Imperial-era Trade Federation



The Trade Federation, which was an interstellar corporation that dominated interstellar trade in the galaxy of Galactic Prime during the final centuries of the Galactic Republic, and ended upon forming a part of the Confederacy of Independent Systems during the Clone Wars, was nationalized by Palpatine's new Galactic Empire in the post-Clone Wars era, but even when owened by the Imperial government it still was a leading economic player on the galactic scene.

The Trade Federation battleship/freighter hybrid starships still employed Neimoidians and battle droids as crew and soldiers, but during the Imperial era also were staffed by Imperial Navy officers and Imperial Navy troopers, and often fanatically pro-Imperial stormtroopers or Compforce soldiers.