Jabba the Hutt


 * "Soon you will learn to appreciate me." Jabba the Hutt, in Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi.

Jabba the Hutt was a prominent gangster of the outer rim of the galaxy, in the Star Wars saga of films.

Jabba was a abhorrent slug-like creature of great size. Its palace was located on the planet Tatooine, where Jabba was always surrounded by smugglers and killers, and by its cohort of lustful odalisques and entertainers. With its perverse demeanor and its loud, cavernous laughter, Jabba wouldn't hesitate either torturing or executing any of them, just for amusement. For this, a Rancor creature was kept under its throne.

In the prequel films of Star Wars, Jabba the Hutt was featured as a magnificent socialite of Tatooine, hosting the pod-racing event, which was won by the young Anakin Skywalker (Jake Lloyd).

During the original trilogy of Star Wars, Jabba the Hutt was obsessed about regaining the losses, of a Kessel spice cargo, which had been dumped off its ship by the smuggler Han Solo (Harrison Ford), during an inspection of the Galactic Empire. Jabba then offered a juicy reward for the capture of Solo, which finally took place by the intervention of the powerful Darth Vader (David Prowse, acting; James Earl Jones, voice), who handed the frozen prisoner to the bounty hunter Boba Fett (Jeremy Bulloch).

However, Jabba the Hutt would lose its cherished statue of Solo, when a rebel expedition irrupted into Jabba's palace, including Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), Lando Carlrissian (Billy Dee Williams), and Leia Organa (Carrie Fisher). After perversely abusing of Leia and trying to kill Luke Skywalker, Jabba the Hutt was choked to death by the very same Leia, who managed to use her own metal leash, whilst they were aboard Jabba's sand barge, over the desert of Tatooine.