Pirate

"Filth, you will pay for your insolence." "Insolence! We are pirates! We don't even know what that means."

- Darth Maul and Hondo Ohnaka

Pirates were individuals who engaged in the criminal activity known as piracy. Such acts included hostage taking, and theft of cargo. Notable pirates include Hondo Ohnaka who had dealings with the highest levels of leadership of both the Galactic Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems during the Clone Wars, and those led by Q'anah, who was thwarted by Wilhuff Tarkin during his tenure with the Outland Regions Security Force of Eriadu. Pirates were sometimes associated with bounty hunters.

Age of the Republic
Before the Invasion of Naboo, Lord Alorg's Flesh Mongers kidnapped a child, Lo. However they lost the child when Jedi Grand Master Yoda rescued Lo. Another pirate fraction carried out numerous raids on Trade Federation. Following the Battle of Naboo, Hudso Shaku and his Krypder Riders attempted to steal a Jedi holocron from a excavation on Dallenor. However, they failed due to intervention from Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi and his Padawan Anakin Skywalker.

Clone Wars
During the Clone Wars, several Republic supply ships were destroyed by pirates en route to Rodia. Later the pirate gang of Captain Hondo Ohnaka captured Separatist leader, Count Dooku on Vanqor. They attempted to ransom Dooku off to the Republic. They tried to triple the ransom by capturing Jedi Master Kenobi and Jedi Knight Skywalker. However, Dooku escaped and Kenobi and Skywalker were rescued by Representative Jar Jar Binks and Commander Stone's troopers. The Ohnaka Gang would continue in their operations such as extorting nysillin from farmers on Felucia, smuggling weapons to known resistance movements, and attempted to steal Kyber crystals from group of Jedi younglings.

Several members of the Ohnaka gang were approached and bribe by former Sith Lord Maul and his brother Savage Opress into working for them. Jiro and several of the pirates joined Maul until Captain Ohnaka was able to hold them at gunpoint. .The Ohnaka gang along with Master Kenobi were able to force the two zabraks to retreat. After Maul's ship crashed, the Ohnaka gang found the credit coffer and assumed that the Zabraks were dead. Another group of Weequay pirates of the Marauder organized gladiator games aboard their ship with stolen droids.

Age of the Empire
The Empire was able to break up the Ohnaka gang, but Hondo continued with his operations on his own. Enfys Nest and her Cloud-Riders were seen as pirates during their attempted thefts of Identichips and Coaxium. Angel's Culoss band hijacked the freighter Dromedar to steal it's tibanna gas and captured it's crew. The Culoss pretended to be it's crew when a boarding party under Lieutenant Thrawn from the Imperial Navy ship Blood Crow. They were able to capture the boarding party and escape with the gas. However, three of the pirates were capture and questioned by Thrawn at Ansion's Imperial base. With Thrawn's information, the Culoss's operations on Uba, Cartherston, and Kril'Dor were targeted by the Empire.

Non-canon appearances

 * LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens
 * LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens
 * LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens
 * LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens