Black market


Black Market Propaganda Poster A piece of Galactic Republic propaganda that encouraged citizens to report any activity related to the black market.

A black market represented an unlawful method for trading in both goods and services, staying hidden from governmental oversight. Despite the constant efforts from law enforcement agencies along with clone based intervention forces, black markets saw great success all throughout the duration of the Clone Wars. To combat the allure of the black market, the government put out propaganda such as "Black Market" which claimed that by helping yourself in this fashion, you were in fact aiding the enemy and harming the overall war effort.

Near the tail end of the High Republic Era, some corrupt surgeons located in the underworld of Begamor were looking for recently harvested organs to sell within the black market.

During the Clone Wars period, Prime Minister Almec established a black market located on Mandalore with the intention of providing necessary resources following the planet's isolation from Galactic Republic support. However, the market's creation also served to give Almec more power and wealth, while the humanitarian supplies never reached the population.

After Padawan Barriss Offee stole her previous lightsabers, Asajj Ventress obtained a replacement from the black market. Ventress commented that although many believed only Jedi possessed them, they were actually quite easy to find in the black market.

Ezra Bridger at one point pilfered several items directly from the TIE/ln space superiority starfighter belonging to Baron Valen Rudor with the intention of selling them within the black market on Lothal.

Bix Caleen had connections to the black market, and used a junction box to get in touch with a potential buyer for Cassian Andor's stolen Imperial N-S9 Starpath Unit.

Delphi Kloda made it a point to inform his pupil Bazine Netal that every planet had a black market available if one knew the proper places to search.

The Resistance spy named Norath Kev was tasked with observing the First Order's movement of shipments and deals through black market channels, until Lechee, a collaborator of the First Order, betrayed him to the bounty hunter known as Ax Tagrin.

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