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- "What is your command?"
- ―Wittin's B1-Series battle droid
Wittin was a barbaric male Jawa warlord whose large tribe profited from robbing travelers and committing other foul deeds like plundering moisture farms, earning him a place as the most feared ones on Tatooine.
Biography[]
- "These Jawas follow a leader called Wittin. They're not like other Jawas—they're mean."
- ―Kitster Banai, to a spacer
Wittin with his remote control
For many years, inhabitants of Tatooine quaked in fear at the sight of his massive sandcrawler roaming the dunes until it was destroyed in a skirmish with Imperial troops, who were attacking sandcrawlers randomly in search of C-3PO and R2-D2. Jabba Desilijic Tiure offered to buy him a new sandcrawler if Wittin won his demolition contest.
In 1 ABY,[4] Wittin got involved in a plot to kill the former slave Kitster Banai. A slaver named Drik Bandrik, determined to destroy Kitster, tricked Wittin's tribe of Jawas into believing that he had stolen a droid from them. Wittin therefore sent a band of Jawa to kill Banai. However, a spacer working for Kitster killed Wittin's enforcers before they could reach Banai in Mos Espa.[3]
Years later, around 4 ABY, Wittin entered Jabba's demolition contest using a remote-controlled B1-Series battle droid on a Trade Federation STAP, as he was not willing to risk his own neck. He added some upgrades to his vehicle, such as his ion double blaster, which immobilized the target and knocked it down, doing damage as well. In addition to this, his special weapon also relieved the target of any droid supporting it.[1]
Wittin wielding an ion blaster
Later that year, Wittin was in Jabba's Palace while Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa attempted to rescue Han Solo from his carbonite prison. Around that time, he was plotting with Jabba to take control of a neighboring tribe's territory.[1]
He was on board Jabba's sail barge, the Khetanna, during the Battle of the Great Pit of Carkoon. Though he himself was killed during the sail barge's destruction, his terrorizing ways continued unabated.[1]
Behind the scenes[]
Wittin
To unlock him in Demolition, you need to score an ultimate victory with both Aurra Sing and Quagga.
According to The University of Sanbra Guide to Intelligent Life: The Jawas, Wittin's terrorizing ways continued, despite The Official Star Wars Fact File 23 stating that he died during the skirmish at Carkoon. However, the article never explicitly stated Wittin survived. As a result, it is assumed both are true within Star Wars Legends.
The article Who's Who in Jabba's Palace, published in Star Wars Insider 60, stated in Kalit's entry that Jabba's death forced Wittin and Kalit to solve their problems with each other, despite Fact File issue 23 establishing that Wittin was killed when the Khetanna was destroyed, which was minutes after the Hutt's death.
Appearances[]
- Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided (Mentioned only)
- Star Wars: Demolition
- Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi (First appearance)
- Star Wars Manga: Return of the Jedi 1
- "Lapti Nek": The Music Video from Jabba's Palace
Sources[]
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi
- ↑ Star Wars: Demolition: Prima's Official Strategy Guide
- ↑ 3.0 3.1
Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided — Static Quest: "Kitster Banai" on Tatooine
- ↑ The opening crawl of Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided dates the game to after the events of Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, and additionally, Serji-X Arrogantus, who died in Star Wars (1977) 10—the events of which The New Essential Chronology dates to 0 ABY—appears in the game. Therefore, at least a portion of Star Wars Galaxies must be set in that year. Furthermore, in the game Ruwan Tokai references the destruction of the Death Star as having occurred one year earlier, and Strongholds of Resistance also places the events of Galaxies' Chapter 9: "The Fury of Exar Kun" in 1 ABY. Lastly, while Chapter 11: "The Battle of Echo Base" features the Battle of Hoth—dated to 3 ABY by The New Essential Chronology—the developers have stated that the portrayal of that battle in the game is intentionally anachronistic. Therefore, the events of Star Wars Galaxies must span from 0 ABY to around 1 ABY.