Jabba the Hutt

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Jabba the Hutt
Star Wars character
Jabba the Hutt [a]
First appearanceReturn of the Jedi (1983)
Created byGeorge Lucas
Voiced by
Performed byDavid Barclay
Toby Philpott
Mike Edmonds
In-universe information
SpeciesHutt [1]
GenderMale [2]
OccupationCrime lord [2]
AffiliationGrand Hutt Council [3]
Crymorah Syndicate [3]
Family
    • Crakka (cousin) [4]
    • Ebor (uncle) [5]
    • Gorga (nephew) [6]
    • Graballa (nephew) [7]
    • “The Twins” (cousins) [4]
    • Ziro (uncle) [5]
  • Others in Legends [i]
ChildrenRotta (son) [12]
HomeworldNal Hutta [13]

Jabba the Hutt (/dʒɑːˈbə/) is a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise. He is a large, slug-like crime lord of the Hutt species. Jabba first appeared in the 1983 film Return of the Jedi, in which he is portrayed by a one-ton puppet operated by several puppeteers. In 1997, he appeared in the Special Edition of the original Star Wars film, which had been retitled Star Wars: Episode IV—A New Hope. Jabba made his third film appearance in the 1999 prequel film The Phantom Menace. He is voiced by Larry Ward in Return of the Jedi and by Scott Schumann in A New Hope and The Phantom Menace.

Jabba lives in a palace on the desert planet Tatooine. He places a bounty on the smuggler Han Solo, and sends bounty hunters to capture him. After Darth Vader freezes Solo in carbonite, the bounty hunter Boba Fett delivers the frozen Solo to Jabba, who puts him on display in his palace. A group of Solo's friends attempt to rescue him, but Jabba captures them; he enslaves Princess Leia and decrees that Luke Skywalker, Chewbacca, and Solo will be fed to a Sarlacc. Luke orchestrates an escape, and during the chaos Leia strangles Jabba to death.


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  3. ^ a b Beecroft & Hidalgo 2016, p. 105.
  4. ^ a b Morrison, Matt (January 5, 2022). "The Twins & Hutt Clans Explained: How They Connect To Jabba". ScreenRant. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Ziro the Hutt". StarWars.com. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
  6. ^ Hidalgo & Sansweet 2008a, p. 353.
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  8. ^ Hidalgo & Sansweet 2008b, p. 130.
  9. ^ Hidalgo & Sansweet 2008b, p. 163.
  10. ^ Hidalgo & Sansweet 2008c, p. 15.
  11. ^ Hidalgo & Sansweet 2008a, p. 372.
  12. ^ "Rotta the Huttlet". StarWars.com. Retrieved July 30, 2024.
  13. ^ Cite error: The named reference anderson was invoked but never defined (see the help page).