| Name |
Jabba the Hutt |
| Sex |
Male |
| Race |
Unknown |
| Height |
Probably 4 meters |
 Jabba the Hutt, the notorious crime lord
who ran his organization from the planet
Tatooine, was one of the major
kingpins in the Outer Rim Territories. His organization was into a wide
variety of illegal activities. From smuggling to spice dealing, slave
trading to murder, loan sharking to protection, Jabba the Hutt had his
bloated fingers in all the underworld's pies. Like others of his race,
Jabba was a legless, sluglike being with reptilian eyes and gross mannerisms.
Approximately four meters long, Jabba was huge even among his own kind.
His desert palace on Tatooine was full of all kinds of decadent luxuries,
an army of alien and human criminals, droid slaves and fawning servants.
Among Jabba's most prized possessions were the rancor and the sail barge.
Every smuggler, bounty hunter, pirate, and thief in the Outer Rim
Territories eventually took on a job for Jabba, including
Han Solo and his partner
Chewbacca.
In fact, it was because of a job Solo botched that Jabba ultimately met his
end. After Solo dumped a shipment of spice to avoid an Imperial blockade,
Jabba gave the smuggler a limited time to make good on the shipment's
worth. When Solo failed to return to Tatooine to pay off his debt - he was
off helping the Rebellion - Jabba put a price on his head.
Boba Fett eventually collected the bounty, but
Solo's Rebel companions came to rescue him. Among this group was
Luke Skywalker. Although Skywalker's Jedi
"mindtricks" did not work against Jabba, his other abilities made short
work of the crime lord's men. It was Princess Leia,
however, who actually killed Jabba. Since that time, other criminal
organizations have been attempting to fill the void left by Jabba the
Hutt's sudden and unexpected demise.
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