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Nal Hutta

Astrographical information

Region

Hutt Space^[1]

System

Y'Toub system^[2]

Grid square

S-12^[2]

Suns

1:Y'Toub^[2]

Orbital position

3^[2]

Moons

5:Nar Shaddaa^[2]

Trade routes

Rotation period

87standard hours^[2]^[3]

Orbital period

413local days^[2]^[3]

Physical information

Class

Terrestrial^[2]^[3]

Diameter

12,150km^[2]

Atmosphere

Oxygen mix,Type I(breathable)

Climate

Temperate^[4]^[3]

Gravity

Standard^[3]

Terrain

Modern:

Barren
Vongformed

Historic:

Glimmering urban zones
Decaying urban zones
Oceans
Swamps^[4]
Bogs
Marshes

Ancient:

Surface water

Present, but heavily polluted

Points of interest

Fauna

Societal information

Native species

Evocii^[4]^[3]

Other species

Primary language(s)

Huttese^[3]
Evocii(formally)

Government

Hutt Ruling Council^[3]^[7]

Population

7 billion:^[4]^[3]
- 43% Hutt^[2]
- 29% Human^[2]
- 15% Vippit^[2]
- 14% Various others^[2]

Major cities

Major imports

Foodstuffs^[3]
High technology^[3]
Luxury goods^[2]^[3]
Spice^[5]

Major exports

Tourism^[3]
Contraband^[2]^[3]

Affiliation

"Nal Hutta. The Hutt homeworld. Theyrenamed it after they drove all the Evocii off planet. The name means'Glorious Jewel' in Huttese."

―Jodo Kast^[8]

Nal Hutta (Glorious Jewel inHuttese), also known simply asHutta, was the capital ofHutt Space and was located in theY'Toub system. It was formerly known asEvocar and was the original home world of theEvocii, who were ousted by theHutts in15,000 BBY, who migrated from their original home world ofVarl along with their servants thet'landa Til. Theplanet was controlled by the ancient ruling Hutt families, who also ruled itsmoon Nar Shaddaa from Nal Hutta and became the new capital of Hutt Space.

Description[]

"Certain parts of the planet stillare beautiful, if you like plants, but the Hutts have erected all sorts palaces, pleasure gardens, and clan houses."

―Jodo Kast^[8]

Nal Hutta, or as it was originally known, Evocar, was a very large planet deep withinHutt Space and formed part of theMid Rim^[1] andthe Slice,^[2] however it lacked natural heavy metals meaning its density was less than that of most worlds. The planet was originally a lush jungle world with vast oceans, though the Hutts eventually transformed it into a polluted and barren wasteland.^[1]

Once it became known as Nal Hutta, much of the surface became covered by flat, marshy bogs, stagnant, muddy puddles and patches of sickly marsh grass inhabited by insects and spiders. The few other species to survive the Hutt's environmental changes mutated and adapted to the pollutant laden environment. Some, like theChemilizard were able to extract nutrients from the industrial waste of the Hutts. Others developed extensive chemical defenses. The areas still habitable by the native species were viciously competed for making the many of the species on Nal Hutta some of the most aggressive animals in the galaxy.

Theatmosphere was also polluted by strip-mining operations and heavy industrialization, and a greasy rain drizzled down on the surface, although its terrain was not to the extent ofDagobah. Raw materials were constantly strip-mined from the planet's surface and shipped to Nar Shaddaa for processing and export.

The capital city,Bilbousa and theGuarja Shipyards were located on the planet.

The Huttese translation of Nal Hutta intoGlorious Jewel stemmed from the nearby massive,radioactive gas cloud, which contained the planetGanath.

The planet was ruled by the oldest Hutt families, known as the Clans of the Ancients, who watched over the activities of both Nal Hutta andNar Shaddaa from their homes.

History[]

Nal Hutta orbited by Nar Shaddaa, formerly known as Evocar

Hutt Empire[]

"Basel of Tion and the holowright of holowrights himself, Peshosloc, both have Xim, in their versions, perishing after the Third Battle. Direus'pei, on the other hand, keeps Xim alive, shackled in the dungeons of Evocar, which did not fall under Hutt control until 10,000 years after Xim's time."

―Professor S. V. Skynx,The Despotica Reader,Third Edition^[9]

Evocar was home to thehumanoid Evocii.^[4] Prior to15,000 BBY, the Hutt settlers owned a small province on Evocar. Due likely to their legendary greed, the Hutt's ownership of Evocar continued to grow through business deals where they traded their technology with the relatively primitive Evocii for portions of land.^[2]

Old Republic[]

"In fact, we Hutts know a good deal about remaking worlds. When we arrived here from Varl, for example, Glorious Jewel was not the paradise you see now, but a primitive world of dense forests and untamed seas."

―Borga theHutt^[10]

Following thedestruction of the Hutt home-world ofVarl in15,000 BBY, the Hutts collaborated withVippit lawyers fromAlee in buying out the planet from the Evocii, regarding it as a suitable new home. Using both legal and violent measures, the Hutts established themselves as the rulers of the planet and renamed it Nal Hutta, as the new capital ofHutt Space, the successor of theHutt Empire. Hutt palaces, amusement parks and other constructions were built all over Evocar, and the Evocii could do nothing about it. The Hutts destroyed the planet's lush mountainous rainforests, terraforming the planet into what they considered paradise.^[2]

The Evocii appealed to theGalactic Republic, however the contracts signed were legally binding, and the Republic ruled in favor of the Hutts. Many of the Evocii were eventually evicted by the Hutts, and relocated to the planet's fifth moon, which would later be known asNar Shaddaa, the Smugglers' Moon. The Hutts then destroyed the remaining Evocii agriculture and whatever was left of the original terrain and then terraformed (destroyed) any remaining patches of land. Most of the Evocii who remained on Nal Hutta were enslaved to build the cities of Nal Hutta.^[2]

Hutta during the reign of the Eternal Empire

The few remaining Evocii not enslaved in the cities banded together into rebel tribes to harass the Hutts and their interests, ultimately they were defeated and exterminated. The resettled Evocii were exploited as indentured labor to build the cities of the moon. Although the Vertical City was only starting to be built, it quickly began to prosper along with Nal Hutta. When the cities of Nal Hutta were completed, the Evocii were relocated to assist the Evocii on Nar Shaddaa, along side Nar Shaddaa's nativeGanks.Five centuries later, the entire moon was urbanized and the Evocii were freed of their labor by the Hutts. The Evocii then took refuge in Nar Shaddaa'sunder-city, along with the Ganks and began to mutate into savages due to various technologies practiced on the moon.^[2]

For about eleven thousand years,Nar Shaddaa, and to a lesser extent, Nal Hutta itself,rivaled Coruscant as the hub of interstellar trade. With the disruption of theOotmian Pabol hyperspace route around4000 BBY, Nal Hutta and its moon gradually devolved into havens forsmugglers,pirates, and other criminals.^[2]

During theDark Wars in3951 BBY, Nal Hutta was enslaving refugees after buying them from theExchange in theRefugee Sector on Nar Shaddaa.^[11]During theGreat Galactic War beginning in3681 BBY between thereconstituted Sith Empire and the Galactic Republic, the Hutts managed to remain neutral, ensuring their world remained exactly as they liked it.

In the conflict with theEternal Empire, agizka infestation forced aquarantine on the cargo ports of Nal Hutta.^[12]

Nal Hutta continued to serve as the Hutts' base during theClone Wars and the world was generally left undisturbed by the galaxy-wide conflict. The Hutt Grand Council was situated on Nal Hutta during the war, apart fromJabba Desilijic Tiure, who operated out ofTatooine and hadGardulla Besadii represent him in person.^[13]

It was to Nal HuttaZiro Desilijic Tiure fled after hisprison break in22 BBY, where he was incarcerated by the Council for refusing to hand over a holo-diary which contained the council's many crimes. After escaping the Council's prison, he and his girlfriendSy Snootles fled across murky swamplands toMama's hut, where he borrowed her starship and fled toTeth, pursued by twoJedi Masters;Quinlan Vos andObi-Wan Kenobi.

Later in the War around21 BBY, after escape onCoruscant,Cad Bane,Moralo Eval, andObi-Wan Kenobi (disguised ofRako Hardeen) made their way to Nal Hutta, where Kenobi, to Bane's incredulity, intended to crash theirHCT-2001Dragonboat-class Reugeot 905 freighter into the swamps to get Republic authorities off their trail. Surviving the crash, the three of them abandoned the freighter and made their way to theBilbousa Bazaar, a marketplace in the planet's capital city, Bilbousa. There, Kenobi hoped they could buy a new starship, though Bane pointed out that as they undoubtedly had a bounty on their heads for escaping, they first had to replace their prison fatigues. To re-equip themselves with bounty hunting gear, Bane took them toPablo's Pawnshop, a choice venue of his that was operated by the pawnbrokerPablo. At the pawnshop, Bane found some new armor and equipment, including a new hat. As Kenobi had suspected, Bane sprayed Kenobi withknockout gas as they were departing, leaving Kenobi to be arrested by the local authorities. However, Kenobi turned the frequency of the tracking device over to his captors, who shot Bane and Eval's ship down. Kenobi, meanwhile, escaped from captivity and purchased another ship, and when Bane and Eval found him smugly waiting for them, they agreed to make him a partner in their scheme and captured byNikto Guards and escape. After Three Bounty Hunters leaving Hutta onPersonal Luxury Yacht 3000,Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker andJedi Padawan Ahsoka Tano onT-6 shuttle, who is visiting theChancellor and is still unaware of the secret mission, does not take this decision well, and Palpatine exploits this by deliberately sending him After somebrutal questioning of the locals on Anakin's part, the two Jedi learn about the next likely whereabouts of the fugitives ship, since the ship seller decided to fuel up the ship only just enough to force them to seek out his brother's refueling station onOrondia. After spotting their quarry as they prepare to leave, Anakin decides to ram the ship into submission and board it in midflight, but is foiled by Bane and a subsequent crash-landing of both parties resulting from the furious chase through a local fuel-processing facility.^[14]

In later arround20 BBY, afterDeath Watch and theSith set out to assemble anarmy of followers, beginning their search at afortress onMustafar belonging to the leaders of a branch of theBlack Sun crime syndicate, negotiations with the syndicate branch'sFalleen leaders were quick to sour, leading Savage Opress tokill them while Maul recruited the organization'sCaptain of the Guard,Ziton Moj, who authorized an alliance in the fallen leaders stead with freshly gained supplies and abattalion ofBlack Sun foot soldiers in tow, Pre Vizsla and Maul were approached byLom Pyke, leader of aCoruscanti spice-dealingPyke Syndicate, thePykes moved to willingly join the growing assembly. TheSith Lord Darth Maul formed a criminalorganization called theShadow Collective and he wished tosecure a partnership with theHutt Grand Council on Nal Hutta, in addition to hisBlack Sun andDeath Watch allies. There, Death Watch attended to theSith's injuries before Vizsla invited Darth Maul to talk, during which the two found they had a mutual enemy in the form of theJedi Order, withJedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi equally despised by bothmen. Upon that shared animosity, Maul and Vizsla founded an alliance in pursuit of mutual benefit: the Sith would aid Death Watch indeposing Duchess Satine Kryze of theNew Mandalorians, while Death Watch would assist the Sith in their plans to punish Kenobi for hisactions against Maul adecade prior. With their newest allies, the hutts summoned fivebounty hunters Embo,Marrok,Latts Razzi,Sugi andDengar, sugi hurl aknife at Maul's head. Before it could reach its target, Opress halted it and the knife went hurling back to the feet of the anooba, Marrok. Jabba then had his bounty hunters eliminate the two Sith Lords and Vizsla. The two Sith merely swatted the guards aside while Vizsla used hisflamethrower to help cover their retreat. By the time the flames had fanned, the Sith and Vizsla had a head start on their escape. Death Watch set out for Hutta with a small attack force was comprised of threeKom'rk-class starfighters loaded with squads of Death Watch foot soldiers and threeSarisa-class gunships headed toward Nal Hutta and landed at theHutt Council Chamber andBounty hunters Escape.^[15] Though the mission ended as a failure,Oruba was captured by Bo-Katan and her soldiers. Oruba stated he knew not of where his allies were hiding. Maul then ordered for Opress to kill him as the elder Hutt proved useless to them, but Oruba stated that his allies were holed up in Jabba'spalace on the Outer Rim world ofTatooine. Still, Maul had Opress kill Oruba. They thenset course for Tatooine.

Galactic Empire[]

"Nal Hutta. Means 'Glorious Jewel' in Huttese, but trust me, pal, it ain't pretty. Bunch of swamps and bogs, and the whole place stinks like a sewer in the middle of a garbage dump."

―Han Solo to Chewbacca^[16]

During theGalactic Civil War, theGalactic Empire established nominal control over Nal Hutta, but for the most part the Hutt ruling families were left to control day to day affairs, with the Empire stepping in only when searching forRebel sympathizers or other criminals.

Yuuzhan Vong War[]

"What a vile world this is."
"The Hutts know it as 'Glorious Jewel'."

―Malik Carr andNom Anor^[10]

During theYuuzhan Vong War, Nal Hutta wasconquered following anorbital bombardment by the extragalactic aliens in retaliation for the Hutts' treachery in26 ABY. The Y'Toub system was surrounded by several of theYuuzhan Vong's most deadly warships. Several organic creations were sent to Nal Hutta and its moon Nar Shaddaa for multiple purposes. Different types of bacteria killed most of the inhabitants, before processing their remains into the soil of Nal Hutta.^[2]

All of the technology on the planet was broken down and also absorbed into the soil, thus turning Nal Hutta into a lifeless barren world.^[2] However, theHutts still remained for two years during the Yuuzhan Vong's rule. The Yuuzhan VongVongformed the lifeless barren surface of Nal Hutta (into an unknown result) to suit themselves, resulting in the second complete change of the planet's terrain. This process was ongoing, and the Yuuzhan Vong reached out from the Y'Toub system, swallowing all ofHutt Space, and desolating theCartel territories in the process.

As a result, aHutt underground was formed, and the New Republicraided the world in28 ABY. The Hutt families and the resistance movement abandoned Nal Hutta as their base of operations of the empire at the close of the Vong war in 28 ABY, moving instead to the desert planet ofTatooine, a world on which the Hutts historically had a heavy presencebeyond Hutt Space.

Legacy era[]

Despite the efforts of theYuuzhan Vong, their introduced vegetation and fauna failed to thrive on both Nal Hutta and Nar Shaddaa due to the entrenched Hutt ecosystem. In29 ABY, they abandoned the vongformed planet and moon. Over the following decades, the Hutts would gradually reclaim both Nal Hutta and its moon.^[2] There were also criminals that were fortunate enough to have survived theYuuzhan Vong War who took shelter on the now vongformed planet as well as Nar Shaddaa.

Like its moon in40 ABY, it would not openly ally itself with theFive Worlds and remained independent. However, Nal Hutta did join theConfederation during theSecond Galactic Civil War, although the Hutts themselves were relatively neutral.Later in the war theHutts finally joined their fellow criminals, and were absorbed into the Confederation as well.

Behind the scenes[]

The PC gameStar Wars: Rebellion mistakenly places Nal Hutta in theKanchen sector, which is actually located in theCore Worlds.

The Clone Wars television series depicted the surface of Nal Hutta much as it had been described in previous sources. The series changed how the planet appears from space, however, depicting it as a ringed world.^[13]