Huttian star yacht

"That's really unusual, Princess Leia. I think I see a Huttian spaceship."

―Ken to Leia Organa

A certain type of bell-shaped space yacht was used by the Hutts at some point before the start of the Clone Wars in 22 BBY. Those yachts had big entrance hatches, large enough for a masive Hutt to get in or out. The Huttese criminal Zorba Desilijic Tiure owned one, which he had christened the Zorba Express.

Behind the scenes

That class of bell-shaped yacht only appeared in Zorba the Hutt's Revenge and Queen of the Empire, the third and fourth installement of the so-called Jedi Prince book series. In those novels, it was only referred to as a "Huttian spaceship," but a Wizards of the Coast online article called Hutt! Hutt! Hutt! established the Zorba Express was an "ancient star yacht."

Appearances

• Zorba the Hutt's Revenge (First appearance)
• Queen of the Empire

Sources

• A Guide to the Star Wars Universe, Second Edition, Revised and Expanded
• Star Wars Encyclopedia
• "Hutt! Hutt! Hutt!" (original article link) on Wizards.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
• The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia