# Bib Fortuna
**Bib Fortuna** is a fictional character in the [Star Wars](https://www.edgepedia.org/star-wars) franchise, a Twi'lek majordomo who served the crime lord [Jabba the Hutt](https://www.edgepedia.org/jabba-the-hutt) for decades as gatekeeper, adviser, and chief of staff on Tatooine.[1](https://www.starwars.com/databank/Bib-Fortuna) He first appears in *Star Wars: Return of the Jedi* (Episode VI), appears briefly in *Star Wars: The Phantom Menace* (Episode I), and returns in the Disney+ series *The Book of Boba Fett*.[1](https://www.starwars.com/databank/Bib-Fortuna) His recorded height is 1.8 m, and his listed locations are Jabba the Hutt's Palace, Ryloth, and Tatooine.[1](https://www.starwars.com/databank/Bib-Fortuna)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Species / height | Twi'lek, 1.8 m tall[1](https://www.starwars.com/databank/Bib-Fortuna) |
| Role | Majordomo, adviser, and gatekeeper to Jabba the Hutt; controlled access to the Hutt for decades[1](https://www.starwars.com/databank/Bib-Fortuna) • [2](https://www.starwars.com/news/jabbas-palace-aliens) |
| Film appearances | Return of the Jedi (Episode VI), The Phantom Menace (Episode I), The Book of Boba Fett[1](https://www.starwars.com/databank/Bib-Fortuna) |
| Languages | Spoke only Huttese in court, though he understood other tongues[1](https://www.starwars.com/databank/Bib-Fortuna) |
| Portrayal | Played by Michael Carter, voiced uncredited by Erik Bauersfeld in Return of the Jedi[3](https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Bib_Fortuna) |
| Fate | Survived Jabba's sail barge explosion, seized power after Jabba's death, and was killed by Boba Fett and Fennec Shand in the Mandalorian season 2 post-credits scene[2](https://www.starwars.com/news/jabbas-palace-aliens) • [4](https://time.com/6130332/book-of-boba-fett-what-to-know/) |
## Role in Jabba's court
Fortuna's duties centered on access. Anyone attempting to do business with Jabba the Hutt first needed to maneuver past him; he met visitors, granted or denied audiences, hovered near Jabba's ear offering advice, and fed his boss information about new arrivals.[1](https://www.starwars.com/databank/Bib-Fortuna) [Smugglers](https://www.edgepedia.org/smugglers), bounty hunters, and contractors for the Hutt all had to bargain with Fortuna for assignments and payment.[2](https://www.starwars.com/news/jabbas-palace-aliens) The position demanded extraordinary patience, dealing with everyone from drunken thugs to haughty emissaries, with Jabba's mercurial moods a particular hazard of the job; his simpler duties included waking Jabba from his frequent naps.[1](https://www.starwars.com/databank/Bib-Fortuna)
His appearance marked his station and his confinement. He has a pronounced head-tail lekku, sharp and pointed teeth, and pale skin attributed to being confined within the dark recesses of the palace at all hours.[2](https://www.starwars.com/news/jabbas-palace-aliens) In the Hutt's court he followed the rules of protocol (such as they were) and spoke only in Huttese, though he understood other languages.[1](https://www.starwars.com/databank/Bib-Fortuna)
## Return of the Jedi
Shortly before the Battle of Endor, Luke Skywalker arrived at the palace to bargain for the life of [Han Solo](https://www.edgepedia.org/han-solo), held frozen in carbonite. Jabba had instructed Fortuna not to admit Skywalker, and the majordomo intercepted him, but Skywalker used a Jedi mind trick to get past Fortuna and confront Jabba; Fortuna obediently led the Jedi into the throne room, where Skywalker's insistence on being allowed to speak, relayed by Fortuna, earned the majordomo a shove off the Hutt's dais.[1](https://www.starwars.com/databank/Bib-Fortuna)
Fortuna accompanied Jabba's sail barge when it transported captives, including Skywalker, Han Solo, and [Chewbacca](https://www.edgepedia.org/chewbacca), to the Great Pit of Carkoon. Though the barge exploded in the rescue that followed, StarWars.com notes that "somehow Fortuna was among the survivors."[2](https://www.starwars.com/news/jabbas-palace-aliens) A widely referenced death tally compiled for the release of *The Force Awakens* instead lists him as dying aboard the barge in Episode VI; his later canonical return supersedes that accounting.[5](https://time.com/4112165/every-star-wars-death/)
## After Jabba: succession and death
After his master's demise, the scheming Fortuna seized power and attempted to control the criminal underworld on Tatooine, running Jabba's former palace and enterprises.[1](https://www.starwars.com/databank/Bib-Fortuna) In the post-credits scene of *The Mandalorian* season 2 finale, [Boba Fett](https://www.edgepedia.org/boba-fett) and [Fennec Shand](https://www.edgepedia.org/fennec-shand) infiltrated the palace, quickly dispatched of Fortuna, and claimed Jabba's throne; *The Book of Boba Fett* (2021) then followed Fett building a crime empire in the vacuum Jabba left behind.[4](https://time.com/6130332/book-of-boba-fett-what-to-know/) • [6](https://time.com/5922943/book-of-boba-fett-mandalorian/)
## Earlier career and family
*The Phantom Menace*, set decades before the original trilogy, confirms Fortuna had long served Jabba: he accompanied the Hutt to the Boonta Eve podrace at Mos Espa, where his duties included waking the dozing gangster to announce the end of the race.[2](https://www.starwars.com/news/jabbas-palace-aliens) • [1](https://www.starwars.com/databank/Bib-Fortuna)
Fortuna has a documented relative in canon: Beezer Fortuna, notable for his desiccated lekku, a cousin who chose to fight the Empire alongside [Saw Gerrera](https://www.edgepedia.org/saw-gerrera)'s partisans rather than seek profit in its shadows.[7](https://www.starwars.com/databank/beezer-fortuna)
## Behind the scenes
In *Return of the Jedi* the character was played by Michael Carter and voiced, uncredited, by Erik Bauersfeld, who also voiced Admiral Gial Ackbar.[3](https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Bib_Fortuna) In *The Phantom Menace* he was portrayed by Alan Ruscoe.[8](https://www.rpg.korliane.org/Star%20Wars/Revised/books/The%20Completely%20Unofficial%20Star%20Wars%20Encyclopedia.pdf) Early draft scripts of *Return of the Jedi* referred to Bib Fortuna as the "High Beezer of Hoth," a title that lent its name to his cousin Beezer.[9](https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Beezer_Fortuna) His first line in the film, "Die wanna wanga," became one of the character's most recognizable features, and the Huttese greeting has been reused elsewhere in the franchise.[10](https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/star-wars-movies/the-mandalorian-and-grogu-easter-eggs-cameos-star-wars/)
## References
1. [Bib Fortuna, Star Wars Databank, StarWars.com](https://www.starwars.com/databank/Bib-Fortuna)
2. [Jedi at 40 | 11 of the Strangest and Deadliest Denizens of Jabba's Palace, StarWars.com](https://www.starwars.com/news/jabbas-palace-aliens)
3. [Bib Fortuna, Wookieepedia](https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Bib_Fortuna)
4. [Everything You Need to Know Before Watching The Book of Boba Fett, Time](https://time.com/6130332/book-of-boba-fett-what-to-know/)
5. [Here Are the 111 Characters Who've Died in Star Wars, Time](https://time.com/4112165/every-star-wars-death/)
6. [Definitely Stick Around for the Mandalorian Post-Credits Scene, Time](https://time.com/5922943/book-of-boba-fett-mandalorian/)
7. [Beezer Fortuna, Star Wars Databank, StarWars.com](https://www.starwars.com/databank/beezer-fortuna)
8. [The Completely Unofficial Star Wars Encyclopedia](https://www.rpg.korliane.org/Star%20Wars/Revised/books/The%20Completely%20Unofficial%20Star%20Wars%20Encyclopedia.pdf)
9. [Beezer Fortuna, Wookieepedia](https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Beezer_Fortuna)
10. [The Mandalorian and Grogu Easter eggs and cameos, GamesRadar+](https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/star-wars-movies/the-mandalorian-and-grogu-easter-eggs-cameos-star-wars/)
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