Jabba the Hutt is one of the fictional characters the cult Star Wars universe created by George Lucas. Outwardly, Jabba resembles a huge slug-like alien, which has something in common with a toad and a Cheshire cat.
If we start from the film saga, the character was first discussed in A New Hope (1977), and then in an episode called The Empire Strikes Back, released three years after its predecessor. His first appearance came in Return of the Jedi (1983), the very last installment of the original trilogy.
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Jabba is the ultimate hero-antagonist. It is known that he is about 600 years old, he is engaged in criminal activities and is a real crime lord, 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 deserted 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 strange sense of humor, voracious 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 is Jabba the Hutt surrounded by his personal retinue.
The character's image is often used in satire and political grotesquery, especially in the United States. Comparisons with Jabba the Hutt arise when the target of criticism is severely obese or is a highly corrupt individual.
First appearance of the character in the film saga: Palace
As we have already said, information about Jabba was first added in A New Hope, in one of the plot dialogues. His full 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 film, the Hutt receives Han Solo frozen in carbonite, delivered to him by the famous bounty hunter Boba Fett. He puts his booty on display for everyone to see in the throne room. Several of Han's friends, including Leia, Lando, Chewbacca and the droids, manage to infiltrate the mafioso's palace and get in among the crowd. However, Princess Leia herself soon finds herself 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 iconic scenes in cinema).
After some time, Luke Skywalker arrives at the palace, offering the Hutt a deal and asking him to release Khan. In response, Jabba throws Luke into a pit with the terrible Rancor. When the young Jedi deals with the monster, the Hutt informs him that he, Solo and Chewbacca are sentenced to a slow and painful death.
Events at the Karkona Pit
A little later, all the characters move to the Tatooine Dune 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 unattended by the latter's loyal bodyguards. Without thinking twice, the girl throws her chain around the creature’s neck and strangles it to death. After this, the character was considered dead.
Second appearance in the film saga
Jabba's second appearance 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 were intended for the original broadcast. Jabba and other bounty hunters visit the hangar where the Millennium Falcon is located. He confirms that a bounty has been placed on Solo's head and insists on reimbursement for the lost cargo.
The scene was originally filmed with the participation of Irish actor Decland Mulholland, who portrayed Jabba the Hutt in a special furry suit. In the re-release of the film, the old image of the alien mafioso was replaced with CGI.
Third appearance
The next, this time the third, appearance of Jabba the Hutt in Star Wars took place in The Phantom Menace. The 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 a race on the planet Tatooine, in which young Anakin Skywalker takes part. Jabba is accompanied by several associates, among whom a female Hutt named Gardula stands out. In this scene, Jabba's character acts as the race director, but 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
Last return Jabba the Hutt was brought to the big screen in the cartoon "The Clone Wars" (2008). In it, viewers also met the son of a famous bandit, who was captured by the separatists. Anakin Skywalker and his Padawan Ahsoka Tano arrive to help Rotta (the name of Jabba's son). The heroes manage to save the little Hutt and hand him over to his father, who, as a sign of gratitude, allows Republic ships to pass through his territory.
Soon after full-length cartoon followed by a series of the same name, in which Jabba can also be seen. He appears in only 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 never-before-seen uncle named Ziro.
Comics before 1977
The character began his appearance in literature with the comic book based on A New Hope, which became part of the expanded Star Wars universe. On that moment final version Jabba's appearance had not yet been confirmed, so in the comics he appeared as a tall humanoid, resembling a walrus and wearing a bright yellow uniform.
One of storylines the following comics based on " Star Wars"was dedicated to Jabba and his hunt for Han and Chewbacca. It is believed that Marvel artists based the Hutt's appearance on one of the aliens who participated in the tavern scene in the film A New Hope. In the 1977 novelization of the script, Jabba is described in in the form of a huge movable cabinet consisting of muscles and fat. The big picture completed by a shaggy skull, on which numerous scars are visible.
Character in literature after 1977
In subsequent novels and comics Star Wars Jabba looked exactly like his movie image. Some stories describe the life of a crime boss even before the events of the movie saga, others trace his path from a simple bandit to the leader of the Desilijics.
Tales from the Palace chronicles the lives of Jabba the Hutt's various servants and slaves, and their relationship to their formidable master. It is clear from the stories that most of the servants were involved in the conspiracy against the Hutt, with some of them feeling a sense of loyalty to him. After Jabba's death, his surviving retinue concluded a truce with the mafia's former opponents on Tatooine.
Thus, all of Hutt's wealth remained beyond the reach of his relatives for a long time. In Heir to the Empire (1991), readers learn that Jabba's criminal empire was eventually taken over by smuggler Talon Carde.
A British artist drew a baby Jabba the Hutt, but people are not at all moved. Some are scared, others are disgusted, but the trend is obvious to everyone - children's versions of Star Wars characters will appear.
Baby Yoda first and then became In general, one gets the impression that almost any of his actions And this despite the fact that the hero of the series “The Mandalorian” has a very indirect relationship with that same Master Yoda - this is not the same character, rather, just a representative of that same race. But, having become popular, Baby Yoda opened Pandora's box, says the gaming publication. After all, now he has a competitor (or not).
It was probably to be expected that many Star Wars characters would have "child" versions, but British artist Sabi Menhay chose neither Han Solo nor Luke Skywalker. He remembered the secondary and negative hero- a crime boss and gangster who captured Leia and hunted Han Solo, and also dearly loved torture and slavery. We are, of course, talking about Jabba the Hutt.
Little Jabba looks like this. His preferences seem to have been shaped since birth: he plays with doll Leia and drools just like his adult version.
However, it seems that the popularity of Baby Yoda is not in sight for this pot-bellied and pop-eyed baby. After all, people on Twitter are not at all moved.
One user reminded Jabba of Mr. Hankey from South Park.
Some experience stronger emotions.
At the same time, several Twitter users recalled that there is already a small version of Jabba in the cosmic universe - his son Rotta.
He appeared in the animated series "The Clone Wars".
A character in the Star Wars film 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, looking like a slug or 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 appeared. George Lucas originally intended Jabba to be a furry, Wookiee-like creature. Then came the concept of Jabba as a fat, slug-like creature with a huge, ugly mouth, eyes and tentacles.
Actor Declan Mulholland, who was invited to play the role of Jabba, read the character's lines during filming. The actor was put on a furry suit Brown, and at the post-production stage they had to replace the person with a character created by means of puppet animation. The scene involving Jabba was intended to be an important plot point, but George Lucas ended up cutting the sequence from the film due to budget and time constraints.
In 1997, while working on the anniversary edition of A New Hope, George Lucas returned this scene, and the broken narrative sequence was restored. Technologies at that time made it possible to realize the image of Jabba for more high level compared to 1977. In 2004, during the next re-release, the scene was revised again, and the appearance of the villain was further improved.
"Star Wars"
Jabba was first mentioned in Episode IV of Star Wars: A New Hope, released in 1977. Jabba is there cameo character- crime boss and leader of a gang of smugglers on the planet Tatooine. The smuggler pilot owes Jabba a tidy sum of money for failing to deliver a smuggled cargo.
Han Solo was supposed to bring Jabba a shipment of a banned drug from an asteroid, but an Imperial patrol landed on the tail of Solo's ship. Solo chose to dump the dangerous cargo. An angry Jabba placed such a tempting bounty on Han Solo's head that all the bounty hunters in the universe began to chase him.
In 1980, Jabba's name appears again in Episode V of The Empire Strikes Back. Han Solo never returned the favor, and Jabba sends a bounty hunter in search of the debtor, promising a decent sum for Solo’s capture. Later, Han Solo finds himself in the hands of , and he sends the hero to Jabba, having previously frozen him in carbonite so that Solo does not escape. At the end, Solo's friends go to his rescue to rescue the hero from Jabba's clutches.
In the third film, Return of the Jedi, released in 1983, a complex animatronic puppet was used to create the on-screen image of Jabba. In the first film in 1977, Jabba the Hutt was played by Irish actor Declan Mulholland, dressed in a furry suit. But the scene where he appears was cut from the final version of the original film. When A New Hope was re-released in 1997, Jabba's scene was returned, but the live actor was replaced with a CGI image and the voice was redubbed. The new Jabba spoke the fictional Hutt language.
In a deleted scene, Jabba, accompanied by gangsters, arrives at the hangar where Han Solo is keeping the ship. Jabba demands that the hero return the cost of the lost cargo. Han Solo promises that he will give the money as soon as he receives payment for new job. Han Solo was just about to deliver and their droid companions to Alderaan.
Jabba demands that Solo return with the money as soon as possible, and threatens to set every criminal in the galaxy against Solo. Solo, however, never fulfills his obligations to Jabba.
In the first part of the film "Return of the Jedi", Jabba mocks numerous servants and assigns a generous reward to the one who drags Han Solo's head to his feet. Bandit Boba Fett brings Han Solo to Jabba, and the crime boss puts the frozen hero on display in his own throne room.
However, Han Solo's friends are not asleep and rush to the rescue. They manage to get into 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 tries to kill Luke Skywalker when he arrives to make a deal with Jabba to free Han Solo.
Below 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. There's a giant worm-like creature in the Dune Sea on Tatooine, and Jabba decides it would be a great idea to feed it to Luke and Han Solo.
However, the heroes manage to defeat Jabba's guards, and the villain himself is killed by Princess Leia during the confusion. Jabba meets a very symbolic death - Leia strangles him with slave chains. Jabba's sail barge explodes, killing everyone on board. However, Leia, Luke and the rest of the heroes manage to escape.
In the prequel The Phantom Menace, released in 1999, Jabba can be seen in the podracing sequence. The villain sits on the podium, surrounded by henchmen, and is completely uninterested in what is happening. Jabba ends up dozing off and misses the race's finale.
Jabba the Hutt is depicted in the film saga as a major crime boss, constantly surrounded by a retinue of bodyguards and smaller gangsters who work for him. Jabba is about six hundred years old. The villain has numerous hired killers, smugglers and bounty hunters under his command. The character stands at the center of the criminal empire that he controls.
On the desert planet Tatooine, Jabba has his own palace, where the criminal is served by numerous slaves, droids and all kinds of alien creatures. Jabba loves to torture those who come to hand, is partial to young slaves and rich food, and is fond of gambling.
Quotes
"If I told you half of what I've heard about this Jabba the Hutt, you'd probably short-circuit!"
“By the time we next met, he was already a much larger figure - in every sense. And besides, he managed to hate me.”
Illustration copyright Getty Image caption But the wisest Yoda has no analogues on Earth...
There are many strange creatures in the Star Wars universe, many of which, despite their alien appearance, have analogues on our planet, the observer discovered.
Bows
These huge beasts of burden have been appearing on screen every now and then since they debuted in the first film in the series.
Illustration copyright Photos 12 Alamy Stock PhotoThey are extremely reminiscent of the extinct mammoths - shaggy giants that once roamed the entire Northern Hemisphere. Banthas may not have a trunk, but they do have tusks and long hair.
But if you think about it, it's quite strange. After all, mammoths lived in glacial period, When North America and the northern part of Europe were buried under thick Arctic ice. Their enormous size and thick fur helped these prehistoric animals survive in cold conditions.
It is clear that the heat there is terrible. And of course there's not a snowflake in the air
Bant can also be found on Tatooine, where there is nothing but deserts. They don’t show us a thermometer, but it’s clear that the heat there is terrible. And of course, there is not a snowflake in the air. How do bows not overheat?
It can be assumed that they were brought from somewhere else - for example, from the ice planet Hoth, or that they are grown here for their wool.
Tauntauns
The ice world of Hoth, in turn, is the homeland of tauntauns. In The Empire Strikes Back, this was a rebel base and Tauntauns could be seen being used as beasts of burden.
Illustration copyright AF Alamy Stock Photo Image caption Tauntauns are probably not the most convenient means of transportation.Tauntauns have thick, off-white skin - which is justified, given that there is only snow around.
But riding them, apparently, is not very comfortable.
Almost all animals used by humans for riding walk on four legs. Take horses, for example.
But tauntauns are bipedal, and their front legs are always in the air, like some of the predatory dinosaurs known to us, for example atTyrannosaurusrex.
The data available to date does not allow us to assume the presence of giant worms on asteroids solar system
This means that the entire weight of the body falls on hind legs. It's hard to believe that the tauntaun will also withstand Luke Skywalker wrapped in a parka.
However, we should not forget that on Earth there is a two-legged animal that can fully withstand the weight of a person - which a person sometimes uses.
We're talking about an ostrich. If the ostrich does not fall under the weight of the rider, then it is possible that this is a feasible burden for the tauntaun.
Exogorths
Wait a minute, what is this? The name of this creature is not mentioned in any of the films.
However, the scene with him will be remembered for a long time: in the film “The Empire Strikes Back,” Han Solo lands the Millennium Falcon in a cave on the surface of an asteroid - and soon discovers that it is not really a cave: the ship is standing on the tongue of a huge underground creature like a worm. Subsequently, the monster received the name exogorth.
Illustration copyright Danita Delimont Alamy Stock Photo Image caption Spotted moray eel (Gymnothorax moringa)The data available today does not allow us to assume the presence of giant worms on the asteroids of the Solar System - the probability of finding them there, frankly speaking, is small.
But some features of the exogorth can be traced among representatives of the terrestrial fauna.
So, in nature there are many long animals that spend the bulk of their lives in burrows. Here, for example, is a photograph of a spotted moray eel that has settled in a pipe.
But he gets up interest Ask: What does exogorth eat? Science fiction writer Arthur Clarke believes that this creature cannot exist, because Princess Leia would clearly not be enough for him to have a hearty dinner, and there are no other animals nearby. But this is if the exogorth is carnivorous.
Can a slug grow as big as Jabba?
Many single-celled organisms can extract energy from crumbs of organic sediment: under the ice cover of Antarctica there are lakes where millions of such creatures live.
These microbes can support larger, more complex organisms. Today we know that worms that feed on a film of bacteria can live in rocks at a depth of several kilometers.
Of course, such worms are no more than a few millimeters in length, and the exogorth stretched for hundreds of meters. But at least it’s something.
Jabba the Hutt
In fact, this powerful gangster is nothing more than a huge slug who has grown his own arms.
Let's leave aside the question of whether a slug can, in the process of evolution, become so smart that it can rule a criminal empire, and become rich enough to keep a court jester.
Illustration copyright AF Archive Alamy Stock PhotoWhat's more important to us is: can a slug grow to the size of Jabba?
Slugs and snails are molluscs, meaning they belong to the same type of animal as oysters and octopuses.
The largest mollusk is probably the Antarctic giant squid, which can grow up to 12 m in length. However, you should not focus on it: the main part of the squid’s length is made up of tentacles. Besides, it’s unlikely that they could have grown like that if he lived on land.
Some individuals of the giant African snail grow up to 30 cm
Gastropods, which include slugs and snails, are smaller in size.
One of the largest species, the California sea hare, reaches a length of 0.99 m and weighs up to 14 kg. But, again, it lives in an aquatic environment favorable for giant species.
If we return to land, we can note the giant African land snail - some of its individuals grow up to 30 cm. But part of the mass and size of this snail comes from the shell, while Jabba, apparently, does not have any shell.
Illustration copyright imageBROKER Alamy Stock Photo Image caption Blue-black slugs (Limax cinereoniger) are the largest land gastropods without a shell.Among shellless gastropods, the record holder is probably the siso - black slug: this species has specimens up to 20 cm long.
When the king of the underworld turns out to be smaller than a laptop, for some reason he no longer inspires such fear, right?
Sarlacc
It appears that Jabba the Hutt is a fan of sophisticated execution methods. IN "Return of the Jedi" he tries to throw the heroes into the Great Pit of Carkoon, where a monster called the Sarlacc lives.
“In his stomach,” Jabba tells them through an unwitting translator, “you will experience pain and suffering hitherto unknown, for you will be digested for thousands of years.”
Illustration copyright Pictorial Press Ltd Alamy Stock Photo Image caption Lando Calrissian tries not to slip into the Sarlacc's mouthThe entire sarlacc is not shown - its body is hidden by sand. But we see that he is hiding at the bottom of a sandy funnel with a steep slope, those who fall into it inevitably roll down.
One of the most terrible predators in the world of insects immediately comes to mind - the antlion.
The larvae of these insects feed on ants, setting traps in the sand - small funnels several centimeters deep.
Illustration copyright Maximilian Weinzierl Alamy Stock Photo Image caption Sand funnel dug by an antlionInner surface This funnel is located at a strictly defined angle, known as the angle of repose. This is the maximum steepness at which the slope does not collapse under its own weight, but the slightest push is enough for sand to fall down.
Any insect that has the temerity to step into the funnel immediately begins to slide down to the bottom - where an antlion awaits it with its huge mandibles open.
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: Nal Hatta.
Affiliation: No.
First appearance:"Return of the Jedi" ("A New Hope" special edition).
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. Soon he was involved in all types of criminal activity in The Outer Worlds, including smuggling, glittersteam spice trade, slave trade, 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 for a very long time on appearance Jabba 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 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, and early versions there were 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 a variety of expressions. 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.