Junk traders, also known as junkers, scrap merchants, or junk dealers, were merchants engaged in the buying and selling of secondhand technological components and machinery. A notable example is Anakin Skywalker, who was at one time enslaved to Watto, a Toydarian junk dealer residing on Tatooine. The Crolute named Unkar Plutt, who ran his junk dealing business from Niima Outpost located on the planet Jakku, was another such individual. Because he controlled the market, he was known as the junk boss. Kylo Ren stated that Rey's parents were junk traders who ultimately sold her to Plutt. Indeed, her father became a junk trader after fleeing the planet Exegol.