History of Boba Fett
This is verbatim from the Star Wars Essential Guide to Characters, written by Andy Mangels. It's definitely a worthwhile buy!
Star Wars: The Essential Guide to Characters
Boba Fett
Species: Human
Sex: Male
Hair Color: Unknown
Eye Color: Unknown
Height: 1.8 m
Homeworld: Unknown (Concord Down?)
Political Affiliation: Freelance Bounty Hunter
Weapons of Choice: Mandalorian battle armor and various weapons
Vehicle of Choice: Kuat Systems Engineering limited-production, high-speed Firespray-class ship "Slave I" and Mandal Motors Pursuer enforcement ship "Slave II"
First Appearance: Star Wars Holiday Special
The most notorious and fearsome bounty hunter in the galaxy is also the most mysterious. Many legends and stories have arisen over the years, but few facts are known of the man called Boba Fett, or of his inextricable link to Han Solo.
Long before Luke Skywalker journeyed to Tatooine to fulfill his destiny as a Jedi, Boba Fett was also known as Journeyman Protector Jaster Mereel. Years past, the ugly young law-enforcement officer on the world of Concord Down had killed another protector, and though he dead man had been corrupt, disgracing his office and uniform, Mereel was still imprisoned for the murder. Against his wishes of his pleader, the arrogant young man remained unrepentant to the trial court, and Jaster Mereel was exiled from Concord Down, stripped of all he owned.
Mereel's adoption of the name Boba Fett, and the manner in which he acquired his rare battle armor, are tales lost in time, remembered by no living being except for Fett himself.
Fett wears the armor of the Mandolorians, a group of evil warriors who were defeated by the Jedi Knights during the Clone Wars. Fett's modified Mandalore armor includes *Sorry, got to go, I'll finish it later...*