Even outside the Star Wars universe, Jabba the Hutt is famous for his bulbous body and slug-like features. In the decades since Jabba debuted in Return of the Jedi, he's gone on to become a symbol for gluttony, avarice, and corruption — and it's all thanks to his iconic and thoroughly disgusting bod.

But Jabba could've looked quite different, and Lucasfilm's team of artists, sculptors, and other creators went through a number of different takes before settling on Jabba's final designs.

In George Lucas' original Star Wars script, Jabba is simply a "the grossest of the slavering hulks," with facial scars that show off his battle prowess (lines describing Jabba as slug-like were added later, when the script was reprinted). In the original concept art, Jabba stands on two legs and looks vaguely like the Muppets' Sweetums. In the Marvel Comics Star Wars adaptation, Jabba is a yellow humanoid with a snout and a beard — a look he'd keep in the comics for years and years.

It's only when Return of the Jedi entered pre-production that Jabba started to take his now-familiar form. According Star Wars: The Annotated Screenplays, Lucasfilm artist Ralph McQuarrie's attempts to bring Jabba to life included an "ape-like" design. Another one resembled a small, squat goblin. Other designs were rejected for looking too human or too snail-like. Eventually, Lucas combined everything together, refined it a bit, and the galaxy's most famous gangster was born.