Jabba the Hutt

Jabba Desilijic Tiure, or simply Jabba the Hutt, (596 BBY–4 ABY) (offspring of Zorba The Hutt) is a character in the fictional Star Wars galaxy. He appears in, chronologically, the first, fourth, and last chapters of the series, ', ', and '. Jabba is of the Hutt race and, like most of his species, a gangster. Hutts are a large slug-like race with thick, leathery skin, human-like arms, large amber eyes, and wide mouths. A Hutt may weigh in excess of several tons. They speak Huttese, a language reminiscent of Quechua.

Expanded Universe

By the time he was 600, Jabba had become the Hutt, cutting out an extensive crime syndicate covering most of the Outer Rim Territories. Although the well-known Black Sun syndicate controlled the Core and adjacent regions, it allowed Jabba and the other Hutts extensive autonomy in the Outer Rim.

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Jabba relocated the Desilijic business from Nal Hutta to Tatooine, a remote desert world he started to consider home. He erected his stronghold in the environs of a very old monastery of the B'omarr monks.

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