Fett's theatrical film debut was an unnamed bounty hunter in "The Empire Strikes Back" as the "next major villain" besides Darth Vader. He is one of six bounty hunters assembled by Darth Vader, who promises a reward to whomever captures the crew of the "Millennium Falcon". Fett tracks the starship to Cloud City, where Vader captures its passengers and tortures its captain, Han Solo. Aiming to collect the bounty Jabba the Hutt has placed on Solo (established in the original film), Fett questions Vader regarding the carbon freeze, which Vader intends to use on his true target, Luke Skywalker. Vader promises that the Empire will compensate Fett if Solo dies, but the smuggler survives and Vader turns him over to Fett, who leaves to deliver him to Jabba in his ship, "Slave I".