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| name = Jabba the Hutt
| image = Jabba the Hutt.png
| caption = Jabba the Hutt
| series = [[Star Wars]]
| first = ''[[Return of the Jedi]]'' (1983)
| creator = [[George Lucas]]
| occupation = Crime lord
| affiliation = Grand Hutt Council
| gender = Male
| lbl21 = Homeworld
| data21 = [[List of Star Wars planets and moons#Nal Hutta|Nal Hutta]]
| family = {{Plainlist|
** Crakka (cousin)
** Ebor (uncle)
** Gorga (nephew)
** Graballa (nephew)
**
** Ziro (uncle)
* Others in '''''Legends'''''
}}
| children = Rotta (son)
| voice = {{Plainlist|
* [[Larry Ward (voice actor)|Larry Ward]]
* Scott Schumann
* [[Ed Asner]]
* [[Clint Bajakian]]
* David W. Collins
* [[Brian Drummond]]
* [[Kevin Michael Richardson|Kevin M. Richardson]]
}}
| lbl1 = Performed by
| data1 = [[David Barclay (puppeteer)|David Barclay]]<br />[[Toby Philpott]]<br />[[Mike Edmonds]]
| species = [[Hutt (Star Wars)|Hutt]]
}}
'''Jabba the Hutt''' ({{IPAc-en|dʒ|ɑː|ˈ|b|ə}}) is a fictional character
Jabba lives in a palace on the desert planet [[Tatooine]]. He places a [[Bounty (reward)|bounty]] on the smuggler [[Han Solo]], and sends bounty hunters to capture him. After [[Darth Vader]] freezes Solo in [[carbonite (Star Wars)|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]]
== Creation and portrayal ==
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After an initial design was approved, further design work was done by Phil Tippett, the film's visual effects artist. He based Jabba's body structure and reproductive system on the anatomy of [[annelid|annelid worms]]. He modeled Jabba's head on that of a snake, complete with bulbous, slit-pupilled eyes and a mouth that opens wide enough to swallow large prey. He gave Jabba's skin a moist, amphibian quality.<ref>{{cite web |title=Biography of Phil Tippett |url=https://www.starwars.com/bio//philtippett.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060708210125/https://www.starwars.com/bio//philtippett.html |archive-date=July 8, 2006 |access-date=July 3, 2006 |work=StarWars.com}}</ref><ref name="HuttSansweet">{{cite encyclopedia| title= Hutt| first= Stephen J.| last= Sansweet| encyclopedia= Star Wars Encyclopedia| place= New York| publisher= Del Rey| year= 1998| page= [https://archive.org/details/starwarsencyclop00sans/page/134 134]| isbn= 0-345-40227-8| url= https://archive.org/details/starwarsencyclop00sans/page/134}}</ref>[[File:Jabbaconceptart.jpg|right|thumb|Concept art of Jabba the Hutt for ''Return of the Jedi'']]The next task was to create the Jabba puppet, a process which took three months and cost $500,000. [[Stuart Freeborn]] and the [[Industrial Light & Magic]] Creature Shop designed the one-ton puppet, while John Coppinger sculpted its latex, clay, and foam pieces. The puppet had its own makeup artist and required three puppeteers to operate, making it one of the largest puppets ever used in a film.<ref name="StarWarstoJedi"/> The puppeteers included [[David Barclay (puppeteer)|David Barclay]], [[Toby Philpott]], and [[Mike Edmonds]], who were members of [[Jim Henson]]'s [[The Muppets|Muppet]] group. Barclay operated the right arm and mouth, while Philpott controlled the left arm, head, and tongue. Edmonds was responsible for the movement of Jabba's tail. The character's eyes and face were operated by radio control.<ref name="DatabankBTS"/><ref name="StarWarstoJedi" /><ref name="Lucascommentary">Lucas, George (2004). Commentary track on ''Star Wars: Episode VI—Return of the Jedi'', Special Edition (DVD). 20th Century Fox.</ref> Lucas complained about the difficulty of moving the massive puppet around the set. He was also disappointed by its appearance, later stating that Jabba would have been a [[Computer-generated imagery|computer-generated]] character if the required technology had existed at the time.<ref name="Lucascommentary" />
Jabba's voice was provided by [[Larry Ward (voice actor)|Larry Ward]], who was uncredited in the film.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jabba the Hutt Voice |url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/movies/Star-Wars-Episode-VI-Return-of-the-Jedi/Jabba-the-Hutt/ |access-date=July 13, 2024 |website=Behind the Voice Actors}}</ref> A heavy, booming quality was given to Ward's voice by [[Pitch (music)|pitching]] it an [[octave]] lower than normal and processing it through a [[subharmonic]] generator.<ref>{{cite book| first= Tomlinson| last= Holman| title= Sound for Film and Television| place= Burlington, Massachusetts| publisher= Focal Press| year= 2002| page= [https://archive.org/details/soundforfilmtele00holm/page/11 11]| isbn= 0-240-80453-8| url= https://archive.org/details/soundforfilmtele00holm/page/11}}</ref> A soundtrack of wet, slimy sound effects was recorded to accompany the movement of Jabba's limbs and mouth.<ref>Burtt, Ben (2004). Commentary track on ''Star Wars: Episode VI—Return of the Jedi'', Special Edition (DVD). 20th Century Fox. </ref> The film's composer, [[John Williams]], arranged a musical theme for Jabba that is played on a tuba.<ref>{{cite web | title= Review of ''Return of the Jedi'' soundtrack | url= https://www.filmtracks.com/titles/jedi.html | website= Filmtracks.com | access-date= July 3, 2006 | archive-date= June 16, 2006 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060616052304/https://www.filmtracks.com/titles/jedi.html | url-status= live }}</ref> Williams later turned the theme into a [[symphony|symphonic]] piece which he performed with the [[Boston Pops Orchestra]]. The [[musicology|musicologist]] Gerald Sloan said the Jabba theme "blends the monstrous and the lyrical
=== ''A New Hope –'' 1997 Special Edition ===
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==Reception==
''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' called Jabba one of the most memorable creatures in the ''Star Wars'' franchise.<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 4, 2021 |title=Jabba the Hutt: 67 Star Wars characters, ranked from worst to best |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/star-wars-rise-of-skywalker-characters-ranked-worst-best/jabba-hutt/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220302135107/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/star-wars-rise-of-skywalker-characters-ranked-worst-best/jabba-hutt/ |archive-date=March 2, 2022 |work=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]}}</ref> ''[[Insider (news website)|Business Insider]]'
Several commentators have derided the computer-generated versions of Jabba and other Hutts. Phil Owen of ''[[TheWrap]]'' said the digital Jabba in the 1997 release of ''A New Hope'' looked "incredibly horrible", while Matt Goldberg of ''[[Collider (website)|Collider]]'' called it "awful
==Notes==
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