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.

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.

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, disguised as a bounty hunter, to free Han Solo, Luke Skywalker 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 then Jabba's forces could handle and as such, his Barge destroyed. 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 and Michael Carter in Return of the Jedi.
 * Curiously, the word 'Fortuna' means 'Fortune' in Latin.

Appearances

 * Podracing Tales
 * Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
 * Star Wars Republic: Outlander
 * Star Wars Republic: Twilight
 * Star Wars: Racer Revenge
 * Boba Fett: Hunted
 * Boba Fett: A New Threat
 * Best Birthday Ever
 * Underworld: The Yavin Vassilika
 * Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided
 * Skippy the Jedi Droid
 * 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: Demolition
 * The One That Got Away
 * Fortune, Fate, and the Natural History of the Sarlacc
 * 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
 * Three Against the Galaxy
 * LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy
 * Star Wars Tales 15 intro