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Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire StrikesBack introduced several bounty hunters hired by Darth Vader to locate the Millennium Falcon. Alongside the famous Boba Fett stood Dengar the Demolisher, Ig-88, Bossk, 4-lom, and Zuckuss. Expanded universe material like K. W. Jeter's The Bounty Hunter Wars novels developed these mercenaries, and some even went on to become fan favorites. However, at the time of filming, they were just background characters meant to fill out the scene. Boba was the only one of the bounty hunters who even spoke in the film, aside from Bossk making some unintelligible growls towards the Imperial officers who insulted them.
As such, many of the bounty hunters' costumes were thrown together using existing materials. For example, Ig-88's head was originally...
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire StrikesBack introduced several bounty hunters hired by Darth Vader to locate the Millennium Falcon. Alongside the famous Boba Fett stood Dengar the Demolisher, Ig-88, Bossk, 4-lom, and Zuckuss. Expanded universe material like K. W. Jeter's The Bounty Hunter Wars novels developed these mercenaries, and some even went on to become fan favorites. However, at the time of filming, they were just background characters meant to fill out the scene. Boba was the only one of the bounty hunters who even spoke in the film, aside from Bossk making some unintelligible growls towards the Imperial officers who insulted them.
As such, many of the bounty hunters' costumes were thrown together using existing materials. For example, Ig-88's head was originally...
- 2/13/2025
- by Sterling Ulrich
- CBR
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