Queequeg

Queequeg is a fictional alien featured in the Star Wars multimedia franchise. Played by an unidentified stunt performer, he had a very minor role in the 1983 film Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi.

Notes & Trivia



 * The name Queequeg is taken from a fictional character presented in the 1851 novel Moby-Dick by American author Herman Melville. He is the first principal character encountered by the narrator and serves as the chief harpooner aboard the Pequod.
 * Queequeg is also the name of a dog owned by The X-Files character Dana Scully.


 * appeared as an unnamed Weequay in Star Wars: Return of the Jedi #2, which is the three-issue official adaptation of Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, published by Marvel Comics.


 * is one of only two of Jabba's henchmen from the Skirmish at Carkoon incident who were correctly represented in the Marvel Comics Star Wars: Return of the Jedi three-issue comic book adaptation (the other being Vedain), though neither alien was identified by name. In the issue, a close-up of 's face can be seen as he is standing behind Luke Skywalker just prior to being given the order to push him into the Great Pit of Carkoon.