Spice

Spice was the name for a type of illicit substance or substances in demand throughout the.

History
An attempt against   was initially suspected to be the work of disgruntled spice miners on the s of, though it later transpired that the assassin was in fact hired by  , the leader of the.

When the captured Count Dooku, they demanded million  in spice delivered in an unarmed diplomatic ship in exchange for handing him over to the. . After and  were captured during a meeting to verify that the Ohnaka Gang did indeed have Dooku, the   and Senator  were sent with the demanded spice, though it was ultimately moot, as Dooku had escaped by the time they arrived with it.

When forces boarded the ,  was worried that he and  would be sent to the.

Behind the scenes
It has been inferred that Frank Herbert's seminal book, Dune (1965), influenced Star Wars heavily. Spice plays a central role in the Dune universe.

Spice was first mentioned at the beginning of the original Star Wars with C-3PO's worry to R2-D2 that "We'll be sent to the Spice Mines of Kessel, smashed into who-knows-what!" Spice was also briefly mentioned in Attack of the Clones of the prequel trilogy and a payment of spice was an important plot element in two installments of Star Wars: The Clone Wars. In canon, the details of what, exactly, spice was were kept quite vague. Numerous stories from the Expanded Universe, later re-branded as Star Wars Legends gave details on the spice trade, describing it as consisting a number of different types of mind-altering drugs, such as ryll and glitterstim.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
 * Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
 * Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
 * Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope