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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, particularly on planet Tatooine where he controls 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.
Portrayals[]
- 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 Battlefront II, he was voiced by Mike Edmonds.
- 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, the Boogie Man from The Powerpuff Girls, 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.
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. He eventually dozes off and Bib has to wake him.
Star Wars: The Clone Wars Movie[]
During the Clone Wars, Jabba's son Rotta is kidnapped by Count Dooku, Asajj Ventress 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. However Jabba still tries to kill the Jedi only for Padmé to tell him that Ziro was the one who really kidnaped Rotta.
Star Wars: The Clone Wars Series[]
Jabba had to help the Jedi during the Clone Wars. He also payed Cad Bane to free Ziro from prison. 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 and his presence is felt. 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. Jabba takes the droids into his service and puts Chewbacca in the dungeon, but Leia successfully sets Han free. Leia herself is enslaved by the Hutt immediately afterwards, 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 Sarlacc 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. Jabba's bloated corpse is obliterated by the explosion.
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 as a figurehead. Fortuna's career as a crime lord is thankfully cut short when Boba Fett returns, kills him, and takes over as Daiymo (Lord) of Tatooine. 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. He also has reptilian, snake-like skin which has become increasingly soft and bloated over time. Due to his overindulgent and sedentary way of life, Jabba's belly looks permanently stuffed all the time; it dominates his frame and is often one of the first things anyone notices about him because of its remarkable prominence. Because of how how much bloated fat he's accumulated over the years, the slow yet scary creature is 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 in special cases the Sarlacc) while he watched, strongly entertained. He enjoys watching nearly anyone suffer, including his own followers. Jabba typifies selfishness and greediness in equal measure, as he often goes against his word regarding business deals and will do anything to preserve his wealth. He is also extremely narcissistic, seeing himself as above everyone else because of his status as a powerful crime lord. Indeed, 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.
He is also very lazy and doesn't like to do things himself. He rarely ever moves from his dais, the seat of his power as a mobster, and he commands his slaves to carry him when he needs to go somewhere whilst barking orders at them. This, combined with his gluttony and his unique physiology, is why he is so flabby in the first place. He would often just sit and watch while people did work for him relishing in their misery while he enjoyed and extravagant lifestyle. In the end, his lavish lifestyle turns out to be his undoing, as when Luke and the others managed to turn the tides at the Sarlacc pit, Jabba was unable to flee. And his muscles have softened to the degree that when Leia started choking him he was too physically weak to do anything besides making desperate attempts at surviving. In his defense, he is large and slow and has arms that are too short for fistfights, so his pusillanimous nature is arguably understandable. However, Jabba can be cowed by a person of genuine will with enough leverage — such as Darth Maul, for example.
Jabba had a perverted desire towards humanoid females, often keeping them as his slave girls, forcing them to dress revealingly, sit before him as a sentient trophy, and dance provocatively for his amusement. If one of his slave girls rebels against him, he would have them killed by his pet rancor and simply claim another slave girl to take their place. However, his fixation on 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.
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. And he rejoiced and felt uncharacteristically inclined to honor his word after Rotta returned into his arms. He also has a good relationship with Ephant Mon, who is his head of security.
Relationships[]
Allies[]
- Zorba the Hutt (father)
- Rotta the Hutt (son)
- Ziro the Hutt † (uncle, formerly)
- Durga the Hutt (relative)
- Bib Fortuna †
- 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
- Greeata Jendowanian
- 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)
- Galactic Republic (sometimes)
- Clone Troopers (sometimes)
- Mandalorians (sometimes)
- Pit Droids
- Astromech Droids
- Jess
- Laudica
- Diva Shaliqua
Enemies[]
- Jedi Order
- The Republic
- The Rebel Alliance
- Luke Skywalker †
- Princess Leia † (killer)
- C-3P0
- R2-D2
- Chewbacca
- Han Solo †
- 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
- Galactic Republic (sometimes)
- Clone Troopers (sometimes)
- Rianna Saren
- Zeeo
- Mandalorians (sometimes)
- Ghost Crew
Trivia[]
- Jabba is the only major antagonist of the original trilogy that does not serve the Empire at all. 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 Luca Brasi's 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 minor appearance. 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 and most elaborate puppet ever used in film.
- In Return of the Jedi, Jabba's eyes are red, but in The Phantom Menace, The Clone Wars and A New Hope, they're yellow.
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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