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...Qi'ra vs Vader.

.....Riiiight...

they always choose useless characters

Originally posted by Total Warrior
they always choose useless characters

I'm more wondering, why Vader even cares to have Solo? Has a reason been stated in any prior issue? Cause he didn't really care for him in ESB, he just used him as a test subject for the carbonite and then gave him to Fett.

Also an auction for Han?...What? He had a bounty placed on him by Jabba, there shouldn't be an auction because Han is basically the Hutt's property. I'm not really getting how this all meshes well with the movies.

Originally posted by Zenwolf
I'm more wondering, why Vader even cares to have Solo? Has a reason been stated in any prior issue? Cause he didn't really care for him in ESB, he just used him as a test subject for the carbonite and then gave him to Fett.

Also an auction for Han?...What? He had a bounty placed on him by Jabba, there shouldn't be an auction because Han is basically the Hutt's property. I'm not really getting how this all meshes well with the movies.

Have you been reading the comic at all? Because it's all pretty well explained. Han didn't just owe money to Jabba. Heck, we even see that in The Force Awakens. Han owes money or has betrayed pretty much every criminal organization in the galaxy. Black Sun, the Hutts, the Pikes, the list goes on.

As for why Vader is interested, Vader is still on the warpath for Luke. And obviously, Luke is going to try to rescue Han. So if Vader is in possession of Han, that means Luke is going to have to come to him. Vader didn't just use Han as a test subject for the carbonite in ESB. He used him as bait to lure out Luke. The reason he gave him up to Boba so easily is because the bait worked, and Luke arrived. Same deal here. Han is bait for Luke again, in Vader's eyes.

I mean, it did work the first time. Luke showed up on Bespin, just as Vader wanted. Sure, Luke ultimately rejected Vader and escaped, but Han as bait worked exactly as intended. And it's working in this situation too. Luke is showing up, along with Leia, Lando, and Chewie, to try and rescue Han. And it's not like Vader engineered this whole situation anyway. He just caught word of Han being auctioned, figured Luke would show up to save his friend, and decided to show up first and crash the auction.


Also, I want to comment on Qi'ra fighting Vader. Qi'ra was very likely trained by Darth Maul, given the ending of Solo. We don't know whether or not she's Force sensitive, to my knowledge, but if Maul saw merit in training her, I wouldn't be surprised if she is. Vader even commented that he recognizes the "lineage of her training," implying she's received the same style of Sith training passed down to Maul by Sidious. Even then, onlookers like Lando can recognize that she's barely holding her own, but doesn't really stand a chance against Vader.

Honestly, I really hope we get Qi'ra's story more fully fleshed out after War of the Bounty Hunters. I want to know what her connection to Maul was, and what happened between Maul and Crimson Dawn after Solo. Maul seemed to always be seeking out an apprentice, first with Savage, then Ahsoka, then Ezra. It'd make sense for Qi'ra to be among them, and I want to see that explored in a comic or novel.

"Blasters make too much noise, so we'll let a damn wookie engage in hand-to-hand"...

Focus on Chewie vs. Boba, Galan.

Wasn't much of a fight... Also, soft confirmation that Maul further trained Qi'ra in Teras Kasi.:
https://i.ibb.co/Cm9qbbd/Star-Wars-War-Of-The-Bounty-Hunters-2021-03-of-05-013.jpg https://i.ibb.co/Nsn05HR/Star-Wars-War-Of-The-Bounty-Hunters-2021-03-of-05-014.jpg https://i.ibb.co/7R0LR6k/Star-Wars-War-Of-The-Bounty-Hunters-2021-03-of-05-015.jpg https://i.ibb.co/dMzD2wZ/Star-Wars-War-Of-The-Bounty-Hunters-2021-03-of-05-016.jpg

https://i.ibb.co/dpbXMWq/Star-Wars-War-Of-The-Bounty-Hunters-2021-03-of-05-017.jpg https://i.ibb.co/McFdxVV/Star-Wars-War-Of-The-Bounty-Hunters-2021-03-of-05-018.jpg https://i.ibb.co/PTbD9sh/Star-Wars-War-Of-The-Bounty-Hunters-2021-03-of-05-019.jpg https://i.ibb.co/YDs9Xxm/Star-Wars-War-Of-The-Bounty-Hunters-2021-03-of-05-020.jpg


And lol @ Boba opting not to try and take the headshot on Vader, because he recalled Vader palming Han's shots in ESB.

Pretty idiotic for her to challenge Vader given she must know she's no match for Maul and doesn't even have the Force ffs.

Don't get why there was a fight even in the first place honestly. Far as the Boba and Chewie 'fight', figured as much it wasn't one.

Not related, but are there any news from those stories set in 232 BBY?

Originally posted by Total Warrior
Not related, but are there any news from those stories set in 232 BBY?

The High Republic is still going strong. The Drengir stuff just wrapped up in the main High Republic comic. Jabba the Hutt has gotten involved in trying to end the alliance between the Republic and the Hutt Empire in the High Republic Adventures comic. Out of the Dark just came out pretty recently. Not really my favorite of the books so far. The Rising Storm which came out not too long ago was really good, though.

I'm trying to keep up on all the High Republic releases. It's honestly my favorite multi-media project that Star Wars has done in quite a while.

Cool, I should catch up with all that content

Originally posted by Zenwolf
Don't get why there was a fight even in the first place honestly. Far as the Boba and Chewie 'fight', figured as much it wasn't one.

Any idea why fighting hand-to-hand for a bit AND setting the damn wookie on fire was considered to cause less noise than a single blaster shot...?

Seems just so dumb.

Blasters are likely much louder than we perceive them as the audience. Just like how guns in the real world are unbelievably louder than guns on movies. Think about it, blaster bolts literally explode on impact. The sounds of a fist fight or a flamethrower would still be a quiet alternative to blaster shots. Now, is it a bit ridiculous that nobody heard Chewies growls? Maybe, but it's also worth pointing out that everyone in attendance was also very, very preoccupied by Vader's arrival.

What about setting the gun to stun mode, then?

It seemed to cause less noise than the standard bolts and worked pretty well, Leia got one-shotted in ANH.

PS. With all their tech, they really should have silencers of some kind.

Originally posted by StiltmanFTW
PS. With all their tech, they really should have silencers of some kind.

Star Wars is honestly kinda low tech in a lot of regards. It's kind of a weird blend of extremely advanced technology in some areas, and shockingly far behind even modern day Earth standards in others. Chalk it up to being Sci-Fi originally written in the 70's and 80's.

Even then, I'm not sure how you would "silence" a blaster. The whole point of a blaster is, well, the "blast" part. They're weapons designed around causing devastation.

As for your point about stun settings, not every blaster is known to have a stun setting. And presumably, a stun setting wouldn't be sufficient to get past the Mandalorian armor worn by Boba Fett. We've seen Clone armor is sufficient to shrug off a couple stun shots, and Boba's armor is actual beskar.

Granted, all of this is me just trying to rationalize how the comic was depicted. None of this is given in the context of the issue in question, but it is all internally consistent with what we know of Star Wars.

Originally posted by StiltmanFTW
PS. With all their tech, they really should have silencers of some kind.

They had those in previous Canon, but not a whole lot of use for some reason.

Originally posted by Underachiever59
And presumably, a stun setting wouldn't be sufficient to get past the Mandalorian armor worn by Boba Fett.

Okay, what about Boba using the stun setting against Chewie & co, then?

No reason for a bounty hunter not to have one at his disposal.

Double post

Sure, but there's little else to discuss in a thread specifically made for this ish.

Originally posted by Zenwolf
...Qi'ra vs Vader.

.....Riiiight...

Originally posted by Bedabing

Originally posted by Bedabing