Hey so a slave on Tatooine probably costs as much as a house
Smuggling a slave out is 10,000 wupiupi, and a slave would presumably cost more at auction than to smuggle out, or the freedom systems would just buy freedom more often.
And that's about 6,250 credits.
And we can say that a republic credit is probably at least ten USD based on costs of other things (like their battle cruisers), possibly up to 100 USD to a credit.
So if we say an 'average' slave in good condition is 20k-25k wupiupi
That's at least 125,000 USD, possibly more than a million???? Maybe two million for more sought-after species?
That's A House. Shmi is most likely worth an entire house.
Granted, the only hard canon is the wupiupi:credit conversion; the 10,000 to smuggle thing is Legends, and the rest is just me ballparking based on other stuff, but like. [gestures]
Wait shit I went full on fantasy economic analysis about fiction again.
Shit
I did the same thing in Naruto. And GG. And Voltron. This is a recurring problem. Gah.