Merchants ' Guild Crisis The Merchants ' Guild Crisis was an armed insurrection in 3643 BBY by members of the Migrant Merchants ' Guild on Coruscant , the capital planet of the Galactic Republic . The Merchants ' Guild had taken over most of the Old Galactic Market sector in the aftermath of the Sacking of Coruscant . Skirmishes between police officers of the Coruscant Security Force and members of the Guild were common as the police tried to maintain law and order . In 3643 BBY , Coruscant Security Forces under the command of Security Chief Captain Winborn were sent by Coruscant Senator Vanara Kayl in a bid to push them out of the Galactic Market . In the process , Coruscant Security discovered a plot to destroy the skylane infrastructure surrounding the Senate Building by hacking into secure network access nodes that controlled the traffic flow . The result would have been thousands of deaths in the Senate District . Senator Kayl asked a traveling Republic hero for assistance in putting down the insurrection . The individual was able to assist Captain Winborn and his men by killing the Guild thugs and repairing the Secure Network Access Nodes . However , the individual also discovered a recording of Senator Kayl arguing with a leader of the Migrant Guild . It revealed that the Senator had taken money for her election campaign from the Guild and that when the Guild had attempted to blackmail her , she had ordered the Coruscant Security crackdown , setting off the insurrection . Prelude . On paper , the Migrant Merchants ’ Guild is a legitimate trade consortium that advocates for refugee rights and supports the Coruscant reconstruction effort . In reality , the Migrant Merchants ’ Guild is a highly organized crime syndicate that seized power during the riots at the old Galactic Market after the war . Even before the war ’ s end , the guild served as a front for money laundering and goods smuggling , but kept mostly to nonviolent crime . Its membership was primarily nonhuman , and represented a powerful economic force inside Coruscant ’ s nonhuman immigrant population . When riots broke out , the guild saw an opportunity to claim real power ; after security forces withdrew , it was the guild that re - established “ order ” with its armed goons and provided food and supplies … at a price . Since then , the Migrant Merchants ’ Guild has expanded into bribery and extortion , with the old Galactic Market at the heart of its territory , all the while keeping a thin veneer of respectability . Republic security patrols often clash with members of the Migrant Merchants ’ Guild in an attempt to keep the peace , but recently the guild has been moving its influence from shaking down local businesses to Coruscant politics . Insurrection . The insurrection was a fight in 3643 BBY between police officers of the Coruscant Security Force under the command of Security Chief Captain Winborn and members of the Migrant Merchants ' Guild . The Merchants ' Guild had taken over most of the Old Galactic Market in the aftermath of the Sacking of Coruscant . Coruscant Security was sent by Coruscant Senator Vanara Kayl in a bid to push them out . In the process , Coruscant Security , with the assistance of another individual , was able to prevent a terrorist attack on the secure skylane infrastructure around the Senate Building . Aftermath . After the fight , it was discovered that Senator Kayl was being blackmailed by the Merchants ' Guild over influence she bought during her election . Though she had been a symbol of rebuilding Coruscant , a recording showed her arguing with a Guild member and telling him she would send her forces to push them out , destroying her credibility of honesty . Behind the scenes . The skirmish appears in " " . The character can assist the CSF and Winborn in stopping the attack and fighting the Merchants ' Guild after speaking with Senator Vanara Kayl .