Merchants, also called traders, were people who sold and bought various products. Although some merchants did business legally, many did business illegally. Traders could also be adept at constructing a number of goods, including weapons, furniture, and droids. Traders who took part in constructing goods would occasionally specialize in a specific field, such as munitions, structures, domestic goods, or engineering.
Behind the scenes
In the game Star Wars Galaxies, merchants were a playable profession prior to the New Game Enhancements of 2005. After the changes, the merchant profession was removed, and merged with the newly created trader profession. In the game, traders were the basis of most of the in-game economy.
Appearances
- Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
- Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
- Star Wars: The Old Republic
- Star Wars Galaxies
- Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace
- Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace video game
- Outbound Flight
- The Clone Wars: Decide Your Destiny: Crisis on Coruscant
- In the Name of the Maker (Mentioned only)
- Clouded Paths
- Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
- Coruscant Nights II: Street of Shadows
- Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope
- Star Wars 7: New Planets, New Perils
- The Star Wars Holiday Special
- Template:SWG
- Starfall (As "salesman")
- Otherspace (As "trader")
- The Game Chambers of Questal
- Graveyard of Alderaan
- Planet of the Mists
- "Going My Way?" — Star Wars Gamemaster Kit
- "Going My Way?" — Classic Campaigns (Reprint)
- "All Our Sins Remembered" — Star Wars Gamemaster Kit
- "All Our Sins Remembered" — Classic Campaigns (Reprint)
- Murder on the Executor (Mentioned only)
- "Provincial Problems" — Shadows of the Empire Planets Guide (Mentioned only)
- "An Invitation to Defect" — Shadows of the Empire Planets Guide
- "Operation: Recovery" — Shadows of the Empire Planets Guide
- "The Regalia of Office" — Shadows of the Empire Sourcebook (Mentioned only)
- Tatooine Ghost
- "The Politics of Contraband" — The Politics of Contraband (As "trader")
- "The Politics of Contraband" — Classic Adventures (As "trader") (Reprint)
Sources
- Droids\Ewoks
- Star Wars Campaign Pack
- Galaxy Guide 2: Yavin and Bespin
- Galaxy Guide 3: The Empire Strikes Back
- Imperial Sourcebook
- Galaxy Guide 4: Alien Races
- Galaxy Guide 6: Tramp Freighters
- Cracken's Rebel Field Guide
- Star Wars Gamemaster Kit
- Planets of the Galaxy, Volume One
- Planets of the Galaxy, Volume Two
- Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game, Second Edition
- Wanted by Cracken
- The Star Wars Planets Collection
- Shadows of the Empire Sourcebook
- The Secrets of Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire
- Shadows of the Empire Planets Guide
- "Peekoine Opera Blues" — Space Gamer/Fantasy Gamer 88
- Star Wars Galaxies Trading Card Game — Champions of the Force (Card: Merchant Tent) (backup link)
- The Force Unleashed Campaign Guide
- "Message to Spacers 10" (original article link) on Wizards.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
- "Droids Re-Animated, Part 1 {{{3}}}" — {{{4}}} — [[{{{5}}}|{{{5}}}'s]] StarWars.com Blog (Droids Re-Animated, Part 1 backup link (2013/06/13/the-droids-re-animated-part-1//The Droids Re-Animated, Part 1) not verified!)
- Star Wars: Edge of the Empire Core Rulebook
- Star Wars: Force Collection (Card: Dathcha (★))
- Star Wars: Force Collection (Card: Nebit (★))
- Star Wars: Force Collection (Card: Dathcha (★★★))
- Star Wars: Force Collection (Card: Nebit (★★★))
- Star Wars: Force Collection (Card: Bib Fortuna (★★★★))
- Suns of Fortune
- Star Wars: Age of Rebellion Core Rulebook