Ziro Desilijic Tiure Ziro Desilijic Tiure , also known as simply Ziro the Hutt , was a male oriented Hutt crime lord , a Vigo of Black Sun , and an uncle to Jabba Desilijic Tiure . The son of " Mama " the Hutt , Ziro was the brother of Jiliac , Pazda , Ebor , and Zorba Desilijic Tiure . Ziro is one of the only Hutts that have been heard to fluently speak Basic as opposed to Huttese . During the Clone Wars , Ziro arranged a deal with the Confederacy of Independent Systems in a plot to gain more power amongst the Hutt clans . This plot involved the kidnapping of his own grandnephew , Rotta , who was Jabba ' s son . His plot was uncovered , and Ziro was arrested by the Galactic Republic and imprisoned in the Republic Judiciary Central Detention Center . Following intense debate among the Hutt Council , the renowned Duros bounty hunter Cad Bane was hired to return him to the Council ' s custody , freeing him from Republic captivity following a bloody holdup of the Senate Rotunda and transferring him to a prison cell on Nal Hutta . After concluding Ziro was too dangerous to the Council ' s operation to be left alive , Jabba the Hutt hired Sy Snootles , a singer and former lover of Ziro , to secure a datapad containing sensitive information regarding the Council . Though he was being trailed by Cad Bane , as well as the Jedi Obi - Wan Kenobi and Quinlan Vos , it would be Snootles who killed Ziro with two blaster shots to the chest . Biography . Early criminal life . Starting out as a loan shark on Sleheyron , Ziro moved to Coruscant to pursue a bigger career . He did , however , adopt the tattoos , headdress and jewels of wealthy Sleheyroni Hutts . He eventually became a vigo of the criminal organization Black Sun , and had a tattoo of its symbol . He used a rundown tower that used to belong to the Lantillian Spacers ' Brotherhood as his personal base . The tower was transformed into a gaudy - looking pleasure palace . When the Jedi Council was seeking information on the Nightsisters after the attack on the " Sedawan " , Ziro was held captive in his own palace by Asajj Ventress . He was rescued by two Jedi , but was also confronted by Ros Lai at the same time , whom Ziro owed a debt . The Jedi agreed to cover Ziro ' s debt and give Ros Lai transport off Coruscant in exchange for a data chip containing intercepted Nightsister transmissions . At some point , Ziro began an affair with Sy Snootles , the famed singer of the Max Rebo Band who would later be his assassin . Plot against Jabba . During the Clone Wars , Ziro ordered the murder of fellow Black Sun vigos , though his IG - 86 assassin droid , KRONOS - 327 , failed in this task . Shortly after KRONOS - 327 reported his failure , Ziro was approached by Senator Padmé Amidala at his palace on Coruscant , when she tried to reopen communications with the Hutts , as they believed that the Jedi had abducted Jabba ' s son , Rotta . In reality , Ziro had struck a deal with Count Dooku to kidnap the child as part of a plot against his nephew . When the Jedi sent to retrieve Rotta died , the Order would have no choice but to bring Jabba to justice and Ziro would gain control of the Hutt Clan . He attempted to dispose of Amidala , but was ultimately apprehended by the Coruscant Guard led by C - 3PO and Commander Fox and put into custody . Via holocomm , he was forced to confess to his nephew of his part in his grandnephew ' s kidnapping . Furious at his uncle ' s treachery , Jabba vowed to have him punished severely . Imprisonment . Ziro ' s time spent in Republic captivity was supposedly a brutal time in which he suffered many horrors . Blaming Senator Amidala for his current state , Ziro hired bounty hunter Aurra Sing to eliminate Senator Amidala for revenge . Sing attempted to kill Amidala on Alderaan , where she was attending a conference addressing the welfare of various refugees of the war . Sing only wounded the Senator , and was captured in the act . After Sing was captured , Jedi Padawan Ahsoka Tano and Jedi Master Anakin Skywalker visited Ziro in his cell . He admitted to the assassination attempt , which extended his sentence in the facility . Sometime later , Jabba and the Hutt Ruling Council conferred , discussing Ziro ' s importance to the Hutt ' s operation . It was concluded that Ziro was in possession of a highly sensitive datapad detailing the various illegal operations the Hutt Council undertook . Fearful for their safety , the Council planned to hold the Senate Rotunda hostage with a hired gunfighter , to use it as leverage for Ziro ' s release . Though the bounty hunter Cad Bane intially only signed with the Council to retrieve a layout of the Senate building , Bane agreed to take part in the actual raid , assembling a team including Aurra Sing , who eluded imprisonment by the Republic in exchange for testifying against Ziro , and technician Robonino . The ensuing raid resulted in the death of Senator Philo , as well as a number of Senate security guards . The Hutt was released via Supreme Chancellor Palpatine ' s orders to save the surviving Senators ' lives . Despite being pursued across Coruscant ' s skylanes by Quinlan Vos , Bane and Ziro escaped the Jedi on an airspeeder and made it to the bounty hunter ' s ship . Ziro ' s assassination . After Bane successfully extracted Ziro from the prison , he was delivered to the Hutt Council on Nal Hutta , where Ziro vowed that his death would mean the leaking of the datapad to the Galactic Republic . The Hutts instead decided on keeping him under control in a prison cell . Jabba covertly hired Sy Snootles to release Ziro from his cell , asking her to retrieve the information in Ziro ' s possession and to kill him when this task was accomplished . The other members of the Hutt Council , unaware of Jabba ' s plan , hired Cad Bane to track down Ziro and kill him . Ziro ' s first instinct was to flee to his mother ' s house , where the Council would least expect Ziro to flee . During this surprise visit , Ziro arranged a trade with his mother for her starship , giving her his swamp speeder . Using his new starship , Ziro and Snootles traveled to Teth , where Ziro planned to retrieve his personal datapad , deliver it to the Republic , and have the Hutt Council arrested . He showed Sy his father ' s grave where the holodiary was located . After getting her hands on this incriminating evidence , Snootles quickly revealed her assignment under Jabba , equipping a small blaster and executing Ziro with two shots to the chest . Around this time , the Jedi Council sent Jedi Masters Obi - Wan Kenobi and Quinlan Vos to bring Ziro to justice . Their investigation naturally led them to the Hutt Council ' s stronghold on Nal Hutta , where Vos used his natural psychometry abilities to track Ziro to his mother ' s house , who then directed them to Teth . However , by the time the Jedi and Cad Bane arrived , Ziro was already dead . Personality and traits . Ziro was very flamboyant , even among the Hutts . Unlike most other Hutts , he spoke fluent Basic with a high - pitched voice and slight lisp , though he understood his native Huttese as well . Like many Hutts , he was greedy and was determined to gain control of the Hutt criminal empire by any means , even if it meant blackmailing his relatives . He was also quite fashion - conscious for a Hutt , adorning himself with tattoos and showy hats . At some point , Ziro had cosmetic surgery to give his face a more symmetrical appearance . Behind the scenes . Ziro the Hutt was voiced by Corey Burton in the and . Ziro was originally going to speak Huttese into a microphone which would translate his speech into English , but this idea was dropped because the producers felt that younger audiences wouldn ' t be able to understand what the translator was . Later , George Lucas stepped in and specifically asked for Ziro to sound like . The character was a favorite of the production team , and they planned to have him return in the . Dave Filoni says the topic of Ziro ' s sexuality is ambiguous , as Hutts are hermaphrodites . Ziro ' s final chronological appearance in the episode " Hunt for Ziro " established his interest in females . The young reader book mistakenly identifies Ziro as Jabba ' s nephew , instead of his uncle . The only Ziro toy available was released in 2012 , he was included in a " Fighter Pods " set from Hasbro and exclusive to the Target shops . The character was also featured in the " Marbs Series " by .