Laudica Laudica was a Human female from Corellia who worked as a gun - runner during the Galactic Civil War . She was known for her skills as a markswoman , and was one of many criminals who frequented the palace of the Hutt crime lord Jabba Desilijic Tiure on Tatooine . Laudica was present in the palace in 4 ABY when the droids C - 3PO and R2 - D2 arrived in order to bargain for the life of their master ' s friend Han Solo . She witnessed several more of Solo ' s friends subsequently arrive until Jabba sentenced them to die in Tatooine ' s Great Pit of Carkoon . Biography . The Human female Laudica was born on Corellia at some point before 4 ABY . During the Galactic Civil War , she was employed as a gun - runner and had developed a reputation for her skills as a markswoman . Laudica was good friends with many other female criminals , including fellow Corellian smuggler Brindy Truchong and the Kiffar con artist Tonnika sisters . Despite her better judgment , she was romantically involved with the Bimm Rayc Ryjerd . During the war , Laudica became a frequent visitor of the palace of the Hutt crime lord Jabba Desilijic Tiure on Tatooine . She was in the palace in 4 ABY when C - 3PO and R2 - D2 , droids belonging to the Jedi Luke Skywalker , arrived in order to bargain for the life of Han Solo , a friend of Skywalker ' s who was frozen in carbonite and who hung on the wall of the palace ' s courtroom . Shortly after the droids ' arrival , Laudica watched as Jabba dropped his slave dancer Oola into the pit of his rancor . Laudica was in the courtroom shortly thereafter when Solo ' s friend Leia Organa , disguised as the bounty hunter Boushh , arrived with the Wookiee Chewbacca and threatened to destroy the palace with a thermal detonator . Organa stayed her hand and thus won Jabba ' s favor , but she later freed Solo from carbonite and attempted to escape the palace with him . When Jabba caught and imprisoned them , Skywalker came to the palace to demand their release , and was dropped into the rancor pit himself . He killed the rancor , however , prompting Jabba to sentence him , Solo , and Chewbacca to die in Tatooine ' s Great Pit of Carkoon . Laudica and many other members of Jabba ' s entourage followed Skywalker and Solo as they were dragged out of the courtroom . Personality and traits . Laudica was a skilled markswoman and often carried a blaster pistol . She had many friends , and followed her romantic desires rather than her better judgment by dating Rayc Ryjerd . When Oola was dropped into Jabba ' s rancor pit , Laudica watched and jeered in delight as she was eaten by the creature . Behind the scenes . Laudica first appeared as an unnamed extra in Richard Marquand ' s 1983 film , where she was portrayed by an uncredited actress . The " Jabba ' s Palace Limited " set of the Decipher , Inc . " Star Wars " Customizable Card Game , released in 1998 , included a card that gave the character a name and biographical details . These details were later posted on StarWars . com in her Databank entry . According to a " Star Wars CCG " fan site , Laudica was named as an anagram of Decipher game designer Jerry Darcy ' s wife Claudia . Some fans have confused Laudica , among other denizens of Jabba ' s courtroom , for Mara Jade , an Expanded Universe character who was established to have been a dancer in the palace during Luke Skywalker ' s time there . In the 1996 short story " " — written before the release of " Jabba ' s Palace Limited " — author Timothy Zahn described a dance designer in Jabba ' s Palace named Melina Carniss as dark - haired , wearing a red jumpsuit , and crouching over the rancor pit after Oola was dropped in . However , despite her similarities to the then - unnamed Laudica , " Jabba ' s Palace Limited " established that the two are different characters . Laudica additionally appears in " Return of the Ewok " , a mockumentary created by actor Warwick Davis during his time on the set of " Return of the Jedi " , that blends elements of the movie with the real world . In the short film , Davis , dressed as Wicket the Ewok , wanders onto the set of Jabba ' s Palace while searching for the Forest Moon of Endor . He finds Laudica and the dancer Jess rehearsing a choreographed dance to Lapti Nek , a song being performed by the Max Rebo Band .