Slime

Slime was a substance that was secreted by some species in the galaxy, notably by Hutts such as Jabba the Hutt. The term "slime" and its associated words were used as insults.
==Description==
Slime was a substance that was secreted by some species in the galaxy, such as the sarlacc.Per the audio description for "Chapter 4: The Gathering Storm" available on Disney+. It was a sticky ooze reminiscent of mucus.Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge: The Official Black Spire Outpost Cookbook
===Slime of sentient species===
The dianoga were slimy, sentient cephalopods.Join the Resistance One such dianoga was the Force-sensitive female called Omi who lived in a garbage compactor on the Galactic Empire's first Death Star until its destruction during the Battle of Yavin. The slug-like Hutt crime lords were regarded as slimy in their behavior,The Star Wars Book and they were known to secrete slime. The scaly skin of the reptilian Trandoshans was slimy.
===Creature secretions===
Slime pods, which were bloated with gas and floated in the swamps of Nal Hutta,Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know, Updated and Expanded were consumed by Hutts. The Dagobah swamp slug secreted a saccharine slime that was edible and used to make the Dagobah Slug Slinger cocktail. Joopas, enormous worm-like creatures that lived beneath the surface on Seelos, had a slimy tongue that they used to capture prey and drag it underground.Ultimate Star Wars, New Edition
==History==
===As an insult===
It was considered insulting and offensive to compare things to slime. In 32 BBY,Star Wars: Galactic Atlas dates the events of Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace to 32 BBY. Darth Sidious referred to Neimoidian and Trade Federation Droid Control Ship captain Daultay Dofine as a "stunted slime" whom he did not want in his sight.
The Huttese word "sleemo" was used as an insult about beings. Prior to the Boonta Eve Classic in 32 BBY, the Dug podracer pilot Sebulba insulted his enslaved competitor Anakin Skywalker, who responded by calling Sebulba sleemo. In 22 BBY,Star Wars: Galactic Atlas dates the events of Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones to 22 BBY. the human bounty hunter Jango Fett fatally shot Zam Wesell with a saberdart; Wesell realized who had killed her and referred to Fett as sleemo as she died.
In 3 ABY,Star Wars: Galactic Atlas Luke Skywalker called the swamp planet Dagobah and Jedi Master Yoda's adoptive home a "slimy mudhole," which Yoda treated that as an offensive remark. When old smuggling friends Lando Calrissian and Han Solo reunited in Cloud City on Bespin, Calrissian insultingly addressed Solo as a "slimy, double-crossing, no-good swindler."
===Jabba the Hutt===
Jabba Desilijic Tiure, a muscular and skeletonless Hutt,Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Character Encyclopedia - Join the Battle! was known to be slimy,Ultimate Factivity Collection: Star Wars and he was said to be the slimiest thing in the galaxy. In 4 ABY, his slimy attentions were rejected by Oola, a Twi'lek dancer who was enslaved by Jabba, and by Leia Organa, who ultimately killed him. Jabba's metaphorical and literal sliminess were insulted by Han Solo when the Hutt offered the smuggler the opportunity to plea for his life.
==Behind the scenes==
In the 1983 original trilogy film, Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi, Jabba the Hutt's slimy sound effects were made in part by using a bowl of melted cheese.
The educational toy company Uncle Milton released its Star Wars Science Jabba the Hutt Slime Lab in 2018.
==Appearances==
==Sources==
*Ultimate Factivity Collection: Star Wars
*Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know, Updated and Expanded
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*Ultimate Star Wars, New Edition
*Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge: The Official Black Spire Outpost Cookbook
*Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge: Traveler's Guide to Batuu
*The Star Wars Book
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*The Star Wars Book of Monsters, Ooze and Slime
*Star Wars Bestiary, Vol. 1: Creatures of the Galaxy
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==Notes and references==
Category:Substances