Damask Holdings

Damask Holdings was a clandestine financial group closely allied to the InterGalactic Banking Clan which also acted as a lobbying and political pressure organization that involved itself in the affairs of many planets, both to exploit local resources&mdash;such as plasma&mdash;for financial gain, and to gain influence on a galactic scale as part of the secret Sith Grand Plan to topple the Galactic Republic. It also operated as a secret society, bringing together the galaxy's most influential beings for the yearly Gatherings on Sojourn, and also presiding over the steering committee. Damask Holdings was owned and run by Hego Damask, a Muun of the Damask clan who was secretly the Sith Lord Darth Plagueis.

History
Around the year 120 BBY, Damask Holdings acquired one of Harnaidan's most magnificent superspires. The company, although recently founded, had already left its mark on the galaxy by c. 99 BBY.

In 67 BBY, during that year's Gathering, members of the Subtext Mining corporation revealed to Damask that a massive plasma reserve had been discovered beneath the city of Theed on Naboo. Damask personally traveled to Naboo, seeking to establish a foothold on the world in the heated election season, and sought out the young noble who had released information pertaining to the reserve to the opposition: Palpatine, heir of House Palpatine. Damask recruited the young Human as a spy, and later trained as his Sith apprentice, bestowing upon him the name "Darth Sidious."

Damask continued to run the company until 52 BBY, when, following an assassination attempt, he completly removed himself from company affairs to devote his time to the manipulation of midi-chlorians. After Damask was killed in his penthouse by his apprentice, it is unknown what happened to his substantial holdings, as the Banking Clan refused to release the relevant information.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Darth Plagueis