Jabba Desilijic Tiure ' s criminal empire A criminal empire was led by Jabba the Hutt . Its base was Jabba ' s Palace on the desert planet of Tatooine . History . In 22 BBY , Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker , along with his Padawan Ahsoka Tano returned Jabba ' s son Rotta , to Tatooine in hopes of the Galactic Republic gaining access over the Hutt ' s secret hyperspace route s against the Confederacy of Independent Systems despite sabotage from Asajj Ventress and Sith Lord Count Dooku . Subsequently the Hutt Clan , became an ally of the Galactic Republic signing a treaty with them . When Han Solo , Jabba ' s favorite smuggler on his payroll , was forced to jettison a shipment when the " Millennium Falcon " was boarded by Imperial authorities . Furious at the loss of a part of his empire ' s fortune , Jabba demanded compensation for the lost cargo , but as Solo didn ' t recompose , the crime lord sent bounty hunter s after him . When the Rodian Greedo was killed by Solo , Solo spoke with Jabba at Docking Bay 94 in Mos Eisley and Jabba gave him more time . Shortly after the Battle of Yavin , in which the Alliance to Restore the Republic , with Solo ' s help , managed to destroy the Death Star , the Empire decided to negotiate with an envoy in Jabba ' s employ on Cymoon 1 , in the Corellian Industrial Cluster . Sith Lord Darth Vader , was send as the Imperial negotiator with the intent of forcing Jabba ' s envoy in a deal favorable to the Empire . The envoy ' s vessel was hijacked by the Rebel Alliance , and with a team of rebels including Solo , they used it to assault and destroy Weapons Factory Alpha on Cymoon 1 . Emperor Palpatine sent Vader to Jabba ' s Palace to negotiate . Once there , Jabba was not interested in negotiating with Vader , and his Gamorrean guards were sent to eliminate the Sith , but Vader killed Jabba ' s guards and briefly choked Jabba in order to show what his fate will be if he didn ' t listened to him . The next day , Vader ended his negotiations with Jabba and left his palace . Three years after the Battle of Yavin , Boba Fett was hired by Vader track down the " Millennium Falcon " . Following the ship to Cloud City , Solo was frozen in carbonite and taken to Jabba by Fett . Dissolution . One year after Solo ' s capture , Solo ' s friend Jedi Master Luke Skywalker and his rebel party attempted to convince Jabba to liberate Solo . Skywalker sent the droid s C - 3PO and R2 - D2 to Jabba ' s Palace to negotiate with Jabba via hologram . The offer was so generous , but the Hutt was uninterested in Skywalker ' s proposal . Skywalker presented at his palace and after Jabba tried to execute him , he killed Pateesa , Jabba ' s pet rancor . Furious about his pet ' s death , Jabba attempted to execute Skywalker ' s friends at the Great Pit of Carkoon as food for the Pit ' s Sarlacc . Jabba and the members of his empire went to the Pit aboard Jabba ' s sail barge . Skywalker warned Jabba once more , but he chuckled the young Skywalker ' s warnings . This decision costed Jabba not only his empire , his life also , as Luke ' s sister Leia Organa , who Jabba made his slave , choked him to death with a chain . At the end , members of Jabba ' s empire fell into the sarlacc ' s mouth or were killed by Organa and Skywalker blew up Jabba ' s sail barge . Following Jabba ' s death , the Grand Hutt Council was left to determine who would fill Jabba ' s seat as leader of his empire . Several months after Jabba ' s demise , a decision had yet to be made .