Ezra Bridger famously – and humorously – uses the alias of Jabba the Hutt in Star Wars Rebels, and this joke takes on new meaning when considering one Legends-era Rebel Alliance. In addition to being an aspiring Jedi, Bridger is also oftentimes a major source of comic relief in Rebels, with his adoption of Jabba as an alias being a running gag.

While partially motivated by his sense of humor, Ezra Bridger typically used the “Jabba” or “Jabba the Hutt” alias when confronted by Imperial officers to keep his real name secret, since he was a fugitive. At one point, a cautious Ezra temporarily used the alias upon encountering an older Darth Maul, not wishing to trust the former Sith Lord with his real name. Interestingly, Ezra is not the first Star Wars character to assume the name Jabba.

Star Wars' Original Jabba The Hut Explained

Jabba the Hutt was only mentioned in A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back's theatrical cuts, but the crime lord did not appear until Return of the Jedi. In Marvel’s classic Star Wars comics, however, a character using the name “Jabba the Hut” appears numerous times, both in the A New Hope adaptation and in issues set after the 1977 film. He does not, however, resemble the slug-like Jabba seen in Return of the Jedi, but rather a background character seen in the Mos Eisley Cantina in A New Hope and again in Jabba’s Palace in Return of the Jedi.

Although this character is referred to as Jabba in the comics and treated as though he is the real Jabba, he is actually Mosep Binneed, a Nimbanel ant who works for Jabba the Hutt. While representing his boss, Binneed is referred to as “Jabba the Hut,” with the alternate spelling of Hutt indicating his role as Jabba’s proxy. Unsurprisingly, Binneed’s role and use of the Jabba alias is one of many instances of the Star Wars Legends continuity finding clever ways to patch up continuity issues.

Early Star Wars materials referred to all Hutts as “Huts.”

How Star Wars Fixed Its Jabba The Hut Continuity Problem

Initially, the character who is now known as Mosep Binneed was intended to be the real Jabba the Hutt, causing a continuity problem once Return of the Jedi was released. For years, viewers theorized that Mosep Binneed simply used Jabba’s name while operating as Jabba’s proxy and that the title of “Hut” (instead of “Hutt”) further indicated this. The Star Wars author John Jackson Miller made this popular theory officially canon in his novel Kenobi and in one of his articles in the Star Wars Insider magazine.