<P> In the original theatrical releases of the original Star Wars trilogy , Jabba the Hutt first appeared in Return of the Jedi ( 1983 ) , though he is mentioned in Star Wars ( 1977 ) and The Empire Strikes Back ( 1980 ) , and a previously deleted scene involving Jabba the Hutt was added to the 1997 theatrical re-release and subsequent home media releases of Star Wars . A scene shot for Star Wars featuring Declan Mulholland as a humanoid Jabba was never used . Jabba is introduced as the de facto leader of the Desilijic - Hutt Cartel , and the most powerful crime boss on Tatooine , who has a bounty on Han Solo 's head . Jabba employs a retinue of career criminals , bounty hunters , smugglers , assassins and bodyguards to operate his criminal empire . He keeps a host of entertainers at his disposal at his palace : slaves , droids and alien creatures . Jabba has a grim sense of humor , an insatiable appetite , and affinities for gambling , slave girls , and torture . </P>
<P> In the original theatrical releases of the original Star Wars trilogy , Jabba the Hutt first appeared in Return of the Jedi ( 1983 ) , though he is mentioned in Star Wars ( 1977 ) and The Empire Strikes Back ( 1980 ) , and a previously deleted scene involving Jabba the Hutt was added to the 1997 theatrical re-release and subsequent home media releases of Star Wars . A scene shot for Star Wars featuring Declan Mulholland as a humanoid Jabba was never used . Jabba is introduced as the de facto leader of the Desilijic - Hutt Cartel , and the most powerful crime boss on Tatooine , who has a bounty on Han Solo 's head . Jabba employs a retinue of career criminals , bounty hunters , smugglers , assassins and bodyguards to operate his criminal empire . He keeps a host of entertainers at his disposal at his palace : slaves , droids and alien creatures . Jabba has a grim sense of humor , an insatiable appetite , and affinities for gambling , slave girls , and torture . </P>
who played jabba the hutt in the original star wars
who played jabba the hutt in the original star wars
Declan Mulholland
Declan Mulholland