Hutt Clan

The **Hutt Clan**, also known as the **Hutt Cartel** and sometimes simply as the **Hutts**, was one of the oldest and most powerful crime families in the galaxy, making riches through smuggling and myriad illegal businesses across multiple worlds. The Hutts and their criminal enterprise were ruled by the Grand Hutt Council that was located on the Hutt world of Nal Hutta and included a number of high profile and influential Hutt leaders of each family such as Jabba who led the council and the clan. The Ruling Council made up of elder Hutts of the five Hutt families would advise on strategy and make decisions on inter-family disputes while handling the day-to-day affairs of the Hutt species, and its leader later spoke on behalf of all Hutts in treaties and dealings with the dominant government, which during the Age of the Empire was the Galactic Empire. Among the most feared and notorious Hutts was Jabba the Hutt, who from his palace on Tatooine built a reputation as a ruthless gangster whose influence reached much further than most other Hutts.

During the Clone Wars, the influence that the Hutts possessed over the Outer Rim was sought after by the Galactic Republic and the Separatist Alliance. The Separatists would orchestrate the abduction of Jabba the Hutt's son with the assistance of Jabba's uncle Ziro. After the Jedi Order returned Jabba's son to him and the true culprits of the crime had been revealed, Jabba pledged his support to the Republic. At a later point in the war, the Hutt Clan hired Cad Bane to acquire information on the Senate Building on Coruscant, and later Bane was hired to hold the Senate hostage so that the Republic would release Ziro, who kept a record on the nefarious deeds of the Hutts. At the behest of Jabba, Ziro's lover Sy Snootles killed Ziro after he led her to the holodiary at his fathers grave on Teth, afterwards delivering the diary to Jabba himself. The Hutts were later approached by the Shadow Collective criminal empire led by Darth Maul, and after a brutal fight the Hutts agreed to join Maul's group, only to withdraw later on due to infighting within the Collective.

The Hutt Clan continued to operate in the Outer Rim after the end of the Clone Wars and the rise of the Galactic Empire with it and the Clan victory over the Separatist Alliance, preserving their power base including on the desert world of Tatooine. Jabba continued his illicit operations during the Age of the Empire, continuing to hold influence as a crime lord. After the destruction of the first Death Star, Darth Vader was assigned to negotiate with Jabba on the Emperor's behalf, a talk which ended with Jabba agreeing to provide the Galactic Empire with whatever resources it needed to fuel its operations. This alliance with the Empire allowed him and the Hutts to survive the Imperial crackdown against criminal elements in the Outer Rim, as well as rid the Hutts of their competitors. In the decades following Jabba's death at the hands of Leia Organa, the Hutt families saw much of their once great power and influence wane, even losing control of the Nikto, a race that had been in service to the Hutts for centuries prior.

## Hutt Clan Leadership

### Grand Hutt Council

The **Hutt Ruling Council**, alternatively known as the **Council of Elders**, **Hutt Council**, **Great Hutt Council**, or the **Grand Council of Nal Hutta**, was a five-member council that was the primary ruling body of the Hutt species. The five members were often known informally as the "**Five Hutt Families**", but due to internal politics, individual clans could control more than one seat on the council. The Ruling Council was sometimes referred to as the Grand Council, but that term more accurately applied to the larger Hutt Grand Council. The Hutt Grand Council ruled the Hutt species and all of Hutt space, a region of the galaxy on the border between the Mid Rim and the Outer Rim Territories that was located to the galactic east of the Core Worlds, and was under the control of the Hutt Clan. The Council was composed only of members of the Clans of the Ancients, those clans that could trace their lineage to the Hutts' ancient home. They governed all clans fairly, giving favor to none, and Hutts all over the galaxy abided by their decrees. The decision-making process was generally unknown, but it seemed that the most powerful of the Hutt criminal syndicates held the most authority and thus, the head of the most powerful syndicate was the leader of the Hutt race.

### Hutt Crime Families

#### Desilijic Clan

Notorious for being slavers, gangsters, and merciless kingpins, the **Desilijic** were one of the most ruthless Hutt crime clans in the galaxy. Members of the Desilijic clan were known for their appreciation of humanoid females, extravagant taste, hedonism and expensive palaces. The Desilijic clan also controlled some of the most important podracing courses during the era of the Republic, including the Boonta Eve Classic, which gave them financial control over the planets of Tatooine and Ando Prime respectively. Jabba Desilijic Tiure was one of the most famous of all the Desilijic in the years of the reign of the Galactic Empire, having helped drive the clan from economic obscurity to complete dominance over all other Hutt Kajidics. Members of the clan associated themselves with numerous notorious criminal organizations, and many of the clan were killed in incidents of intra-clan and inter-clan rivalry.

#### Besadii Clan

The **Besadii** was a Hutt clan that stood as bitter enemies of the Desilijic clan. Prior to and during the Clone Wars, the more notorious Hutts of the Besadii clan included Gardulla the Elder and Arok the Hutt, the latter leading and representing the clan on the Hutt Ruling Council. Gardulla would often be seen as the mighty and more successful Jabba Desilijic Tiure's main rival, but would also be of service to him; for example, she was his representative during Ziro Desilijic Tiure's trial.

#### Gorensla Clan

The **Gorensla** was a Hutt clan that operated heavily within the black market. Being galactic black marketeers, the Gorensla would often operate secretly within the shadows; they would rig laws, control entire space ports, and their organizations would become the front of entire economies. During the Galactic Civil War, they played both sides of the war, often selling to the rebels. The lineage of the Gorensla clan can be traced back through the ages to be recognized as one of the most ancient clans. On the family was led by Oruba Gorensla, who represented the clan in the Hutt Ruling Council.

#### Qunaalac Clan

The **Qunaalac** was a Hutt clan which was perhaps the most heavily armed, and as such retained many of the ancient Hutt militaristic attributes, protecting most of Hutt Space's planets, particularly those within the borders. This section of the Hutt Cartel was run by and represented in the Hutt Grand Council by the elder Hutt Kajidii Marlo Qunaalac.

## Jabba the Hutt's Criminal Empire

### Leaders

* Jabba the Hutt †
* Gorga the Hutt
* Zorba Desilijic Tiure †
* Rotta the Hutt

### Members

* Bib Fortuna
* Salacious B. Crumb
* Sy Snootles
* Tessek
* Saelt-Marae
* Yoxgit
* Malakili
* Hermi Odle
* Ephant Mon

### Bounty Hunters

* Boba Fett
* Danz Borin
* Djas Puhr
* Feltipern Trevagg †

### Smugglers

* Han Solo (Formerly) †
* Chewbacca (Formerly)
* Gela Yeens

#### Spice

* Ponda Baba
* Cornelius Evazan †