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* Why did Luke throw his lightsaber into the main reactor after defeating Vader? Sure, he refused to finish him off and take his place at Palpatine's side, but he left himself defenseless against Palpatine, after Yoda had explicitly warned him not to underestimate the powers of the Emperor.
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* Why did Luke throw his lightsaber into the main reactor after defeating Vader? Sure, he refused to finish him off and take his place at Palpatine's side, but he left himself defenseless against Palpatine, after Yoda had explicitly warned him not to underestimate the powers of the Emperor.
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* This film created a problem of ScifiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale that the new canon exacerbated by having the Empire effectively fall within a year of Palpatine’s death. It is stated that How the Rebel Fleets we see heck can a rebellion whose fleets seen at Endor, Hoth and [[Film/RogueOne Scarif]] are at least the majority of the rebellion’s their combat force. This means force, challenge an empire that the Rebel Alliance is under 100,000 strong in rules a galaxy of trillions at least, despite this film showing us that, apart from some parts of the military, everyone hated the Empire and celebrated its destruction. trillions? The rebellion we see could in no way challenge the Empire that outnumbered them by at least a magnitude of a thousand, if not far more. Now some say that’s the point; everyone was terrified of the Empire whom fighting seemed like suicide and would punish your friends and family for your treachery, but once Palpatine’s gone thanks most simple answers appear to TheChosenOne, the common people sensed the Empire was vulnerable and freed themselves. [[UngratefulTownsfolk The Galaxy’s common people being easily cowed]] would explain how the First Order was able to conquer the galaxy in a year despite devastating losses and only starting out a few million strong. But even setting aside the questionable implications that the people can’t free themselves without one great man killing another; if people are that afraid of the Empire’s military, Palpatine’s death shouldn’t have made much of a difference. Now, yes, the Empire broke up into warring factions, but each one of those factions would still be far too large for the rebellion to challenge. There’s still Stormtroopers on your homeworld and Star Destroyers in your sector, and a hundred levels of bureaucracy remaining that will shoot you if you try anything. The Rebellion’s efforts to free the galaxy at their current size were realistically doomed to fail without A. Operation Cinder, but A. [[Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker Episode 9]] makes that ambiguously canon, ambigiously canon. and B. Operation Cinder didn’t seem to do nearly enough damage to Palpatine's death caused the Empire galaxy's common people to give the rebellion a shot before the rebels shut it down, rise up and C. that effectively nullifies most of the heroes work; they didn’t destroy the Empire, they accidentally activated empire, but why would Palpatine ever put himself in anything resembling danger when, given the rebellion's size, Coruscant's plumbing should have been a self-destruct build by an impossibly spiteful man far greater concern, and carried out by his insane subordinates. how can one old man's death make people that unafraid of an Empire that previously terrified them into not rebelling despite their evident hatred for it?
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* While it would hardly be the first time this franchise has blatantly ignored basic physics, many fans have pointed out the idea that the Sarlacc could digest someone for thousands of years is laughable. Now, [[AllThereInTheManual Legends states that]] the Sarlacc injects its victims with nutrients and slows their metabolism, somewhat explaining away dehydration, starvation, and old-age. But injecting your own food with nutrients defeats the purpose of eating. Other theories state that the victim does die early on and the corpse continues to be digested (confirmed in ''Series/TheBookOfBobaFett'' via suffocation), though Jabba's words imply that the "discover a new meaning of suffering" and "slowly digested for a thousand years" happen [[FateWorseThanDeath happen simaltaneously]], or that the Sarlacc works partly like a plant, sucking up nutrients and moisture from soil around it, but [[VoodooShark that just raises more questions about why anything would evolve such a run-around way of sustaining itself.]]
** Pitcher plants (and Venus Flytraps) '' do'' get nutrients from the soil, but use their prey to supplement the nutrients they can't get. The Sarlacc seems to be a larger version of this.
** Pitcher plants (and Venus Flytraps) '' do'' get nutrients from the soil, but use their prey to supplement the nutrients they can't get. The Sarlacc seems to be a larger version of this.
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* This film created a problem of ScifiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale that the new canon exacerbated by having the Empire effectively fall within a year of Palpatine’s death. It is stated that the Rebel Fleets we see at Endor, Hoth and [[Film/RogueOne Scarif]] are at least the majority of the rebellion’s combat force. This means that the Rebel Alliance is under 100,000 strong in a galaxy of trillions at least, despite this film showing us that, apart from some parts of the military, everyone hated the Empire and celebrated its destruction. The rebellion we see could in no way challenge the Empire that outnumbered them by at least a magnitude of a thousand, if not far more. Now some say that’s the point; everyone was terrified of the Empire whom fighting seemed like suicide and would punish your friends and family for your treachery, but once Palpatine’s gone thanks to TheChosenOne, the common people sensed the Empire was vulnerable and freed themselves. [[UngratefulTownsfolk The Galaxy’s common people being easily cowed]] would explain how the First Order was able to conquer the galaxy in a year despite devastating losses and only starting out a few million strong. But even setting aside the questionable implications that the people can’t free themselves without one great man killing another; if people are that afraid of the Empire’s military, Palpatine’s death shouldn’t have made much of a difference. Now, yes, the Empire broke up into warring factions, but each one of those factions would still be far too large for the rebellion to challenge. There’s still Stormtroopers on your homeworld and Star Destroyers in your sector, and a hundred levels of bureaucracy remaining that will shoot you if you try anything. The Rebellion’s efforts to free the galaxy at their current size were realistically doomed to fail without Operation Cinder, but A. [[Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker Episode 9]] makes that ambiguously canon, B. Operation Cinder didn’t seem to do nearly enough damage to the Empire to give the rebellion a shot before the rebels shut it down, and C. that effectively nullifies most of the heroes work; they didn’t destroy the Empire, they accidentally activated a self-destruct build by an impossibly spiteful man and carried out by his insane subordinates.
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* This film created a problem of ScifiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale that the new canon exacerbated by having the Empire effectively fall within a year of Palpatine’s death. It is stated that the Rebel Fleets we see at Endor, Hoth and [[Film/RogueOne Scarif]] are at least the majority of the rebellion’s combat force. This means that the Rebel Alliance is under 100,000 strong in a galaxy of trillions at least, despite this film showing us that, apart from some parts of the military, everyone hated the Empire and celebrated its destruction. The rebellion we see could in no way challenge the Empire that outnumbered them by at least a magnitude of a thousand, if not far more. Now some say that’s the point; everyone was terrified of the Empire whom fighting seemed like suicide and would punish your friends and family for your treachery, but once Palpatine’s gone thanks to TheChosenOne, the common people sensed the Empire was vulnerable and freed themselves. [[UngratefulTownsfolk The Galaxy’s common people being easily cowed]] would explain how the First Order was able to conquer the galaxy in a year despite devastating losses and only starting out a few million strong. But even setting aside the questionable implications that the people can’t free themselves without one great man killing another; if people are that afraid of the Empire’s military, Palpatine’s death shouldn’t have made much of a difference. Now, yes, the Empire broke up into warring factions, but each one of those factions would still be far too large for the rebellion to challenge. There’s still Stormtroopers on your homeworld and Star Destroyers in your sector, and a hundred levels of bureaucracy remaining that will shoot you if you try anything. The Rebellion’s efforts to free the galaxy at their current size were realistically doomed to fail without Operation Cinder, but A. [[Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker Episode 9]] makes that ambiguously canon, B. Operation Cinder didn’t seem to do nearly enough damage to the Empire to give the rebellion a shot before the rebels shut it down, and C. that effectively nullifies most of the heroes work; they didn’t destroy the Empire, they accidentally activated a self-destruct build by an impossibly spiteful man and carried out by his insane subordinates.
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** Keep in mind that Luke DOES take a swing at a seemingly-defenseless Palpatine initially, and Vader stops him. It's only after he's been riled up by Palpatine and Vader a lot more (including a threat directed towards Leia), and after beating Vader down in a rage, that Luke seems to regard killing Palpatine as no longer worth the risk. As others have discussed above, that's likely the entire reason Vader defended Palpatine against Luke's initial attack as well: They don't want Luke to go into the fight with the mindset of doing what has to be done, they want Luke to act out of hatred and blind rage, as that can be exploited (however Palpatine intended to turn that into a shot at a new apprentice, but by this point basically every party is playing XanatosSpeedChess and it's not like he had the luxury of time like he did when corrupting Anakin).
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** There were other people in there besides Jabba and his henchmen. The palace was originally a B'Omarr monastery, and Jabba let a few of the monks continue to walk around on some levels. There were also slaves, droids, entertainers, beasts like the rancor, and their handlers. Most of the latter were there against their will. Blowing up everybody would have been mass murder and a bad PR move for the Alliance.
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** Or Jabba was simply ''exaggerating'' for poetically horrifying effect? Villains do that, you know. The "I'll kick you so hard you'll fly into next week" kind of thing, except less comically. Also, the in-universe biologists who'd study Sarlacc digestion would have to be pretty hardcore, so it's doubtful that anyone knows what's really going on in there.
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* Bib might simply be old. He's a bit pudgy, has a bit of a bad skin (stays out of the sun too much? hormonal issues? white skin and red eyes might be albinism, which can be connected to other problems, not to mention problems it causes, eg. sunburning easily), and nobody said all twi'leks are supermodels anyway. Also, sexual dimorphism isn't about males being beautiful - for most birds, the female is drab because she needs to camouflage herself sitting on the nest, but dimorphism in general is just "you can tell male from female at a glance". Lions have it. Spiders have it, with the females larger than males. Fish and reptiles have size differences. Even humans have it! And "beautiful" is not a biological category in any case.
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*** Episode VII is coming out, so SequelHook. Also we know that the Empire being run the way it is bad because a). People don't like [[AcceptableTarget totalitarianism]], ''especially'' since people had a democracy (thus no general ValuesDissonance like, say, early civilisation), b). Willing to threaten Rebels with a ''planet'' destroying weapon, which is the galactic equivalent of the United States threatening to nuke cities if they rebel, c). [[ObviouslyEvil just LOOK at them]] and d) they have [[SatanicArchetype Palpatine]] as Emperor. And I'm not even mentioning the Expanded Universe.
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*** Episode VII is coming out, so SequelHook. Also we know that the Empire being run the way it is bad because a). People don't like [[AcceptableTarget totalitarianism]], totalitarianism, ''especially'' since people had a democracy (thus no general ValuesDissonance like, say, early civilisation), b). Willing to threaten Rebels with a ''planet'' destroying weapon, which is the galactic equivalent of the United States threatening to nuke cities if they rebel, c). [[ObviouslyEvil just LOOK at them]] and d) they have [[SatanicArchetype Palpatine]] as Emperor. And I'm not even mentioning the Expanded Universe.
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** Realistically, the other fighters probably threw a feint ''before'' they went back to the surface. The idea is to make it look like they're splitting up so they can come at the core from multiple angles, increasing the odds that at least one of them will get through. So the fighters break off from the Falcon, go sideways for just a bit, then take some alternate path that still leads downward to the core. The TIE fighters take the bait and pursue for about 10 seconds. ''Then'' the rebel fighters do a U-turn and head back to the surface. At this point the TIE fighters realize they've been fooled, but even 10 seconds of distraction puts them at a huge distance from the Falcon, allowing Lando to blow up the core without interference.
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** Maybe Hutts aren't ''supposed'' to be that large. Maybe in the distant past they were much more slender and mobile, and thus they were able to avoid predators and catch prey. Maybe Jabba is just super obese. After all, he's wealthy and he has a lot of well-armed flunkies to protect him. If he wants to eat a lot of food, so much that it seriously impairs his mobility, he doesn't see that as a problem. (And maybe that's true of the other Hutts we see in the films; all of them are wealthy as far as I know.) Continuing from that, maybe Hutts have a genetic ''capacity'' for obesity because it comes with an advantage. If the environment you evolve in goes through periods where food is scarce, it's advantageous if you can eat a lot of food during the good times and store it as fat which you can survive on during the bad times. An obsese Hutt would be vulnerable to predators, but maybe the predators tend to be hibernating during these periods so it all balances out. Furthermore, maybe the Hutts evolved to be poisonous to the local predators, giving them extra protection.
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** Jabba moves awkwardly in ANH because the scene was originally filmed with Han talking to a human; there's no other indication that moving is painful for Hutts either in the films or EU. And on the topic of the EU, Hutts were retconned into having a few powers that would compensate for their mobility; they have powerful healing factors, live naturally long lives allowing for highly developed intelligence, are naturally quite strong, and can even convert their fat into muscle for bursts of mobility or strength (they also can learns to speak Galactic Basic). This info [[ContinuityDrift doesn't exactly fit what's seen in this film]] where Jabba makes several tactical blunders, gets strangled to death by a human woman and needs a translator droids, but what're you gonna do?
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** Jabba moves awkwardly in ANH because the scene was originally filmed with Han talking to a human; there's no other indication that moving is painful for Hutts either in the films or EU. And on the topic of the EU, Hutts were retconned into having a few powers that would compensate for their mobility; they have powerful healing factors, live naturally long lives allowing for highly developed intelligence, are naturally quite strong, and can even convert their fat into muscle for bursts of mobility or strength (they also can learns learn to speak Galactic Basic). This info [[ContinuityDrift doesn't exactly fit what's seen in this film]] where Jabba makes several tactical blunders, gets strangled to death by a human woman and needs a translator droids, droid, but what're you gonna do?do?
** Are there any inconsistencies, though? Even very smart people can make tactical mistakes and it can lead to their undoing. They can result as a consequence of other factors (in Jabba's case, his greed and hubris). Healing factors and musculature still might not be good enough for him to be able to survive getting throttled, clearly Leia had enough leverage on him to take him out and even if not she still could have gotten away and the barge would have destroyed him along with itself. Finally, there's nothing inconsistent with Jabba understanding Galactic Basic (as he clearly does in ANH, this film and other works, see how Threepio is not required for example when he first speaks to Luke) and him still requiring an interpreter. Just because he can understand Basic doesn't mean that he himself can speak those words, perhaps he never bothered to practice that. So, he needs a Basic interpreter to translate between his Huttesse and Boushh's Ubese. It all fits pretty well.
** Are there any inconsistencies, though? Even very smart people can make tactical mistakes and it can lead to their undoing. They can result as a consequence of other factors (in Jabba's case, his greed and hubris). Healing factors and musculature still might not be good enough for him to be able to survive getting throttled, clearly Leia had enough leverage on him to take him out and even if not she still could have gotten away and the barge would have destroyed him along with itself. Finally, there's nothing inconsistent with Jabba understanding Galactic Basic (as he clearly does in ANH, this film and other works, see how Threepio is not required for example when he first speaks to Luke) and him still requiring an interpreter. Just because he can understand Basic doesn't mean that he himself can speak those words, perhaps he never bothered to practice that. So, he needs a Basic interpreter to translate between his Huttesse and Boushh's Ubese. It all fits pretty well.
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** Apparently some male Twileks file their teeth to make them really sharp, which explains his mouth full of fangs. As for why he's so ugly otherwise, it's probably some kind of deformity or something.
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** This is true for Earth birds, but these are fictional aliens. Created in the 80s (so of course the female is going to be sexier by human standards) These differences are carried over in the expanded setting Male Twi'leks are almost all portrayed with prominent foreheads.
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* Has anyone ever noticed that Bib Fortuna looks completely different from any other Twi'lek in the entire ''Franchise/StarWars'' franchise? The other Twi'leks we see look significantly more human, have less animal-like faces, and usually have exotic skin colors like blue or green, whereas Bib has white skin, red eyes, and weird bumps on his forehead. Now, you could chalk this up to this being the first appearance of Twi'leks in the franchise, and their appearance not having been nailed down yet, but another Twi'lek is seen in this very same film who looks nothing like Bib: Oola, the slave girl who is thrown into the rancor pit by Jabba. Now, it's occured to me that Bib's strange appearance could be due to sexual dimorphism, the phenomenon commonly seen in nature where certain animals (such as ducks) have striking differences in appearance between males and females. However, in species with sexual dimorphism, it's always the males who look strikingly beautiful, and the females look rather plain. Compare a picture of a male mallard duck with a female and tell me who looks prettier.
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* Has anyone ever noticed that Bib Fortuna looks completely different from any other Twi'lek in the entire ''Franchise/StarWars'' franchise? The other Twi'leks we see look significantly more human, have less animal-like faces, and usually have exotic skin colors like blue or green, whereas Bib has white skin, red eyes, and weird bumps on his forehead. Now, you could chalk this up to this being the first appearance of Twi'leks in the franchise, and their appearance not having been nailed down yet, but another Twi'lek is seen in this very same film who looks nothing like Bib: Oola, the slave girl who is thrown into the rancor pit by Jabba. Now, it's occured to me that Bib's strange appearance could be due to sexual dimorphism, the phenomenon commonly seen in nature where certain animals (such as ducks) have striking differences in appearance between males and females. However, in species with sexual dimorphism, it's always the males who look strikingly beautiful, and the females look rather plain. Compare a picture of a male mallard duck with a female and tell me who looks prettier.prettier.
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* Has anyone ever noticed that Bib Fortuna looks completely different from any other Twi'lek in the entire ''Franchise/StarWars'' franchise? The other Twi'leks we see look significantly more human, have less animal-like faces, and usually have exotic skin colors like blue or green, whereas Bib has white skin, red eyes, and weird bumps on his forehead. Now, you could chalk this up to this being the first appearance of Twi'leks in the franchise, and their appearance not having been nailed down yet, but another Twi'lek is seen in this very same film who looks nothing like Bib: Oola, the slave girl who is thrown into the rancor pit by Jabba. Now, it's occured to me that Bib's strange appearance could be due to sexual dimorphism, the phenomenon commonly seen in nature where certain animals (such as ducks) have striking differences in appearance between males and females. However, in species with sexual dimorphism, it's always the males who look strikingly beautiful, and the females look rather plain. Compare a picture of a male mallard duck with a female and tell me who looks prettier.
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* Now, let me begin by assuring you all that I love Jabba the Hutt. I thinks he's hilarious, and he's not just one of the best parts of this film, but, in my opinion, one of the best villains in the franchise. But all the same, every time I watch this film (or the Special Edition of ''Film/ANewHope'' for that matter), I always find myself wondering - how the ''hell'' would a species like the Hutts ever evolve? In real life, both humans and all animal species on Earth evolved the way they are so as to fend off predators and survive, and logically, the same would be true in the ''Franchise/StarWars'' galaxy. But here we have a species who are extremely fat, shaped like slugs, and ''literally have no legs!'' Now, Jabba pretty much spends the entirety of this film lying on his fat ass in his palace ogling sexy Twi'leks, but we do see him walking (if you can call it that) in ''A New Hope'', and... it looks painful. In his one scene in that film, he can only sort of waddle around by pushing himself forward on his belly, and he's visibly struggling to keep up with Han. Now, I'm aware that the Hutts' homeworld, Nal Hutta, has been mentioned before (not sure if only in [[Franchise/StarWarsLegends Legends]]), but I don't think it's been explored much, so, what the hell kind of living conditions on that planet could possibly lead to a race like the Hutts evolving?
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* Now, let me begin by assuring you all that I love Jabba the Hutt. I thinks he's hilarious, and he's not just one of the best parts of this film, but, in my opinion, one of the best villains in the franchise. But all the same, every time I watch this film (or the Special Edition of ''Film/ANewHope'' for that matter), I always find myself wondering - how How the ''hell'' would a species like the Hutts ever evolve? In real life, both humans and all animal species on Earth evolved the way they are so as to fend off predators and survive, and logically, the same would be true in the ''Franchise/StarWars'' galaxy. But here we have a species who are extremely fat, shaped like slugs, and ''literally have no legs!'' Now, Jabba pretty much spends the entirety of this film lying on his fat ass in his palace ogling sexy Twi'leks, but we do see him walking (if you can call it that) in ''A New Hope'', and... it looks painful. In his one scene in that film, he can only sort of waddle around by pushing himself forward on his belly, and he's visibly struggling to keep up with Han. Now, I'm aware that the Hutts' homeworld, Nal Hutta, has been mentioned before (not sure if only in [[Franchise/StarWarsLegends Legends]]), but I don't think it's been explored much, so, what the hell kind of living conditions on that planet could possibly lead to a race like the Hutts evolving?
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* Now, let me begin by assuring you all that I love Jabba the Hutt. I thinks he's hilarious, and he's not just one of the best parts of this film, but, in my opinion, one of the best villains in the franchise. But all the same, every time I watch this film (or the Special Edition of ''Film/ANewHope'' for that matter), I always find myself wondering - how the ''hell'' would a species like the Hutts ever evolve? In real life, both humans and all animal species on Earth evolved the way they are so as to fend off predators and survive, and logically, the same would be true in the ''Franchise/StarWars'' galaxy. But here we have a species who are extremely fat, shaped like slugs, and ''literally have no legs!'' Now, Jabba pretty much spends the entirety of this film lying on his fat ass in his palace ogling sexy Twi'leks, but we do see him walking (if you can call it that) in ''A New Hope'', and... it looks painful. In his one scene in that film, he can only sort of waddle around by pushing himself forward on his belly, and he's visibly struggling to keep up with Han. Now, I'm aware that the Hutts' homeworld, Nal Hutta, has been mentioned before (not sure if only in [[Franchise/StarWarsLegends ''Legends'']]), but I don't think it's been explored much, so, what the hell kind of living conditions on that planet could possibly lead to a race like the Hutts evolving?
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* Now, let me begin by assuring you all that I love Jabba the Hutt. I thinks he's hilarious, and he's not just one of the best parts of this film, but, in my opinion, one of the best villains in the franchise. But all the same, every time I watch this film (or the Special Edition of ''Film/ANewHope'' for that matter), I always find myself wondering - how the ''hell'' would a species like the Hutts ever evolve? In real life, both humans and all animal species on Earth evolved the way they are so as to fend off predators and survive, and logically, the same would be true in the ''Franchise/StarWars'' galaxy. But here we have a species who are extremely fat, shaped like slugs, and ''literally have no legs!'' Now, Jabba pretty much spends the entirety of this film lying on his fat ass in his palace ogling sexy Twi'leks, but we do see him walking (if you can call it that) in ''A New Hope'', and... it looks painful. In his one scene in that film, he can only sort of waddle around by pushing himself forward on his belly, and he's visibly struggling to keep up with Han. Now, I'm aware that the Hutts' homeworld, Nal Hutta, has been mentioned before (not sure if only in [[Franchise/StarWarsLegends ''Legends'']]), Legends]]), but I don't think it's been explored much, so, what the hell kind of living conditions on that planet could possibly lead to a race like the Hutts evolving?
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* Now, let me begin by assuring you all that I love Jabba the Hutt. I thinks he's hilarious, and he's not just one of the best parts of this film, but, in my opinion, one of the best villains in the franchise. But all the same, every time I watch this film (or the Special Edition of ''Film/ANewHope'' for that matter), I always find myself wondering - how the ''hell'' would a species like the Hutts ever evolve? In real life, both humans and all animal species on Earth evolved the way they are so as to fend off predators and survive, and logically, the same would be true in the ''Franchise/StarWars'' galaxy. But here we have a species who are extremely fat, shaped like slugs, and ''literally have no legs!'' Now, Jabba pretty much spends the entirety of this film lying on his fat ass in his palace ogling sexy Twi'leks, but we do see him walking (if you can call it that) in ''A New Hope'', and... it looks painful. In his one scene in that film, he can only sort of waddle around by pushing himself forward on his belly, and he's visibly struggling to keep up with Han. Now, I'm aware that the Hutts' homeworld, Nal Hutta, has been mentioned before (not sure if only in [[Franchise/StarWarsLegends "Legends"]]), but I don't think it's been explored much, so, what the hell kind of living conditions on that planet could possibly lead to a race like the Hutts evolving?
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* Now, let me begin by assuring you all that I love Jabba the Hutt. I thinks he's hilarious, and he's not just one of the best parts of this film, but, in my opinion, one of the best villains in the franchise. But all the same, every time I watch this film (or the Special Edition of ''Film/ANewHope'' for that matter), I always find myself wondering - how the ''hell'' would a species like the Hutts ever evolve? In real life, both humans and all animal species on Earth evolved the way they are so as to fend off predators and survive, and logically, the same would be true in the ''Franchise/StarWars'' galaxy. But here we have a species who are extremely fat, shaped like slugs, and ''literally have no legs!'' Now, Jabba pretty much spends the entirety of this film lying on his fat ass in his palace ogling sexy Twi'leks, but we do see him walking (if you can call it that) in ''A New Hope'', and... it looks painful. In his one scene in that film, he can only sort of waddle around by pushing himself forward on his belly, and he's visibly struggling to keep up with Han. Now, I'm aware that the Hutts' homeworld, Nal Hutta, has been mentioned before (not sure if only in [[Franchise/StarWarsLegends "Legends"]]), ''Legends'']]), but I don't think it's been explored much, so, what the hell kind of living conditions on that planet could possibly lead to a race like the Hutts evolving?
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* Now, let me begin by assuring you all that I love Jabba the Hutt. I thinks he's hilarious, and he's not just one of the best parts of this film, but, in my opinion, one of the best villains in the franchise. But all the same, every time I watch this film (or the Special Edition of ''Film/ANewHope'' for that matter), I always find myself wondering - how the ''hell'' would a species like the Hutts ever evolve? In real life, both humans and all animal species on Earth evolved the way they are so as to fend off predators and survive, and logically, the same would be true in the ''Franchise/StarWars'' galaxy. But here we have a species who are extremely fat, shaped like slugs, and ''literally have no legs!'' Now, Jabba pretty much spends the entirety of this film lying on his fat ass in his palace ogling sexy Twi'leks, but we do see him walking (if you can call it that) in ''A New Hope'', and... it looks painful. In his one scene in that film, he can only sort of waddle around by pushing himself forward on his belly, and he's visibly struggling to keep up with Han. Now, I'm aware that the Hutts' homeworld, Nal Hutta, has been mentioned before (not sure if only in [[Franchise/StarWarsLegends "''Legends''"]]), but I don't think it's been explored much, so, what the hell kind of living conditions on that planet could possibly lead to a race like the Hutts evolving?
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* Now, let me begin by assuring you all that I love Jabba the Hutt. I thinks he's hilarious, and he's not just one of the best parts of this film, but, in my opinion, one of the best villains in the franchise. But all the same, every time I watch this film (or the Special Edition of ''Film/ANewHope'' for that matter), I always find myself wondering - how the ''hell'' would a species like the Hutts ever evolve? In real life, both humans and all animal species on Earth evolved the way they are so as to fend off predators and survive, and logically, the same would be true in the ''Franchise/StarWars'' galaxy. But here we have a species who are extremely fat, shaped like slugs, and ''literally have no legs!'' Now, Jabba pretty much spends the entirety of this film lying on his fat ass in his palace ogling sexy Twi'leks, but we do see him walking (if you can call it that) in ''A New Hope'', and... it looks painful. In his one scene in that film, he can only sort of waddle around by pushing himself forward on his belly, and he's visibly struggling to keep up with Han. Now, I'm aware that the Hutts' homeworld, Nal Hutta, has been mentioned before (not sure if only in [[Franchise/StarWarsLegends "''Legends''"]]), "Legends"]]), but I don't think it's been explored much, so, what the hell kind of living conditions on that planet could possibly lead to a race like the Hutts evolving?
