Why did Boba Fett Stay at Jabba's Palace for a Year?

Why did Boba Fett seemingly sit around at Jabba’s palace for the entire year between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi? Sure, he often worked for the Hutt, but he didn’t have an exclusive contract, and was in high demand as a bounty hunter. The Star Wars comics set in between episodes five and six show us the reemergence of Crimson Dawn, a rival criminal syndicate to the Hutt Clan. They had kind of a grand reopening party surrounding the theft and auction of Han Solo’s carbonite slab. Orchestrated by Qi’ra, her stunt was meant to throw the criminal underworld into chaos, and she absolutely succeeded. The Hutt Council was slaughtered, leaving Jabba as the sole survivor, and the rest of the syndicates went to war with one another. Jabba was nervous and basically hiding on Tatooine, so when Boba Fett finally recovered and delivered Han Solo, he promised the bounty hunter more credits if he stuck around. Fett correctly guessed that the Hutt wanted protection from Crimson Dawn, but agreed to stay after being handed a large sum of credits. He even went so far as to remove Jabba’s other security measures, like a huge battle droid, so the Hutt would be even more reliant on Boba. #starwars

[@18Krieger]

Sounds like a good deal for Boba. He can relax a bit as a VIP as one of the most powerful underworld bosses and gets a handsome pay.

[@myriadmediamusings]

Even without Legends explaining it through Shadows of the Empire or current EU explaining it through War of the Bounty Hunters, I always felt the answer to this one was never difficult to guess.

[@MCLegoboy]

He was planning his eventual takeover 5 years later.
He's the new Palpatine where everything that doesn't work out for him is actually part of his grand plan.

[@brambo3011]

This really would’ve made an incredible show/movie sequence. Would’ve been just like Maul’s rise to power in Clone Wars, only 25 years later, the Hutt’s get slaughtered, Jabba’s pushed into a corner, underworld war, and Maul’s faction is behind it all again, but with Qi’ra at the helm this time.

[@seanknowsbest2802]

Let’s be real. He just got a huge payout from the empire and Jabbas palace is filled with “entertainment “

[@davido.1233]

Pretty sure this will take place during the events of Outlaws so we may see that gang war.

[@FinkPloydFan]

Didn't he kinda use Jabba's Palace as a home base in Legends? I could be wrong idk

[@DDuffy143]

Such a fun nugget of info!

[@chaysethepurplewolf2060]

Not Qi'ra auctioning off her ex...

[@OdinSmilesRavensLaugh72051]

I coulda explained that with HE WAS HIRED 🤷‍♂️

[@TheRealMaruki]

So he did have an exclusive contract

[@scientistmilorad9735]

To bang Leah

[@MadLemon]

because an AI replaced the writers