Exclusive Interview with Benjamin Percy, Author of “Star Wars: Boba Fett – Black, White & Red #1”

Benjamin Percy kicks off the debut issue of Boba Fett – Black, White & Red, the four issue anthology starting September 17th.

We had the opportunity to ask the acclaimed writer about the upcoming issue:

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BFFC: What did your writing process look like for Star Wars: Boba Fett – Black, White & Red #1?

Benjamin Percy: When you’re working with Marvel on any property, there’s an approval process. Typically you put together a pitch – and once that gets noted and approved, you provide a beat-by-beat breakdown of the issue—and once that gets noted and approved, you go to script. And then your collaboration has just begun with the artist and colorist and letterer, so things continue to get massaged. Many steps, each one intended to make the story stronger.

But Boba Fett – Black, White & Red #1 isn’t just a Marvel story—it’s also a Star Wars story. So there’s another force (so to speak) at work. Lucasfilm is kind of like Yoda: wise and encouraging, but also tough and all-knowing. They have the absolutely insane challenge of taking all their stories (and there are many of them—from the movies to the shows to the novels to the comics)—and making them fit within their established continuity. They are carrying around encyclopedias worth of knowledge in their heads.

So all of us are working together to give fans the very best a galaxy far, far away has to offer. I pitched a story—called “The Impossible Job”—that puts Fett in a tight spot. He’s chasing a bounty—on the greatest thief in the galaxy—but he’s getting pinched by both the Empire and a rogue unit of rebels. They approved the germ of the story, and we started building from there.

It’s been a total blast. But the most fun part? Seeing the art. Every time I got an email alert, I rushed to open the latest pages and panels and designs. Christopher Allen is an artist I’ve worked with before (on Predator Vs. Black Panther), and does a brilliant job with Fett—and with the Star Wars universe. The layouts are so dynamic and the backgrounds and sets are lushly detailed. You can tell he loves drawing in this world.

BFFC: Is there a specific Boba Fett moment that inspired the story you wrote?

Not really. It’s more of a vibe. Fett is so cool, so unflappable, so capable. I wanted to put him in a situation that had serious heat and pressure to see how he’d respond.

BFFC: How does writing someone like Boba Fett compare to writing Wolverine or The Predator?

Well, both of those characters you mention are especially primal and raw. Fett might be a hunter, like the Predator, and he might be a loner, like Wolverine—but there’s so much self-control as he calculates his next move and how he’s gonna get paid.

But regardless of their differences, here’s what’s the same: they’re both big franchise characters that people love. So you want to honor their legacy while also putting your own unique stamp on them.

BFFC: How does the more limited, but vivid, color palette affect your storytelling?

If I’m writing a Black, White, and Red book, my brain is immediately focusing on that red—and how we can take advantage of it. I already mentioned how Fett finds himself pinched between two opposing forces—the Empire and a rogue rebel faction—as he pursues the greatest thief in the galaxy… but I didn’t tell you how I raised the stakes even further with the setting. This guy has hidden himself in a lava system. So the reds vividly burn their way onto the page.

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The debut issue comes out September 17, 2025. Ask your local comic book retailer about any or all of the variant covers, too.