Question re Jabba

Author: Vaderisnothayden
Date: 7-Sep-2009, 8:29 PM

Author: Vaderisnothayden
Time: 7-Sep-2009 8:29 PM
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In the prequels, Jabba's running Tatooine. In the Clone Wars movie the republic has to consider Hutt-control of a large section of space as a factor in their plans. Now, I don't know anywhere in the old stuff where this Jabba/Hutt control of Tatooine was mentioned. Certainly not in anything back in the 80s, unless it was in Bantha Tracks or the Droids show or some interview somewhere or in the role playing game. I don't know if it pops up in the 90s EU before TPM. But as soon as we get to the prequels there it is.

Does anybody know if there was any sign of this Jabba/Hutt control of Tatooine or that area before TPM came out?

Author: Mielr
Time: 7-Sep-2009 11:51 PM (Edited)
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Jabba was always referred to as a gangster. Maybe he was like the boss of the Chicago mob in Las Vegas in the 1950s. ;-)

But yeah, I never got the impression from the OT that he was anything more than a thug.

Author: Gaffer Tape
Time: 8-Sep-2009 4:00 PM
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I agree. Therefore, I have a hard time seeing someone like Al Capone officiating over a racing event. Just seems weird, ya know? ^_~

There is no lingerie in space…

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Author: SilverWook
Time: 8-Sep-2009 4:32 PM (Edited)
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Didn't you guys ever watch the Godfather movies? All gangsters have some legitimate business ventures masking the illegal ones. Even real life ones could give to a charity money that was probably dirty, but it improved their standing with the populace.

Heck, Greedo's widow probably got a nice little pension. ;)

Where were you in '77?

Author: Gaffer Tape
Time: 8-Sep-2009 4:51 PM
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"No hutt can deny a request on the day of his Stinky's wedding."

There is no lingerie in space…

C3PX said: Gaffer is like that hot girl in high school that you think you have a chance with even though she is way out of your league because she is sweet and not a stuck up bitch who pretends you don’t exist… then one day you spot her making out with some skinny twerp, only on second glance you realize it is the goth girl who always sits in the back of class; at that moment it dawns on you why she is never seen hanging off the arm of any of the jocks… and you realize, damn, she really is unobtainable after all. Not that that is going to stop you from dreaming… Only in this case, Gaffer is actually a guy.

Author: doubleofive
Time: 9-Sep-2009 12:34 PM
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Gaffer Tape said:
"No hutt can deny a request on the day of his Stinky's wedding."

*ding*

Winner.

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Author: Vaderisnothayden
Time: 9-Sep-2009 9:18 PM
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I've got reason from some research to think it wasn't in any well-known source in the 90s EU. The question would then be, was the whole Jabba-and-Hutts-rule-Tatooine-and-environs something that appeared in the 80s in anything? Like in Bantha Tracks or the Droids show.