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|image=[[File:YarnaDdalGargan_bg.jpg]]
|name=Yarna d'al' Gargan
|homeworld=[[Askaj]]<ref name="EGC">''[[The Essential Guide to Characters]]''</ref>
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|affiliation=[[Jabba Desilijic Tiure's criminal empire]]
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'''Yarna d'al' Gargan''' was a longtime [[Askajian/Legends|Askajian]] dancer from [[Askaj]] at [[Jabba's Palace]]. She was present during the presentation of the [[Max Rebo Band/Legends|Max Rebo Band]].

==Biography==
===Jabba's Palace===
The daughter of an [[Askajian/Legends|Askajian]] tribal [[Chief/Legends|chief]], Yarna [[Marriage/Legends|married]] [[Nautag d'al' Gargan]]. They had many children together. While raising her cubs with Nautag on [[Askaj]] around [[3 ABY/Legends|3 ABY]], [[Gargan family|they]] were taken as [[Slavery/Legends|slaves]] to [[Tatooine/Legends|Tatooine]], and were then bought by [[Jabba Desilijic Tiure/Legends|Jabba Desilijic Tiure]]. Nautag was killed by [[Jabba's rancor]] while trying to defend them and her cublings were removed to [[Desilijic Complex/Legends|Jabba's town house]].<ref name="SWCE">''[[Star Wars Character Encyclopedia]]''</ref> Although she detested her boss and owner, she was nonetheless close friends with some of the various patrons of the [[Jabba's Palace|palace]].

She claimed that her name "Yarna" translated to [[Galactic Basic Standard/Legends|Basic]] as "pretty." However, her beauty was often hidden<ref name="SWCE" /> by the wart makeup Jabba forced her to wear, saying that it reminded him of his "mother," or in this case, [[Zorba Desilijic Tiure]]. This made her Jabbas Favorite. Also, the normally slender woman was made to store as much [[Water/Legends|water]] as possible in order to increase her girth, thus furthering the resemblance to a [[Hutt/Legends|Hutt]]<ref name="SWCE" />&mdash;weight she would eventually lose again after Jabba's [[Death/Legends|death]].

In [[4 ABY/Legends|4 ABY]], as [[C-3PO/Legends|C-3PO]] and [[R2-D2/Legends|R2-D2]] were brought before Jabba, Yarna openly flirted with a balding Human male.<ref name="RotJ">{{Film|VI}}</ref> She later performed a dance with [[Oola/Legends|Oola]] prior to the Twi'lek's demise.<ref name="RotJ" />
===Later Life===
After escaping Jabba's palace and rescuing her cubs with [[Doallyn/Legends|Doallyn]], they became traders in jewels and textiles. She occasionally danced to earn extra [[Galactic Credit Standard|credits]]&mdash;in fact, she even danced the [[Dance of the Seventy Violet Veils]] at [[Wedding of Han Solo and Leia Organa (8 ABY)|the wedding]] of [[Han Solo/Legends|Han Solo]] and [[Leia Organa Solo|Leia Organa]] where she would be spotted by a designer and became the model for his jeweled [[Clothing/Legends|brassiere]]s. After that Doallyn managed her career as a model.<ref name="WBO">{{Shortstory|story=Epilogue: Whatever Became Of...?|book=Tales from Jabba's Palace}}</ref>

She had two daughters, named [[Luka d'al' Gargan|Luka]] and [[Leia d'al' Gargan|Leia]] after [[Luke Skywalker/Legends|Luke Skywalker]] and Leia Organa, and a son named [[Nautag d'al' Gargan II|Nautag]], after his father.<ref name="SD">{{Shortstory|story=Skin Deep: The Fat Dancer's Tale|book=Tales from Jabba's Palace}}</ref> Yarna's children became a [[Jizz/Legends|jizz]] swing band, and together they toured [[The galaxy/Legends|the galaxy]].<ref name="WBO" />

==Behind the scenes==
{{Quote|Somewhere along the way, in one of those conversations that was beer-induced, we said, 'Oh, and she has six breasts!' And somehow it was appropriate for Jabba's palace.|Costume designer [[Nilo Rodis-Jamero]]|<ref name="Star Wars Style: Return of the Jedi, Part 6">{{InsiderCite|158|Star Wars Style: Return of the Jedi, Part 6}}</ref>}}
Yarna d'al' Gargan was portrayed by the late [[Claire Davenport]] in [[Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi|''Return of the Jedi'']]. Director [[Richard Marquand]] cast her after having worked with her in [[Wikipedia:Birth of the Beatles|''Birth of the Beatles'']] (1979), a biopic about [[Wikipedia:The Beatles|The Beatles]] that Marquand also directed, in which Davenport played a nude model. Marquand said "I selected the fat lady, because I think fat ladies are wonderful."<ref name="Making">[[The Making of Return of the Jedi]]</ref> Marquand said she pictured the character as a quasi-daughter to Jabba the Hutt, adding: "In my mind, she is Jabba's daughter."<ref name="Making" /> During production of ''Return of the Jedi'', her character was known as Wiebba-wiebba.<ref name="Blog">{{SW|url=news/star-wars-mysteries-who-is-wiebba-wiebba|text=''Star Wars'' Mysteries: Who is Wiebba-Wiebba?|int=Star Wars Mysteries}}</ref> [[Pablo Hidalgo]] detailed this revelation on The Official Star Wars Blog in [[2013]]. [[Leland Chee]] had however previously identified "[[Weeba Weeba]]" as the human Rancor keeper who wears apparel resembling that of [[Nizuc Bek/Legends|Nizuc Bek]] and [[Velken Tezeri/Legends|Velken Tezeri]] but is not conclusively one or the other.<ref name="Holocron">{{Blog|holocron|27/comments|Jabba's Skiff Guards|Keeper of the Holocron's Blog|Leland Chee|archivedate=20120504152912}}</ref>

[[Kenner Products|Kenner]] considered selling an action figure of Gargan for their [[Star Wars: The Power of the Force (1985 toy line)|''Star Wars: The Power of the Force'']] toy line. According to [[Star Wars Insider 92|''Star Wars Insider'' 92]], the figure made to an intermediate prototype stage before [[Lucasfilm Ltd.|Lucasfilm]] put a stop to the idea, apparently considering the character unseemly for a children's toy.<ref name="Insider 92">{{InsiderCite|92|The Toys That Never Were}}</ref> She eventually did receive an action figure from [[Hasbro Inc.|Hasbro]] in [[2008]], but it did not sell well.

==Appearances==
{{Mediacat|imagecat=Images of Yarna d'al' Gargan}}
*{{Shortstory|story=Payback: The Tale of Dengar|book=Tales of the Bounty Hunters}}
*{{Film|VI}} {{1st}}
*[[Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (junior novelization)|''Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi'' junior novel]]
*''[[Escape from Jabba's Palace]]''
*{{Shortstory|story=Out of the Closet: The Assassin's Tale|book=Tales from Jabba's Palace}}
*{{Shortstory|story=Taster's Choice: The Tale of Jabba's Chef|book=Tales from Jabba's Palace}} {{Mo}}
*{{Shortstory|story=A Time to Mourn, a Time to Dance: Oola's Tale|book=Tales from Jabba's Palace}}
*{{Shortstory|story=A Free Quarren in the Palace: Tessek's Tale|book=Tales from Jabba's Palace}}
*{{Shortstory|story=Skin Deep: The Fat Dancer's Tale|book=Tales from Jabba's Palace}}
*{{Shortstory|story=Epilogue: Whatever Became Of...?|book=Tales from Jabba's Palace}}

===Ambiguously-canon appearances===
*''[["Lapti Nek": The Music Video from Jabba's Palace]]''

==Sources==
*{{Topps|set=1983 Topps Star Wars: Return of the Jedi Series 1|cardname=The Court in Chaos!|link=https://www.tcdb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/72969/cid/5256885/1983-Topps-Return-Of-The-Jedi-35-The-Court-in-Chaos!|archivedate=20201105120701}} {{Po}}
*{{InsiderCite|3|Mark Hamill: 10 Years Later}} {{Po}}
*''[[The Essential Guide to Characters]]''
*''[[Star Wars Trilogy Sourcebook, Special Edition]]''
*{{CCG|set=Jabba's Palace Limited|cardname=Sergeant Doallyn}}
*{{CCG|set=Jabba's Palace Limited|cardname=Yarna D'al' Gargan}}
*''[[Star Wars Encyclopedia]]''
*''[[Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary]]''
*''[[Star Wars: The Action Figure Archive]]''
*[[The Essential Guide to Alien Species (real-world book)|''The Essential Guide to Alien Species'']]
*''[[Rebellion Era Sourcebook]]'' {{Po}}
*{{InsiderCite|60|Who's Who in Jabba's Palace}}
*{{FFCite|64|DAL1-2, ''Yarna d'al Gargan''}}
*{{HasbroCite|set=Star Wars: The Legacy Collection|pack=Yarna d'al' Gargan|altlink=https://www.rebelscum.com/TLC06Yarna.asp}}
*{{InsiderCite|92|The Toys That Never Were}}
*''[[The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia]]''
*{{SWGTCG|set=Galactic Hunters|cardname=Gargan's Hands of Seduction}}
*''[[Star Wars: The Official Starships & Vehicles Collection 18]]''
*{{DB|character|yarnadalgargan|Gargan, Yarna D'al|archivedate=20110517075001}}
*''[[Star Wars Character Encyclopedia]]''
*{{InsiderCite|134|Rogues Gallery (Star Wars Insider)|Rogues Gallery: An Audience with Jabba the Hutt}}
*''[[The Essential Reader's Companion]]''
*{{InsiderCite|141|A Star Wars Family Legacy}} {{Po}}
*{{SW|url=news/star-wars-mysteries-who-is-wiebba-wiebba|text=''Star Wars'' Mysteries: Who is Wiebba-Wiebba?|int=Star Wars Mysteries}}
*{{SWMCite|2|Take a Tour of Jabba's Palace!}} {{Po}}
*{{InsiderCite|158|Star Wars Style: Return of the Jedi, Part 6}}

==Notes and references==
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