The Bounty Hunters’ Guild (BHG), also known as the Bondsman’s Guild or simply the Bounty Guild, was an institution that regulated the complicated profession that was the bounty-hunting trade throughout the galaxy. Ensuring the legality of hunting for its members, it worked alongside galactic governments and curated bounties for its members. From the Republic Era to the New Republic Era, the Guild operated with members of various species and droid models, both with loyal and independent programming, and had a Code that hunters were mandated to stand by. During the Galactic Civil War and into the time of the New Republic, the Bounty Hunters’ Guild had close ties to the Galactic Empire and its remnants, although it turned to favor the Resistance during the Cold War due to the First Order‘s reluctance to deal business with its hunters.