a post-credits scene, viewers see Boba Fett (Temuera Morrison) and his grasp murderer partner-in-crime Fennec Shand (Ming-Na Wen) invade Jabba the Hutt's palace on Tattooine.

The pair find Bib Fortuna is the brand new crime lord, but now not for lengthy — Boba and Fennec slay Bib and his guards ahead of assuming their spots at the throne. Obviously, there may be some struggle between the two, however many lovers are at a loss for words why it escalated this a ways.

Unless you're a die-hard Star Wars superfan, you are not going to grasp your complete tension between Boba and Jabba's former majordomo. Luckily, we are here to fill you in, so keep studying to find out how Bib betrayed Boba.

How did Bib Fortuna betray Boba Fett?

Most of the fourth episode of The Book of Boba Fett occurs prior to now. After Boba discovers the fallen Tusken Raiders, he rides off along with his Bantha searching for a brand new path.

Along the way, Boba notices a distant explosion and unearths a near-lifeless Fennec Shand in the sands of Tattooine. Thankfully, he saves her — with the help of a cyberpunk Mod Artist — and the two kick off their partnership.

At one level, Boba and Fennec accumulate round a fireplace, and Boba unearths he has plans to kill "the bloated pig" who double-crossed him. Woah, the place did that come from? Are we lacking something here? Wait, have we been staring at Return of the Jedi improper a majority of these years?

This severely seems so instantly, so what is going on? There's one thing Boba and the Star Wars live-action franchise aren't telling us because there may be definitely one thing that we will have to see regarding Boba's beef with Bib Fortuna.

Well, in case you are on the lookout for the answer, it's time to turn toward the Star Wars comic storylines, specifically, the first factor of the canon miniseries War of the Bounty Hunters.

'War of the Bounty Hunters #1' finds how Bib Fortuna betrays Boba Fett.

Published in June 2021 by means of Marvel Comics, War of the Bounty Hunters #1 is a canon storyline that fills the space referring to Boba's hatred for Bib Fortuna.

In the tale, Boba successfully captures Han Solo in carbonite and prepares to convey him to Jabba the Hutt. On the best way, the carbonite begins to collapse, and ahead of Boba can do anything about it, Han Solo is ripped away by anyone else.

Now empty-handed, Boba returns to his ship to seek out two bounty hunters waiting for him — seems, Jabba positioned a bounty on Boba. He briefly returns to Tattooine to confront the crime boss, just for Bib Fortuna to make his presence recognized. Bib tells Boba that some other team brought Han Solo in, and Jabba positioned a bounty on him because he took too lengthy to ship Han.

Yeah, we don't buy it. And in the end, readers realize that every one indicators point to Bib Fortuna betraying Boba through putting a bounty on his head and making him look unhealthy via "losing" Han Solo. So, there you could have it — Bib is one cunning, spineless person. However, Boba Fett were given the ultimate laugh.

Catch new episodes of The Book of Boba Fett on Wednesdays, most effective on Disney Plus.

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