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 (c. 60 BBY&mdash;) was a Ryloth Twi'lek, most likely a descendant of Komad Fortuna. Bib served as a majordomo to Jabba the Hutt for many years.

Biography
Bib Fortuna was a member of the Una clan. At some point in the past, Bib Fortuna was found guilty of exporting Ryll and was cast out of Twi'lek society. 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.

Bib Fortuna accompanied Jabba the Hutt when he had taken Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, and Chewbacca to the Great Pit of Carkoon to be executed. Fortuna managed to escape before Jabba's sail barge exploded, but when he returned to the palace to take over, 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. Undeterred, Fortuna managed to keep several of his plots going, eventually managing to get his brain placed in the body of another Twi'lek, Firith Olan. Then with Olan's resources at his disposal, Fortuna began rebuilding Jabba's criminal empire.

Behind the scenes

 * Bib Fortuna was portrayed by Matthew Wood in The Phantom Menace
 * Bib Fortuna was portrayed by Michael Carter in Return of the Jedi
 * Curiously, the word 'Fortuna' means 'Luck' in Italian.

Appearances

 * Podracing Tales
 * Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
 * Star Wars Republic: Outlander
 * Star Wars Republic: Twilight
 * Boba Fett: Hunted
 * Boba Fett: A New Threat
 * Underworld: The Yavin Vassilika
 * Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided
 * Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina
 * A Hunter's Fate: Greedo's Tale
 * Play It Again, Figrin D'an: The Tale of Muftak and Kabe
 * Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
 * Tales from Jabba's Palace
 * A Boy and His Monster: The Rancor Keeper's Tale
 * Taster's Choice: The Tale of Jabba's Chef
 * A Time to Mourn, a Time to Dance: Oola's Tale
 * Let Us Prey: The Whiphid's Tale
 * Sleight of Hand: The Tale of Mara Jade
 * Old Friends: Ephant Mon's Tale
 * And the Band Played On: The Band's Tale
 * Of the Day's Annoyances: Bib Fortuna's Tale
 * A Free Quarren in the Palace: Tessek's Tale
 * Tongue-tied: Bubo's Tale
 * "X-wing Rogue Squadron: Battleground: Tatooine"