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,
01:19but also resulted in the loss of his leg. Number 9. Salacious B. Crumb
01:25Jabba the Hutt's palace was filled with all manner of eccentric and questionable characters,
01:30but one of the most memorable creatures inhabiting the place was the monkey lizard jester and greatest
01:36named little freak you'll ever see, Salacious B. Crumb. Crumb didn't have a single line of dialogue
01:42that we could understand in the movies, but his maniacal laugh and place of honor made him a standout
01:47feature. Now, Crumb might have been a twisted little creature, but it could have all been an
01:55act just in order to survive. And that's because roughly 12 years before we see Crumb in Return of
02:00the Jedi, he was found hiding on one of Jabba's ships. Rather than kill the stowaway outright,
02:06however, Jabba 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
02:23straight up murder him. So if you were under that kind of pressure daily for 12 straight years,
02:29it's probably no wonder that you too would develop some kind of unhinged cackle.
02:35Number 8. Ula
02:36As we've just established, Jabba the Hutt was a pretty reprehensible character. When he wasn't
02:41orchestrating his criminal empire from the comfort of a chaise long, he was taking pleasure in the
02:46discomfort of others. Having an appetite for flesh, Jabba often bought enslaved Twi'leks,
02:51who were famed for their dancing skills to feast his eyes upon. One unlucky individual though was Ula.
02:58Originally born into a high status Twi'lek family, she spent years training at a highly acclaimed dance
03:03school going on to flaunt her skills on Tatooine. By some misfortune however, she found herself
03:08enslaved and forced into servitude by Jabba. This is where it gets more than a little disturbing
03:15though. In the Star Wars expanded universe, we get far more information about Ula's life
03:20in Jabba's palace. For instance, Jabba forced her to dance for him and quote unquote give him
03:25pleasure. She's described as being quote defiled by the worm. She was beaten when she refused his
03:31quote carnal embrace and even considered committing suicide to avoid the ordeal of being Jabba's slave.
03:37So yeah, it's truly messed up stuff and it's worth mentioning that since Disney took over the Star
03:42Wars franchise, all of these details do resign in the books, now ascribed as legend rather than canon
03:47and that's probably for the best. Number 7, Dr. Cornelius Everson. This character received less
03:54than a minute of screen time in the original Star Wars trilogy but he's still remembered for his
03:58distinctly unfriendly manner. His encounter with Luke on Tatooine ended when Obi-Wan Kenobi stepped in,
04:04brandishing his lightsaber. If it wasn't for Kenobi's presence though, things could have turned
04:09out a lot worse for the young Skywalker. The former practicing surgeon had a huge bounty on his head
04:15and was wanted by both the Empire and the Rebel Alliance. So yeah, his brag about receiving the
04:20death sentence in 12 systems wasn't just the tough talk of a drunk. Before going on the run,
04:25he'd been one of the most sought after cosmetic surgeons in the galaxy but soon began performing
04:30outlandish and depraved procedures on his patients, mutilating many of them in the process.
04:36Eventually, he began just kidnapping victims to practice his experimental techniques on,
04:40which included detaching limbs and reattaching them in the wrong place. His facial scars were
04:46the result of narrowly escaping capture by one of the many bounty hunters out to claim the huge reward
04:51on his head. Number 6, Bib Fortuna. Just from looking at this guy, you know that he's a slimy
04:57character. This male Twi'lek was essentially Jabba's secretary, orchestrating the goings-on
05:03in his palace and serving the giant slug in whatever way he needed. He grew up in an affluent
05:08family and had a better start than most on his homeworld of Ryloth. As a rule, Ryloth had little
05:14prospects and most Twi'leks moved off-world to better fortunes and many even sold themselves into
05:20slavery out of desperation. Fortuna, being the crafty awful bastard that he is, took advantage of this
05:26and spent 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 ended up
05:49fighting the Empire, Chewie's disdain for them was not unwarranted, with two specific events
05:55likely contributing to his anger. Towards the end of the Clone Wars, his people were betrayed by
06:00their former clone trooper allies, and he witnessed many Wookiees killed or sold into slavery and was
06:06eventually 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
06:17on a creature who once roamed the forest planet of Kashyyyk. Part of Chewbacca's legends history
06:22involved 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
06:49the dawn of the dead in space, with the survivors battling hordes of undead stormtroopers reanimated
06:54by the virus. Number 4. Wilhuff Tarkin
06:58Besides from the Emperor and Darth Vader, Tarkin was one of the most senior and powerful members of
07:04the Imperial High Command. All of his decisions were informed by his ideology that fear was the
07:09only true motivator. If he could weaponize fear, then he would have dominion. In the early days,
07:15Tarkin's early military career brought him a degree of fame, serving in an anti-pirate task force.
07:22He dealt with his opponents in effective but brutal ways, and he rose to further prominence
07:26during the Clone Wars, serving in the Republic Navy. Although he gained a huge amount of experience
07:31during 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
07:40had struggled 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
08:02emotion, and that mastering fear and using it on others was a key to maintaining power.
08:07Number 3. Ponda Baba
08:09Ponda Baba is best known for his dislike of Luke Skywalker and his unfortunate-looking friend,
08:15Dr. Cornelius Everton. Baba's drunk aggression towards Luke made his brief appearance in the
08:20movie memorable, 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 Everton 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 huts as smugglers
08:45and general enforcers, but Baba also helped kidnap people for Everton, assisting him when the doctor
08:50performed 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 with
09:01them. 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 sorry
09:15state, and the Order was riddled with orthodoxy and arrogance. Years of relative peace had made them
09:21complacent, and even its most prominent members were misguided. When Ki-Adi Mundi was gunned down by his
09:27clone troopers during Order 66 then, viewers felt a pang of sadness. When you look at his backstory
09:33though, 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 by
09:54females, 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
10:15so sincere 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 brave
10:31escapades 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 the
10:41Resistance after witnessing the horror inflicted upon her people by the First Order. Originating from the
10:47Audemok system, Paige's mining home world was occupied by the First Order, and they worked
10:52her people to death in order to extract all the resources that they needed. Soon, the world became
10:57polluted, with many more of the inhabitants dying as a result. Sadly, sometime after joining the
11:02Resistance, the two sisters received the news that their home planet had been destroyed.
11:07After draining the planet of resources, the First Order had little use for its people,
11:11and 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.