Jabba the great and powerful
Remember Declan Mulholland? Many months ago, I promised readers that the appearance of the original Jabba the Hutt actor, Declan Mulholland in the BMS universe would indeed be addressed when we got to Return of the Jedi. For the last four years, I’ve been waiting to finally reach this point. It was all planned out as far back as 2009. I had a way to reconcile both versions of Jabba the Hutt, at least within the BMS universe, thanks to a nod to the Wizard or Oz.
With no one at the controls of Slug Jabba, the remaining first act of Return of the Jedi will be a little different from here on. See his first appearance in BMS here. /?p=156
Why do we give the forgotten actors so much love? Because trivia is like nectar to a geek, and because its nice to shine a spotlight on actors and crew that get overlooked. Mulholland is no longer with us, but his version of Jabba would certainly have been different and that’s why we had so much fun elevating his role in our take on Star Wars.
I also promised a big announcement. At Awesome Con on April 19th, Leanne and I will be participating in a Star Wars discussion panel along with Timothy “Thrawn Trilogy” Zahn, John “Dak” Morton, and Bria LaVorgna (writer at tosche-station.net). If you were on the fence about attending Awesome Con, or hadn’t heard of it, this should make up your mind for you.
We also expect to have Biggs Darklighter present, Al Sniezevage who I blogged about a few months back for his awesome Anchorhead Biggs Darklighter costume. A huge big deal for us, and I’m sure for all fans of Biggs “I’ll save you!” Darklighter. So there will be a really special feel about this three day show. If you just want to come along for a sketch, or to show your support, we would love to see you. This is likely to be one of our few appearances in public this year due to financial and health reasons. Awesome Con DC on Easter Weekend in Washington, DC convention center and has a huge guest list and lots of little guys like ourselves attending too.
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As mentioned, I’m selling lots of precious stuff to raise money to help pay medical bills. I have degenerative disc disease in my neck, and neurological pain in my arms that is at times debilitating and badly impacting my life. I am not yet putting my Star Wars collection up for auction, but if you like Doctor Who, then you need to check out what I’m selling or pass it along. It’d be a huge help to myself and Leanne. Huge.
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I don’t think Declan Mulholland even gets the credit on IMDB, on his page or the Star Wars page. Unbelieveable!
I think that’s because his original appearance was a deleted scene.
I don’t think you could have done this better. I had been thinking it was weird that Declan Jabba suddenly was replaced, and yet if you had just used him, I don’t think it would have felt enough like RotJ to me. The way you did it was perfect.
Not to mention the reference to slug-Jabba being a puppet and the reference to Wizard of Oz. Just great.
That was exactly our thinking. If we had not used Slug Jabba, then the entire Jabba’s Palace sequence would have not felt enough like Return of the Jedi and been a real stretch. It was my hope that this way, we would transition between faithfulness to the original film and our usual meandering BMS tangents. 🙂
And I was so close in my guess. I thought he was IN the puppet.
First comment! I love the nod to Wizard of Oz here, it made me laugh out loud. Almost woke up my roommate xD
oh, this is insanely great!
Nice, I got it as soon as I saw the curtain!
Too bad Greedo (and his cousins) are toast; they would have loved the ruby slippers…
Technically, one of Greedo’s cousins was seen at Jabba’s Palace, namely one Beedo… so the ruby slippers still might make an appearance.
Love love love love… Love.
Excellent reveal! Welcome back Declan!
Artoo’s great in the Toto roll. They both have a lot in common, advancing the plot with their antics despite their inability to speak English.
Will your panel at Awesome Con be on Saturday? I’ll be in the area Friday and Saturday, but I think the funding level I hit on their kickstarter thing’s only good for one day.
Friday is a half day / preview night sort of deal, from what I understand. Saturday is the big day in terms of events and the Star Wars panel. We hope you can make it!
Pay no attention to the Hutt behind the curtain.
Oh, this will be a cool twist of events! 😀
Brilliantly done.
Heh, so that’s what you meant when we asked about Declan :p
Also, sorry about your neck/spine thingy. At least it isn’t cancer. Right?
A family friend, whom I’ve even worked for got cancer and they can’t surgically remove it, due to it’s position near a blood vessel or something, but the treatments seems to work at shrinking it, and she’s taking it all in high spirits. I pray for her every evening/night. I’ll be taking a look at your Dr. Who stuff. I’m slooooowly trying to work my way through the originals, altough I haven’t come farther than The Aztecs (1st Doctor).
Here’s to hoping it won’t go so far as to having to sell your SW collection. From what I understand, US insurances are more costly than in Scandinavia, due to having to rely on several private insurance companies rather than a single stately Insurance Company, the way we do. Or something. I’m not well versed in how those supposed changes have gone since Obama and the democrats took office, or whatnot.
Also, I just LOVE your Leia’s surprised face combo of BMS big-eyes and drooping cigarette. Priceless 😀
Brilliant tying together of the Jabba paradox. So interested to see where this takes us now.
Oh god, I laughed so hard at this! I love how you’re able to surprise us like this. 🙂
Great, now I am stuck with a horrible question…what happens to the frog things Jabba the Puppet eats?
Think of the poor actor in the actual costume during the movie. Yeah, that’s right… stuff that green slimy frog into Jabba the puppet’s “mouth”! 😉