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Yarna d'al' Gargan

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Yarna d'al' Gargan

Biographical information

Homeworld

Askaj^[1]

Descriptive information

Species

Askajian^[1]

Gender

Female^[1]

Pronouns

She/her^[1]

Height

1.5meters^[2](5ft, 11 in)^[3]

Hair color

Dark brown^[1]

Eye color

Green^[4]

Skin color

Tan-red

Family information

Partner(s)

Nautag d'al' Gargan^[4]

Children

Chronological & political information

Affiliation(s)

Jabba Desilijic Tiure's criminal empire^[5]

Yarna d'al' Gargan was a longtimeAskajian dancer fromAskaj atJabba's Palace. She was present during the presentation of theMax Rebo Band.

Biography[]

Early life[]

Yarna d'al' Gargan was afemale Askajian who had afamily on herhomeworld,Askaj. Herfather was a tribalchief and herhusband wasNautag d'al' Gargan. Yarna and Nautag had many children together. While raising her cubs with Nautag they were taken asslaves toTatooine, and were then bought byJabba Desilijic Tiure.^[3]

On Tatooine[]

Nautag was killed byJabba's rancor while trying to defend them and her cublings were removed toJabba's town house.^[3] Although she detested her boss and enslaver, she was nonetheless close friends with some of the various patrons of thepalace.

In4 ABY, asC-3PO andR2-D2 were brought before Jabba, Yarna flirted with a balding Human male. She later performed a dance withOola prior to the Twi'lek's demise.^[5]

Later life[]

Yarna decided to honor two of the beings responsible for her freedom by naming her two daughtersLuka andLeia afterLuke Skywalker and Leia Organa; she named her sonNautag after his late father.^[4]

After escaping Jabba's palace and rescuing her cubs with the assistance ofDoallyn, they became traders in jewels and textiles. She occasionally danced to earn extracredits and performed theDance of the Seventy Violet Veils at thewedding ofHan Solo andLeia Organa. At the event, she was spotted by alingerie designer and became the model for his jeweled brassieres, with Doallyn managing her modeling career. Yarna's children became ajizz swing band, and together they touredthe galaxy.^[6]

Personality and traits[]

Her beauty was often hidden by the wart makeup Jabba forced her to wear, saying that it reminded him of his mother^[3] and sole parent,Zorba Desilijic Tiure.^[1] The normally slender woman was made to store as muchwater as possible in order to increase her girth, thus furthering the resemblance to aHutt^[3]—weight she would eventually lose again after Jabba'sdeath.

Behind the scenes[]

"Somewhere along the way, in one of those conversations that was beer-induced, we said, 'Oh, and she has six breasts!' And somehow it was appropriate for Jabba's palace."

―Costume designerNilo Rodis-Jamero^[7]

Yarna d'al' Gargan was portrayed by the lateClaire Davenport inReturn of the Jedi. DirectorRichard Marquand cast her after having worked with her inBirth of the Beatles (1979), a biopic aboutThe Beatles that Marquand also directed, in which Davenport played a nude model. Marquand said "I selected the fat lady, because I think fat ladies are wonderful." Marquand said she pictured the character as a quasi-daughter to Jabba the Hutt, adding: "In my mind, she is Jabba's daughter."^[8] During production ofReturn of the Jedi, her character was known as Wiebba-wiebba.^[9]Pablo Hidalgo detailed this revelation on The Official Star Wars Blog in2013.Leland Chee had however previously identified "Weeba Weeba" as the human Rancor keeper who wears apparel resembling that ofNizuc Bek andVelken Tezeri but is not conclusively one or the other.^[10]

Kenner considered selling an action figure of Gargan for theirStar Wars: The Power of the Force toy line. According toStar Wars Insider 92, the figure made to an intermediate prototype stage beforeLucasfilm put a stop to the idea, apparently considering the character unseemly for a children's toy.^[11] She eventually did receive an action figure fromHasbro in2008, but it did not sell well.