The huge antigravity pleasure craft that
Jabba the Hutt used to travel the dunes of
Tatooine was called a
sail barge. The craft had three decks, its top one covered with large sails. When the
repulsorlifts are shut off, winds alone can move the craft. Jabba armed his barge with a large turret-mounted laser cannon, and with portable
blaster cannons lining the upper deck rails.
The last voyage of Jabba's sail barge was a trip into the Dune Sea, for the ill-fated execution of Luke Skywalker and his friends. Little did Jabba realize that he was playing into Luke's plan, that by bringing the young Jedi out into the open, the advantage fell to Skywalker. Armed with a previously concealed lightsaber, Skywalker was able to cut through many of Jabba's guards.
Princess Leia Organa used the slaver's chain that kept her bound to the repulsive gangster to strangle Jabba. Freed from her bonds, Leia then used the barge's laser cannon to fire into the lower decks, unleashing a chain reaction of explosions that consumed the pleasure craft.