Always at Jabbas side

Quote of today

"Die Wanna Wanga!"

Bib Fortuna welcomes the two droids.
Return of the Jedi

Today we celebrate...
Michael Carter at his 64th birthday (born 1947)

Michael Carter was born in Scotland, United Kingdom. He played Bib Fortuna in Return of the Jedi. To put on the make-up as Bib Fortuna took over eight hours in the beginning of the five-week shoot. By the end of the five weeks the make-up process was streamlined down to 58 minutes. Michael Carter think it's weird that Bib Fortuna is much more famous than he is and that he still get letters from Star Wars fans.

If Michael Carter was Bib Fortuna bodily then Erik Bauersfeld was his voice. Erik Bauersfeld is a leading American radio dramatist and voice artist. He has also done the voice of Admiral Ackbar in the video game Star Wars: X-wing (1995).

Today we remember...
Declan Mulholland deceased today 1999

Declan Mulholland was the stand-in for Jabba in A New Hope in the scene that didn't make it into the film until Special Edition. He was born 1932 in Northen Ireland, United Kingdom.


Bib Fortuna is Jabba the Hutts attendant. He is a Twi'lek with red eyes, pointed teeth and pasty face. We first meet him with Jabba the Hutts at the Podrace on Tatooine. His life probably ended on the sail barge when Luke Skywalker blows it up at the Great Pit of Carkoon. In the expanded universe of Star Wars there are a lot survivers from the sail barge so maybe even Bib Fortuna survived.

Before he became the slug we know as Jabba the Hutt in Return of the Jedi the creature was referred to as a "hut". The script establishes the "hut" to be a large, repulsive creature, fat, slug-like with eyes on extended feelers and a huge ugly mouth. This was an effect that George Lucas could not realize at the time.

Jabba's tail

Quote of today

"Jabba! This is your last chance. Free us or die."

Luke has confidence in his new power.
Return of the Jedi

Did you know...
Mike Edmonds played Logray and an ugnaught beside controlling Jabbas tail in Return of the Jedi.

Mike Edmonds was born in Essex, UK and is an actor with dwarfism.

Logray is the Ewok medicine man of Chief Chirpa's tribe. He is a tan-striped Ewok, who wears the half skull of a bird atop his head, decorated with feathers and beads.

Ugnaughts are porcine humanoids with slightly upturned noses who live and work on Bespin's Cloud City.

Interestingly enough, one Ugnaught concept sketch was labeled as "Boba Fett's gang," suggesting that the Ugnaughts that oversaw the carbon-freezing chamber originally came with Fett. This was changed before production to have the Ugnaughts be part of Cloud City's workforce.

Jabba's right arm

Quote of today

"You will know. When you are calm, at peace. Passive. A Jedi uses the Force for knowledge and defense, never for attack."

Yoda explains how to know the good side from the bad.
The Empire Strikes Back

Did you know...
David Alan Barclay was hired by Stuart Freeborn to sculpting 6 different top lip appliances for Yoda in The Empire Strikes Back.

David Alan Barclay was then drafted in as puppeteer for Yoda's eyes when Wendy Midener-Froud became allergic to some thing on set, and a puppeteer replacement was needed for her. For the last week of Yoda filming in The Empire Strikes Back he replace Frank Oz as chief Puppeteer in parts of the training sequence including where Luke is doing a handstand, with Yoda standing on his feet.

David Barclay return as chief puppeteer for Jabba the Hutt in Return of the Jedi.For the death scene on the barge, Dave and Toby were joined inside by Mike Quinn who operated Jabba's eye bulge.

Read more about David Barclay's work at his official website.

Yoda is the Jedi Master who lived his final years hiding on the swamp planet of Dagobah.

Jabba the Hutt is the preeminent kingpin of crime in the Outer Rim Territories.

Two bad guys from the Clone Wars

Quote of today

"Master Kenobi, always chasing after Skywalker. How predictable."

Asajj Ventress greets Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi
The Clone Wars

Today we celebrate...
Kevin Michael Richardson at his 45th birthday (born 1964)
Nika Futterman at her 40th birthday (born 1969)

Kevin Michael Richardson was born in New York, USA and did the voice of Jabba the Hutt in The Clone Wars. He is a classically trained actor and a voice artist mostly recognizable for his deep voice. Years before The Clone Wars he did the voice of Jolee Bindo in the vidoegame Knight of the Old Republic. But this is just a small part of what Kevin Michael Richardson has done, read a lot more about him at his own wedsite.

Nika Futterman was born in New York, USA and did the voice of Asajj Ventress in The Clone Wars movie and the The Clone Wars TV-series. She had to audition several times for the part to voicing Ventress. Read more about her other work at her own website.
 

Jabba the Hutt is the preeminent kingpin of crime in the Outer Rim Territories.

Asajj Ventress is Count Dooku's most-trusted assassin during the Clone Wars. She is not officially a Sith apprentice but well-trained in the arts of lightsaber dueling and Force manipulation.

If you in to drawing and want some help with drawing Asajj Ventress here is two different "how to": Drawing Asajj Ventress and Drawing Asajj Ventress from The Clone Wars.