Jabba at home
"If I told you half the things I've heard about this Jabba the Hutt, you'd probably short-circuit."
C3PO to R2D2
In real life I am known as Toby Philpott and I spent 33 years as a self-employed performer (comedy juggler) and teacher (circus).
Although I played many parts, I seem to remain most famous for performing as 'half' of Jabba the Hutt in Return of the Jedi (before he turned into a cgi hologram, and when he was still really slimy and blubbery).
Dave Barclay was given the job of Chief Puppeteer and got me hired as co-pilot.
For some of the stories, try this Vimeo sequence (20 mins)
I chatted to Jamie Benning (the filmumentary man) on Skype, and he then compiled all the behind the scenes material to illustrate what we were up to Inside Jabba, which you can see here:
EXTERNAL LINKS
Mighty Jabba's amazing theme based collection of Jabba toys, artwork, etc
Life size Origami Jabba at Celebration Three
Low budget homemade Jabba that moves
Jabba at Celebration Europe (with crew)
Static Jabba with Elvis Trooper at C4 in LA
Video - in a Japanese Bar - with rat puppet
Other jobs and pastimes
Language 'Is' A Virus - my blog
Only Maybe - a Maybe Logic blog
Any images may well be copyright LucasFilm Ltd - although the cartoons, etc. were found unattributed on the web