Jiliac Desilijic Tiron Jiliac Desilijic Tiron was a Hutt crime lord , the brother of Ziro , Zorba , and Pazda Desilijic Tiure , uncle of Jabba Desilijic Tiure , and the leader of the Desilijic kajidic in the years leading up to the Battle of Yavin . Biography . Jiliac ran his crime empire from his Winter Palace on Nal Hutta and ruled Dilbana as its de facto governor . His personal yacht was the " Dragon Pearl " which he always kept in top condition . Near 3 BBY , Jiliac shifted his gender to female and gave birth to an unnamed offspring . Jiliac ' s increasing preoccupation with her child concerned Jabba , who began to covet her position and consolidate his own power . Jiliac and Jabba were running a profitable venture supplying raw spice to the Besadii refining operations of Zavval and Teroenza on Ylesia . Besadii and Desilijic were engaged in a minor feud at the time which discouraged pilots to come and ship spice to and from Ylesia . Jiliac hired Drell pirates to attack Besadii shipping , steal the refined spice and then sell it on for a profit . This scheme was uncovered by a young Han Solo who successfully engaged the pirates . Zavval then sent Han Solo and Jalus Nebl , a Sullustan to the Winter Palace armed with a gift of a hookah pipe and a thinly veiled threat to Jiliac warning him to stop his attacks , otherwise Besadii would engage in full scale warfare . Jiliac was so incensed that he lost his temper and smashed up his throne room , telling Solo and Nebl that Zavval was a dead Hutt . He could go on pretending that he was alive , but Jiliac would have his revenge . The death of Zavval at the hands of Han Solo , Muuurgh , and Bria Tharen left Ylesia in the precarious control of Teroenza , who was chafing at the restrictions imposed upon him and his fellow Priests at the hands of Aruk Besadii Aora . Although Besadii profits had been wiped out in the year following the death of Zavval , the kajidic bounced back increasing their fortunes exponentially and becoming more of a threat to Desilijic . In a turn of ironic events , Besadii hired some Drell pirates of their own and arranged for them to intercept Jabba ' s ship which was being piloted by Han Solo who was now working for Jiliac & Jabba . Fortunately for Jabba , Han Solo had already outfought Drell pirates and successfully beat them off a second time . Jiliac decided that Besadii ' s assassination attempts were getting a little too close for comfort and that a moratorium had to be declared buying precious time . At the same time , Jiliac decided that he wanted to have a child , changed gender , and conceived asexually . The Hutt Ruling Council met where Besadii and Desilijic were quick to begin accusing each other , pointing out the crimes of each kajidic . Jiliac maneuvered Aruk into declaring a moratorium which was extremely well received by all the clans . Upon their return to Nal Hutta , Jiliac and Jabba decided that Aruk was too powerful and too clever to be allowed to be left alive and that he should be struck through his Achilles heel ; Teroenza . It was during this discussion that an underling informed the two Hutts that Moff Sarn Shild , in response to another insurrection in Imperial Space , was going to blockade Hutt Space and bring the Hutts to their knees , figuratively speaking as the Empire blamed them for weapons running to rebel groups . Jiliac sent Han Solo to Coruscant in an attempt to bribe Admiral Winstel Greelanx . The Hutts purchased a new set of planetary shields to protect themselves and bought the services of the pirate Drea Renthal Meanwhile , Jiliac ' s plan to bring down Aruk was beginning to bear fruit . Teroenza finally decided to break with Besadii and secretly met with Jiliac and Jabba in deep space , where it was agreed that Jiliac would provide Teroenza with a concoction from the Malkite Poisoners which caused the erosion of higher brain functions in sentient beings , but didn ' t affect more primitive beings such as Nala Tree Frogs which were used as the delivery system . The Imperials arrived in Hutt Space and began to blockade Nar Shaddaa . The smuggler fleet , led by Mako Spince , Solo , Lando Calrissian , and Salla Zend had a few tricks of their own engaged in the battle and won the day . Jiliac neglected to bring her personal yacht , the " Dragon Pearl " , to the Winter Palace and it was commandeered by the smugglers for use in the battle . In the midst of the post - battle chaos , Jiliac withdrew the poison and Aruk ' s brain went into convulsions shortly before he died . Jiliac ' s victory was not to be as Durga Besadii Tai , son of Aruk , contacted Black Sun who arranged for the death of all his rivals . Besadii had a new leader and control of Ylesia remained in their grasp . Jiliac gave birth to her offspring and began spending more and more time with it delegating increasingly more tasks to Jabba . Jabba began to get more and more resentful of his aunt because of this , but didn ' t choose to do anything about it other than pointing out how difficult it was running the kajidic by himself . In order to help Jabba a little , she suggested that Besadii need to be punished by the Hutt Grand Council - Besadii were not affected by the Battle of Nar Shaddaa and continued to sell slaves and spice to the Empire . She sent Jabba to represent her on the council who gave a fine speech winning over most of the Hutts there . Durga was too busy investigating his parent ' s death and sent Zier to represent him . A censure vote was taken and Jiliac unexpectedly turned up in the middle of the vote embarrassing Jabba in front of his fellow Hutts . Durga ' s efforts to find his father ' s poisoner were continually frustrated in secret by Black Sun in an attempt for Prince Xizor to gain a foothold in Hutt Space . Durga went to the Prince for assistance , who revealed it was Jiliac who had purchased enough poison to bankrupt a medium - sized colony . Enraged , Durga challenged Jiliac under the Old Law . The two Hutts battled to the death . Durga had youth and speed on his side , Jiliac had size and power on hers . The two fought each other to a standstill when Jiliac saw her repulsorsled in the corner . She slithered towards it , intending to mount it and ram in into Durga , but Durga beat her there , pushed the controls with his tail switching off the repulsor , pinning Jiliac to the floor . Durga than repeatedly slammed his tail on Jiliac ' s head until she died and continued pounding until Jiliac was an unrecognizable mess . After the battle , Jabba went into the room and was startled when the corpse began to tremble . It was Jiliac ' s offspring coming out of its pouch . Although Jabba would be named unquestioned leader of the kajidic , he didn ' t want to leave any loose ends and smothered the Huttlet .