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Originally Posted by Yeah_Baby
the thing to remember too is that not all the galaxy is/was controlled by the Republic/Empire. Hard currency in the way of something like gold, or Beskir, or whatever makes it easier for commerce across the galaxy.
Hell, the Federation in Star Trek doesn't have money, but we know that Gold Pressed Latium is very much a thing. And likely the Starfleet officers on DS9 would have been given an allowance of sum to by drinks at quarks etc.
Back to Star Wars though, in TPM we know Qui-Gon tried to buy the hyperdrive with Republic Credits. Watto only wanted 'real' money.
But from a production standpoint, I do think it's important to remember that even though this is Star Wars made in the 2020s, they still from a production design perspective are tied to the analog world of the OG films. It's buttons, and dials, and plugs.
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I've been re reading the Plageius book which is still really interesting.
When you have a Republic that's 10's of thousands of years old, it goes beyond governments. Even when the Empire ruled, there were still special interest groups that needed to be made happy.
In the time of the fall of the Republic. You have the Trade Federation manipulating the government, and acting as a corrupting force. You had the Banking Clan corrupting in the background. You even had the weapons manufacturers the Corporate alliance and other groups. Because of that when they weren't lobbying senators and corrupting them. During the Clone wars we saw the banks nearly bankrupting the Republic in the name of fighting the Clone Wars.
Even after Palpatine took over and tried to nationalize everything. You still had the mega corps helping to make government policy. You had entire segments of the galaxy run by the Corporate Alliance, and the various cartels.
Currency was definitely power in the GFFA. Palpatine wasn't corrupted by Money, he was consumed with the power over the Mundane Universe, but he knew that Mundance non force beings could be bought and swayed with money and encouraged corruption. and bribes.