Hutt Ruling Council The Hutt Ruling Council , alternatively known as the Council of Elders , Hutt Council , Great Hutt Council , or the Grand Council of Nal Hutta , was a five - member council that was the primary ruling body of the Hutt species . The five members were often known informally as the " Five Hutt Families , " but due to internal politics , individual clans could control more than one seat on the council . The Ruling Council was sometimes referred to as the Grand Council , but that term more accurately applied to the larger Hutt Grand Council ; the Ruling Council handled the day - to - day affairs of the Hutt species , and its leader spoke on behalf of all Hutts in treaties and dealings with the Galactic Empire . History . The Hutt Ruling Council , also known as the Council of Elders ruled the Hutt species and all of Hutt Space . It was established when the Hutts relocated to Nal Hutta after the Hutt Cataclysms and was the brainchild of the Hutt Budhila Hestilic Amura . The Council was composed only of members of the Clans of the Ancients , those Hutt clans that could trace their lineage to the Hutts ' defiled , ancient homeworld of Varl . They governed all clans fairly , giving favor to none , and Hutts all over the galaxy abided by their decrees . The decision - making process was generally unknown , but it seemed that the most powerful of the kajidics ( the Hutt criminal syndicates ) held the most authority ; thus , the head of the most powerful kajidic was the de facto leader of the Hutt race . The Council met in the Hutt Council Chamber , the location of which varied throughout its history ; during the Clone Wars the Council met in a chamber in Gardulla the Hutt ' s Palace . In 700 BBY , the Ruling Council had to deal with the rebellion from a number of their slave races after the play " Evocar " was circulated around Hutt Space . After crushing the uprising , the Council decided to punish Kossak the Younger due to his role in the affair , and he was killed by acid transfusion with his remains placed at the Qedriga spaceport as a reminder to all Hutts of the consequences for those who attempted to tamper with their geneology . During the Separatist Crisis , Zorba Desilijic Tiure was found guilty of the illegal removal of ulikuo gemstone s and sentenced to forty - five years in prison at the Girigard Subsurface Correctional Facility . The Grand Council of Nal Nutta attempted to extradite Zorba so that he could be tried by a council of peers in Hutt Space , but the local laws prevented this course of action . By the Clone Wars , the Council hired Cad Bane to hunt for Ziro the Hutt , due to his possession of potentially damaging information about Hutt activities . At that time , the council consisted of Jabba Desilijic Tiure , Gorga Desilijic Aarrpo , Arok , Oruba , and Marlo . In 20 BBY , Oruba was killed , and the Hutt Council and the Hutt Cartel was forced to join the Shadow Collective . Later , Gorga was imprisoned after an incident on Nothoiin . During the Second Imperial Civil War , Vedo Anjiliac Atirue and Queen Jool sat on the Council . They were outraged at the devastation of Da Soocha , a planet sacred to the Hutts , and the bombardment of Da Soocha ' s moon Napdu , which killed Azzim Anjiliac Atirue . They later informed the Galactic Empire that the Galactic Alliance Remnant had taken refuge on Utapau , with Admiral Gar Stazi among them . The plan was to get the Imperials to think they had brought the Hutts into submission , but it was really a ploy for Cade Skywalker to assassinate Sith scientist Vul Isen , who created the toxin that purged Da Soocha and earlier Dac of all life . It became known that Hutts had bounties out for Sith and though they did not directly participate in the war , they funded it by bounty hunters and funding the Galactic Alliance Remnant who fought against the One Sith . Behind the scenes . Concept art for the council chamber shows each of the council members sitting at the council ' s desk with a banner depicting their kajidics hanging in front of them ; in the show , the banners are between the council members and do not correlate with a particular Hutt . Gorga , Oruba , and Arok sitting in different places at the council ' s desk makes it appear there is no assigned seating for the council members , with the possible exception of Jabba , whose hologram appeared at the head of the council when the Shadow Collective appeared before the council . Despite the council chamber being located in her palace , Gardulla does not appear to be a member of the council . With subtitles turned on for the " Evil Plans " episode on DVD , the subtitles say that the council is speaking in ancient Huttese , and Cad Bane stated that his ancient Huttese is rusty .