Bib Fortuna/Legends

"And this creature, this heap of fat and entrails and low cunning, this thing has made a servant of me. Worse, a slave. He degrades me, abuses me, amuses himself by abasing me. Me! Whose shadow he is not fit to touch!"

- Bib Fortuna

Bib Fortuna was a Ryloth Twi'lek, most likely a descendant of Komad Fortuna. Bib served as a majordomo to Jabba the Hutt for many years. Considering he served Jabba for decades, it is unsurprising that few in the Galaxy hated the Hutt as much as he did. Bib Fortuna was a member of the Una clan.

Before Jabba's Defeat
At some point in the past, Bib Fortuna was found guilty of exporting Ryll and was cast out of Twi'lek society. He then tried to enter the corporation of Kuat Drive Yards, but his untrustworthiness had him expelled from the planet of Kuat and he had a period of other employments involving spice smuggling. Jabba found him and asked for his assistance smuggling for him. When it was evident he may be caught again, he asked for a bigger position in Jabba's businesses. He soon worked with Naroon Cuthus and Bidlo Kwerve.

It was noted that he preyed on other members of his society. He had captured and trained several dancers for Jabba the Hutt. After he was cast out, other Twi'leks began breaking his name into two distinct parts as a way of symbolizing that he was cast out. Fortuna, as a gift to Jabba, also gave him the Rancor, after an array of tranquilizers and a little help due to its undeveloped size, in exchange for praise from Jabba and inner greed generated from himself.



Sometime before the Battle of Yavin, Bib recruited six of Jabba's lesser minions, including Nivek, to kill Jabba's guards and make him tell all of his secrets for him, even under torture. Unfortunately, shortly after they started putting the plan into action, Gru'um and Miramba unleashed a bunch of freckers, spoiling it. Bib and his co-conspirators managed to kill all the freckers, who during the struggle slew all but Bib. Later, Jabba thanked Bib for being loyal to him, being a hero and risking his life for Jabba. Fortuna couldn't kill Jabba, after this.

However, before the Battle of Endor, Bib Fortuna greeted two droids into Jabba's Palace. These droids were none other then C-3PO and R2-D2 who seemingly had a gift for Jabba. Fortuna demanded that they simply give the gift to him and he'll bring it to Jabba. The droids protested however and told him their master wanted them to give the gift to Jabba personally. Fortuna agreed and led them into the throne room where R2-D2 presented a message from Luke Skywalker. Skywalker demanded that Jabba bargain for the body of Han Solo, encased in carbonite. Jabba refused and ordered the droids into his services.

After an unsuccessful attempt by Princess Leia Organa, disguised as a bounty hunter, to free Han Solo, Luke Skywalker himself came to the palace. Fortuna was given orders that he was not to be admitted into the palace. Jabba did not foresee however that his majordomo would be weak-minded enough to fall for his Jedi Mind Tricks. After leading Skywalker to Jabba, Jabba became furious at Fortuna and knocked him off his throne. When Skywalker was able to defeat Jabba's rancor, he, Han Solo and Chewbacca would be thrown into the Pit of Carkoon. Bib Fortuna accompanied Jabba the Hutt to the executions on his Sail Barge. The Jedi and his friends proved more than Jabba's forces could handle and as such, his Barge was destroyed.

After Jabba's Defeat
Fortuna managed to escape on a private skiff before Jabba's sail barge exploded, and returned to the palace to take over. He fought a small battle over the remainder of Jabba's possessions, and was the apparent winner. However, soon the mysterious B'omarr Monks who inhabited the cellars removed his brain from his body and placed it in a spider-like walker, much as the monks themselves used. For years Fortuna went on in madness.

A Twi'lek by the name of Firith Olan eventually claimed Jabba's treasures. Undeterred, Fortuna beat Olan. He managed to get his brain placed in the body of Firith Olan, using the same techniques that got him in the walker in the first place. Then with Olan's resources at his disposal, Fortuna began rebuilding Jabba's criminal empire, and was able to continue on with the criminal underworld.

Behind the scenes

 * Bib Fortuna was portrayed by Matthew Wood in The Phantom Menace and Michael Carter in Return of the Jedi.
 * Curiously, the word 'Fortuna' means 'Fortune' in Spanish.
 * During several scenes in Return of the Jedi, Bib Fortuna can be heard speaking something which can be interperated as a twisted form of English.

Non-canon appearances

 * Best Birthday Ever
 * Skippy the Jedi Droid
 * LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy
 * Star Wars Tales 15 intro
 * The Return of Tag & Bink: Special Edition