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|next=[[Unification Wars (Galactic Republic)|Unification Wars]]
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|name=Xim Wars
|begin=[[25,102 BBY]]<ref name="TEA">''[[The Essential Atlas]]''</ref>
|end=[[25,096 BBY]]<ref name="TEA" />
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|place=[[Boonta/Legends|Ko Vari]], [[Vontor/Legends|Vontor]]
|result=Hutt victory
*Defeat and capture of Xim
*[[Xim's empire]] fragmented
*[[Ash Worlds/Legends|Kiirium Reaches]] become Hutt vassals
|battles=*[[Sack of Ko Vari]]
*[[Battle of Sleheyron]]
*[[First Battle of Vontor]]
*[[Second Battle of Vontor]]
*[[Third Battle of Vontor]]
|side1=[[Hutt Empire]]
|side2=[[Xim's empire]]
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|commanders1=*[[Clan-General]] [[Kossak Inijic Ar'durv]]
*[[Boonta Hestilic Shad'ruu/Legends|Boonta Hestilic Shad'ruu]]
|commanders2=[[Xim/Legends|Xim]]
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{{Quote|To the seventh dungeon with the conqueror fool. There he shall subjugate rotworms, while his gearwork soldiers shall stand in glorious tribute to High Exaltedness Kossak.|[[Kossak Inijic Ar'durv|Kossak]] the [[Hutt/Legends|Hutt]]|The New Essential Guide to Droids}}
The '''Xim Wars''', also known as the '''Hutt–Xim Conflict''',<ref name="LoNH">''[[Lords of Nal Hutta]]''</ref> were fought between the [[Hutt Empire]] led by [[Kossak Inijic Ar'durv|Kossak]] the [[Hutt/Legends|Hutt]] and the [[Warlord/Legends|warlord]] [[Xim/Legends|Xim the Despot's]] [[Xim's empire|Empire]]. The Hutt victory at the [[Third Battle of Vontor]] in [[25,100 BBY]] through the use of [[Klatooinian/Legends|Klatooinian]], [[Vodran (species)/Legends|Vodran]], and [[Nikto/Legends|Nikto]] conscripts paved the way for Hutt domination of the [[Outer Rim Territories/Legends|Outer Rim]] and ended the reign of Xim.<ref name="Xim Week">{{SW|url=news/essential-atlas-extra-the-history-of-xim-and-the-tion-cluster|text=''Essential Atlas'' Extra: The History of Xim and the Tion Cluster|int=Xim Week: The History of Xim and the Tion Cluster}}</ref>

==Prelude==
The [[Warlord/Legends|warlord]] [[Xim/Legends|Xim the Despot]] had inherited the acquisitions of the [[Cronese Sweeps]] within the [[Kingdom of Cron]] from his ruthless [[Pirate/Legends|pirate]] father around [[25,130 BBY]]. Following in his father's footsteps, Xim invaded and conquered large areas of the neighboring space with his armies and [[Fleet/Legends|fleets]] which were equipped with the highest technology available at the time including [[beam-tube]]s, [[Kiirium/Legends|kiirium]], [[Mytag crystal/Legends|mytag crystals]], and [[Guardian Corps|war]] [[Droid/Legends|droids]]. He controlled his conquests through his dreaded secret police, the [[GenoHaradan]], and the use of terror tactics such as mass executions.

The first years of Xim's reign were his [[Xim's Expansionist Period|Expansionist Period]], and he conquered most of the [[Tion Cluster/Legends|Tion Cluster]], including the [[Livien League]] which contained the [[Planet/Legends|world]] [[Desevro/Legends|Desevro]]. [[Xim's empire]] eventually stretched from the [[Radama Void]] to [[the Maw]] and numbered thousands of worlds.<ref name="Xim Week" /><ref name="The Essential Atlas p117">''[[The Essential Atlas]]'', pp. 117-8</ref><ref name="The Essential Guide to Warfare">''[[The Essential Guide to Warfare]]'', pp. 4-9</ref>

By the time of his conquest of the [[Ash Worlds/Legends|Kiirium Reaches]], however, rumours had started to reach Xim of a powerful empire just outside his borders: the [[Hutt Empire]] was said to be staggeringly wealthy and as large as Xim's dominion. Curious about the [[Hutt/Legends|Hutts]], Xim knew that they were too powerful to be conquered outright. Instead, he hoped to coexist with them while at the same time preparing for war. The Kiirium Reaches were fortified and the [[Hyperspace beacon/Legends|hyperspace beacon]] network expanded to create a [[hyperlane]], the [[Salin Corridor/Legends|Warrior's Trace]], to the edges of [[Hutt Space/Legends|Hutt Space]].<ref name="Xim Week" /><ref name="The Essential Atlas p117" /><ref name="The Essential Guide to Warfare" />

From GenoHaradan interrogations of traders, the Tionese gained a sketch of the Hutt territories: on the edges of Hutt Space was the temperate world of [[Boonta/Legends|Ko Vari]], from which led trade routes back into the tangle of Hutt satrapies in the [[Si'Klaata Cluster/Legends|Si'Klaata Cluster]]. Beyond that was [[Sleheyron/Legends|Sleheyron]], a treasure world that marked the boundary of the Hutts' core sphere of influence, and where only the Hutts' most trusted slaves were permitted.<ref name="Xim Week" /><ref name="The Essential Atlas p117" /><ref name="The Essential Guide to Warfare" />

A diplomatic mission was sent to the outlying Hutt colony of [[Boonta/Legends|Ko Vari]], where some-dozen Hutt nobles were in attendance. However, the Hutts regarded the presence of Xim's envoy, his name recorded by them as [[Oziaf|Oziaf the Insignificant]], as a grievous insult. Despite this, they could not disregard the scale of Xim's conquests, and instead offered him and the Tionese the chance to live under Hutt rule as particularly favoured [[Slavery/Legends|slaves]].<ref name="Xim Week" /><ref name="The Essential Atlas p117" /><ref name="The Essential Guide to Warfare" />

Enraged by this, Xim resolved to conquer the Hutts, taking the old [[Rakata/Legends|Rakatan]] title ''[[Daritha]]'' - Ruler of Worlds - as his own in a lavish ceremony on his capital of [[Chandaar]]. He provocatively declared Sleheyron the Ninth Throne of his empire.<ref name="Xim Week" /><ref name="The Essential Atlas p117" /><ref name="The Essential Guide to Warfare" />

==The war==
===The drive to Sleheyron===
[[File:Hutt_Xim_war.jpg|thumb|left|300px|A battle of the conflict.]]
Little is known about the detailed conduct of the conflict as both [[Hutt/Legends|Hutt]] and [[Tionese (people)|Tionese]] records of it were lost or retold over the centuries. What is known is that Xim's war fleet expanded the Warrior's Trace to flank Hutt territories, pushing to the [[Junkfort system|Kossimur system]] to flank Ko Vari and as far south as [[Formos/Legends|Xoloch]] and [[Moralan]] to flank Sleheyron. Then in the twenty-fifth year of his rule, Xim launched a two-pronged attack on Ko Vari and Sleheyron.<ref name="Xim Week" /><ref name="The Essential Atlas p117" /><ref name="The Essential Guide to Warfare" />

Ko Vari was [[Sack of Ko Vari|brutally sacked]] and devastated in an [[Orbital bombardment/Legends|orbital bombardment]]. However, the commander of the Hutt defense, [[Boonta Hestilic Shad'ruu/Legends|Boonta Hestilic Shad'ruu]], cost the Tionese dearly by sacrificing countless slaves in suicide attacks on the Despot's ships and ground forces. Additionally, the [[Battle of Sleheyron|drive to take Sleheyron]] failed, and Xim's ships were driven back to [[Kessel/Legends|Xo's Eye]], where many were lost in [[the Maw]] [[Black hole/Legends|black hole]] cluster.<ref name="Xim Week" /><ref name="The Essential Atlas p117" /><ref name="The Essential Guide to Warfare" />

Despite this victory, the Hutts came to regard Xim as a powerful and dangerous opponent. Boonta the Hutt's defense of Ko Vari had bought them time, and so the Hutts defended Sleheyron while resorting to unconventional tactics. Impressed by Boonta's military skill, the Hutt leader, [[Clan-General]] [[Kossak Inijic Ar'durv]] gave him command of [[Privateer/Legends|privateers]] to harass Xim's shipping. The raids sapped Xim's material and leading him to handle logistics in an increasingly paranoid fashion, sending secret shipments to fortified bases.<ref name="Xim Week" /><ref name="The Essential Atlas p117" /><ref name="The Essential Guide to Warfare" />

===The Battles of Vontor===
Meanwhile, Kossak manipulated Xim by accusing him of cowardice and hiding behind huge numbers. Xim was lured into a ritual combat at [[Vontor/Legends|Vontor]], a site long-used for such purposes by the Hutts and, it transpired, a source of increasingly-scarce [[Kiirium/Legends|kiirium]] for Xim's war machine.

In [[25,100 BBY]], Xim's fleet was demolished by the Hutts at the [[First Battle of Vontor]], the Hutt strategy coordinated by [[Boonta Hestilic Shad'ruu/Legends|Boonta Hestilic Shad'ruu]]. Despite this, Xim disregarded the Hutts' demands that he withdraw from occupied worlds claimed by them. Xim rebuilt his forces, and sent newly built warships into the Si'klaata Cluster to raid [[Kintan/Legends|Kintan]], [[Klatooine/Legends|Klatooine]] and [[Vodran/Legends|Vodran]]. Additionally, the Tionese sponsored an uprising among the Hutt slaves on [[Moralan]], who overthrew their oppressors. The [[Parliament of Moralan]] proclaimed an independent [[Moralan republic]].<ref name="Xim Week" /><ref name="The Essential Atlas p117" /><ref name="The Essential Guide to Warfare" />

A year later, Kossak challenged Xim to another ritual combat. Xim chose to fight on the ground in the [[Second Battle of Vontor]], only to find his elite [[Duinarbulon Star Lancers]] and other ground forces defeated by [[Jilruan/Legends|Jilruan]] [[Flechette/Legends|flechette]]ers and [[Cyborrean]] heavy infantry. However, he escaped with a great haul of Vontorian kiirium.<ref name="Xim Week" /><ref name="The Essential Atlas p117" /><ref name="The Essential Guide to Warfare" />

Xim's [[High Command (Xim's empire)|High Command]] began to turn against the war, warning of the Hutt pirates loose in the Kiirium Reaches and suggesting that the Despot suspend the campaign and fortify his empire. Xim regarded this as treason and sent many officers to their execution at the [[Forbidden Gardens of Nuswatta/Legends|Forbidden Gardens of Nuswatta]]. He bought time by conceding the [[Moralan system]] to the Hutts. Boonta the Hutt's forces promptly [[Invasion of Moralan|sterilized]] the planet as an object lesson to the Hutts' slave species.<ref name="Xim Week" /><ref name="The Essential Atlas p117" /><ref name="The Essential Guide to Warfare" />

===Conclusion===
Xim all-but bankrupted his empire to rebuild his fleets and armies. Meanwhile, Boonta led the recapture of Ko Vari and Kossak challenged Xim to a third ritual combat: if Xim won, he could have Ko Vari and what was left of Moralan. If he was defeated, he would renounce all claim to the Kiirium Reaches.<ref name="Xim Week" /><ref name="The Essential Atlas p117" /><ref name="The Essential Guide to Warfare" />

Xim agreed to the combat, believing victory was inevitable. However, Hutt representatives had brokered an agreement known as the [[Treaty of Vontor]] with several warlike [[Sentience/Legends|sentient]] [[Species/Legends|species]] from the Si'Klaata Cluster: the [[Klatooinian/Legends|Klatooinians]], [[Vodran (species)/Legends|Vodrans]], and [[Nikto/Legends|Nikto]]. This agreement sealed the fate of these species in eternal Hutt bondage.<ref name="Xim Week" /><ref name="The Essential Atlas p117" /><ref name="The Essential Guide to Warfare" />

Xim was defeated by [[Kossak Inijic Ar'durv|Kossak]] and [[Boonta Hestilic Shad'ruu/Legends|Boonta]] at the [[Third Battle of Vontor]] thanks to the manpower of the newly enslaved races, in addition to the [[Weequay/Legends|Weequay]] species. His remaining armies held up on the planet were already short of ordnance due to privateering harassment, and low on morale due to earlier defeats, and were wiped out by the Hutt forces.<ref name="Xim Week" /><ref name="The Essential Atlas p117" /><ref name="The Essential Guide to Warfare" />

==Aftermath==
Xim died, blinded and in captivity in the grim dungeons of Kossak at the Hutt [[Capital/Legends|capital]] of [[Varl/Legends|Varl]], though Tionese history claimed that he was treacherously killed at [[Vontor/Legends|Vontor]]. His treasure ship, the [[Queen of Ranroon/Legends|''Queen of Ranroon'']], escaped to the planet of [[Dellalt/Legends|Dellalt]] where it would be guarded for millennia by a cache of [[Guardian Corps|Xim's war-robots]] and a secret brotherhood known as the "[[Survivors (Dellalt)|Survivors]]," descended from the original crew and elite guards on board the ship.

The sentient species who were originally recruited as allies to defeat Xim were pressed into Hutt servitude well into the days of the [[New Republic/Legends|New Republic]] under the terms of the Treaty of Vontor. Ko Vari was renamed [[Boonta/Legends|Boonta]] in honor of its defender, but it never fully regained its former glory and became something of a backwater throughout the reign of the [[Galactic Republic/Legends|Galactic Republic]].

Boonta the Hutt would additionally be honored with the holiday of [[Boonta's Eve]], said to be the anniversary of the night before the Third Battle of Vontor, when Boonta addressed his kin, retainers and slaves. On Boonta's Eve, Hutt slaves would renew their vows of obeisance and were rewarded with a feast and gifts from their masters.

The Tion Cluster split into several warring factions including the [[Honorable Union of Desevro & Tion]], the [[Jaminere Marches]], the [[Indrexu Confederation]], the [[Keldrath Alignment]], the [[Thanium Worlds]], and the [[Kingdom of Cron]]. The Hutts retained the Kiirium Reaches as a buffer zone between them and the Tion, raiding it for slaves and maintaining the [[Salin Corridor/Legends|Warrior's Trace]] as a potential invasion corridor. When the Galactic Republic first encountered the Tionese just prior to the [[Tionese War]] in [[24,500 BBY]], the Hutts viewed it as a precursor to the Tionese allying with the Republic and took pre-emptive action, devastating the Kiirium Reaches in a genocidal campaign known as [[the Devouring]]. The lifeless stretch of space between [[Hutt Space/Legends|Hutt Space]] and the [[Tion Cluster/Legends|Tion Cluster]] became known as the [[Ash Worlds/Legends|Ash Worlds]].<ref name="Xim Week" /><ref name="The Essential Atlas p117" /><ref name="The Essential Guide to Warfare" />

Despite his reign of only thirty standard years, Xim's influence would continue through history with the study of him and his empire being known as [[Ximology]]. It was even rumored that the GenoHaradan survived as a secretive, but powerful, criminal syndicate as late as the [[Jedi Civil War]]. The romance of Xim's lost treasure would inspire fortune-seekers throughout history, until it was discovered millennia later by [[Han Solo/Legends|Han Solo]] and the [[Ruurian/Legends|Ruurian]] historian [[S. V. Skynx]].

==Appearances==
*''[[Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Star Wars: The Old Republic]]'' {{Codex}}
*{{Hnn|47|life/13314_4.html|New Xim Exhibit to Tour|https://web.archive.org/web/20130728110928/http://www.holonetnews.com/47/life/13314_4.html}} {{Mo}}
*''[[Han Solo and the Lost Legacy]]'' {{1stm}}
*''[[Young Jedi Knights: Return to Ord Mantell]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[The New Jedi Order: Agents of Chaos II: Jedi Eclipse]]'' {{Mo}}

==Sources==
*''[[A Guide to the Star Wars Universe]]''
*''[[Galaxy Guide 12: Aliens — Enemies and Allies]]''
*[[The Essential Chronology (real-world book)|''The Essential Chronology'']]
*''[[The Essential Guide to Planets and Moons]]''
*''[[The New Essential Chronology]]''
*''[[Evil Never Dies: The Sith Dynasties]]''
*''[[Geonosis and the Outer Rim Worlds]]''
*''[[Pirates & Privateers]]''
*''[[Secrets of the Sisar Run]]''
*''[[Underworld: A Galaxy of Scum and Villainy]]''
*''[[The New Essential Guide to Droids]]''
*''[[The Essential Atlas]]''
*{{SW|url=news/essential-atlas-extra-the-history-of-xim-and-the-tion-cluster|text=''Essential Atlas'' Extra: The History of Xim and the Tion Cluster|int=Xim Week: The History of Xim and the Tion Cluster}}
*{{Hyperspace|url=fans/hyperspace/source/writtenword/index.html?page=7|text=The Written Word|int=The Written Word}}
*''[[Star Wars: The Phantom Menace: The Expanded Visual Dictionary]]'' {{Imo}}
*''[[The Essential Guide to Warfare]]''
*''[[Dangerous Covenants]]''
*[[Star Wars: Age of Rebellion Core Rulebook|''Star Wars: Age of Rebellion'' Core Rulebook]] {{Imo}}
*''[[Lords of Nal Hutta]]'' {{1stID}}

==Notes and references==
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|years=[[25,102 BBY|25,102]]&ndash;[[25,100 BBY|c. 25,100]]
|title=Major [[The galaxy/Legends|Galactic]] Conflict
|before=[[Rakatan Civil War]]
|after=[[Unification Wars (Galactic Republic)|Unification Wars]]
}}

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|es=Guerras Xim
|ru=Хатто-зимский конфликт
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