Barada

Barada was a Klatooinian who served the crime lord Jabba the Hutt from before 0 BBY, looking after his array of vehicles.

Biography

The Klatooinian male, Barada worked as a mechanic and skiff guard in Jabba's Palace on the desert planet Tatooine, and was responsible for the gangster's entire pool of repulsorlift vehicles, which included his sail barge, Khetanna, in addition to serving as muscle.

Barada was in the Hutt's employ when Jabba was in possession of the smuggler Han Solo frozen in carbonite. Solo's companions in the Alliance to Restore the Republic hoped to rescue their comrade, planting some of their number in Jabba's court: Princess Leia Organa, and then Jedi Knight Luke Skywalker, both attempted to free Solo, but ended up Jabba's captives along with the Wookiee Chewbacca. After Jabba's rancor failed to kill Skywalker, the crime lord demanded that Solo, Skywalker and Chewbacca all be executed at the Great Pit of Carkoon, where they would be fed to the sarlacc. Barada was among the henchmen Jabba assigned to ride in a secondary skiff, to travel alongside the skiff carrying the prisoners to the pit.

Death

Once at the pit, Skywalker's astromech droid R2-D2, who was serving in Jabba's court, armed the Jedi with his lightsaber, which he used to quickly slay all of the henchmen on the skiff with him. The Jedi then leaped across to the vehicle carrying Barada, and killed a number of the men on it before the Klatooinian attacked him. Skywalker dodged the blow and slashed at Barada, knocking him into the pit of the sarlacc.

The Rebels went on to slay Jabba and destroy his sail barge, killing many other members of his court in the process and escaping. Barada was killed by Skywalker's green lightsaber. Languishing in the Pit of Carkoon, Barada would be slowly digested by the sarlacc over the next thousand years.