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Yarna d'al' Gargan was a longtime Askajian dancer from Askaj at Jabba's Palace. She was present during the presentation of the Max Rebo Band.
Biography[]
Early life[]
Yarna d'al' Gargan was a female Askajian who had a family on her homeworld, Askaj. Her father was a tribal chief and her husband was Nautag d'al' Gargan. Yarna and Nautag had many children together. While raising her cubs with Nautag[5] around 3 ABY,[source?] they were taken as slaves to Tatooine, and were then bought by Jabba Desilijic Tiure.[5]
On Tatooine[]
Nautag was killed by Jabba's rancor while trying to defend them and her cublings were removed to Jabba's town house.[5] Although she detested her boss and enslaver, she was nonetheless close friends with some of the various patrons of the palace.
In 4 ABY, as C-3PO and R2-D2 were brought before Jabba, Yarna flirted with a balding Human male. She later performed a dance with Oola prior to the Twi'lek's demise.[4]
Later life[]
Yarna decided to honor two of the beings responsible for her freedom by naming her two daughters Luka and Leia after Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa; she named her son Nautag after his late father.[3]
After escaping Jabba's palace and rescuing her cubs with the assistance of Doallyn, they became traders in jewels and textiles. She occasionally danced to earn extra credits and performed the Dance of the Seventy Violet Veils at the wedding of Han Solo and Leia Organa. At the event, she was spotted by a lingerie designer and became the model for his jeweled brassieres, with Doallyn managing her modeling career. Yarna's children became a jizz swing band, and together they toured the galaxy.[6]
Personality and traits[]
She claimed that her name "Yarna" translated to Basic as "pretty."[source?] However, her beauty was often hidden by the wart makeup Jabba forced her to wear, saying that it reminded him of his mother[5] and sole parent, Zorba Desilijic Tiure.[1] The normally slender woman was made to store as much water as possible in order to increase her girth, thus furthering the resemblance to a Hutt[5]—weight she would eventually lose again after Jabba's death.
Behind the scenes[]
- "Somewhere along the way, in one of those conversations that was beer-induced, we said, 'Oh, and she has six breasts!' And somehow it was appropriate for Jabba's palace."
- ―Costume designer Nilo Rodis-Jamero
Yarna d'al' Gargan was portrayed by the late Claire Davenport in Return of the Jedi. Director Richard Marquand cast her after having worked with her in Birth of the Beatles (1979), a biopic about The Beatles that Marquand also directed, in which Davenport played a nude model. Marquand said "I selected the fat lady, because I think fat ladies are wonderful."[8] Marquand said she pictured the character as a quasi-daughter to Jabba the Hutt, adding: "In my mind, she is Jabba's daughter."[8] During production of Return of the Jedi, her character was known as Wiebba-wiebba.[9] Pablo Hidalgo detailed this revelation on The Official Star Wars Blog in 2013. Leland Chee had however previously identified "Weeba Weeba" as the human Rancor keeper who wears apparel resembling that of Nizuc Bek and Velken Tezeri but is not conclusively one or the other.[10]
Kenner considered selling an action figure of Gargan for their Star Wars: The Power of the Force toy line. According to Star Wars Insider 92, the figure made to an intermediate prototype stage before Lucasfilm put a stop to the idea, apparently considering the character unseemly for a children's toy.[11] She eventually did receive an action figure from Hasbro in 2008, but it did not sell well.
Appearances[]
- "Payback: The Tale of Dengar" — Tales of the Bounty Hunters
- Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi (First appearance)
- Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi junior novelization
- Escape from Jabba's Palace
- "Out of the Closet: The Assassin's Tale" — Tales from Jabba's Palace
- "Taster's Choice: The Tale of Jabba's Chef" — Tales from Jabba's Palace (Mentioned only)
- "A Time to Mourn, a Time to Dance: Oola's Tale" — Tales from Jabba's Palace
- "A Free Quarren in the Palace: Tessek's Tale" — Tales from Jabba's Palace
- "Skin Deep: The Fat Dancer's Tale" — Tales from Jabba's Palace
- "Epilogue: Whatever Became Of...?" — Tales from Jabba's Palace
Ambiguously-canon appearances[]
Sources[]
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 The Essential Guide to Characters
- ↑ The Official Star Wars Fact File 64
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 "Skin Deep: The Fat Dancer's Tale" — Tales from Jabba's Palace
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Star Wars Character Encyclopedia
- ↑ "Epilogue: Whatever Became Of...?" — Tales from Jabba's Palace
- ↑
"Star Wars Style: Return of the Jedi, Part 6" — Star Wars Insider 158
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 The Making of Return of the Jedi
- ↑
Star Wars Mysteries: Who is Wiebba-Wiebba? on StarWars.com (article) (backup link)
- ↑ "Jabba's Skiff Guards" — Keeper of the Holocron's Blog — Leland Chee's StarWars.com Blog (backup link)
- ↑ "The Toys That Never Were" — Star Wars Insider 92
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