Exchange The Exchange was a criminal organization active from around 4000 BBY to at least 3643 BBY , and possibly the most powerful of its time , that dealt in spice refinement and smuggling , extortion , weapon trafficking , slave trading , and bounty hunting . The organization was active on many planets and employed notorious bounty hunters such as Calo Nord . During the First Jedi Purge , they posted a huge bounty on live Jedi , large enough to purchase an entire planet . Three hundred years later , during the Cold War , the Exchange was engaged in a galaxy - spanning crime war with the Hutt Cartel , centering on Nar Shaddaa . Organization . The Exchange was an extremely powerful criminal organization that operated throughout much of the Outer Rim Territories . The shadowy group was led by an even more mysterious entity called the Compeer , with a command structure that included individual crime lords controlling profitable worlds . The only way to be accepted into this elite group was to be nominated by several other crime lords . It maintained organized cells on various worlds of interest ; each of those planetary cells was led by a single boss who ruled over Exchange interests on that world . The bosses reported to sector chiefs , who had no cells of their own and operated under secret identities , leading normal lives . Even the bosses did not know who the chiefs were in real life , since most communications were done over secret , secure communications channels . The chiefs in turn reported to the head of the Exchange , who was himself one of the sector chiefs . It was often locally represented by sham fronts , such as Citadel Station ' s Bumani Exchange Corporation . History . First Jedi Purge . Some Exchange bosses during this period were Davik Kang , the crime lord of the planet Taris , Loppak Slusk of Telos IV , and Goto of Nar Shaddaa . The organization was briefly yet significantly involved with , and damaged by , two important figures around the time of the Jedi Civil War : Revan and the Jedi Exile , Meetra Surik . In 3956 BBY , Revan infiltrated the Exchange headquarters on Taris and killed Davik Kang . Five years later , Surik arrived on Nar Shaddaa , Nal Hutta ' s largest moon . She proceeded to destabilize the Exchange ' s operations on the moon by killing the crime lords Saquesh and Visquis , and thereafter by destroying the " Visionary " . The Exchange boss of Nar Shaddaa around 3951 BBY was known by the name of Goto . Never seen in person and appearing via hologram , Goto was not an organic being but actually a droid , G0 - T0 . Using a hologram that gave the impression it was a living being , G0 - T0 remotely led and operated the Exchange . Eventually , he traveled with Meetra Surik . G0 - T0 managed to use the illegal actions of the Exchange for his ultimate purpose of stabilizing the Galactic Republic . Its smuggling ring caused the deaths of destabilizing persons or organizations , developed unofficial profits for entire sectors , and strengthened Republic worlds that would otherwise have been poor and ignored . Believing that the major source of the Republic ' s problems revolved around the Jedi Civil War , it enacted bounties on both Jedi and Sith . Many bounty hunters simply killed Jedi and Sith instead of capturing them , but the outcome remained : fewer Jedi or Sith to fight against each other meant less fighting overall . G0 - T0 , as part of his programming , was simply interested in keeping the Republic in order and keeping its infrastructure intact due to the devastation caused by the Jedi Civil War . The droid went along with the Exile in hopes of stabilizing the galaxy . He was eventually destroyed on Malachor V when the Mass Shadow Generator was re - activated and blew up the planet . According to Kreia ' s predictions before her death on Malachor V , the Exchange grew in power , until the Hutt Cartel ceased tolerating it . Cold War . The Exchange continued to operate in the following years and was still in existence by 3653 BBY during the Cold War between the Galactic Republic and reborn Sith Empire . In this era , one of their crime lords helped sponsor Jewl ' a Nightbringer into the Great Hunt . By this point , the Exchange had become a major rival of the Hutt Cartel , and each group conducted several operations against the other . During the conflict , the Exchange acquired a fortune investing in several cutting - edge tech corporations . Ukabi was the Exchange boss on Nar Shaddaa during this period . Imperial diplomat Maro Vizhen attempted to recruit him into the Shadow Syndicate , a group of crime lords allied with the Empire ; However , Ukabi refused and an all - out war ensued between the Shadow Syndicate and the Exchange , culminating in Ukabi ' s defeat and death at the hands of an Imperial enforcer .