Exclusive Interview with Alyssa Wong, Author of “Star Wars: Boba Fett – Black, White & Red #4”

Alyssa Wong wrote the Boba Fett “Black, White & Red” #4, released at the very end of 2025.

We spoke with the Star Wars comic writer about the final issue:

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BFFC: What inspired you to write this particular Boba Fett story?

Boba Fett vs. Raslin Grace showdown! It was great to take a crack at the man, the mystery, the Boba Fett. And I missed Raslin, my charming, horrifying bounty hunter. I wrote her into the last issue of my Doctor Aphra (2020) run and “Tall Tales,” my short story in Star Wars: Revelations #1 (2023). She’s a character who deserves more time to shine, and I love pitting a newbie against a legend. I wanted someone who could go toe-to-toe with Boba Fett on the battlefield. I wanted that spicy sizzle between their different personalities.

I also had Eriadu on the mind, and as they say, where there’s Eriadu, there are Tarkins. I’d gotten to explore them in my work for The High Republic, so I thought, “Why not?” It’s a powder keg of a setting… and a great place for a showdown.

BFFC: What did your writing process for Boba Fett – Black, White & Red #4 look like?

I always start with a simple concept: story idea based loosely around “Things I Think Would be Fun to Write.” For Boba Fett – Black, White & Red #4, I knew I wanted to write a murder mystery with a masked vigilante, bring back Raslin Grace, and return to the Tarkins and Eriadu. We caught a glimpse of what the Tarkins were like in The High Republic era, centuries prior to this story; how did we get from that to the Tarkins in the present day? What role do they play in this story? How does Eriadu’s warlike culture form the landscape of civil unrest under the Empire?

Boba Fett is our Sherlock Holmes. He’s an outsider striding into a boiling storm. His only stake here is solving the mystery so he can get paid. So, with Boba Fett at the center of this story, I ask: “What are the things only Boba Fett can see? Who are the best and worst people he can meet? Who’s his client and why does he take this job? Who is the most interesting antagonist for him? And in general, how do I make his life more difficult?”

The Tarkins have the cash, so they’re the client. Why did they hire him? A young Tarkin has been assassinated. That’s our victim. Does Boba Fett have a personal stake in the Tarkins’ vendetta? Not really… but clearly someone does, so whom? Everyone, it turns out. Who killed the young Tarkin? Someone who represents everyone. Who’s the actual dark horse antagonist for Boba Fett, the person who can meet him on the same level? The bounty hunter Raslin Grace, who ties into the Tarkins due to her Eriaduan high society background.

The more questions you ask, the more your outline grows, and before you know it, you’ve already written your script.

BFFC: You’ve written Boba Fett before in the War of the Bounty Hunters Doctor Aphra crossover. Both of those characters are rogues in their own way – how do you approach writing these kinds of characters?

I find writing rogues much easier than writing heroes. Their struggles are different. My heroes tend to strive toward a societal ideal, while rogues flex around it. Rogues know they’re not good people–or at least, they know they aren’t heroes. Good isn’t always an option for them, and often times, it isn’t one.

You can get so, so emotionally ugly with someone who believes that about themself. Can they be heroic? If so, are they standing in their own way? Or will they choose to double down on their own worst impulses? You can see this with a lot of characters I’ve written: Boba Fett, Doctor Aphra, Driggit Parse. Rogues are survivors. And that feels like a very real place to be.

(Also, I just have more fun with morally-grey to morally-heinous characters.)

BFFC: What was it like bringing bounty hunter Raslin Grace, who famously was hired to track down Aphra, back in this issue?

I love my girl Raslin. David Baldeón designed her when we worked together on “Tall Tales,” Raslin’s first story appearance. David brought the elegance of Grace Kelly (hence “Grace”) to my pitch of “Kraven the Hunter meets gorgeous, merciless high society debutante.” And you know I love writing awful, cruel, powerful women with great senses of humor.

Raslin is a skilled bounty hunter, charming and flirty, with the stone-cold heart of a killer. What sets her apart is that she doesn’t hunt because she needs the money–she does it for the love of the game. That hunger makes her a fun matchup against both Boba Fett and Aphra, even though they’re very different characters. In some ways, Boba Fett is more myth than man, and Aphra is as slippery as an eel. But Raslin is an unstoppable force. She’s human, but I wanted her to be uncannily unkillable. She always comes back. And any obstacles just make the hunt more exciting.

I think I’d like to write her again. We’ll see!

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The final issue dropped on December 31st. Ask your local comic shop about it ASAP.