The Hutts were a sentient species that are large gastropods with short arms, wide cavernous mouths and huge eyes, who controlled a large space empire in Hutt Space. The species was said to originally hail from the planet Varl, but no planet by that name appeared on any star charts. Their adopted homeworld was Nal Hutta. Members of this species were often stereotyped as crime lords and gangsters whose Grand Hutt Council controlled the Hutt Clan crime syndicate.
History[]
Biology and Appearance[]
Physiology[]
Life Cycle[]
Hutts have different methods of reproducing, either by some groups or from realities, for some, they can be Hermphradites and can self-impregnate due to their race's very low fertility rate, which was possibly a consequence of damage following the loss of their original homeworld of Varl. As a result, gender was more a Hutt's deliberate decision or a viewer's deduction. Often, Hutts carrying children were referred to as female, though this was entirely up to the Hutt in question. For instance, Jiliac was referred to as a female after becoming pregnant, but Popara and Zorba still considered themselves males after birthing their respective children. In addition, some Hutts took mates with each other. Hutts bore their children one at a time and nourished them within a brood pouch.
When Hutts were born, they weighed less than 100 grams and lived as tiny blind creatures that clawed their ways instinctively towards the brood pouch. Once inside, they fed on milk and remained there for the next fifty standard years. Upon emergence, they weighed 70 kilograms, measured a meter from head to tail, and had the intellectual level of a ten-year-old Human. However, this was not biologically necessary; Jabba the Hutt had his son Rotta removed from the brood pouch when he was, at most, ten years old, so that he could experience the galaxy. Jiliac's child also proved able to live outside the pouch, requiring his Uncle Jabba to squish and kill it in order to guarantee his rule of the Hutt clan Desilijic. Newborn Hutts, also known as Huttlets, would stay close to their parents for decades, returning to their pouches when they were tired, lonely or scared. Other Hutts sometimes killed them in fear of future competition. Hutts matured to adulthood by 200 years, whereupon they weighed 500 kilograms and were about the size of a normal adult Human. Prior to this, they were not considered important nor accountable for their actions.
During the course of their lives, Hutt bodies grew constantly, which meant that older Hutts reached enormous proportions. The Hutts had lengthy lifespans; Zorba Desilijic Tiure was said to have experienced a 45-year prison sentence in the blink of an eye. Hutts could live over a thousand years, and were considered one of the longest-lived species in the Skyriver galaxy. Hutt childhood ranged lasted 70 years, and they were considered a young adult from 71 to 90. Full adult Hutts were between 91 and 650 years old. Middle age began at 651 and lasted until 844, and once they reached the age of 845 years, they were considered venerable by their fellow Hutts. They could live in excess of 926 years.
Culture and Society[]
Technology[]
In general, the Hutts were known not for being inventors, manufacturers or builders but as businessmen who connected those beings that required a service being rendered to those capable of accomplishing such a task.There was no real information on the level of technology that the Hutts developed themselves. All that was known was that they made use of some of the most recent advances in galactic technology. In fact, they were able to acquire these advances through theft and duplicity long before they were offered to galactic governments.
During their reign on Varl, the Hutts had very few servant species and instead relied on droids for a variety of purposes such as security and battle droids. Between the two, the security droids resembled tin mechanical Hutts that were simple but served as efficient and tireless guards. The latter of these were powerful mechanized warriors that once roamed the surface of Varl in ancient times. In the Cold War era, the Hutt Cartel commissioned the construction of AR-34 enforcer droids that were designed as security droids but instead became used as debt-collectors for Hutt-affiliated gangsters.
Weapon technology included ancient Planechangas that fired asteroids at planet-cracking velocities. Vehicles such as the Pongeeta-class swamp speeders were modern takes on ancient Hutt fanboats. Wealthy Hutts were known to favor the use of sail barges.
In the time of the Clone Wars, Hutt families made use of HH-87 Starhoppers as long range starfighters. These craft had strong prows and visible armor plates that indicated aggressive attributes that were admired by the Hutts. Thus, they used the Starhopper's to patrol the skies of Nal Hutta. During the age of the Galactic Empire, the Hutt crime organizations were known to have commissioned the construction of numerous starfighters from MandalorMotors. These included custom series designs such as the lightly-armored interceptor M3-A Scyk fighter, custom M12-L Kimogila heavy fighter and the more capable and heavily armored G1-M4-C Dunelizard fighter.
Hutt starships included caravels that were roomy shuttles generally used to transport their kind from Nal Hutta to the moon of Nar Shaddaa. However, sometimes they were known to use these craft to patrol worlds in order to maintain a strong presence at such planets. Hutts tended to hate conformity and standardization which was why no two caravels were alike as their owners customized them to suit their personal taste. Hutt patrol ships were an exception to this rule, as they were purely military vessels designed to watch over Hutt interests. The Zorba Express was noted for being a Huttian starship design style which had a bell-shaped form with a large door that allowed a Hutt easy entry or exit from the craft.
Ancient Xim era vessels included Tarrada cruisers that were used in the Battle of Vontor. By the Cold War era, one noted capital ship used by the race were Azalus-class Hutt dreadnaughts. During the Galactic War, Ajuur-class heavy cruisers were used by the Hutt Cartel to blockade the planet Makeb. In the Second Galactic Civil War, Hutt ships included the Chelandion type cruisers and Batil style gunships.
Hutts in the Multiverse[]
At the time of the First Multiverse War, the Hutts in the Filo and Viau Universes came into a mix competitive and mutual relations with the Ferengi Alliance for common interest in profit and trade, while in a state of Cold War against the Cardassians for territory control, so they began to hire stronger species for brute strength, intellect and abilities suited for their self, given the right price for hire.
Xilo[]
In the Hutts from the Xilo Universe woudl have likely time suffered a terrible war by the invasion of the Imperium of Man’s crusade in 1853 NE (16 ATC local calendar) many Xiloan Hutts had fled their territories from Hutt Space to the Outer Rim worlds, neighbouring galaxies or their alternate versions’ worlds for refuge and resent the Imperium. Causing many to defect to the either the Axis of Empires or the Horde.
Ziau[]
The hutts from the Ziau Universe were among the species driven to extinction in the Great Pius Dea Crusades by Constipexs and their fellow Pius Dea Cultists.
Known Hutts[]
- Jabba Desilijic Tiure
- Rotta the Hutt
- Natju (deceased)
- Bilnosk Tergrak
- Zijan Konn
- Jool
- Ziro Desilijic Tiure
- Bulcha