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Garsa Fwip
Star Wars character
File:Garsa Fwip.jpg
Jennifer Beals as Garsa Fwip
First appearance"Chapter 1: Stranger in a Strange Land" (2021) (The Book of Boba Fett)
Created byJon Favreau
Designed byShawna Trpcic
Portrayed byJennifer Beals
In-universe information
SpeciesTwi'lek
OccupationOwner of The Sanctuary
AffiliationFett gotra

Madam Garsa Fwip is a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise in the Disney+ television series The Book of Boba Fett. She is of the Twi'lek species and is first introduced in "Chapter 1: Stranger in a Strange Land" as the owner of the cantina The Sanctuary. She brings her tribute and loyalty to Boba Fett by filling his helmet with gold. When Krrsantan is fighting the Trandoshans she tries to calm him, but fails. She is later killed after the Pykes blow up The Sanctuary while she is inside. Fwip is different from the usual Twi'lek as most female Twi'leks are enslaved, while she is a wealthy owner of a cantina.

Garsa Fwip is portrayed by Jennifer Beals, who helped costume designer Shawna Trpcic come up with ideas for Fwip's design. Beals also did not know what show she was part of, but knew it had something to do with Star Wars. Fwip has received generally positive reviews from critics. Some critics even thought that Fwip was going to be the main villain of the series.

Appearances

Garsa Fwip is the Twi'lek owner of the cantina The Sanctuary in the city Mos Espa on Tatooine.[1] When Boba Fett becomes the new Daimyo of Tatooine, he is the person who looks over Fwip's cantina. Fett and his partner Fennec Shand both come to pay a visit to The Sanctuary to tell Fwip that her business will thrive under their watch. While they are there, Fwip has two of her servants polish their helmets and fill Fett's with coins, giving tribute to him as the new Daimyo.[2][3] When Fett and Shand leave, they are attacked by Night Wind assassins, but are able to defend themselves.[4] As the Hutt Twins arrive, Fwip explains that they are Jabba the Hutt's cousins who have come to take back Jabba's land from Fett.[5] The Twins try to intimidate Fett with a Wookie named Krrsantan, but Fett does not comply.[6]

Later, while Krrsantan is in the cantina, he sees Trandoshans, who are known for hunting Wookies, gambling. Krrsantan attacks them, but is calmed down by Fwip, who reminds Krrsantan of his past as a gladiator telling him he does not need to prove anything. Krrsantan does not listen and rips one the arms off one of the Trandoshans. Fwip tells Krrsantan that he needs to pay for the damage he had caused, and Krrsantan takes some credits from one of the Trandoshans, giving them to Fwip.[7][8] Watching the whole thing happen, Fett hires Krrsantan as his own bodyguard.[9]

Before war breakouts between Fett and the Pyke Syndicate, the Pykes send two of their kind to The Sanctuary. Fwip notices them and has two of her servants attend to them. The Pykes reject their help and leave a container of credits on a table, without having a drink. As a droid tries to remind them they left their container, the container blows up the cantina, subsequently killing Fwip.[10] After the bombing, Fett stated that war had begun and used the remains of The Sanctuary as cover against the Pykes.[11]

Characteristics

Garsa Fwip is a tan skinned Twi'lek, which are humanoids that have two lekku, tentacular appendages, on the back of there heads. With Twi'lek women being considered attractive, Twi'leks are often depicted as slaves, especially to the Hutt family, but Fwip is a wealthy owner of a cantina.[12] She shows acts of kindness by quickly helping those who come to The Sanctuary and shows her loyalty to Boba Fett by filling his helmet with gold as tribute to him.[13] Jennifer Beals, the portrayer of Garsa Fwip stated, "I mean, Madam Garsa is extraordinary. She is not like any other Twi'lek we've seen. She's enormously wealthy. And the costumes are extraordinary... it's clear that she's no one's slave and that she's no one's master. That is why she's a madam... They have actual plants on a planet where water comes at a premium. That's how wealthy she is."[14] Fwip also shows her kindness and power by calming an angry Krrsantan down.[15]

Development

Portrayal

Jennifer Beals during the In the Soup (1992) panel at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival.
Jennifer Beals, who helped design Fwip's costume, portrays Garsa Fwip

Garsa Fwip is portrayed by Jennifer Beals, who had previously worked with Jon Favreau, creator of the series, in Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle and Robert Rodriguez, one of the directors of the show, in Four Rooms. Beals' agent told her that John Favreau wanted to talk to her about giving her a part in The Mandalorian, but Favreau was really trying to keep a secret and was talking about The Book of Boba Fett. She later video chatted with Dave Filoni and Robert Rodriguez, and they told her what her character was going to be like.[16] Beals and Robert Rodriguez discussed how Fwip was like was Rick Blain from the film Casablanca.[14]

Later, she said that she got the part when her brother had just told her about the show The Mandalorian and later received a phone call telling her she got the job for the part. After getting hired, she said that she binged watched The Mandalorian.[17] Beals later said that when she got on set she had no clue what show she was part of, but said that she knew it was Star Wars, which she admitted she did not know much about, and that her character was a Twi'lek who owned a cantina.[18][19] Fwip was originally going to be called master, but Beals did not think that was a good idea as Fwip is trying to create a "literal sanctuary of beauty and balance in a world that’s lacking both" so they called Fwip madam.[16][20] Beals was working on The L Word: Generation Q while she was also working on The Book of Boba Fett. She said that it was two totally different experiences.[16]

Costume

Beals helped incorporate many of the designs on Garsa Fwip and the costumes she wears. Shawna Trpcic, costume designer for The Book of Boba Fett, talked to Beals about meditation and told her that if she ever had any thoughts about the character's design to tell her about them so she could integrate the ideas into Fwip's costume.[14] Because Beals thought that you could not come out of a battle unharmed, the scar that goes from Fwip's collarbone to her sternum was Beals' idea.[16] One of Fwip's costumes was designed as Fwip's version of a cat eye, which Beals called a nod to a "recognizable sign of beauty, status, health, and makeup".[21] They based the eye makeup off Egyptian lineage.[21]

Fwip's lekku were made by Brian Sipe and Alexei Dmitriew, who made sure it balanced and fit perfectly on Beals' head. They made them by measuring Beals' head to see where the most amount of weight would be and how it would affect her spine. After measuring her head, they took pictures of her and made a 3-D rendition of the lekku on their computer.[21] The makeup artist, Alexy Jukic-Prévost, made stencils for the eye makeup to quickly apply the makeup after each episode. Beals said that the makeup for The Book of Boba Fett took less time than for The L Word: Generation Q.[16]

Reception

Fwip has been received positively by critics. Screen Rant ranked her the 10th best supporting character in The Book of Boba Fett.[15] /Film has put her at the 10th best character in the series, stating, "Jennifer Beals was sadly not given that much to do with her Twi'lek nightclub owner, but what we get of her was promising."[22] Some thought that Fwip was going to be the main villain of the series, saying that she was the one who sent the Night Wind assassins to kill Fett.[23][24] Comicbook's Jamie Jirak was excited to see Beals as Fwip.[25] Fans were also pleased to see Beals playing Fwip.[26]

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