Jabba the Hutt:
Sideshow has again outdone themselves with the newest addition to the 12" Star
Wars Figure line: Jabba the Hutt. We are now taking Pre-Orders on Jabba and his
accessories (Throne, Critters, & Future figures will be added as they become
available).
While the Emperor may lay claim to Tatooine
and all the other worlds of the known galaxy, everyone on the suns-bleached
dust-ball of a planet knows that the real power on this scorched rock is not
some Core-dwelling Sith Lord, but the notorious gangster and criminal kingpin,
Jabba the Hutt. Having carved out a profitable criminal business network for
himself over the decades before the Empire's rise, Jabba now holds court on
Tatooine in his humid desert fortress as if nothing has changed. The Empire or
the Republic, it's all much the same for the Hutts, whose shady business
interests run the length of the Outer Rim.
With his broad, lipless mouth, bulging eyes, vast belly and stubby little arms,
Jabba is a typical Hutt in every physical dimension, but his ambition, pride and
avarice would rival even the best of his kind. An ambitious slug from the
Desilijic Hutt clan, Jabba has based himself on Tatooine- an unremarkable world,
but for its proximity to the intersection of two busy trade routes. While
keeping residences in each of the planet's major settlements, Jabba primarily
runs his operation from the musty halls of an old monastery on the edge of the
Dune Sea. The B'Omarr monks tolerate his presence, and that of his innumerable
flunkies and goons, with typically mystical patience, too busy meditating on
their own transcendence to bear the gangsters that share their home much mind.
Employing all kinds of individuals in his various smuggling, arms dealing and
slave trading ventures, Jabba has often had occasion to hire brash Corellian
pilot Han Solo. Unfortunately for Han, his spice-smuggling runs for the Hutt
have come to a nasty end. Forced to dump a precious cargo when boarded by an
Imperial patrol, Solo has earned a price on his head, attracting the most feared
bounty hunters in the galaxy and culminating in his capture by the worst of them
all, Boba Fett. Is Han destined to become a permanent fixture on Jabba's trophy
wall, or has the slug finally bitten off more than he can chew this time? Solo
has powerful friends...
Jabba's Critters: (Buboicullaar
Creature Pack):
Vermin of all kinds infest Tatooine's dusty mesas
and arroyos. Crowded into pockets of shade beneath bluffs or leaning boulders,
they seek shelter from the planet's searing twin suns. Sand mites and bantha
ticks, sand-swimming worms of all kinds and crusty-backed kreetles, most are
harmless enough, or, at worst, present little more than an inconvenience to
Tatooine's colonists. Yet, among the scuttling gutter-grubs and scavengers there
are some more dangerous creatures that warrant closer scrutiny and greater
caution.
Among the nasty surprises to greet a weary moisture farmer returning to his
hovel after a hot day's work might be a spiny rock wart that has crawled into
the welcome shade of his home. Though not ordinarily aggressive towards larger
animals, Rock warts have a deadly neurotoxin that can kill a man as easily as
the small invertebrate and lizard prey upon which the creature usually feeds.
The lethal venom, administered by a bite to subdue fleeing prey, might just as
readily be used by a surprised rock wart in its own defense, having been sat on
or stepped upon in the dark. Misunderstanding or not, the unfortunate recipient
of a Wart wound is seldom alive long enough to care about the reason he was bit.
Rock warts are usually solitary creatures, but Tatooine's most famous vermin are
the highly social womp rats, which can roam in loose packs of several dozen
individuals. The largest are over two meters from nose to tail, and, while
cowardly when alone, can be intimidating in large numbers. Opportunistic
scavengers, a hungry womp rat pack might trouble a weakened traveler and
overwhelm them en mass, though usually they are viewed more as an annoyance than
a real threat. In some farming communities, sport is made of bulls-eyeing the
giant rodents from low-flying airspeeders.
Visitors to Jabba the Hutt's remote palace on the edge of the Dune Sea might be
forgiven for thinking that he encouraged free-roaming vermin in his abode, and
indeed the palace does support a vast community of uninvited guests, but some of
these seemingly unintelligent creatures are much more than they seem. Like the
wall-clinging Ghoel, the frog-like Bubo is in fact a sentient being, albeit only
barely. With stubby legs, a bulbous belly and a wide, toothy maw, set beneath a
pair of dull eyes, the beast hardly projects a image of mental agility, but he
has foiled at least one assassination attempt upon his master. Bubo, whose full
name is Buboicullaar, thwarted a would-be-bomber's plan by consuming a vital
component of the explosive's detonator, thereby earning his keep for another few
weeks at least.
The Buboicullaar
Creature Pack 12 inch Figure features:
