Star Wars: Jabba the Hutt: Art of the Deal (Star Wars (Dark Horse)) | 
 enlarge | Author: Jim Woodring
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics,U.S.
Category: Book
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 623943
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Young Adult
Pages: 104
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 9.9 x 6.5 x 0.3
ISBN: 1569713103
EAN: 9781569713105
ASIN: 1569713103
Publication Date: June 3, 1998
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Nothing special. September 30, 2004
Ian Tapley
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
THE STORY:
Or rather, the four stories. In 'The Gaar Suppoon Hit' Jabba and his friend/enemy Gaar Suppoon vie for advantage over one another. 'The Hunger Of Princess Nampi' features Jabba and his minions being captured by a creature more repulsive than even the Hutt himself. In 'The Dynasty Trap' Jabba becomes the prisoner of an insane family who are all plotting to kill one another. Finally, 'Betrayal' features Bib Fortuna's attempt to overthrow his Hutt master, with results somewhat different to those he expected.WHAT'S GOOD:
This book is gleefully disgusting (amongst other things Jabba squishes people, makes them explode in the vacuum of space and eats a young woman alive!) and revels in the childish pleasure of that fact. Surprisingly, it's also good fun to see the wily Hutt come out on top each time, perhaps owing to the fact that his enemies are even more vile than he is. WHAT'S BAD:
In general this book is somewhat pointless and trivialises Jabba's ruthless nature.
Worth a look! January 20, 1999
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Although the cartoonish look (very reminiscent of the Star Wars Early Adventures by the same artist who created Magnus-Robot Warrior (I forget his name!)) is off-putting at first, the bizarre humour as well as the portrayal of Jabba as sort of an intergalactic Sydney Greenstreet (think "Maltese Falcon" and "Casablanca") make this collection quite amusing, if not outstanding.
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