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Jabba's role in " Star Wars ah” is primarily antagonistic. He is an approximately 600-year-old Hutt crime lord and gangster who is surrounded by a retinue of criminals, bounty hunters, smugglers, assassins, and bodyguards working for him to run his criminal empire. In his palace on the desert planet Tatooine, he has at his disposal many servants: slaves, droids and various alien creatures. Jabba has a dark sense of humor, a voracious appetite, and a passion for gambling, slave girls, and torture.

The character was included in a Star Wars merchandising campaign that coincided with the premiere release of Return of the Jedi. In addition to the films, Jabba the Hutt has appeared in literary works based on the Star Wars universe, in which he was sometimes mentioned full name, Jabba Desilijic Tiure. Since then, the character of Jabba the Hutt has played important role in popular culture, especially in the United States. The name is used as a satirical literary device and political cartoon to highlight the negative qualities of the target, such as obesity and corruption.

Appearances

Jabba the Hutt appears in three of the six live-action Star Wars films and in The Clone Wars. He is frequently featured in Expanded Universe literature and is the subject of a comic book anthology. (Jabba the Hutt: The Art of Business) (1998), a collection of comics originally published in 1995 and 1996.

In movie

Jabba is first mentioned in A New Hope (1977), but his first film appearance comes in 1983, in the third installment of the original Star Wars trilogy, Return of the Jedi, directed by Richard Marchand from a screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan and George Lucas. . The first part of Return of the Jedi shows the attempt of Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher), Wookiee Chewbacca (Peter Mayhew) and Jedi Knight Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) to rescue their friend Han Solo (Harrison Ford), who was imprisoned in carbonite as a result of the events of the previous episode. film, The Empire Strikes Back.

The captured Han is delivered to Jabba by bounty hunter Boba Fett (Jeremy Bullock) and placed on display in the crime boss's throne room. Han's friends, namely Lando Calrissian (Billy Dee Williams), the droids C-3PO (Anthony Daniels) and R2-D2 (Kenny Baker), Leia and Chewbacca, infiltrate Jabba's palace as part of their plan to rescue Han. Leia, however, soon finds herself captured and enslaved by the Hutt. Luke arrives to Jabba to make a "deal for Solo's life." Luke, however, is thrown into a pit with a monstrous rancor monster, which is located below Jabba's throne room. After Luke kills the monster, Jabba condemns Luke, Han, and Chewbacca to a slow death in the belly of the Sarlacc, a gigantic alien worm-like creature that lives in Tatooine's Dune Sea. The execution turns into a shootout at the Great Pit of Karkona, where Luke escapes execution with the help of R2-D2 and defeats Jabba's guards. In the ensuing confusion, Leia strangles Jabba to death with her slave chains. Luke, Leia, Han, Lando, Chewbacca, C-3PO and R2-D2 escape Jabba's sail barge before the explosion, killing everyone inside.

Jabba the Hutt's second screen appearance was in the special edition of A New Hope, which was released in 1997 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the original Star Wars. Han Solo gets into a bar fight in Mos Eisley with the alien bounty hunter Greedo (Paul Blake and Maria de Aragon), which ends in the latter's death. According to Greedo, Jabba "does no business with smugglers who dump their cargo the first time an Imperial cruiser approaches." Jabba hired Han to smuggle the illegal drug "spice" from the Kessel asteroid. Khan, however, was forced to jettison his cargo when an Imperial patrol began pursuing the Millennium Falcon, Khan's ship. Greedo told Han that "Jabba's bounty on your head is so high that every bounty hunter in the galaxy will be looking for you." In a scene that was cut from the original 1977 film, Jabba and his surrounding bounty hunters are seen in the Millennium Falcon's hangar trying to find a smuggler. Jabba confirms Greedo's last words and demands that Han pay him the cost of the cargo. Han promises to compensate Jabba for the loss once he receives payment for delivering the "goods" - Obi-Wan Kenobi (Alec Guinness), Luke Skywalker, R2-D2 and C-3PO - to Alderaan. Jabba warns Han that if he does not return soon, he will place a bounty on him "so high that you will not be able to fly near a civilized system." However, Khan never fulfills his contract with the Hutt. All of this material was taken from an unfinished scene in the original 1977 version of the film, in which Jabba was played by Irish actor Declan Mulholland, dressed in a furry suit. In the 1997 Special Edition of the film, a CGI image of Jabba replaced Mulholland and his voice was dubbed in the fictional Huttese language.

Jabba the Hutt makes his third screen appearance in 1999, in the prequel to the original trilogy (and the first film of the new trilogy), The Phantom Menace. The scene with this character is minor and has nothing to do with the plot of the film. On the eve of the podracer race at Mos Espa on Tatooine, in which nine-year-old Anakin Skywalker (Jake Lloyd) wins his freedom, Jabba the Hutt is shown on his stand, accompanied by Gardulla the Hutt (a female Hutt) and his Twi'lek majordomo Bib Fortuna (Matthew Wood) ). Although he is the race director, Jabba appears completely disinterested and even takes a nap, missing the end of the race.

On fourth and last time On the “big” screen, Jabba appears in The Clone Wars. In this 2008 cartoon, Rotta, the son of Jabba the Hutt, is captured by the Separatists in an attempt to break the Jedi and the Republic. Anakin Skywalker and his Padawan Ahsoka Tano were able to rescue Rotta and return him to Jabba, thus gaining his permission for Republic ships to pass through his territory safely. In addition to the full-length cartoon, Jabba appeared in three episodes of the third season of the animated series “The Clone Wars” based on him. He appeared in the episode "Sphere of Influence", where his son Rotta also appears. Jabba encounters the Papanoid Chairman, whose daughters have been kidnapped by one of his bounty hunters, Greedo. Jabba allows a blood sample to be taken from Greedo, which is necessary to incriminate him as the kidnapper, but Greedo's cowardice speaks first. In the episode "Insidious Plans", Jabba hires bounty hunter Cad Bane to bring him the plans for the Senate building. When Bane returns with a successful mission, Jabba not only pays him, but also hires him for another task. He and the Hutt Council send Bane to free his uncle Ziro the Hutt from prison (rather unexpectedly, since Ziro helped kidnap his son). Jabba makes a brief final appearance in the episode "The Hunt for Ziro", in which he is shown laughing and having fun after hearing of Ziro's death at the hands of Su Snottles and pays her to deliver Ziro's holographic diary.

In literature based on Star Wars

Jabba the Hutt's first appearance in Star Wars expanded universe literature is in the comic book adaptation of A New Hope published by Marvel Comics. In comics Six Against the Galaxy(1977) by Roy Thomas, What Ever Happened to Jabba the Hut?(1979) and In Mortal Combat(1980) by Archie Goodwin Jabba the Hutt (originally spelled Hut) appeared as a tall humanoid with a walrus-like face, a crest, and a bright yellow uniform. Jabba's "official" appearance had not yet been confirmed, as he had not yet made any on-screen appearances.

In anticipation of the sequel to Star Wars, Marvel kept monthly comics with their storylines, one of which is about Jabba tracking Han Solo and Chewbacca to their old hideout, which they use for smuggling. However, circumstances force Jabba to raise the bounty on Solo and Chewbacca, forcing them to return to Tatooine for an adventure with Luke Skywalker, who has returned to the planet to recruit more pilots for the Alliance. In another adventure, Solo kills the space pirate Crimson Jack, interrupting his operation financed by Jabba. Jabba thus raised the bounty on Solo's head again, and Solo later kills the bounty hunter who tells him why he was hunting him once again. He and Chewbacca return to the rebels. (Solo mentions the incident with the "bounty hunter we encountered on Ord Mantell" in the first scene of The Empire Strikes Back).

Marvel artists based the character of Jabba on the appearance of a character later named Mosep Binned, an alien who is only briefly replaced in the Mos Eisley bar scene in A New Hope. The 1977 paperback novelization of the Star Wars script describes Jabba as "a large, moving slab of muscle and fat, topped by a shaggy, scarred skull," but does not provide any more detailed description of the character's physical characteristics or appearance.

Subsequent expanded universe novels and comics used the character as portrayed in the film. They also concerned his life before the events of the Star Wars films. For example, in The Revenge of Zorba the Hutt (1992), a teen novel by Paul and Hollas Davids, Jabba's father was a major crime lord named Zorba the Hutt, and Jabba was born 596 years before the events of A New Hope, which means that he was approximately 600 years old at the time of his death in Return of the Jedi. Anna K. Crispin's novel The Hutt Gambit (1997) explains how Jabba the Hutt and Han Solo became business partners and shows the events that lead to a generous bounty placed on Han's head. Other Expanded Universe stories, especially the Dark Horse Comics anthology by Jim Woodring called Jabba the Hutt: The Art of the Deal(Jabba the Hutt: The Art of Business) (1998), also details Jabba the Hutt's rise as head of the Desilijic clan (notably challenging and killing his father's brother, Jiliac the Hutt), and his role in the underworld of the Star Wars universe , as well as the creation of his crime syndicate on Tatooine, a planet in the Outer Rim of the Star Wars universe, in the ancient monastery of B'ommare.

Tales From Jabba's Palace Tales from Jabba's Palace (1996), a collection of short stories edited by science fiction writer Kevin Anderson, brings together the lives of Jabba the Hutt's various servants in his palace and their treatment of him in the last days of his life. Stories indicate that some of the Hutt's servants were loyal to him, but most of them actually took part in the plot to kill him. When Jabba the Hutt was killed in Return of the Jedi, his surviving former courtiers joined forces with their rivals on Tatooine, and his family on the Hutt homeworld of Nal Hutta laid claim to his palace, wealth, and criminal empire. Timothy Zahn's novel Heir to the Empire (1991) features a smuggler named Talon Karrde eventually replacing Jabba as the "big fish in the pond" and moving to the headquarters of the Hutta criminal empire on Tatooine.

Appearance and personality

Jabba the Hutt is an example of lust, greed and gluttony. The character is known throughout the Star Wars universe as a "sneaky gangster" who entertains himself by torturing and humiliating his subordinates and enemies. He surrounds himself with scantily clad slaves of all kinds, chaining many of them to his pedestal. The Star Wars Database, the official online database of Star Wars information and information, notes that the residents of his palace are not immune to his desires for dominance and torture. Jabba sent even his most loyal servants and valuable associates to death. For example, in Return of the Jedi, the Twi'lek slave dancer Ula is thrown to the monster Rakor because she refuses to indulge his whims.

Jabba the Hutt's appearance is a grotesque representation of his character and reinforces his personality as a deviant criminal. As Han Solo noted in Return of the Jedi, Jabba is a "slippery piece of worm-like mud." Film critic Roger Ebert describes him as "a cross between a toad and a Cheshire cat," and astrophysicist and science fiction writer Jean Cavelos calls Jabba "the most disgusting alien ever." Science fiction authors Tom and Martha Waithe wrote that Jabba's body is a "miasmatic mass" of flesh that shakes when he laughs. It emits a distinctive odor: "The Hutt's greasy body seemed to periodically emit discharges of fat, sending new waves of putrid stench" into the air. Its swollen tongue drips saliva as it feeds on creatures that resemble frogs and worms. Jabba's appetite is insatiable, and he is not particularly restricted in his diet. For example, his jester, the Kowakian lizard-ape Solucius Crumb, must make the Hutt crime boss laugh once a day, every day, or Jabba will eat him.

Jabba the Hutt, however, shows rare examples of compassion. For example, in one Expanded Universe story, he saves a Chevin named Epant Mon from freezing to death on an ice planet by covering him with his bloated layers of fat; both of them are eventually rescued, and Epant Mon becomes completely loyal to his master's crimes, making him the only resident of Jabba's palace that the crime boss can trust. Additionally, in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Jabba appears to show genuine love for Rott's son and is troubled and outraged by his kidnapping and presumed death.

Concept and creation

Jabba the Hutt went through several changes during his on-screen appearances between the different versions of the films. The changes in the concept of Jabba the Hutt from a furry creature to a slug-like creature and from an animatronic doll to a CGI product represent two of the most obvious changes to the character during his creation and conception.

Episode IV: A New Hope

The original script for A New Hope described Jabba as "a fat, slug-like creature with eyes, extended tentacles, and a huge, ugly mouth", but Lucas stated in an interview that original form The character was intended in his plans to be more furry and resemble a Wookiee. When filming the dialogue scene between Han Solo and Jabba in 1976, Lucas invited Northern Irish actor Declan Mulholland to act as a "stand-in" and read Jabba the Hutt's lines while wearing a furry brown suit. Lucas planned to replace Mulholland in post-production with a creature created using stop motion animation. The scene was meant to tie A New Hope into Return of the Jedi and explain why Han Solo was captured at the end of The Empire Strikes Back. However, Lucas decided to cut the scene from the final film due to budget and time constraints, and because he felt it did not improve the film's plot. The scene, however, remained in the novelization, comic books, and radio film adaptation.

Lucas returned to the stage in 1997 during the special edition of A New Hope, restoring the narrative continuity and replacing Mulholland with a CGI version of Jabba the Hutt, along with replacing the English dialogue with dialogue in Huttese, a fictional language created by sound designer Ben Burt . Joseph Letteri, visual effects supervisor for the special edition, explained that the ultimate goal of redoing the scene was to make it look like Jabba the Hutt was actually talking and interacting with Harrison Ford, and film crew just takes it off. Letteri stated that new scene consisted of five frames, which were worked on for a year before it was completed. The scene was further polished for the 2004 DVD release, with Jabba's appearance enhanced to reflect advances in CGI technology, although in neither release does he look exactly like the original Jabba the Hutt doll.

At one point in the original scene, Ford walks in on Mulholland. This became a problem when adding the CGI image of Jabba, as he has a tail that ended up in the actor's path. In the end, the problem was solved in the following way: Han stepped on the Hutt's tail, causing Jabba to yelp in pain.

Lucas acknowledged that some people were upset by the CGI depiction of Jabba, complaining that the character "looks fake." Lucas rejected this, stating that since a character is portrayed as a doll or as a CGI image, it will always be "fake" because the character is not real. He said that he sees no difference between a latex doll and a computer-generated image. The CGI character performed actions that a doll could not do, such as walking. In The Phantom Menace, Jabba appeared as a CGI character based on his appearance in A New Hope.

Episode VI: Return of the Jedi

Lucas designed the character's CGI look based on how he originally appeared in Return of the Jedi. In this film, Jabba the Hutt is a huge, slow-moving, slug-like creature designed by Lucas's "creature workshop" Industrial Light & Magic. Design consultant Ralph McQuarrie said: “In my sketches, Jabba was a huge, lithe, ape-like figure. But then the design went in a different direction, and Jabba became more of a worm-like creature." According to a 1985 documentary From Star Wars to Jedi Lucas rejected the character's original design. The first option made Jabba too humanoid, very similar to literary hero Fu Manchu, and the second made his appearance too snail-like. Lucas finally settled on making the character's appearance a hybrid of the two. Return of the Jedi costume designer Nilo Rodis-Jamero commented:

"My vision for Jabba was that he would literally look like Orson Welles in his mature years. I saw him as a very thin man. Most of the villains we love are very smart people. But Phil Tippett continued to present him as a kind of slug, almost like in Alice in Wonderland. At one time, he created a sculpture of a creature that looked like a slug that smokes. I kept thinking that I should just leave, but ultimately that was what led to him becoming established."

Creation and design

Created by visual effects artist Phil Tippett, Jabba the Hutt's appearance was inspired by the anatomy of several animal species. Its body structure and reproductive processes were based on annelids, hairless animals that have no skeleton and are hermaphrodites. Jabba's head was modeled after this - like a snake's, complete with bulging eyes with narrow pupils and a mouth that opens wide enough to swallow large prey. His skin was made moist, like that of amphibians. Jabba's design was subsequently used to depict almost all representatives of the Hutt species in subsequent works in the Star Wars universe.

In Return of the Jedi, the role of Jabba is “played” by a doll weighing 1 ton, which took three months and one and a half million dollars to create. During the filming of the film, the doll had her own makeup artist. The puppet required three puppeteers to operate, making it one of the largest devices ever used in film. Stuart Freeborn designed the doll, while John Coppinger sculpted it directly from latex, clay and foam pieces. The puppeteers were David Alan Barclay, Toby Philpott and Mike Edmonds, who were members of Jim Henson's The Muppets. Barclay controlled his right hand and mouth and read the character's lines in English, while Philpott controlled his left hand, head and tongue. Edmonds, the smallest of these three people(he also played the Ewok Logray in later scenes) was responsible for Jabba's tail movements. Tony Cox, who also played one of the Ewoks, also helped out. Eyes and facial expressions were remotely controlled as they were radio controlled.

Lucas expressed dissatisfaction with the appearance of the doll and its immobility, complaining that the doll could move during the filming of various scenes. In the commentary track for the Return of the Jedi special edition DVD, Lucas noted that if such technology had been available in 1983, Jabba the Hutt would have been a CGI character similar to the one who appears in the special edition scene of A New Hope.

Jabba the Hutt speaks only Huttese in the film, but his lines are translated into subtitles. English language. His voice and Huttese dialogue were performed by uncredited voice actor Larry Ward. The heavy, rumbling sound to Ward's voice was achieved by shifting the pitch range an octave lower than normal and processing it through a subharmonic oscillator. A soundtrack of wet, slimy sound effects was recorded to accompany the movements of the doll's limbs and mouth. The recorded sounds were created by a hand passing through a bowl of cheese casserole and a dirty towel scraping across inside trash can.

Jabba the Hutt's theme song throughout the film, composed by John Williams, is performed on tuba. One reviewer of the Return of the Jedi soundtrack commented: "Among the new thematic ideas [in the soundtrack] is a nice tuba piece by Jabba the Hutt (playing in front of the politically incorrect tuba tunes represents the fatness)...". This theme is very similar to another that Williams wrote for the heaviest character in the film Fitzwilly(1967), although the theme does not appear on the film's soundtrack album. Williams subsequently developed the theme into a symphonic piece performed by an orchestra Boston Pops Orchestra featuring solo tuba by Chester Schmitz. The piece's role in film and popular culture has been the focus of study by musicologists such as Gerald Sloane, who wrote that Williams's play "combines the monstrous and the lyrical."

According to film historian Laurent Bozerou, Jabba the Hutt's death in Return of the Jedi was suggested by screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan. Lucas decided that Leia should strangle him with her slave chains. He was inspired by a scene from the film The Godfather (1972), where a fat character named Luca Brasi (Lenny Montana) was killed with a garrote.

Embodiment

Jabba the Hutt was played by Declan Mulholland in scenes cut from the 1977 version of A New Hope. In the scenes where Mulholland plays Jabba, Jabba is shown as a plump man wearing a furry fur coat. George Lucas stated his intention to use the alien creature's appearance for the image of Jabba, but the special effects technology of the time could not cope with the task of replacing Mulholland. In the special edition re-release of the film in 1997, the original scene was restored and altered to include a computer-generated image of Jabba. In Return of the Jedi, he was played by puppeteers Mike Edmonds, Toby Philpott, David Alan Barclay and voiced by Larry Ward. In The Phantom Menace, Jabba is voiced by an uncredited voice actor, and the end credits indicate that Jabba is playing himself. The puppeteers who operated the Jabba doll have appeared in documentaries. From "Star Wars" to "Jedi": The Making of a Saga And Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi.. David Alan Barkay, who was one of Jabba's puppeteers in the film, played Jabba in the computer and video game version Return of the Jedi for the Super Nintendo console. In the radio drama adaptation of the original trilogy, Jabba was played by Edward Asner. In the film Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Jabba was voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson. In all of Jabba's other video game appearances, he was voiced by Clint Bajakin. Jabba was supposed to appear in the computer game Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, but was excluded due to time constraints. A cutscene was produced featuring a conversation between Jabba and Juno Eclipse (voiced by Natalie Cox), which was revisited in the game. But then he finally appeared in a version of the game called Ultimate Sith Edition.

Cultural influence

Since the premiere of Return of the Jedi in 1983 and the accompanying merchandising campaign, Jabba the Hutt has become a bona fide American pop culture icon. Based on the character, action figure sets were produced and sold as a series by Kenner/Hasbro, produced from 1983 to 2004. In the 1990s, Jabba the Hutt became the main character in his own comic book series under the title Jabba the Hutt: The Art of the Deal("Jabba the Hutt: The Art of Business").

Jabba's role in popular culture extends beyond the Star Wars universe and its fans. In Mel Brooks' film parody of Star Wars, Spaceballs (1987), Jabba the Hutt is parodied as the character Pizza Hutt, a cheese blob shaped like a pizza slice whose name is a double pun on Jabba the Hutt and the Pizza Hut restaurant franchise. Like Jabba, Pizza the Hutt is a loan shark and bandit. The character meets his death at the end of "Spaceballs" when he finds himself "locked in his car and [eating] himself to death." The National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., included an image of Jabba the Hutt in the temporary exhibit "Star Wars: The Magic of Myth," which closed in 1999. Jabba's stand was titled "Return of a Hero", referencing Luke Skywalker's journey to become a Jedi.

Media attention

Since the release of Return of the Jedi, the name Jabba the Hutt has become synonymous in the American media with unsavory qualities such as obesity and corruption. The name is often used as a literary device or as a simile or metaphor to illustrate the shortcomings of a character or person. For example, in Under the Duvet(2001) Marian Keyes refers to problems with gluttony when she writes "birthday cake wheel, I feel a Jabba the Hutt moment coming". Moreover, in the novel Steps and Exes: A Novel of Family(2000) Laura Kalpakin uses the name Jabba the Hutt to emphasize the weight of the hero's father: “The girls called Janice's parents Jabba the Hutt and the Wookiee. But Jabba (Janice's father) died, and it doesn't seem right to talk about the dead in those terms." In Dan Brown's first novel, Digital Fortress, the NSA technician is affectionately referred to as Jabba the Hutt.

In his book of humor and folk culture The Dharma of Star Wars(2005) writer Matthew Bortolin attempts to show the similarities between Buddhist teachings and aspects of the Star Wars fiction. Bartholin insists that if a person makes decisions about actions that Jabba the Hutt would do, then the person is not practicing the proper spiritual concept of dharma. Bartholin's book reinforces the idea that Jabba's name is synonymous with negativity:

“One way to see if we are practicing the right way of life is to compare our trade with that of Jabba the Hutt. Jabba inserted his fat and stubby fingers into many of the trades that led to the victory of the Dark Side. He was primarily involved in the illegal trade of “spice,” an illegal drug in the Star Wars galaxy. He also conducted business transactions in the slave trade. He had many slaves, and some he fed to the rancor, a creature he kept caged and tortured in his dungeon. Jabba used deception and violence to maintain his position."

Outside of literature, the character's name has become an offensive and derogatory pejorative. Saying that someone "looks like Jabba the Hutt" is generally understood as an insult that calls into question a person's normal weight and/or appearance. The term is often used in the media as a journalistic attack on prominent figures. For example, actress and comedian Roseanne faced what W. S. Goodman called "venomous attacks based on her weight" from New York Observer journalist Michael Thomas, who often compared her to "the blob monster from Star Wars." Jabba the Hutt. In a 1999 episode of the animated series South Park entitled "Nightmare Marvin in Space", Christian Children's Fund spokeswoman Sally Struthers is portrayed as a Hutt and accused of becoming fat on food aid intended for starving Ethiopians. Another reference appears in the episode He's Too Sexy for His Fat of the animated series Family Guy, when Peter mentions his husky ancestor Jabba Griffin. In the television series Lost, Jabba's name is used by Sawyer as a derogatory nickname for Hugo due to the latter's "overweight and unattractiveness."

In another sense, the expression "Jabba the Hutt" has become a symbol of greed and anarchy, especially in the business world. For example, Michael Jordan biographer Mitchell Krugel uses the term to discredit Chicago Bulls general manager Jerry Krause after Krause made a comment about Jordan and other players with multimillion-dollar contracts: "Krause added Jabba the Hutt to his look during a fundraiser media that preceded the opening of camp, when he responded to a question about the prospects of rebuilding the Bulls without Phil and Michael in the near future by saying, “Organizations win championships. The players and coaches are part of the organization." Jabba the Hutt was ranked fifth by Forbes magazine on its Forbes Fictional 15 list, reflecting the 15 richest fictional characters in his opinion, in 2008.

Jabba the Hutt is a popular vehicle for caricature in American politics. For example, opponents of California Democratic legislator Jackie Goldberg routinely depict the politician as a given Star Wars character in their cartoons. The Los Angeles Daily News published cartoons of her as a grotesque, overweight figure reminiscent of Jabba the Hutt, and the New Times LA described Goldberg as "a human Jabban the Hutt who consumes good while producing bad." William J. Ouch uses the term to describe what he sees as the ineffective bureaucracy of the public school system: "With all these unnecessary layers of organizational fat, school districts have come to resemble Jabba the Hutt, the smuggler leader in Star Wars." In Ireland, Health Minister Mary Harney was called "Jabba the Hutt" on a satirical show Gift Group.

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35. George Lucas commentary, Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, Special Edition, dir. Richard Marquand (DVD, 20th Century Fox, 2004).
36. Ralph McQuarrie, quoted in Laurent Bouzereau, Star Wars: The Annotated Screenplays(New York: Del Rey, 1997), p. 239,

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IN

• Finiss Valorum - was Chancellor of the Republic from 40 - 32 BBY, accused of corruption and bureaucracy. During the conflict between the Trade Federation and the planet Naboo, Queen Amidala (at the instigation of Senator Palpatine) passed a vote of no confidence in Valorum, and by a general vote he was removed from his post as ruler of the Republic. Palpatine was soon elected to replace him.
• Darth Vectivus was the director of the Jonex 8 11 mining mine (star system MZX32905), near the planet Bimmiel. Having encountered the Dark Side of the Force at the mine, he began researching it, later becoming the Dark Lord of the Sith under the name Darth Vectivus. Despite his commitment to the Dark Side, he retained his old principles and moral principles, thanks to which he remained fair and balanced, not succumbing to the temptation of power.
• Asajj Ventress ( Asajj Ventress) - a dark Jedi from Dathomir, in the past - Count Dooku's assistant and sister of the night, in the present - a bounty hunter. According to the novel "Dark Follower", she died on the planet Christoffsis, once again trying to kill her sworn enemy, Count Dooku.
• Tong Vi ( Town We) - assistant to the Prime Minister of Kamino, accompanied Obi-Wan Kenobi during his visit to the cloning center and training of clone troopers.
• Mace Windu ( Mace Windu) is the youngest head of the Jedi High Council in the entire history of the Order.
• Maximilian Wiers ( Maximilian Veers) - general armored forces Empire, one of the few Imperial officers to gain the trust and respect of Darth Vader.
• Quinlan Vos ( Quinlan Vos) - Jedi Master, general of the Republic Army during the Clone Wars.
• Vossk ( Vossk) - one of the leaders of the Bounty Hunters Guild.
• Adi Gallia - Jedi Master for a long time remained a member of the Supreme Council. She later died at the hands of Savage Opress.
• Galen Marek ( Galen Marek, also known as "Starkiller" ( Starkiller) and "Apprentice" ( The Apprentice)) - antihero of the Star Wars universe. After Darth Vader killed Galen's father, the boy grew up under the supervision of the Sith Lord and became his secret student under the name "Starkiller".
• Chickpea Gunray ( Nute Gunray, transcription options - Nute Gunray, Newt Gunray) - viceroy (steward) of the Trade Federation. He personally took part in the occupation of Naboo and was the initiator of numerous assassination attempts on Padmé Amidala. Under his leadership, the Trade Federation became one of the largest suppliers of battle droids to the army. He was killed by Darth Vader along with other members of the Separatist Council on Mustafar.
• Hepta Rokar is the last of the order of Wizards of Thund.
• General Grievous ( General Grievous, birth name - Kimaen jai Sheelal ( Qymaen jai Sheelal)) - Supreme Commander of the droid army of the Confederacy of Independent Systems.

D

• Datka Graush is a Force-sensitive purebred male Sith, a Dark Lord of the Sith, who lived approximately 7,000 years before the Battle of Yavin. He took an active part in one of the civil wars that periodically broke out on Korriban. To gain an advantage in the war, he, being very sophisticated in Sith alchemy and magic, he eventually combined these two sciences into one, essentially becoming the founding father of the traditions of Sith necromancy, and with its help created himself an army of the living dead, the so-called "Korriban zombies", thanks to which he eventually won and took control of two-thirds of the planet. His reign, which lasted 50 years, was marked by unprecedented cruelty and terror, excessive even for the Sith. During his lifetime, he replaced his heart with a crystal filled with Force, called the “Heart of Graush,” but approximately in 6,950 years BBY, he died almost at the very beginning of the Hundred Year Darkness, believed to be the result of a terrorist attack. It is possible that the exiled Jedi led by Ajanta Poll, who arrived on Korriban around the same time, were somehow involved in this. According to the Sith According to traditions, Datka, along with his sword, holocron, and Sith amulet, was buried in a tomb in the Golg Valley, and his spirit, as often happened in those days, remained in the tomb where his body rested. Many thousands of years later, approximately six months before the Battle of Yavin, the pirate ship Jinny's Courage, under the command of Captain Naz Felod, crashed on Korriban. Entries in logbook indicate that the ghost of Datka Graush had still not calmed down by that time.
• Darth Desolous ( Darth Desolous) - Jedi who became a Sith.
• Jabba the Hutt ( Jabba the Hutt, full name - Jabba Desilijk Tiure) is a crime boss and gangster, the most influential leader of the Hutt crime clans.
• Dexter "Dex" Jettster ( Dexter Jettster) - formerly a prospector on Subterrel, then an arms dealer, later a restaurateur. He was known as a good and reliable informant for the Jedi, and a participant in the anti-imperial resistance.
• Vrad Dodonna ( Vrad Dodonna) - son of General Ian Dodonna, pilot of the Rebel Alliance starfighter. He died after the Battle of Yavin, destroying the super star destroyer Executor, with which Darth Vader was going to destroy the rebels along with the planet Yavin IV.
• Ian Dodonna ( Jan Dodonna) - a brilliant tactician and strategist, captain of one of the first “star destroyers” from the time of the Galactic Republic, then one of the first generals of the Rebel Alliance. Together with Adar Tallon, he wrote a book about modern space combat.
• Mara Jade Skywalker ( Mara Jade Skywalker) - was alternately the "Hand of the Emperor", a smuggler (Talon Karrda's deputy), later a Jedi Master and member of the Jedi High Council, the wife of Luke Skywalker, and the teacher of Jaina Solo.
• Admiral Jerjerrod ( Jerjerrod listen)) - Admiral of the Old Republic, was a friend and supporter of Supreme Chancellor Palpatine.
• Tianne Jerjerrod ( Tiaan Jerjerrod) - grandson of Admiral Jerjerrod, Imperial general, then Moff (governor) of the Quantum Sector, oversaw the construction of the second Death Star over Endor
• Durge is a representative of the Gen Dai race, one of the most famous bounty hunters in last decades existence of the Old Republic. He was hired by Jabba the Hutt and had to work with ten-year-old Boba Fett. Considered dead on Muunilinst, he nevertheless survived, and in 20 BBY he was killed by Anakin Skywalker, who, during a battle on board the ship, drove the mercenary into an escape capsule, and then, using the Force, threw it into the bowels of the central star of the Karthakk system.
• Dio Lexi - Senator from the planet Yuiter at the beginning of the Clone Wars, a member of the Loyalist Committee that opposed limiting the powers of the Senate and expanding the power of the central government. Killed.
• Durga the Hutt (full name Durga Besadii Tai, also known as His Magnitude Lord Durga) is a Hutt from the kajidika (clan) of Besadii, successor to the former head of this clan, the Hutt Aruka, a hermaphrodite with a masculine personality, orange eyes, and a large birthmark on left eye, a gangster (like all Hutts), already at the age of 100 (adolescence for the Hutts) he began to learn the basics of doing business, and became the right hand of his parent Aruk, and when he died, Durga suspected that his father had been killed. In desperation, Durga turned for help to the head of the Black Sun crime syndicate, Prince Xizor, and in exchange for a considerable percentage of the Besadii clan's spice processing business on the planet Ylesia, he agreed, and later found out that the then head of the Kajidic Desiliik, Jilliak, was involved in the murder Desiliyk Tyrone, the uncle of Jabba the Hutt, who ordered to poison Aruk with the help of one very rare and powerful drug, which is why Aruk eventually died in painful withdrawal. Having learned about this, Durga, furious, according to old Hutt traditions, called Jilliak to duel, and killed, and later, for some time, he became one of the vigos (members of the Ruling Council) in the Black Sun syndicate, but after the death of the head of the organization, Prince Xizor, he decided to act independently. To begin with, he thoroughly ousted the Desiliyk clan, and made the Besadiya clan dominant on the entire planet of Nal Hutta, and then decided to destroy the New Republic, creating for this a new superweapon - the so-called “Sword of Darkness”, built on the basis of the Death Star drawings stolen from the archive on Coruscant, the design of which was replete with various technical miscalculations, in particular due to Durga’s stinginess in purchasing necessary materials, and due to the involvement in the construction of the station of representatives of the dubiously intelligent race of Taurills, who were very easily distracted from the work they were doing. Moreover, when the New Republic found out what exactly Durga was up to, a sabotage group was sent to destroy the ship , however, failed (two of its members died, and the group commander, Republican intelligence general Krix Madina, was personally shot by Durga), and when the Republican fleet appeared to destroy the Sword of Darkness, Durga tried to escape from them on his ship through the asteroid field, who, however, was crushed by two massive asteroids, without having time to fire a single shot, and Durga himself ingloriously died along with him. After Durga's death, Durga's cousin, Borg Besadii Diori, became the new head of the Besadii clan, who, despite enormous difficulties, however, he managed to maintain control of the Besadii clan over the planet Nal Hutta.
• Count Dooku, aka Darth Tyranus ( Count Dooku / Darth Tyranus) - Crown Count of Serenno, one of Yoda's students and Qui-Gon's teacher. He was one of the greatest Jedi in the Galaxy, having a great gift for connecting with the Force as an orator, philosopher and lightsaber fighter. Having switched to the Dark Side of the Force, he became the Dark Lord of the Sith, created and led the Confederacy of Independent Systems. Killed by Anakin Skywalker on the orders of Palpatine.
• Poe Dameron ( Poe Dameron) - Resistance pilot, squadron commander.
• Kip Durron ( Kyp Durron) - the son of political prisoners, in his youth, under the influence of the spirit of the ancient Sith Lord Exar Kun, he found himself on the Dark side of the force, and, consumed by a thirst for revenge for the death of his parents, with the help of the superweapon "Sun Crusher", he destroyed the Karrida system, in which the largest center for training Imperial stormtroopers, but later returned to the light. One of Luke Skywalker's first students, a Jedi Master with a tendency to act aggressively, participated in the war against the Yuuzhan Vong.

Z

• Tiber Zann ( Tyber Zann) - criminal leader, creator of the criminal organization known as the Zann Consortium
• Darth Zannah is a Sith student of Darth Bane.
• Zen Mitov - Jedi, born after the Battle of Yavin. He was the only Jedi to wield a dark lightsaber.

AND

• IG-88 ( IG-88) - a series of 4th class battle droids developed by Kholovan Laboratories. A total of 4 IG-88s were made, making them one of the most notorious "bounty hunters" in the Galaxy. They were in the service of Jabba the Hutt.

Y

• Yoda ( Yoda) - Grand Jedi Master, one of the oldest members of the Jedi Council, one of the wisest and strongest members of the Order. Teacher of Count Dooku, Cyn Drallig, Keith Fisto, Ki-Adi-Mundi, Oppo Rancisis, Qui-Gon Jinn, Luke Skywalker and many other Jedi.

TO

• Karrd, Taelon ( Talon Karrde, aka "Claw") - a smuggler and information trader, was forced to join the New Republic.
• Kyle Katarn ( Kyle Katarn) - was an Imperial stormtrooper, later learning that his father was not killed by the rebels, but on the contrary, for participating in the Rebel Alliance, he went over to his side. Considered one of the strongest fighters in the Star Wars Expanded Universe.
• Captain Rex is the commander of the 501st Clone Legion, a participant in the Battle of Geonosis, as well as many other battles in the history of the clone wars.
• Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi ( Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi) - Jedi Master, Master of the Jedi Council, Supreme General of the Republic. Student of Qui-Gon Jinn and Yoda, teacher of Anakin and Luke Skywalker.
• K "Krukhk ( K"Kruhk) - a Force-sensitive man from the Vifid race, a Jedi from the decline of the Old Republic, a student of Lilith Tusiz, safely survived the Clone Wars, Order 66, the reign of the Empire, the war with the Yuuzhan Vong, and the rise of the One Sith Darth Krayt. Member of the New Jedi Order from 137 ABY, and a member of the Jedi High Council. Cade Skywalker's teacher, and by that time perhaps the oldest Jedi in the entire Order.
• Ki-Adi-Mundi ( Ki-Adi-Mundi) - Jedi Master, Jedi Defender, member of the Jedi High Council, general of the Republic Army. Killed by clone troopers after Order 66.
• Agen Kolar was a Jedi Master who belonged to the Zabrak race from Iridonia. A member of the Jedi Council, the military leader was known as a master of lightsaber combat. Killed by Palpatine during the latter's arrest.
• Jaden Corr ( Jaden Corr) - Jedi from Coruscant, student of Kyle Katarn. Believed to be a clone of Grand Admiral Thrawn.
• Kradossk ( Cradossk) - Trandoshan, one of the leaders of the Bounty Hunters' Guild. Bossk's father. Killed by his son, which led to a split in the Guild.
• Xanatos is Qui-Gon Jinn's second padawan, who was unable to overcome his negative qualities and allowed himself to be carried away by the Dark Side of the Force. The owner of the Distant Worlds corporation. He was killed in a duel by Qui-Gon and his new Padawan Obi-Wan Kenobi.
• Xendor is a Force-sensitive man, a human representative of the Kashi-Mer dynasty, who became a Jedi, but later became fascinated by the teachings of the Dark Side. He founded the Legions of Lettow movement, and, together with his lover Arden Lyn, started a war with the Jedi Order, which later became known as the "First Great Schism". However, in 24,500 BBY, in a decisive battle on the planet Columus, his army suffered a crushing defeat, he himself was killed, and most of his legions were destroyed.
• Xizor ( Xizor) - owner of the travel company Xizor's Transport Company, member and then leader of the Black Sun crime syndicate, dark prince. He was the third most powerful person in the Galaxy after Emperor Palpatine and Darth Vader. He died on board his personal orbital station, which was subject to artillery fire from the guns of the battleship Executor, on the orders of Darth Vader.
• Danny Qui ( Danni Quee) - New Republic biotic scientist, Yuuzhan Vong biotechnology specialist, unofficial member of the New Jedi Order.
• Plo Koon ( Plo Kuun) - Jedi Master and member of the Jedi Council during the decline of the Galactic Republic, general of the Republican Army. Student of Tyvokka, teacher of Bultar Swan and Lissarka. He was an excellent pilot and an experienced swordsman.
• Exar Kun ( Exar Kun) - a gifted Jedi and the best student of Vodo-Siosk Baas, later turned to the Dark Side of the Force, becoming the greatest Sith Lord. Disciple of the resurrected Freedon Nadd. One of the most dangerous enemies of the Republic and the Jedi Order, began Great War Sith. He was the first to keep his mind separate from his body, and is also considered the inventor of the first double-bladed lightsaber, also known as a "light staff". Four thousand years later, the ghost of Kun returned, and, setting out to destroy all the Jedi, wreaked havoc among Luke Skywalker's students at the Academy on Yavin IV, corrupting several of them to the Dark Side, as well as killing many, and was defeated only with with great difficulty the joint efforts of all young Jedi.

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• Cliegg Lars ( Cliegg Lars) - a farmer from Tatooine, bought Shmi Skywalker, Anakin Skywalker's mother, and made her his wife. Father of Owen Lars.
• Owen Lars ( Owen Lars) - farmer from Tatooine, together with his wife Beru Whitesun Lars ( Beru Lars) at the request of Obi-Wan Kenobi took in Luke Skywalker. Killed by Imperial stormtroopers on the orders of his half-brother, Darth Vader.
• Lana Amidala
• Lumiya ( Lumiya) - real name Shira Elan Kolla Brie, was the “Hand of the Emperor”, working undercover in the Rebel Alliance, during the battle her ship was shot down by Luke Skywalker, through the Force, who recognized her as an enemy. She was saved by the Emperor, who turned her into a Sith cyborg, after which she took the name “Lumiya”. She founded her own sect of Dark Side adherents, persuaded Jacen Solo to the Dark Side, and was executed by Luke Skywalker, who considered her to be the culprit in the death of his wife Mara Jade.
• Lando Calrissian ( Lando Calrissian, variant transcription - Lando) - entrepreneur, friend of Han Solo, baron administrator of Cloud City, later general of the Rebel Alliance.

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• Maz Kanata ( Maz Kanata) is a Force-sensitive female humanoid who is the pirate queen on the planet Takodana.
• Mai Shu ( Shu Mai) - President of the Commerce Guild before and during the Clone Wars, member of the Separatist Council.
• Male-Dii is a senator from the planet Yuiter, successor to Lexi Dio, a member of the so-called "Delegation of 2000" - a group of senators who spoke out in defense of democracy and for Palpatine's refusal of emergency powers received during the Separatist Crisis.
• Darth Maul ( Darth Maul) - dark lord of the Sith, student of Darth Sidious, teacher of his brother Savage Opress.
• Mon Motna is a senator.

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• Freedon Nadd ( Freedon Nadd) - was a Jedi, then switched to the Dark Side of the Force, becoming a Sith and ruler of Onderon.
• Rugor Nass ( Rugor Nass) - a Gungan, a descendant of the legendary Halo, was elected Boss of the underwater city of Oto Gunga, during the Trade Federation's attack on the planet Naboo, he entered into a defensive alliance with Queen Padmé Amidala, and during the reign of Palpatine he fought against the imperial occupiers.
• Lort Nida ( Lorth Needa listen)) - Republic Navy officer during the Clone Wars, later serving the Empire. He was one of Admiral Kendal Ozzel's advisors. Killed by Darth Vader after Nida missed the Millennium Falcon.
• Calo Nord ( Calo Nord) was a famous bounty hunter from the Old Republic era who worked for the crime syndicate "The Exchange". Died while trying to kill Revan.
• Nien Nunb ( Nien Nunb) is a talented merchant, a successful smuggler and a skilled pilot of his own ship, the Sublight Queen. After losing his ship, he joined the Rebel Alliance. He was the co-pilot of the Millennium Falcon during the Battle of Endor.

ABOUT

• Kendal Ozzel is an admiral in the Imperial Navy. He was strangled by Darth Vader for a mistake in carrying out an order.
• Bail Prestor Organa ( Bail Prestor Organa) - Prince Consort and Viceroy of Alderaan, adoptive father of Princess Leia Organa, senator, one of the founders of the Rebel Alliance
• Breja Antilles Organa ( Queen Breha Organa) - Queen and Minister of Education of Alderaan, wife of Bail Organa and adoptive mother of Leia Organa.
• Savage Opress is the brother of the Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Maul, a disciple of Count Dooku, and a former servant of the Sith Lady Asajj Ventress.
• Canderous Ordo ( Canderous Ordo) - one of the best warriors of the Mandalorian clan Ordo. After the defeat of the Mandalorians, he helped Revan in his search for the Star Forge. After the Jedi Civil War, Mand "alor na mando" ("sole ruler") became the title given to the leader of the Mandalorians.
• Barriss Offee ( Barriss Offee) is Luminara Unduli's padawan and a talented healer. During the Clone Wars, she betrayed the Jedi Order by bombing the Jedi Temple using a suicide bomber and framing Ahsoka Tano. She was convicted of treason by the Senate of the Republic. According to one version, she died during the execution of Order 66.

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• Admiral Firmus Piett ( Admiral Firmus Piett) - Admiral of the Imperial Navy, operating under the command of Darth Vader
• Padme Amidala Naberry ( Padmé Amidala Naberrie) - queen of the planet Naboo, later senator
• Palpatine ( Palpatine) - Chancellor of the Republic, in fact Darth Sidious ( Darth Sidious), dark lord of the Sith, later emperor ( The Emperor)
• Unkar Platt ( Unkar Plutt) - male Krolut, junk dealer, owner of a flea market on the planet Jakku.
• Plo Koon is the Master of the Jedi Order.
• Pooja Naberry ( Pudhie Naberrie) - politician, senator from the planet Naboo in the Imperial Senate, niece of Padmé Amidala Naberrie.
• Darth Plagueis the Wise ( Darth Plagueis the Wise) - a Force-sensitive Muun man, born under the name Hego Damascus, becoming the Dark Lord of the Sith, received the title Darth Plagueis the Wise, is the heir to the teachings of Darth Bane and a master of Sith alchemy and magic. Darth Sidious's teacher.

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• R2-D2 ( R2-D2/Artoodeetoo) is an astromech droid.
• Rancisis Oppo - Force-sensitive male Thisspian, member of the Jedi High Council, senior Jedi general during Clone Wars, in In 19 BBY, he was killed on Saleucami by the renegade Jedi Sora Bulq.
• Revan ( Revan) - Jedi who became the Dark Lord of the Sith under the name Darth Revan. Defeated and captured by the Jedi, who erased his memory, turning him back into a Jedi.
• Kylo Ren, aka Ben Solo ( Kylo Ren/Ben Solo) - commander of the First Order, master of the Knights of Ren, son of Han Solo and
• Naga Sadow is a Sith Lord from the time of the first Sith Empire, who became the Dark Lord of the Sith after the death of Marka Ragnos. The mastermind of the Great Hyperspace War, which ended with the destruction of the Empire.
• Sifo-Dyas is a member of the Jedi High Council, a seer who foresaw future events, and it was he who ordered the creation of a clone army.
• Raitt Sienar is a spaceship designer and designer, creator of TIE Fighters and the Death Star.
• Aela Secura ( Aayla Secura, transcription option - Ayla) - Jedi knight, student of Quinlan Vos, general of the Republican army.
• Aurra Sing ( Aurra Sing) - also known as "Nashtah", former Padawan, later "bounty hunter" of the Jedi.
• Jaina Solo Fel ( Jaina Solo Fel) - Jedi Master and member of the Jedi High Council of the New Jedi Order, wife of Jagged Fel. Daughter of Leia Organa and Han Solo, twin sister of the Sith Jacen Solo, older sister of Anakin Solo.
• Jacen Solo ( Jasen Solo) - Jedi, student of Luke Skywalker, mentor of Ben Skywalker, then switched to the Dark Side of the Force, becoming Lumiya's third and final student. After killing Mara, Jade Skywalker declared himself Darth Caedus, Dark Lord of the Sith. Killed by his sister Jaina Solo. Son of Han and Leia Organa Solo, twin of Solo and older brother of Anakin Solo.
• Han Solo ( Han Solo) - smuggler, captain of the Millennium Falcon, later general of the Rebel Alliance. Husband of Princess Leia Organa, father of the Jedi Jaina Solo Fel and the Sith Jacen Solo. In the film version, he is the father of the former Jedi Ben Solo, who fell to the Dark Side, taking the name "Kylo Ren", and took a direct part in the extermination of the New Jedi Order. Tried to bring him back his son to the side of the Light, but did not succeed, and was killed by him.
George Lucas. In the animated series "Star Wars: Rebels" - saves the team.
• Wilhuff Tarkin ( Wilhuff Tarkin) - military governor of a number of star systems of the Empire, author of the Doctrine of Terror and initiator of the construction of the Death Star.
• Booster Terrik is a smuggler who raised Wedge Antilles after the death of his parents.
• Mirax Terrik - smuggler, daughter of Booster Terrik, childhood friend of Wedge Antilles, wife of Corran Horn
• Shaak Ti is a Jedi Master, a member of the Jedi High Council and a senior Jedi general. She survived the Clone Wars and Order 66 safely, but around 4 BBY, on the planet Felucia, she was killed by Darth Vader's secret disciple, Starkiller.
• Tyvokka is a Wookiee, Jedi Master, honorary member of the Jedi Council, Yoda's student, Plo Koon's teacher.
• Saessie Tiin (Sesi) is a Jedi Master, member of the Jedi Council.
• Tolme ( Tholme) - Jedi Master during the decline of the Galactic Republic, teacher of Quinlan Vos and Aayla Secura.
• Thrawn (full name: Myth) T’rau’n uruodo, Mit th'raw'n uruodo) - Grand Admiral, Commander of the Empire's troops.
• Tulak Hord was a Force-sensitive human Dark Lord of the Sith who ruled the Sith Empire between approximately 6,900 and 5,100 years before the Battle of Yavin, when lightsabers became much more common. His life and reign are known very little. However, the Sith chronicles contain fragmentary information about his ability to manage The dark side, and also about his extraordinary skill in handling a lightsaber, which was highly regarded even by the Jedi who lived thousands of years after Hord's death, considering him the greatest Sith swordsman of antiquity. Nothing is known about the circumstances of Tulak Hord's death, but his power and greatness were so significant that the Sith, paying tribute to his skill and merits, built a majestic tomb for him in the Valley of the Dark Lords, where, according to legend, in addition to the body of Hord himself, his Sith holocron was also placed, containing his recommendations regarding training in the art of using light sword. It is known that during his life, Tulak Hord, following the Sith tradition, wore heavy battle armor, and a Sith helmet with a mask that inspired horror in everyone who saw it. Many thousands of years later, Revan and subsequently turned him to the side of the light.

E

• Aihanna Alenaih is a Jedi of the Caitanian race who survived Order 66. She later joined the new order founded by Luke Skywalker.

Outwardly, Jabba the Hutt resembles not so much a powerful crime lord as a cave monster; Behind the unsightly appearance, however, lies an impressive business acumen, coupled with general brutality, making the Hutt a powerful adversary. Since his appearance on silver screens in 1983, the Hutt has become one of the most memorable characters in the entire Star Wars universe.

Jabba the Hutt is a fictional alien character in the Star Wars film series by George Lucas and a number of spin-offs. Represents a huge slug-like alien; famous film critic Roger Ebert has described it as a cross between a toad and the Cheshire Cat.

Jabba the Hutt first appeared on screen in 1983, in the third part of the “classic” Star Wars, the film “Return of the Jedi”. It should be noted that the Hutt was mentioned in the first films of the series, but he did not have to appear in person before the audience right away. Jabba was a powerful crime lord from the planet Tatooine, running an entire criminal empire of various types of criminals, smugglers, assassins and mercenaries. On Tatooine, Jabba lived in his own palace, where he indulged in his favorite pastimes - gambling, torture, sumptuous meals and abuse of slaves. The main characters were brought to the Hutt Palace by severe necessity - they went to save their friend Han Solo, who was captured by Jabba's agent in the previous film. Ordered by the Hutt, the mercenary Boba Fett managed to track down and neutralize Solo; imprisoned in carbonite, the smuggler was paraded in the mafioso's throne room. The plan to rescue Khan did not go as easily as the heroes had hoped; Princess Leia Organa was captured and became one of Jabba's slaves, and Luke Skywalker was thrown into a pit with a monstrous rancor. The Jedi managed to defeat the monster, but the misadventures of the heroes did not end there - Jabba ordered the prisoners to be thrown to the giant desert monster Sarlacc. The planned execution, however, did not succeed for Jabba - the ensuing battle ended in the flight of the main characters. Leia managed to strangle Jabba himself with her own shackles; Later, after the heroes had fled, Jabba's barge exploded, likely killing everyone present on it.

With death, Jabba's story seemed to have to end, but in 1997, the space gangster returned to the screens in a modified version of the film "New Hope". Jabba's arc in this film began with the conflict between Han Solo and the alien mercenary Greedo - cost last life. During the conversation, Greedo mentioned that Jabba was not particularly warm towards smugglers who dropped off their assigned cargo when the Imperial cruisers first appeared on the horizon. Apparently, Jabba had previously hired Han to smuggle an illegal drug spice from the Kessel asteroid; Khan, however, was unlucky to stumble upon imperial spaceships - and just in case, he dropped the dangerous cargo into space. As Greedo himself warned Solo, Jabba was quite capable of putting such a price on the smuggler's head that mercenaries from all over the galaxy would start hunting for him. Later in the film, a scene was shown that was cut from the original version - Jabba and a group of his mercenaries looking for Han Solo in a hangar, not far from the Falcon. Meeting with Solo, Jabba confirmed everything Greedo had said earlier and demanded that Han pay for the lost cargo. Solo does not argue with the gangster, promising to return the money after delivering the new cargo - which, by the way, is Leia, Luke and Obi-Wan Kenobi. The gangster agrees to the delay, but if he is deceived, he actually promises to put a huge price on Khan’s head. Subsequently, Solo fails to pay off Jabba - which leads to subsequent events.

In 1999, the film "The Phantom Menace" ("Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace") was released; its plot takes place before the events of the original trilogy, but Jabba still has a place in it. This time around, the Hutt plays a relatively small role and acts more as a gift to the fans; he organizes the very race in which Anakin Skywalker wins his freedom and, despite his position as organizer, shows practically no interest in what is happening, even openly falling asleep at the very end.

In the 2008 animated film “Star Wars: The Clone Wars,” Anakin and his student Ahsoka (Ahsoka Tano) once again have to deal with Jabba. Separatists, wanting to antagonize the authority with the Republic and the Jedi, kidnap Jabba's son, Rotta. The heroes manage to save Rotta and return him home; as a token of gratitude, Jabba guarantees Republic ships free passage through his territory. Jabba later returns in the television animated series The Clone Wars. In one episode, Jabba has to deal with an alien whose daughters have been kidnapped by the mercenary Greedo; The Hutt willingly allows a blood sample to be taken from Greedo for comparison, but the mercenary's cowardly behavior already reveals him as a kidnapper. In another episode, Jabba hires one Cad Bane to obtain plans for the Senate building; Bane copes with the task, after which the Hutt sends him to rescue his uncle Ziro the Hutt from prison. The latter, most likely, is a decision not so much of Jabba himself, but of the Hutt Council as a whole - Jabba himself does not have particularly warm feelings for his uncle, remembering the role he played in the abduction of Rotta. Ziro doesn't manage to run far; Jabba's uncle's death causes genuine joy, after which he separately pays for the delivery of the holo-diary of his now deceased relative. In the future, the Hutts have to deal with the Shadow Collective; Darth Maul, Savage Opress and Pre Vizsla try to enlist the help of gangsters. Unable to pay for the Hutts' services, they try to threaten the Council - and in response receive a visit from a team of unfriendly mercenaries. Later, agents of the Shadow Collective again turn to Jabba, already in his palace on Tatooine - and impressed by their tenacity, the slug-like gangster promises his support and agrees to enter into an alliance.

Jabba the Hutt Jabba Desilijic Tire

One of the most notorious crime bosses in the galaxy, who controlled a vast criminal empire from his palace in the Tatooine desert. An ugly, slug-like creature with a grudge and sadistic tendencies, Jabba pursued Han Solo for several years after a smuggler dropped a cargo of spice. With the help of Boba Fett, Jabba finally got Solo and then captured Princess Leia as a slave, who tried to rescue Han. However, the Hutt underestimated Leia, and she strangled him during the heroes' escape from Jabba's sailing barge.

Race: Hutt.

Height: 1.75 meters (3.9 meters long).

Planet: Nel Hatta.

Affiliation: No.

First appearance:"Return of the Jedi" ("A New Hope" special edition).

Full biography

The son of a major clan leader and member of a long line of criminal tycoons, Jabba aspired to become his father's equal. By the year 600, Jabba (whose Hutt name was Jabba Desiliyik Tiure) led a large criminal empire. Along with his enormous fortune, Jabba flew from the estate of his father Zorba the Hutt on Nel Hutt to Tatooine, where he settled in a palace built on the ruins of the ancient monastery of the monks of B'Ommar.

The seedy atmosphere of Jabba's palace soon attracted many unscrupulous scoundrels who flocked to the fortress to drink and eat, have fun and find work. There were always thieves, smugglers, assassins, spies and a variety of criminals around Jabba. He was soon involved in all kinds of criminal activities in the Outer Worlds, including smuggling, glitterstim trading, slave trading, assassination, debt collection, racketeering and piracy.

While pursuing his illegal activities, Jabba once hired a smuggler named Han Solo to bring glittersteam spice from Kessel, where it was mined in the mines beneath the Imperial penal colony(Imperial Correction Facility). After Solo dropped a load of glitterstim to get through the Imperial cordons, Jabba sent several bounty hunters to find the pilot. Solo killed Greedo, one of Jabba's close friends, but was unable to escape the Hutt. Jabba met with Solo on Tatooine, but allowed him and his co-pilot Chewbacca to fly passengers to Alderaan in exchange for proceeds from the flight. Solo didn't return. Enraged, Jabba placed a huge reward on the smuggler, living or dead.

After some time, Boba Fett delivered Jabba Solo, frozen in carbonite, but alive. Soon after, Han's friends infiltrated Jabba's palace to rescue the smuggler. Jabba captured Princess Leia and chained her up, then tried to feed Luke Skywalker first to his pet rancor and then to the Sarlacc. Standing on the edge of the Great Sinkhole of Carkoon, Luke used his Jedi skills to escape death, and a battle began between the rebels and Jabba's men. In the fight, Jabba met his death at the hands of Leia. Moments later, most of his henchmen were killed in a sailing barge explosion caused by Luke and Leia. The remainder of Jabba's fortune passed to his father Zorba, who swore revenge on Leia and her friends.

Behind the scenes

The filmmakers worked on Jabba's appearance for a long time before he could appear in the original version of Return of the Jedi in his final form. In his first incarnation, appearing in the novelization of A New Hope, the crime lord is described as "a moving mass of muscle and fat, topped by a rough, scarred skull...". A New Hope also filmed a scene where the Hutt spoke to Han Solo as he left Mos Eisley. In this scene, Jabba was played by a large man (Declan Mulholland) wearing fur. Lucas intended to cut out the actor and replace him with some kind of mechanical creature, but the necessary technology was unavailable. Therefore, the scene was completely cut.

Lucas collaborated with Ralph McQuarrie, Nilo Rodis-Jamero, and Phil Tippet to design Jabba's appearance for Return of the Jedi. They made more than 76 sketches before coming to the final decision. McQuarrie initially imagined Jabba as a monstrous and agile primate, similar to a giant ape, while Rodis-Jamero saw him as a sophisticated, sophisticated humanoid. Tippett came up with the idea of ​​a huge slug. He came up with eight looks for Jabba, with early versions having several pairs of hands.

English studio Stuart Freeborn needed two tons of clay and 600 pounds (270 kilograms) of latex to make Jabba the Hutt. It was a giant puppet, 18 feet (5.5 meters) long, controlled from the inside by three puppeteers. Two of them each moved one of Jabba's arms, and the third moved his tail. Two employees were responsible for moving Jabba's eyes (which were controlled by wires) and also inflating and deflating air bubbles under the Hutt's skin, giving his face the most different expression. In addition, during filming, Jabba constantly needed a make-up artist.

For the special edition of A New Hope, Lucas, armed with digital technology, returned to the scene of Jabba's first appearance in Mos Eisley. A fully CGI Jabba replaced Declan Mulholland in the "conversation" with Harrison Ford.

"If I told you half of what I've heard about this Jabba the Hutt, you'd probably short-circuit!"
- C-3PO tells R2-D2 about Jabba

P Jabba the Hutt's full name was Jabba Desilijk Tiure, he was a representative of the Hutt race and over time managed to become one of the most influential criminals in the Galaxy. Jabba managed to build his own criminal organization, which he located on a remote planet called Tatooine. His base was located in the ancient monastery of B'omarr, which was very difficult for the common man to get into. Jabba engaged in any activity that could bring in a substantial income. He was not at all shy about smuggling, distributing various drugs, committing murder, piracy, extortion and the slave trade.

While on Tatooine, Jabba the Hutt accepted bets on sub-racer races, but he often lost because his personal astromech droid gave incorrect recommendations. In truth, Hutt had almost no interest in sports as such, he was only interested in profit. This caused him to sometimes fall asleep during races. However, he was always located in the best places and often opened the race. Yet Jabba was never a complete loser, even when he lost large sums. There have always been people who lost much more than the king of the underworld of Tatooine. The Hutt always made money from racing, receiving either loans or young slaves.

After some time, Jabba the Hutt caught the eye of a young and incredibly talented smuggler named Han Solo. The Tatooine gangster was impressed by the man’s courage and determination in transporting prohibited cargo, so much so that he decided to hire Khan for a job. Solo agreed to Jabba's proposal, after which he began transporting an illegal drug called "Spice" throughout the Galaxy.

During his next mission to transport a prohibited substance, Han Solo collided with the imperial flagship on his ship, the Millennium Falcon. In order not to be arrested, the smuggler had to throw the entire cargo overboard. Jabba the Hutt was so upset by the lost profits that he sent a mercenary named Greedo after Khan. Solo managed to kill a representative of the Rodian race, after which Jabba met Han near his ship.

airs out his grievances to Han Solo

The smuggler managed to convince the king of the underworld of Tatooine that he would be able to pay off the entire debt and even pay an additional 15% of the entire debt. Jabba knew how to count money well and happily agreed to the man's condition. When the debt came due, Han failed to show up, and Jabba realized that the smuggler had deceived him again. The Hutt ordered his mercenaries to find Solo throughout the Galaxy, but bring him to the palace to personally punish the man. Meanwhile, Han Solo and his friends were captured by Darth Vader in Cloud City. Best friend Smuggler Lando Calrissian betrayed his comrade and handed him over to the Empire. Solo was frozen in carbon, and Vader handed him over to the mercenary Boba Fett in gratitude. The criminal took the frozen man to Tatooine, where he handed him over to Jabba the Hutt.

The main criminal of Tatooine was very happy with this gift. He placed Khan in his residence, where he watched him every day. Meanwhile, Solo's friends were not sitting idly by. The droids C-3PO and R2-D2 went to Jabba to convey a message from Jedi Luke Skywalker, who offered robots to the Hutt in exchange for Solo. The gangster refused Luke's offer, but still took the droids for himself.

Soon, Princess Leia arrived to Jabba, who was disguised as a bounty hunter. The girl brought the captive Chewbacca to the Hutt, whom the criminal imprisoned in a cell. Disguised as a mercenary, Leia remained at Jabba's residence. At night, she made her way to Carbon and freed Han Solo. At that moment, the Hutt's piercing laughter was heard. He guessed that this whole performance was intended to distract attention. Jabba threw the smuggler into Chewbacca's cell, and he ordered Leia to be undressed and put on a slave costume. His previous slave was raised by the terrible creature Rancor. According to the Hutt, Leia should have been an ideal replacement for his previous assistant. After some time, Luke Skywalker arrived on Tatooine to give Jabba one last chance, but the king of crime only laughed at such a proposal and refused to carry out the will of the Jedi. Luke used the Force to pull the blaster towards him to attack, but the Hutt managed to react in time, causing Skywalker to fall to the terrible creature Rancor.

Princess Leia strangles Jabba the Hutt with a chain