Attack on Jabba ' s Palace / Legends In 20 BBY , the underworld conglomerate known as the Shadow Collective , under the command of the disgraced Sith Lord , Darth Maul , attacked Jabba ' s Palace on Tatooine in order to force Jabba the Hutt , a prominent member of the Hutt Grand Council , into cooperation with the Shadow Collective . A junction between the criminal organizations of Black Sun , Death Watch , and the spice mining Pykes , the bulk of the attack was conducted by Mandalorian super commandos of the Death Watch , who attacked the perimeter of the Palace , paving the path for Darth Maul , Savage Opress , and Death Watch leader Pre Vizsla into Jabba ' s inner sanctum . After a very brief and violent struggle proving the Shadow Collective to be the more formidable , Jabba agreed to surrender his criminal empire , channeling his resources to the organization ' s cause for an imminent takeover of the Mandalorian capital city , Sundari . Prelude . Following a major defeat on the planet Florrum at the hands of the Jedi Obi - Wan Kenobi and a ragtag band of pirates under the command of Hondo Ohnaka , the Nightbrothers Darth Maul and Savage Opress were left for dead , only to be discovered in a wayward escape pod by Pre Vizsla and his band of Mandalorian warriors known as the Death Watch . Maul promised Vizsla a conquest over the planet Mandalore , home of the New Mandalorian government of pacifists which the Death Watch refused to recognize . In an effort to gain resources for his growing " Shadow Collective " , Maul led a takeover of the Black Sun criminal syndicate , ordering the execution of its top members and bringing the remainders under his own influence . Soon gaining the support of the Pykes , known for their spice mining , Maul decided to lead an attack on the planet Nal Hutta to bring the Hutt Grand Council , the governing body of the Hutt species and their criminal activities , under his control . Maul ' s appeal to Jabba the Hutt , who was present via hologram , ended in failure , and the Hutt council retreated as a group of bounty hunters that included Sugi , Embo , and Dengar , along with many Nikto guards , kept Maul , Opress , and the Mandalorian warriors at bay . In the aftermath of the skirmish , only Oruba the Hutt remained on site , the bounty hunters had escaped , and all the Nikto guards were killed . Oruba promptly revealed the location of Jabba ' s Palace on the remote world Tatooine . Oruba was then executed by Opress . The mission . Maul had Vizsla mobilize his soldiers and traveled to Jabba ' s fortress on Tatooine with his brother in tow . The small attack force was comprised of three " Kom ' rk " - class starfighters loaded with squads of Death Watch foot soldiers , a lone Gozanti Cruiser , and two " Sarisa - class " gunships . Completely taking Jabba and his men off guard , the " Kom ' rk " starfighters laid suppressing fire on the palace , killing many outside , including two Gamorrean guards engaged in a leisurely game of . Death Watch foot soldiers were dispensed from the starfighters ' underbellies , using their jetpacks to fly to the palace and engage the inhabitants in close quartered combat ; flamethrowers and wrist - mounted blasters found heavy use in the skirmish with members of various species , including Gotal , Aqualish , and Quarren thugs . They bested many Nikto guards as well . Maul , Opress and Vizsla cut through the entry and made their way into Jabba ' s main audience chamber , with Bo - Katan and a few others close behind . When they met with the crime lord , Vizsla and Maul gave the Hutt one last chance to ally with them . Jabba merely laughed and spoke Huttese , and his translator droid stated that Jabba and the Hutt families would join them . Aftermath . The Death Watch assisted with the cleanup of the palace , helping up Jabba ' s men , or at least , the ones who survived the skrimish . Maul and Vizsla finalized their plans for the conquest the New Mandalorian capital city on Mandalore , Sundari . Maul stated that their army was complete and that they had enough resources , and he requested that Vizsla send a guard to Mandalore to find the places with the most security in Sundari . Vizsla then left Maul , and spoke with his lieutenant , Bo - Katan Kryze . He stated that once Mandalore was in their grasp , the two brothers would lie dead with the Duchess of Mandalore , Satine Kryze , Bo - Katan ' s sister . The Hutt families then gave them some of Hutt enforcers made of red - skinned Niktos which would later prove useful in the takeover of Mandalore and subsequent battle of Sundari . Behind the scenes . The attack on Jabba ' s Palace first appeared in the young reader novel " " , which adapted the episode Eminence of . The idea for the attack originally came from franchise creator George Lucas himself .