The
Hutts are a fictional alien race in the
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universe. They have appeared in
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,
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and
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, as well as the special edition release of
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. They also appear in various
Star Wars games, including those based on the movies, and the
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series. None of these, however, are very friendly and all are criminally involved. However, in the comic book series
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and
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, there is a Hutt character named Aarrba who is sympathetic to the main characters, Gav and Jori Daragon.
Origins
The Hutts originated on a
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planet called Varl, in a
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consisting of the two stars Evona and Ardos, which the Hutts worshiped as
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. According to Hutt legend, Evona was absorbed by a
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, and Ardos collapsed on itself over grief for its mate. Since the Hutts survived the deaths of their Gods, they believed they had become Gods, hence their egocentrism. Scientists believe the Hutts destroyed their world in a
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.
After Varl's devastation, the Hutts migrated to a planet called Evocar, and displaced the peaceful natives through canny business practices, even going so far as to evict them. The Hutts renamed their new planet Nal Hutta—"Glorious Jewel" in Huttese. Nal Hutta is the capital of Hutt Space, the species'
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. The primary moon of Nal Hutta is Nar Shaddaa.
Before the establishment of the Old Republic, the Hutts were the dominant species in the galaxy, although they never built up an extensive empire; their dominance focused instead on trade and economic empires.
Physiology
Adult Hutts are shaped like extremely large
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(up to one thousand kilograms) with stubby arms, no rear limbs and numerous redundant internal organs.
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is through a series of rippling contractions akin to a
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. In the novelization of
Return of the Jedi, it is mentioned that Hutts are born bipedal, but their legs grow together over time due to lack of movement. Hutts are
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, with a lifespan of up to a thousand years, reproducing
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and nursing their young in pouches akin to
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s. An infant Hutt, known as a Huttlet, is the size of an orange when born, and lives in the parent's pouch for five decades before becoming "fully developed." Adolescents become adults when they reach the age of 130 years. Though traditionally referred to as males, all members of the species are
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; personality type and
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s are assumed voluntarily. Upon becoming pregnant, Hutts are referred to as female.
Hutt skin is extremely thick, and when combined with their redundant organs and tough flesh, can result in Hutts being able to survive direct
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fire hits. Hutts are also inedible by most life forms, including
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i, resistant to the
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due to their unique thought patterns, and are able to see into the
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and
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portions of the
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.
Society
There is an old Hutt saying:
Blood is thicker than slime. Nal Hutta is ruled by the Clans of the Ancients, which is composed of leaders of the eldest clans on Nal Hutta. Many Hutts leave their home world to form kajidics, or criminal empires, under the control of the Clan. Hutts hold their families in very high regard except when leadership of the clan is available and will kill members of their families for personal advancement.
If a non-Hutt kills a Hutt, then it will usually result in a death-mark, or bounty, being put on the offending party. Luke Skywalker, Han Solo and Princess Leia Solo were the most famous recipients in their role in the death of Jabba the Hutt. The death mark against them lasted for about ten years before it was removed by Durga the Hutt during the Darksaber incident. However Hutts' grudges last a very long time and the deathmark was reinstated after Durga's death.
Hutts do not generally reveal their family names to non-Hutts (close subordinates, such as councilors, are very familiar with Huttese clan politics, as they must be to advise and orchestrate attacks and business well); as such only a few Hutt clans are known by name. The two most prominent are Desilijic, the Clan of Jabba the Hutt, and Besadii, the most powerful before the death of Durga the Hutt.
Kayo the Hutt
Kayo the Hutt, also known as
Aruk Besadii Aora or
Aruk the Great was a Hutt crime lord and former leader of the Besadii kajidic. He was a physically large hutt and refused to take orders from anybody. Aruk is the father of
Durga Besadii Tai and when Durga was born with a large birthmark on his face, other Hutts told Aruk that he was impure and not worthy of being called a Hutt and implored him to kill his son, but Aruk was fond of the child and sensed that he would grow up to be a cunning and ruthless Hutt—the perfect heir to his criminal empire. He also threatened to murder all who wished Durga killed and began to raise his child himself. Aruk provided Durga with a good education and eventually became his father's apprentice. Aruk was considered by many as an "Old Fashioned Hutt"; one reason was because Jabba's fascination with scantily-clad humanoid females disgusted him and the other was his unwavering belief in the power of the Besadii kajidic. Aruk was killed when Teroenza poisoned his supply of nala tree frogs which he liked eating.
Beldorion the Hutt
Beldorion was a Hutt who trained to be a
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sometime before the
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(the only known Huttese Jedi). Beldorion journeyed to Nam Chorios with his fellow Jedi Taselda, ostensibly to investigate the Theran movement. When he arrived, Beldorion sensed that Nam Chorios itself was a potent nexus for the power of the
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. Therefore, Beldorion stayed and established himself as ruler of the planet, struggling for power with Taselda, who was also drawn in by Chorios' power. Beldorion become a pawn of the humanoid droch Dzym. He gave himself such titles as "Beldorion of the Ruby Eyes" and "Beldorion the Splendid." With the Force and Dzym's help, Beldorion remained strong and youthful, his body all muscle, avoiding the corpulence and immobility of most Hutts his age. However, at the onset of the Clone Wars, Supreme Chancellor
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used special emergency powers to send Seti Ashgad to Nam Chorios in a political expansionist movement. Seeing that Beldorion the Hutt had no real interest in ruling Nam Chorios so long as his desires were satisfied, Ashgad rose to become the planet's unofficial ruler. But Ashgad soon realized that Beldorion had only been a figurehead for a more insidious figure, Dzym.
About thirteen years after the Battle of Yavin,
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and
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traveled to Nam Chorios to meet with Ashgad. While there, Leia was taken prisoner and met Beldorion. While he held her captive, Beldorion told her stories of the ancient Jedi Masters such as Thon and
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, whose power he admired, if not their principles. Leia eventually escaped, and together with Luke uncovered Ashgad and Dzym's plan to unleash a plague throughout the sector. During the attempt to stop Ashgad, Leia was attacked by Beldorion. At nine meters, Beldorion was large even for a Hutt, and possessed none of the corpulent rolls that immobilized lazy Hutts like
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. The old Hutt was all muscle and fire, and attacked with his
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with astonishing quickness. Although Leia had not been trained extensively in lightsaber combat, she did have combat training and a keen insight into the flow of the Force and was able to defeat Beldorion.
Borga the Hutt
Borga the Hutt or
Borga Besadii Diori was the mother of the late
Randa Besadii Diori and guardian of
Gardulla the Younger and
Decca Besadii Diori. She took control of the Besadii kajidic after Durga's death. During the Yuuzhan Vong War, she negoitated a truce between the Hutts and the Yuuzhan Vong to let the Hutts have a portion of some of their space. Although the truce was successful, little did Borga know, the Yuuzhan Vong would end up betraying her. Later, Borga negotiated with the New Republic to sell the information on the invaders' next attack. When the Yuuzhan Vong found out, they immediately attacked Hutt space. Borga led the Hutt defenses of Nal Hutta however she was no match for the Yuuzhan Vong who conquored Hutt Space, forcing a large number of Hutts to move to Tattooine, Borga and many other Hutts, however, remained on Nal Hutta as prisoners. She tried to persuade the Yuuzhan Vong to release her and her fellow captives but she was coldly turned away.
Durga the Hutt
His Great Obesity, Lord
Durga Besadii Tai was a Hutt and the successor of Aruk as head of the Besadii kajidic. Note also that he captured the Death Star's engineer and "hired" him to build him his own superlaser mechanism, which, before being destroyed in Hoth's asteroid belt, was known as Darksaber. A notable feature of Durga is his green birthmark that stretches along the side of his face.
Gardulla the Hutt
Gardulla the Hutt, also known as
Gardulla the Elder, is one of the Hutt crime lords of
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. Her assistant is
Diva Funquita. She is best known for buying Shmi and
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, then losing them to
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, a junk dealer, whilst betting on the pod-races. Gardulla is a sometimes rival of
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and appears briefly as his guest at the Podrace scene in
The Phantom Menace. Gardulla also sponsors Podracers, including Gasgano. After the Boonta Eve Classic, Gardulla offered
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a substantial sum to regain ownership of Anakin, but the Toydarian had already lost the boy to
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.
Gardulla attempted to feed
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to her personal Krayt dragon, but was in turn killed by the bounty hunter by being pushed into the Krayt dragon's lair and devoured after being interrogated for information on the Bando Gora cult. Gardulla has a son,
Gardulla the Younger and a daughter,
Decca Besadii Diori
Gorga the Hutt
Gorga Desilijic Glooma, better known as
Gorga the Hutt, is the great-nephew of
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. He was referenced in the game Star Wars Bounty Hunter, posting several secondary bounties. Gorga was extremely angry at Big Gizz and Spiker, former Swoop riders for Jabba, dropped Jabba's urns on him and was very horrified and displeased that his uncle's ashes had blown away. While on Tatooine, a feminine natured Hutt named
Anachro the H'uun caught Gorga's eye. Gorga found her to be beautiful. Unfortunately for him, Anachro was the daughter of
Orko the H'uun, an enemy of his. Gorga hired Boba Fett to kill Bar-Kooda, a pirate kingpin that had been harassing Orko's freighters. Fett succeeded, and Gorga, Anachro, and Orko celebrated Gorga and Anachro's impending nuptials by eating Bar-Kooda's corpse. When Anachro was captured by slavers, Gorga hired Boba Fett to find her but Orko accused Gorga of staging her kidnapping and nearly tore each other apart, however Fett brought Anachro back safely and although, the both of them made a public apology towards the other, Gorga still dispised his father-in-law.
Gorga later hired Fett once more to assassinate Orko, but when it was revealed Anachro was pregnant, he called off the assassination. However, Ry-Kooda, Bar-Kooda's brother, had murdered Orko in a particularly brutal fashion. Anachro accused Gorga of the murder, and in grief left him. Ry-Kooda then tried to kill Anachro but Gorga stopped him and Boba Fett ultimately killed Ry-Kooda. The excitement caused Anachro to give birth and the both of them reconciled and got back together.
Grubba the Hutt
Grubba Desilijic Aarrpo (
Grubba the Hutt) was the son of Pazda the Hutt, nephew of
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and brother of Gorga the Hutt. On Nar Shaddaa, he lead a small crime syndicate called Varl's Children and never got much bigger in the crime business. When his uncle Jabba died, his brother proposed they take advantage of the situation. He immediately agreed, trying to boost his crime reputation. His laid-back attitude kept him from becoming a true crime lord. They tricked Jabba's father and took over Jabba's castle. Past then, he never really paid attention to what went on, and let his brother do all the handling as long as he got credit. One day while torturing a man who tried to oppose him, he heard news that they were to be bombed by some Hutt named Oopatcha who had come a few days earlier, so he warned everyone and they all evacuated to his ship. The B'omarr monks who lived in the bottom levels of the castle ratted them out and Grubba was killed with his brother, uncles, and father.
Naeyaert the Hutt
Naeyaert the Hutt from the planet of Latoine made no appearances in the Star Wars series. However, was influential in the colonization of Tatooine. The cousin of Grubba the Hutt, Naeyaert made multiple appearances in a book series. He worked for the local government running important documents to other planets.
High Exaltedness Kossak
Kossak the Hutt is a powerful businessman said to have lived around the same time as Xim the Despot and was directly responsible for Xim's defeat at The Third Battle of Vontor. What is known of this is that Kossak the Hutt had tricked the Klatooians, Vodrans into signing themselves into virtual slavery and that it was Kossak that used the Vodrans and Klatooians during the final battle that ended the reign of Xim The Despot.
Jabba the Hutt
Jabba the Hutt is an antagonist who first appeared on film in
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. Jabba was originally portrayed by an immense latex puppet, but in later releases he is a
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(CGI). Besides the films, Jabba the Hutt is featured in
Star Wars literature and is sometimes referenced by his full name,
Jabba Desilijic Tiure. Jabba also appears in the computer game
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.
He is a 600-year-old Hutt crime lord and gangster who employs a retinue of criminals,
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s, smugglers, assassins, and bodyguards to operate his criminal empire. Jabba the Hutt's palace on the desert planet
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is a former
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for a group of mystics known as the B'omarr monks. There, he keeps a host of entertainers, slaves,
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s, and alien creatures at his disposal. Jabba has a grim sense of humor, a bellicose laugh, an insatiable appetite, and an affinity for
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,
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s,
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, and has a pet rancor at the "basement" of his Palace.
The character was incorporated into the
Star Wars merchandising campaign that corresponded with the theatrical release of
Return of the Jedi. Jabba the Hutt's image has since played an influential role in
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, particularly in the
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. His name is used as a
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literary device and a political caricature to underscore negative qualities such as morbid obesity and
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.
Queen Jool
Queen Jool or
Jool the Hutt was the Hutt owner of Rik's Cantina on Coruscant. She lived in a swamp below the bar. Her left eye had been replaced by a jeweled and feathered cybernetic implant that allowed her to observe the cantina's doings. Aside from owning and operating the bar, she was also a sly information broker. Jool was a suave and flirtacious Hutt and it was implied she had a huge crush on Cade Skywalker, despite being a hermaphrodite.
Vogga the Hutt
Vogga the Hutt is a
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ese businessman based on Nar Shaddaa who specialized in
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--specifically high-grade fuel suitable for, among other things, Citadel Station. Like most Hutts, he technically is a
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, but generally has a masculine personality. His first and only appearance is in
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. He enjoys watching scantily-clad female dancers, though this always puts him to sleep. One of the Jedi Exile's companions can dance for him; this is confirmed.
After the Jedi Exile inadvertently caused the destruction of the Peragus mining facilities, the biggest competitor to Vogga's importing of fuel from Sleheyron, Vogga began attempting to take advantage of the sudden shortage of fuel. G0-T0 opposed the Hutt's business plan. In retaliation, Vogga hired a considerable number of bounty hunters (like Hanharr) and bribed a number of G0-T0's underlings (like Visquis). The Exile took advantage of this when he registered the
Ebon Hawk as a freighter of Vogga's; unsurprisingly, this resulted in G0-T0 intercepting the freighter, whereupon the Exile caused G0-T0's yacht to decloak. Vogga's waiting vessels promptly blew it out of space. Vogga further won in that following the destruction of G0-T0's yacht, the Jedi Exile arranged for shipment of fuel to Telos.
Zorba the Hutt
Zorba the Hutt is the father of
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. He did not immediately learn of his son's death because he was imprisoned on the planet Kip. Zorba resembled his son, though he had long, white hair braids and a white beard. All of Jabba's possessions were bequeathed to Zorba, including the desert palace on Tatooine. He blamed Princess Leia Organa Solo for the murder of his son Jabba. Zorba then challenged Lando in a game of sabacc and won Cloud City. Lando soon won back Cloud City in a future game. In one instance Zorba was referred to as 'Koztas'. His name is clearly a reference to the 1946 novel
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by
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Grappa the Hutt
Grappa the Hutt appears in the Crimson Empire novels. He is in league with the Black Sun criminal gang and Itha spectral-like species known as the Zanibar. He first appears looking like Tarrant Snil and like Jabba appears to enjoy the company of slave female humanoids and big parties. However he is quick to lose his temper and ends up killing not only a Zanibar but a spokesman from the Black Sun. He allows both Mirth Sinn and her ex-lieutenant Massimo to be sacrificed to the Zanibar. Kir Kanos saves Mirth Sinn but Massimo is less lucky. Grappa was also scared when he received a telecom of a figure known as The Faceless One. After the Black Sun guards sent assassins after him, Grappa fled only to be caught by the Zanibar when he couldn't pay them the money he owed them. He was taken to be sacrificed on their homeworld of Xo.
Korpa the Hutt
Korpa the Hutt is cousin of Vogga the Hutt. He is a small-time crime lord, trying to take over his cousin's businesses. Following a starship duel with his would-be assassin in the twin system of Dva Lokwanya, he lands on a small planet Okopania, meeting with bounty hunter Ser Onja to arrange the assassination of Vogga. Receiving a payment of rare G'ovna crystals, Ser Onja doublecrosses Korpa, sabotaging his ship to explode on takeoff.
Rotta the Huttlet
Rotta the Huttlet is Jabba's 10 year old son, appearing in the
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animated movie. He was kidnapped by the Separatists, but returned to Jabba by the Republic although Jabba was convinced by Dooku that the Jedi kidnapped his son.
Ziro the Hutt
Ziro the Hutt is the Uncle of
Jabba the hutt appearing in the
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animated movie. He was part of a plot together with Count Dooku to kidnap
Rotta the Huttlet , hoping to frame the Jedi. He was also part of a plot to remove Jabba from power and take over as leader of the Hutts. He owns a club in Corsucant. in the
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Jabba says that he will be dealt with by the Hutt family in the most severe of ways.
Huttese language
The Hutts' native language, Huttese, is a
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of galactic organized crime.
The language is a constructed language, with many distorted English words. Its phonology is said to be based on the Quechua language.
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