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| Barada | |
| Continuity: | Star Wars |
| Notability: | Antagonist |
| Type: | Slave |
| Gender: | Male |
| Race: | Klatooinian |
| Location: | Tatooine |
| Status: | Deceased |
| Died: | 4 ABY |
| First: | Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983) |
| Actor: | Dickey Beer |
Barada is a fictional alien featured in the Star Wars multimedia franchise. Played by stuntman Dickey Beer, he had a very minor role in the 1983 film Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi.
Overview[]
Barada was a Klatooinian and a slave owned by Jabba the Hutt. Barada was on the Bantha-II cargo skiff piloted by Pote Snitkin on the day that Jabba decided to feed his prisoners, Luke Skywalker, Han Solo and Chewbacca to the Sarlacc at the Great Pit of Carkoon. Luke Skywalker rebelled against them, slashing his way through Jabba's forces with his lightsaber. After finishing off the first group of foes, Skywalker leaped to the second skiff. Barada swung at him with his vibro-lance, but Luke jumped over it and slashed Barada with his saber, sending him tumbling into the Sarlacc's mouth.
Notes & Trivia[]
- The character of Barada was created by franchise developer George Lucas, director Richard Marquand and writer Lawrence Kasdan.
- Barada is sometimes mistaken for Kithaba, who is another Klatooinian featured in Return of the Jedi, and the first to fall from the desert skiff into the mouth of the Sarlacc.
- The name Barada is derived from the phrase "Klaatu barada nikto", which was first used in the 1951 science fiction film The Day the Earth Stood Still. The Nikto race and the character Klaatu also take their names from this phrase.