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Wooof was a Kadas'sa'Nikto who served the Hutt crime lord Jabba Desilijic Tiure. Having previously worked as a smuggler, the Nikto was placed in charge of the fleet of skiffs Jabba kept at his palace on the planet Tatooine as well as the crime lord's sail barge Khetanna.[4] Wooof was present in Jabba's throne room when the Jedi Knight Luke Skywalker arrived to try and negotiate the release of his friend Han Solo. The Nikto later traveled on board Khetanna to the Great Pit of Carkoon to witness Skywalker, Solo and the Wookiee Chewbacca's execution, but was killed by Skywalker's lightsaber after the Jedi broke free.[2]
Behind the scenes[edit | edit source]
Wooof was played by an uncredited actor in the 1983 film Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi, the final installment of the Star Wars original trilogy.[2] Although the character was named Klaatu during production, he was officially renamed Wooof, as revealed in Leland Chee's Keeper of the Holocron blog on Facebook.com.[5]
Wooof's original name, Klaatu, was taken from Klaatu barada nikto, a phrase from the 1951 film The Day The Earth Stood Still.
Appearances[edit | edit source]
- Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi (First appearance)
Sources[edit | edit source]
- Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know (First identified as Wooof)
- Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know, Updated and Expanded
- Star Wars: Geektionary: The Galaxy from A - Z
Klaatu in the Databank (backup link) (Picture only)- Nikto (Green) in the Databank (backup link) (Picture only)
