Hutt

Large sluglike beings native to the planet Varl, the Hutts were once a slave race of the Rakatan Infinite Empire. Following the Empire's collapse, the Hutts were among the first races to recover from their servitude and form an empire of their own. The Hutt Empire made great gains across a wide swath of space, folding many worlds into itself in a relatively short period of time. In 49 BC, the Hutts entered into a two-year conflict with Xim the Despot, after Xim's attack on the Hutt world of Ko Vari. In 47 BC, the Hutts conscripted the Klatooinian, Nikto, and Vodran races to fight in their armies, with the Treaty of Vontor, and quickly brought Xim to his knees. Hutt Space exists beyond the Core, and though known to the Republic, Humans from the Core Worlds have had little contact with the Hutts and their vassals.