Slave I/Legends

Slave I "There's no star system Slave I can't reach, and there's no planet I can't find. There's nowhere in the Galaxy for you to run. Might as well give up now."

- Boba Fett

Slave I was a prototype Firespray-class patrol/attack ship used by famed bounty hunters Jango Fett and his cloned son, Boba Fett.

Acquisition
"Has a ruthless ring to it. Fits your personality."

- Rozatta

Originally, Slave I was a police vehicle from the asteroid prison Oovo IV. There were only six of the model in the entire Galaxy, all on Oovo IV.

While on the trail for the Dark Jedi and Bando Gora leader, Komari Vosa, Jango Fett's trail led him to capture Bendix Fust for the crime lord Sebolto. After tracking Bendix Fust to Oovo IV, and as he was about to capture him, another bounty hunter had beat him to Fust and began a prison riot. After fighting his way through armed guards and prisoners, Jango had made it back to his ship, Jaster's Legacy. Unfortunately, the rival bounty hunter had attempted to slice into the old ship resulting in its malfunction and permanent shutdown.

Acting on a tip from a prisoner, Jango made his way into the asteroid prison hangar bays and stole a Firespray-class vessel along with the rival bounty hunter, who was known as Zam Wesell. During their escape, Jango launched several missiles into the hangar bay and destroyed the other vessels, making his the one and only. Sometime later, Jango would name his new ship, Slave I. It wasn't until Kuat Systems Engineering reintroduced the line several decades later that other ships of the kind would be seen.

Details


Designed to carry live prisoners to Oovo IV, the ship featured numerous holding cells and devices made for the most exotic of creatures. While idle, Slave I sat flat on its bottom surface, although during flight the ship rotated 90 degrees to maneuver vertically, while a unique stabilization system always kept the cockpit oriented "up".

Slave I was a well-armed starship, and to keep it from becoming obsolete, it was endlessly modified. It was stolen during the Vosa bounty, near the creation of the Grand Army of the Republic and the end of Jango's life. While under Jango Fett's ownership, its weaponry included two heavy twin blaster cannons, as well as two rapid firing laser cannons. Rounding out the ship's armament were two projectile launchers, each holding a magazine of three proton torpedoes or various other payloads, and a naval minelayer equipped with seismic charges.

Slave I also possessed special dummy proton torpedos mounted with homing beacons and S-thread trackers. By tagging a ship with one of these beacons, Fett could then utilize his contraband HoloNet transceiver to track ships through hyperspace. Most of these weapons were hidden beneath the hull; the armor plating would slide away during the ship's attacks.Jango added a spartan crew quarters since the original Firespray was suited for short-term patrols.On top of all this, Jango devoted two-thirds of the entire ship's interior to the powerful Kuat Engineering Systems F-31 drive engines and the four Kuat X-F-16 power generators, giving Slave I the sublight speed of an Alliance Y-wing starfighter—a remarkable feat for a ship of Slave I's size.



Boba's Slave I
After Jango's death in the Battle of Geonosis, Boba took the ship. Slave I was stolen in 22 BBY by Gjon on Bogden 2, but Boba and a thief named Aia took it back. When the boy was captured by Aurra Sing, Dooku gave her the ship as a payment, but Boba eventually recovered it. Later, it was damaged in a dogfight with Asajj Ventress, and was saved from destruction only by the intervention of Anakin Skywalker, who also repaired the ship. At some point, Slave I was attacked by Prince Xizor.

When Boba took over Slave I, the two rapid fire laser cannons were replaced with an ion cannon and a concussion missile launcher. A tractor beam was added as well as a sensory jammer and array, making the ship invisible to radar, allowing Fett to enter any planet, even Imperial Center, without hassle. He topped the armament with a proton torpedo launcher.

During his delivery of Han Solo to Jabba the Hutt, Fett engaged in a dogfight with two IG-88 assassin droids. IG-88C was destroyed the moment Fett emerged from hyperspace when, rather than inquiring about the other hunter's presence, he fired every weapon aboard Slave I. IG-88D followed Fett seconds after the destruction of his counterpart and began to pummel Fett's shields with laser fire. However as the IG-2000 followed Boba into Tatooine's atmosphere, Fett activated his inertial dampers shedding his momentum and frying his hyperdrives. This move brought the IG-2000 directly into his sights, where he disabled the ship with his ion cannon, pulled it in with a tractor beam and launched a full bank of concussion missiles into it.



However, this powerful ship would eventually meet its end. During the "reborn" Emperor's attack on the New Republic, Boba Fett ambushed Han Solo on Nar Shaddaa. Fett damaged Millennium Falcon, but still continued to chase after it. The Falcon managed to escape and be repaired, but Fett was still patiently waiting for his quarry to return. Soon enough, Solo appeared, and he demonstrated his new "lightning gun," which tore parts of Slave I apart, although Fett managed to escape.

It is probable that Fett escaped through Slave I's onboard escape pod. The ship was replaced with Slave III&mdash;the second had already been used and discarded&mdash;then finally Slave IV. However, some time before the Yuuzhan Vong invasion, Fett had managed to repair Slave I and used it once more after he lost Slave IV on Shogun.

It was revealed at this time that Slave I was equipped with an emergency medical droid when Briika Jeban was mortally wounded when she tackled a Yuuzhan Vong warrior and one of the spikes on his vonduun crab armor pierced her suit's plating. Despite its efforts, the droid was unable to save Briika.

He was seen flying the ship at both Raxus Prime as well as when he rescued Han Solo at Caluula Station, where it was escorted by four Gladiator assault fighters.

Behind the scenes
Some people mistakenly believe Slave I's design was inspired by a lamp post outside the ILM building. But Nilo Rodis-Jamero, an art director on Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, said that his design for Slave I was actually based off of a radar dish. It was later on when the ship was being constructed at ILM that someone pointed out that it resembled a street lamp, and from then on people just assumed that that had been the original source of the design.

Appearances



 * Jango Fett: Open Seasons
 * Star Wars: Bounty Hunter
 * Star Wars: Jango Fett
 * Star Wars: Zam Wesell
 * Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter
 * Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
 * Boba Fett: The Fight to Survive
 * Boba Fett: Crossfire
 * Boba Fett: Maze of Deception
 * Boba Fett: Hunted
 * Boba Fett: A New Threat
 * Boba Fett: Pursuit
 * Star Wars: Empire at War
 * The Hutt Gambit
 * Rebel Dawn
 * Star Wars: Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader
 * Star Wars: Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike
 * Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
 * Tales of the Bounty Hunters
 * Fortune, Fate, and the Natural History of the Sarlacc
 * The Mandalorian Armor
 * Slave Ship
 * Hard Merchandise
 * Boba Fett: Bounty on Bar-Kooda
 * Boba Fett: When the Fat Lady Swings
 * Dark Empire II
 * Boba Fett: A Practical Man
 * Revenants
 * The Unifying Force
 * Bloodlines