Batman vs Boba Fett - The Breakdown

    I chose this as the first fight for two reasons.  The first is a great appreciation for both characters in their respective series and the second is the uniqueness of the match up itself.  The two characters are extremely similar in many ways but there are a few fundamental differences that separate them, making Boba Fett and Batman possibly the best match up I could dream up.
    Let’s look at Batman first.  Batman is the secret identity of the man Bruce Wayne, who uses his alter ego to fight crime in his home city of Gotham (and sometimes beyond.)  Bruce Wayne came from a wealthy background, but was struck by tragedy early in life when a thief gunned down his parents right before his eyes.  As he grew older he was trained as a ninja and became a highly skilled detective.  With his vast fortune he was able to acquire all the necessary equipment, armor and weapons he needed to become the worst nightmare of all the criminals poisoning the city he called home.
    Despite his zealous quest to fight crime in the city and his often brutal nature, he never stooped to the level of killing criminals if he could help it.  He believed in justice as the law dictated it, wanting to be more than just a hyped-up vigilante.  He never let his horrific introduction with crime destroy him, though it certainly must have darkened his heart a bit and formed him into the man he became.
    One trait that also sets Bruce Wayne (Batman) apart from others is his intelligence.  Batman is perhaps the most skilled detective ever seen in fiction.  He uses logical reasoning and deduction to help him solve crimes.  His understanding of how people behave and think allows him to gain insight into the minds of his opponents and often allows him to stay several steps ahead of his enemy.  Coupled with his physical prowess and extensive monetary assets, his intellect makes him what Superman dubs, “The most dangerous man on Earth.”
    Batman is often lumped into the category of superheroes, though he technically has no super powers and is thus not a superhero.  He would more appropriately be called a masked- or costumed-crime fighter.  While he is indeed very smart, very rich, and one of the most skilled hand-to-hand combat fighters ever to walk this planet, he is still an ordinary human being.  I would argue this makes him far more interesting.  He is a more entertaining character to follow because he has human weaknesses and could theoretically be killed by anyone.  Not only this, but this mortal man often goes toe-to-toe with characters that do possess super powers and is victorious more often than not.  He once very nearly beat the Man of Steel (Superman) in single combat – now that’s saying something.
    Boba Fett on the other hand is a cold-hearted killer.  An unaltered clone of the notorious bounty hunter Jango Fett, he was trained by his father during the first ten years of his life on the necessary skills of a Mandalorian warrior.  The Mandalorians were considered to be one of the most, if not the most, elite warrior societies known in the Star Wars Universe.  His training was quite literally cut short by the lightsaber of Mace Windu as it lopped off his father’s head in a pitched battle on Geonosis.  Just like Bruce Wayne, Fett watched the death of his only parent as a child; though unlike Wayne, he had nobody to turn to and was forced into a cruel world alone at a very young age.  He did the only thing he knew and became a bounty hunter.
    His hatred for the Jedi after his father’s death flowed through his veins.  As a teenager he learned from experience what combat was like and due to his youth was unable to physically compete with many opponents, thus he discovered that it was often easier to outsmart your enemies than to attempt to engage them in combat.  Just like Bruce Wayne, his intelligence became perhaps his most powerful weapon.  As he grew older though, he did become an incredibly skilled and dangerous warrior, firmly upholding the title of the Mandalorians.
    As an intelligent and deadly warrior, Fett began to hunt down and kill beings with powers equitable to superheroes – the Jedi.  He collected several lightsaber trophies from Jedi he dispatched and even went as far as to practice enough with them to develop some skills, despite his lack of any Force abilities.  At one point in his career Fett entered into single combat with none other than Darth Vader.  Considering the number of enemies that have fallen victim to Vader, one would expect a mere bounty hunter would stand no chance.  Fett very nearly defeated Vader, and in fact could have, but chose not to fire his weapon at the last second because of the aggravation he thought it would cause him when the Empire discovered who Vader’s killer was.  Fett then kicked the cask they had been fighting over into a river of lava, depriving Vader of his goal.  Darth Vader never forgot that fight and granted Fett a respect he reserved for very few others in the galaxy.
    During his career, Fett went on to hunt down and either kill or capture more beings than probably anyone else before or after him.  One of his favorite methods of disposal was the use of a Disruptor, which breaks down objects to a molecular level – in essence, disintegrating them.  Fett was a brutal and effective killer in every way.  The only mark ever able to escape him several times was Han Solo, though he was able to detain and deliver him to Jabba the Hutt the very first time he was sent to capture him.  At one point, Fett broke into an Imperial bunker and single handedly wiped out an entire battalion of stormtroopers.  Through his work as a highly paid bounty hunter, he amassed a fortune greater than that of some small planets and was able to put this to use on many of his jobs in the form of equipment, weapons and armor (just as Batman did.)

    After looking at the two characters more closely, it is easy to see that in many ways they are almost the same character.  One of the big differences is their level of brutality.  Batman refused to kill his enemies, believing that detaining them and sending them through a fair justice system was preferable and more honorable.  Boba Fett on the other hand was more than willing to kill his victims (and to do it solely for profit.)
    In many ways, that fact alone is why Fett won the battle; he came into the match prepared to kill.  His weapons and equipment were designed with the purpose of killing in mind and he is armed to the teeth in almost every way one could think of.  There is also the fact that the weapons he brought to the fight were vastly superior from a technological standpoint.  Batman’s weapons were instead designed to harm an opponent, and could possibly kill if used correctly.  I say 'could kill' because his weapons have the potential to kill but are virtually useless against an adversary as heavily armored as Fett was – it’s like shooting a slingshot at a knight in full plate armor.  Fett’s choice of armaments had no problem blasting through Batman’s armor, but Batman’s deadliest weapons were barely capable of putting a scratch in his enemy’s.
    To make the fight a bit more entertaining (and a little closer to fair), I left out the use of Fett’s Disruptor rifle.  I figured having Batman get vaporized at the outbreak of the battle would not be as interesting and would inherently prohibit the showcasing of the rest of their arsenals and how they would match up against each other.  I also gave Batman every single weapon or gadget he has used, despite that he could not realistically carry all of the equipment I gave him.  (But who cares since it’s all made up anyways, right?)
    Obviously there are people out there who will whole-heartedly disagree with my conclusion – especially big Batman fans.  I feel I should remind readers that I hold both of these characters in very high regard.  Batman is unquestionably the most interesting ‘superhero’ in my mind and Boba Fett the coolest character in Star Wars.  I did my best not to favor one character over the other and attempted to look at the facts and the history of both characters as objectively as possible before determining whom the winner of the fight would be.