The original movie, he was played by a fat man (but that hit the cutting room floor - I can see George screaming now... NO, NO... Like a REAL slug, not just a fat bastard!)... for "A New Hope" they rotoscoped the CG Hutt over the gourmand human (which, because of the problems with blocking, Ford has to walk over Hutt's tail) - that's why they have all that footage to work from.

Saw that old footage on a "making of" documentary of the real movie... er, the original movie.

Bren R.