Jabba's left arm

Quote of today

"I will not give up my favorite decoration. I like Captain Solo where he is." (Huttese subtitled)

Jabba don’t want to lose his best smuggler.

Return of the Jedi

Today we celebrate...
Toby Philpott at his 64th birthday (born 1946)

Jabba the Hutt is computer generated in all the Star Wars episodes except for Return of the Jedi where three puppeteers control his movements. It is Toby Philpott (left arm, head and tongue), David Barclay (right arm and jaw) and Mike Edmonds (tail and body). Jabbas eyes were remote controlled by John Coppinger and his voice is made by Larry Ward.

Toby Philpott was born in London, England, UK. He started his career as a comedy juggler, acrobat and magician before he became an animatronic puppeteer. Read more about him and his work on his own website.

Jabba the Hutt is the pre-eminent kingpin of crime in the outer rim territories. He is a worm-like slug with a wide drooling toothless grin and two yellow-red reptilian eyes.

The early script for Star Wars (A New Hope) establishes Jabba to be just a “Hut”. He is described as a large, repulsive, fat, slug-like creature with eyes on extended feelers and a huge ugly mouth.