Lit Janus Greejatus and Jabba... who'd have ever thought?

...or it's just a really, really popular style of hat?

 

Could be the case too, of course. ;-) But I think it's always a plus to attribute a known identity to a background character, which is why I love the "Rogue gallery" feature of the Star Wars Insider. And since they probably reused the original prop, I think it would be a cool tribute to let this guy be Greejatus. If you add the same tastes in colors and their similar squarish faces, I think it works perfectly. Seems a bit too much to be a pure coincidence.

 

Jabba the Hutt was allied with Darth Plagueis as Hego Damask... perhaps Janus Greejatus was doing some work for Palpatine, who was doing something for his master? Plagueis was still alive at this time, preparing to become Co-Chancellor.

 

Now this does sound like an interesting possibility.

 

He is obviously drinking during that scene, and discussing casually with that other guy. Wouldn't that be *awesome* if it were Greejatus? I can't wait to see what Leland's gonna answer.

 

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So... either Greejatus is way, way ahead of galactic fashion trends, or way, way behind.

 

Seems interesting that no-one ever noticed it before.

 

Mh... Or it may have been some kind of traditional garb of office in the Chommell sector? Many of the Emperor's courtiers wore clothes made of purple and velvet-like material. And most of them were part of the Naboo Senatorial Delegation that represented the whole Chommel sector in the Republic Senate: Janus Greejatus, Sate Pestage, Ars Dangor...

Maybe somebody has. In which case I may start feeling a little bit stupid.

 

It does seem like exactly the sort of Easter egg Lucas would include.

 

I had the same sort of thing happen a few days ago. I was watching ROTJ and noticed that during the scene where Luke walks down the steps into Jabba's palace a thing that looks an awful lot like Sebulba walks in right before him. I'd never noticed it before, and it happens so fast that it is really easy to miss. Was it Sebulba or just another Dug? Anyone know?

 

As far as I know, it's an unidentified Dug that has been added in to the blu-ray release of Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. While that Dug was never identified, his character model is that of Seboca, who appeared in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones.

 

That link doesn't work- but this was the Seboca article:

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Seboca

 

I don't care how "small" this makes the galaxy, that has to be Greejatus and he has to be doing something extremely embarrassing.

 

He's Gardulla's paramour.

 

Well I wouldnt be surprised if Janus happened to be wandering around on Tattooine when the Boonta Race was going on. Even in the Darth Plageous novel Palpatine interacted with Janus here and there in the novel.

 

SAME PERSON!

 

I will never understand how people are able to watch The Phantom Menace enough times to pick up things like this

Yes, I'm being totally hypocritical here.

 

I don't know, TPM isn't exactly a great movie, but it's not like it's unwatchable. I think over a decade of Internet hyperbole and fanboy rage has obscured the fact that TPM isn't actually a two-man show featuring Jake Lloyd and Jar Jar Binks engaging in endless space tax discussions.

 

TMP is perfectly watchable and imho actually the most fun of the PT Movies.

 

I do actually like it better than AotC. And I like AotC.

I'm one of those sad prequel apologists who has to keep his opinions to himself in the real world lest he be endlessly mocked and ridiculed by friends and co-workers. It's amazing, really. You can say you enjoy those awful Transformers movies and people will just go, "Those movies are terrible, but whatever. Different tastes and all." But if you say you enjoyed the Star Wars prequels, people will get downright hostile.

 

Aotc was an outright terrible movie experience for me back in the days, the only saving grace of that movie is the Obi-Wan sub plot, as neither the war thing nor Young Vader actually go anywhere, whilst TMP is pretty self contained and the story at least went somewhere. Whilst I did not bother with going to the cinema for ROTS, though it is much better then AOTC I still enjoy TMP way more.

 

TC

 

Oh, it's watchable, sure, and I do have a soft spot for it, since I loved it when it came out (especially since I was 9)... but it is a fairly mediocre film. And for me personally, it's not a very rewatchable movie. Coming back to it every few years is fun, but I couldn't imagine making it a regular.

TPM is miles better than AOTC, though, and not just because of Liam Neeson. I consider AOTC one of the worst blockbuster films of the decade.

I'm the opposite. You like the prequels, whatever, they're a bit of a guilty pleasure for me as well. You like the Transformers movie, though, I might begin to question your mental health And I don't care one single bit for Transformer as a franchise; I just think Michael Bay is the antichrist of filmmaking.

 

I'm curious who the guy stood next to him is. His clothes have the Catholic bishop vibe that Nilo Rodis-Jamero put into the clothing of Janus and Sim Aloo. They're quite different from what Aloo wore though so presumably not him.