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Commerce Guild

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Commerce Guild
Organizational information
Led by

Presidente

Locations
Primary role(s)

Major conglomerate of commercial mining entities

Chronological and political information
Founding

At some point before 700 BBY

Date dissolved

19 BBY

Era(s)

Rise of the Empire era

Affiliation
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The Commerce Guild was one of the Republic commerce guilds. It was a trade conglomerate made up of major corporations, such as the SoroSuub Corporation. It was known for forcing smaller companies to join the Guild.

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The guild went as far back as 700 BBY, when it maintained a trading station in the Bpfassh system. Companies that resisted the Guild were placed under tremendous pressure by the Guild, including its security forces. Like the Trade Federation and the InterGalactic Banking Clan, the Commerce Guild had its own security forces. The Guild was also powerful and had several corrupt planetary officials, senators, and industrial spies in its fold.

Shu Mai and members of the Guild on Sullust.

The Commerce Guild also had the power to buy entire planets. One such planet was Castell, the homeworld of the Gossam. The Commerce Guild enslaved the entire population of Castell. At the time, Shu Mai was the Commerce Guild's Chief of Property Resources. She initially used her position to liberate her people, but then followed this by raising the required tribute from her fellow Gossam. The Commerce Guild was so pleased with Mai that they gave her the office of Presidente of the Commerce Guild. In the years leading to the Clone Wars, Shu Mai greatly increased the military and commercial clout of the Guild. She also instigated strife on Ansion, and aligned the Guild with Count Dooku's Separatist movement.

In 22 BBY, Mai was present in a meeting of Separatist leaders on Geonosis which saw the birth of the Confederacy of Independent Systems. She knew that support of the Separatists would be treason against the Galactic Republic, but she could not resist the lure of promised wealth. She allied the Commerce Guild with the Confederacy during the Clone Wars, and supplied armies of battle droids to their Droid Army and starships to their starfleet.

Following the execution of Shu Mai at Mustafar by Darth Vader in 19 BBY, the Commerce Guild ceased to exist, and its remaining holdings were absorbed by the Galactic Empire.

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