Nal Hutta / Legends Nal Hutta ( Glorious Jewel in Huttese ) , also known simply as Hutta , was the capital of Hutt Space and was located in the Y ' Toub system . It was formerly known as Evocar and was the original home world of the Evocii , who were ousted by the Hutts in 15 , 000 BBY , who migrated from their original home world of Varl along with their servants the t ' landa Til . The planet was controlled by the ancient ruling Hutt families , who also ruled its moon Nar Shaddaa from Nal Hutta and becoming the new capital of the Hutt Empire . Geography and Culture . Nal Hutta , or as it was originally known , Evocar , was a very large planet , however it lacked natural heavy metals meaning its density was less than that of most worlds . The planet was originally a lush jungle world with vast oceans , though the Hutts eventually transformed it into a polluted and barren wasteland . Once it became known as Nal Hutta , much of the surface became covered by flat , marshy bogs , stagnant , muddy puddles and patches of sickly marsh grass inhabited by insects and spiders . The few other species to survive the Hutt ' s environmental changes mutated and adapted to the pollutant laden environment . Some , like the Chemilizard were able to extract nutrients from the industrial waste of the Hutts . Others developed extensive chemical defenses . The areas still habitable by the native species were viciously competed for making the many of the species on Nal Hutta some of the most aggressive animals in the galaxy . The atmosphere was also polluted by strip - mining operations and heavy industrialization , and a greasy rain drizzled down on the surface , although its terrain was not to the extent of Dagobah . Raw materials were constantly strip - mined from the planet ' s surface and shipped to Nar Shaddaa for processing and export . The capital city , Bilbousa and the Guarja Shipyards were located on the planet . The Huttese translation of Nal Hutta into Glorious Jewel stemmed from the nearby massive , radioactive gas cloud , which contained the planet Ganath . The planet was ruled by the oldest Hutt families , known as the Clans of the Ancients , who watched over the activities of both Nal Hutta and Nar Shaddaa from their homes . History . Hutt Empire . Evocar was home to the humanoid Evocii . Prior to 15 , 000 BBY , the Hutt settlers owned a small province on Evocar . Due likely to their legendary greed , the Hutt ' s ownership of Evocar continued to grow through business deals where they traded their technology with the relatively primitive Evocii for portions of land . Old Republic . Following the destruction of the Hutt home - world of Varl in 15 , 000 BBY , the Hutts collaborated with Vippit lawyers from Alee in buying out the planet from the Evocii , regarding it as a suitable new home . Using both legal and violent measures , the Hutts established themselves as the rulers of the planet and renamed it Nal Hutta , as the new capital of Hutt Space , the successor of the Hutt Empire . Hutt palaces , amusement parks and other constructions were built all over Evocar , and the Evocii could do nothing about it . The Hutts destroyed the planet ' s lush mountainous rainforests , terraforming the planet into what they considered paradise . The Evocii appealed to the Galactic Republic , however the contracts signed were legally binding , and the Republic ruled in favor of the Hutts . Many of the Evocii were eventually evicted by the Hutts , and relocated to the planet ' s fifth moon , which would later be known as Nar Shaddaa , the Smugglers ' Moon . The Hutts then destroyed the remaining Evocii agriculture and whatever was left of the original terrain and then terraformed ( destroyed ) any remaining patches of land . Most of the Evocii who remained on Nal Hutta were enslaved to build the cities of Nal Hutta . The few remaining Evocii not enslaved in the cities banded together into rebel tribes to harass the Hutts and their interests , ultimately they were defeated and exterminated . The resettled Evocii were exploited as indentured labor to build the cities of the moon . Although the Vertical City was only starting to be built , it quickly began to prosper along with Nal Hutta . When the cities of Nal Hutta were completed , the Evocii were relocated to assist the Evocii on Nar Shaddaa , along side Nar Shaddaa ' s native Ganks . Five centuries later the entire moon was urbanized and the Evocii were freed of their labor by the Hutts . The Evocii then took refuge in Nar Shaddaa ' s under - city , along with the Ganks and began to mutate into savages due to various technologies practiced on the moon . For about eleven thousand years , Nar Shaddaa , and to a lesser extent , Nal Hutta itself , rivaled Coruscant as the hub of interstellar trade . With the disruption of the Ootmian Pabol hyperspace route around 4000 BBY , Nal Hutta and its moon gradually devolved into havens for smugglers , pirates , and other criminals . During the Dark Wars in 3951 BBY , Nal Hutta was enslaving refugees after buying them from the Exchange in the Refugee Sector on Nar Shaddaa . During the Great Galactic War beginning in 3681 BBY between the Sith Empire and the Galactic Republic , the Hutts managed to remain neutral , ensuring their world remained exactly as they liked it . Nal Hutta continued to serve as the Hutts ' base during the Clone Wars and the world was generally left undisturbed by the galaxy - wide conflict . The Hutt Grand Council was situated on Nal Hutta during the war , apart from Jabba Desilijic Tiure , who operated out of Tatooine and had Gardulla Besadii represent him in person . It was to Nal Hutta Ziro Desilijic Tiure fled after his prison break in 22 BBY , where he was incarcerated by the Council for refusing to hand over a holo - diary which contained the council ' s many crimes . After escaping the Council ' s prison , he and his girlfriend Sy Snootles fled across murky swamplands to Mama ' s hut , where he borrowed her starship and fled to Teth , pursued by two Jedi Masters ; Quinlan Vos and Obi - Wan Kenobi . Later in the War arround 21 BBY , after escape on Coruscant , Cad Bane , Moralo Eval , and Obi - Wan Kenobi ( disguised of Rako Hardeen ) made their way to Nal Hutta , where Kenobi , to Bane ' s incredulity , intended to crash their HCT - 2001 " Dragonboat " - class Reugeot 905 freighter into the swamps to get Republic authorities off their trail . Surviving the crash , the three of them abandoned the freighter and made their way to the Bilbousa Bazaar , a marketplace in the planet ' s capital city , Bilbousa . There , Kenobi hoped they could buy a new starship , though Bane pointed out that as they undoubtedly had a bounty on their heads for escaping , they first had to replace their prison fatigues . To re - equip themselves with bounty hunting gear , Bane took them to Pablo ' s Pawnshop , a choice venue of his that was operated by the pawnbroker Pablo . At the pawnshop , Bane found some new armor and equipment , including a new hat . As Kenobi had suspected , Bane sprayed Kenobi with knockout gas as they were departing , leaving Kenobi to be arrested by the local authorities . However , Kenobi turned the frequency of the tracking device over to his captors , who shot Bane and Eval ' s ship down . Kenobi , meanwhile , escaped from captivity and purchased another ship , and when Bane and Eval found him smugly waiting for them , they agreed to make him a partner in their scheme and captured by Nikto Guards and escape . After Three Bounty Hunters leaving Hutta on Personal Luxury Yacht 3000 , Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker and Jedi Padawan Ahsoka Tano on T - 6 shuttle , who is visiting the Chancellor and is still unaware of the secret mission , does not take this decision well , and Palpatine exploits this by deliberately sending him After some brutal questioning of the locals on Anakin ' s part , the two Jedi learn about the next likely whereabouts of the fugitives ship , since the ship seller decided to fuel up the ship only just enough to force them to seek out his brother ' s refueling station on Orondia . After spotting their quarry as they prepare to leave , Anakin decides to ram the ship into submission and board it in midflight , but is foiled by Bane and a subsequent crash - landing of both parties resulting from the furious chase through a local fuel - processing facility . In later arround 20 BBY , after Death Watch and the Sith set out to assemble an army of followers , beginning their search at a fortress on Mustafar belonging to the leaders of a branch of the Black Sun crime syndicate , negotiations with the syndicate branch ' s Falleen leaders were quick to sour , leading Savage Opress to kill them while Maul recruited the organization ' s Captain of the Guard , Ziton Moj , who authorized an alliance in the fallen leaders stead with freshly gained supplies and a battalion of Black Sun foot soldier s in tow , Pre Vizsla and Maul were approached by Lom Pyke , leader of a Coruscanti spice - dealing Pyke Syndicate , the Pykes moved to willingly join the growing assembly . The Sith Lord Darth Maul formed a criminal organization called the Shadow Collective and he wished to secure a partnership with the Hutt Grand Council on Nal Hutta , in addition to his Black Sun and Death Watch allies . There , Death Watch attended to the Sith ' s injuries before Vizsla invited Darth Maul to talk , during which the two found they had a mutual enemy in the form of the Jedi Order , with Jedi Master Obi - Wan Kenobi equally despised by both men . Upon that shared animosity , Maul and Vizsla founded an alliance in pursuit of mutual benefit : the Sith would aid Death Watch in deposing Duchess Satine Kryze of the New Mandalorians , while Death Watch would assist the Sith in their plans to punish Kenobi for his actions against Maul a decade prior . With their newest allies , the hutts summoned five bounty hunters Embo , Marrok , Latts Razzi , Sugi and Dengar , sugi hurl a knife at Maul ' s head . Before it could reach its target , Opress halted it and the knife went hurling back to the feet of the anooba , Marrok . Jabba then had his bounty hunters eliminate the two Sith Lords and Vizsla . The two Sith merely swatted the guards aside while Vizsla used his flamethrower to help cover their retreat . By the time the flames had fanned , the Sith and Vizsla had a head start on their escape . Death Watch set out for Hutta with a small attack force was comprised of three " Kom ' rk " - class starfighters loaded with squads of Death Watch foot soldiers and three " Sarisa - class " gunships headed toward Nal Hutta and landed at the Hutt Council Chamber and Bounty hunters Escape . Though the mission ended as a failure , Oruba was captured by Bo - Katan and her soldiers . Oruba stated he knew not of where his allies were hiding . Maul then ordered for Opress to kill him as the elder Hutt proved useless to them , but Oruba stated that his allies were holed up in Jabba ' s palace on the Outer Rim world of Tatooine . Still , Maul had Opress kill Oruba . They then set course for Tatooine . Galactic Empire . During the Galactic Civil War , the Galactic Empire established nominal control over Nal Hutta , but for the most part the Hutt ruling families were left to control day to day affairs , with the Empire stepping in only when searching for Rebel sympathizers or other criminals . Yuuzhan Vong Empire . During the Yuuzhan Vong War , Nal Hutta was conquered following an orbital bombardment by the extragalactic aliens in retaliation for the Hutts ' treachery in 26 ABY . 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 , before processing their remains into the soil of Nal Hutta . All of the technology on the planet was broken down and also absorbed into the soil , thus turning Nal Hutta into a lifeless barren world . However , the Hutts still remained for two years during the Yuuzhan Vong ' s rule . The Yuuzhan Vong Vongformed the lifeless barren surface of Nal Hutta ( into an unknown result ) to suit themselves , resulting in the second complete change of the planet ' s terrain . This process was ongoing , and the Yuuzhan Vong reached out from the Y ' Toub system , swallowing all of Hutt Space , and desolating the Hutt Empire in the process . As a result , a Hutt underground was formed , and the New Republic raided the world in 28 ABY . The Hutts and the resistance movement abandoned Nal Hutta as their base of operations at the close of the Vong war in 28 ABY , moving instead to the desert planet of Tatooine , a world on which the Hutts historically had a heavy presence beyond Hutt Space . Legacy era . Despite the efforts of the Yuuzhan Vong , their introduced vegetation and fauna failed to thrive on both Nal Hutta and Nar Shaddaa due to the entrenched Hutt ecosystem . In 29 ABY , they abandoned the vongformed planet and moon . Over the following decades , the Hutts would gradually reclaim both Nal Hutta and its moon . There were also criminals that were fortunate enough to have survived the Yuuzhan Vong War who took shelter on the now vongformed planet as well as Nar Shaddaa . Like its moon in 40 ABY , it would not openly ally itself with the Five Worlds and remained independent . However , Nal Hutta did join the Confederation during the Second Galactic Civil War , although the Hutts themselves were relatively neutral . Later in the war the Hutts finally joined their fellow criminals , and were absorbed into the Confederation as well . Behind the scenes . The PC game " " mistakenly places Nal Hutta in the Kanchen sector , which is actually located in the Core Worlds .