Aruk Besadii Aora Aruk Besadii Aora , known to most as Aruk the Great , was a Hutt crime lord and the leader of the Besadii kajidic for over fifteen years before the Battle of Yavin . Around 100 BBY , he birthed a child , Durga , who had a large birthmark on one side of his face ; Aruk ' s peers implored him to kill his child , feeling the birthmark made him impure and unworthy to be a Hutt . However , Aruk grew to love his child and kept Durga , training him to become his heir . Around 15 BBY , Aruk and his brother Zavval concocted a scheme to lure disheartened sentients to the planet Ylesia , claiming that it was a religious pilgrimage — in fact , it was a slaving and spice - producing operation . The entire operation was extremely lucrative , allowing Besadii to overtake its traditional rivals , Desilijic , as the most successful of the Hutt clans . Desilijic ' s leaders , Jiliac and Jabba , eventually grew tired of being outshone by Aruk and had him killed via a slow - acting poison . A distraught Durga sought the help of Black Sun to learn the identities of his father ' s killers and avenged Aruk personally when he killed Jiliac . Durga was indebted to Black Sun for its help , though , and much of the criminal empire built by Aruk went over to Black Sun ' s leader , Xizor . Aruk ' s only offspring was eventually killed by the New Republic in 12 ABY after attempting to build his own superweapon , the Darksaber . Biography . Leader of Besadii . Born sometime between 1000 and 900 BBY , Aruk Besadii Aora was a Hutt , part of the Besadii clan and its criminal enterprises , known as the Besadii kajidic . One of the physically largest Hutts alive during his life , Aruk was a prominent member of his clan and the underworld , and he took orders from few Hutts . He and his sibling , Zavval , ran a lucrative criminal empire out of their homeworld , Nal Hutta . Around 112 BBY , Aruk turned female and gave birth to a single offspring , which he named Durga . Durga was born with a large birthmark over his right eye , which many of the Hutts considered to be hideous ; they suggested that Aruk kill his child there and then , believing the birthmark would make Durga socially unacceptable and unintelligent . Aruk , however , was fond of the child and sensed that he would grow up to be a cunning and ruthless Hutt — the perfect heir to his criminal empire . He sternly warned all of those who wished Durga killed to be silent and began to raise his child himself , providing him with a good education and nurturing him to become his protégé . Durga responded well to this ; he helped his father run his criminal enterprises , and the two grew close . By the time of the Separatist Crisis , Aruk had become a high - ranking member of the Besadii clan — taking the title of " Aruk the Great " — and under his rule , Besadii proved far more financially successful than their main rival clan , Desilijic . During his time as leader , Aruk spurned many offers from Prince Xizor to ally Besadii with Black Sun , one of the largest criminal syndicates in the galaxy , though he made sure to do so as graciously as possible so as not to offend Xizor . Aruk also warned Durga about accepting any help from Black Sun . Around 32 BBY , Aruk placed a bounty on a Human male Kip Bunyea , after Bunyea expressed his hatred of the Hutts . Ten years later , Aruk ' s opposite number in Desilijic , Zorba Desilijic Tiure , was imprisoned for forty - five standard years on the backwater world of Kip . While the Hutt Ruling Council on Nal Hutta was thoroughly opposed to Zorba ' s imprisonment and pleaded for him to be extradited to face charges on his homeworld , Aruk took the opportunity to get back at Zorba , lambasting him on the Republic ' s HoloNet News channel . Zorba ' s vacant position as clan leader was taken by Jiliac Desilijic Tiron , who took Zorba ' s son , Jabba , as his second - in - command ; Aruk would clash with the two many times . In the same year , a freighter , the " Moulee - rah Patogga " , registered to Besadii , was captured by Judicial Department and Jedi forces and was discovered to have contained over one hundred metric tons of illegal ryll spice . Aruk publicly claimed that the vessel was not under Besadii control and had been sold to Desilijic almost thirty years prior , but without any sales records to back this up , such claims were ignored . Aruk believed that the sales records had been erased by Desilijic agents , and that Jiliac and Jabba were attempting to set him up . Aruk had occasional dealings with the Republic and the Jedi , who often sent Jedi Master Agen Kolar to Nar Shaddaa ; Aruk was not fond of Kolar , who was usually causing trouble for Aruk ' s customers and clients . In addition to his criminal enterprises , Aruk owned a legitimate cantina on Nar Shaddaa . Though he resided on Nal Hutta , he often attended to business in the cantina on Nar Shaddaa and was fiercely loyal to his regular customers . During the Clone Wars , Aruk and his entourage entered the cantina to find Agen Kolar fighting with a group of native thugs ; furious that Kolar was yet again causing him trouble , Aruk ordered the Zabrak Jedi to leave immediately . When Kolar asked what would happen were he to refuse , Aruk told him that blood would flow , and the Republic would be faced with a major and unwanted diplomatic problem during the turbulent times of the Clone Wars . Convinced , Kolar left , accompanied by several of Aruk ' s henchmen . Operations on Ylesia . Around 15 BBY , Aruk became the leader of the Besadii kajidic after the mysterious disappearance of his predecessor Arok the Hutt . Aruk and his brother Zavval thought of an elaborate — and extremely lucrative — scheme . They purchased the planet Ylesia in the Cha Raaba system , establishing a colony where slaves would process illegal spice ; once the slaves had worked in the factories for more than one standard year , they would be shipped to Kessel and sold , though some humanoid females were sent to Imperial pleasure - houses . The spice would be sold to other benefactors , including Desilijic . Rather than buy slaves , Aruk and Zavval advertised Ylesia as a religious retreat , convincing " pilgrims " that they would not be persecuted on Ylesia . The two Hutts ' only fear was that a slave uprising might occur once the " pilgrims " learned that they had been lured to Ylesia under false pretenses . Aruk eventually coined the " Cult of The One and The All ; " both Hutts knew of the ability possessed by the t ' landa Til , the Hutts ' aides and distant relatives , to project warm , happy emotions onto most humanoids as part of their courting a mate , and Aruk decided that it could be used to reward the workers for a hard day ' s work . Also , the workers would become addicted to the pleasure waves of the t ' landa Til , and any desires to revolt or flee would subside . Pleased with what he considered a masterstroke , Aruk devised a false religion , writing simple doctrines and composing hymns and chants . A t ' landa Til , Teroenza , was installed as " high priest , " though because Aruk did not want what he perceived as a Hutt operation commanded by a non - Hutt , he had Zavval installed as the leader of the operations . The Ylesia operation was a booming success : output was high , income even more so . By 10 BBY , the Besadii had increased the number of colonies to three , and hordes of slaves were transported on - and off - world each month . In that year , however , the operation received its first major setback . Han Solo , operating under the alias " Vykk Draygo " — a former pilot for the t ' landa Til on Ylesia — had decided to flee Ylesia , taking with him another employee , Muuurgh , and two slaves , Bria Tharen and Mrrov . During Solo ' s flight , the main spice processing facility was destroyed , and Zavval was killed . Aruk had little sympathy for his brother ; most of his worry went towards the huge financial loss incurred by the incidents that destroyed the spice refinery . With little other option , Aruk appointed Kibbick as Zavval ' s successor — although Aruk believed Kibbick to be an incompetent fool , the Hutt was the only high - ranking Besadii available to take the position at the time . Aruk considered sending Durga to take over the Ylesia operations , but he knew the other Hutts would never approve ; he decided to bide his time and wait for the proper time to give Durga his chance to prove his critics wrong . The operation on Ylesia recovered and grew , and over the space of five years , Aruk had the colonies expanded to number six , with a seventh on the horizon ; production was higher than ever , and the t ' landa Til traveled the Outer Rim Territories recruiting new " pilgrims . " Aruk was one of the most powerful criminal kingpins in the galaxy , and also one of the most wealthy . He was not without his problems , however . Cooling relations . One of the oldest Hutts of his era , Aruk was in bad health by 5 BBY . Because of overeating , lack of exercise , a poor diet , and the use of a hookah pipe , he had become so corpulent that he was completely unable to move without the aid of his repulsorlift sled . Aruk ' s Hutt physician , Grodo , warned him frequently about his health , but the old Hutt ignored him ; Aruk felt that he should be allowed to do as he pleased in the final century or so of his life . Aruk ' s health was not his only problem , however ; Jabba and Jiliac , the leaders of Desilijic , had grown jealous of Besadii ' s success on Ylesia , and sought to disrupt it whenever possible . Since its conception , the colony on Ylesia had been plagued by pirate raids , which Aruk suspected were instigated by Desilijic — without proof , however , he could do nothing . In 5 BBY , Aruk hired a group of well - trained Drell pirates to assassinate Jabba in his yacht " en route " to Tatooine , but Jabba ' s pilot was able to outmaneuver and destroy them . Aruk was also growing worried by the actions of Teroenza , the t ' landa Til high priest of Ylesia . Kibbick allowed Teroenza free reign to administer the facility , never interfering as long as he was given his share of native nala tree frog s , a type of animal native to the Ylesian jungles that were served as food on the planet . As well as feeling that it was improper for a non - Hutt to be giving orders to a Hutt , Aruk realized that Teroenza was becoming presumptuous ; the t ' landa Til had placed a sizable bounty on Han Solo , with a " no disintegrations " bonus . Aruk saw this as a waste of funds , but Teroenza was adamant ; ultimately , Aruk allowed the funds to be put towards the bounty , in the hopes that it would keep Teroenza satisfied and working well on Ylesia . Jabba and Jiliac believed that Besadii was responsible for the Drell pirate attacks against them , and they sent emissaries to meet with Besadii representatives to arrange a meeting of all the clans and the Hutt Grand Council on Nal Hutta to discuss matters . Besadii went to special effort to hold up the negotiations , but when a group of well - armed and well - organized commandos — who Aruk believed were members of Desilijic — kidnapped over one hundred slaves from Ylesia , he permitted the negotiations to take place immediately . Accompanied by Durga , Kibbick , and Teroenza , Aruk traveled to the Hutt Council Chamber to meet with representatives from Desilijic , the Hutt Grand Council , and several other prominent clans . At the convocation , Aruk told his fellows of the raid on Ylesia and demanded that Desilijic assure him they played no part in it . If they refused , he would declare open war between the two clans . Jiliac denied that Desilijic had any involvement in the attack and pledged that should this be proven false , he would pay Besadii one million credits . Impressed and surprised , Aruk agreed . Jiliac later accused Besadii of ordering the attack on Jabba on Tatooine , though Aruk denied it — unlike Jiliac , he was not telling the truth . The meeting descended into chaos , with accusations flying across the chamber , but eventually Aruk was able to use his considerable charisma to get the other clans on his side . When Jabba entered the negotiations , he claimed that Besadii ' s operations on Ylesia would harm the Hutt Empire ; they were making such profits that the Empire would surely soon take notice and punish the Hutt race . Eventually , Desilijic and Besadii agreed to a truce between the two clans , proposed by Aruk , which forbade any violence for three standard months . Poison . Several weeks after the truce was agreed , Aruk and Durga traveled to Ylesia to personally inspect operations there . They found that Kibbick knew far too little about the factories on Ylesia — he continually referred their questions onto Teroenza , and spent most of the time complaining about the lack of activities on Ylesia — though Aruk did not dismiss him , as Durga suggested . Instead , he berated Kibbick , complaining about many aspects of the Ylesia operation , and confronted Teroenza about his taking control of the operations . Aruk cancelled Teroenza ' s planned vacation on Nal Hutta , refusing to allow the t ' landa Til to leave Ylesia until he had brought Kibbick up to speed on the operation . During his stay on Ylesia , Aruk took a liking to nala tree frogs , after a recommendation from Kibbick , and he arranged for Teroenza to send a shipment of live frogs to Nal Hutta periodically . Before long , Aruk had grown addicted to the frogs . Around the same time , Aruk discovered the identity of those who had kidnapped the hundred odd slaves weeks before hand — it had not been Desilijic , but in fact members of the Corellian Resistance , led by former " pilgrim " Bria Tharen . Furious , Aruk contacted Boba Fett , renowned Mandalorian bounty hunter , to rescind the bounty on Han Solo and place a larger one on Tharen ; he did not inform Teroenza . Teroenza , however , had already had enough of Aruk ' s perceived mistreatment of him . Jabba and Jiliac , too , believed that Aruk was too dangerous to be allowed to live and contacted the Ylesian high priest , offering him great rewards to find a way to kill Aruk . They all knew assassination or any form of armed attack on the old Hutt would leave too many links , but Jiliac had access to a type of poison that would affect even an extremely resilient Hutt such as Aruk . The substance , later designated X - 1 , affected the brain tissues of the victim , slowly wearing them down and damaging their thinking capabilities , until the victim eventually became addicted to them . Teroenza was able to poison Aruk ' s supply of nala tree frogs , and within weeks , Aruk had become addicted to the poison ; should Teroenza " stop " sending poisoned frogs , Aruk ' s brain would seize up and he would die . The poison had a slow and subtle effect on Aruk over the space of the next several months , slowly decimating his brain ' s outer cells . His thought process became slow and sluggish , and once - simple tasks , such as accounting , became extremely difficult ; Aruk often passed them on to his son . He also grew drowsy and spent less time exercising and more time sleeping . Several weeks on , Aruk collapsed while dictating to his scribe , and his physician , Grodo , fetched Durga . Aruk had suffered a brain seizure — which Grodo believed was due to poor circulation , but was in actuality a product of the poison — but was able to recover without any lasting harm . Aruk ' s concerned physicians pleaded with him to take up a more healthy lifestyle , but he refused ; when Durga expressed his own concern , however , Aruk agreed to exercise daily , cease smoking from his hookah , and give up all rich , unhealthy foods — bar his precious nala tree frogs . Durga agreed to exercise with his parent , making the prospect far more inviting for Aruk . Aruk knew his days were numbered , though he was not overly fazed by it . He knew Durga would make an able leader , and that the operations Aruk had began on Ylesia would see Durga through his initial , turbulent years with ease . Durga , however , was extremely worried ; the Empire ' s representative to the Y ' Toub system , Moff Sarn Shild , had changed his previous policy of appeasing the Hutts and had pledged to attack Nal Hutta and destroy Nar Shaddaa , which was becoming a hindrance to the Empire . Besadii , Desilijic , and other clans sent envoys to attempt to persuade Shild to call off the attack , to no avail . Durga was worried that only Aruk would be able to see Besadii through these times , but Aruk knew that Besadii would not be harmed by the Empire ' s attacks — they provided the Empire with valuable slaves and were too valuable to destroy . Days after the Battle of Nar Shaddaa , Aruk died . Teroenza had stopped sending poisoned nala tree frogs , instead sending pure , un - poisoned creatures , and the abrupt withdrawal killed the old Hutt . Aruk attempted to fight the attack and fought for four pain - filled hours alongside Durga , but eventually passed away . Distraught , Durga had his body frozen and transferred to Coruscant , where a team of the galaxy ' s best forensics experts — led by Myk Bidlor — examined his body to search for a cause of death . Legacy . Durga was made leader of Besadii , though he was not without opposition . The clan split into two groups : pro - Durga and anti - Durga . The more experienced Zier the Hutt was his main opponent , though there were many others . Prince Xizor of Black Sun , desperate to reap the profits of Ylesia for himself , offered to assist Durga ; despite Aruk ' s incessant warnings " not " to involve himself with Black Sun , Durga accepted , and his opposition subsided . Zier became his second - in - command . When Myk Bidlor reported that Aruk had been killed by ingesting poison , Durga killed many of his kitchen staff in interrogations . He knew Desilijic was responsible , though he found no way to prove it . Eventually , Durga returned to Xizor for help ; the Falleen prince provided him with Aruk ' s killer : Jiliac . Durga personally killed Jiliac ; Jabba the Hutt took over Desilijic , and the operation on Ylesia was smashed by members of the Alliance to Restore the Republic . Indebted to Xizor , Durga became one of Black Sun ' s nine leaders — known as Vigo s — turning his back on the Hutts . In 12 ABY , he set his sights on galactic domination , and had the " Darksaber " superweapon constructed ; it was an utter failure , however , and Durga was killed when it was destroyed by the New Republic . Personality and traits . Aruk was considered an old - fashioned Hutt ; he had certain principles that he believed that other Hutts of a younger generation , such as Jabba , lacked . Jabba ' s fascination with scantily - clad humanoid females disgusted him , and although he did indulge himself with rich foods and state - of - the - art equipment , he looked down on other Hutts , who maintained large palaces filled with slaves to cater for their every whim . Aruk was of the opinion that Besadii had more honor than Desilijic , with their extravagant tastes and expensive palaces , and he believed that Besadii ' s willingness to endure privation would see them rise above Desilijic . Aruk had a firm belief in the Hutt way of life and loved the guile and intrigue that was part of everyday life for a clan leader . He did eschew such methods as murder and blackmail when dealing with rival clans , and although it often stressed him when his rivals responded in kind , he would not have had it any other way . Aruk loved money , and one of his greatest pleasures in life — aside from eating and smoking his hookah — was accounting . He lived for profit and cared more about the financial loss than the loss of his brother after Han Solo ' s escape from Ylesia . His belief in more traditional Hutt principles also led him to install his nephew Kibbick as the Hutt overseer of Ylesia following Zavval ' s death , feeling it " wasn ' t proper " for a non - Hutt to be running a major Besadii operation . He distrusted Teroenza for supplanting Kibbick ' s position and essentially running the spice factories , and repeatedly chastised him for growing above his station . This browbeating , combined with the reduction on the bounty on Han Solo and Kibbick ' s idiocy , were key factors in Teroenza ' s decision to aid Jiliac and Jabba in their assassination attempt . Aruk was a great public speaker , and his eloquence and charisma was noted by even his staunchest enemies , such as Jabba and Jiliac . He was not above publicly lying or making wild accusations when he needed to , and never hesitated to get in a jibe against his opposite number in Desilijic when given the opportunity . Behind the scenes . Aruk was created by A . C . Crispin for The Han Solo Trilogy , first appearing in " The Hutt Gambit " in 1997 . He has since appeared in several other sources , such as Paul Ens and Pablo Hidalgo ' s HoloNet News articles , " The New Essential Guide to Characters " , and " " , which also gave Aruk his first depiction , illustrated by Jan Duursema . The " New Essential Guide to Characters " also provided his full name , Aruk Besadii Aora .