Jabba ' s Palace / Legends Hutt Castle , often simply called Jabba the Hutt ' s Palace after its owner , was a large sandrock and durasteel complex located at the fringes of the Northern Dune Sea on the planet of Tatooine . Originally erected as a monastery of the B ' omarr Order , the buildings eventually fell into the hands of two major crimelords : first an outcast and gang leader called Alkhara and later Jabba the Hutt , a notorious crime lord from Nal Hutta . While the structure underwent many additions in the way of fortification and technological advances , the basic structure of the complex remained the same throughout its existence . Composed of a central rotunda and a taller spire adjacent to it , the ridge - side retreat also boasted an underground hangar and maintenance bay . Deep in the monastery ' s subterranean chambers , Jabba the Hutt made a throne room which sat on top of a pit that housed a pet rancor . The Hutt used the beast for a dual purpose : protection and entertainment . At the flick of a switch , a concealed door in the floor of the chamber could deposit a threatening guest into an inescapable pit while onlookers could watch as the rancor made short work of its meal . History . Home of the B ' omarr Order . Circa 700 BBY , the strict religious Order of the B ' omarr monks commissioned the construction of this monastery on the fringes of the Northern Dune Sea on Tatooine . Far from any other settlements so as to amplify the monks ' detachment from the universe , the environment of Tatooine allowed the Order ' s members to concentrate on their studies , furthering their goal of complete disconnection from all external sensation . The monks ' lifestyle of solitude meant that the monastery seldom had visitors , trading occasionally with the nomadic Tusken Raiders that roamed the region , some of which may have had a hand in helping build the structure . Alkhara ' s criminal operations . Nearly a century and a half after its original construction , the monastery was discovered by the outcast Alkhara and his band of thieves . While prepared to lay siege to the monastery , Alkhara was surprised when the monks opened up the monastery to the army , allowing them to make the complex their home of operations . Because the monks were few in number and otherwise concerned with their own business , Alkhara was free to use the monastery for his own needs , such as a stronghold against the Tuskens , and a staging ground from which his people preyed on the moisture farmers of Tatooine . Alkhara continued to improve his hideout over his thirty - four year span as its steward , augmenting its corridors and great halls while his followers upgraded the living quarters and added a set of dungeons and underground chambers , with the monks ' approval . He cut a road from the citadel to the Western Dune Sea and Pit of Carkoon , during this time , also adding battlements to the building , and the construction of a nine - story tower to which he gave his name . Under Jabba ' s regime . It wasn ' t until 516 BBY that the Hutt named Jabba Desilijic Tiure discovered the citadel and ousted Alkhara and seized the monastery . Like Alkhara and his predecessors , Jabba maintained a good relationship with the monks , adding onto their monastery and generally avoiding the strange religious people . Along with plating the exterior walls with ditanium , Jabba built an expansive hangar and garage for his fleet of ships and swoops . Erecting a throne room in the subterranean bowels of the citadel , the Hutt transformed the complex into a palace . As Jabba ' s criminal empire grew in reputation , more and more miscreants began to occupy the palace . Jabba employed many Gamorrean guards , allowing their families to reside in a wing of the palace in exchange for security . The Hutt occupied the palace for centuries , dividing his time between this retreat , and his home on Nal Hutta . When the Clone Wars erupted between the Galactic Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems , Jabba began to scheme , plotting ways to profit from the war . In 22 BBY , Jabba ' s son , Rotta , was kidnapped by an unknown assailant , causing Jabba to turn to the Supreme Chancellor of the Republic for aid . Hoping that the Republic could win over Jabba ' s support and his invaluable knowledge of secret trade routes , Chancellor Palpatine dispatched Jedi Knight Obi - Wan Kenobi to negotiate with the Hutt , while Jedi Anakin Skywalker and his new Padawan , Ahsoka Tano , sought out the missing Huttlet . As the Republic investigated , the leader of the Confederacy , Count Dooku , approached Jabba and convinced the Hutt that the Jedi were responsible for kidnapping the Huttlet . Dooku made Jabba suspect that the Jedi were using the Huttlet as a way of bartering with the crime lord and eventually toppling his regime , when in fact Dooku was responsible for arranging the kidnapping in the first place . An enraged Jabba was led to believe the Jedi killed his son , despite the fact the Jedi had rescued him , and ordered that the Jedi responsible be put to death . As the Jedi arrived back on Tatooine to return the infant Hutt to its parent , Dooku and his forces engaged Jedi Skywalker and Padawan Tano , however they were driven off . Having forced Dooku to flee , Jedi Skywalker turned over the Huttlet to Jabba , who graciously granted the Republic forces safe passage through Hutt Space and the Arkanis sector . In 20 BBY After Darth Maul and Savage Opress allied themselves with Death Watch , they invaded Nal Hutta to force the Hutt Grand Council in joining their Shadow Collective . Some council members escaped to Jabba ' s palace , and Maul ' s attacked it . Jabba ' s forces were easily overcome , and the Hutt decided to join Maul ' s army . Decades later , during the era that in which the reign of the Galactic Empire was threatened by the Galactic Civil War , Jabba remained wealthy and corrupt . Having captured smuggler and Rebel Alliance member Han Solo in carbonite , the Hutt displayed the Human on his trophy wall for all to see . An asset to the increasingly powerful Alliance , Princess Leia Organa was dispatched with the Wookiee Chewbacca to rescue the man . Disguised as the bounty hunter Boushh , Organa attempted to treat with the Hutt but her attempt was thwarted and the two were imprisoned . Not long after , the Alliance sent Jedi Knight Luke Skywalker to recover all three Alliance agents . When Skywalker ' s attempts failed , he was cast into the rancor pit as a form of public execution . Skywalker , after defeating the rancor , was handed a harsher punishment : Jabba would cast Skywalker and his friends into the maw of the sarlacc at the Great Pit of Carkoon . While most of Jabba courtiers followed him to the Pit , very few returned . Indeed , Jabba and most of his minions died in a fiery explosion that engulfed the " Khetanna " , his private sail barge and the Alliance members escaped . Some of those who survived returned to the palace in an attempt to take over the crime lord ' s empire or to steal his wealth . Many fell victim to B ' omarr initiation rituals and had their brains removed . The palace eventually was shut down , the gates refusing to open for anyone . While many of Jabba ' s relatives or opponents attempted to take the palace , the walls were impenetrable and it eventually fell into abandonment . Abandonment . Several years after Jabba ' s demise , Luke Skywalker and Han Solo returned to the empty palace to locate vital records pertaining to a newly developed Hutt superweapon called the Darksaber . Disguised as Tuskens , the two destroyed the sentry guard and managed to get the great door open and enter the domain of the B ' omarr monks . Most of the complex had been looted during the mass exodus of Jabba ' s court but many secrets still remained . Consorting with a monk named Maizor , the duo learned of the Hutt ' s plans and used spare parts in the abandoned motor pool to return to Anchorhead . One year later , Jabba ' s Empire was restored by his father and then nephew . However , Jabba ' s Palace remained abandoned to the monks , and the palace of Gorga the Hutt became the new headquarters of the criminal empire . Layout . Palace Rotunda interior . A large , squat rotunda topped with a ditanium - reinforced cupola , the palace was accessed via a dimly lit stone corridor which led from the main entry portcullis . A large durasteel door , the front gate was equipped with a semi - intelligent droid gatewatcher . This droid , little more than an electronic eye on a stick embedded in the gate itself , would interrogate visitors before deciding whether to allow them to enter . Once through the gate , the corridor led into the structure ' s central chamber the Great Room of the Enlightened , a vast and cavernous place that was filled with an eerie silence . Prayer banners hung from the ceiling , gentle swaying over the multi - tiered chamber used as a place of worship for the disembodied brains of enlightened monks . Reposing in niches along the tiers that made up the chamber , the center of the room was occupied by a floor - to - ceiling supports for the rotating ventilation wheel , which shifted the otherwise still air to keep the rotunda cool . The room was encircled on its exterior by a ceremonial concourse that ran underneath the cupola ; weapons stations were scattered along the walkway which otherwise gave an unobstructed view of the Dune Sea . The upper portion of the cupola was made up of several smaller rooms used strictly for maintenance , defense , and the everyday technical needs of the complex . Among the rooms located here was a hydroponics chamber where the amphibious delicacies of Jabba ' s diet were grown and genetically altered . Amongst the ventilation equipment and moisture converters was a chamber which had been taken over by a band of Jawas , scavenging what they could while attempting to remain undetected . Alkhara ' s tower and power facility . A nine - story tower named after the man who ordered its construction , this structure contained a circular stairway that spiraled down from its summit to its base . Capped with a communications dome , the tower ' s exterior was pockmarked by hyperwave transceivers that kept the palace tuned into the HoloNet and much less official communications networks . Just to the north of Alkhara ' s tower stood a shorter rotunda that served as the main power facility to the complex . While the above ground portion of the tower housed a holoprojector that displayed the entire galaxy , the subterranean base was home to the palace ' s major power facility . Reached by a spiraling stair , enjoyed by the B ' omarr monks for the hours of meditative walking it provided , the power plant generated enough energy to power the palace without needing to connect to existing power grids . Off one of the plant ' s corridors , a forgotten B ' omarr ritual room remained unnoticed . Inside the ornately decorated dome , a seemingly bottomless sacrificial pit was used to dispose of the brainless bodies of enlightened monks . Motor pool and subterranean passages . Located below ground , the motor pool area was carved out under Jabba ' s orders so as to contain the Hutt ' s many skiffs , barges , and animal mounts . Like the rest of the palace , the motor pool hangar had a polished stone floor and a massive durasteel gate that opened onto the harsh desert land scape of Tatooine . An underground roadway stemming from the hangar made a circuitous path from the palace to the city of Mos Eisley . Housing not only Jabba ' s sail barge the " Khetanna " , the hangar was home to the Bantha - II cargo skiffs that patrolled the grounds . As of 4 ABY , the motor pool was overseen by a Klatooinian named Barada . Additional subterranean passages delved deeper into the ground then the motor pool . Long since forgotten , a chamber housing the regeneration gem s of the B ' omarr Order was protected by a triple set of heavy doors . As of 4 ABY , a looter had penetrated one of the doors after burrowing through a tunnel . Levels below that , the Hutt crime lord had established a spice cultivating chamber , where only the highest quality of the illicit substance was produced . Throne room . A renovated B ' omarr chapel , Jabba the Hutt made his throne room deep in the subterranean chambers of the palace complex . Accessed by a winding stone stair , the throne room ' s air was constantly filled with spiced t ' bac smoke and the sounds of jizz per Jabba ' s delight in theatrics . Reposing on a large dais backed by a rotisserie cooker , Jabba could oversee the gathered masses he permitted to enjoy his company . Behind Jabba , his majordomo had their own private turbolift which allowed them to greet guests at the front gate , allowing for the crime boss ' second in commanded to either welcome , turn away , or kill them . The likes of bounty hunters , assassins , smugglers and more filled out the often crowded alcoves of the chamber , many of whom plotted to one day overthrow the Hutt or kill him . At the center of the room , the polished stone floor gave way to a viewing grille which looked down upon a large pit where Jabba ' s beasts would fight , entertaining the Hutt and his depraved guests . Amongst the beasts were Jabba ' s prized rancor and a krayt dragon . A trap door in the floor in front of Jabba ' s dais could be opened by a trigger mechanism in the Hutt ' s hookah pipe , dropping threatening or otherwise bothersome guests into the pit to be devoured . The throne room was host to Jabba ' s private band , the Max Rebo Band in the Hutt ' s last days . The band , headlining vocalists Sy Snootles and Joh Yowza , performed at Jabba ' s whim , occupying a loft directly off of the chamber . The largest alcove in the room , hosting the stairs to the Dancers ' Pit , band lounge , and the massive private elevator that ferried Jabba up to his private chambers , was also home to a wall of trophies collected by the Hutt . Amongst these items were the taxidermied heads of a jerba and tauntaun and , for a short time , the carbonite - encased form of the smuggler Han Solo . The levels below the throne room were prison cells for Jabba ' s enemies , torture chambers whose occupants often suffered a slow , public death . The boiler room that sat opposite the prison facility was overseen by the droid EV - 9D9 , a sadistic droid who oversaw that assessment of all droids that would see service in Jabba ' s court . Additionally , it was in these dank levels that the Gamorrean guards resided with their families . The males maintained order in the palace , while their women raised their children and kept the lower levels tidy . Many stairwells and ancient halls had been deliberately blocked with debris to keep out intruders , though it did not deter them from trying . Sub levels . Below the dungeon levels were cellars in which Jabba kept various flasks and barrels of Claret s . Deeper were various passageways , tunnels and chambers in which the B ' Omarr monks lurked and went about their practices . Even deeper still below these levels were vast networks and labyrinths of tunnels and corridors . Behind the scenes . Jabba ' s Palace was originally to be located on the planet Sicemon , but was later moved to Tatooine when the former was cut from the final version of . There is some confusion over the exact location of Jabba ' s Palace . All sources before " Inside the Worlds of Star Wars Trilogy " , including all West End Games RPG material and " Star Wars Galaxies " place it on the northern edge of the Western Dune Sea , not too distant from Wayfar , while new material shows it located on the edge of the Northern Dune Sea , north of Mos Eisley . This article presumes that the newer map is correct .