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Gheeta

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this Shell Hutt was climbing the social ladder when he was confronted with a great challenge. He was placed in charge of the main planetary reception and diplomatic terminal, to be used by the Shell Hutts to receive and negotiate with visitors. Gheeta was given an unlimited budget, and selected Emd Grahvess as his architect. Grahvess was considered the galaxy's best, freelance architect at the time, rivalling those employed by Emperor Palpatine and Prince Xizor of Black Sun. However, Gheeta had planned to kill Grahvess once the job was complete, thereby removing the need to pay him for the work. Grahvess, to his credit, was aware of the Shell Hutt's duplicity, and arranged to have a bounty placed on his own head. The bounty stipulated that he could be taken once the project was complete. Boba Fett took the bounty, but also arranged a few deals with Grahvess himself, placing weapons and explosives within the diplomatic center's columns and walls. Gheeta, robbed of his prey, was forced to pay for Grahvess' work and re-design the complex's security systems. The ease with which Fett penetrated the complex and captured Grahvess proved that his original plans were nowhere near what the Shell Hutt elders had requested, and this dropped him well down in the social structure. Thus, Gheeta developed a deep-seated hatred for Boba Fett, and vowed to kill the bounty hunter. To this end, he formed a web of plots and plans that came to a head with the arrival of Oph Nar Dinnid. In a fit of anger, Gheeta secretly killed Dinnid before any information could be extracted from him, but continued to act as if the comm handler were still alive. This ensured that Fett would come for the bounty on his head. When Fett and his companions arrived, Gheeta made a great show of one-upping the bounty hunter, revealing the long-dead body of Dinnid. This angered Nullada, who became outraged at the loss of credits. Gheeta tried to placate the older Shell Hutt by explaining that the death of Dinnid was compensated by the Narrant System liege-lords. Then, ignoring the elder Hutt's admonitions, Gheeta brought out a legion of hired mercenaries to eliminate the bounty hunters. However, Fett activated the weapons and opened the storage systems and wiped out the diplomatic complex. Near the end of the battle, Boba Fett took D'harhan's laser cannon and shoved it into Gheeta's shell. Pointing the apparatus skyward, Fett fired the weapon. Gheeta was killed instantly, as his shell exploded under the force of the blast.