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Rotta

Biographical information

Homeworld

Tatooine^[1]

Born

32 BBY^[1]^[2]

Descriptive information

Species

Hutt^[3]

Gender

Male^[4]

Pronouns

He/him^[4]

Height

0.43meters^[1]

Eye color

Orange^[3]

Skin color

Grayish-green

Family information

Family

Desilijic^[3]

Chronological & political information

Affiliation(s)

Jabba Desilijic Tiure's criminal empire(Informally)^[1]

"The most gracious Jabba has one more small condition: he demands you bring back the slime who kidnapped his little…punky muffin."

―TC-70, translatingJabba The Hutt. — 20?cb=20250116042720

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Rotta, nicknamed "Pedunkee Mufkin", translated as "Punky Muffin", by his father and "Stinky" byAhsoka Tano, was aHuttlet born into theDesilijic kajidic around the time of theClone Wars and the offspring ofJabba Desilijic Tiure, grandson ofZorba Desilijic Tiure, great-nephew ofZiro,Jiliac, andPazda, and cousin ofGorga andGrubba Desilijic Aarrpo.

Biography[]

Origins[]

Rotta was born in32 BBY,^[1]^[2] to the well-knownHutt crime lord andkajidii Jabba Desilijic Tiure of theDesilijic clan. Unlike most Huttlets, Rotta did not spend the first fifty years of his life inside his parent'sbrood pouch, as his father Jabba wanted him to directly experiencethe galaxy.^[2]

Clone Wars[]

"I love that Huttlet."

―Ziro, claiming to love his great-nephew — 20?cb=20250116042720

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In22 BBY,^[5] during theClone Wars, aged just 10standard years old, Rotta took part in a pleasure cruise on his father's barge, when his escort skiffs were attacked. With a sole survivor left to share the news with Jabba, the Huttlet was kidnapped byDark Acolyte Asajj Ventress at the direction ofSith Lord Count Dooku, and in cooperation with Rotta's great-uncle,Ziro. Taken aboard theTrident, he was flown to theB'omarr Monastery on the planetTeth. The kidnapping prompted Jabba to make a deal with theGalactic Republic to rescue his son, in turn for free passage through his shipping routes.^[3]^[6]

While being held prisoner on Teth, Rotta became sick, possibly due to his being unaccustomed to the planet's atmosphere. Sometime after his imprisonment, Rotta's cell door was opened and the distressed Huttlet started to wail when he sawJedi Knight Anakin Skywalker and hisPadawan Ahsoka Tano. Before leaving, Ahsoka commented upon Rotta by saying he was "so cute", to which Skywalker replied by saying that Rotta would not be so cute when he grew up.^[3] However, while being taken back to the monastery's front exterior, Ahsoka realized that Rotta was sick and informed her master, prompting Skywalker to call for a backpack to put Rotta in.^[3] However,Separatist reinforcements arrived and attacked thesquad, prompting Rotta and the others to go back inside. WhileRex and theclones stayed at the entrance, Rotta, who was still being carried by Ahsoka, Skywalker, andR2-D2, went deeper into the monastery. They eventually stopped in the throne room; by this time, Rotta was asleep and Ahsoka put him down onto the throne.^[3]

At some point, Rotta woke up and started to crawl under the throne. WhenCaptain Rex, under the influence of Ventress, called for their position, Skywalker went looking for Rotta and dragged him out from under the throne.^[3] Once the group made it to the docking station at the back of the monastery, they were confronted by Ventress and twodroidekas, which prompted R2-D2 to close the door. When Skywalker said that they had run out of options, Rotta wailed, pointing out to the others that there was another docking station with a ship on it. After a duel ended between Ventress — who cut through the door R2-D2 had previously locked — and Tano, Rotta and the others flew to the docking station viacan-cells.^[3] Once at the docking station, Skywalker had R2 carry Rotta, with Ahsoka destroying severalbattle droids andanother droid. R2 then carried Rotta onboard the ship, though once on board, Skywalker continuously tried to help his troops, endangering Rotta's safety, though Ahsoka convinced him not to.^[3]

While heading towardstheir ship, vulture droids chased them and ended up running into the star destroyer's side-docking doors, prompting Rotta to wail. With the group unable to take Rotta to a med station onboard the frigate, they had to take the ship toTatooine.^[3] However, as Rotta's condition worsened, Tano had to go in back to look for medical supplies, and while she was gone, Anakin reassured Rotta that they would get him to his father alive, showing that he was developing a begrudging fondness for the Huttlet. With the assistance of ahologram of amedical droid, Tano was able to successfully treat Rotta's illness,^[3] though the medication caused him to burp.

Padme talks to Jabba — Rotta, with hisfather, listening toSenator Padmé Amidala's negotiations.

During the trip through Hyperspace, Rotta eventually fell asleep but was eventually woken up during a dogfight between the Jedi and severalIG-100 MagnaGuards. TheTwilight was eventually shot down in Tatooine's orbit by enemy forces. Once they crashed, Anakin took Rotta and carried him on his back and started to walk across the treacherousDune Sea.^[3] At some point, Rotta seemed to sense thedark side approaching, and hid inside Anakin's pack. To keep Rotta safe, Skywalker had his pack filled with rocks to distract Count Dooku while Tano and R2-D2 took Rotta to his father. When Magna Guards stood in their way, Tano defeated them. Ahsoka and Rotta eventually made their way tohis father's palace, but just as Jabba was about to have Skywalker killed, thinking theJedi had killed his son, Tano arrived with the lost Rotta. Jabba was overjoyed by the safety of his son and Ahsoka handed Rotta over to him after he woke up.^[3] However, once Jabba was about to have Rotta's saviors executed, he closed his eyes, but Rotta's great-uncle Ziro Desilijic Tiure called for Jabba. Instead of Ziro appearing,Senator Padmé Amidala appeared and brought proof that Ziro orchestrated the kidnapping. Jabba was then willing to sign the Republic's treaty, but not before settling a score with Ziro first.^[3]

Ayear later, whenNotluwiski Papanoida arrived at Jabba's Palace searching for his daughters, Rotta was also present with his father. After the Baron's arrival, Rotta started to play with a bug and beat it to death on Jabba's tail, prompting Jabba to tell Rotta to stop. The Baron appealed to Jabba's sense of fatherhood, asking him to help him find his own missing daughters. Jabba looked to his son, smiled, and relented, allowing Papanoida to present evidence against thebounty hunter,Greedo, and take the Rodian with him afterward.^[7]

In20 BBY,^[8] Jabba heard of the activities of theShadow Collective and sent Rotta away from his palace beforeDarth Maul and his criminal army arrived.^[9]

Post-war[]

In4 ABY,Zorba Desilijic Tiure, Rotta's grandfather, produced Jabba'sWill, which claimed that he did not have any children to run hiscriminal empire, and therefore Zorba was to inherit it.^[10] The Hutt courts later declared Jabba's "Will" a forgery.^[11]

Personality and traits[]

Born as a Hutt into the wealthy Desilijic kajidic, Rotta appeared to often be pampered by his father, the successful crimelord Kajidii Jabba Desilijic Tiure, as demonstrated when Rotta was on a cruise by himself with two skiff escorts.^[3] Rotta appeared to often be scared at some points, though had good reasons to be too. Even though Rotta was young, he was able to solve problems easily when others could not, as was shown when Ahsoka and Anakin could not solve the problem of being trapped by Ventress, but Rotta could.^[3] Rotta also appeared to be very cheerful and easily amused, for example, when Anakin had his "we're in trouble look", Rotta and Ahsoka were amused when Tano said that they couldn't miss it.^[3]

Rotta had grayish-green colored skin, with orange-brown eyes. Rotta was also small, with 0.43 meters as his height.

Behind the scenes[]

Rotta's name was first found on aLEGO Preliminary Image of anAT-TE set to be released under theClone Wars TV series line. Further leaked information, including his LEGO pic, pointed to him being a young, or diminutive Hutt, and even beingJabba's son, or another close relative. A Clone Wars action figure card confirmed him as the son of Jabba.

InStar Wars Galaxies, a backpack was sold during the 2009Galactic Moon Festival resembling a plush Rotta in the GAR backpack. However, the Republic symbol is replaced with the glowing moon and bat of the Galactic Moon Festival.