Xim / Legends Xim , also known as Daritha Xim or Xim the Despot , was a Human male from Argai and one of the most notorious pre - Galactic Republic tyrants . By the age of only twenty , he had benefited from the holdings of his father , the Pirate - King Xer VIII , and conquered a vast interstellar empire in the Tion Cluster . About fifty years before the signing of the Galactic Constitution and the founding of the Republic , Xim the Despot commanded one of the fiefdoms of his time . Following the Third Battle of Vontor , Xim was captured by his enemy Kossak Inijic Ar ' durv , self - proclaimed leader of the Hutt clans . Eventually , the despot ended up dying in the Hutt ' s jails . Although Xim ' s reign only lasted from about 25 , 130 BBY to 25 , 100 BBY , his legacy remained firm through the secret guild of the GenoHaradan and the legends of his lost treasure . Biography . Xim was born on Argai , the son of Xer VIII , a pirate who had carved a domain for himself in the Cronese Sweeps , the Kingdom of Cron . Xuc , Xic , Xom and Xil were his four brothers , all of whom shared the same father . Xim began as the leader of a criminal organization , and later entered politics . During his teenage days , he became famous for his brutality during the slaughter of Cron ' s nobility , called the Cronese Sweeps . When his father retired , Xim completed the conquest of the Tion Cluster by subjugating the Livien League . On Desevro , the League ' s capital world , the Livien military ruler Maslovar Tiatiov showed Xim his world ' s first - class academies and bureaucracy ; Xim was so impressed that he spared Tiatov and adopted much of Desevro ' s methods in training his army and government . Aided by this knowledge , Xim subsequently conquered many worlds with armies and fleets which used the highest technology available at the time , including beam - tube s , kiirium , mytag crystal s and war droids . He controlled his conquests through his much - feared secret police , the GenoHaradan , and the use of terror tactics such as mass executions . Xim also dispatched Tionese colonists by the thousands to uninhabited or depopulated worlds in an effort to strengthen his growing empire . Eventually Xim came upon the world of Ranroon , whose legendary Queen Indrexu became a central figure in Xim - related mythology . Indrexu ' s importance to Xim ( and even her very existence ) was debated by subsequent generations of scholars , but Xim named the sixth province of his empire after her , and later dubbed his treasure ship the Queen of Ranroon . Xim ' s empire eventually stretched from the Radama Void to the Maw and numbered hundreds of thousands of worlds . Its territories were divided between eight provinces , or ' Thrones ' , and Xim was at the height of his glory when he first heard reports of a new civilization known as the Hutts . Initially , Xim did not believe war with the Hutts to be inevitable , but when the arrogant Hutts suggested Xim and the Tionese could serve them as favored slaves , the furious Despot prepared for war . On Desevro , Xim grandly assumed the Rakatan title Daritha , then launched his military against the Hutts . In the opening rounds of the resulting war neither side gained the upper hand ; the lush Hutt world of Ko Vari was brutally sacked by Xim ' s armies , but his fleet was driven back from Sleheyron and many ships were lost in the black holes around Xo ' s Eye . Realizing that the Tionese were ably equipped to fight a long war , Xim ' s nemesis Kossak the Hutt instead turned to subterfuge ; he challenged Xim to fight the Hutts in ritual combat at Vontor . Stung by Kossak ' s taunts and allegations of cowardice , Xim accepted . At the resulting First Battle of Vontor , his fleet was defeated by the Hutts . Xim saw this as a temporary setback and redoubled his preparations to conquer Hutt Space , but the Second Battle of Vontor also ended in defeat , this time for his ground forces . By this point , privateers hired by the Hutts were cutting heavily into Xim ' s shipping , sapping his materiél and leading him to handle logistics in an increasingly paranoid fashion by sending secret shipments to fortified bases . Finally , in 25 , 100 BBY , Kossak challenged Xim to a third battle at Vontor . In the ensuing battle Xim ' s armies , already short of ordnance due to privateering harassment , were surprised by the Hutts ' recently acquired Klatooinian , Nikto , Weequay , and Vodran allies . Between the Hutt ' s new slave armies and ( alleged ) treachery from his own side , Xim was decisively beaten by Kossak . Xim was captured and blinded , paraded throughout Hutt Space , and eventually died a slave in the dungeons of Kossak on Varl , though Tionese history claimed that he was treacherously killed at Vontor . Legacy . Tionese history claimed that he was treacherously killed at Vontor and his treasure ship , the " Queen of Ranroon " , escaped to the planet of Dellalt . There , it would be guarded for millennia by a cache of war droids and a secret brotherhood known as the " Survivors " , descended from the original crew and elite guards on board the ship . Despite his reign of only thirty standard years , Xim ' s influence would continue through history . The GenoHaradan survived as a secretive , but powerful , criminal syndicate as late as the Jedi Civil War . The sentient species of the Si ' Klaata Cluster , initially recruited under the Treaty of Vontor as allies to defeat Xim , continued to serve the Hutts well into the days of the New Republic under its terms . The romance of Xim ' s lost treasure would inspire fortune - seekers throughout history . It was discovered millennia later by Han Solo and the Ruurian historian S . V . Skynx , but Xim ' s formerly priceless cache of technology was worthless . The study of Xim and his empire would eventually come to be known as Ximology . His notoriety even inspired popular self - help guides such as " Xim ' s Rules for Ruling " . Holowright Peshosloc wrote about him in " Xim at Vontor " and ninety - odd other holoplay s , included in the vast literary collaboration known as " The Despotica " .