Which Star Wars character is Vinnie a parody of?

penguin_pam

Almost every character in Spaceballs (1987) is based off someone from Star Wars, especially the ones with bigger roles. Princess Vespa is Princess Leia Dot Matrix is C-3PO Dark Helmet is Darth Vader Lone Starr is a mixture of Han and Luke So who is Vinnie, Pizza the Hutt's associate, supposed to be? I can't think of anybody from the original trilogy that he resembles. His wiki says Max Headroom was a source of inspiration for his speech pattern,...

Originally asked by DCOPTimDowd on Stack Exchange (movies) (CC BY-SA 3.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

If I were forced (pun intended) to relate him to a Star Wars character, I'd actually have to go with Bib Fortuna , Jabba's Twi'lek "assistant". Obviously not because of his physical appearance, but Vinnie is somewhat sycophantic (his line, "You're delicious"); he's right there next to Pizza the Hut, just as Bib Fortuna seems to have his place in Jabba's palace right beside the Hutt; and also Vinnie gives me the impression that he's a bit "simple", similar to Bib Fortuna (Jabba's line about him being a "weak-minded fool").

Full answer by G_Hosa_Phat: https://movies.stackexchange.com/a/79521 (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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