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The Techno Union was a commerce guild comprised of various technology firms in the galaxy. It played a prominent role in the Separatist Crisis, as Foreman Wat Tambor allied it with Count Dooku and the Confederacy of Independent Systems. Despite holding a seat on the Separatist Council and pledging their Droid Army to the Confederacy military during the Clone Wars, the Techno Union maintained their neutrality in the conflict, with many of their subsidiaries producing starships and weapons for the Galactic Republic. Nevertheless, after the conclusion of the war, the remnants of Techno Union would be absorbed by the Republic's successor, the Galactic Empire.

HistoryEdit

Pre-Clone WarsEdit

Over three centuries before the end of the Clone Wars, the Techno Union owned the lava planet Mustafar[2] and charged the native Mustafarians rent. In order to pay this rent, the Mustafarians were forced to mine mineral allotropes for the Union,[18] a task they performed using tools and technology, such as droids, supplied by the Techno Union.[2]

By the late Republic Era, Skakoan industrialists had, through aggressive investment and shrewd maneuvering, largely assumed control of the conglomerate. They held many major positions and even relocated the headquarters to Skako Minor, forcing outsiders to adapt to their environmental needs.[19]

Separatist CrisisEdit

"The Techno Union army is at your disposal, Count."
―Wat Tambor, to Count Dooku[src]

The Techno Union was one of several corporate titans that quietly aligned itself with Dooku, a charismatic ex-Jedi and Count of Serenno, before he founded the Confederacy of Independent Systems. While joining the Count was a risk, it gave the Union special privileges, notably a seat on the Separatist Council.[3]

By 22 BBY, galactic tensions had reached a fever pitch. During a summit with Dooku on the planet Geonosis, the Techno Union's leader, Foreman Wat Tambor, pledged to supply the conglomerate's droid army to the Separatist Alliance. Shortly thereafter, the First Battle of Geonosis saw the outbreak of the Clone Wars.[1]

Clone WarsEdit

Despite its actions on Geonosis, the Techno Union claimed neutrality in the Clone Wars,[11] and retained their representation in the Galactic Senate by Senator Gume Saam.[3] Saam lobbied for an intensification of the war effort, with the intention to create greater need for the Union's products by the Grand Army of the Republic.[5] Indeed, member corporations such as Kuat Drive Yards, BlasTech, and Republic Sienar Systems were vital to the GAR, lending the Techno Union an air of plausible deniability as it continued arming the Separatists. However, for every warship created for the Republic, the Union's member corporations manufactured a million battle droids, as the Union's only true loyalty was to war.[3]

The Techno Union's support for the Confederacy was demonstrated during the Battle of Anaxes, as it was able to utilize a Republic strategy algorithm (captured with presumed-dead ARC trooper "Echo"). By this time, the Union also had at least one Decimator. During the Republic mission to rescue Echo, "Wrecker" caused this decimator's destruction.[11]

During the war, the Union defended its vital worlds with a combination of overstock and prototype starships from their member corporations.[3] Many of these worlds, such as Hypori, Skako Minor, and Utapau would be sites of major battles.[7][11][16]

DissolutionEdit

At the conclusion of the war, Wat Tambor was killed with the rest of the Separatist Council on Mustafar.[16] The Republic would be reformed into the Galactic Empire, which proceeded to absorb the remnants of the Techno Union. This forced its low-level technicians and machine smiths to seek new employment all over the galaxy.[17] The Empire would go on to award the Techno Union's refineries to the Mining Guild.[20]

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Notes and referencesEdit

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary, New Edition
  3. ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 Rise of the Separatists
  4. ↑ StarWars-DatabankII Skako Minor in the Databank (backup link)
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 TCW mini logo Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Heroes on Both Sides"
  6. ↑ Encyclopedia-Logo Geonosis in the Encyclopedia (content now obsolete; backup link)
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Catalyst: A Rogue One Novel
  8. ↑ StarWars-DatabankII Mustafar in the Databank (backup link)
  9. ↑ TCW mini logo Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Storm Over Ryloth"
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 Ultimate Star Wars
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 TCW mini logo Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "On the Wings of Keeradaks"
  12. ↑ TCW mini logo Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "A Distant Echo"
  13. ↑ Star Wars Encyclopedia of Starfighters and Other Vehicles
  14. ↑ TCW mini logo Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Innocents of Ryloth"
  15. ↑ Star Wars: Complete Locations
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 Star Wars: Uprising
  18. ↑ Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary
  19. ↑ Fully Operational
  20. ↑ Star Wars: The Galactic Explorer's Guide
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