Tobar said:

Ronster said:

Jaitea said:

.......wait a second Ronster,.....don't forget Boba is working for Jabba also,.....he wouldn't consider shooting at the Falcon......one his few lines in the film...."What if he doesn't survive, he's worth a lot to me"

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I thought Han already had a death warrant out on him and Vaders new Bounty was in conflict with the Jabba Bounty?

Jabba wanted him alive, hence Boba's line. Vader only wants to use Han and Leia to draw out Luke. He's willing to give up Han to Boba because he knows as long as he has Leia Luke will eventually come for her.

Well they should have got Tommy Lee Jones involved sooner to go after him then :)

No but seriously I think he must have been wanted dead or alive as Han also says "If I don't Pay off Jabba the Hutt I am a dead man" Boba line which Jaita has quite rightly pointed out could possibly mean that he was worth more Bounty alive than dead. I'm not changing my perspective as I prefer the darker gritty realism of my take it makes it better for me to see it this way. or if he does not pay up "Capture" or "Kill Him" which is evident in Greedo's scene. Anyway it matters not Dead or Alive Jabba does not seem to care much for others lives either. Otherwise it's a silly plot point if everyone want's him only captured alive, The dialogue is contradicting and it makes little sense.

Wait a minute.. I think that Boba fett line about "What if he does not survive..." If Boba cannot present Jabba with either an alive or normally dead version of Han he would struggle politically to claim the bounty. If Han dies in the Carbon freeze chamber it would be not through his doing and would be unable to claim any reward for this Bounty the only way he could get a bounty from Han would be dependent on him surviving the process and being allowed to take him incarcerated.