Jabba the Hutt

Jabba the Hutt
Star Wars character
Jabba the Hutt [a]
First appearance	Return of the Jedi (1983)
Created by	George Lucas
Voiced by	Larry Ward [b] Scott Schumann [c] Ed Asner [d] Clint Bajakian [e] David W. Collins [f] Brian Drummond [g] Kevin M. Richardson [h]
Performed by	David Barclay Toby Philpott Mike Edmonds
In-universe information
Species	Hutt [1]
Gender	Male [2]
Occupation	Crime lord [2]
Affiliation	Grand 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]
Children	Rotta (son) [12]
Homeworld	Nal 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 and Chewbacca will be fed to a Sarlacc. Luke orchestrates an escape, and during the chaos Leia strangles Jabba to death.

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