So I figure I ought to get this started!
1) Been watching the Bodacious Pirates anime and I thought... so during the Clone Wars its unlikely the Republic didn't have any functional military, so have a mercenary force who fought on behalf of the Republic near or within the Tapani Sector.
The end of the Clone Wars would normally mean they'd settle down and disarm or find suitable work elsewhere, now I thought just because the Empire's been formed this is still the degenerate era of the Republic, its the Tapani Sector after all so these mercenaries were hired to act as guards on freighter convoys after all piracy does happen in the Star Wars Universe.
Take that one step further and some of the mercenaries run an entertainment business where they perform as pirates for liners that hire them to entertain their passengers with a mock pirate raid in addition they help keep an eye out on the route to prevent actual piracy.
The Empire might not like it, but its no immediate threat to their rule so until the Battle of Yavin this remains perfectly legal... however the Senate has been dismissed and power passed to the Imperial Governors who don't share the same opinion as the local senators.
So gradually not all at once these mercenaries are being targetted and eliminated, word is being passed round of a mysterious pirate hunter but only rumours persist since noone's been able to find any survivors of its attacks and its even targetting the mock pirates who have been long overlooked because they're considered a joke by the Empire.
Unfortunately the Empire has made a heck of a mistake, after their home is attacked and a number of their families and friends are either killed or imprisoned on trumped up charges the survivors making use of the aging fleet of warships dating from the Clone Wars and beyond seek help and have been put into contact with the Rebel Alliance...
A perfect way to infiltrate Imperial society, the only restriction is that they can't use any X-Wings to avoid being discovered... would you like to play in that game?
Working on other ideas...
Edited by copperbell