Circumtore Circumtore was a ring - shaped artificial planetoid located in the star system of the same name in Hutt Space . Discovered by the main galactic community by the Rianitus Period , Circumtore fell within the space controlled by the Hutt species into the reign of the Galactic Empire . Colonized by the Shell Hutts at some period , the planetoid was visited by a group of bounty hunters under the lead of Boba Fett in 1 BBY after they tracked the Lyunesi Oph Nar Dinnid and his bounty there . However , the Shell Hutt Gheeta took out his grudge against Fett by killing Dinnid and sending mercenaries to engage the bounty hunters , though the latter group prevailed . Between 26 ABY and 27 ABY , during the Yuuzhan Vong War , Circumtore was attacked by the Yuuzhan Vong invaders and seized . Description . Circumtore was an artificial , ring - shaped planetoid situated in the Circumtore system of the galaxy ' s Hutt Space region . The planetoid was at the crossroads of the " Shag Pabol " , Hollastin Run , and Kaaga Run hyperlane s , while being near the planets Carnovia , Rorak 4 , Affavan , and Ganath . A route also led past Circumtore to the world of Daalang . Circumtore was rather close to Nal Hutta , the capital world of Hutt Space . Shell Hutts and some humanoid species could breathe freely in its atmosphere . History . At some period in time , Circumtore ' s neighboring orbitals in its star system were rendered charred and lifeless by a disaster . The galaxy discovered Circumtore and its system between 15 , 000 BBY , in the Kymoodon Era , and 8000 BBY , in the Rianitus Period . By 5000 BBY , during the Great Hyperspace War , Circumtore fell in the space controlled by the Hutt species . It remained under Hutt control through the Jedi Civil War and the Mandalorian Wars , and though it did fall in the Sith Empire ' s territory during the New Sith Wars between 1004 BBY and 1000 BBY , Circumtore was still under Hutt influence . By 1 BBY , when the Galactic Empire was ruling the galaxy , a group of Hutts known as the Shell Hutts had colonized Circumtore . Prior to 1 BBY , the Shell Hutt Gheeta , who was in charge of building a terminal and diplomatic reception area on Circumtore , hired the freelance architect Emd Grahvess to construct it for him . Although Gheeta planned to kill the architect when he was done in order to keep the man from producing any other great works , Grahvess escaped by putting a bounty on his own head , which the infamous bounty hunter Boba Fett collected . That enraged Gheeta , and as a result the Shell Hutts raised security measures around the planetoid to prevent it from happening again . In 1 BBY , Fett returned to Circumtore with a group of hunters from the Bounty Hunters ' Guild : Bossk , Zuckuss , one of the IG - 88 assassin droids , and D ' harhan . Tracking Oph Nar Dinnid , a Lyunesi with a bounty on his head who had taken refuge on Circumtore , the bounty hunters were forced to go the planetoid ' s surface unarmed because of the security measures . Despite that , the group succeeded in fighting off a gang of mercenaries with whom Ghetta tried to kill Fett in revenge before eliminating the Shell Hutt . However , D ' harhan fell in the fighting , and it turned out that Gheeta had actually killed Dinnid earlier . In 25 ABY , the area of space surrounding Circumtore boasted a population of 100 million to 500 million . Between 26 ABY and 27 ABY , during the Yuuzhan Vong War , the Yuuzhan Vong invaders took much of Hutt Space , and Circumtore itself was captured after Nal Hutta fell . Circumtore and its system were under Yuuzhan Vong rule by 27 ABY . Inhabitants . One of the main groups of beings living on Circumtore were the Shell Hutts , a relative of the Hutts . Considered just as greedy as their brethren , the Shell Hutts were also involved in the criminal underworld . They wore suits of metal with interior repulsorlifts , allowing them to float around off the ground . Circumtore was also home to the mercenaries whom the Shell Hutts hired in the Boba Fett incident prior to 1 BBY . Locations . A terminal and diplomatic reception area was present on Circumtore by 1 BBY , after Grahvess built it at the expense of Gheeta . The structure possessed great domes and spires , and had at least one landing dock . Behind the scenes . Circumtore first appeared in the 1998 novel " The Mandalorian Armor " , written by K . W . Jeter as the first entry in " The Bounty Hunter Wars " trilogy . " The Essential Atlas " , written by Daniel Wallace and Jason Fry , and published in 2009 , later provided Circumtore with astrographical data .