Mining Guild/Legends

The Mining Guild was one of the many corporate entities operating during the final decades of the Galactic Republic, and survived the fall of the commerce guilds during the Clone Wars and continued operating into the Galactic Civil War.

The Mining Guild was originally founded in the early days of space exploration, possibly predating even the formation of the Republic. It was thought that the Guild was established in the Core Worlds, and though a specific homeworld did not come to light, the Guild was based on Coruscant during the rule of the Galactic Republic. The Mining Guild grew into one of the many quasi-political corporate entities represented in the Republic, alongside the Trade Federation and the Techno Union. They often were engaged in confrontations with rival company Excarga Mining Authority that were settled through the courts. The Mining Guild was fortunate enough to survive the Clone Wars, and expanded with the formation of the Galactic Empire.

Emperor Palpatine ensured the officials of the Mining Guild allied themselves with his Empire, to solidify his sources of raw materials for the Imperial war machine while still keeping the Guild itself independent. The Imperial regime seemed to have adverse effects on the Mining Guild, since, during the Civil War, it did not appear to enforce its policies quite as well as it should&mdash;small operations such as Lando Calrissian's Cloud City on Bespin remained unnoticed by the Guild.

Thanks to its independence from the Empire, the Mining Guild remained in operation when the New Republic supplanted Palpatine's regime. The Guild rose to a new level of power under the Republic, and began to command high prices for the ores its members delivered.