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If you’ve thought that Star Wars: Bounty
Hunters parts 1, 2, and 3 were a wild ass
ride, we’ll get ready for part 4, because
holy crap the ending of this issue was something
else.
It’s an issue fraught with a ton of action,
and has some Star Wars fans enthralled, while
others aren’t so happy-more on that later.
For now, let’s dive into part 4 of Star
Wars: Bounty Hunters.
The issue opens by showcasing the aftermath
of a bombing on the planet Caviness IV, in
an Unbroken Clan District, as revenge for
stealing The Mourner’s Wail spice in the
previous issue.
We see that it’s T’Onga telling Valance
about the bombing and explaining that those
deaths, and every death since Nakano Lash
killed Khamus, are on the Nautalan for killing
the Mourner’s Wail Syndicate’s heir.
T’Onga strong arms Valance into teaming
up with her to find Lash, and forces Valance
to put a modified restraining bolt on that
allows T’Onga to shock him.
Returning to Ruusan, we learn that the young
girl Ooris Bynar is holding hostage is named
Cadeliah, and Nakano Lash pleads with the
bounty hunter to not hurt the young girl.
But as Ooris goes on about how disappointed
he is by the husk of a person Lash has become,
Cadeliah pulls out a knife and stabs Ooris
in the face.
God damn, bro, that’s what you get.
Lash then proceeds to chop off this Thisspiassian’s
arm before choking him to death with his own
damn tail before she and Cadeliah high tail
it outta there.
Love it, man.
T’Onga and Valance soon arrive and Find
Ooris’ body and decide to speak with some
of the locals to find out what they know about
where Lash and Cadeliah went.
Back on Galmerah, a still immobilized and
tied up Bossk is approached by an unknown
individual and asked where Valance went.
Bossk reveals to the individual that Lash
and Valance are on Ruusan, before getting
judo chopped in the face
We then come back to Ruusan and find T’Onga
and Valance aren’t having any luck in finding
information from the locals on where Nakano
Lash is.
Valence and T’Onga soon encounter several
locals that let them know they’re not welcome
on Ruusan, and release a Nexu to attack the
two bounty hunters.
After fighting off the locals and the Nexu,
the old man that we saw speaking to Nakano
Lash in part 3 appears, stopping T’Onga
from killing the Nexu, while also letting
Valance and T’Onga know that Lash is close
by.
T’Onga and Valance then fly off-world just
above Ruusan, to the wreckage of a battle
between the Republic and Separatists forces,
where Nakano Lash is hiding out on a starship.
Valance and T’Onga make their way into the
ship, find Lash, before Valance stops T’Onga
from killing the Nautalan.
Nakano Lash tells them that T’Onga has the
right to know what happened on Corellia before
deciding if she wants to kill lash or not.
Lash then begins to explain what happened
all the years ago, stating that once the crew
of bounty hunters breached the Unbroken Clan’s
sanctuary, Khamus was preparing to kill an
Unbroke Clan woman...a woman that he impregnated.
Before Khamus could killed the woman and her
unborn child, Lash killed Khamus.
We then learn that the woman Nakano Lash saved
is named Krynthia and is the daughter of the
ruler of the Unbroken Clan.
Krynthia tells Lash that her father would’ve
killed Khamus if he found out Khamus was the
father of her child. Very Romeo and Juliet
huh?
Hoping to survive, Lash grabbed Krynthia and
triesld to escape with the pregnant woman.
On their way out, a blast bolt is fired and
kills T’Ongor.
Lash tells T’Onga that the blaster bolt
must’ve come from a sniper they missed,
but I’m thinking that’s not the case,
since we never saw who fired the shot, but
more on that in a moment.
Lash continues on, explaining that Krynthia
died in childbirth weeks later, that she feels
she’s to blame for both T’Ongor and Krynthia’s
death, and that the pnuemogray will kill here
soon if T’Onga decides not to kill her anyway.
Lash proceeds further and tells T’Onga and
Valance that the young girl-Cadeliah-that’s
been with her is Khamus and Krynthia’s daughter,
thus making her the heir to both the Mourner’s
Wail and Unbroken Clan syndicates.
If Cadeliah can be protected, Lash explains,
she’d be able to unite the two syndicates
and end their war.
T’Onga decides that she won’t kill Lash
and that she’s going to head back to the
Moon of Logal Ri and Losha’s arms…
That’s of course before she takes a god
damn blaster bolt right to the gut and we
learn that it was none other than Boba Fett
that shot her and that’s where the issue
ends.
Ah, this god damn issue is insane, guys.
I was left stunned by the revelation that
Khamus wanted to kill a pregnant woman that
he had a sexual and possibly romantic relationship
with.
I wasn't expecting that at all to be who who
wanted to kill.
Clearly, we’re gonna find out that Boba
Fett shot T’Ongor after the mission on Corellia
went bad, since we learned that the twins
of her people have a special bond. I mean,
it’s gotta be Boba Fett that killed him
and not a sniper.
Her death was a complete surprise to me, but
we'll touch on that in a moment.
Also, it was obvious in part 3 that Nakano
Lash was sick and would be dying, but we got
confirmation in this issue when she tells
Valance and T'Onga she has pnuemogray, which
is the first time in canon the virus has been
mentioned.
I've mentioned it in each video on the series,
but I'm loving this comic, this story and
how brutal it's been, and part 4 was another
absolute stellar installment in the series.
With that said, this issue does come with
some controversy.
Many Star Wars fans were not happy that T'Onga,
an LGBTQ person of color, was so quickly killed.
I'm a nerdy ass white dude that has had nothing
but representation in the content that I've
loved ever since I was a little kid, and that
most likely won't change anytime soon, so
I can't relate to reading a comic and seeing
a character that is of a demographic less
represented in comics, only to then have to
quickly see them killed off.
I imagine that's gotta suck and be super frustrating.
As mentioned earlier, I think it will be revealed
that Boba Fett killed her brother and will
be responsible for both of the siblings' deaths,
so I’m hoping that her death won’t just
be in vain.
With that said, guys, I can’t hide my enjoyment
for this comic series.
I’ve loved each issue that’s been released
up to this point, and it’s quickly rising
to the top of my all-time favorite comic series-and
that includes comics from other fandoms.
This comic series is the closest we'll get
to an R rated Star Wars story, and that's
something I've wanted for years.
But what are your thoughts on Star Wars: Bounty
Hunters Pt.3 and what do you think about the
series thus far?
Do you think Boba Fett Killed T'Ongor?
Let us know down in the comments.
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