Rinnrivin Di ' s cartel Rinnrivin Di ' s cartel was a Nikto cartel created and led by the Kajain ' sa ' Nikto Rinnrivin Di in the decades after the Galactic Civil War . The cartel rose to power in the absence of Jabba the Hutt , and the organization was an instrumental part in the Centrists ' conspiracy to bring about the rise of the First Order . Rinnrivin Di ' s cartel based its operations on the planet Bastatha , and , in addition to receiving financial support from the Centrists , it targeted the commercial shipping lanes around Ryloth as a source of revenue . Twenty - four years after the Battle of Endor , Emissary Yendor of Ryloth pleaded help from the Galactic Senate , so senator s Leia Organa and Ransolm Casterfo agreed to investigate the cartel ' s actions . Organa soon uncovered the conspiracy when she tracked Di to Sibensko , where the cartel leader was killed . Description . Rinnrivin Di ' s cartel was involved in several activities including smuggling spice , gambling , and piracy . They had a mutual relationship with a pro - Imperial militia called the Amaxine warriors , who acted as their financiers and partners . Amaxine warriors served as their pilot s and took part in raids on legitimate commercial traffic . Rinnrivin ' s cartel also extorted protection money from merchant s . Revenue from the cartel ' s gambling and smuggling operations was channeled to Centrist sources and shadowy corporations in the Outer Rim Territories , who funnelled the money to the First Order ' s fleet . Rinnrivin ' s cartel had bases on both Bastatha and Sibensko . History . An insidious alliance . The Kajain ' sa ' Nikto known as Rinnrivin Di started of as a lowly spice dealer who worked for the Hutt s during the Age of the Empire . Due to the entrenched xenophobia that dominated the Galactic Empire , Rinnrivin turned to crime in order to build a career . About seven years before the Napkin Bombing , Rinnrivin Di became the leader of one of the galaxy ' s largest criminal enterprises after receiving billions of credit s from the Amaxine warriors , a pro - Imperial militia group that acted as proxies for the First Order , a remnant of the " Old Empire " that had retreated to the Unknown Regions . Rinnrivin Di ' s cartel had a mutual relationship with the Amaxine warriors , who acted as both their financiers and partners . Rinnrivin ' s cartel was involved in various criminal activities including smuggling , spice trafficking , gambling , and the raiding of legitimate commercial traffic in the Gaulus sector ; which contained the planet Ryloth . The Amaxine warriors served as pilots for Rinnrivin ' s cartel through their bases on the planets Daxam IV and Sibensko . The revenue earned through the smuggling and gambling interests of Rinnrivin ' s cartel were channeled back to the First Order through the auspices of the Amaxine warriors . The First Order used these funds to rebuild the old Imperial fleet . Discovery . In 28 ABY , Rinnrivin Di ' s cartel had exacted a heavy toll on the Twi ' lek homeworld of Ryloth ' s offworld trade . Taking advantage of the indecisiveness and inaction of the New Republic ' s Galactic Senate , Rinnrivin ' s cartel raided legitimate commercial shipping in the Gaulus sector , weakening Ryloth ' s economy . Many Twi ' lek pilots were raided by Rinnrivin ' s Amaxine partners while other merchants were forced to pay protection money . Rinnrivin Di ' s cartel operated from the Outer Rim world of Bastatha , a barren desert world that had become a popular casino destination . On behalf of the Galactic Senate , the Populist Senator Leia Organa and her Centrist colleague Ransolm Casterfo visited Bastatha to investigate the planet ' s casino operations . There , Rinnrivin kidnapped Leia and brought her to his secret underground headquarters where he attempted to bribe her into decriminalizing the spice trade . Shortly later Leia was rescued by Casterfo and the Bastatha authorities took control of Rinnrivn ' s base . However , Rinnrivin and most of his henchmen managed to flee offworld . Despite his escape , Leia and Casterfo discovered that Bastatha ' s gambling revenue was being siphoned off to shadow corporations in the Outer Rim . Later , Leia ' s starfighter pilots Joph Seastriker and Greer Sonnel learned about the Amaxine warriors ' existence during a trip to Pamarthe . They learned that the Amaxines had sources who told them about passing cargo ships . The Amaxine warriors were led by Arliz Hadrassian , a former TIE fighter pilot who admired the " Old Empire . " In an attempt to sow chaos in the New Republic , Hadrassian bombed the Galactic Senate ' s conference building on Hosnian Prime . However , this only redoubled the resolve of Leia and Ransolm to investigate Rinnrivin Di ' s cartel and their Amaxine partners . While Ransolm traveled to Daxam IV to investigate the Amaxine presence there , Leia and her staff including C - 3PO and Korr Sella visited the Ryloth archives . There , they found information concerning Rinnrivin ' s humble origins as a lowly spice dealer and his sudden rise to being the leader of one of the galaxy ' s largest criminal syndicates . Leia and her team suspected that Rinnrivin was linked to the Centrists . After consulting Casterfo , Joph and C - 3PO managed to tap into one of Rinnrivin ' s satellite s above Ryloth and discovered that the crime lord was hiding on the Expansion Region world of Sibensko . While monitoring Rinnrivin ' s transmissions , Leia and her team discovered that Rinnrivin was visiting the planet Harloff Minor , which lay near Coruscant . Leia then arranged a secret meeting with Rinnrivin Di on Harloff Minor . The two met at a private restaurant on one of Harloff ' s equatorial cities . During the meeting , Rinnrivin took care to denounce the " Napkin Bombing " as a terrorist act while Leia reassured him that she had not been expecting Ransolm to rescue her . Rinnrivin sought to ingratiate himself with the New Republic senator and referred to her as " Huttslayer " , an honorific title she had gained for single - handedly killing Jabba Desilijic Tiure . Leia also took the opportunity to return the holocube of her killing Jabba on the grounds that she did not need to be reminded about the past . Unknown to Rinnrivin , she had fitted the device with a tracking device . During the meeting , Rinnrivin also hinted that he had " powerful friends . " Decline . Later , Leia and her team traveled to Sibensko to investigate the Amaxine base there . While downloading banking records from the under water city ' s cantina , Leia and her companions were cornered by Rinnrivin and his henchmen . Rinnrivin had by then realized that Leia had fitted a tracking device to his holocube . When Rinnrivin remarked that he had hoped they could be friends , Leia retorted that she would not be his " tool . " Since Rinnrivin was working with the Amaxines , he attempted to prevent the Senator and her companions from leaving Sibensko alive . However , Leia fired at the bolt holding up a large water tunnel . Rinnrivin and his henchmen were crushed to death by the falling tunnel . Leia and her team managed to escape the Sibensko base with the help of her husband Han Solo . However , the Amaxine base and the underwater city was destroyed when an Amaxine B - wing collided with the base ' s weapon depot ; triggering a massive explosion . Despite the destruction , C - 3PO managed to download invaluable data showing that the Amaxine warriors including Arliz Hadrassian had funnelled billions of credits in start - up capital to Rinnrivin seven years prior ; enabling him to become a major power . However , C - 3PO was unable to access extra layers of data which showed that the First Order had been sponsoring both the Amaxine Warriors and Rinnrivin ' s cartel . Following Leia ' s Mission to Sibensko , many in the New Republic Senate and media believed that the Amaxines had been the primary instigator and financier behind Rinnrivin ' s cartel . Despite the death of Rinnrivin , he contributed to the rise of the First Order by generating revenue for their military fleet through his smuggling and gambling operations . With the defeat of Rinnrivin ' s cartel and the Amaxine Warriors , many in the Galactic Senate believed that there were no more serious threats to the Republic ' s security . However , Leia disagreed and formed the Resistance to protect the New Republic from various threats including the First Order .