Jabba the Hutt has appeared in three distinct forms since Star Wars: A New Hope. The character’s first version was a deleted 1977 scene featuring a human actor, Declan Mulholland, as a stand-in. In 1997, George Lucas restored the scene with CGI for the Special Edition, introducing a computer-generated Jabba that was widely criticized for poor visual quality. A refined CGI version followed in the 2004 DVD release, improving Jabba's textures and movements—this is the version still used in current

How Star Wars designers came up with Jabba the Hutt | VICE

Legendary stop-motion animator Phil Tippett explains how the #StarWars team came up with the design for Jabba the Hutt. | VICE