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Klaatu

Biographical information
Homeworld	Kintan
Died	4 ABY
Physical description
Species	Kadas'sa'Nikto
Gender	Male
Hair color	None
Eye color	Black
Chronological and political information
Era(s)	Rebellion era
Affiliation	Jabba Desilijic Tiure's Criminal Empire

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Klaatu was one of several Kadas'sa'Nikto who served Jabba the Hutt. He was Barada's main assistant, in charge of repairing the skiffs.

Klaatu was noted as a gambler, and would try his best to make his way to Jabba's throne room to view executions by Jabba's rancor.

1 Biography
2 Behind the scenes
3 Appearances
4 Sources
5 External links
6 Notes and references
- 6.1 In other languages

BiographyEdit

Klaatu was essentially an indentured servant at Jabba's Palace, working off a large gambling debt to the Hutt, but he was secretly plotting to kill Jabba. During the Battle of the Great Pit of Carkoon, he was on the deck of Jabba's sail barge when Luke Skywalker reached the place. The Jedi approached him and cut in half his weapon, and then Klaatu fled to the inside of the sail barge with another guard, most likely dying in the explosion.

Behind the scenesEdit

"The Green Nikto seen in Jabba's palace was called Klaatu, though Wooof was one of the production names used for this character."

―Leland Chee^[[src]]

^[1]

According to Leland Chee, Klaatu is the Kadas'sa'Nikto in the Throne Room, but he has already been named Wooof (an original production name) by Decipher. However, on July 6, 2011, Chee admitted that to be a mistake in his Keeper of the Holocron blog on Facebook.com, and that Wooof and Klaatu were separate characters. ^[2]

The "Klaatu (Palace)" action figure made by Kenner in 1983 was based on Wooof. However, in the same year Kenner also produced a "Klaatu (in Skiff Guard Outfit)" action figure which was based on the actual Klaatu. The two characters are in fact different. Hasbro's 1999 "Klaatu" figure included in the Jabba's Skiff Guards set was also based on Klaatu.

Klaatu was given an entry in 2008's The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, which showed him as the character previously erroneously identified as Yotts Orren on the Khetanna.

Klaatu was named for Klaatu barada nikto, a phrase from the 1951 film The Day The Earth Stood Still. "Klaatu" is the name of the humanoid alien protagonist in the film.