Brings Out the Flavor

Observation: Much of the smuggler storyline in The Old Republic - and indeed, virtually anything related to smuggling in Star Wars - becomes far more entertaining if you decide that 'spice' isn't a euphemism for drugs, but actually is just food additives and flavor enhancers...

If nothing else, it explains why the Hutts, notorious gormands, consider the loss of a single shipment a crime worthy of death...