Riboga Riboga the Hutt was a former crime lord of the Cularin system . Referred to as the " Exalted Disgusting One " at least twice ( the first time he heard it , he found it funny ; the second time he heard it , he demanded a tribute ) , or simply the " Exalted Riboga the Hutt , " Riboga controlled crime in the Cularin system from 110 BBY to 53 BBY , and then since the Clone Wars onwards . Biography . Riboga came to Cularin as an exile , but he soon managed to pull the Smugglers ' Confederation under his control in 110 BBY , and established a successful criminal Organization , focused mostly on smuggling , gambling , loansharking and , from 78 BBY to his retirement , slaving . Riboga loaned many of the smugglers money to upgrade their ships , particularly the more recalcitrant ones . As an alternative to paying back the exorbitant interest rates , the smugglers could enter periods of exclusive service to the Hutt , essentially becoming his indentured servants . In this way , Riboga further brought the smugglers under his control . Gungan ace starfighter pilot Piknab Carsels , while not exactly a smuggler , became one of Riboga ' s pilots in Varna Biqua this way . When Riboga decided to settle a part - time home in the city of Tolea Biqua in Genarius ( a city he had ordered to build ) , he also decided to organize the local political power groups in a similar way : As Genariusan cities lacked any federal government , they could eventually challenge him . Appealing to the greed of the governors of the most powerful cities , but officially to facilitate control of Genarius , Riboga organized a Central Council to deal with planetary affairs , including new trading deals with extra - planetary interests and a protection tax ( or racket ) for the less important cities . The Council was composed of two representatives from each of Genarius ' s five largest cities , including Tolea Biqua . In its early years , Riboga sat as head of the Council himself to hold a tight control on it , but , once he was satisfied with the body , he started letting them choose their own leader . While Riboga could never annihilate the independent pirates in the asteroid belt , he learned a lot from them . 17 years after arriving , he ordered the building of a secret asteroid headquarters for use in criminal operations ; the base took 2 years to build , and was practical and full of Hutt opulence . Then , he ordered the creation of a second asteroid base to meet with his smugglers , Trade Federation representatives and other associates . He also built a mansion in Mikish on Cularin , and an office in Tolea Biqua on Genarius . He did own a typically Hutt floating barge , where he sent the appointed waiter , Bez , to successfully and repeatedly duel against creatures from the galaxy . He was also once the owner of a number of L80 - series protocol droid s , such as L80 - RC . One of Riboga ' s business associates was zoo proprietor Hlisk Squin , based in the city of Bollin , in Cularin planet ; Squin smuggled slaves for the Hutt using animal containers . Other partners included Bothan information broker Tchaw Fenn , who lived in Friz Harammel , Genarius . Twi ' lek assassin and masseuse Lalo worked for one of Riboga ' s lieutenants but , when Riboga killed her boss , Lalo became a freelancer . Being an important figure in Genarius , Riboga would have been the person to contact when Verga Mer Mining Company tried to expand their interest to Genarius . Unfortunately , Verga Mer ignored that and tried to deal with the less powerful cities themselves . Riboga did not felt personally insulted , but he later ignored all the five audience petitions from Verga Mer . Riboga fronted money and supplies ( including droid workers such as 4 - KT ) to independent droid QS - 2D to begin its mining operations on Uffel around 90 BBY . QS - 2D tried its best to convince Riboga that it was acting as a proxy for his Twi ' lek masters , but the masters had died when reaching Uffel and QS - 2D intended to became the master of a droid factory in non - breathable Uffel . In 78 BBY , Riboga decided to expand his business and include slavery , which became his main and more profitable business . Due to the relative isolation of Cularin system , Riboga could use the system as a stop point to transport slaves from the Core Worlds to the Outer Rim - although he always replaced the transporting smuggler in Cularin . Riboga , in a lesser measure , also kidnapped some local Tarasin s to use them as slaves . In 72 BBY , Riboga began sponsoring starship races through the space worm - dug tunnels of Eskaron , a moon of Genarius . This practice would continue for at least forty years . Riboga backed Z - 95 pilot Likk Nibk in the races , with threats on Nibk ' s life as a motivation . At some point , Riboga placed a conditional bounty on the head of smuggler Nadin Paal : It was only to be active should Paal ever leave the Cularin system . The Bounty Hunters ' Guild decided to keep an eye on Paal and wait for him to make a wrong move . Eventually rising costs , principally arising from the struggles between his smugglers and the various independent pirate groups of Cularin , plus the high cost of space travel in that particular system , caused him to question the worthwhileness of continuing his operations . His major - domo , a strange being named Nirama , heard Riboga talking about this . In actuality , Nirama had been skimming money , diverting profits , and altering the books to make Riboga ' s business dealings seem less profitable due to " additional expenses " for the isolation of Cularin . Although Riboga questioned and even executed some of his minions , he could not track the problem to Nirama . In 53 BBY , Nirama made a wager at their regular sabacc game of a quarter - million credits against Riboga ' s Cularin operations , and won . Riboga took the loss well , laughing and returning to Nal Hutta with only his money and some of his more loyal minions . When Riboga left the system , he sold many of his possessions there . Nirama got Riboga ' s mansion in Mikish , his office on Genarius and both of his asteroid bases . Riboga ' s interests in Uffel were bought out by QS - 2D . The local black market suddenly had a great supply of thermal detonators and heavy blaster cannons . Riboga ' s servant droids , such as torture droid T - 09 , were also sold to new owners who were commonly unaware of any customization Riboga had ordered on the machines . He sold his barge to a pair of Hutt - hating Trandoshans that converted it into a casino creatively named Riboga ' s Barge , where they mocked on Hutt ' s customs and criticized Riboga ' s virility ( Apparently , Riboga had not had any children at that point ) . Riboga ' s had a lasting affect on the Cularin system beyond organizing its crime . After Riboga ' s departure , the Central Council of Genarius started to become the legitimate governing body it had always appeared to be , though they remained focused on their own interests . At some point , Riboga gave Velin Wir ( leader of the Metatheran Cartel in the Cularin system in 31 BBY ) a unique gift — a lightsaber which was proximity linked to a tiny thermal detonator implanted in Wir ' s chest . The exact nature of their business arrangement remained unknown . Around 32 BBY , Riboga gave a juvenile rancor named Bender to Nirama as a naming day gift , seeming to bear no malice for having lost their bet . Certain smugglers such as Vel Pastar , who had worked under Riboga since his takeover in 110 BBY , remained in Cularin and worked under Nirama , even if they disliked his different approach to business . Other employees , like the cook Karlo , learned to avoid political issues under Riboga ' s regime and chose not to defy authority , whatever form it took .