Jabba the Hutt’s kidnapped son “Stinky” is now officially my favorite character in the entire Star Wars universe. Here is a round up of some various info about him:
From Harry Knowles Aint it Cool review:
Then they introduced Baby Jabba aka Rotta the Huttlet aka Stinky. At the point of this character’s introduction – it officially became, the worst character in the history of STAR WARS. If you hate George Lucas cutsiepoo bulls*** – oooooooh boy. You’re gonna have a field day of venting and hatred directed at this unbelievably f****ng awful little s***. It farts, makes pukey faces and is just unbearably bad.
Watch out for (recycled images of) Jabba the Hutt!
From Stinky’s (aka Rotta the Huttlet) wookiepedia page:
Rotta was born in 32 BBY. Unlike most Huttlets, Rotta did not spend the first fifty years of his life inside his parent’s brood pouch, as Jabba wanted him to directly experience the galaxy.
I like the casual way they mention the “brood pouch”, as if we are supposed to say, Hm, it is abnormal that he wouldn’t spend fifty years in this part of Jabba’s anatomy that I knew existed.
By 4 ABY, Rotta was likely either dead, presumed dead, or disowned by his father. In his last will, Jabba claimed not to have any children to run his criminal empire after his death.
“Jabba The Hutt’s Last Will & Testament” is a band or album name waiting to happen.
Coincidence???
Deviantart user NinjaKiller posts this pic of Stinky.
Get in the game, Google!
Trading cards of Stinky on his Rascal scooter, available on ebay!
The Lego figure that’s sure to become a new go-to forum avatar!
Jabba and Stinky in happier times, before Stinky was written out of his will.
Action shot!
Actual footage!
Please submit any and all Stinky The Hutt related links! If there’s any footage of him from the movie, let us have it!
58 responses so far ↓
1 Smuttynose on Aug 15, 2008 at 9:44 am
Conor- how about this Ziro character? Sounds really offensive to me:
Oh – but wait… Little Stinky the Hutt isn’t the worst character in the history of STAR WARS… because Stinky got introduced about halfway through the film. As much as I hated lil Stinky… I was weathering Stinky. I seriously was. But later there was a character of such immense shit – offensively bad. The character was so bad, so incredibly awful – that it was a slap to the face. It woke me out of my shit-accepting stupor and made me angry. SUDDENLY my “inner fanboy rage” was awoken.
As I watched this terrifyingly awful character named Ziro the Hutt. A seemingly female Hutt or at least a Drag Queen Hutt – with tattoos and make-up that sounds like a racist take on a Black New Orleans Crack-Dealing Whore. Because this Hutt speaks ENGLISH – and it is many times worse than I’m actually describing.”
2 justhesh on Aug 15, 2008 at 9:45 am
It’s not surprising Jabba didn’t have a strong connection with Stinky. After all, he never called him “father”. He was only ever “not the mamma”.
3 Smuttynose on Aug 15, 2008 at 9:45 am
Ooops! sorry about the s-bombs… meant to take those out!!!
4 justhesh on Aug 15, 2008 at 9:47 am
I think that sentence is more offensive than the actual character. I heard Ziro’s simply a Capotean Hutt.
5 Tom on Aug 15, 2008 at 10:00 am
There’s a rumor that the huttlet resurfaced near Japan in 1971 http://www.tohokingdom.com/kaiju/hedorah_showa.htm
Yet other rumors persist that he resurfaced as the lead actor in a children’s show about the same time.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.R._Pufnstuf
6 Tom on Aug 15, 2008 at 10:04 am
The Baby hut went into hiding, disgraced after being cut out of the will. He resurfaced many years later in the guise of Puffinstuff, the lead role on a Saturday morning TV show. When that gig turned sour, he took on the role of Hedorah in an early 70’s Gojira film.
7 Conor Lastowka on Aug 15, 2008 at 10:06 am
Nice.
8 Smuttynose on Aug 15, 2008 at 10:15 am
Ironically, there’s a Doctor Hutt that worked on “Capoten”, a blood pressure reducing medicine
Mr. Hutt also serves on the boards of directors of Favrille, Inc., …. Inc., a pharmaceutical company, including Capoten®, an ACE inhibitor
9 Lando on Aug 15, 2008 at 10:26 am
For someone who seems to loathe Star Wars as much as you seem to you sure have done a lot of in depth research. Typically I just ignore the things I hate. I’m weird that way.
10 Queen Shadowrama on Aug 15, 2008 at 10:39 am
Stinky is the worst character in the history of Star Wars? Do we forget Jar-Jar so easily?
11 Kyle on Aug 15, 2008 at 10:41 am
A picture of Stinky, after being cut out of the will: http://cache.kotaku.com/assets/resources/2007/06/commercial_zoloft_cave.jpg
12 mooshakes on Aug 15, 2008 at 10:43 am
I think the blog ate my comment from the last post, but it appears you need it more than I thought. With all the Star Wars going ons this blog is getting away from its original purpose –
http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Make-Bacon-Soap/
13 Smuttynose on Aug 15, 2008 at 10:50 am
Actual 3rd image from google image results:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v30/kiyone/cbgcomputer.gif
14 Ra-chan on Aug 15, 2008 at 10:50 am
These guys live to make fun of things. What makes you think they wouldn’t go to great depths to do so?
15 Tim on Aug 15, 2008 at 11:29 am
Nice to see Georce Lucas continuing his quest to get progressively closer to featuring an animated piece of fecal matter on screen.
16 Katie M. on Aug 15, 2008 at 11:30 am
I tried doing a Yahoo! search and my internet crashed. He IS a horrid little beast!
17 mathey on Aug 15, 2008 at 12:12 pm
Nothing more adorable than the slug-like, saucer eyed foetel drop of a vile and loathesome gangster modeled on Sydney Greenstreet. Also, in case you’re wondering, he smells, because his name is actually “Stinky”, so you can only imagine what kind of rank stench accompanies his presence. I can only hope that they cap the experience off with a high-pitched, mewling voice performance by a middle-aged actor squealing poodoo baby talk. Because that’s really what’s called for here.
18 Smiley on Aug 15, 2008 at 12:41 pm
Got to admit, he does come with his own backpack for easy carrying. How convenient.
19 Smiley on Aug 15, 2008 at 12:42 pm
kind of a handy turd.
20 Ryan on Aug 15, 2008 at 1:27 pm
I wonder if Jabba cut him out of the will just so his ganster empire wouldn’t be run by a guy named “Stinky”.
So was it his mother who named him, then?
21 Triangle O. Daver on Aug 15, 2008 at 1:31 pm
I can’t be the only one who thinks he looks like Slimer. Or can I?
http://www.daviesgeneralstore.com/ebay/Slimer.jpg
22 Invisible Cracker Mom on Aug 15, 2008 at 1:47 pm
I don’t know- I still think the most horrid creature that I’ve encountered in the Star Wars universe is the toothless, leering, liver-spotted Wookie Grandfather in the Xmas special. Even after soaking my eyeballs in Xanax-laced vodka I couldn’t wash his horrid image from them.
(shudder)
23 Rob III on Aug 15, 2008 at 1:53 pm
HA! Way to go Conor on the funniest posting EVAH!!!!
24 MST3Kelly on Aug 15, 2008 at 1:54 pm
at least we were spared the nightmare fuel of a pregnant Jabba action figure. insert 4 AA batteries watch the fun.
-comes with real, throbbing placentas!
-flip the switch on his back and watch the magical contractions begin!
-refills of green gooey birthing-pouch slime now available in 16 oz. size!
Gamorrean Mid-Wife figurine not included.
25 NavarezElectro on Aug 15, 2008 at 3:14 pm
Lando, if you will pardon me, the response to this has to be:
“Oh bite me- it’s FUN!”
I didn’t say it; something else did.
something—– WONDERFUL….
26 NavarezElectro on Aug 15, 2008 at 3:18 pm
“Turd in a Bag!!” Kids Love Him!!!
27 NavarezElectro on Aug 15, 2008 at 3:23 pm
Wasn’t “Rota the Outlet” a stripper in the 70’s?
28 Erik on Aug 15, 2008 at 3:42 pm
On that same note, what does it take to make baby Hutts? What is the conception process like? It really makes one wonder…
29 NavarezElectro on Aug 15, 2008 at 3:46 pm
And who (or what) gets “sent to the gym” during the instructional film?
30 Marty (Gromit) on Aug 15, 2008 at 4:28 pm
All this hate, just remember:
He’s the baby, gotta love him
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=It4Dovy1hNM
31 Hugh on Aug 15, 2008 at 4:40 pm
Goddammit, Conor. First you misrepresent the handmaiden population, now you have to remind me about this? Are you trying to implode the universe?
32 Conor Lastowka on Aug 15, 2008 at 5:20 pm
Yeah, this guy sounds great too. For some reason though, Stinky just leapt out at me
33 Conor Lastowka on Aug 15, 2008 at 5:20 pm
It’s been a good week for all things Star Wars!
34 Onil on Aug 15, 2008 at 6:49 pm
That’s what George Lucas says to himself every Sunday night as he rolls around in dirty one dollar bills straight from the pockets of sweaty nerds.
35 The Tingler on Aug 16, 2008 at 4:58 am
How can you dislike Big Gay Al The Hutt?
36 The Tingler on Aug 16, 2008 at 5:00 am
That’s probably the most horrible and accurate thing I’ve ever heard, Onil.
37 TeeJay on Aug 16, 2008 at 5:08 am
I bet he rolls around in them nekkid.
THAT’S a nice visual, huh?
38 R.A. Roth on Aug 16, 2008 at 9:55 am
For the next installment of Star Wars, Lucas plans to do away with humans entirely. All voices will be synthesized and animated characters threatening to unionize or strike will be substituted for other similar animated characters.
Randy
39 Avy on Aug 16, 2008 at 11:30 am
No idea who that is, but I, too, see the resemblance.
40 Fifty "Percent" Kreiger on Aug 17, 2008 at 7:50 am
“UH-O-KAAAY…”. Officially, I hate Star Wars now. Every time I try to get interested in a new SW project, it’s focused on the damned prequels! Don’t these Lucasfilm guys “get it”? THEY’RE AWFUL! F*$%#@$! GIMME BACK MY CHILDHOOD!
I’d rather watch Star Lab for 2 hours, personally.
41 Libby on Aug 17, 2008 at 2:43 pm
Erik, I forget where I found this out, but I think Hutts are hermaphroditic? So… no Hutt sex, thank god.
42 Houndstooth Mind on Aug 17, 2008 at 7:12 pm
I think the site should be dedicated to all things odiferous. There could be a section for notable people named “Stinky” or perhaps historical figures who were just plain stinky (I hear Clark Gable had breath that could kill a camel) And you could have a section on stinky cuisine (Limberger and chitterlings anyone?), and you could have a section on stinky flora and fauna (can there ever be enough info on the rotting corpse lily?)
43 Invisible Cracker Mom on Aug 17, 2008 at 9:14 pm
What “Diabolikal” behaviour!
44 Steve-O on Aug 18, 2008 at 11:34 am
Conor, you’re slipping, man. How did you manage to write several hundred words on the subject of Stinky the Hutt, and not make mention of his distinct resemblance to a certain kleine krokodil?
In fact, I’m willing to bet that the reason Rotta led an unusual early existence for a Huttlet was not so much that “Jabba wanted him to directly experience the galaxy” as that Jabba couldn’t stop the little shit from snapping at the inside of his brood pouch.
45 MSTJedi on Aug 18, 2008 at 1:35 pm
Yeah, I mentioned this in another Jabba-related blog post. Hutts are hermaphroditic and reproduce asexually. So not only was Jabba the only parent of little Stinky, but Ziro could also be “female” and his uncle at the same time.
46 Dan Coulter on Aug 18, 2008 at 7:09 pm
Worst character of the Star Wars universe? Are we so quick to forget Lumpawarrump “Lumpy” the Wookie and Attichitcuk “Itchy” the Wookie?
47 Scott on Aug 19, 2008 at 1:23 am
But wait? You can ignore such things? Next your gonna say you actually have a life?
48 Katie may on Oct 21, 2008 at 3:52 pm
I don’t care what anyone says. Rotta is precious!
49 Chuck Williams on Oct 31, 2008 at 1:03 am
Poor little Rotta has the mental capacity of a human twelve to eighteen month-old baby. He cannot assimilate a lot of what he sees, hears, smells, etc. He does immediately bond to Ahsoka, she becomes his caregiver that he desperately needs after three plus weels in captivity.
At this stage of his life, Rotta the Huttlet is small, weak, and helpless. He is also very sick. All he knows is home, Daddy, food, play, and his special crib to sleep in. His only contributiion is to point out the ship in the distance when they are on the landing platform.
Jabba is very aware how vulnerable his son and heir is. Apparently it is fairly common for young Hutts to be killed by their older and larger relatives back on Nal Hutta. But it takes a lot to kill a Hutt, even a tiny one like Rotta.
Rotta is unique among his peers, as he is the only one being raised outside his parent’s brood pouch, or an artificial one. He wishes that he was back inside one, as does everyone else. But he is totally innocent. Just because he is Jabba’s son doesn’t mean that he is going to grow up to be just like him.
50 Chuck Williams on Nov 2, 2008 at 1:04 am
Hutts are not human! This is the mistake everyone but Jabba and Ziro (who grew up in brood pouches), and possibly Count Dooku (who has been to Nal Hutta and has had extenstive dealings with Hutts) makes.
They try to treat Rotta like a human baby, who, given the same treatment, would have been dead a week before. I don’t think that he would have died in any event. The problem for whoever returns Rotta is that Jabba will expect him in good condition (i.e not sick, and relatively happy).
The key events for the sick Huttlet are; take him out of that awful cell, then get him off the planet. Once those two conditions are met, Rotta is going to start to recover. The air on the Twilight is warmer and dryer than on Teth, so the baby can breathe easier. He might look awful to the Jedi, but to a Hutt pediatrician, he is having a positive reaction.
Everyone needs to drink fluids, and Rotta hasn’t consumed more than the minimum for for a while. The fever is a primary indicator that he has a serious respiratory infection. A dehydrated baby is at risk, which Aksoka manages to first get Rotta to drink, then take his medicine (which he spits out the first time). Then she feeds him liquified food strained through a cloth (he’s used to a bottle or nipple)
With a full belly, a clean diaper, a warm place to sleep, and the knowledge that he is going home, Rotta can finally get some real rest.
While he sleeps, the baby asperin reduces his fever, and the antibiotic helps his high-powered immune system defeat the infection and start rebuilding the damage it did.
When the Huttlet wakes up and starts crying, that is actually a good thing. Once back on Tattoine, Rotta knows where he is, has recovered quite a bit, is wide awake, and knows that he is going to see his beloved Daddy soon. Getting him there is the Jedi’s problem.
51 Big man who is a Star Wars Geek on Nov 23, 2008 at 12:05 pm
I am a starwars geek and proud of it. I liked the clone wars movie and the series and I think Rotta is adorable. I in fact wish there were more star wars movies and series out there. Thank god for books.
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53 Chuck Williams on Jan 6, 2009 at 1:26 am
I reread the book, and it appears that Count Dooku and Asajj Ventress are unaware that Rotta is sick. So if Asajj had retrieved the Huttlet, she would have had to call a medical droid right away. This is not what her charecter is like, so Stinky could have died in the next day or two for want of medical attention.
Count Dooku was ready to sacrifice Rotta in order to make the Jedi look bad to Jabba. The MagnaGuatds had orders to kill Rotta, but to spare Ahsoka and dekiver her, with the dead baby, to Jabba. I don’t think that they were that good, but maybe that’s why she was able to defeat them.
54 Chuck Williams on Feb 6, 2009 at 3:13 am
I have been reading up on brood pouches and kangarooss/wallabees. Young who are raised in brood pouches are called joeys. So Rotta the Huttlet is technically a joey.
55 lg on Mar 7, 2009 at 3:49 am
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I think this is very radical approach to this problem.
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56 ginbot on Mar 16, 2009 at 11:01 am
I know this is an ancient thread but …
That’s how I met my wife (the eyeball soaking solution part). At a Xmas party no less. 2002. It wasn’t eyeballs, but um… something that comes in pairs on another female.
I need to start rethinking my non-tinfoil hat wearing head.
57 Chuck Williams on Aug 11, 2009 at 2:02 pm
I recently found out that Rotta was given a bacterium while he was a prisoner on Teth, so that he would appear seriously ill when the Jedi came to rescue him. So, he hadn’t become sick from the cell. Asajj Ventress held the cure with her medical droid.
58 Jennifer on Jan 17, 2010 at 3:12 am
I have to agree with the guy that said Rotta is adorable. He is one cute lil guy! I am a Star Wars fan and I am a 31 almost 32 year old woman. I love it all. And don’t think Rotta is a bad character at all. My fave of the whole SW franchise is Boba Fett.
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