On the Outer Rim world of Tatooine, crime lord Jabba the Hutt has quietly prospered through the chaos of the galaxy's civil war — gambling, smuggling, and every vile trade in between. When the Empire outlaws the dangerous Podraces, Jabba devises something far more dangerous: an underground combat contest to lure high-stakes gamblers from across the galaxy to his betting parlors and feed his boundless greed.