Gardulla Besadii the Elder, better known as Gardulla the Hutt, was a feminine-natured Hutt crime lord who vied for control of Tatooine in the last centuries of the Galactic Republic. The mother of Gardulla Besadii the Younger and Decca Besadii Diori, Gardulla was the one-time owner of Anakin and Shmi Skywalker until she lost them to the Toydarian junk dealer Watto in a podracing bet. This weakness for excessive gambling continually marred her long life with failure and defeat, and led to her downfall in a pronounced rivalry with Jabba Desilijic Tiure, who usurped control of Tatooine and attempted to have her assassinated. Gardulla survived, but by the time of the Clone Wars, was reduced to serving as Jabba's representative on Nal Hutta