Sleemo

Sleemo was a Huttese insult.
==Description==
Sleemo was a curse in Huttese. It translated to Basic as "slime ball." It was most popular in the Outer Rim.
==History==
===Twilight of the Republic===
Around 33 BBY, on the moon Nar Shaddaa, humanUltimate Star Wars, New Edition bounty hunter Jango Fett inquired with a Lannik if they knew the thief that stole the Hope of Glee Anselm. After Fett subdued a k'lor'slug that the Lannik had beset upon him, the Lannik confessed to being ignorant of the thief's identity. As the bounty hunter attempted to leave, the Lannik threatened him. Fett responded by calling the Lannik a "sleemo" for starving the k'lor'slug and removed the shock collar from her. 
In 32 BBY,Star Wars: Timelines as Tatooine native human Anakin Skywalker, in preparation for the Boonta Eve Classic, adjusted his podracer, Dug rival Sebulba taunted the young boy. Skywalker remained steadfast and insulted the Dug using "sleemo," while Sebulba retaliated by calling Skywalker "bantha poodoo."
===Fall of the Republic===
In 22 BBY, Fett hired the Clawdite bounty hunter Zam Wesell to assassinate Padmé Amidala. After failing to kill Amidala in her apartments on the planet Coruscant, Wesell was chased through Galactic City by human Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi and Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker. After the Jedi captured Wesell, Fett killed her with a poisoned saberdart. In her dying breath, she cursed Fett using "sleemo."
The following year, Kenobi and Skywalker captured the Faust Doctor Nuvo Vindi, preventing him from releasing the Blue Shadow Virus. Skywalker proposed that they return "this sleemo" to Theed, and the two set off for Naboo with their captive. 
Later that year, the bounty hunter Cad Bane boasted about his triumph over the captive Padawan Ahsoka Tano. In response, Tano retorted, "Enjoy this while you can, sleemo," warning him that the burning ship was on the verge of destroying them both.
===Imperial Era===
As Moggee hurried through a bustling marketplace in an attempt to evade IG-88, an alien called out, "Hey, watch it, sleemo!"
In 2 BBY, the Spectres joined forces with the pirate Hondo Ohnaka and the crime lord Azmorigan in a mission to loot an Imperial cargo ship. Upon boarding the rebels' ship Ghost, Azmorigan received a cold reception from the Spectres, particularly Hera Syndulla, who remembered him as the "sack of bantha fodder" who tried to buy her from "that sleemo" Lando Calrissian and make her his servant. Azmorigan responded that she was the feisty one who had hit him with a tray and claimed that he still technically "owned" her.
==Behind the scenes==
"Sleemo" first appeared in the prequel trilogy film Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace, which was released on May 19, 1999.Star Wars Year By Year: A Visual History, New Edition
==Appearances==
===Non-canon appearances===
*William Shakespeare's The Phantom of Menace: Star Wars Part the First
*William Shakespeare's The Clone Army Attacketh: Star Wars Part the Second
==Sources==
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*Star Wars: The Visual Encyclopedia
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*Star Wars: Smuggler's Guide
*Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge - Oga's Cantina: R-3X's Playlist #1 
*Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge - Oga's Cantina: R-3X's Playlist #2 
==Notes and references==
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