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“ | There will be no bargain, young Jedi. I shall enjoy watching you die. | „ |
~ Jabba the Hutt sentences Luke Skywalker to death, before attempting to feed him to the same Rancor he fed Oola to. |
Jabba Desilijic Tiure, mostly known across popular media as Jabba the Hutt, is a major antagonist in the Star Wars franchise.
He is a fat, slug-like alien gangster who happens to be one of the most successful crime lords in the entire galaxy, and a member of the Hutt Clan as well as the Grand Hutt Council. He is also the archenemy of Han Solo and Leia Organa.
He is the most powerful crime boss on Tatooine, controlling the bulk of the traffic in illegal and iniquitous goods, piracy, and slavery that generated most of the planet's wealth. He is also highly authoritative and influential in the entire Outer Rim. He is initially an ally of Han Solo, but following a botched smuggling mission, Han falls out of Jabba’s favor and the Hutt places a large bounty on his head.
In the original trilogy, he was portrayed by the late Declan Mulholland and voiced by the late Larry Ward. In Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, he was voiced by Scott Schuman. In the Clone Wars film and series, he was voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson, who also played Sarevok Anchev in Dungeons & Dragons: Baldur's Gate, Captain Gantu in Lilo & Stitch, Lester Krinklesac in The Cleveland Show, the Joker in The Batman, Trigon in Teen Titans Go!, Shredder in the 2012 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series, Crunch Bandicoot in Crash Bandicoot, PandaBubba in Xiaolin Showdown, Temutai in Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness, Gorilla Grodd and Captain Cold in Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League vs. Bizarro League, Chairman Drek in Ratchet & Clank, Willem Viceroy in Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja, the Shadow King in Wolverine and the X-Men, Kamek in The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Prince John in House of Mouse, Vladimir in My Life as a Teenage Robot, General Aguila in TMNT, Injurin' Joe in the 2000 animated film adaptation of Tom Sawyer, Ian the Gator in The Princess and the Frog, Carlton Duquesne in Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman, and Floronic Man in Batman and Harley Quinn.
Personality[]
Jabba is a greedy, cruel, hateful, hedonistic, gluttonous, and sadistic crime lord. He enjoyed living luxuriously in his palace and rarely left. His wealth made him one of the most powerful beings in the galaxy, so strong that not even the Empire could catch him, allowing him and his crime syndicate to run rampant throughout the Outer Rim. In addition to his greed, he was also a sadist who enjoyed inflicting horrific and cruel punishments, such as torturing them and feeding them to his pet monsters. This appetite for violence extended to his eating habits, preferring to eat his food alive and, in at least one instance, ate a human person alive.
Jabba was also a highly vengeful figure, as soon when he placed a bounty of Han's head for not paying him back. As payback, he mounted Han's frozen form on a wall as a trophy. This was also shown when he had his uncle Ziro murdered as revenge for kidnapping his son Rotta. Furthermore, Jabba was a shameless lech, having an insatiable lust for women, as shown with his treatment of his dancers and enslavement of Leia Organa.
In spite of all his negative traits, he did possess one positive trait, that being his love for his son Rotta. Aside from that, Jabba was a truly evil character, and repulsive on the inside as he was on the out, his name synonymous in pop culture for hedonism and corruption.
Biography[]
The Phantom Menace[]
In 32 BBY (before the Battle of Yavin), Jabba hosts the Podrace at the Boonta Eve Classic between Anakin Skywalker and Sebulba on Tatooine.
Star Wars: The Clone Wars Movie[]
During the Clone Wars, Jabba's son Rotta is kidnapped by Count Dooku and Jabba's uncle Ziro the Hutt to convince Jabba to join the Confederacy of Independent Systems. Luckily, Anakin Skywalker, now a Jedi Knight, and his Padawan Ahsoka Tano save Rotta.
Star Wars: The Clone Wars Series[]
Jabba had to help the Jedi during the Clone Wars. He also helped Darth Maul and Savage Opress to form the Shadow Collective.
A New Hope 20th Anniversary Special Edition[]
In 1997-onwards releases of the original film, Jabba meets Han Solo at the Millennium Falcon to demand the money the captain owed him and ask why he killed his henchman Greedo. Han then tells the Hutt that he has a charter and will pay him back with a little extra. Jabba agreed, but he made it clear that if Han failed again, he would put such a high price on Han's head that he would not be able to go anywhere without an army of bounty hunters waiting to collect it. During their conversation, Han accidentally steps on Jabba's tail. The last time Jabba is seen in this version is when he tells Boba Fett and others to get moving and they leave.
The Empire Strikes Back[]
Jabba does not appear in the sequel, but his motivations are pivotal to the plot. He has increased the bounty on Han’s head, leading Han to attempt to leave the Rebellion at the beginning of the film to repay his debt.
Boba Fett is hired by both Jabba and Darth Vader to capture Han (Vader also wants Princess Leia Organa, Chewbacca and C-3PO). When Vader kidnaps Han, he has him tortured for no reason and then frozen in carbonite as a test, planning to do the same to Luke Skywalker. He turns the frozen Han over to Boba Fett, who departs Bespin to deliver Han to Jabba.
Return of The Jedi[]
One year later, Jabba the Hutt had been holding a frozen Han Solo on his wall. He was in the first act of the film, where Leia, Chewbacca and Luke attempt to rescue their friend.
The captured Han is delivered to Jabba by Boba and placed on display in the crime lord’s throne room. Lando Calrissian, C-3PO, R2-D2, Leia and Chewbacca infiltrate Jabba's palace to save Han. Leia herself is soon enslaved by the Hutt, and she is forced to wear her iconic golden bikini along with being chained to Jabba. Soon afterward, Luke arrives to "bargain for Solo's life", but Jabba condemns Luke, Han and Chewbacca to the sarlacc. At the Great Pit of Carkoon, Luke escapes execution with the help of R2-D2 and defeats Jabba's thugs. During the subsequent confusion, Han accidentally knocks Fett into the sarlaac while Leia shuts off all the lights in the sail barge and strangles Jabba to death with the very chain he forced her into. With that, Luke, Leia, Han, Lando, Chewbacca, C-3PO and R2-D2 manage to escape, blowing up the sail barge and killing Jabba’s remaining men as they flee the scene.
Legacy[]
Canon[]
After the explosion, the wreck of Jabba's sail barge is picked clean by Jawas and Tusken Raiders, with Boba Fett escaping the Sarlacc. Jabba's Majordomo Bib Fortuna, who managed to escape the explosion of Jabba's sail barge, makes his way back to Jabba's palace, where he seizes control of what is left of Jabba's criminal empire. Fortuna has none of Jabba's skill or influence, however, so Tatooine's underworld was quickly taken over by three crime families, leaving Fortuna only nominal power. Fortuna is also forced to pay tribute to Mos Espa Mayor Mok Shaiz due to Shaiz's connection with the Pyke Syndicate. For the next five years, he rules in Jabba's place, putting on a great deal of weight in the years after his Master's death. Fortuna spends the next five years ruling as a figurehead. Fortuna's career as a crime lord is cut short when Boba Fett returns, kills him, and takes over as Daiymo (Lord) of Tattooine. Jabba's twin cousins then decide to assert their claim to Jabba's empire. However, when the Pyke Syndicate begins making their own moves, the twins quickly abandon their claims to Tatooine.
Legends[]
“ | Hero of the Rebellion and all that aside, a bunch of our people figure they owe (Luke) Skywalker big for getting them out of permanent hock to Jabba the Hutt. | „ |
~ Aves |
As in canon history, the remnants of Jabba's sail barge are picked clean by the Jawas after Jabba's death, and the various members of Jabba's criminal empire fight among themselves for control. With no strong leader to take over after Jabba's death, his empire falls apart, freeing Jabba's debtors from being in "permanent hock" to the Hutt clan.
Appearance[]
An enormous, fat slug-like creature of the Hutt species, Jabba can barely move around in an environment of humanoids. He is is 604 years old and has a huge head and mouth, small arms and a huge body with a tail. Due to his lifestyle of continuous eating, coupled with his sedentary position on his repulsorlift throne, Jabba developed a gargantuan stomach. Initially, he was often off his dais and his stomach protruded slightly, as it possessed a simplistic complexion; yet as he grew older and fatter, he was only ever seen on his throne and his huge appetite hadn't gone anywhere, so more fat began building around in his stomach and its general complexion became much more lined and complex.
Jabba refuses to speak Basic, even when conversing with his partners, instead speaking in the Huttese language. He is also shown to be defenseless on his own, as he chooses to rely on numerous henchmen and slaves to get what he wants. Jabba is best remembered by audiences for his disgusting appearance and enormous girth, which has been parodied numerous times and is commonly associated with obesity — even though in Jabba's case, it is an inherent trait of his race.
Personality[]
“ | If I told you half the things I’ve heard about this Jabba the Hutt, you’d probably short-circuit! | „ |
~ C-3PO to R2-D2 about Jabba the Hutt. |
Jabba's personality is just as vile as his physical appearance. He is shown to be an extremely hostile, violent, cruel, sadistic, gluttonous, misogynistic and lustful individual that enjoys the suffering of those who oppose him, feeding them to his pet rancor (or the Sarlacc) while he watched, entertained. He is also greedy, as he often goes against his word regarding business deals and will do anything to preserve his wealth.
Jabba was an extremely selfish individual who only cared about himself. He enjoyed watching people suffer, even his own. He was also very arrogant. And he thought he was above everyone else because of his status as a powerful crimelord.
He was also very lazy and didn't like to do things himself. He rarely ever moved from his spot, and he commanded people to carry him when he needed to go somewhere. His laziness and his love for food is what led him to become so overweight and flabby. He would often just sit and watch while people did work for him relishing in their misery while he enjoyed and extravegant lifestyle. By the time of his death he had become so fat and lazy that he never moved on his own. Only commanding his slaves to carry him while he barked orders at his guards. In the end, his lavish lifstyle was his undoing however. As when Luke and co managed to turn the tides at the sarlac pit, Jabba was unable to run away. And when Leia started choking him he was to physically weak to do anything besides making desperate attempts at surviving.
Jabba had a perverted desire towards humanoid females, often keeping them as his slave girls, forcing them to dress revealingly and dance provocatively for his amusement. If one of his slave girls rebels against him, he has them killed by his pet rancor and simply claims another slave girl to take their place. He is also known for making his favorite slaves (such as Oola and Leia) sit next to him and be chained to him like his personal prize. However, his fetish towards humanoid females proved to be his downfall, as he was killed by his final slave girl Leia when she strangled him to death using the very chain he used to enslave her with.
Jabba is a great deal more intelligent and manipulative than he appears to be, which is why Luke Skywalker’s attempt in using a Jedi mind trick doesn’t work on him. Another example of him showing his intelligence is how he used his connections and business dealings to avoid capture despite his crimes.
Jabba is also rather cowardly and pusillanimous, as he prefers using his hired servants and monsters like the rancor to do his bidding; to be fair, he is large and slow and has arms that are too short for fistfights. However, Jabba can be cowed by a person of genuine will with enough leverage — such as Darth Maul, for example.
Despite his vile personality and disgusting acts in general, Jabba has some redeeming qualities and occasionally shows a kinder side of himself. He genuinely loves his son, Rotta, being very angry when the latter is kidnapped. His tender love for his son is specifically shown when he was willing to work with the Jedi despite their mutual resentment and as such endanger himself to see to it they successfully rescued him.
Relationships[]
Allies[]
- Zorba the Hutt (father)
- Rotta the Hutt (son)
- Ziro the Hutt † (uncle, formerly)
- Durga the Hutt (relative)
- Bib Fortuna †
- Oola (victim) †
- Ephant Mon (Good friend)
- Wooof †
- Greedo †
- Sy Snootles
- Salacious B. Crumb †
- Cad Bane †
- Cane Adiss
- Yarna d'al' Gargan
- Max Rebo Band
- Greeata Jendowanian
- Attark
- Barada †
- Ree-Yees †
- Saelt-Marae
- Ak-Rev
- Doallyn
- Giran
- Lyn Me
- Rappertunie
- John Yowza
- Umpass-stay
- Barquin D'an
- Mosep Binneed
- Rystall Sant
- Kithaba †
- J'Quille
- Buboicullaar
- Jubnuk † (accidental victim)
- Gartogg
- Doda Bodonawieedo
- Klaatu †
- The Galactic Empire (sometimes)
- Darth Vader † (sometimes)
- Stormtroopers (sometimes)
- Boba Fett
- Dengar
- Bossk
- IG-88B
- 4-Lom
- Zuckuss
- Count Dooku † (sometimes)
- Humanoid slaves
- Twi'lek Slaves
- Gardulla (rival sometimes)
- B'omarr Monks
- Jawas
- Star Waver
- Nuum family (formerly)
- Cabrool Nuum (formerly)
- Rusk Nuum (formerly)
- Norba Nuum (formerly)
Enemies[]
- Jedi Order
- The Republic
- Luke Skywalker †
- Princess Leia † (killer)
- C-3P0
- R2-D2
- Chewbacca
- Han Solo †
- Rebel Alliance
- Ziro the Hutt † (uncle)
- Count Dooku † (sometimes)
- Galactic Empire (sometimes)
- Darth Vader † (sometimes)
- Stormtroopers (sometimes)
- Gardulla (rival sometimes)
- Gardulla's criminal empire
- Bingo Maehndra
- Tyber Zann
- Lady Vararian
- Nuum family
- Rusk Nuum
- Norba Nuum
Trivia[]
- Jabba is the only major antagonist of the original trilogy that does not serve the Empire. Even Boba Fett would side with the Empire and capture the Millennium Falcon for them at first.
- Jabba's death scene in Return of the Jedi was based on that of Luca Brasi in The Godfather.
- In Return of the Jedi, Jabba's slimy sound was mostly made with a bowl of melted cheese.
- Wizard ranked Jabba the Hutt as #28 on their "Top 100 Greatest Villains" list.
- In the Angry Birds Star Wars franchise, Jabba makes a return. He only appears in the intro cutscene for the Endor stage (enslaving Leia before getting beaten up by an enraged Luke, but he makes his playable debut in the prequel game. Here, he can generate a shockwave that can deal damage to the area he collides with. He sticks his tongue out when he flies. Probably due to their size, he is played by the Fat Pig. Like Chewbacca, he can only be summoned by character swap.
- In Return of the Jedi, the puppet used for Jabba weighed one ton, cost $500,000, and had to be operated by three people. It is still the largest puppet ever used in film.
- Jabba's theme song is very similar to the theme of Uncle Ruckus from the adult animated sitcom The Boondocks.
External Links[]
- Jabba Desilijic Tiure on the Star Wars Wiki
- Jabba the Hutt on the Disney Wiki
- Jabba the Hutt on Wikipedia
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