Kithaba

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

Biography
Kithaba was a member of the Klatooinian race. He was an assassin in the employ of Jabba the Hutt and worked out of Jabba's palace on Tatooine. Kithaba was on the first desert skiff that brought captured prisoners to the Great Pit of Carkoon. Luke Skywalker rebelled against his captors and began swinging at them with his lightsaber. Kithaba has the distinction of being the first of several to fall and be eaten by the Sarlacc.

Notes & Trivia



 * Kithaba's preferred weapon of choice is a vibro-lance.


 * Kithaba is occasionally mistaken for Barada, who is another Klatooinian from the film who appears during the same scene.


 * is but one of many nameless background characters to appear in Return of the Jedi. His name was provided on his own card in the Star Wars Customizable Card Game: Jabba's Palace Limited expansion pack.