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
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.

When Jango Fett was collecting a bounty on the asteroid prison, he was unable to return to his former ship Jaster's Legacy. He escaped with one of the Firesprays and destroyed all of the others, making Slave I a one of a kind starship until Kuat Systems Engineering reintroduced the line several decades later.

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. On top of all this, Jango donated 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 subspace speed of an Alliance Y-Wing starfighter.



This was remarkable, given that the ship was nearly the size of a freighter.

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. During 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 not known how Fett could have escaped, though it is possible that Slave I had a escape pod onboard. 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.

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.

Appearances



 * Jango Fett: Open Seasons
 * Star Wars: Bounty Hunter
 * 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
 * Tales of the Bounty Hunters
 * 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
 * Dark Empire II
 * The Mandalorian Armor
 * Slave Ship
 * Hard Merchandise
 * Star Wars Tales 18
 * "Revenants"
 * The Unifying Force
 * ''Tales of the Bounty Hunters