Techno Union
The Techno Union is a fictional organization in the Star Wars universe.
The Techno Union is a major technological union consisting of starship, computer, weapons, and droid manufacturers. The company is mainly run by Skakoans, a race dependent on technology. They had also held a position in the Galactic senate during the last days of the of the old republic. When the Galactic Empire came about, the Techno Union began to endorse Emperor Palpatine and the Imperial Navy. After the death of Emperor Palpatine, the Techno Union began to fall apart and was changed to the Federation of Technological Governments during the New Republic, but the Techno Union (now the Techno Commonwealth of Systems) had become a mere shadow of what it once was.
The foreman of the Techno Union is Wat Tambor.
Member companies: Baktoid Armor Workshop, Haor Chall Engineering, Republic Sienar Systems, Kuat Systems Engineering, TaggeCo, BlasTech Industries, and Corellian Engineering Corporation
Member planets: Fondor, Mechis III, Foundry, Metalorn, and Telti
Black Sun
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.
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