Today, MTV provides us a much clearer description of Jabba the Hutt’s gay uncle, the same character that fanboy Harry complained about in his review of the new animated Star Wars movie.  Trust me, this is good.

  He’s a purple Hutt, bedazzling in sky blue tattoos, a peacock feather nestled behind his rumbled head, a character “Empire Online” called “a cross-dressing pimp” who holds court in “Downtown Coruscant.” He’s sure to be the most talked about new character in the entire Republic when “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” is released August 15.
  Jabba’s uncle, Zero the Hutt, a new character introduced specifically for the upcoming animated series, is a gay stereotype that makes what Jar Jar Binks represented to the island of Jamaica look subtle by comparison. It’s not the look or design that pushes it over the top into stereotype, of course, but the voice (performed by Corey Burden), a lispy, high-pitched twang purposively reminiscent of Truman Capote.

Hmm, I wonder where a strange idea like that came from.  Wait, don’t tell me, I think I’ve heard this one before…

  How did a character who wasn’t even supposed to speak English wind up sounding like that? Because George Lucas insisted on it, “Clone Wars” director Dave Filoni confessed.
  “Zero, Jabba’s uncle, originally spoke in Hutt-ese, like Jabba and then he had a different sluggish voice just like Jabba, and then George one day was watching it and said ‘I want him to sound like Truman Capote.’ He actually said that and we were like ‘Wow!’” Filion revealed. “It’s a hybrid of it but the inspiration is definitely there on Capote. It’s one of those things that takes him from being an interesting character and I think really does put him over the top and does something. He’s a favorite among the crew here.” [MTV]

Wow, another winner, Mr. L!  You really are a genius!  *quietly sobbing*  I can’t believe I spent 80 grand on film school.  Sadly, the MTV reporter fails to provide a description of Filoni’s bikini, or the rattle of his choke chain when Lucas yanked on it and belched loudly between eating handfuls of money.  Hold on, George, let me get this straight, you want Luke Skywalker to have a pet chinchilla that he trains in the ways of the Jedi?  But how’s he going to – Ah, so it’s a talking chinchilla, I think I understand now.  For a second there I was worried this wouldn’t make any sense.