Whisking the carbonite-frozen form of Han Solo away from Bespin, Fett eventually arrived on Tatooine to collect the reward on Solo from Jabba, his some-time employer. Fett stayed at Jabba's palace, and was present when Solo's friends attempted to rescue the carbon-frozen smuggler.

Failing to escape from Jabba's stronghold and sentenced to death at Tatooine's dreaded Pit of Carkoon, Luke Skywalker, Han Solo and others made a final break-out attempt, forcing Fett to enter the fray over the gaping maw of the Sarlacc. He was quickly knocked out of the fight, however, when Solo wildly swung a vibro-ax into the bounty hunter's rocketpack, sending him soaring out of control and into the Sarlacc's mouth.