Sleemo

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"The cyborg may have been a sleemo before, but he was our sleemo."

―Bossk, about Beilert Valance^[1]

Sleemo was a Huttese insult.

Description

«Don't count on it, slime ball.»

―A translation using "sleemo"^[2]

Sleemo was a curse in Huttese,^[3] which translated to Basic as "slime ball."^[2] It was most popular in the Outer Rim.^[4]

History

High Republic Era

In c. 233 BBY,^[5] Chigg and his crew traveled to the planet Galjaero to acquire an exotic fruit, but their ship got stuck in mud. As the crew were unloading crates from the starship, a Chagrian crew member was overheard saying to a Kyuzo colleague, "All right, sleemo. Boss said he wanted all of these off the ship." After a trio of Jedi Initiates who had heard their distress signal invited them all to join them on Starlight Beacon, Chigg addressed the rest of the crew, saying, "You hear that, sleemos? We're going to Starlight Beacon!"^[6]

As Dahara reviewed plans with five of her enforcers^[7] in 228 BBY,^[8] one of them, Filly, expressed, in a raspy, backwater accent, her wish to eliminate "the sleemo Tempest Runner" who had tortured and killed Myarga the Merciless. Meanwhile, during the mission on Palagosal, Republic Defense Coalition ensign Welga referred to Marchion Ro's Nihil marauders as "sleemo." During the same mission, Zenny Greylark told Churo the Hutt that she would prefer to trust those pursuing them over a Hutt. She also voiced her frustration about the situation, as there always seemed to be a planet at war or some "sleemo in a gas mask" terrorizing civilians. At the same time, Republic Defense Coalition pilot Lexi Greylark blasted at the "Nihil sleemos" from her post.^[7]

That same year,^[9] Nihil member Pagunt attempted to contact the Grim Devourer II after the pirate starship entered the Valo system, but was scolded by the Zabrak pirate Zyle Keem, who was fed up with having to deal with Nihil. When Pagunt warned the crew that they were about to be boarded, the angry Zabrak reminded Pagunt that they were pirates, yelling "You don't board us, sleemo!! We board you!!"^[10]

Twilight of the Republic

Around 33 BBY,^[11] on the^[12] moon^[13] Nar Shaddaa,^[12] human^[14] bounty hunter Jango Fett inquired with a Lannik if they knew the thief that stole the Hope of Glee Anselm. After Fett subdued a k'lor'slug that the Lannik had beset upon him, the Lannik confessed to being ignorant of the thief's identity. As the bounty hunter attempted to leave, the Lannik threatened him. Fett responded by calling the Lannik a "sleemo" for starving the k'lor'slug and removed the shock collar from her.^[12]

In 32 BBY,^[15] as Tatooine native human Anakin Skywalker, in preparation for the Boonta Eve Classic, adjusted his podracer, Dug rival Sebulba taunted the young boy. Skywalker remained steadfast and insulted the Dug using "sleemo," while Sebulba retaliated by calling Skywalker "bantha poodoo."^[16]

Fall of the Republic

In 22 BBY,^[15] Fett hired the Clawdite bounty hunter Zam Wesell to assassinate Padmé Amidala. After failing to kill Amidala in her apartments on the^[17] planet^[16] Coruscant, Wesell was chased through Galactic City by human Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi and his Padawan Anakin Skywalker. After the Jedi captured Wesell, Fett killed her with a poisoned saberdart.^[17] In her dying breath, she cursed Fett^[3] using "sleemo."^[17]

Later that year,^[15] Jabba the Hutt was deceived into believing that Skywalker, now a Jedi Knight, was coming to his palace to kill him, leading the Hutt to label Skywalker as "Jedi sleemo."^[18]

The following year,^[15] Kenobi and Skywalker captured the Faust Doctor Nuvo Vindi, preventing him from releasing the Blue Shadow Virus. Skywalker proposed that they return "this sleemo" to Theed, and the two set off for Naboo with their captive.^[19]

Later that year,^[15] the bounty hunter Cad Bane boasted about his triumph over the captive Padawan Ahsoka Tano. In response, Tano retorted, "Enjoy this while you can, sleemo," warning him that the burning frigate was on the verge of destroying them both.^[20]

During the attempted kidnapping of Roo-Roo Page^[21] in 21 BBY,^[15] Bane snuck into Page's room in Jan-gwa city, only to find Tano waiting for him, warning him, "Don't move, sleemo!"^[21]

Also that year,^[15] Ion Papanoida hunted down the Rodian bounty hunter Greedo, who was responsible for the kidnapping of Papanoida's sisters, and told the Rodian, "All right, sleemo, no tricks!"^[22]

Imperial Era

As Moggee hurried through a bustling marketplace in an attempt to evade IG-88, an alien called out, "Hey, watch it, sleemo!"^[23]

In 3 BBY,^[15] the Spectres participated in a mission to investigate an Imperial construction module above Geonosis. After the Ghost managed to escape into space, Ezra Bridger ordered Chopper to track Garazeb Orrelios' trajectory. When the astromech droid grumbled, Bridger slammed his metal head and told Chopper not to be a "sleemo."^[24]

The following year,^[15] the Spectres joined forces with the pirate Hondo Ohnaka and the crime lord Azmorigan in a mission to loot an Imperial cargo ship. Upon boarding the rebels' ship Ghost, Azmorigan received a cold reception from the Spectres, particularly Hera Syndulla, who remembered him as the "sack of bantha fodder" who tried to buy her from "that sleemo" Lando Calrissian and make her his servant. Azmorigan responded that she was the feisty one who had hit him with a tray and claimed that he still technically "owned" her.^[25]