Black Sun/Legends

Black Sun is a fictional crime syndicate in the Star Wars Expanded Universe. It was introduced in Shadows of the Empire, which featured the syndicate's de facto head, Prince Xizor, as its main villain. Since then, Black Sun has appeared in numerous Star Wars works.

Black Sun has existed, in some form or another, in the Star Wars galaxy for centuries. Black Sun is headquartered on Coruscant and its influence stretches the breadth of the galaxy. Before The Phantom Menace, Black Sun was headed by Alexi Garyn, who was killed by Darth Maul on his master's orders. In the time of the original trilogy, Black Sun was headed by Prince Xizor, a reptilian Falleen, who was so powerful that it was rumored only Emperor Palpatine and Darth Vader were more powerful than him.

Rivalry between Vader and Xizor was especially strong due to the fact that, after an accident at a biological weapons laboratory on Xizor's homeworld, Vader ordered all the Falleens who had been contaminated to be "sterilized," (i.e. they were killed.) When Xizor learned that Luke Skywalker was Vader's son, he decided to kill Skywalker so as to foil Vader's plan to turn Luke to the dark side. However, when Vader learned of the scheme, he made sure Xizor paid with his life.

Black Sun never achieved its former glory after Xizor's death. Several attempts to bring the syndicate's have been orchestrated, including one by Xizor's niece Savan.