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the son of Cradossk, the leader of the old Bounty Hunters Guild, Bossk was known in his early years as a highly-skilled hunter of Wookiees. This was only natural, since Trandoshans measure their skills in their ability to kill Wookiees. Bossk even had his personal ship, the Hound's Tooth, outfitted with special cages to hold Wookiees, and tanning vats to cure their hides. Bossk, however, was never able to make it to the top of the heap in the Guild, being stifled by both his father's machinations and the existence of freelance hunter Boba Fett. In nearly ever mission they both took, Fett got the upper hand and beat Bossk to the bounty. Often, Fett would then embarrass the Trandoshan, which made Bossk's lust for revenge even deeper. When Bobe Fett decided to join the Guild, Bossk feared that the other hunter was there to destroy the Guild and keep everything for himself. In this belief, Bossk was very close to the truth. However, Cradossk had noticed his son'' growing anger, and hoped to kill him off before he did any real damage. Cradossk arranged for Boba Fett, Bossk, and Zuckuss to recover Oph Nar Dinnid from the Shell Hutts, and hired Zuckuss to ensure Bossk's death. However, Zuckuss was something of a double agent, and reported Bossk's death even as the Trandoshan returned to the Guild. Lulled into a sense of security, Cradossk was unprepared when Bossk appeared. Being younger, stronger, and angrier, Bossk made short work of killing and eating old Cradossk. After the breakup of the Guild, Bossk formed the Guild Reform Committee in opposition to the True Guild. Both factions waged a hidden civil war, further reducing the ranks of bounty hunters. During this time, Bossk decided to join Boba Fett in the search for Trhin Voss'on't. The arrangement was short-lived, however, as both hunters tried to steal the Imperial from the other. In the end, Bossk was embarrassed again by Fett. Bossk retired for a short time to lick his wounds, but was discovrered in the Corellian System by Hal Horn. After killing the security officer, Bossk was caught and imprisoned by Corran Horn, but was released by Kirtan Loor. Bossk then became part of a team that tried to capture a group of relocated Wookiees on the safeworld of Gandolo IV. He had tracked Chewbacca there, and he assembled a group of bounty hunters to take control of the Wookiees. However, through the intervention of Han Solo, the Wookiees were able to escape while Bossk and his fellow bounty hunters were left stranded on Gandolo IV. Bossk eventually freed himself, and vowed to find Chewbacca again. His chance came when Vader sought out bounty hunters to capture the Falcon. He took on two unlikely crewmembers, in the Wookiee Chenlambec and the human, Tinian I'att. The two had posed as bounty hunters, in an attempt to draw Bossk into a trap set by Wookiees. They claimed to have information on a series of Wookiee waystations throughout the galaxy, and that information could be found on one of them that would lead them to Solo and Chewbacca. The ruse worked, and they were able to lure Bossk to Lomabu III. There, in brilliantly-executed series of manipulations, Bossk was captured by Imperial forces and held on the charge of attempting to kill the Wookiees held in a labor camp there. The Imperial Governor, Io Desnand, eventually freed the Trandoshan. Bossk and several other bounty hunters tried to intercept Boba Fett near Gall and capture Solo's frozen form. Bossk tried to waylay Slave I in an asteroid field, but was nearly blown to bits by Fett's marksmanship. Bossk then found work with Jabba the Hutt, as part of the swoop gang used to patrol the landing pads where other hunters brought in Jabba's enemies. Bossk was nearly killed by Fett again when the Hunter brought Han Solo to Jabba. It was during this time that Bossk tried to steal the Slave I, but ended up losing it and the Hound's Tooth to Boba Fett. Bossk did managed to take possession of the load-shifter droid which contained the falsified record of the death of Owen and Beru lars, which was created by Kuat of Kuat, but ultimately lost that to Fett as well. Later, Bossk failed to capture Lando Calrissian on Keyorin. He was 58 standard years old at the time. Bossk then became involved with Zekka Thyne, who was released by the New Republic in an effort to gain information on Coruscant. Bossk was badly wounded in a shootout caused by Corran Horn's escape from Thyne on Coruscant, but managed to survive the wound. He was employed by Big Bunji to harass Han Solo and Roa, during their search for Reck Desh, on the Jubilee Wheel.