Hutt Cartel The Hutt Cartel was a powerful criminal syndicate , or business alliance of Hutts . Jabba Desilijic Tiure held considerable power in the Cartel . It maintained a personal military consisting of both an army and a starfleet . It waged war with the Zann Consortium until the Battle of Hypori . History . Old Republic . During the time of the Great Galactic War , the Hutt Cartel was displeased with the Sith Emperor because he did not include them in his plans and intrigues . However , due to the subterfuge of Imperial Intelligence agents , the Republic was unsuccessful in gaining the Hutts ' support against the Empire . The Cartel remained neutral in the war , like most others in the criminal underworld . During the Cold War , the Hutt Cartel owned and ran the HoloNet in the Network Access division on Nar Shaddaa , which was operated by Kabbura . In 3639 BBY , the new Supreme Mogul , Toborro , led the Cartel ' s invasion of the planet Makeb , and Imperial and Republic forces began to arrive on the planet with their own agendas . Clone Wars . Boorka the Hutt held considerable power in the Cartel . During the Clone Wars he co - operated with Sev ' rance Tann during the early days of the War after he gathered information about the Decimator - a Republic superweapon which was still in development . He was annoyed by the Galactic Republic ' s trade activity near his territory , and agreed to reveal their secret plan to the Separatists . He lost most of his forces , except for a few mercenaries , for turning against Jabba . Instead , was protected by the Separatists . As a reward , he would give them information about the Decimator , provided that Tann destroyed the Republic Spaceport . After she destroyed the spaceport , Boorka gave her the information she needed . Boorka was later killed by Republic forces during the Second Battle of Tatooine . The Republic was deeply encouraged to do so by Jabba the Hutt , after he offered them a 5 , 000 nova crystal bounty to kill him . During the battle , Jabba assisted the Republic General Echuu Shen - Jon . Galactic Civil War . During the time of the Empire , the Hutt Cartel had a monopoly of smuggler employment . Although the Galactic Empire did not tolerate lawlessness , they nonetheless were cautious with dealing with the Hutts due to the latter party laying an important role in the Outer Rim ' s economy , and as such , any direct actions to shut down the smuggler trade required clearance from Imperial High Command beforehand . Sometime before the Rebels had emerged , the cartel took control of a few planets such as Felucia . Jabba also set up a communications relay on Saleucami to keep an eye on the Empire . During the Galactic Civil War , Jabba formed an alliance with Tyber Zann which was quite successful , until Zann stole his valuable Sith artifact on Felucia . Zann was caught , however , and he gave the artifact to Urai Fen , his second in command . Zann was imprisoned on the planet Kessel . Since the artifact was quite valuable , the Hutt Cartel acquired all assets of the Zann Consortium as compensation . Later on , Zann broke out of Kessel and rebuilt his forces . Using his Defiler s , the Zann Consortium corrupted many of the Cartel ' s planets and took control of Saleucami . This conflict lasted until the Ground Battle on Hypori , when Tyber Zann forced Jabba to give up his holdings on Hypori and Saleucami . This left the Cartel crippled but not destroyed , and allowed the Zann Consortium to grow unhindered .