Hutt

"You can't take Her Royal Highness there! The Hutts are gangsters..."

- Panaka

Hutts were a large slug-like sentient species who were native to the planet Nal Hutta. They were well known as galactic gangsters whose Grand Hutt Council controlled the Hutt Clan crime syndicate. One famous Hutt was the crime lord Jabba, who ruled a massive criminal empire from his palace on Tatooine.

Biology and appearance
Hutts were a massive slug-like species who had large mouths and stubby arms. They were tough and muscular with thick leathery skin, which was wrinkled and slimy. Hutts often had watery eyes and slack facial expressions. Despite their legendary adult size, Hutts start out as tiny Huttlets less than half a meter in height.

Their homeworld of Nal Hutta had a hot atmosphere and was frequently streaked by greasy rains, creating a fetid sauna in which Hutts were most comfortable. Hutts could live for centuries – Jabba was 604 when he was killed – and could grow to enormous sizes.

Some Hutts suffered from a genetic defect that caused their skin to be bereft of pigment and prone to cracking.

Culture
The Hutts were crime lords who lived opulent lives overseeing criminal underworld activities like spice smuggling, slavery, gambling and bounty hunting in Hutt Space. They were typically obese, with the muscular Nar Shaddaa kingpin Grakkus being an exception who proved the rule.

The Hutt Clan was divided into families known as kajidics: Jabba's family was the Desilijic kajidic, whose sigil was tattooed on his arm. Hutts bandaged and buried their dead. The Hutts believed that at least one of their own, Boonta Hestilic Shad'ruu, had ascended to godhood, and held the Boonta Eve holiday in their honor.

Classical architectural Hutt style could be seen on the planet Mataou. It was characterized by terraced buildings with sloping gates, and white and red colors.

Clothing was optional for Hutts, and some would use live Sha'rellian toops as hairpieces. Hutts liked to eat gorgs, slime pods and Klatooine paddy frogs, and were known to smoke hookah pipes.

Behind the scenes
It was revealed by Pablo Hidalgo at Celebration Anaheim that Hutts have separate sexes in canon, no longer being hemaphroditic as they were in the Star Wars Legends continuity.

Appearances
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 * Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace
 * Star Wars Journeys: The Phantom Menace
 * Star Wars: Galactic Defense
 * Star Wars: Obi-Wan & Anakin, Part II {{Flash}}
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars film
 * {{TCW|Assassin (episode)|Assassin}}
 * {{TCW|Evil Plans}} {{Hologram}}
 * {{TCW|Hostage Crisis}}
 * {{TCW|Ambush}} {{Flash}}
 * {{TCW|Sphere of Influence}}
 * {{TCW|Evil Plans}}
 * {{TCW|Hunt for Ziro}}
 * {{TCW|Slaves of the Republic}}
 * {{TCW|Friends and Enemies}}
 * {{TCW|Missing in Action}} {{C|Mentioned on sign only}}
 * {{TCW|Eminence (episode)|Eminence}}
 * {{TCW|The Lost One}}
 * Star Wars: Darth Maul—Son of Dathomir, Part One
 * Lords of the Sith
 * Star Wars 7: From the Journals of Old Ben Kenobi: "The Last of His Breed"
 * Star Wars 15: From the Journals of Old Ben Kenobi
 * Lost Stars {{Mo}}
 * Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion {{Mo}}
 * The Rebellion Begins {{Mo}}
 * Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope {{C|Special Edition}}
 * A New Hope Read-Along Storybook and CD
 * Star Wars 1: Skywalker Strikes {{Mo}}
 * The Adventures of Luke Skywalker, Jedi Knight
 * Star Wars: Darth Vader 1: Vader
 * Star Wars 4: Skywalker Strikes, Part IV
 * Star Wars: Darth Vader 2: Vader, Part II {{Mo}}
 * Star Wars 9: Showdown on the Smuggler's Moon, Part II
 * Star Wars: Darth Vader 7: Shadows and Secrets, Part I
 * Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back {{Mo}}
 * The Empire Strikes Back: So You Want to Be a Jedi? {{Mo}}
 * Moving Target: A Princess Leia Adventure {{Mo}}
 * Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi {{1st}}
 * Return of the Jedi Read-Along Storybook and CD
 * Return of the Jedi: Beware the Power of the Dark Side!
 * Aftermath {{Mo}}
 * Star Wars: Uprising
 * The Perfect Weapon {Mo}}
 * Before the Awakening {{Mo}}

Non-canon appearances
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 * William Shakespeare's The Phantom of Menace: Star Wars Part the First
 * Disney Infinity 3.0
 * Epic Yarns: Return of the Jedi