Bib Fortuna

"I will take you to Jabba now..."

~ Bib Fortuna to Luke Skywalker, under a Jedi mind trick

Bib Fortuna was a Twi'lek make who served loyally by the side of the greatly feared Jabba the Hutt on Tatooine for many years. He was in control of the day to day runnings of operations at Jabba's Castle and could often be seen by his Master's side. After Jabba's death in the Dune Sea, Fortuna assumed control of what remained of the Hutt's loyal followers and became increasingly greedy until he met his end at the wrong end of Boba Fett's EE-3 Carbine Rifle.

Appearances

 * 1) Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
 * 2) Star Wars Adventures: Return to Vader's Castle (Appears in flashbacks)
 * 3) Galaxy's Edge 2 (Appears in flashbacks)
 * 4) "You Owe Me a Ride" - From a Certain Point of View
 * 5) "Added Muscle" - From a Certain Point of View (mentioned only)
 * 6) Darth Vader 1
 * 7) Star Wars 4
 * 8) Star Wars 34
 * 9) Age of Rebellion - Jabba the Hutt
 * 10) Choose Your Destiny - An Escape Mission
 * 11) "A Rebel Bounty" - Star Wars Adventures Annual 2020
 * 12) Star Wars 2 (2020)
 * 13) "Tales from Wild Space: The Blue Brothers" - Star Wars Adventures 13
 * 14) "Tales from Wild Space: Majordomo, Major Problems" - Star Wars Adventures 23
 * 15) "The Lost Stories, Part 3" - Star Wars Adventures 32
 * 16) Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi
 * 17) Star Wars: The Mandalorian - Chapter 16: "The Rescue"

The Story of Bib Fortuna
Bib Fortuna came to Tatooine from Ryloth, the homeworld of his Twi'lek species. On his homeworld of Ryloth Fortuna said to have at least on cousin called Beezer. It is unknown if this was his only family beyond Tatooine. He came to Jabba's Palace competing with, Bidlo Kwerve for the role of the Hutt crimelords Majordomo. In order to impress Jabba, Fortuna gifted him with a new pet rancor called Pateesa as a birthday present. Having impressed the crimelord Bib was afforded a place by his side, while the competition found himself becoming a meal for the rancor.

 The Boonta Eve Podrace  Fortuna was in the service of Jabba for many years and followed him to many social events, often in charge of making them go smoothly for Jabba. In the year of 32 BBY, just before the first Galactic Civil War erupted, Jabba and Bib stood atop a balcony overlooking the Boonta Eve podrace for that year. As Fode and Beed announced the presence of Jabba to the crowd, Bib walked beside his master onto the balcony. He remained at Jabba's side throughout the race. Bib was one of many that day to see a rare defeat of Sebulba, and the victory of Anakin Skywalker, a human boy. Jabba was displeased at the loss of Sebulba, and therefore Bib Fortuna echoed his masters feelings towards that years race.

 Greedo's Failure 

In the year 0 BBY, one of Jabba's less favorable bounty hunters, Greedo, failed to steal a cyborg from the Muun security on Mygeeto. Greedo had however successfully stolen the old lightsaber of Jedi Master Ki-Adi Mundi and had brought it into Jabba's Palace. Bib Fortuna was still at his side and was a witness to Greedo's failure and the lightsaber, which Jabba deemed worthless. Just before Jabba fed Greedo to Pateesa an Ithorian collector of antiquities from Batuu called Dok-Ondar saved his life by offering to purchase the lightsaber from Jabba, making it a worthwhile grab, hence saving Greedo's life. This was futile however considering days later Greedo was shot and killed by Han Solo on his subsequent job.

 A Visit From Vader 

Not long after the destruction of the first Death Star, the Dark Lord Darth Vader visited Jabba's castle on Tatooine in order to get himself two of Jabba's best Bounty Hunters. Fortuna witnessed The Dark Lord murder the two Gamorrean Guards at the entrance, before going up himself to try and stop Vader from moving and further into Jabba's Palace. Vader however threatened Fortuna with his Red Lightsaber, to which Fortuna backed away, rushing to Jabba to inform him of his guest. Vader requested Boba Fett and Black Krrsantan for unknown jobs, before leaving.

 Vader's Return 

Days later, following the destruction of an Imperial manufacturing factory on Cymoon 1, Darth Vader was sent to Jabba's Palace once more to "negotiate" with the crimelord. Upon his arrival to the Palace, considering the last events when he met Vader, Bib Fortuna greeted the Sith Lord with extreme kindness. He quickly backed down however when Vader told him to dispense with the pleasantries. Fortuna watched as Jabba was told the deal and threatened not to disagree.

 Fooled by Sana Starros 

Far into the Galactic Civil War, Jabba was payed visit by Sana Starros, who was able to swindle Jabba by using a intensely complex series of lies, causing Jabba to lose out on many weapons. Sana was however caught out on her lie by one the pirates she took the weapons from, causing a quick shootout. During all of this Fortuna was witness, as he was for many of the events that occured in the Palace. The swindle however most probably caused trouble for Fortuna, as Jabba was, as expected, extremely unhappy, something Fortuna would often get the worse end of.

 The Tusken Wind  More visitors came to Jabba over time, looking for deals and trades. One such deal involved two smugglers who foolishly went to Jabba seeking some of the delicacy of Tusken Wind after discovering it on Canto Bight. Jabba told the smugglers that they should leave it and Fortuna was responsible for seeing them out of the Palace. On their way out he ushered them words of warning as Jabba warned them not to attempt to get the Tusken wind through certain means. The foolish smugglers did exactly was Jabba told them not to do, (something Jabba wanted), and got themselves into a fight with the Tusken Raiders and the Imperials on Tatooine. In the morning of that night Fortuna was met by a group of Tusken Raiders who came to the Palace, carrying with them a company of dead Stormtroopers. In failing to stop them at the door, he called upon the Gamorrean Guards to stop them, however that too was a futile effort. As the Tuskens delivered the Tusken Wind to Jabba, Fortuna hesitantly informed him of the recent news from Coruscant declaring that Tusken Wind had become worthless. This however did not affect Jabba, how simply cried out that it was infact priceless!

The Rescue of Han Solo In 3 ABY, the bounty hunter Boba Fett gave Jabba his favorite decoration: Han Solo in Carbonite. Bib was most likely the person tasked with placing Han somewhere on display for Jabba. However, not long after their possession of the smuggler had begun, Rebels arrived to rescue him. One morning, Fortuna allowed in two droids, C-3PO and R2-D2 into Jabba's Palace, carrying a message for Jabba. Fortuna allowed them to show Jabba however the droids quickly ended up working in other areas of the Palace. Fortuna was later given the job of welcoming who he believed was the bounty hunter Boushh, but who was actually Princess Leia Organa, pretending to have captured a Wookiee (Chewbacca). In her attempt to rescue Han, Leia was caught quickly and she was kept in chains beside Jabba for the rest of her time at the Palace. Han and Chewie were kept under lock and key. Fortuna was then forced to allow in Luke Skywalker, Jedi Knight, having been put under a Jedi mind trick. After waking Jabba to announce the Jedi's arrival, Jabba scorned Fortuna's weak mind. Luke attempted to negotiate the release of his allies, however Jabba attempted to feed Luke to his pet Pateesa, who Fortuna had given to him many years prior. This however was Pateesa's last meal as she was quickly killed under a door by the Jedi. Outraged, Jabba exclaimed that all the Rebels would die inside the Pit of Carkoon. The measly majordomo accompanied Jabba and Leia aboard their Sail Barge to watch the Jedi be fed to the Sarlacc. He was at one point holding Leia in place so she could not back away from the disgusting Hutt. After a large battle at the Pit, the barge exploded and Jabba was killed. Fortuna however survived the explosion, presumably by jumping from the Barge before it exploded.

Having landed in the middle of the Dune Sea, Fortuna would have walked a long way back to the Palace, where he found few remaining people. He believed both Jabba and Boba Fett to be dead. Most of his life had disappeared in one day.

 The Return of Boba Fett & Death  Over many years Fortuna had risen to take charge of the throne on which Jabba had once had control. Fortuna controlled very few and kept a Twi'lek slave by his side. In this time he had also become increasingly greedy, which could be seen in his much larger body mass. In 9 ABY, Boba Fett and his new accomplice Fennec Shand arrived at the palace, killing Fortuna's security and freeing his slave. Surprised to see Boba alive, Bib Fortuna cried out to him, telling him he had heard many rumours about Boba since the Barge exploded many years before. Boba however did not succumb to Fortuna's fake kindness and shot him in the chest, killing him instantly.

 Legacy 

Fortuna died in his throne and was simply rolled out of the chair by an unforgiving Fett. Fortuna did not have a large impact on the galaxy, however will have affected crime dealings over Tatooine during his 6 years period in Jabba's throne. These dealings however probably did not have great affect and Fortuna would have been easily replaced by Boba Fett, who rose in his space.

Personality and Traits
Bib Fortuna was a frail Twi'lek who was never far from his Master's side. Where Jabba could be found, Fortuna would not be far behind. Keeping up with a Hutt as a Master would not be easy work, demonstrating Bib Fortuna to have almost unlimited patience, or unlimited fear for his life. Whenever he is speaking to, or being spoken to by Jabba, Fortuna seems frightened and tense. However outside the presences of his Master, he shows a confident and almost intimidating approach to shooing away possible intruders to the Palace of Jabba the Hutt.

As leader of the remainders of Jabba's crime empire, Fortuna was seen to become incredibly large, suggesting he has grown greedy in his power. He owned slaves and few security, which did little to protect him, suggesting they were poor and cheap security men. Fortuna was not a particularly flamboyant and successful leader, rather a quiet mole who saved the riches for himself.

Powers / Abilities
As the majordomo of perhaps the most feared and respected Hutt in the entire galaxy, Bib Fortuna would have many connections to powerful people, with which he could arrange for very specific, special jobs to be carried out. Fortuna would be able to get a vast amount of supplies and goods for the people of Jabba's palace. Over the years these connections would only have grown more and more vast. The criminal empire of Jabba grew so big with the help of Fortuna that it became almost unstoppable by any Galactic Government. Bib Fortuna was also one of very few people in the galaxy safe from Jabba. Despite Jabba displaying a short temper with his "weak minded fool" of a Majordomo, he would be unlikely to get rid of the Twi'lek he relies so heavily upon.

As the leader of what remained of Jabba's Empire, Fortuna would have had almost unlimited supply to the resources and connections of the Empire, allowing himself to grow in power and earn himself a higher level of respect and dignity.

Equipment
As leader of Jabba's Empire, Bib Fortuna held a staff with which he mostly likely used as a display of power and wealth. Perhaps even as a cane with which to walk to support his weight.