D ' Wopp Lord D ' Wopp was a male Whiphid bounty hunter who married Lady Valarian , a crime boss and Jabba the Hutt ' s main competitor on the planet Tatooine during the Galactic Civil War . D ' Wopp truly loved to hunt , which ultimately led him to his demise . When he accepted a bounty offer for the smuggler Han Solo from Jabba during their wedding reception , Valarian killed him with her bare , clawed hands . His body was returned to his homeworld of Toola , missing more than a few pieces . Only Valarian and her cook knew where the rest went . Biography . A male Whiphid , D ' Wopp was born on Toola , an ice planet located within the Outer Rim Territories . He later joined the bounty hunting profession , which was a somewhat quotidian occupation on his homeworld , and he became a hunter of great repute as well as a lord . In 0 BBY , the Tatooinian crime boss Lady Valarian — a Whiphid herself — chose to procure a mate from her homeworld , and she picked D ' Wopp . Valarian had him travel to the city of Mos Eisley , her base of operations on the planet Tatooine . As soon as he arrived in Mos Eisley , D ' Wopp started scouting the surroundings of the spaceport looking for hunting grounds . Eventually , the wedding ceremony occurred as planned , and everything seemed to go well for the Whiphid hunter , who had found a wealthy and powerful mate who was considered a great beauty by other Whiphids . The couple planned to spend their honeymoon hunting ferocious Krayt dragons , even though it required crossing the territory of Jabba Desilijic Tiure , Valarian ' s arch - rival on Tatooine . After the ceremony , the newlyweds went to Valarian ' s " Lucky Despot " casino , where a wedding reception was held . The event was attended by many invited guests , and the music was supplied by the famous Bith band Figrin D ' an and the Modal Nodes . D ' Wopp and Valarian made a grand entrance , with their arms lashed together with a garland of imported greenery . They danced their way to the stage through the assembled guests . When Valarian was asked to check on the kitchen employees , the Whiphid hunter was left alone for a moment . Taking advantage of the Lady ' s absence , a Duros employee of Jabba approached D ' Wopp and told him of the bounty his master had put on the Corellian smuggler Han Solo ' s head . At first , the Whiphid hunter told the Duros he did not need money , but he experienced a change of heart when he was told Solo was a fierce bait . Eager to prove his worth , D ' Wopp decided to leave the reception immediately and investigate Solo ' s whereabouts . The hunter thought his new wife , a fierce and proud Whiphid like himself , would understand his sudden disappearance . However , the hunter had overestimated the indulgence of his new mate , Valarian . While D ' Wopp was preparing to vacate the premises , the Whiphid crime lady reappeared out of the crowd and started insulting him . D ' Wopp replied in the same tone , and soon husband and wife started attacking each other in front of everyone and in the middle of the dance floor . Quickly , the brawl spread among the guests , with Jabba ' s henchmen cheerleading . In the midst of the altercation , Lady Valarian ended up killing her husband with her clawed hands . She was now without a man , and the " Lucky Despot " had been wrecked . A few days later , D ' Wopp ' s body was sent back to Toola in a box , with several parts of his body missing — only the widow and her cook knew what had happened to them . Personality and traits . Standing at a height of over 2 . 5 meters , D ' Wopp was a towering Whiphid with a lumpy head and a coat of pale yellow fur . He was known for his ferocity , lending credence to the Whiphid reputation for fierceness . He was also extremely proud of his well - above average hunting skills , and he would not miss a single opportunity to demonstrate his worth by capturing a " fierce bait . " When Jabba ' s Duros thug approached him about working , D ' Wopp was already eager to " splash " a new victim . Although he ultimately abandoned her for hunting on the very day of the wedding reception , Lord D ' Wopp was strongly attracted to Valarian — at least on a physical level . The hunter was also quick to take offence when the Duros compared his new bride to a big catch . Behind the scenes . Lady Valarian ' s late husband first appeared in August 1995 in " , " a short story authored by Kathy Tyers for the anthology " Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina " . He was also mentioned in " , " another short story published in January 1996 . In that story , the late hunter was referred to as Valarian ' s " first husband , " suggesting she may have remarried later . There is a slight discrepancy in the sources regarding D ' Wopp ' s height . In " The Band ' s Tale , " both D ' Wopp and Valarian were described as " two gargantuan Whiphids — two and a half meters of tusk and claw and pale yellow fur . " In the 2012 reference book " The Essential Reader ' s Companion " , D ' Wopp was depicted as visibly taller than his bride , whose height was established as 2 . 5 meters in " The Essential Guide to Characters " . However , since the Bith Doikk Na ' ts was the in - universe narrator of " The Band ' s Tale , " his estimate of the Whiphids ' respective heights may have been inaccurate . In the of " The Band ' s Tale , " D ' Wopp was voiced by an uncredited actor . His name was , which is a homophone of — a style of vocalizing developed in the United States in the 1950s .