Jabba Flow " Jabba Flow " was a Huttese song performed by Shag Kava , a traveling band comprised of musician s Taybin Ralorsa , Infrablue Zedbeddy Coggins , Ubert " Sticks " Quaril , and Sudswater Dillifay Glon . Named after Jabba the Hutt , " Jabba Flow " had repetitive lyrics and instrumentals consisting of a hypolliope horn cluster , a seven - string hallikset , and a xyloxan . In the year 34 ABY , Shag Kava performed " Jabba Flow " at Maz Kanata ' s castle on the planet Takodana , following - up with " Dobra Doompa . " Description . A lyrical song performed in Huttese , " Jabba Flow " was named after Jabba Desilijic Tiure , a Hutt crime lord . It ' s opening verse began by repeating " " Oh , Jabba , " " followed by a repeated " " No bata tu tu , muni , muni , " " which roughly translated as " " No , lover , lover . It wasn ' t me , " " in Galactic Basic . The song featured mellow instrumentals , which included a hypolliope horn cluster , a seven - string hallikset , and a xyloxan . History . In the year 34 ABY , " Jabba Flow " was performed in the castle of pirate queen Maz Kanata on the planet Takodana by the traveling musician s of the band Shag Kava : Taybin Ralorsa , Infrablue Zedbeddy Coggins , Ubert " Sticks " Quaril , and Sudswater Dillifay Glon . During the performance , Ralorsa provided vocals , Coggins played the hypolliope horn cluster , Quaril played the xyloxan , and Glon played the seven - string hallikset . After playing for a short time , they were briefly interrupted when the notorious smuggler Han Solo entered , gaining the attention of patrons . Following their performance of " Jabba Flow , " the quartet played the song " Dobra Doompa . " Behind the scenes . " Jabba Flow " was created by Lin - Manuel Miranda and J . J . Abrams for , which was released on December 18 , 2015 . Abrams , who directed the film , planned on creating a sequence to tribute the cantina scene from , and John Williams , the composer for " The Force Awakens " , asked Abrams to find someone to write the piece . Shortly after , while at a performance of the musical " " , Abrams was approached by Miranda , " Hamilton " star and creator , who coincidentally offered to write cantina music if it was needed . Abrams later contacted Miranda , and the two collaborated to write the piece . While writing " Jabba Flow , " Miranda referred to a glossary of Huttese terms , the language spoken by Jabba the Hutt , and he compared the translation to " , " a song by artist . From " Star Wars " Legends material , the lyrics " " No bata tu tu , muni , muni " " directly translate to " " Whatever it is , I didn ' t do it , " " lover , lover . " " When the piece was completed , Miranda and Abrams produced and performed it under the stage name Shag Kava , also creating the song " Dobra Doompa . " In " The Force Awakens " , " Jabba Flow " is played as Han Solo , Finn , Rey , and BB - 8 enter Maz Kanata ' s castle . Although unidentified in this scene , the track is identified in the film ' s credits . On February 19 , 2016 , a remixed version of " Jabba Flow " by producers and was included on " Star Wars Headspace " , a compilation album of " Star Wars " – themed . Miranda and Abrams performed " Jabba Flow " following a performance of " Hamilton " on May 4 , 2016 , tying in with the song ' s digital single release .