Jabba the Hutt Jabba Desilijic Tiure
One of the most notorious crime bosses in the galaxy, who ruled a vast criminal empire from his palace in the Tatooine desert. An ugly, slug-like creature with a vindictive and sadistic streak, Jabba pursued Han Solo for several years after a smuggler dropped a load of spice. With the help of Boba Fett, Jabba finally got Solo and then enslaved Princess Leia, who tried to save Han. However, the Hutt underestimated Leia, and she strangled him as the heroes escaped Jabba's sail 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 a representative of an ancient family of criminal tycoons, Jabba sought to become equal to his father. By the year 600, Jabba (whose Huttian name is Jabba Desiliyik Tiure) was at the head of a large criminal empire. Together with his vast fortune, Jabba flew from the estate of his father Zorba the Hutt to Nel Hutt on Tatooine, where he settled in a palace built on the ruins of the ancient monastery of the monks of B "Ommar.
The sour atmosphere of Jabba's palace soon attracted many unscrupulous villains who flocked to the fortress to drink and eat, have fun and find work. Thieves, smugglers, assassins, spies and all kinds of criminals have always been around Jabba. He soon became involved in all kinds of criminal activity in the Outer Worlds, including smuggling, the glitterstim spice trade, the slave trade, assassinations, debt collection, racketeering, and piracy.
Pursuing his illegal activities, Jabba once hired a smuggler named Han Solo to deliver glitterstim spice from Kessel, where it was mined in the mines under the Imperial Correction Facility. After Solo dropped a load of glitterstim to get through the Imperial cordons, Jabba sent several bounty hunters to look for 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 the proceeds from the flight. Solo did not return. Enraged, Jabba posted a massive reward for the smuggler, dead or alive.
After some time, Boba Fett delivered Jabba Solo, frozen in carbonite, but alive. Soon after, Khan's friends infiltrated Jabba's palace to rescue the smuggler. Jabba captured Princess Leia and put her on a chain, and 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 Karkoon, Luke escaped death with the help of his Jedi skills, and a fight broke out between the rebels and Jabba's men. In the fight, Jabba found his death at the hands of Leia. Moments later, most of his henchmen were killed in a sailing barge explosion set off by Luke and Leia. The rest of Jabba's fortune passed to his father Zorba, who vowed revenge on Leia and her friends.
Behind the scenes
The filmmakers worked on Jabba's appearance for a very long time before he could appear in the original 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 carcass of muscle and fat, surmounted by a rough, scarred skull...". A scene was also filmed for A New Hope as the Hutt talks to Han Solo as he leaves Mos Eisley. In this scene, Jabba was played by a large man (Declan Mulholland) in fur clothes. Lucas intended to cut the actor out and replace him with some kind of mechanical creation, but the necessary technology was not available. Therefore, the scene was cut completely.
Ralph McQuarrie, Nilo Rodis-Jamero, and Phil Tippet collaborated with Lucas on Jabba's appearance for Return of the Jedi. Before coming to a final decision, they made over 76 sketches. Macquarrie first envisioned Jabba as a monstrous and agile primate resembling a giant ape, while Rodis-Jamero saw him as a refined, sophisticated humanoid. Tippett suggested the idea of a huge slug. He came up with eight looks for Jabba, with early versions having several pairs of arms.
It took Stuart Freeborn's English studio 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 the movements of Jabba's eyes (which were controlled by wires), and also inflated and deflated air bubbles under the skin of the Hutt, giving his face a variety of expressions. In addition, during the 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 computerized Jabba replaced Declan Mulholland in a "talk" with Harrison Ford.
Jabba the Hutt is one of the fictional characters in the iconic Star Wars universe created by George Lucas. Outwardly, Jabba resembles a huge slug-like alien, in which there is something in common between a toad and a Cheshire cat.
Based on the saga, the character was first talked about in A New Hope (1977), and then in an episode called The Empire Strikes Back, which came out three years after its predecessor. His first appearance was in Return of the Jedi (1983), the very last fillet of the original trilogy.
general information
Jabba is the real antagonist. It is known that he is about 600 years old, he is engaged in criminal activities and is a real crime boss, whose name is known throughout the galaxy. He is constantly surrounded by a large retinue, which includes his personal bodyguards, various criminals, smugglers, bounty hunters, mercenaries and slave traders. Jabba spends most of his time in his own palace, located on the desert Tatooine. There, in addition to his retinue, he is surrounded by an even larger and more diverse company, which consists of weak-willed slaves and servant droids. Jabba is known for his bizarre sense of humor, brutal appetite, and rather gambling nature. In addition to illegal entertainment and torture, he also likes to brighten up his leisure time with the help of slave girls. Below in the photo - Jabba the Hutt, surrounded by a personal retinue.
The image of the character is often used in satire and political grotesque, especially in the United States. Comparison with Jabba the Hutt arises if the object of criticism suffers from severe obesity or is a very corrupt person.
The character's first appearance in the film saga: Palace
As we said, for the first time information about Jabba was added in "A New Hope", in one of the story dialogues. His full-fledged appearance on the screen took place in the final part of the trilogy, namely in the third episode called "Return of the Jedi". According to the plot of the picture, the Hutt receives Han Solo frozen in carbonite, delivered to him by the famous bounty hunter Boba Fett. He puts his prey on public display in the throne room. Several of Han's friends, including Leia, Lando, Chewbacca, and the droids, manage to infiltrate the mafia's palace and worm their way among the crowd. However, soon Princess Leia herself is captured by local guards and becomes the personal slave of a crime lord (the scene depicting Leia and Jabba the Hutt is still considered one of the cult in cinema).
After some time, Luke Skywalker arrives at the palace, offering the Hutt a deal and asking him to let Khan go. In response, Jabba throws Luke into a pit with a terrible Rancor. As the young Jedi deals with the monster, the Hutt informs him that he, Solo, and Chewbacca are being sentenced to a slow and painful death.
Events at the Karkon Pit
A little later, all the characters move to the Tatooine Dunes Sea, where a giant alien creature known as the Sarlacc lives. Jabba intends to throw the condemned directly into the monster's mouth, but at the very last moment they manage to start a shootout. During the ensuing confusion, the princess and Jabba the Hutt find themselves without the care of the latter's loyal bodyguards. Without thinking twice, the girl throws her chain around the creature's neck and chokes him to death. After that, the character was considered dead.
Second appearance in the movie saga
The second time Jabba appeared was in a special edition of A New Hope released in 1997, on the twentieth anniversary of the original trilogy. The hero can be seen in one of the deleted scenes that was originally intended to be shown. Jabba, along with other bounty hunters, visit the hangar containing the Millennium Falcon. He confirms the information about the placement of a bounty on Solo's head and insists on reimbursing the value of the lost cargo.
The scene was originally filmed with Irish actor Decland Mulholland, who portrayed Jabba the Hutt in a special furry costume. In the re-release of the film, the old image of the alien mafia was replaced with CGI.
Third appearance
The next, this time the third, appearance of Jabba the Hutt in "All the Wars" took place in "The Phantom Menace". A small episode with his participation is very insignificant and has nothing to do with the main storyline. The character sits on one of the stands during the races on the planet Tatooine, in which the young Anakin Skywalker takes part. Jabba is accompanied by several of his entourage, among whom a Hutt woman named Gardula stands out. In this scene, Jabba's character is acting as the race steward, however, judging by his appearance, he is clearly not interested in the event and even falls asleep at the very beginning.
Fourth and final appearance in the film saga
The last return of Jabba the Hutt to the "big" screens took place in the cartoon "The Clone Wars" (2008). In it, the audience also got acquainted with the son of a famous bandit who was captured by the separatists. To help Rotta (the name of the son of Jabba), Anakin Skywalker arrives with his Padawan Ahsoka Tano. The heroes manage to save the little Hutt and hand him over to his father, who, in gratitude, allows Republic ships to pass through his territories.
Soon after the full-length cartoon was followed by the series of the same name - you can also see Jabba in it. He only appears in three episodes and is involved in several new story arcs. In addition, one of the episodes shows us our old friend Rotta, and the other shows Jabba's uncle Ziro, who has never been seen before.
Comics before 1977
The character began his appearance in literature with a comic book based on A New Hope, which became part of the Star Wars expanded universe. At that time, the final version of Jabba's appearance had not yet been approved, so in the comic book he appeared as a tall humanoid, resembling a walrus and dressed in a bright yellow uniform.
One of the storylines of the following Star Wars comics was about Jabba and his hunt for Han and Chewbacca. The Hutt's appearance is believed to be based on one of the aliens in the tavern scene in A New Hope. In the novelization of the script in 1977, Jabba is described as a huge movable pedestal, consisting of muscles and fat. The overall picture is completed by a shaggy skull, on which numerous scars are visible.
Character in post-1977 literature
In subsequent Star Wars novels and comics, Jabba completely resembled his cinematic image. Some stories describe the life of a crime boss even before the events of the movie saga, some trace his path from a simple bandit to the leader of the Desilijics.
In "Tales from the Palace" tells about the life of various servants and slaves of Jabba the Hutt, as well as their relationship to their formidable master. From the stories it becomes clear that most of the servants were involved in a conspiracy against the Hutt, while some of them had a sense of loyalty to him. After Jabba's death, his surviving retinue struck a truce with the former opponents of the Mafiosi on Tatooine.
Thus, all the wealth of Hatt remained for a long time beyond the reach of his relatives. In Heir to the Empire (1991), readers learn that Jabba's criminal empire was eventually taken under the wing of smuggler Talon Karde.
The character of the Star Wars movie saga, created by the director and screenwriter. A gangster from the planet Nal Hutta, a huge non-humanoid alien from the Hutt race, less than four meters tall, similar to a slug or a toad with orange eyes. Hermaphrodite - has the sexual characteristics of a male and a female at the same time. Belongs to the Hutt clan.
History of creation
The concept of Jabba the Hutt changed from one film to another as the film industry grew and developed and new opportunities arose. Jabba was originally conceived by George Lucas as a furry, Wookie-like creature. Then came the concept of Jabba as a fat, slug-like creature with a huge, ugly mouth, eyes, and tentacles.
Invited to play Jabba, actor Declan Mulholland read out the character's lines during filming. The actor was dressed in a fluffy brown suit, and at the post-production stage they had to replace the person with a character created using puppet animation. The scene involving Jabba was supposed to be an important plot point, but George Lucas ended up cutting it out of the movie due to budgetary and time constraints.
In 1997, while working on the anniversary edition of A New Hope, George Lucas brought the scene back, and the broken narrative sequence was restored. Technology at that time made it possible to realize the image of Jabba at a higher level than in 1977. In 2004, during the next re-release, the scene was again finalized, and the appearance of the villain was further improved.
"Star Wars"
Jabba was first mentioned in Star Wars: A New Hope, episode IV, released in 1977. Jabba is an episodic character there - a crime boss and the leader of a gang of smugglers on the planet Tatooine. The smuggler pilot owed Jabba a tidy sum of money for failing to deliver the smuggled cargo.
Han Solo was supposed to bring a cargo of a banned drug to Jabba from an asteroid, but an Imperial patrol landed on the tail of Solo's ship. Solo chose to drop the dangerous cargo. Enraged, Jabba placed such a tempting bounty on Han Solo's head that every bounty hunter in the universe began chasing him.
In 1980, Jabba's name resurfaces in Episode V "The Empire Strikes Back". Han Solo never returned the favor, and Jabba sends a bounty hunter to search for the debtor, promising a decent jackpot for Solo's capture. Later, Han Solo is captured, and he sends the hero to Jabba, having previously frozen in carbonite so that Solo does not escape. Solo's friends at the end go to the rescue in order to snatch the hero from the clutches of Jabba.
The third film, Return of the Jedi, released in 1983, used a complex animatronic puppet to create Jabba's screen image. In the first film in 1977, Jabba the Hutt was played by Irish actor Declan Mulholland, dressed in a fluffy suit. But the scene where he appears was cut from the final version of the original film. In the 1997 re-release of A New Hope, the Jabba scene was returned, but the live actor was replaced with a CGI image and the voice was re-dubbed. The new Jabba spoke in a fictitious language of the Hutts.
In a cut scene, Jabba, accompanied by gangsters, arrives at the hangar where Han Solo is holding the ship. Jabba demands that the hero return the value of the lost cargo. Han Solo promises that he will return the money as soon as he receives payment for a new job. Han Solo was in the process of delivering , and their droid companions to Alderaan.
Jabba demands that Solo return with the money as soon as possible, and threatens to unleash all the criminals in the galaxy on Solo if he doesn't. Solo, however, would never fulfill his obligations to Jabba.
In the first part of Return of the Jedi, Jabba mocks numerous servants and assigns a generous reward to anyone who drags Han Solo's head to his feet. Bandit Boba Fett brings Han Solo to Jabba, and the crime boss exposes the frozen hero as part of an exhibit in his own throne room.
However, Han Solo's friends are on the alert and rush to help. They manage to infiltrate Jabba's palace, but luck turns away from the heroes. she herself is captured by Jabba, and the villain turns the girl into slavery. The gangster attempts to take down Luke Skywalker when he arrives to make a deal with Jabba to free Han Solo.
Under the throne room is a pit where a monstrous monster sits, and Luke is thrown into it. The hero destroys the monster, but Jabba doesn't stop there. A giant worm-like creature lives in the Dune Sea on Tatooine, and Jabba decides it would be a good idea to feed Luke and Han Solo to the monster.
However, the heroes manage to defeat Jabba's guards, and the villain himself is killed by Princess Leia during the confusion. Jabba is overtaken by a very symbolic death - Leia strangles him with slave chains. Jabba's sailing barge explodes and everyone on board is killed. However, Leia, Luke and the rest of the heroes manage to escape.
In the 1999 prequel The Phantom Menace, Jabba can be seen in a Podrace sequence. The villain sits on the podium, surrounded by henchmen, and is not at all interested in what is happening. Eventually Jabba takes a nap and misses the race finale.
Jabba the Hutt is depicted in the movie saga as a big crime boss, constantly surrounded by a retinue of bodyguards and smaller gangsters who work for him. Jabba is about six hundred years old. In submission to the villain are numerous assassins, smugglers and bounty hunters. The character stands at the center of the criminal empire he rules.
On the desert planet Tatooine, Jabba has his own palace, where numerous slaves, droids and all kinds of alien creatures serve the criminal. Jabba loves to torture those who turn up at hand, is not indifferent to young slaves and plentiful food, and is fond of gambling.
Quotes
"If I told you half of what I heard about this Jabba the Hutt, you would most likely start to short-circuit!"
“By the time of our next meeting, he was already a much larger figure - in every sense. And besides, he managed to hate me.
