Overview
- Empire published the first detailed look at an adult Rotta, depicting Jabba’s son as a muscular arena fighter wielding bladed weapons.
- Director Jon Favreau says Rotta is “in top form, fighting in the pits” and likens his arc to a son striving to step out of a famous father’s shadow.
- Jeremy Allen White confirms he voices Rotta, speaking mostly in Basic with a little Huttese, after modulating his performance and revisiting Jabba’s scenes.
- ILM animation director Hal Hickel publicly debunked a widely shared Rotta image circulating online, calling it fake and not from the film.
- Reactions to the redesign and digital look are mixed across the fan community, as the film heads to theaters on May 22.