Jabba the Hutt: Renaissance Man

“Imagine if you will... the most ominous creature in existence. Now imagine that this creature is the ruthless leader of the most dangerous cutthroats in the galaxies.”

That’s how Kenner’s 1984 toy catalog described one of the most brilliant creations in the history of mankind: Jabba the Hutt.

Jabba the Hutt is vastly underappreciated. The poor Hutt is lampooned and jeered at all over, whether in movies or on the internet. He has been reduced to a symbol of the greed and gluttony of America. Jokes are made that fat people are Jabba, which if anything, is quite an unfair comparison for poor Mr. Hutt. He can’t help that his anatomy is made to me large. People, on the other hand, aren’t.

Jabba the Hutt was cunning and intelligent. No one can get to the top without the right amount of brains (granted, Jabba had the all the guards money can buy to make a point if the powers of his intellect weren’t enough). Jabba was also a caring Hutt. He once saved Ephant Mon on the ice moon of Glakka by shielding him with his body. Only the most caring person would risk their own life to save a trusted comrade. Sadly, even in his own universe, Jabba was misunderstood. Everyone in his court plotted against him, save for Ephant. Jabba expertly made sure to pit his courtiers against each other, thereby distracting them from finishing him off. Jabba even had an appreciation for art, of the carbonite sort. He was a patron of dancing and music, employing a band and a dance troupe in his desert palace.

If it wasn’t for that stupid slave girl and her Jedi friend, Jabba would be basking in the coolness of his palace on the arid sand dunes of Tatoonie at this moment.

Jabba was a renaissance man. Only someone so amazing would be so misunderstood. Greatness is too much for people.

So whenever you watch Star Wars again, or before you are about to make a Hutt joke, think about the Hutt you are making fun of. He is surprisingly not at all who think he is.

Jabba is also very kawaii!