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The Invids pirates.
"You'll make a space-pirate yet!"
―Han Solo[src]

The term pirate referred to the variety of rogues that were scattered across the galaxy who would attack, rob or commandeer ships as they saw fit.

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While their actions were inherently illegal, the morals of various pirates varied considerably. Some were cutthroat brigands who were petty murderers or thieves, but others, such as Nym, had a set of morals that prohibited killing the innocent, and generally restricted their actions to the rich. Other pirates, referred to as "privateers", operated under the sanction of governments or organizations like the Alliance to Restore the Republic. Privateers tended to hold themselves to a more "civilized" standard than other pirates, and restricted their activities to specific targets. Most pirates were orphans or citizens that were unemployed because of either being uneducated or having a lust for adventure, riches or anarchy.

Indeed, on a few occasions, pirates have pulled through to help the galaxy as a whole. Nym himself aided the Naboo around the time of the Battle of Naboo by destroying a Trade Federation droid foundry on Eos, and helping the Naboo resistance hold off an army attempting to flank the Gungans on the Naboo plains.

A popular weapon of space pirates was the ion cannon. The ion cannon could disable an entire ship and therefore would be easier to board and loot. Pirate gangs operated as two groups: the boarding group and the attack group. The attack group would disable the ship and its weapons and the boarding group would board the ship to steal or plunder whatever they could find (credits, chronos, comlinks and blasters).

Some pirates lent their services to other organizations, such as the Rebel Alliance or the Zann Consortium.

The most identifiable symbol of the pirate was the Blazing Claw.

[edit] List of pirates

[edit] Organizations

An Aqualish pirate.

Togorian Pirates

[edit] Individuals

The pirate known as Crimson Jack.
Pirates, 137 ABY.

[edit] Notable pirate symbols and insignia

Black Sun

Blazing Claw

Bloody Bones

Dharus’ Pirate Group

Eyttyrmin Batiiv

Hondo Ohnaka's pirate gang

Lok Revenants

Night Fangs

Void Wings

Unknown pirate group

[edit] Appearances

A member of the Binayre Pirates.

[edit] Sources

[edit] Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Dooku Captured"
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