Metellos Exchange The Metellos Exchange was an auction based on Metellos 3 , a moon of the planet Metellos , during the Mandalorian Wars . It used scientific data collected on the moon to auction off the rights to newly discovered and often unexplored celestial objects for a profit . The operation was run by the Raff Syndicate , which intentionally exaggerated the benefits of the data to encourage more competitive buying and , as a result , more profits . The market was run by Chev slaves owned by a Chevin named Nunk Plaarvin . The Chevin was removed from his position by the black marketeer Marn Hierogryph and his conning group , Cargryph Capital Management , in 3963 BBY when they conned the system using the planet Italbos . After managing to trick Plaarvin into leaving Metellos 3 , the auctioneer — one of Plaarvin ' s Chev slaves , Cipiter — was left to run the Metellos Exchange for the Raff Syndicate . Concept . The theory of the Metellos Exchange was devised by Cipiter , a Chev slave belonging to the Chevin Nunk Plaarvin . It worked on the fact that explorations into the Outer Rim were expensive and the explorers ' investors would want to know what potential rewards lay in wait to pay for the expeditions . The Metellos Exchange was set up on Metellos 3 , a moon of the planet Metellos , where telescopic devices were used to explore the galaxy and discover new astronomical bodies during the renewal of exploration after the Great Sith War . This data would be provided to the market , and the claims to rights such as hyperspace transit agreements , the extraction licenses and environmental concessions required for mining , and rights to supply water would be auctioned off . Often , the planetary claims would be sold for millions of credits years before anybody actually visited the planet . The organization that ran the Metellos Exchange , the Raff Syndicate , had the data presented to the market embellished to encourage more competitive bids and , ultimately , more profits for the Syndicate taking its cut . To ensure that they received the correct cut , the market was highly regulated by Raff Syndicate members inspecting the Metellos Exchange . History . The Metellos Exchange was set up on Metellos 3 shortly after the Great Sith War where it , with the co - operation of the Galactic Republic , became the first of numerous " Planetary Futures Exchanges . " When the market operated during the Mandalorian Wars , trade franchises with planets held by the Mandalorians — the nomadic warriors fighting the Republic — such as Mandalore would be auctioned . In 3963 BBY , the flaws in the market ' s method of trading rights were exploited by the Snivvian black marketeer Marn Hierogryph and Cargryph Capital Management , Hierogryph ' s group of friends and business partners . One member of Cargryph Capital , a female Arkanian Offshoot named Jarael , disguised herself as an explorer who had discovered the planet Italbos before those who had bought the claims on the world — as sold by the Metellos Exchange — had visited it . Her companion , the Mandalorian Rohlan Dyre , was disguised as a native of Italbos who was displeased by the prospect of being someone else ' s property . They interrupted the sale of claims to a planet in the Anoat sector , Bespin , to make themselves heard . Hierogryph , under the guise of " Professor Gryphomarn , " acted as an advocate in the matter and invalidated the claims on Italbos . Jarael then caused further outrage by claiming that the Metellos Exchange ' s mineral projections were much lower than reality . Cipiter , the auctioneer , was forced to halt proceedings until the next day due to the sudden demand to auction the new , more valuable claims for Italbos . Later , Nunk Plaarvin , the manager of the Metellos Exchange , saw through this ruse and ordered Jarael and Dyre to be taken to the Negotiating Room , where they were to be subjected to intensified sunlight intended to burn them to death . As a result of Jarael ' s revelation , the original buyers of the claims on Italbos were demanding a refund ahead of the re - auction the next day . Plaarvin would have to announce that Jarael ' s claim was correct and that Italbos was rich with minerals in order to make a profit from the re - auction . If the proceedings went as planned , the Chevin would be able to pay the Raff Syndicate ' s required cut . Having overheard Plaarvin order Jarael and Dyre , Hierogryph and his Jedi cohort , Zayne Carrick , brought the Trandoshan Slyssk , a former member of the Raff Syndicate and the final member of Cargryph Capital , disguised as a Raff captain to confront Plaarvin in order to rescue Dyre and Jarael . Carrick first attacked the Sentinel droid s guarding the Chevin to stop them from interfering . Hierogryph criticized Plaarvin , saying that the Chevin had fouled the Raff Syndicate ' s operation on Metellos 3 . Slyssk entered under the guise of the Raff captain and repeated the Snivvian ' s assertion . Hierogryph reasoned that they knew Plaarvin could be making more money , with his Trandoshan companion interjecting that the Chevin could easily be conned and accusing him of skimming off profits . Employing Plaarvin ' s fear of angering the Raff Syndicate , the duo tricked the Chevin into going to the recently decimated Jebble , where the Syndicate were supposedly waiting for him . Falling for the con , Plaarvin departed , leaving Cipiter in charge of the Metellos Exchange by default . Meanwhile , Jarael and Dyre had already managed to free themselves from their shackles with little harm being done , and were reunited with Carrick and Hierogryph . Since Plaarvin was no longer in charge , Carrick revealed to the traders that the claims they had made about Italbos were false . However , the Metellos Exchange still insisted on buying the rights from Cargryph Capital . Behind the scenes . The Metellos Exchange ' s first and only appearance has been in the " " story - arc of the . The story arc was written by John Jackson Miller and penciled by Bong Dazo . Miller created the Metellos Exchange to show readers places in the " Star Wars " story that they hadn ' t seen before . He took inspiration for the concept from real - world economies and his fascinations with the decisions made to choose what to buy and sell . Miller had already devised the storyline for the issues before the in late 2008 and found the release of the in the arc around the same time ironically opportune .