Not in Episode 1… that war wouldn’t start until many, many years later. At that time it was a highly localized trade dispute that even the Jedi didn’t think was that big of a deal until they tried to kill them.

I’ve been the bane of chickens all my life…

And stormtroopers are supposed to be very disciplined and resistant to bribery.

Yeah… why the fuck didn’t he do that? I mean the place he was in was hosting a giant ass pod racing championship with tons of visitors, are you expecting us to believe that no one would appreciate republic credits there?

It would be like if you time traveled to 2001 and tried to spend USD with some drug dealer in some backwater country and they laughed in your face… are you kidding me? USD then and now (though it might be in decline) is often preferred to local currency.

Oh you mean a fucking short ass vacation?

I remember when George W. Bush was grilled on the names of world leaders at the time and he flunked it hard… but even he wouldn’t have made something as stupid as Mr. Japan…