Tales of the Bounty Hunters (Star Wars)

I really enjoyed the back story for each character. Their screen time is limited in the OT, but in this book each story ties back to the death star scene; in which they are all present at one point or another. The IG-88 story was by far the best in my opinion. I thoroughly enjoyed this book! Perfect prelude to book of Boba Fett.

This book is great! It say hey dumb dumb, boba fett is not the only bad as bounty hunter in the galaxy. Star Wars has a bunch of awesome crazy story's so wild even the movies stop and go whoa this is to jawsome, we can't touch this. A good read if you want to know more about six bounty hunters told in five story's. I bought this for ig88 and I just nuts about him/it. More ig88 please!!!

Cool short stories that connect to Return of the Jedi time period. Well written and entertaining

This is one of the best books i've read. Not to sound too much like a star wars fan boy but wow. This is top notch stuff when it comes to the EU.I am a huge fan of Sci-fi and these stories are among the best i've ever heard.

I got this order promptly and was exactly as described. Very satisfied

I purchased this book intending to ONLY read Boba Fett's story, because he's by far my favorite bounty hunter and one of my favorite SW characters, but due several positive reviews I also read Dengar's, Zuckuss/4-LOM's, and reluctantly IG-88's. Initially I rated this with three stars, since I only read one story, but I would now rate this book closer to 4.Last One Standing: The Tale of Boba Fett was a great look into Boba throughout his life and there are some fantastic insights into his personality. The only problem I had with it was it was too short! What I can say about Fett is that he is a bit of a hypocrite in regards to his work, or at least has his beliefs are a bit backwords. He has no problem killing or working for some of the most vile criminals in the galaxy but he judges people on simple vices; such as drinking, and will not take advantage of a woman if she has no desire to be with him, even if she's a slave sent by his contractor. All Fett has is his work, and during much of this story he is beginning to lose some of his talent and passion for that work due to age and physical problems from his experience in the Sarlacc. This is not to say he is a 'whiner' or has lost a lot of his mystique from the movies, as SEVERAL of the other reviews have said, it simply shows that he is human and has been in the game long enough to know when to pick his battles. As for the reviews that say the character has been reduced so much in this story that he is no longer interesting, or what I mentioned earlier, what do you expect of a person who wears armor 24/7 and spent a couple days being digested? Of course he's gonna have a few complaints comparing himself to now and the 'good ole days'! Besides, any cool points Fett may have lost in this short-story is NOTHING compared to what George Lucas did to him and Jango during AotC (EP II) and Dave Filioni(?) did to him, Jango, and Mandalorians in general in the Clone Wars series! Although much of Fett's background featured in this story has been retconed by recent (and mostly terrible) plot changes if you're a Boba Fett fan this book is a MUST READ.Payback: This was a surprisingly interesting and entertaining story. I didn't know much about Dengar before, and what I did know wasn't enough for me to care about the character, but now I think he has better characterization than most of the new 'prequel' characters and interesting enough that a full novel could be written about him. I agree with some who said the ending was a little "sappy" and a little rushed but overall the story had a better flow than Boba Fett's IMHO. Fett also makes a fairly-significant cameo here but I felt he was a bit overused in a story about Dengar. There's also a contradiction about Fett here where he shares a drink with Dengar, yet in his own short-story it is mentioned more than once that he doesn't drink. A little interaction of known characters is nice but it didn't seem like the five authors got together much on their work.Of Possible Futures: As with the Dengar tale, this story was a pleasant surprise. I felt I was really able to get to know the characters and the plot wasn't contrived, nor was the ending as sappy as other reviewers have stated. While I did thoroughly enjoy the story/plot of this short-story, I didn't much care for the writing style of author M. Shayne Bell. His sentence structure and dialog were at times quite elementary, but strangely hard to follow. Also, I don't think the portrayal of droids in this story, particularly 4-LOM of course, was very plausible; however, it does remain consistent with much of SW. Overall it was a well balanced story with a decent flow and plot, but not as good as the other two IMHO.Therefore I Am: This particular story wasn't as poplular as the other three and for good reason; it's just not very believable. Although I enjoy KJS's writing style, quite frankly I think he should be ashamed of himself for even wanting to write a story about a droid. For one thing, what scientist in their right mind would design such an unpredictable machine? Secondly, there is a HUGE difference between being sentient and feeling emotion, a line that was neither drawn nor should IG-88 experience. In general I don't feel droids are presented very well in SW. What little I can say about real computers and machines versus a fictional depiction of them is that this story should not at all be possible. I mean giving sentience to a buch of assembly line machines that shouldn't handle such a capacity; an entire planet that creates an enormous variety of droids, as well as a few things they weren't designed for; IG-88B being able to download the entire mainframe of Vader's super star destroyer into himself; IG-88A literally becoming the computer core for the Death Star 2...? Give me a break! I respect the character of IG-88 but skip this story. Although I didn't read all five stories I would still say this book is well worth it!

highly recommend

I love this book it’s in great shape and got here fast

Love these additional stories about the Bounty hunters from The Empire Strikes Back, and what awesome stories they are, from the first time I saw these characters I wanted to know more about them. Here is that chance.

a pesar de ser considerado dentro de legends actualmente, este libto sirve de base para conocer un poco mas de los caza recompen sas del episodio V, un libro q ue no debe faltar para los amantes de Star Wars

Quando se inicia a leitura de um livro sobre caçadores de recomepensas intergaláticos, esperamos ação, aventura, suspense e traição.ToBH tem isso tudo, claro. E por si só, isso seria o suficiente para uma leitura divertida no universo Star Wars. Contudo, o que me surpreendeu foi que os melhores contos (na minha opinião, claro) foram aqueles que incorporavam aspectos que iam além da crueldade, sangue-frio e habilidades esperadas nos caçadores de recompensas.Nesses casos, os personagens demonstravam desejos, motivações e passavam por experiências que traziam mais complexidade para si mesmos, tornando-os mais do que máquinas de matar e capturar. Ainda assim, novamente, mesmo as “histórias de máquinas de matar” (conto de Bossk) são bastante divertidas de se ler.Vale a pena :)

A must have for fans!

Buen libro, aunque una pena que no esté editado en castellano. La historia de ig-88 es la mejor de todas