<P> Jabba the Hutt's musical theme throughout the film, composed by John Williams, is played on a tuba . One reviewer of Return of the Jedi's soundtrack comments, "Among the new thematic ideas (of the score is) Jabba the Hutt's cute tuba piece (playing along the politically incorrect lines of tubas representing fatness)..." The theme is very similar to one Williams wrote for a heavyset character in Fitzwilly (1967), though the theme does not appear on that film's soundtrack album . Williams later turned the theme into a symphonic piece performed by the Boston Pops Orchestra featuring a tuba solo by Chester Schmitz . The role of the piece in film and popular culture has become a focus of study by musicologists such as Gerald Sloan, who says Williams' piece "blends the monstrous and the lyrical ." </P> <P> According to film historian Laurent Bouzereau, Jabba the Hutt's death in Return of the Jedi was suggested by script writer Lawrence Kasdan . Lucas decided Leia should strangle him with her slave chain . He was inspired by a scene from The Godfather (1972) where an obese character named Luca Brasi (Lenny Montana) is garroted by an assassin . </P> <P> Jabba the Hutt was played by Declan Mulholland in scenes cut from the 1977 release of Star Wars . In Mulholland's scenes as Jabba, Jabba is represented as a rotund human dressed in a shaggy fur coat . George Lucas has stated his intention was to use an alien creature for Jabba, but the special effects technology of the time was not up to the task of replacing Mulholland . In 1997, the "Special Edition" re-releases restored and altered the original scene to include a computer generated portrayal of Jabba . In Return of the Jedi, he was played by puppeteers Mike Edmonds, Toby Philpott, David Alan Barclay and voiced by Larry Ward . Jabba is played by an uncredited voice - actor in post-1997 editions of Star Wars and in The Phantom Menace . In The Phantom Menace's end credits, Jabba is credited as playing himself . His puppeteers have appeared in the documentaries From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga and Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi . David Alan Barclay, who was one of the puppeteers for Jabba in the film, voiced Jabba in the Super NES video game adaptation of Return of the Jedi . In the radio drama adaption of the original trilogy, Jabba is played by Ed Asner . In the film Star Wars: The Clone Wars and the following television series, Jabba is portrayed by Kevin Michael Richardson . All other video game appearances of Jabba were played by Clint Bajakian . Jabba was supposed to appear in Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, but was left out due to time constraints . A cutscene was produced featuring a conversation between Jabba and Juno Eclipse (voiced by Nathalie Cox), which was scrapped from the game . He appears in the Ultimate Sith Edition . </P> <P> With the premiere of Return of the Jedi in 1983 and the accompanying merchandising campaign, Jabba the Hutt became an icon in American popular culture . The character was produced and marketed as a series of action figure play sets by Kenner / Hasbro from 1983 to 2004 . In the 1990s, Jabba the Hutt starred in his own comic book series collectively titled Jabba the Hutt: The Art of the Deal . </P>

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