Prop 31-814D

Government

Galactic Republic^[1]

Legislative body

Galactic Senate^[1]

Outcome

The Free Trade Zones become liable to taxation^[2]

Support	Opposition
Anti-Trade Federation senators^[3]	Trade Federation^[1]

Prop 31-814D,^[1] known fully as proposition 31-814D,^[2] was an infamous Galactic Republic resolution that enabled the taxation of the Free Trade Zones. It was passed by the Galactic Senate^[4] towards the end of Finis Valorum's Chancellery, much to the chagrin of the Trade Federation.^[5] Around the same time, a pro-Federation bill concerning the Mid Rim trade routes was repeatedly debated, voted down, and re-introduced in the Senate.^[3] In retaliation for the profits it would lose to the tax, the Federation blockaded the planet of Naboo,^[4] additionally hoping their blockade would help their own proposed bill.^[3]

Unbeknownst to most, the Sith were behind the enactment of the law, as part of a long-running plot by the Dark Lord Darth Sidious to gain absolute power over the galaxy.^[3] The Federation's invasion of Naboo led to the planet's Senator, Sheev Palpatine, becoming Supreme Chancellor—but they had done so in part at the behest of Sidious, who was the same person.^[6] This allowed Sidious to continue his plans, which culminated in the formation of the Galactic Empire with himself as Galactic Emperor.^[7]

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Behind the scenes[]

Prop 31-814D was first mentioned, albeit indirectly, in Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace.^[6] It would finally be identified in Star Wars Propaganda: A History of Persuasive Art in the Galaxy,^[1] although "Prop 31-814D" would not be outright confirmed as the specific legislation mentioned in The Phantom Menace until the Star Wars Universe article "The Naboo Blockade" in Star Wars Bust Collection 58.^[2]