Tales from Jabba's Palace

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Tales from Jabba's Palace, is an anthology of short stories about the minor characters seen in Jabba's Palace in Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi.

It is the second in a thematic series about minor characters from the original trilogy, all edited by Kevin J. Anderson, with cover art by Stephen Youll.

1. Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina. Bantam Spectra paperback (1995-08-01). ISBN 0-553-56468-4.
2. Tales from Jabba's Palace. Bantam Spectra paperback (1996-01-01). ISBN 0-553-56815-9.
3. Tales of the Bounty Hunters. Bantam Spectra paperback (1996-12-01). ISBN 0-553-56816-7.

The final two books in the Tales series, Tales from the Empire and Tales from the New Republic, feature different editors and cover artists, and involve some EU characters.

[edit] Back-cover blurb

In the dusty heat of twin-sunned Tatooine lives the wealthiest gangster in a hundred worlds, master of a vast crime empire and keeper of a viscous, flesh-eating monster for entertainment (and disposal of his enemies). Bloated and sinister, Jabba the Hutt might have made a good joke—if he weren’t so dangerous. A cast of soldiers, spies, assassins, scoundrels, bounty hunters, and pleasure seekers have come to his palace, and every visitor to Jabba’s grand abode has a story. Some of them may even live to tell it.…

Featuring original stories by…

[edit] Contents

Title	Author(s)	Character(s)
Introduction	Kevin J. Anderson
A Boy and His Monster: The Rancor Keeper's Tale	Kevin J. Anderson	Malakili and Jabba's rancor
Taster's Choice: The Tale of Jabba's Chef	Barbara Hambly	Porcellus
That's Entertainment: The Tale of Salacious Crumb	Esther M. Friesner	Salacious Crumb and Melvosh Bloor
A Time to Mourn, a Time to Dance: Oola's Tale	Kathy Tyers	Oola
Let Us Prey: The Whiphid's Tale	Marina Fitch and Mark Budz	J'Quille
Sleight of Hand: The Tale of Mara Jade	Timothy Zahn	Mara Jade
And Then There Were Some: The Gamorrean Guard's Tale	William F. Wu	Gartogg
Old Friends: Ephant Mon's Tale	Kenneth C. Flint	Ephant Mon
Goatgrass: The Tale of Ree-Yees	Deborah Wheeler	Ree-Yees
And the Band Played On: The Band's Tale	John Gregory Betancourt	Max Rebo, Sy Snootles, Droopy McCool
Of the Day's Annoyances: Bib Fortuna's Tale	M. Shayne Bell	Bib Fortuna
The Great God Quay: The Tale of Barada and the Weequays	George Alec Effinger	Barada and the Weequays
A Bad Feeling: The Tale of EV-9D9	Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens	EV-9D9
A Free Quarren in the Palace: Tessek's Tale	Dave Wolverton	Tessek
Tongue-tied: Bubo's Tale	Daryl F. Mallett	Bubo
Out of the Closet: The Assassin's Tale	Jennifer Roberson	Dannik Jerriko
Shaara and the Sarlacc: The Skiff Guard's Tale	Dan'l Danehy-Oakes	Shaara and the skiff guard
A Barve Like That: The Tale of Boba Fett	J.D. Montgomery	Boba Fett
Skin Deep: The Fat Dancer's Tale	A. C. Crispin	Yarna D'al Gargan and Doallyn
Epilogue: Whatever Became Of...?	Kevin J. Anderson	many of the above
About the Authors	Kevin J. Anderson

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Full cover art

German - Palast der dunklen Sonnen

Polish - Opowieści z Pałacu Jabby

Russian - Байки из Дворца Джаббы Хатта

Tales Books Series

Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina Tales of the Bounty Hunters Tales from the Empire Tales from Jabba's Palace Tales from the New Republic