The Hutt Empire was a commercial empire made up of Hutt crime lords and various other criminal species in the Outer Rim Territories. The profit-driven empire's desire for economic dominance brought them into many conflicts with neighboring powers and species.
In the years after the Alsakan Crisis, the Hutt Empire fought a number of conflicts in their attempt to dominate galactic markets. The Empire participated in the Hutt War after accusing the Galactic Republic of attempting to encroach upon Hutt territory.[1] Other conflicts included those with the Taung, various other criminal organizations, and independent planets.
While formerly led by a High Council of the most powerful Hutts, in the second year of the Hutt War the then-Chairman Tusa Ujalli Hai made a grab for total power, converting the oligarchy into a dictatorship and christening himself the first Hutt Emperor.