Hutt – Republic treaty In the second year of the Clone Wars , the Galactic Republic established a treaty with the Hutt families through crime lord Jabba Desilijic Tiure , the leader of the Hutts . Jedi Master Obi - Wan Kenobi initially negotiated the treaty with Jabba , while Senator Padmé Amidala was able to secure the accord ' s ratification after exposing a Separatist plot against Jabba to kidnap his son and frame the Jedi Order for the crime . Terms . The treaty between the Galactic Republic and the Hutt families ended hostilities that had been brought about during the Clone Wars . Under the accord , the Hutts became allies of the Republic , and the Grand Army of the Republic was granted much - needed access to Hutt Space hyperlane s . The Hutts , meanwhile , retained ownership of the Valsedian asteroid belt but could not sell it to the Confederacy of Independent Systems . These terms came at a price for the Republic , however ; with the treaty , the criminal - dealing Hutts were able to safeguard their methods from the eyes of the Republic . History . When the Confederacy of Independent Systems seized numerous hyperlanes throughout the galaxy and separated the Republic from the majority of its army , the Republic sought to broker a deal with Jabba to gain access to trade routes running through Hutt Space . Although the Confederacy kidnapped Jabba ' s son , Rotta , and attempted to frame the Jedi Order for the crime in order to gain access to the hyperlanes for themselves , Jedi Master Obi - Wan Kenobi — the Republic ' s designated emissary to Jabba — was able to negotiate with Jabba on Tatooine while Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker and his Padawan , Ahsoka Tano , rescued the captured Rotta on Teth . When Count Dooku deceived Jabba into believing that the Jedi had captured and executed his son , Senator Padmé Amidala of the Galactic Congress was able to reopen negotiations with Jabba by exposing the Separatist conspiracy against him , in which his own uncle , Ziro Desilijic Tiure , had been involved . Additionally , Jabba agreed to sign the treaty when Skywalker and Tano returned Rotta to him despite Dooku ' s attempts to assassinate the Huttlet . Reception . Some in the Republic , like Anakin Skywalker and Jedi Masters Mace Windu and Keelyvine Reus , were wary about the treaty simply because they did not wish to deal with the criminal Hutts . Others , like Count Dooku and the Separatists , coveted access to the Hutt Space hyperlanes themselves and attempted to prevent the treaty from being brokered . The proviso that the Republic could not inquire too deeply into Hutt methods created problems for the Jedi , who could not verify the reliability of information that came from the Hutts because they could not ask as to how that information had been acquired . In the end , the Hutts bypassed the Republic ' s authority on several occasions . Torpo the Hutt , ignoring the accord that the Valsedian asteroid belt could not be sold to the Separatists , brokered a deal with the Confederacy and sold it to them . The Hutt Grand Council , meanwhile , sought to break Ziro Desilijic Tiure out of Republic custody for an incriminating holodiary in his possession , and the Hutt leaders had the bounty hunter Cad Bane hold the Republic Senate hostage in order to secure Ziro ' s release .