E chu ta

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"We spared your life after you tried to take mine. And you curse me?"
―Boba Fett, to a Night Wind assassin[1]

E chu ta was a rude Huttese phrase[2] used to curse someone.[1]

History

"E chu ta!"
"How rude!"
―E-3PO and C-3PO[3]

In 3 ABY, C-3PO encountered fellow protocol droid E-3PO while at Cloud City on Bespin. The former commented how he found it nice to see a "familiar face", only for the latter to respond with "e chu ta" and walk away, to which C-3PO exclaimed was rude.[3]

Behind the scenes

The phrase "e chu ta" was created by sound designer Ben Burtt as a Huttese expletive for the 1980 original trilogy film, Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back. In the Star Wars Legends continuity reference book Galactic Phrase Book & Travel Guide, Burrt noted that it is not really appropriate to translate.[4] The canon junior novel The Empire Strikes Back: So You Want to Be a Jedi?, an adaptation of The Empire Strikes Back wherein the narrator speaks directly to the reader, states that "It is absolutely not appropriate to translate. Maybe when you're older."[2]

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Book of Boba Fett logo Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett — "Chapter 2: The Tribes of Tatooine"
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Empire Strikes Back: So You Want to Be a Jedi?
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back
  4. ↑ Galactic Phrase Book & Travel Guide
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