Hutt Space Hutt Space was a region of the galaxy on the border between the Mid Rim and the Outer Rim Territories that was located to the galactic east of the Core Worlds , and was under the control of the Hutt Clan . Largely noted as being a haven to the disreputable denizens of the galaxy , it managed to avoid outright Imperial control owing to its cooperation with Imperial Coruscant , however following the Battle of Yavin , it saw increasing attempts by the Empire to cut into its trade in an effort to decrease its independence . Following the demise of the Hutt crime lord Jabba Desilijic Tiure , Hutt Space was embroiled in conflict as the Hutts attempted to carve up his territory . Astrography . Some known systems in Hutt Space included the Doran system , and the Toydaria system . Known planet s in the region included Cyrkon , Nal Hutta , Toydaria , and Dandoran . History . The Clone Wars . After the Jedi Anakin Skywalker and his Padawan Ahsoka Tano rescued Jabba Desilijic Tiure ' s son Rotta from the Separatist assassin Asajj Ventress in 22 BBY , a grateful Jabba allowed the Galactic Republic to pass through Hutt Space during the Clone Wars . Later , Senator Bail Organa and Junior Representative Jar Jar Binks managed to convince the Toydarian King Katuunko to allow the Republic to use Toydaria as a transit point for the Republic to deliver relief supplies to the Outer Rim planet Ryloth . Following a skirmish between Ventress and Jedi Master Yoda on the moon Rugosa , King Katuunko decided to side with the Galactic Republic in the Clone Wars . After freeing Ziro Desilijic Tiure from Republic custody , the bounty hunter Cad Bane brought him to the Hutt homeworld of Nal Hutta under the orders of the Grand Hutt Council . The Council imprisoned Ziro after he threatened to divulge incriminating information about the Hutt crime lord s to the Republic . This information was stored in a holodiary hidden on the planet Teth in Wild Space . In response , the Jedi Master s Obi - Wan Kenobi and Quinlan Vos visited Nal Hutta seeking Ziro ' s return . Ziro escaped with the help of the singer Sy Snootles and fled to Teth with the help of his mother Mama . On Teth , Snootles killed Ziro and then brought the holodiary to Jabba ; keeping the Hutts ' secrets safe from Bane and the Jedi . In 20 BBY , Count Dooku sent his new apprentice Savage Opress to kidnap King Katuunko . However , Katuunko was killed in the process . Opress and Ventress then tried to kill Dooku but the assassination attempt failed . Opress turned on both Dooku and Ventress and fled back to Dathomir . After escaping the Republic , the bounty hunters Moralo Eval , Cad Bane and " Rako Hardeen " ( who was actually Kenobi undercover ) crash - landed their ship in the swamps of Nal Hutta . Despite being pursued by Anakin and Ahsoka , they managed to escape offworld on a ship which Kenobi had bought using funds from the Jedi Order . Later , the former Sith apprentice Darth Maul , Opress , and the Death Watch visited Nal Hutta in an attempt to recruit the Hutt Council into Maul ' s Shadow Collective . The Hutts rejected their overtures and a gun battle broke out between the Death Watch and the bounty hunters defending the Hutts . While most of the Hutts fled , Maul and Opress managed to interrogate Oruba about the location of Jabba on Tatooine . After killing Oruba , the Shadow Collective traveled to Tatooine to negotiate with Jabba . Age of the Empire . In 5 BBY , the Spectres rebel cell pursued and raided an Imperial convoy that traveled to Ryloth , Christophsis , Kashyyyk , and Toydaria before settling down on the Outer Rim world of Lothal . Following the Battle of Yavin , the Rebel Alliance Lieutenant Caluan Ematt fled into hiding on Cyrkon after escaping an ambush by Imperial forces on Taanab . Prince ss Leia Organa dispatched Han Solo and Chewbacca to rescue Ematt . Despite opposition from bounty hunter s and the Imperial Security Bureau agent Alecia Beck , the rebels were able to rescue Ematt from Cyrkon and flee offworld . During the Galactic Civil War , Saponza , his partner , and Han Solo teamed up to raid the Hutt Clan ' s medical supplies on the planet Dandoran . Dandoran also hosted a secret Imperial research facility used to produce Undead Trooper s . After the Undead Trooper s broke out of the facility , Imperial and Alliance forces were forced to work together to prevent the zombies from spreading the Sickness across the galaxy .