The One That Got Away

The One That Got Away is a comic short story that appears in Star Wars Tales 8. It was written and drawn by Andi Watson. The story takes place around 3.5-4 ABY.

Plot
The story is narrated retrospectively by a young Twi'lek woman named Nima'tar a.k.a. Mina. Mina was a university student who became the lead singer of a touring band, hoping to earn money for her tuition. Things go fine until one evening the band performs for Jabba the Hutt. Jabba refuses to pay them so to afford passage off of the planet, the rest of the band sells Mina to Jabba. As Jabba's slave girl, Mina is forced to dance, to clean him, and do other undignified acts to avoid being thrown to the rancor. Only Mina's thesis, which she writes while in captivity, keeps her going.

One night, after being replaced by a Oola, Mina manages to escape only to encounter one of Jabba's guards. To her surprise and gratitude, the guard helps her escape. The story ends some time later, when Nima is back at the university presenting her thesis: "Hygiene & Power: A Xenopological Study of a Hutt."