Hutt/Legends

"Would you like to discuss it with the Hutts? I'm sure they can settle this."

- Qui-Gon Jinn, to Watto

The Hutts were a species of large gastropods with stubby arms, wide cavernous mouths and huge eyes, who controlled a large space empire in Hutt Space. The species was said to originally hail from the planet Varl, but no planet by that name appeared on any Imperial star charts. Their adopted homeworld was Nal Hutta. The members of the species were often recognized as crime lords.

Physiology
"Hutts are all backside."

- Eli Gand

Full-grown adult Hutts were very large creatures, boasting a total body-weight of as much as a metric ton. Perhaps unsurprisingly, they were often semi-sedentary, spending their days lounging lazily, and traveling on repulsorlift sleds or palanquins borne by teams of slaves. Most of their bulk rested in their bulging belly and thick, slug-like tail, adding to their impression of bloated corruption. In Hutt society, weight was equated with power and status, so thin Hutts were derided as weak and unworthy.

In terms of physiology, the Hutts were known to be an anomaly as they possessed traits from many different species. Similar to sea mammals, their nostrils close and their large lungs allowed them to stay submerged underwater for hours at a time. Yet they were also similar to worms as they were hermaphroditic and thus held both male and female sex organs. However, they possessed traits like marsupials as they bear their young one at a time who were nourished in a brood pouch in the body. They were also able to open their mouths to incredible lengths allowing them to swallow almost anything. Despite these many characteristics, they were generally classified as gastropods by scientists due to the slithering, slug-like manner of their movement. Their slimy hides were typically hairless though an exceptionally rare number were known to grow both locks and beards due to the presence of a recessive genetic trait. While this made them distinctive to non-Hutts, they were seen with distaste and considered a type of mutant among their race.

In fact, a Hutt's thick, fatty hide hid a powerful musculature, allowing them to move with surprising speed on the single muscular "foot" formed by the base of their tail and belly. Their thick, sweaty skin and the heavy layer of fat beneath it served an evolutionary role, maintaining their body temperature. A Hutt's hide was sufficiently thick enough to take several blaster shots before vital organs were reached, permitting the Hutt ample time to pulverize would-be assassins who came unprepared to deal with such a fleshy obstacle. The slimy coating of sweat and mucus protected them from burns. Hutts were also indigestible, a feature that saved Zorba the Hutt from being eaten by the sarlacc on Tatooine. They were also immune to many otherwise lethal chemicals, and could strike lethal blows with their tails.

The Hutts were also completely immune to Force mind tricks, owing to a natural resistance possessed by the species. Although not common, Hutts were able to be Force-sensitive. They had the ability to see ultraviolet light and other frequencies not seen by the Human eye. Often, wealthy Hutts lit their palaces in these spectra of light, giving intruders, or at least those without similar abilities or compensating equipment, a false sense of stealth.

Hutts lacked a conventional bony skeleton, but had an inner armature known as a mantle, which helped to support their arms and head. They also could seal their nostrils and hold their breath for significant lengths of time, and they were omnivorous, capable of distending their jaws to accommodate vast mouthfuls, swallowing food down with a powerful tongue and a specialized shredding organ deep inside their throat, compared by some sources to a mollusk’s radula. Along with terms such as "gastropod", "mantle" and "foot", this choice of terminology seems to suggest a slug-like biology, but it should be noted that much of the current information on Hutts originates in Obo Rin's Catalog of Intelligent Life in the Galaxy, an inaccuracy-laden and perhaps mendaciously speciesist work of Imperial propaganda.

Hutts were resistant to many poisons and diseases and seldom fell ill. Perhaps most remarkably of all, Hutts could even regenerate body parts when injured. Some time prior to 32 BBY, a Hutt known as Gargonn lost half his head, including an eye and apparently a sizable part of his brain, when he was ravaged by a wandrella, yet it was anticipated that he would regenerate the injured tissue completely after a century or so. It is not known if the regeneration of his brain had any effect on his mind or personality. Some Hutts, such as Quaffug, were believed to possess multiple brains, though whether this was a species-wide trait was unknown.

Hutt skin color varied; while Jabba the Hutt had green, oily skin, Durga the Hutt had orange, and Borvo the Hutt had blue. Throughout the years, Hutts have been known for having quite different skin colors from one another.

Life Cycle
"I am&hellip; with Huttlet."

- Anachro

Hutts were hermaphroditic, and as a result, gender was more of a case of a Hutt's deliberate decision or a viewer's deduction. Often, Hutts carrying children were referred to as female, though it was entirely up to the Hutt in question as to if the distinction was accepted or not. For instance, Jiliac was referred to as a female after becoming pregnant, but Popara and Zorba still considered themselves males after birthing their respective children. In addition, some Hutts were known to take mates with each other, such as Gorga and Anachro.

When Hutts were born, they weighed less than 100 grams and after birth they lived a life of being tiny blind creatures that clawed their ways instinctively towards the brood pouch. Once inside, they began to feed on milk and remained there for the next fifty standard years. Upon emergence, they weighed 70 kilograms and measured a meter from head to tail where they had the intellectual level of a ten-year-old Human. However, this was not biologically necessary; Jabba the Hutt had his son Rotta removed from the brood pouch when he was, at most, ten years old, so that he could experience the galaxy. Newborn Hutts, also known as Huttlets, would stay close to their parents for decades, returning to their pouches when they were tired, lonely or scared. Other Hutts were sometimes known to kill them in fear of future competition. Young Hutts matured to adulthood by 130 years whereupon they weighed 500 kilograms and were about the size of a normal adult Human. Prior to this point, they were not considered important nor accountable for their actions for the next millennia. This made Jabba's rise to power at the incredibly young age of 80 all the more impressive.

Unusually for a species so far from humanoid, several Hutts have been known to find female humanoids attractive in some way, though it is unknown whether this is in a sexual manner, in something similar to art appreciation, as status symbols, or for reasons completely beyond our understanding. Jabba the Hutt was the most notable example of this, another was Vogga the Hutt, an entrepreneur who was resided on Nar Shaddaa in the years following the Jedi Civil War. Other examples included Borvo, Dreddon, Soergg, Golga, Popara and Ziro.

The Hutts were known to produce lengthy lifespans with a mere 45 year prison sentence being something they experienced in the blink of an eye. In fact, they were considered one of the longest living species in the galaxy with a maximum recorded lifespan ranging upto a thousand years.

Culture
"Master, are you sure we should be dealing with these Hutts? They have no love for Jedi.''" "''Their love for profit is greater than their hatred of Jedi, young Padawan."

- Jedi Padawan Naat Reath to Jedi Knight Echuu Shen-Jon

The Hutts were famous for their ruthlessness, and success in the underworld. Many Hutts would ransack ships for their load. As masters of the criminal underworld, they would steal, cheat, and murder without regret. They often hired smugglers such as Han Solo to transport illegal spice. They would typically have a fortress of some kind, often on remote planets, such as Jabba's Palace on Tatooine. Hutt fortresses would usually be guarded by selected mercenaries or bounty hunters. Gamorreans and Weequay were common species to fulfill this duty. Leading an organization of crooks and scum meant competition. The Hutts that got involved with criminal activity were often killed, or enslaved. Only the more cunning and clever Hutts, like Jabba, stayed at the top of the food chain. Some Hutts, including Jabba, had such an influence that they actually controlled entire planets.

Notable for being a very egocentric species, Hutts on their homeworld believed themselves to be the center of the universe akin to deities to some of their subject races. In fact, their survival after the destruction of their homeworld of Varl led them to believe that they were greater than the gods that they had once worshipped. Their success in life was directly proportionate to their ego which in turn were known to be immense. In addition, they were known to be highly manipulative creatures and considered experts in getting others to do their bidding.

Young Hutts when they grew to adulthood often gained corpulence which was a trait that was seen as a sign of prestige and power As such, the bigger the Hutt, the more power it acquired which was not only from its peers but from non-Hutts as well. Within Hutt society, those rare individuals that were capable of growing hair on their bodies were considered mutants and were seen with disgust which was rarely disguised.

The ancient Hutt Empire and its successor, Hutt Space, was powerful in its own right, comprising a large area of space on the Outer Rim Territories, and Huttese, the native language of the Hutts, was widely spoken by subjugated races. But many ambitious Hutts moved to worlds outside Hutt Space to become overlords in organized crime within the Galactic Republic, Galactic Empire and New Republic. All Hutts had a given name, which was supported by their clan name and surname (such as Jabba Desilijic Tiure and Borga Besadii Diori). However, few outside Hutt society were aware of various Hutts' proper names and commonly replaced the clan and surname with "the Hutt", as in "Jabba the Hutt" or "Gardulla the Hutt," although it is doubtful the Hutts minded. Hutts were furthermore divided into castes, including H'uuns.

Their race held their own set of rules and laws which members of their kind followed. Among these included the law that any property given to a Hutt's child after their imprisonment had to be re-sold with their improvements to the parent at the original price. They also possessed their own courts which were used to determine the legality of wills left behind by deceased Hutts and declaring which were genuine and which were fraud.

In general, the Hutts were known not for being inventors, manufacturers or builders but as businessmen who connected those beings that required a service being rendered to those capable of accmoplishing such a task. This made them act like galactic brokers who made deals and manipulated the economy with calculated power plays and strategies. Even the rare Hutt weddings were considered little more than business arrangements made between two Hutts and were not done so for pleasure though there were the occasional moments when two members of the race genuinely felt love for one another.

Hutts often were planted on their thrones or seats in their later years. More agile Hutts slithered, or walked using muscles on their belly to push forward. Other Hutts would often, if going anywhere, ride a hoversled. They also had power chairs, which were for the more immovable Hutts, such as Aarrba. Some of the most successful Hutts had sail barges. They were often used for the Hutt's personal luxury if going somewhere or supervising executions.

Early existence
During the Pre-Republic Era the Hutts evolved on the planet Varl, which was once part of the Rakata's Infinite Empire. Their race was not the only species indigenous to that planet as the distantly related t'landa Til were cousins of the Hutts. The Rybets also claimed that Varl was their original homeworld but this was dismissed by the Hutts. Early Hutt history was largely unknown and it was similarly not known whether they had developed interstellar technology themselves or had acquired it from another species to various historical accounts that conflicted with one another. What was known was that the Hutts were an aggressive warrior species with expansionist plans who invaded several outlying worlds. There, they either exterminated the native races or enslaved them to become thralls, which they did with hundreds of worlds. Eventually, a Hutt Empire formed some time after the year 25,200 BBY. It was mainly based in the Outer Rim Territories though it also covered a portion of the Mid Rim and was, for approximately two centuries, the most powerful government in the galaxy.

Their empire was eventually challenged in 25,102 BBY by the Human Tionese warlord known as Xim the Despot who had formed a powerful interstellar empire of his own within the Tion Cluster. This led to the devastating Hutt-Xim conflict lasting to 25,100 BBY when Xim attempted to vanquish the Hutts and rule the Si'Klaata Cluster. This war saw the devastation of the once-lush Hutt world of Ko Vari in 25,102 BBY. Within the Hutt Empire, Kossak the Hutt emerged to rally the clans which led to three brutal engagements over the planet Vontor. During this time, the Hutts gathered a number of native species to serve in their slave armies with the Treaty of Vontor. This allowed the creation of a sizable mercenary army consisting of Nikto, Vodran and Klatooinian warriors whose leaders who had bound the three species to a permanent state of servitude. Kossak later led his forces at the Third Battle of Vontor in 25,100 BBY where the new slave army was crucial in destroying Xim's army of War-Robots. Following Xim's defeat, the warlord himself was captured and placed in Kossak's dungeons on Varl, though Tionese historians falsely claimed he died in battle on Vontor. Afterward, the Hutts then invaded and devastated much of the Tion Cluster. The Tionese were so debilitated militarily and economically that they did not pose a military threat for a long time.

In 24,000 BBY, Hutt Space and the Tion Cluster were first encountered by the Core Worlds&mdash;based Galactic Republic which had discovered the Perlemian Trade Route. Conflict between the Republic and the Honorable Union of Desevro and Tion led to the Tionese War which ended in the former’s favor when Republic agents stirred up trouble in Hutt Space. The Hutts then invaded the Tion Cluster and exterminated many of the Tionese. The surviving Tionese appealed to their former Republic foes for protection and most of the Tionese worlds subsequently joined the Republic. With their human foes united, the Hutts prepared for war which did not occur.

Hutt Cataclysm
The next major event to befall the Hutts was a terrifying civil war known as the Hutt Cataclysms with the origin of the conflict being unknown. It was known that the Rybets claimed that they had once fought a war against the Hutts on Varl which led to its devastation though no evidence indicated whether this was true. By the time it ended in 15,000 BBY, Varl along with the ancient Hutt colonies were rendered lifeless. The Hutts held their own beliefs on the nature of the disaster which was considered a myth. According to legend, the planet Varl orbited around two suns, Evona and Ardos. Evona and Ardos were venerated as gods by the Hutts. Evona was consumed by a black hole, and in fury, Ardos expelled its gaseous external layers and destroyed the other planets of the star system. Somehow, Varl survived, though its atmosphere was torn away and its biosphere devastated, and left as wasteland with acid rain. The Hutts, too, survived the cataclysm, and soon left the pockmarked world. They believed that by surviving the cataclysm they had been elevated to the status of "near-gods," leading to an innate feeling of superiority over most other species. The planet they left behind was inhabited by the descendants of abandoned servants of the Hutts, with only a few squalid manufacturing centers. The tale has generally been dismissed as more Huttese hyperbole, and the most commonly accepted alternate theory is that the Hutts destroyed their world themselves, in some ancient war. Interestingly, there are signs indicating that the cratered wasteland of planet Varl was once a pleasant green world, and besides many asteroids, no other world orbits the white dwarf, Ardos. Presumably, the asteroids are the remains of Varl's moons, as researchers at the Baobab Archives have claimed to find Hutt artifacts "on the moons of Varl."

This saw the Hutts abandon their ancestral homeworld in a star caravan which eventually arrived over the planet Evocar where they displaced the native Evocii species with typical Hutt cunning. After they and the t'landa Til arrived in the Y'Toub system, the Hutts renamed the planet Nal Hutta, or "Glorious Jewel" in Huttese. Having decided that Evocar was a suitable home, they traded their technology with the Evocii in exchange for pieces of land on Evocar. The Hutts continued doing this until the Evocii realized that their homeworld had almost been bought out from under them. Hutt palaces, amusement parks and other constructions were built all over Evocar, and the Evocii could do nothing about it. They attempted to appeal to the Galactic Republic but it ruled in favor of the Hutts. The Hutts started capturing and enslaving the Evocii, making them build many structures on Nar Hutta and working them to death. Many Evocii were relocated to Nar Hutta's fifth moon Nar Shaddaa. On Nar Shaddaa, the Evocii began mutating due to the various technologies practiced on the moon. The Evocii were believed, incorrectly, to have died off from prolonged exposure to Nar Shaddaa's polluted atmosphere. Their descendants remained hidden in the lower levels of the Smuggler's Moon.

Once on their new homeworld, the Hutt Grand Council was established which was the brainchild of Budhila Hestilic Amura who also created the philosophy of the kajidics. The teachings espoused by Budhila highlighted that fierce competition among the clans removed the weak from their ranks but made note against outright warfare or territorial conquest in favor ruling their enemies from within. Thus, a dramatic change was seen in the Hutt mindset as they believed normal means of confict were tools used by weaker species and taught them to exploit galactic civilizations rather than confront them. This era saw their earlier histories being transformed into myth. Under the direction of the Council of Ancients, the various clans operations were overseen with none being favored as all were governed faily.

The Old Republic
Over the course of the next few centuries, the Republic fixed the Coreward boundaries of Hutt Space and did not resist their expansions into their territory as they felt title meant little compared to economic power. For a time, Nal Hutta and Nar Shaddaa prospered since they were located on popular trade routes. The trade routes shifted. As a result, Nal Hutta and its moon became a haven for smugglers, pirates, and other criminals. Sleheyron and Nar Shaddaa became boomworlds for the Hutts whilst they managed to worm their way into the criminal underworld and megacorps of the Republic within a few millennia. Their machinations of the Hutt kajidacs allowed them to gain economic control over more planets whilst the Republic rotted from within. However, not all Hutts were nefarious manipulators as one member of their kind known as Blotus became Supreme Chancellor of the Republic and was hailed by its citizens for his actions during the Rianitus Period. Another notable Hutt was Aarrba who was a humble and honest businessman at Koros Major in 5,000 BBY.

In 12,000 BBY, the Republic came under the influence of the theocratic and Humanocentric Pius Dea sect which posited Contispex as Supreme Chancellor. Taking advantage of the unpopularity of the Hutts among the Republic's citizens, Constipex sanctioned a crusade against the Hutts. Over the following centuries, his descendants sanctioned several crusades against some rival alien sects in the Outer Rim which fought back; leaving the galaxy in a never-ending state of alternating hot and cold wars. The anti-alien nature of the crusades precipitated an exodus into Hutt Space until the end of Pius Dea rule in 11,000 BBY. The repercussions of these crusades would sour relations between the Core and the outlying regions over the millennia.

In the Jedi Civil War, and later the Dark Wars, the Hutts found themselves being increasingly challenged by the criminal syndicate known as the Exchange. Particularly, by the Nar Shaddaa crime boss known as Goto who believed that the Hutts were too dangerous an evil for the Republic to deal with. This led to a number of confrontations with the local Hutt Vogga who hired bounty hunters and even made a deal with Goto's underling to eliminate his boss.

During the emergence of the Sith Empire, the Hutt Cartels played little parts in events of the Great Galactic War as the criminal networks of the galaxy debated on which faction to back. However, the Hutts resented the Sith Emperor for not including them in his pre-war conspiracy against the Republic. Despite this being the case, Imperial Intelligence were known to had blocked all Republic efforts in gaining the Hutts support. As the conflict escalated, the planet Quesh was discovered by the Republic who intended to harness the potent "Hutt Venom" adrenals and forged a deal with three Hutt Cartels who kept the business deal a secret from the Sith. But their dealings were eventually discovered by the Sith Empire. This forced the Hutts to declare the three Cartels as being traitors and they were forced to help the Sith in attempting to re-occupy the planet. In the Cold War period of 3,653 BBY, the Hutts were known to had continued to face the predations from the Exchange and worked with several crime syndicates against them which was achieved through informants within that organization.

According to a vision by Kreia, the Hutts eventually ceased tolerating the presence of the Exchange which caused the criminal syndicate to slowly feed on itself till it was destroyed as a result.

The Clone Wars
"The Hutts are gangsters."

- Panaka

In the Clone Wars, the Hutt Space remained neutral amidst the fighting and played both Galactic Republic and Confederacy of Independent Systems against each other. However, after rescuing and returning Rotta to Jabba on Tatooine at the neighboring Arkanis sector, they allowed the Republic to pass through the sector unlike the CIS. As the war continued to rage between the two sides, the Hutts began to move in the shadows which allowed them to gain control Tatooine, Gyndine and Toong'l who now answered to new masters. In addition, their machinations led them to play the Republic and the Separatists against one another. This saw them demanding high prices for access to the trade routes they controlled.

While this was the case, Tagta the Hutt installed a powerful cannon that used repulsor based technology that was placed at his palace on Nar Hekka. Using this weapon, he destroyed Republic ships that were using the Sheela Run to supply their forces on the front lines. This led to the Jedi Order dispatching Yoda and Obi-Wan Kenobi to investigate the matter whereupon they learned that Tagta intended to extort the Republic by demanding one billion credits for their use of the Sheela Run. The Hutt even threatened to speak to Count Dooku about such a business opportunity but after Tagta's mercenaries were neutralized; Grandmaster Yoda reopened negotiations by offering only a single credit for the use of the Sheela Run. This was under the condition that the trade route be free of Separatist ships otherwise the Senate would begin an investigation of Tagta's criminal activities.

After Ziro the Hutt was imprisoned, the Hutt Council feared the knowledge he possessed of their various criminal activities which were located within a holodiary record. Thus, the Council hired the bounty hunter Cad Bane on a mission to release Ziro from captivity and bring him to Nal Hutta. This saw Bane take the Galactic Senate hostage where he was willing to release them in exchange for Ziro's freedom. Brought to the Hutt homeworld, the Council was unable to punish Ziro who threatened to release the contents of the diary which led to him being imprisoned. However, Sy Snootles freed him and the two recovered the diary on Teth from the Grave of Ziro Desilijic Tiure's father. But Snootles killed Ziro and took the records back to her employer on Tatooine who was Jabba Desilijic Tiure.

Imperial Period
After the end of the war, the Republic was dissolved and a new Galactic Empire was established in its place. With the creation of the New Order which was a revitalized militaristic power that the Hutts showed obedience to but used their cunning to outmaneuver this new foe. Whilst the Empire's anti-slavery policies greatly hurt their operations, exceptions were made for Hutt Space and several other cooperatives that the Hutts moved quickly to control. Though an attempt was made to organize the rimward territory of Hutt Space into Imperial sectors, the Hutts simply bribed the newly appointed Moff's to look the other way. In addition, whilst Moff Sarn Shild was in charge of Hutt Space, in reality the situation was far different with his decrees not being followed in the Hutt's territory. Several shows of force were made by the Empire which included the annexation of Sriluur along with manufacturing plants being created throughout Hutt Space. This also saw the creation of an Imperial task force sent to crackdown on criminal activity on Nar Shaddaa which was stopped by actions conducted by smugglers. Furthermore, the Empire warned the Hutts that rebel activity would not be tolerated in Hutt Space. Despite this, for the most part, the Hutts were left largely alone and in fact generated the most profit for the Imperial war machine.

During the Galactic Civil War between New Republic and the Imperial Remnant, most Hutts remained neutral.

Invasion
"When Xim the Despot and his droid legions attempted to invade Hutt space, the great Kossak defeated them at Vontor and sent them fleeing for the Tion Hegemony. And when Moff Sarn Shild attempted to blockade Nal Hutta and destroy our moon, the great clans set aside their differences to manipulate weak Imperials and send their forces fleeing, as well. We have weathered many storms, and we will weather this one, as well. With care, we can play the New Republic against the invaders for the betterment of the Hutts."

- Borga Besadii Diori to the Hutt Council.

During the Yuuzhan Vong War, the Hutts thought they could save themselves by cooperating with the Yuuzhan Vong. They made a deal with Nom Anor that they would provide the extragalactic invaders with several Hutt worlds in exchange for being left alone. However, the Yuuzhan Vong contemplated betraying their Hutt allies once the New Republic was destroyed. Meanwhile, the Hutts were secretly informing the New Republic with locations where the Yuuzhan Vong would strike. It would not be long before the Yuuzhan Vong discovered the Hutts' treachery.

The Y'Toub system was surrounded by several of the Yuuzhan Vong's most deadly warships. Several organic creations were sent to Nal Hutta and its moon Nar Shaddaa for multiple purposes. Different types of bacteria killed most of the inhabitants which travelled into the underslums of Nar Shaddaa, before processing their remains into the soil of Nal Hutta. Then all the technology on the planet was broken down and also absorbed into the soil. Then the Yuuzhan Vong Vongformed Nal Hutta and Nar Shaddaa with the later action leading to the true extinction of the Evocii.

The Hutt clans suffered a terrible defeat as a result of this. Most of the Hutts fled to Tatooine, but those still left alive on Nal Hutta, such as Borga Besadii Diori, tried to persuade the Yuuzhan Vong to let them go. By 26 ABY there was a Hutt underground operating against the Yuuzhan Vong, with Booster Terrik supplying them with weapons.

Aftermath
With the Yuuzhan Vong's defeat in 29 ABY, the Hutts reasserted control over many of their worlds particularly Nal Hutta and Nar Shaddaa and sought to dominate regional reconstruction efforts. In 39 ABY, Hutts refused to join the Five Worlds and remained independent from both the Five Worlds and the Galactic Alliance. However in 40 ABY, when the Confederation was formed, the Hutts joined the organization, and eventually they themselves joined the members of the Oversector during the great conflict with some kajidics, who only remained in Bootana Hutta, contributed warships.

In 44 ABY, after the Sith of the Lost Tribe desecrated the Fountain of Ancients on Klatooine, the Klatooinians called a meeting to determine whether the Treaty of Vontor had been violated, as the Hutts had promised to safeguard the Fountain. Despite the best efforts of Tooga Jalliissi Gral, who represented the Hutts, and the ruling of Jaina Solo and Lando Calrissian, who were acting as arbitrators, the Klatooinians decided that the Treaty had been violated and was now null and void, and they, the Nikto, and the Vodran threw out their Hutt masters, along with slaves throughout the galaxy who rebelled against their own masters.

Legacy Era
By about 130 ABY, the Hutts had recovered a significant amount of power. One notable Hutt of the era was Queen Jool who owned Rik's Cantina on Coruscant.

By 137 ABY, a New Galactic Empire under the control of the Sith had usurped control of the Galaxy. For unknown reasons, Hutt Space provided covert help to the Galactic Alliance Remnant, one of the new Empire's major opponents. Later, the Sith's poisoning of Da Soocha and the destruction of the Hutt Temple Maya Armus on Napdu prompted the Hutts into entering the conflict against the Sith on the side of the Alliance and Imperials.

Hutts in the galaxy
"I conclude that they have taken him to the Hutt planet Nal Hutta."

- Quinlan Vos, discussing about Ziro's escape

The Hutts were known to have several hideouts in remote, scarcely populated planets of the Outer Rim Territories.

C. 529 BBY, some Hutts sold two hundred nine obsolete Ubrikkian 222 fishing trawlers to Hugo Bartyn, with a great discount. Bartyn used them to get seafood in Lamaredd and sold it back to the Hutts, who happened to enjoy it. When a union threatened to stop the influx of seafood, while orders from the Hutts were to be served, Bartyn feared that the Hutts could take over Lamaredd as a retaliation.

Hutts had a reputation of lacking social skills.

Notable Hutts
"At least I'm still not as bad as that bloated pus-bag."

- An example of the so-called "Hutt Mirror" effect


 * Aarrba
 * Aruk Besadii Aora
 * Azzim Anjiliac Atirue
 * Beldorion
 * Blotus
 * Bwahl
 * Borga Besadii Diori
 * Durga Besadii Tai
 * Gardulla the Elder
 * Grappa
 * Greco
 * Bogga
 * Borvo
 * Grelb
 * Jabba Desilijic Tiure
 * Jemba the Hutt
 * Jiliac Desilijic Tiron
 * Jool
 * Ka'Pa
 * Kossak
 * Lungru Nokko Vimmas
 * Mika Anjiliac Chiera
 * Motta
 * Nem'ro
 * Popara Anjiliac Diresto
 * Rotta
 * Tooga Jalliissi Gral
 * Vago Gejalli Thokka
 * Vogga
 * Zonnos Anjiliac Priare aka Zonnos the Lesser
 * Zorba Desilijic Tiure
 * Ziro Desilijic Tiure

See List of Hutts for a more complete list.

Common Hutt names

 * Issulla
 * Grondo
 * Yarella
 * Zordo
 * Grubo

Behind the scenes
Like a few other terms relating to Tatooine and its inhabitants, the word "Hutt" was derived by George Lucas from Arabic, in this case, the word  حوت ḥawt, meaning "whale".

Though most sources state that Hutts have no bones (as is the case with real-life gastropods), study art was drawn for The Phantom Menace showing Jabba's skeleton.

On the Return of the Jedi tape included in the 1997 Star Wars Trilogy (Special Edition), George Lucas detailed that the word Hutt was originally going to just be Jabba Desilijic Tiure's gangster title, but was eventually changed to indicate Jabba's species.

In many languages the phrase "(Name) the hutt" is often translated as "(Name) of hutt".

Non-canon appearances

 * LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga
 * Star Wars: Battlefront II
 * LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy
 * Star Wars Infinities: A New Hope
 * Star Wars Infinities: The Empire Strikes Back
 * LEGO Star Wars: The Han Solo Affair
 * The Return of Tag & Bink: Special Edition
 * Star Wars Infinities: Return of the Jedi
 * Star Wars Infinities: A New Hope
 * Star Wars Infinities: The Empire Strikes Back
 * LEGO Star Wars: The Han Solo Affair
 * The Return of Tag & Bink: Special Edition
 * Star Wars Infinities: Return of the Jedi
 * The Return of Tag & Bink: Special Edition
 * Star Wars Infinities: Return of the Jedi