3743 BBY

3743 BBY, or 3743 Before the Battle of Yavin, was a year of the Galactic Standard Calendar. It fell within the period of time between the end of the Old Sith Wars in 3956 BBY and the beginning of the New Sith Wars in 2000 BBY.

In 3743 BBY, the hunter Riegenn Hetuu was commissioned by a Hutt client to capture a live k'lor'slug queen for a gala celebration. Although Hetuu was successful in capturing and containing the queen in the cargo bay of his starship, he did not account for the queen's ability to reproduce, and when the cargo bay was accessed upon the hunter's meeting with the client on the planet Nal Hutta, approximately four hundred newly-hatched k'lor'slugs were released, killing and consuming both Hetuu and the Hutt. The Hutt's death wails were enshrined in the phrase "a Hutt's cry," which was used to describe the cries of newly-hatched k'lor'slugs. The phrase would still be in use a century later.

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