- "When I was chancellor, I sent [Sifo-Dyas] on a mission to deal with a flare-up in the Pyke Syndicate."
"The Pykes?"
"A powerful part of the Spice Cartel. Their criminal activities had allowed them to almost completely control the production of raw spice used to create a powerful drug. We were facing a full-scale war underneath the surface of Coruscant. Knowing of his expertise on the underworld, I contacted Master Sifo-Dyas to stabilize the problem." - ―Finis Valorum and Yoda
The Spice Cartel was a criminal organization that controlled the spice trade from within the underworld of the planet Coruscant,[1] capital of the Galactic Republic.[3] The Pyke Syndicate was the main faction of the cartel[4] that controlled the production of all illegal raw spice mined in the spice mines of Kessel. Several months before the Invasion of Naboo[1] in the year 32 BBY,[5] the Pykes' network of alliances and double-dealing[1] had allowed them to almost completely control the production of raw spice used to create a powerful drug,[2] creating a crisis within the Spice Cartel that threatened to destabilize the Coruscant underworld.[1] Facing a full-scale war beneath the surface of the galactic capital, Supreme Chancellor Finis Valorum sent Jedi Master Sifo-Dyas, an expert on the criminal underworld, to stabilize the problem by negotiating with the Pyke Syndicate.[2]
Behind the scenes[]
The Spice Cartel was first mentioned in "The Lost One,"[2] the tenth episode of the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars' sixth season,[6] which originally aired in Germany on March 1, 2014.[7][8]
Appearances[]
Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "The Lost One" (First mentioned)
Sources[]
- "The Lost One" Episode Guide | The Clone Wars on StarWars.com (backup link) (as spice cartel)
- The Official Star Wars Fact File Part 78 (PYK1-2, Pyke Syndicate)
- Collapse of the Republic
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 The Official Star Wars Fact File Part 78 (PYK1-2, Pyke Syndicate)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4
Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "The Lost One"
- ↑
Coruscant in the Databank (backup link)
- ↑ Collapse of the Republic
- ↑ Star Wars: Galactic Atlas dates the Invasion of Naboo to the year 32 BBY.
- ↑ "The Lost One" Episode Guide | The Clone Wars on StarWars.com (backup link)
- ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Season Six Launching 15th February In Germany by Mark Newbold on Jedi News (bad argument #2 to 'formatDate' (not a valid timestamp)) (archived from the original on April 25, 2017)
- ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars Staffel 6, Folge 1: Zustand unbekannt (German) on fernsehserian.de (archived from the original) ({{{1}}})