Escarte

Escarte was a location where the Commerce Guild had major interests. The Escarte Guard were an elite military unit that served in the Commerce Guild Punitive Security Forces, providing bodyguard services to important Commerce Guild personnel during the Clone Wars, where the Guild sided with the Confederacy of Independent Systems.

Behind the scenes
Escarte was first mentioned in the new Star Wars canon in Rise of the Separatists, a 2019 supplement to Fantasy Flight Games' series of Star Wars roleplaying products. It was originally created for the Star Wars Legends continuity, where it first appeared in the 2005 novel Labyrinth of Evil, which was written by James Luceno.