This is a spin-off of my other fanfiction: Episode VIII Rise of the Dark Jedi & Episode IX The Legacy of the Sith. For more information on how the First Order was defeated and how Boba Fett profited from the war, please read that novel.
It is not absolutely necessary to read Episode VIII and IX, but it will help with understanding the setting and characters. An argument has been made that Boba Fett would be too old for this story line. This is a valid criticism and one I was aware of at the beginning of writing. So as a defense, Boba would be 66 years old during Rise of the Dark Jedi (my other fan fic), and 67 years old during this story. He is not young, but as you will see in both those stories, his prowess is not based on his physical attributes, rather his cunning. In these stories he is aware of his age, and so are other familiar and aged Star Wars characters that are present in the stories. And how old was Han Solo in TFA?
Thanks again to SaphireAlena for her beta-editing. Be sure to check out her fanfictions: I am a Slave and her New Republic trilogy.
Below is the opening crawl to Dark Bounty.
A long time ago in a galaxy far,
far away . . . .
Star
Wars
DARK BOUNTY
The Second Galactic Civil War is over, the FIRST ORDER has been defeated by the RESISTANCE and a new Senate has been elected to govern the galaxy. Though it is a time of military peace in the Galaxy, it is also a time of great agitation as the new government struggles to shape itself.
Crimelords in every system are eager to take advantage of the upset and race to make a profit in the short time before order is restored. One bounty hunter, now wealthy from his exploits during The War returns to his home. But his spoils of war have not gone unnoticed in the Galaxy . . .