List of minor residents of Tatooine
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This article is about minor characters in the fictional Star Wars universe who reside, or at least appear primarily, on the planet Tatooine.
Amee
Amee is a character from the Star Wars movie Phantom Menace. She is a girl of six, who lives on Tatooine. She was friends with young Anakin Skywalker. Although credited as "Jenna Green", she was portrayed by George Lucas's daughter Katie Lucas, who had subsequent cameos in Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith. In this, her only speaking role, she delivers the line "You've been working on that thing for years. It's never going to run."
Chalmun
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Chalmun was the Wookiee owner of the cantina in Mos Eisley visited by Luke Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi in A New Hope. He purchased the cantina from the Vriichon brothers, who before then had been running an illegal spice den on the site and burying bodies in the basement.
Crumb, Salacious
Salacious Crumb is a fictional character that first appeared in the Star Wars movie Return of the Jedi. Salacious was a knee-high, potbellied creature with disheveled hair, a shrill laugh, and a sharp beak. He was employed as a court jester for the intergalactic crimelord Jabba the Hutt. In the Expanded Universe, he is referred to as a Kowakian lizard-monkey. He became part of Jabba's palace after Malakili (The rancor tamer) found him on the planet Kowak. Crumb has killed some of Jabba's slaves with the rancor. He liked to pull the lever and hear the screams of the poor Twi'leks and others that fell in.
In Return of the Jedi, Salacious was shocked away from C-3PO by R2-D2 just before the destruction of Jabba's sail barge. Salacious was killed in the explosion. [1]
Ephant Mon
Ephant Mon, a chevin gunrunner, is a minor Star Wars character, who briefly appears in Episode VI in Jabba's Palace when Han and Leia are caught escaping. Although he isn't seen much in the films, he has a very important job in Jabba's Palace as head of security; as he is the only one Jabba truly trusts. Once on a frozen planet, Jabba saved Ephant Mon from death by protecting him with the warmth of his body fat and since has been one of the most grotesque members of Jabba's associates. He did not die in the sail-barge explosion when many of Jabba's henchmen did, as he chose to remain at the palace. When Luke Skywalker arrived, Luke told Ephant Mon that if Jabba didn't free Han and the others, he would kill the Hutt. Ephant Mon did believe in The Force, and tried to warn Jabba, who wouldn't listen. After Jabba died and many of his henchmen were killed in the explosion, Ephant Mon joined a religion that worshipped the Force.
Ephant Mon's name comes from the words "Elephant Man," as he resembles a bipedal elephant.
Gardulla the Hutt
Template:SW Character In the fictional Star Wars universe, Gardulla the Hutt, also known as Gardulla the Elder, is one of the Hutt crime lords of Tatooine. Her assistant is Diva Funquita. She is best known for buying Shmi and Anakin Skywalker, then losing them in a pod race to Watto, a junk dealer. Gardulla is sometimes a rival of Jabba the Hutt and appears briefly as his guest at the Podrace scene in The Phantom Menace. Gardulla also sponsors Podracers, including Gasgano. After the Boonta Eve Classic, Gardulla offered Watto a substantial sum to regain ownership of Anakin, but the Toydarian had already lost the boy to Qui-Gon Jinn.
Gardulla attempted to feed Jango Fett to her personal Krayt dragon, but was in turn killed by the bounty hunter by being pushed into the Krayt dragon's lair and devoured after being interrogated for information on the Bando Gora cult.
Gargan, Yarna d'al'
Zarna d'al' Gargan is a fictional character in the science fiction saga Star Wars. She is depicted as a six-breasted Askajian dancer and slave of Jabba the Hutt. She, alongside dancers Oola, Rystáll, Lyn Me, and Greeata, performed for the Hutt's amusement and pleasure. She first appeared in the film Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983).
Ghoel
Ghoel was a Wol Cabasshite who resided in Jabba's Palace. Resembling a giant slug with an incredibly long tongue, it was usually found hanging from the ceiling and arches, licking almost anyone who walked by it.
Ghoel was an intelligent creature, and was one of few in Jabba's entourage that did not perish in the Khetanna disaster at the Great Pit of Carkoon.
Jaq, Randy
Template:SW Character Randy Jaq was a Neimoidian who took up the position of the Trade Federation representative on the Galactic Senate after Gilramos Libkath went into exile. He was forced to leave the senate after several assassination attempts, and he relocated to Tatooine. He was on Mustafar when Darth Vader was sent to exterminate the Confederacy of Independent Systems leadership. He was presumably killed in the ensuing massacre in the Separatist Council War Room. The character was portrayed by Silas Carson.
Appearances
- The Phantom Menace
- Star Wars: The Apple Barrier (cut content)
- Star Wars: Imperial Knights (force ghost)
Sources
- The Essential Guide to Characters
Jira
Jira was a vendor in Mos Espa that appeared in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. She was a friend of Anakin Skywalker and warned him of an approaching sand storm.
Jira's life after Episode I is unknown, though, given her age, it is likely she was deceased by the Battle of Yavin.
In a deleted scene to Episode I, Anakin gives Jira some money to buy a cooling unit. They hug and she calls Anakin "the kindest boy in the galaxy" (a touch of dramatic irony). Shortly after they say goodbye, Qui-Gon slices one of Darth Maul's probe droids and the two break into a run.
Lars, Cliegg
Cliegg Lars was the widower of Shmi Skywalker, the stepfather of Anakin Skywalker, and the father of Owen Lars. A moisture farmer on Tatooine, he purchased Shmi from Watto, and subsequently freed and married her. Years later, he was visited on Tatooine by Anakin and Padmé Amidala, who learned that Shmi had been abducted by Tusken Raiders. Cliegg and thirty-odd other settlers attempted to rescue her. Many of the settlers were killed in the process, and Cliegg lost his right leg from mid-thigh down. Anakin set off to rescue her, and he eventually brought Shmi's body back to the Lars Homestead, where she was buried alongside Cliegg's first wife and parents.
Cliegg Lars appeared in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, played by Australian actor Jack Thompson.
Lars, Owen
Owen Lars is the son of farmer Cliegg Lars. He is the step-brother of Anakin Skywalker, and the step-uncle and de-facto foster father of Luke Skywalker. Owen does not approve of the prospect of Luke leaving Tatooine, and so he postpones the time Luke would leave to go to the Academy. He is motivated by the fear that Luke will follow in the footsteps of his father, Anakin. Owen and his wife Beru are killed by Imperial Stormtroopers.
In A New Hope, he is played by American actor Phil Brown. In Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith, he is played by Australian actor Joel Edgerton.
In the 1983 novelization of Return of the Jedi, Obi-Wan Kenobi refers to Owen as his brother. Attack of the Clones, in which the character appears as a young man, does nothing to suggest that this is the case. In an interesting real-world coincidence, however, Ewan McGregor's stunt double in the latter prequels is Nash Edgerton, the real-life brother of Joel Edgerton.
There is a small amount of inconsistency in Owen's age. In the Phantom Menace Anakin is 9, therefore 10 years later in Attack of the Clones he is 19. But Shmi Skywalker had to be married to Cliegg Lars in between those times, so Owen should be younger than 10, which is clearly not the case in Attack of the Clones. However, this could be explained if Owen was the son of Cliegg's first wife, although it is implied in the movies that Luke and Owen are blood related.
The Lars homestead is a compound located on Tatooine outside of Anchorhead and near Mos Eisley. It is home to a moisture farm, typical of the Tatooine settlements. The property is full of moisture vaporators, with most of the living area located below ground to provide relief from the planet's desert environment. Notable parts of the compound include the garage, which housed at various times the Lars family landspeeder and Luke Skywalker's T-16 skyhopper. Cliegg Lars was the original owner, with his second wife Shmi and Owen. Later, Owen and his wife Beru raised Luke Skywalker there.
Lufba, Wam "Blam"
Wam "Blam" Lufba is a fictional character in the Star Wars saga. He is a male Yuzzum from the forest moon of Endor who resides in Jabba's Palace. He works for the Hutt crime lord as a smuggler.
Nkik, Het
Het Nkik is a fictional character seen briefly in the cantina scene of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope and whose story is elaborated on in the short story "Swap Meet: The Jawa's Tale" by Kevin J. Anderson, part of the anthology Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina (1995). Het Nkik is a Jawa who plots revenge on the Imperial stormtroopers who massacred his clan searching for C-3PO and R2-D2. Nkik is instead killed by a stormtrooper in Mos Eisley.
Oola
Oola is a fictional character from Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
In the conviction that she would live a life of luxury, the green skinned Twi’Lek named Oola allowed herself to become the property of Jabba the Hutt. This would prove to be a fatal error in judgment.
Born on the planet Ryloth, she had caught the eye of Jabba the Hutt’s majordomo Bib Fortuna. The young Twi’lek was a seductive dancer, her head tails or ‘’lekku’’ accenting her graceful movements. Fortuna kidnapped Oola and took her to his smuggling complex along with another girl by the name of Sienn. Once there, they were trained by other slave dancers to perform even more seductive dances. Oola was very talented in the form of dance and was tickled with fantasies that Fortuna told her of how the handsome Jabba would let her sleep on the most relaxing of beds, eating the finest meals, and performing exquisite and erotic dances for the handsome master Jabba. Four months later, Oola and Sienn were deemed ready and were shipped to Tatooine by Fortuna’s assistant Jerris Rudd.
Oola had dreamed of a life of luxury, relaxing on cushions and dancing for her handsome new master since Fortuna was to present her to Jabba as a gift, but upon arrival Rudd put the two dancers into hiding as something seemed to be amiss at the spaceport. They were both surprised when a dark-cloaked young man answering to the name of Luke Skywalker approached them. Skywalker offered to help the two young dancers escape from Tatooine and their life of slavery once he had completed his business with Jabba the Hutt. Sienn managed to escape with Luke, but Oola refused to sacrifice her dreams of her luxurious life within Jabba’s palace. These dreams were shattered upon her arrival at Jabba’s Palace, as she found her new master not to be the dashing, powerful businessman she had envisioned, but a grotesque, bloated slug. Those of his court were just as hideous and music was provided by a particularly loud and obnoxious band.
Jabba, on the other hand, was immediately smitten with Oola, and she was chained at the neck as his personal slave girl. She struggled in her chains and the chain leash at her neck was placed to Jabbas throne as her ' reward.' She was forced to dress in a crude net costume that afforded her little modesty. Jabba enjoyed keeping Oola close, and pulled on her chains to bring the struggling dancer against his scaly body. Oolas days with Jabba were horrible for her as every day all she did was sleep, dance and please Jabba. Like Leia, Oola was mainly kept on Jabbas throne and was forced to endure his smell, being kept against his fat scaly body, and when his drool or pieces of food fell on her. After she was Jabbas personal slave for a while she learned to fear him, and would show signs of fear while angry, and had to keep close in case he half strangled her.
Oola was forced to give pleasure to the bloated crimelord and was beaten at least once during her days of captivity for refusing to do so willingly. The slave dancer figured that Jabba, in his depraved and sadistic nature, enjoyed having her beaten nearly as much as he enjoyed being carnal with her, since he thought it was only a matter of time before she quit resisting him. Oola often wondered if she should accept Jabba's advances and be spared from further beatings - or if it would be better to die a quick and clean death while she still had her honor.
Oola was lonely and miserable in the Hutt's service, but when she saw Luke's holographic message, played before Jabba and his minions by R2-D2, her hopes were raised. That night, she talked to C-3PO and fellow dancer Yarna the Askajian. Threepio told them that Luke would soon come to rescue him, and he'd make sure the young Jedi saved the dancers as well. Oola was still saddened at the thought of having to endure the Hutt's molestations until Luke arrived, but was uplifted by the knowledge that she would soon be free of Jabba and his court forever; and so when the band started playing Jedi Rocks, she began to dance with more vigor and seductiveness than she had ever done before. It was the most fabulous dance of her life, but it was interrupted by her master drawing upon her chain. Aroused by her sensual gyrations, Jabba beckoned her to come sit beside him, his lecherous intentions clear. Terrified, but unyielding, Oola refused him once more, hopeful that Jabba would have her beaten again rather than force himself on her. Jabba became angry and fickle, and did neither of those things; he dropped Oola into the Rancor pit, where the dancer met her demise.
Ree-Yees
Template:SW Character Ree-Yees is a Gran from the planet Kinyen. He was exiled from his planet for murdering another Gran and almost went mad. Because of this, Ree-Yees left the planet and travelled to the desert world of Tatooine where nobody would know him, surviving on large amounts of Sullustan Gin and pickpocketing credits from passers-by. It is unknown as to how Ree-Yees came to be a member of Jabba's Court, but it is known that everybody there grew to despise him too, though Jabba did not choose to kill him because he found amusement in the fights that Ree-Yees would often have with Ephant Mon, despite the fact that this creature was much tougher.
But Ree-Yees was given at least one function in Jabba's court: To tend Bubo, Jabba's grotesque watchdog that the Jawas had brought into the palace. What nobody knew was that Ree-Yees had secretly affixed a small transmitter to Bubo that remained hidden beneath his boils and his fleshy folds and this was all courtesy of the Empire, who had also provided Ree-Yees with a detonator with which he was supposed to kill Jabba, shipping the detonator's various components in crates of Gran goatgrass. In return, the Empire had promised to clear Ree-Yees of the murder charges which had been placed upon him on Kinyen and so when Jabba departed for the Sarlacc in the Dune Sea to execute a group of rebels, Ree-Yees accompanied the court on the Sail Barge intent on carrying out his mission.
Unfortunately, the rebels who were to be executed managed to effect an escape and in doing so, the woman amongst the rebels, Leia Organa managed to kill Jabba the Hutt shortly before the Sail Barge exploded with Ree-Yees still on board.
Behind the scenes, it is said that the name Ree-Yees comes from a particularly garbled version of "Three-Eyes".
Valarian, Lady
Lady Valarian is a fictional character from the Star Wars saga. She is depicted as a fur-covered Whiphid. She is the owner of a hotel and casino in Mos Eisley called the Lucky Despot. She is also a minor crime lord and Jabba the Hutt's chief rival on Tatooine.
Whitesun, Beru
Beru Whitesun was introduced in Attack of the Clones as the girlfriend of Owen Lars. She later married Owen and the two of them took custody of Luke Skywalker when he was brought to them by Obi-Wan Kenobi, as depicted in the final scene of Revenge of the Sith.
Beru was a gentle, compassionate woman who sided with Luke on many occasions.
In A New Hope, she and Owen were killed by Imperial Stormtroopers.
In A New Hope, she is played by Shelagh Fraser. In Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith, she is played by Bonnie Maree Piesse.