Skar'kla Consortium

"Not like anyone but the Hutts have been trying to move on Skar'kla territory"

- Cad Bane

The Skar'kla Consortium was a criminal organisation which existed shortly before the Clone Wars, at which time it was lead by a young Bothan crime lord named Akris Ur'etu. Various Hutt criminals attempted to take control of Skar'kla territory while Akris was in control and one of them hired a Bounty hunter to impersonate a Jedi and harrase Skar'kla operations and then kill it's leader. To defend himself from what he belived was a Jedi Akris hired the Duros bounty hunter Cad Bane to kill the imposter. Bane however allowed the bounty hunter to kill Akris before defeating him and making a deal to collect the crime lord's bounty himself and be taught how to make the imposter's equipment.

Behind the scenes
The Skar'kla Consortium first appeared in the short story Reputation which was written by Ari Marmell and published in Star Wars Insider 136 in 2012.