Jabba The Hut

Star Wars character
Jabba the Hutt
Portrayed by	A New Hope: Declan Mulholland (stand-in) Return of the Jedi: Larry Ward (voice) Mike Edmonds (puppeteer) Toby Philpott (puppeteer) David Alan Barclay (chief puppeteer)
Position	Crime lord
Homeworld	Nal Hutta; resident of Tatooine
Species	Hutt
Gender	Hermaphroditic (male personality)
Affiliation	Criminal

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Jabba the Hutt is a fictional character in George Lucas's space opera saga Star Wars. He first appeared on film in Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983) as a large, slug-like alien. Jabba was originally portrayed by an immense latex puppet, but in other films he is a computer-generated image (CGI). Besides the films, Jabba the Hutt is featured in Star Wars literature and is sometimes referenced by his full name, Jabba Desilijic Tiure.

The character's role in Star Wars is primarily antagonistic. He is a 600-year-old Hutt crime lord and gangster who employs a retinue of criminals, bounty hunters, smugglers, assassins, and bodyguards to operate his criminal empire. Jabba's Palace on the desert planet Tatooine is a former monastery for a group of mystics known as the B'omarr monks. There he keeps a host of entertainers at his disposal: slaves, droids, and alien creatures. Jabba has a grim sense of humor, a bellicose laugh, an insatiable appetite, and affinities for gambling, slave girls, and torture.

The character was incorporated into the Star Wars merchandising campaign that corresponded with the theatrical release of Return of the Jedi. Jabba the Hutt's image has since played an influential role in popular culture, particularly in the United States. His name is used as a satirical literary device and a political caricature to underscore negative qualities such as morbid obesity and corruption.