Jabba the Hutt has many enemies. Called a "vile gangster" by some, Jabba's criminally gained wealth and power has placed him in a dangerous position in his guarded citadel under the twin suns of Tatooine. Though few openly covet Jabba's wealth, this does not stop them from plotting in secret.
The Lady Valarian, the female Whiphid owner of the Lucky Despot hotel and casino, is Jabba's chief rival. Hairy and tusk faced, with a voracious appetite (Some say literally) for males of her species, she keeps a low profile, planning in the long term.
Prefect Eugene Talmont, stationed in Mos Eisley, is the imperial in charge of the Tatooine garrison. He hates his backwater assignment and hopes that by eliminating Jabba he can find a way out of thearid hole where he has landed.
Then there is the mysterious order of the B'omarr monks, who originally built the enormous citadel for their solitude in the depths of the desert. The monks, wrapped their ethereal concerns, seem oblivious to the fact that Jabba - and many other bandits in the decades before him - unsurped their stone fortress. But no one can know what the quiet, uncommunicative monks are really thinking.
Jabba is always on his guard, but little does he suspect that his greatest nemesis will come in the form of a single Jedi Knight, who walkis in alone from the desert . . .
[Tales From Jabba's Palace]
