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Ripplin
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The Prequel Radical Redux Ideas Thread
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20-May-2009, 10:07 AM

Great job on the Boba Jangos, ben! :)

Which version of the Holiday Special preservation do you have? I can tell you the KCCI one is surprisingly high quality. Oh, and I have the complete "Droids", but I watched it all in a day or two and forget Fett's appearance. I'll have to check it out again and let you know how much he's in it. (I think he may race against the White Witch, but I can't remember)

P.S. Which 'bounty hunter we ran into on Ord Mantell' would you be referring to? There have been several. Haha. ;)

(from starwars.com)
Behind the Scenes

If each tale of Han's exploits on Ord Mantell was taken at face value, then it's a wonder he keeps returning to the planet, so frequently do bounty hunters attack him.

Based on a single line of dialogue in The Empire Strikes Back, Ord Mantell was formally introduced to readers through the daily Star Wars newspaper strips by Archie Goodwin and Al Williamson.

In the story arc, the hunter named Skorr kidnaps Luke and Leia to lure Han into a trap. Solo gets the jump on Skorr and escapes, but several story arcs later, Skorr returns, backed up by such hunter heavyweights as Dengar, Bossk and Boba Fett for another run-in on Ord Mantell.

In a 1984 audio dramatization, author Brian Daley penned a tale of a Rebel Mission to Ord Mantell, wherein the Rebels needed to get badly needed funds out of a bank on the planet. There, Solo faces off against Cypher Bos, a Nalrithian bounty hunter.

In 1990, author Troy Denning told of another encounter in the solitaire game adventure book, Scoundrel's Luck. Though Solo and the bounty huntress Afreda Goot don't have a face-to-face confrontation on Ord Mantell, Goot does kidnap Leia from the planet, leading to a wild chase that eventually ends up on Tatooine.