Oola

Character
Name:	Oola
Occupation:	dancer
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Fandom:	Star Wars
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Oola is a minor character who appeared briefly in the third Star Wars film, Return of the Jedi. A dancer and slave to the crime lord Jabba the Hutt, Oola is murdered by her master when he tosses her into the rancor pit below his throne room as punishment for her defiance.

In Star Wars Legends tie-in novels, Oola is revealed to have been kidnapped from her home planet by Jabba's majordomo Bib Fortuna, and encounters Luke Skywalker, who urges her to come with him rather than continuing on to the palace. Oola hesitates, ultimately regretting her choice when she discovers Fortuna has deceived her about what Jabba is really like. Heartened by Skywalker's holographic message to Jabba, Oola's last dance is for Skywalker.

The Young Jedi Knights series introduces Oola's half-sister Nolaa Tarkona, an anti-human activist who is consumed by the need to avenge Oola's senseless slaughter, who occasionally appears in fanworks as well. Other fanworks connect Oola to Hera Syndulla, a Rebel Twi'lek leader and protagonist of the Star Wars Rebels animated TV series.

Fan Reactions

Most fans are generally sympathetic towards the character and regard her death as tragic. "Justice for Oola!", "Free Oola!" and "that poor girl deserved better" are comment sentiments.

Oola is also extremely popular in NSFW or explicit fan art and fic, due to her canon outfit and status as Jabba's slave.

Common Tropes and Fanon

• AUs where Oola survives
• Missing scenes or pre-canon stories exploring Oola's backstory
• Rape, non-con, sexual slavery
• Xenophilia, focusing on the differences between Twi'lek, human, and/or Hutt anatomy and physiology
• Language barriers and/or focus on dance as a form of communication

Oola is frequently shipped with Boba Fett, Jabba the Hutt, and occasionally Luke Skywalker. Femslash pairings for Oola include Leia Organa, Mara Jade, and one or more of the female dancers from Jabba's palace.

Fanworks

Fanfic

• Star Wars: A Bounty's Luck by Captain_Kiri_Storm. Boba Fett/Oola.
• A Shift in the Sands by Settiai. One of the first things Leia noticed after she was thrown into the small bedchambers that had been assigned to her was that she wasn't alone.
• Speak and Be Heard by ambiguously. Leia and her friends pick up an extra passenger on Tatooine.
• Spider-Man and Oola by gunman. Crossover. Spider-Man gets teleported to Jabba's Palace, ending up in the Rancor Pit the same time as the female Twi'lek dancer Oola and must use his powers to save her.

Fanart

• She is rescued from Jabba by a chivalrous Leia. by cthene.
• oola walking away from jabba’s palace and into the dune sea (and freedom by togrutan.

Meta

• Star Wars’ Black Slave by MerriCatherine. Essay on the historical parallels between Oola and the treatment of Black women.

Miscellaneous

• Despite her canonical death, Oola occasionally appears alongside Biggs Darklighter in special episodes of the Blue Milk Special parody fancomic.

External links

• "Wookieepedia entry". Archived from the original on 2018-07-30.
• fanworks tagged with Oola at Archive of Our Own