Assets and Wealth of the Major Characters

This is always hard to picture, because different authors make passing remarks, but never focus to heavily on the actual means of the characters...this is most important to Han and Leia.

Are they wealthy? Are they comfortable financially? Is it wealth they have saved or are they living on a GA stipends (perhaps for former NR chief of state?)

You get the impression they never want for anything...though from the impression I took from DNT, financially they'd be best off living on the falcon...and yet they turn around a get a very-upper middle class apartment on Coruscant in Traitor...you just never can judge. Is Han still siting on smuggling cash? Does he pay for the Falcon upgrades and repairs, or is it credited to the GA...Or now, perhaps Corellia is footing bills?

One of the things I actually liked about NJO was that financial concerns didn't really matter in the face of the enemy again...just like in the rebellion, you did your best to use resources where they could be needed, and that often meant our heroes. But in times like early in LOTF, one wonders where the budget comes from.

I'm not saying "let's make them destitute"...just like to know if the Solo's have a credit press in the falcon's smuggling compartment...or if Ghent keeps slicing into their bank and reupping their balance.

 

I figure Leia probably owns whatever assets the Royal House of Alderaan kept offworld.

And Han can just win another planet in a sabacc game when money gets tight.

As for other characters, we know Lando and Tendra are doing well, and Luke's lifestyle is subsidized by the GA. And Kyle Katarn doesn't need money.

 

Yeah, Leia got any remaining Alderaanian assets and probably a hefty wage as the Chief of State, Han was also a General for a while. As a former NR chief of state, I assumed the swanky apartment and a decent stipend were part of the gig even after she'd left the actual post so her status as, effectively, independently wealthy didn't bother me during the NJO.

With the cash from Alderaan, and an assumption that Leia's going to invest and not squander it, I'm basically cool with her status indefinitely. Though still, I do wonder, during the DNT and LOTF what the state of that is. Presumably her NR finances would have dried up, especially now she's on the run... Though living on the Falcon means no rent, and keeping her running can't be that expensive if Han more-or-less managed it as a smuggler.

Luke gets bankrolled by the GFFA, which...bugs me. Because as long as that's the case, he'll never be independent of it, or rather, the GFFA will never be happy with that status. And look what's happening (again) now that he's dedicated his order to the GFFA. Honestly, it's going to be a chore hearing Luke (again) decide that the Jedi are responsible only to themselves, and I'll wonder how long it'll last. If he doesn't do that and stays loyal to them, well...how is he going to justify the attrocities they're committing?

Jaina would have gotten a wage from the military, and now, presumably, is being bankrolled by the Jedi. Jacen probably spent five years wandering using some of his parents wealth when he needed to but basically being nomadic, then was bankrolled by the Jedi, and now gets a Colonel's pay.

Tenel Ka...uh, yeah. No more needs be said there.

Lando is a successful business man. I'm not sure who else needs accounting for.

 

Dont forget Boba Fett. Think it was in Bloodlines where it was mentioned he was one of the richest men alive.

 

Lando and Tendra and making money hand over fist with their YVH droids and their many variants. I have no clue why the Jedi don't play the intergalactic stock market or beat the house at various casino to make money for the Jedi Order instead of relying on the GA..

 

It's called ethics.

But seriously...the Jedi could ask for contributions from the public rather then be a line on the GA budget.

 

No ****.

That would be a wise move for them. and then maybe invest a portion of it.

 

Fixed.

 

What about the Imperial side (save Palpatine)? such as the official salaries of admirals and senior officials?

What about the Vongs?

 

I think that the Jedi taking kicks from private individuals, orginizations, or planets would reflect even more poorly on them. Let's say that Corellia, Naboo, and Kuat provide the Jedi with 75% of their cash flow. Who do you suppose the Jedi are going to side with if there is any conflict between any of those three planets and another member state (Or the state itself!) Nope, if the Jedi want to keep their huge swanky temple and keep getting the new X-Wings it is best that they are funded by the GFFA.

Carnage

 

I'm sure Lando would help them out as much as possible, if Luke ever asked him.

 

I can just imagine the casio owner when a pair of Jedi walked in to earn the Order some money:

"We don't serve your kind here."

Would you let a Jedi into your casino?

Then again, there must be some precedent if "I've heard a Jedi can make a comfortable living as a gambler."

 

Well, Qui-Gon did gamble himself a slave from Watto.

 

Wasn't there a Bothan Jedi Master who sucessfully escaped the Purge and tried to begin a new life as professional gambler?
I'd love to see himb ecoming the Jedi Ghost, who "lived" inside the one Gambler from one of the shortstories in Tales from the Empire or Tales from the New Republic (sorry don't have my books with me and also the Wook couldn't help me).

 

Micah Giiett once said that a force adept could make a comfortable living as a gambler.
Or so Kai Hudorra says in Republic 80, and he himself appears to go on to become a gambler.

 

Yeah, I think it said something about Fett being one of the six richest people in the galaxy. After all, he's rich enough to buy something like twelve properties on a whim, just to sell them for a profit.

 

You figure he has all the money he has made from hunting down bounties (I'm guessing some of the jobs he did for the Imperials, Black Sun, and Jabba were fairly high paying) as well as the money his father would have left behind. "Apart from his own pay which is CONSIDERABLE" I'm guessing Jango had some cash. Boba Fett also doesn't seem to indulge in the excesses that many members of the underworld do. Make money, invest money, repeat until very very wealthy.

Carnage

 

Iirc didn't Luke also inherit quite a lot from Vader..? (Hey - if so, in a roundabout way Palpatine funded the New Jedi Order! )

 

"Everything is proceeding as I have foreseen..."

Being economical, as it seems, is not Palpatine's strong suit. Huge armament expenditures aside, what would be the point of destroying the Old Jedi Order if one were only to fund the new one?

 

Ya know, I don't know why, but I thoroughly enjoyed hearing about Boba's financial escapades.

 

Bobby's not even in the top six million wealthiest individuals, let alone the top six.

 

Leia has some nice assets...

 

She's been under the knife recently?

 

Jedi seem to view donations in a considerably less mercenary light.