Jabba

Jabba Desilijic Tiure was a Hutt crime lord who built one of the most powerful criminal organizations in the Outer Rim. From his palace on Tatooine he controlled smuggling routes and gambling operations while employing bounty hunters and mercenaries across countless systems. His influence reached beyond ordinary crime into commerce and politics. By the time of the Naboo Crisis he was already powerful enough to preside over the Boonta Eve Classic and command considerable respect among the Hutt clans.

During the Clone Wars Jabba remained an important figure within the Hutt power structure. Count Dooku and Ziro secretly arranged the kidnapping of Jabba's infant son Rotta in an attempt to manipulate the Hutts against the Republic. Anakin Skywalker and Ahsoka Tano returned Rotta safely to his father and prevented the scheme from succeeding. Jabba continued protecting his interests throughout the war while surviving conflicts involving rival criminals and expanding powers that sought control over Hutt territory. His wealth and established influence allowed his organization to endure the transition from Republic rule to the Galactic Empire.

Under Imperial rule Jabba maintained his position on Tatooine and continued operating an enormous network of smugglers and bounty hunters. Han Solo became one of the pilots working for him but fell deeply into Jabba's debt after losing valuable cargo. Jabba responded by placing a substantial bounty on him and eventually entrusted Boba Fett with bringing the fugitive to him. After Fett acquired Solo encased in carbonite Jabba took possession of his former smuggler and displayed him within his palace as both a trophy and a warning to anyone considering cheating him.

Appearance: Jabba the Hutt has mottled yellow-tan skin across his underside with dark olive-green skin covering his arms and much of his upper sides. His enormous body is massively obese and slug-like with a broad rounded torso that tapers into a long thick tail.

His eyes are yellow-orange with narrow dark pupils and sit beneath heavy wrinkled lids. Deep folds cover his brow and continue across his face. His nose consists of two small slit-like nostrils above an extremely wide mouth. Thick layered lips surround the opening while heavy rolls of flesh bunch beneath his jaw and around his neck.

His arms are short and thick with dark green pebbled skin. His hands have several broad fingers with blunt rounded tips. The transition between the pale belly and darker sides is irregular with patches of muted green and brown mottling.

His abdomen is enormous and pale with horizontal creases and dense wrinkles across the lower surface. The sides of his body are rougher and more heavily textured with clustered folds. His tail extends from the rear as a long thick tapering mass with green-gray coloration and subtle horizontal wrinkling.

Personality: Jabba is patient and calculating when profit is involved but vicious when his authority is challenged. He understands that fear is as useful as money and cultivates a reputation for making examples of people who betray him. Jabba can negotiate calmly with enemies when an agreement benefits him yet he rarely forgets an insult or unpaid debt. His enormous wealth has encouraged a life of indulgence while his position allows him to treat servants and prisoners as possessions. His cruelty is often deliberate rather than impulsive since public punishment reinforces the authority on which much of his criminal empire depends.

Rotta is Jabba's son and heir. His kidnapping during the Clone Wars provoked an unusually personal response from a Hutt who normally measures relationships through power and advantage. Bib Fortuna serves as Jabba's majordomo and manages access to his master as well as much of the palace's daily business. Boba Fett is among the bounty hunters Jabba trusts with particularly valuable assignments. Han Solo once benefited from Jabba's patronage as a smuggler before his debt transformed their relationship into a prolonged vendetta. Jabba also maintains extensive ties with other Hutts while remaining prepared to turn against relatives such as Ziro when family interests conflict with his own.

Jabba possesses centuries of experience in organized crime and negotiation. He understands smuggling networks and bribery as well as political influence and the management of mercenaries. Rather than personally confronting most enemies he surrounds himself with armed retainers and professional bounty hunters while gathering information through an extensive network of contacts. His Hutt physiology gives him considerable physical mass and strength along with the resilience expected of his species. He is also extremely difficult to intimidate and has enough experience dealing with Force users to resist simple attempts at supernatural coercion.

Jabba's greatest resources are the forces and property controlled by his criminal empire. His fortified Tatooine palace contains guards and weapons as well as holding cells and execution facilities. Gamorreans provide much of his personal security while specialists such as Bib Fortuna oversee his court and criminal operations. For travel across the Tatooine wastes Jabba uses the Khetanna sail barge alongside smaller desert skiffs. His wealth also gives him access to starships and communications systems and virtually any weapon or hired killer required for a particular job.