Jabba the Hutt was way more depraved than you think.
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00:00Over the years, many of the Star Wars characters have gone on to have their personal histories
00:04fleshed out, but with a universe filled with bounty hunters, slave traders, and intergalactic
00:09crime bosses, it's no surprising that sometimes this content has gotten pretty dark. So with that
00:16in mind, I'm Josh from WhatCulture.com and this is Star Wars 10 Truly Disturbing Side Character
00:21Backstories. Number 10, Klee Glass. Klee Glass appeared briefly in Star Wars Attack of the Clones,
00:28informing Anakin of the fate of his mother and pushing him one step closer to the dark side.
00:33We meet Lars just one month after the kidnapping of his wife and Anakin's mother Shmi. At this
00:38stage of his life, he's a grizzled and tired man and it's not really surprising. Born on the desert
00:44planet, Lars only ever knew the harsh and difficult life of a moisture farmer. When he was a child,
00:50his brother was killed in a speeder accident and his first wife, the mother of Luke's uncle Owen,
00:54died after the birth of their son. Already, that's enough to make you a bitter old codger,
01:00but in his later years, he did find a new love for life after meeting Shmi. He bought,
01:06freed, and then married her, but tragedy for Lars struck again when Shmi was abducted.
01:10At this point, Lars gathered up 30 farmers and launched a rescue attempt, but only four of his
01:15party survived the encounter. The desperate fight to rescue his wife not only failed, but also
01:20resulted in the loss of his leg. Number nine, Salacious B. Crumb. Jabba the Hutt's palace was
01:27filled with all manner of eccentric and questionable characters, but one of the most memorable creatures
01:32inhabiting the place was the monkey lizard jester and greatest named little freak you'll ever see,
01:38Salacious B. Crumb. Crumb didn't have a single line of dialogue that we could understand in the
01:43movies, but his maniacal laugh and place of honor made him a standout feature.
01:50Now, Crumb might have been a twisted little creature, but it could have all been an act just
01:55in order to survive. And that's because roughly 12 years before we see Crumb in Return of the Jedi,
02:01he was found hiding on one of Jabba's ships. Rather than kill the storeway outright, however,
02:06Jabba made an agreement with the creature, whose race was known for their humorous abilities.
02:11The deal went something like this. If Crumb could make his new master laugh at least once a day,
02:17then he would enjoy every luxury available to him. If he failed just once though, Jabba would straight
02:24up murder him. So if you were under that kind of pressure daily for 12 straight years, it's probably
02:30no wonder that you too would develop some kind of unhinged cackle. Number eight, Ula. As we've just
02:37established, Jabba the Hutt was a pretty reprehensible character. When he wasn't orchestrating
02:42his criminal empire from the comfort of a chaise long, he was taking pleasure in the discomfort of
02:47others. Having an appetite for flesh, Jabba often bought enslaved Twi'leks, who were famed for their
02:52dancing skills to feast his eyes upon. One unlucky individual though was Ula. Originally born into a
02:59high-status Twi'lek family, she spent years training at a highly acclaimed dance school, going on to
03:04flaunt her skills on Tatooine. By some misfortune however, she found herself enslaved and forced into
03:10servitude by Jabba. This is where it gets more than a little disturbing though. In the Star Wars
03:17expanded universe, we get far more information about Ula's life in Jabba's palace. For instance,
03:22Jabba forced her to dance for him and quote-unquote give him pleasure. She's described as being quote
03:28defiled by the worm. She was beaten when she refused his quote carnal embrace and even considered
03:34committing suicide to avoid the ordeal of being Jabba's slave. So yeah, it's truly messed up stuff
03:39and it's worth mentioning that since Disney took over the Star Wars franchise, all of these details
03:44do resign in the books, now ascribed as legend rather than canon and that's probably for the best.
03:50Number 7, Dr. Cornelius Everzen. This character received less than a minute of screen time in the
03:56original Star Wars trilogy but he's still remembered for his distinctly unfriendly manner. His encounter
04:01with Luke on Tatooine ended when Obi-Wan Kenobi stepped in, brandishing his lightsaber. If it
04:06wasn't for Kenobi's presence though, things could have turned out a lot worse for the young Skywalker.
04:12The former practicing surgeon had a huge bounty on his head and was wanted by both the Empire and
04:17the Rebel Alliance. So yeah, his brag about receiving the death sentence in 12 systems wasn't
04:22just the tough talk of a drunk. Before going on the run, he'd been one of the most sought-after
04:27cosmetic surgeons in the galaxy but soon began performing outlandish and depraved procedures
04:32on his patients, mutilating many of them in the process. Eventually, he began just kidnapping
04:38victims to practice his experimental techniques on, which included detaching limbs and reattaching
04:43them in the wrong place. His facial scars were the result of narrowly escaping capture by one of
04:48the many bounty hunters out to claim the huge reward on his head.
04:52Number 6, Bib Fortuna. Just from looking at this guy, you know that he's a slimy character.
04:58This male Twi'lek was essentially Jabba's secretary, orchestrating the goings-on in his palace and
05:04serving the giant slug in whatever way he needed. He grew up in an affluent family and had a better
05:09start than most on his homeworld of Ryloth. As a rule, Ryloth had little prospects and most
05:15Twi'leks moved off-world to better fortunes and many even sold themselves into slavery out of
05:21desperation. Fortuna, being the crafty, awful bastard that he is, took advantage of this and
05:26spent his younger days as a slave trader, specifically dealing in his own people,
05:31exploiting the less fortunate with no regard for their well-being. So yeah, this guy is a total
05:36piece of garbage. Number 5, Chewbacca. To Chewbacca's friends, he's something of a gentle giant.
05:43To his enemies, though, he's a force of fury nature. Like so many characters who ultimately
05:49ended up fighting the Empire, Chewie's disdain for them was not unwarranted, with two specific
05:54events likely contributing to his anger. Towards the end of the Clone Wars, his people were betrayed
06:00by their former clone trooper allies, and he witnessed many Wookiees killed or sold into slavery
06:05and was eventually captured himself. Forced to work and tormented by his captors, the Wookiee became
06:11increasingly more animalistic. The restrictive and oppressive life of slavery had a marked impact on
06:17a creature who once roamed the forest planet of Kashyyyk. Part of Chewbacca's legends history,
06:22though, involved he and Han being incarcerated on an Imperial prison barge. In this story,
06:27the barge breaks down, but stumbles across a seemingly derelict Star Destroyer, which can be
06:32used for spare parts. However, a boarding party soon discovers that the Destroyer was the site of a
06:37biological weapons experiment. Only a handful of inmates and prison guards survived after being
06:43exposed to a deadly virus, and Chewbacca and Han were among them. What followed is essentially
06:49Dawn of the Dead in space, with the survivors battling hordes of undead stormtroopers reanimated
06:54by the virus. Number 4, Wilhuff Tarkin. Besides from the Emperor and Darth Vader, Tarkin was one of the
07:02most senior and powerful members of the Imperial High Command. All of his decisions were informed by his
07:07ideology that fear was the only true motivator. If he could weaponize fear, then he would have dominion.
07:14In the early days, Tarkin's early military career brought him a degree of fame, serving in an
07:20anti-pirate task force. He dealt with his opponents in effective but brutal ways, and he rose to further
07:25prominence during the Clone Wars, serving in the Republic Navy. Although he gained a huge amount of
07:30experience during these years, his cold and calculated character was formed out of a much younger
07:35childhood experience. That's because Tarkin's homeworld was a harsh place, and his ancestors had
07:40struggled to colonize and subjugate the planet. When he was barely a teenager, family tradition also
07:45dictated that he must go into the wilderness and learn the struggle of survival. This experience
07:51though totally traumatized him. He was forced to fight off hostile creatures, being physically and
07:56mentally scarred by the ordeal. It was drilled into him here that fear could be the most crippling emotion,
08:02and that mastering fear and using it on others was key to maintaining power.
08:08Number 3, Ponda Baba
08:09Ponda Baba is best known for his dislike of Luke Skywalker and his unfortunate-looking friend,
08:15Dr. Cornelius Everson. Baba's drunk aggression towards Luke made his brief appearance in the movie
08:20memorable, not least because the altercation saw him lose an arm to Obi-Wan Kenobi's lightsaber.
08:25Babin, like his horrid accomplice, was also wanted by several planetary governments,
08:30although he was somewhat less notorious than his partner. He actually saved Everson during an
08:36altercation with the bounty hunter, and despite the doctor being scarred during the incident,
08:40he did hire Baba as protection from then on. Together they worked for the Hutts as smugglers
08:45and general enforcers, but Baba also helped kidnap people for Everson, assisting him when the
08:50doctor performed his twisted and cruel experiments. This general hatred that many had for the pair forced
08:56them to adopt aliases at different points in their life as well, because nobody wanted to be mates
09:01with them. Number 2, Ki-Adi Mundi
09:04We like to think of the Jedi as all-wise, perfect examples of moral fortitude, but in reality they
09:10were just as flawed as any other group. By the time of the Clone Wars, the Jedi were in a fairly
09:15sorry state, and the Order was riddled with orthodoxy and arrogance. Years of relative peace had
09:21made them complacent, and even its most prominent members were misguided. When Ki-Adi Mundi was gunned
09:27down by his clone troopers during Order 66 then, viewers felt a pang of sadness. When you look at his
09:33backstory though, he was actually kind of an unlikable character. At every opportunity, he denied the
09:38possibility of the Sith returning, and even doubted Count Dooku's part in it. His arrogance, however,
09:44was only the tip of the iceberg. That's because Ki-Adi Mundi had certain privileges afforded to him
09:49that other Jedi weren't privy to. His species was unique in that males were drastically outnumbered
09:54by females, and therefore the species had a low birth rate. Due to this, Mundi was permitted to
10:00forego the Jedi rule forbidding marriage, and he had four wives simultaneously and seven children,
10:06all of whom were killed during the Clone Wars. Now you might be thinking, Josh, this just sounds
10:10like a tragic backstory, but the thing is, his devotion to the Jedi tradition was apparently so
10:15sincere that he refused to mourn his family and seemed kind of unfazed by their deaths.
10:21So yeah, sounds like a cool guy. Number 1, Paige Tico
10:26The opening sequence of The Last Jedi depicted a tense and thrilling space battle showing the
10:31brave escapades of Paige Tico, a young pilot who manages to destroy an Imperial dreadnought,
10:36allowing the Resistance fleet to escape. Along with her sister Rose, Paige is motivated to join
10:41the Resistance after witnessing the horror inflicted upon her people by the First Order.
10:46Originating from the Ordemok system, Paige's mining home world was occupied by the First Order,
10:51and they worked her people to death in order to extract all the resources that they needed.
10:56Soon, the world became polluted, with many more of the inhabitants dying as a result.
11:01Sadly, sometime after joining the Resistance, the two sisters received the news that their home
11:05planet had been destroyed. After draining the planet of resources, the First Order had little use for
11:10its people, and used them as target practice shelling the world from orbit.
11:16So that's our list. I want to know what you guys think down in the comments below. Did you know
11:19about the backstories of these characters, and are there any interesting and disturbing ones I missed
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11:32I've been Josh, thanks so much for watching, and I'll see you soon.