Vizam is a minor character in the sixth film of the Star Wars franchise, Return of the Jedi.
He was portrayed by uncredited stuntman Paul Weston, who also portrayed Vedain.
Biography[]
Vizam appeared as weapons master for crime lord Jabba the Hutt. He was one of the many members of Jabba's court to witness the execution of Jabba's Twi'lek dancer Oola after she refused his advances. Later that night, he witnessed Princess Leia Organa infiltrate Jabba's palace disguised as a bounty hunter to rescue a smuggler named Han Solo. Unknown to Leia, Jabba saw through her disguise and she was caught after freeing Han from a block of carbonite and then forced to replace Oola as Jabba's dancing girl. Vizam was also present when Leia's brother Luke Skywalker arrived to force Leia into freeing her, but failing and being sentenced to be fed to the Sarlacc, along with Han and Chewbacca.
During the attempted execution, Vizam watched from the deck of Jabba's sail barge as Luke and his friends were about to be executed. However, Luke's droid R2-D2 launched his lightsaber to the cargo platform that Luke was standing on, allowing him to free his friends and start killing Jabba's thugs. Vizam reacted quickly and fired on Luke, Han and Chewie with a deck-mounted cannon. Due to his overzealous assault on the cargo skiff, he missed Luke entirely and knocked Luke's ally Lando Calrissian and the skiff's pilot Vedain overboard, causing Vedain to be eaten by the Sarlacc. Another shot was deflected by Luke and hit Boba Fett, incapacitating him. Eventually, the skiff dropped onto one side and Luke was able to climb aboard the sail barge and slash Vizam across the chest with his lightsaber, killing him.