{"id":14740,"date":"2025-10-21T10:29:17","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T17:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/?p=14740"},"modified":"2025-10-21T10:29:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T17:29:17","slug":"exclusive-interview-with-saladin-ahmed-author-of-star-wars-boba-fett-black-white-red-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/collectibles\/exclusive-interview-with-saladin-ahmed-author-of-star-wars-boba-fett-black-white-red-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive Interview with Saladin Ahmed, Author of \u201cStar Wars: Boba Fett \u2013 Black, White & Red #2\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Saladin Ahmed continues Boba Fett’s “Black, White & Red” anthology with issue #2<\/a>, out October 29th.<\/h2>\n

We got to chat with the Eisner Award winning writer about it in advance:<\/p>\n

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BFFC: Welcome back to the Star Wars universe! You previously wrote short stories for the Canto Bight<\/em> and From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi<\/em> anthologies. What was it like writing for Boba Fett this time around?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Saladin Ahmed: Well despite my deep love for rancor keeping, tackling Boba Fett certainly feels like a level up of sorts within the universe. Whether you agree with the conventional wisdom or not, he’s been considered the coolest character in Star Wars for decades — how could I not jump at the chance to write him?<\/p>\n

BFFC: What did your writing process for Star Wars: Boba Fett — Black, White & Red<\/em> #2 look like?<\/strong><\/p>\n

My writing process looks pretty unromantic — doing it for a living means treating it like a job. Wake up, get the kids to school, make coffee, sit down in front of a computer for most of the day.<\/p>\n

But I’ve had some terrible jobs, and the big difference with this one is that alongside the hard work there’s fun. You always find a key thing in the story that you latch onto that generates the excitement that keeps you working. For this story it was thinking about bounty hunting in reverse — what would it be like to be hunted by Boba Fett? And what sort of slippery eel could make him work for his pay? The story flowed from there.<\/p>\n

BFFC: Is there a specific Boba Fett moment that inspired the story you wrote?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Less a specific moment and more his broad reputation. Boba Fett is the guy who always catches his quarry. That’s what’s cool about him. So I thought it would be fun to put him against someone who isn’t tough or powerful but who can run like hell.<\/p>\n

BFFC: You also wrote an issue of Wolverine: Black, White & Blood<\/em>. How does the more limited, but vivid, color palette affect your storytelling? And are there differences between how you use it for Fett vs. Wolverine?<\/strong><\/p>\n

What’s wild is I also did a Harley Quinn story in the same mode! I think it’s an awesome palette to work with — for me it’s about thinking through what’s most alive in that character’s world. For Logan it was a whole lot of blood. For Boba Fett it’s a rocket pack and blaster bolts.<\/p>\n

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The second issue comes out a week from Wednesday on October 29, 2025. Ask your local comic book retailer about any or all of the variant covers, too.<\/em><\/p>\n

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