Sand Army

The Sand Army was a mercenary army comprising Weequay and Nikto warriors that served Jabba the Hutt's criminal kingdom on Tatooine. Jabba also bolstered the Sand Army with bounty hunters and Gamorrean mercenaries. In battle, the Sand Army's warriors typically wore traditional armor from their homeworlds and wielded slugthrower rifles and vibroblade weapons, with blasters being reserved for the army's more distinguished combatants. Apart from serving as guards in Jabba's palace, members of the Sand Army also patrolled Tatooine's dunes in sandskiffs, attacking Tusken Raider villages and defending Jabba's assets from pirates and mercenaries sent by rival syndicates such as the Black Sun. During the Galactic Civil War, the Sand Army avoided Imperial outposts set up on Tatooine, though brief engagements between mercenaries and Imperial personnel were common. When Rebel forces began making repeated attempts to oust Tatooine's Imperial presence and set up their own bases, the Sand Army became much more cautious of unidentified combatants and were quick to attack any military force that was not on good terms with Jabba. After Jabba's death, the Sand Army was divided among other crime lords in Hutt Space.