Edited sentence: The character, due to the very arabic nature of his name (jabba sounds like jabbar and hutt like hut which both are arabic words), has been slightly criticized for being a racist portrayal of an arab, comparable to the cheshire cat in alice, smoking a hookah (arabic water pipe).There was also the case of a Jabba the Hutt lego set featuring arabic decors.de:Figuren aus Star Wars#Jabba der Hutte