<sod>Jabba the Hutt was played by [[Declan Mulholland]] in scenes cut from the 1977 release of ''[[Star Wars (film)|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<ref>[http://davebarclay.com/ David Alan Barclay]</ref> and voiced by [[Larry Ward (voice actor)|Larry Ward]]. Jabba is played by an uncredited voice-actor in the 1997 special edition of "Star Wars IV", and in ''[[Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace|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 Nintendo]] video game version of ''[[Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi|Return of the Jedi]]''. In [[Star Wars (radio)|the radio drama adaption]] of the original trilogy, Jabba is played by [[Ed Asner]]. In the film ''[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars (film)|Star Wars: The Clone Wars]]'' and the following [[Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)|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.<eod>
<sod>Jabba the Hutt was played by [[Declan Mulholland]] in scenes cut from the 1977 release of ''[[Star Wars (film)|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<ref>[http://davebarclay.com/ David Alan Barclay]</ref> and voiced by [[Larry Ward (voice actor)|Larry Ward]]. Jabba is played by an uncredited voice-actor in the 1997 special edition of "Star Wars IV", and in ''[[Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace|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 Nintendo Entertainment System|Super NES]] video game adaptation of ''[[Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi|Return of the Jedi]]''. In [[Star Wars (radio)|the radio drama adaption]] of the original trilogy, Jabba is played by [[Ed Asner]]. In the film ''[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars (film)|Star Wars: The Clone Wars]]'' and the following [[Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)|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.<eod>