Star Wars beauty through a non-human lens
Nov. 30th, 2011 11:56 amI'd love to start this with "I love Star Wars just as much as the next person," but that is not accurate, as I tend to love it more than the next being. I may not know the movies line by line, I may not have a room full of action figures, but I have read a lot of the books, and know the universe pretty well.
This came up recently in a conversation with![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
redsixwing, what do Hutts consider beautiful in their own species? Well, the larger and more corpulent one is, the more attactive they appear to other Hutts. While many of us consider Jabba to be rather grotesque, he could be the equivalent of Brad Pitt to the Hutts. And since weight equated to power and status, skinny little Hutts are considered weak, ugly.
So, if Hutts find beauty in the large, why do so many keep slaves that are more attractive to humans, like Twi'lek dancing girls? Could it be for sexual reasons. I find this doubtful, as Hutts are hermaphroditic, and depending on the book, can be capable of self-fertilization. The beautiful humanoids are not going to be kept for sexual gratification.
Why then do the Hutts keep these little, skinny, weak humanoids? I would guess it is a status symbol. The being is a possession, not a person. Something to keep, to collect, and the rarer the better. Like a Twi'lek dancer. And Hutts associate with humanoids a lot, and other humanoids will view these beings as attractive, and think better of the Hutt for keeping them.
This came up recently in a conversation with
redsixwing, what do Hutts consider beautiful in their own species? Well, the larger and more corpulent one is, the more attactive they appear to other Hutts. While many of us consider Jabba to be rather grotesque, he could be the equivalent of Brad Pitt to the Hutts. And since weight equated to power and status, skinny little Hutts are considered weak, ugly.So, if Hutts find beauty in the large, why do so many keep slaves that are more attractive to humans, like Twi'lek dancing girls? Could it be for sexual reasons. I find this doubtful, as Hutts are hermaphroditic, and depending on the book, can be capable of self-fertilization. The beautiful humanoids are not going to be kept for sexual gratification.
Why then do the Hutts keep these little, skinny, weak humanoids? I would guess it is a status symbol. The being is a possession, not a person. Something to keep, to collect, and the rarer the better. Like a Twi'lek dancer. And Hutts associate with humanoids a lot, and other humanoids will view these beings as attractive, and think better of the Hutt for keeping them.
