Beedo

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"Look, Jabba, next time you want to talk to me, come see me yourself. Don't send one of these twerps."

―Han Solo — 20?cb=20250116042720

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Beedo was a Rodian who was under Jabba Desilijic Tiure's employ on Tatooine. Shortly before the Battle of Yavin, Beedo accompanied Jabba to Docking Bay 94 in Mos Eisley and was near the Millennium Falcon as Jabba and the smuggler Han Solo conversed.

The Rodian was then present in Jabba's Palace in 4 ABY when a group of Solo's comrades tried to rescue Solo, who had been frozen in carbonite and displayed as a decoration in the Hutt's throne room. After Beedo witnessed the Jedi Luke Skywalker slay Jabba's pet rancor Pateesa, the crime lord ordered that the prisoners be executed at the Great Pit of Carkoon; however, Solo and his allies managed to ultimately kill Jabba and escape.

Biography

Hunt for Solo

"Blast!"
"How many?"

―Senni and Brea Tonnika abandon their plan after seeing Beedo and his companions — 20?cb=20250116042720

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Beedo (second from left) accompanied Jabba to Docking Bay 94.

A mysterious Rodian^[5] from the planet Rodia,^[1] Beedo was a figure of which little was known,^[5] although he was rumored to work as a bounty hunter for the Hutt crime lord Jabba Desilijic Tiure^[2] during the reign of the Galactic Empire.^[3] In 0 BBY,^[6] Beedo accompanied^[7] two other Rodians,^[3] the bounty hunter Boba Fett,^[2] three other humans^[3] including Ront Byrnloo,^[8] and Jabba to Docking Bay 94 in Mos Eisley spaceport on the planet Tatooine in search of the smuggler Han Solo. Solo had dumped a shipment of spice belonging to Jabba, which caused the Hutt to place a bounty on him. The group found no sign of Solo himself, but did discover his freighter, the Millennium Falcon.^[3]

As they poked around beneath the Falcon, the sisters Brea and Senni Tonnika sneaked in the back of the docking bay intending to steal the Falcon. Hpowever, upon seeing Beedo and the other thugs with Jabba, the pair abandoned their plan and left to look for a different starship.^[4] Solo then arrived in the docking bay, having just killed^[3] Beedo's cousin,^[2] Greedo, another bounty hunter in Jabba's employ. Solo greeted Jabba, causing the thugs to spin and aim their blasters at the smuggler, but he soon managed to work out a deal with the Hutt based on a new job he had just taken, so the crime lord called off Beedo and his comrades and they left the docking bay alongside their employer.^[3]

At the palace

Four years later,^[9] Beedo was one of two Rodians present in Jabba's Palace when the droids C-3PO and R2-D2 arrived bearing a message from the Jedi Knight Luke Skywalker. As the pair entered the Hutt's throne room, both Rodians were stood to the left of the door interacting with a control panel. When R2-D2 then projected the holographic form of Skywalker, Beedo turned to listen to the Jedi's message. Skywalker asked that Jabba considered freeing Solo, who had failed to repay Jabba for the lost spice and been frozen in carbonite for display in the Hutt's throne room. When the message ended, Jabba announced he would keep Solo where he was, earning laughter from the court.^[10]

Beedo later stood in the doorway of the throne room and danced alongside a Jawa as the^[10] Max Rebo Band^[11] performed the song Jedi Rocks for the court. When the song ended, the crime lord demanded the band play an encore; however, the second performance abruptly ended when the Twi'lek dancer Oola refused Jabba's advances and so was dropped into a pit beneath the throne room to be eaten by^[10] Pateesa,^[11] the Hutt's pet rancor. Beedo and the Jawa wereamong the court members who rushed forward to watch^[10] her^[11] demise, but afterwards turned in surprise as the sound of blaster fire came from outside the room.^[10]

Trouble arrives

Princess Leia Organa,^[10] disguised as the bounty hunter Boushh,^[11] then entered the courtroom leading the Wookiee Chewbacca in chains. Beedo and the Jawa returned to the entryway and watched as Jabba and "Boushh" negotiated over a bounty that the Hutt had placed on Chewbacca. However, Organa was unsatisfied with the amount the crime lord was offering and produced a thermal detonator in order to threaten him into paying more. As many courtiers cowered in fear, Jabba laughed and offered the princess a compromise that satisfied her. Beedo, who had retreated further back into the entryway, then watched as Chewbacca was dragged away.^[10]

Luke Skywalker threatened Jabba in front of Beedo and the rest of the court.

That night Organa snuck back into the room to free Solo. She succeeded in freeing him from the carbonite, but the pair were caught by Jabba, who had laid in wait in order to catch Organa in the act. After Skywalker arrived to free his friends, Beedo stood near.^[10] the Ishi Tib Shasa Tiel^[2] in a crowd that gathered around the Jedi in the throne room as he made demands of Jabba. When Skywalker threatened the Hutt with a blaster, Beedo and Tiel retreated to the throne room's entryway before Jabba dropped Skywalker and^[10] the Gamorrean Jubnuk^[12] into the rancor pit.^[10]

As Jabba and the court watched, Pateesa consumed Jubnuk before being slain by Skywalker. Outraged, Jabba ordered Skywalker, Solo and Chewbacca be brought before him, and Beedo stood near the stairs leading to the palace's prison as the prisoners were brought up. The Hutt decreed that the trio would be taken to the Great Pit of Carkoon and fed to the sarlacc there as an alternate means of execution. Jabba and many of his courtiers then traveled to the pit to witness the execution, but Skywalker and his comrades managed to escape and kill Jabba in the process.^[10]

Personality and traits

Beedo was a mysterious Rodian of unclear motives. In addition to having black eyes, he had a green, scaly skin and the reptilian antennae^[5] typical of his species.^[10] Even though he was able to maintain a secretive persona, his skin and antennae served to make him stand out amongst Jabba's court. Rather than join in the musical celebrations^[5] held before Jabba's throne^[10] and above the rancor pit, Beedo preferred to relax on the stairway.^[5]

Equipment

Beedo made use of a DT-12 heavy blaster pistol.^[5]

Behind the scenes

"Greedo, by far, is the most infamous of all Rodians, but he wasn't the only one of his kind working for Jabba. There's Beedo, the docking bay Rodian who is coincidentally wearing an identical green jumpsuit, a popular Rodian fashion choice for sure… well, unless you're Greeata."

―The narrator in The Star Wars Show^[13]

The character that would eventually be identified as Beedo first appeared in the 1977 original trilogy film Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, in which three identically costumed Rodians appear^[3] in a scene filmed between Friday, April 9, and Thursday, April 22, 1976, on stage 3 at Elstree Studios.^[14] The scene was cut from the original 1977 release, but later included as part of the Special Edition re-release of the film in 1997.^[3]

Marolyn Turk then portrayed Beedo^[15] in the 1983 original trilogy film Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi.^[10] The Jabba's throne room scenes were filmed over three weeks on Stage 8 at Elstree Studios between January 25 and February 11, 1982.^[16] The character's costume re-used a jacket worn by the female rebel personnel in Echo Base in the 1980 original trilogy film Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back,^[17] one of who Turk also portrayed. Due to how hot the costumes were, the actors were cooled with hair dryers inserted through the masks' mouthes, but according to Turk this resulted in everyone becoming ill with sore throats and colds and so the practice was stopped.^[18]

In the current Star Wars canon, the name Beedo was first used in "Much to Learn You Still Have: 9 Things You Might Not Know About Rodians," a StarWars.com article written by Dana Jennings and published on July 29, 2016. The article only covered the Rodian appearing in Return of the Jedi^[17] who was first identified as such in the Star Wars Legends continuity on a card in the 1983 Topps Star Wars: Return of the Jedi Series 1 set of cards released by Topps in 1983.^[19] The one hundred and first episode of The Star Wars Show video series, released on June 27, 2018, then identified the A New Hope Rodian as also being Beedo,^[13] a connection that was not made in Legends.^[19]