Darth Venal said:I was of the thinking, and everyone I know was as well, that Jabba was not meant to be able to move very well. Hence his state in ROTJ.
Well, yes, he was a hedonistic blob in ROTJ, but I don't mind the intentions of them showing him as a younger, more "agile" up-and-comer in earlier times. It's just the way they went about it. He looked bad in 1997 and even worse in 2004, I think!