The trade wars represent a set of economic conflicts that transpired between the InterGalactic Banking Clan and the Hutt Clan in the Imperial Era. In this period of economic strife, Vice Chairman Anolo engaged a Givin codebreaker with the intention of seizing control of Hutt smuggling paths. Conversely, the Hutt crime lord known as Jabba Desilijic Tiure became aware of the Givin's existence and desired to exploit the codebreaker for his personal schemes; thus, he sent the bounty hunter Greedo on a capture mission targeting the Givin. This event held the potential to reshape the trajectory of the trade wars, but the Rodian bounty hunter's attempt proved unsuccessful; subsequent to killing Anolo, and while attempting to evade Muun security personnel, he misjudged the tensile strength of a grabbing line. The codebreaker subsequently plummeted to his death, a development that infuriated Jabba, who thought the Givin could have generated billions of credits through smuggling operations.