Jabba Desilijic Tiure ' s criminal empire / Legends Jabba Desilijic Tiure ' s criminal empire was a criminal organization led and formed by Jabba the Hutt . Its base was Jabba ' s Palace on the desert planet dunes of Tatooine . Jabba hired smugglers such as Han Solo to smuggle such things as glitterstim spice , and bounty hunters like Boba Fett and Zuckuss to eliminate enemies of the Hutt crime lords . History . Jabba ' s criminal empire was one of the most powerful criminal organizations in the Outer Rim , perhaps even the galaxy since it controlled the entire Arkanis sector and a great deal beyond . In 21 BBY , Anakin who was betided with his apprentice Ahsoka Tano , was reluctant to return to Tatooine , via the " Twilight " , due to Jabba allowing the Republic access over the secret Hutt Hyperlane s against the CIS for rescuing his son Rotta on the Teth Monastery . The Jedi emerged victorious at delivering Rotta to Jabba ' s Palace , despite sabotage from Asajj Ventress and Count Dooku . Thus Jabba ' s Empire and subsequently the Hutt Cartel , became an ally of the Republic , as well as the Clone Army been allowed safe passage through Hutt Space and the Arkanis sector . Jabba ' s Empire had to face many of the Hutt ' s enemies such as Tyber Zann , who waged a grudge war against the Hutt for getting Zann sent to the spice mines of Kessel , and the Rebel Alliance when Jabba had received Han Solo frozen in a block of carbonite and refused to give it up . This organization employed more than smugglers and bounty Hunters . Jabba also employed dancers , bands , and bikers for entertainment . Most notable was Big Gizz and his gang . They would go and do dirty work for Jabba for low pay and enjoyed every second of it . This all ended when Jix betrayed Jabba and Gizz and Spiker never saw their boss alive , and in person , again . His popular band was the Max Rebo Band , who played for the Hutt until his demise . Dissolution . This high life would all end in a matter of minutes . For Luke Skywalker and friends destroyed the very existence of one of the most powerful crime sects ever during the battle at the Great Pit of Carkoon . With Jabba and more than half his court killed on Jabba ' s barge , his empire along with the Cartel collapsed . Jabba ' s Palace fell to the B ' omarr Monks . Legacy . Everyone went their own way , while others were assimilated by the B ' omarr Monks . It wasn ' t until well over a year later his father came and resurrected his empire . However , his reign was only brief and ended after a series of events included his attempted revenge against his son ' s killer and later forging his will . Zorba was disgraced and went into hiding , thought to have died . Soon after that , Jabba ' s nephew began to slither in his uncle ' s footsteps and grow Jabba ' s empire farther than the Hutt himself . The palace of Gorga the Hutt became the new headquarters of the criminal empire . During the New Republic era it was supported by Hutt Space and during the Yuuzhan Vong War most of Hutt Space was devastated by the invaders , Gorga ' s Palace was the base of operations for the Hutt Underground for one year . When the war had ended the Hutt rebellion against the Yuuzhan Vong returned to Nal Hutta . A year after that the Galactic Alliance claimed authority on Tatooine , leaving a question if the Desilijic Empire would meet a second demise .