Speculation Blowback from killing Jabba du Hutt?

This is something I haven't seen anyone talking aboot when talking up the ST. It's all Dark Jedi this and more Sith that (not that I mind, it's kind of a part) but Team Skywalker taking out Jabba would seem to be a big deal. The underworld is a sub-plot of basically all of Ep.4-5 till it becomes the big deal main plot at the start of Ep.6, but it's definitely involved in the series. And I can't, for the life of me, remember much of any EU that had to deal with it, aside from "Hey, thanks!" from Karde or maybe Jabba's uncle in the "Glove of Darth Vader" series seeking vengeance. So, anybody?

Also Fett probably back. Hell, even if you listen to the commentary track for ROTJ Lucas even says he considered special-edition-ing Fett popping out of the Sarlac but said he didn't do it cuz it had nothing to do with the narrative of that story. And rightfully so!

 

Yeah a whole sub plot can involve the franchise wars now the Jabba is dead and who will take over his fast food empire

 

Good point, maybe some revenge on the skywalker clan ... Maybe a kidnapping of a lived one is possible


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I was thinking of this too this morning. Killing a notorious gangster would definitely have repercussions.

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and could lead to some great scenes on Nal Hutta and Nar Shaada. (spelling from memory so forgive if they're wrong)

 

I certainly hope so. He was such a major deal over the course of the OT. To forget him so easily would be crime

 

Would it?

There have been many killings of mafia bosses, by various individuals of various factions, that didn't really lead to any repercussions, just business as usual.

I think Jabba's rivals, both in family and out, would be quite happy with Jabba's death.

I guess it would depend on Jabba having someone who really loved him enough to seek vengeance, even though it's a very bad business decision. That someone would also have to be powerful enough to do something about it. With the way Jabba behaved, I find this highly unlikely.

There would of course be an enormous power vacuum, but in the criminal world they tend to get filled fast and things pretty much go back to the way they were. Perhaps business would change under new management, but even then I doubt it would affect whoever's going to be the main protagonists in the ST.

To be clear, I'm not saying there definitely wouldn't be repercussions.

 

So they destroy the second death star, end the empire as we know it, kill the emperor and Luke finds redemption for his father. And than the next trilogy is about revenge for Jabba's death? Nah, I don't think that will be addressed.

 

If there was a blowback from killing Jabba, it would probably have taken place sooner than 30 or 40 years after the deed was done.
Yeah, the Hutts can live for a few centuries, but humans don't - and if they wanted revenge on the humans, they'd have done it sooner, I think.

 

The fact that you called it "Du Hutt" is cool.

 

One thing I would love to see from the EU is the storyline of someone like Karrde being able to capitalize on the fringe in the absence of one of it's more powerful leaders.

 

Hmmm, they introduced Jabbas son in TCW...

 

Yes. If the seventh film was coming out in 1985. But if the seventh film is going to take place thirty or more years later, then people may just forgive them. Maybe Jabba the Hutt had a brother or a wife or a son or someone would would seek revenge. But they would most likely seek revenge as soon as possible instead of waiting thirty or more years later to do so. But if Harrison Ford is not in the next film, they could say that Billy the Hutt killed him out of revenge.

 

Li'l Stinky will want revenge, no doubt.

 

There was plenty of blowback. You just have to read, which I know is painful for the EU haters to do. As for whether it will happen on film, I doubt it, especially if decades have past.

 

Really don't think there will be much blowback 40 years after the fact.

 

It's not so much hate, as it is time consuming, and some of us may not feel as completely obsessed... also as far as a fan of the films and understanding the thinking of a general audience the films should not refer to the EU. Let it be what it is... if Disney/Lucasfilm want to make a few Movies based/loosely or not on some of the EU books I as a fan don't have a problem with it as long as its not intruding on the Ep's 1-9 which need to be seen as canon.

The rest can be set up as alternate universe, like how the Comic Book movies pretty much do with Reboots.

 

That fat dancer with the six mammaries became a lingerie model.

 

I'm not obsessed, and I'm well aware of what how the general audience thinks. And the alternate universe thought is short sighted IMO, because this isn't a comic book franchise.

 

If alterate universe happens, films will be canon over EU. And frankly, if alternate universe happens, I don't see myself as consuming any of it (unless it builds on an older storyline I like, such as Legacy). I don't read Infinities.

 

I honestly can't think of much of anything in the EU after Jabba's death that directly affects Skywalker / Solo / Droids / Lando. And the underworld is not a big part of the movies, but it's in there, and I figure that would be an dangling thread to pick up on for the flicks, since it was a running sub-plot of New Hope & Empire till it all came to the forefront in Jedi.

To be fair, I think it's stated in "Heir to the Empire" that the only reason that Karrde is as big as he is in the underworld is because of the vacuum of Jabba's absence.

 

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