Hondo Ohnaka

"But you know what I always say: Speak softly, and drive a big tank."

- Hondo Ohnaka

Hondo Ohnaka was a male Weequay pirate who led the Ohnaka Gang on the Outer Rim world of Florrum during the Clone Wars. Ohnaka was once an associate of the bounty hunter Jango Fett, and was the bounty hunter Aurra Sing's former lover. His faithful pet was a Kowakian monkey-lizard named Pikk Mukmuk that also served as part of the Ohnaka Gang.

Background
Hondo Ohnaka was the leader of a pirate gang called the Ohnaka Gang which operated a base on the planet Florrum. He also had a pet Kowakian monkey-lizard named Pilf Mukmuk. At some point prior to the Clone Wars, Hondo had a romantic relationship with the bounty hunter Aurra Sing but the two later separated.

Capturing Dooku
During the Clone Wars, Hondo and the Ohnaka gang encountered Count Dooku, the leader of the Confederacy of Independent Systems and a Sith Lord. Dooku was on the run from the Jedi Knights Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker and had crash-landed his solar sailer on the planet Vanqor, which lay a few parsecs away from Florrum. Dooku encountered Hondo and his gang salvaging his wrecked solar sailer. When Hondo offered to provide him passage offworld, Dooku accepted his offer claiming he was above material wealth.

Ohnaka then transported Dooku to his base on Florrum. During the journey however, he arranged for the Kowakian monkey-lizard Pilf to steal Dooku's lightsaber. In addition, Pilf managed to steal Anakin Skywalker's lightsaber, which Dooku had acquired during an earlier skirmish on Vanqor. Ohnaka and his men then disarmed and took Dooku captive. Realizing that Count Dooku was an important Separatist leader, Ohnaka hoped that he could make a lot of money by selling Dooku to the Republic. Hondo contacted the Republic via hologram and displayed the captive Count to Supreme Chancellor Palpatine while demanding a ransom of one million credits worth of spice. Palpatine accepted Ohnaka's price and dispatched Kenobi and Skywalker to Florrum in order to verify the pirate's claims.

Kenobi and Skywalker arrived at Ohnaka's pirate base and were able to verify Dooku's identity. Having completed the transaction, Hondo invited his Jedi guests to banquet with his pirates. However, he drugged the two Jedi's drinks, causing them to fall unconscious. Ohnaka then took his Jedi guests hostage and imprisoned them in the same cell as Dooku. He wanted to ransom Kenobi and Skywalker so that he could triple the ransom. Unaware of the recent developments on Florrum, the Republic dispatched Senator Kharrus and the Gungan Representative Jar Jar Binks and a detachment of clone troopers to deliver the spice ransom to Hondo's gang and collect Count Dooku.

However, unknown to Hondo, one of his pirates Turk Falso decided to double-cross his captain and steal the spice ransom for himself. Turk ordered his men to shoot down the Republic emissaries' shuttle, causing it crash in the Doshar fields. Senator Kharrus and the Clone pilots were killed during the crash but Representative Binks and several Clone troopers survived. While Turk's band hunted down the Republic emissaries, Turk misled Hondo by claiming that the Republic ship had been delayed. Turk's forces were later slaughtered by Bink's clone troopers, who had managed to tame several local skalders. Turk alone survived and falsely reported to Hondo that the Republic forces had sent an army instead of the ransom. Believing Turk's lies, Hondo sent several tanks to destroy the clone troopers.

Meanwhile, Hondo had to deal with Count Dooku and his two Jedi captives who had made three escape attempts. Following the third attempt, he had Kenobi and Skywalker with electricity. On the battlefield, Hondo's tanks were defeated after Jar Jar Binks entered one of the tanks to negotiate with Turk. However, he accidentally caused the tanks to ram into each other and knock out the power grid. This caused a black-out at Hondo's pirate base which allowed his three captives to escape. Dooku killed Turk and several other pirates before fleeing in one of Hondo's starships.

Meanwhile the Weequay pirate captain himself was captured by Kenobi and Skywalker. Despite their unpleasant experiences with Ohnaka, Kenobi ordered his former Padawan Skywalker to release Hondo since they did not want any more problems with the Ohnaka pirate gang. As a gesture of respect, Hondo ordered his forces to stand down. Praising the Jedi for their nobility, he allowed the Jedi and their clone troopers to leave his pirate base in peace. However, Kenobi warned Ohnaka that Count Dooku knew the location of his base and was not as forgiving as the Jedi.

Trouble on Felucia
Following his encounter with Count Dooku and the Jedi, Hondo and the Ohnaka Gang began raiding the fungi-covered planet of Felucia. They routinely raided a nysillin spice village, prompting the Felucian villagers to hire a band of four bounty hunters for their protection. These four bounty hunters were named Sugi, Embo, Rumi Paramita, and Seripas. Shortly later, Hondo's old Jedi adversaries Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker, and his Padawan Ahsoka Tano visited the same village to investigate the disappearance of a Republic medical station orbiting the planet. The Jedi's arrival coincided with one of the Ohnaka gang's routine visits to the village.

Hondo began demanding that the villagers deliver a portion of their nysillin by the following morning. While visiting the village, he also attempted to buy-out the bounty hunters but Sugi rejected the offer. Ohnaka then discussed a "business deal" with the Jedi Knight Kenobi, who offered to pay the Ohnaka gang to take him and his Jedi companions to a Republic outpost. However, Ohnaka declined the venture on the grounds that he did not want any Republic Credits. After issuing his ultimatum to the villages, Hondo left the village to regroup with his pirate forces. Meanwhile, the Jedi and the bounty hunters worked together to train the Felucian villages to resist Hondo and his pirate gang.

Hondo sent one of his scouts to spy on the villages but the scout was killed by Embo. After the scout failed to return, Ohnaka and his pirates assaulted the village. While Hondo led the assault from the cockpit of a tank, the rest of the gang charged the village on their speeder bikes. During the ensuing skirmish, Hondo used his tank to blast the village from atop a cliff, wounding Embo and killing the bounty hunter Rumi. Skywalker then engaged the Weequay pirate in a duel with his lightsaber, prompting Hondo to brandish his electrostaff in defense.

The Jedi eventually gained the upper hand and kicked Hondo off the cliff. Hondo managed to survive by clinging on to cliffside. Feigning submission, Ohnaka tricked Anakin into pulling him up. However, Ohnaka then attacked Skywalker and pushed him into the way of the repulsortank's turret. While Skywalker managed to survive by jumping off the cliff before the explosion, Hondo was able to take advantage of the chaos to make his escape. He and the surviving pirates fled the village.

Reunion with Aurra Sing
Later, Hondo was revisited by his former lover, the bounty hunter Aurra Sing along with her confederates Boba Fett, Bossk, and Castas visited Hondo on Florrum. Aurra had become Boba's mentor and was helping the youth to hunt down and kill the Jedi Master Mace Windu, who had killed his father Jango Fett during the Battle of Geonosis. She had come to seek aid and refuge from Hondo. In addition, Aurra wanted to drop off Castas on Florrum because the bounty hunter wanted to abandon the job since it had become too risky. While Hondo took his guests to a bar for drinks, Ohnaka refused to assist her and Boba with their quest but offered them indefinite stay on Florrum. Hondo was also present when Aurra executed Castas for disclosing their whereabouts to other bounty hunters.

Aurra's visit was followed by the arrival of the Jedi Master Plo Koon and Anakin's apprentice Ahsoka Tano, who had been tracking Boba Fett and his associates. Hondo informed the two Jedi that Aurra and Boba were waiting in a bar and had set trap for them. Following a brief skirmish, Aurra fled the bar in an airspeeder and was pursued by Ahsoka. After the Jedi had managed to disarm and capture Boba, Hondo managed to convince the young Fett to reveal the location of the Republic hostages Admiral Shoan Kilian and a Clone officer. Fett complied and the Jedi were able to rescue the Republic hostages and capture Bossk. Meanwhile, Aurra attempted to escape on Boba Fett's starship Slave I. However, Ahsoka damaged the starship's wing, causing it to crash. While Aurra was presumed dead by the Jedi, Hondo secretly rescued her and took possession of Slave I in lieu of Boba's incarceration.

Delivery to Onderon
Later in the war, Ohnaka&mdash;at the behest of the Jedi General Anakin Skywalker&mdash;delivered several rocket launchers to rebel forces on Onderon who were fighting the Separatist occupation of their planet. Hondo managed to deliver the weapons to the Onderon rebels' base known as the nest. He then made a discreet retreat after Separatist droid forces showed up.

Second Battle of Florrum
Shortly thereafter, Ohnaka's base was destroyed in an attack by General Grievous.

Attack of the Nightbrothers
He later encountered the Sith Lord Darth Maul and his brother Savage Opress, who attempted to recruit Ohnaka's gang into an army that would serve the brothers. Aided by Kenobi and Adi Gallia, Ohnaka and the pirates who remained loyal to him defeated the two Sith brothers and drove them off of Florrum.

Fall of the Ohnaka Gang
At some point after the rise of the Galactic Empire and the fall of the Republic, the Imperials broke up the Ohnaka Gang, forcing Hondo Ohnaka to continue his life of piracy alone. At some unknown point, Ohnaka antagonized the Rang Clan, causing the clan to place a bounty on his head.

Meeting the Lothal Rebels
About fifteen years after the establishment of the Galactic Empire, Hondo Ohnaka took over the Devaronian crime lord Cikatro Vizago's starship, the Broken Horn. During the struggle, Ohnaka managed to disable Vizago's bodyguard droids by stealing his droid controller and imprisoned the Devaronian in a cell aboard the ship's brig. However, Vizago managed to send a distress signal before his capture that was picked up by Ezra Bridger and the astromech droid Chopper, who were members of the Lothal rebels. The two rebels were cleaning the rebel starship Ghost which was parked on the planet Garel. Hearing Vizago's distress, Ezra and Chopper traveled on the Phantom and found the Broken Horn in orbit above Garel.

The two rebels boarded the Broken Horn and encountered Ohnaka in the ship's bridge. When questioned by Ezra, Hondo claimed that he had won the Broken Horn in a game of sabacc with Vizago. Not wanting to reveal his true identity, Ezra introduced himself as the smuggler and galactic entrepreneur Lando Calrissian. Shortly later, the Broken Horn was spotted and attacked by an Imperial warship. However, Ohnaka and his new-found rebel partners managed to escape due to the quick actions of Ezra and Chopper, who managed to power up the engines and make a jump into hyperspace. Impressed, Hondo offered Ezra the chance to assist him in selling five power generators at extortion rates. In the end, the two partners agreed to split their profits and to give Ezra two of the power generators. Not trusting Ohnaka fully, Ezra stole the pirate's droid controller and secretly handed it to Chopper for safekeeping.

Hondo and his new-found partners traveled to the frigid planet Nixus where they planned to sell the power generators to an unknown buyer at Nixus Hub 218. Upon landing at Nixus Hub 218, Ohnaka and Ezra discovered that their buyer was the Jablogian crime lord Azmorigan. Azmorigan was aware that the Rang Clan had placed a bounty on Ohnaka's head and he also recognized Ezra as one of the rebels who had helped Calrissian. Seeking revenge against both Hondo and Ezra for past wrongs, Azmorigan had them hoisted onto a loading dolly which would then catapult them into space. Azmorigan also planned to seize their power generators for himself. Before Azmorigan could exact his revenge, he was foiled by Chopper, who attacked him and his men. During the ensuing skirmish, Oanaka and his rebel allies managed to turn the tables on Azmorigan and escape offworld with the generators and several stolen credits. Hondo also realized that Ezra was a Jedi after the youth wielded lightsaber and used the Force to stop the dolly from hurling him into space.

After escaping Nixus, Hondo and his rebel partners traveled back to Garel on the Broken Horn with the generators. When Ezra revealed his true identity and confided that he was feeling overwhelmed by his responsibilities to the rebellion and his Jedi training, Ohnaka suggested that the boy could become a "pirate Jedi." Shortly later, Ezra and Chopper traveled down to the ship's brig where they discovered a captive Vizago. Vizago revealed that Hondo had actually shot him in the back with a stun gun and disabled his droids before seizing control of his ship. The two rebels freed Vizago and together they confronted Ohnaka on the bridge. While Ezra proposed that the two criminals split their profits and let him keep the generators, Vizago took the opportunity to snatch back his droid controller and order his droids to attack the intruders. Ohnaka managed to flee on the Phantom, taking the five power generators with him.

Unknown to Hondo, the Phantom autopilot had already been programmed to return to her mothership, the Ghost. Hondo landed in a spaceport in Garel City where he was surrounded by the other crew of the Ghost including the ship's captain Hera Syndulla and Ezra's master Kanan Jarrus. Shortly later, Ohnaka was rejoined by Ezra and Chopper, who had returned to Garel in an escape pod. The rebels allowed Hondo to keep his credits but seized the five power generators, which were used to alleviate an energy crisis on the planet Rinn.

The Lasat refugees
About four years before the Battle of Yavin, Hondo contacted Ezra via a transmitter and told him to travel to Nixus Hub 218, where the Empire had captured two refugees. Ezra and the crew of the Ghost traveled to Nixus where they discovered that these two refugees were Lasat who has survived the fall of Lasan. The rebels managed to overpower their Imperial captors and rescue the refugees, who introduced themselves as the former Lasan High Honor Guard Gron and the female mystic Chava the Wise. This development both delighted and unnerved Garazeb Orrelios, the sole Lasat member of the crew of the Ghost who had believed that he was the last of his species. After the rescue, Ohnaka introduced himself as Ezra's mysterious contact and revealed that he had also tipped off the Empire to the refugees' arrival knowing that the rebels would arrive to save the day.

With Imperial reinforcements bound to show up, the rebels began their return trip to the Ghost. When Ohnaka demanded the payment that he was owed, Ezra refused, making the Weequay pirate very proud of his young friend. After the rebels had left, Hondo was cornered by several stormtroopers. Always one to make a profit and double-cross his friends to save himself, Ohnaka led the Imperial troopers to the rebels, who were making their way through the halls of Hub 218. These stormtroopers were serving under the Imperial Security Bureau Agent Kallus, a perennial foe of the Lothal rebels, who ordered his men to seize them alive. Before the Imperials could capture the rebels, Ohnaka secretly contacted Ezra and warned him of the approaching Imperials.

The stormtroopers engaged the crew of the Ghost in a fire fight within the halls of Nixus Hub 218. To help his rebel partners, Hondo secretly sealed several of the doors, preventing many of the stormtroopers from pursuing the rebels. Ohnaka's actions enabled the rebels to flee aboard the Ghost and escape into hyperspace. However, Hondo was not so lucky and he was captured by the stormtroopers. Ohnaka was then forced to help the Imperial Security Bureau Agent Kallus and Admiral Kassius Konstantine hunt down the rebels. Due to a tracker planted in the transmitter which he had used to contact Ezra, the Imperials were able to track down the rebel ship Ghost to an unstable star cluster in Wild Space.

When the Ghost began penetrating the unstable star cluster, Hondo marveled that the rebels were trying a dangerous feat. This prompted Kallus to respond that they believed that they could. With Kallus' Imperial cruiser unable to follow the Ghost into the star cluster, Hondo remarked that Kallus should wait to catch them the next time. Kallus then responded that the rebels would be destroyed by the gravitational pull of the star cluster. Despite the odds, the rebels and the Lasat refugees managed to navigate safely through the maze due to Zeb's bo-rifle. They then rediscovered the legendary Lasat homeworld of Lirasan, which was already populated by millions of Lasat and became a refuge for the two Lasat refugees.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Galactic Defense
 * "The Crimson Corsair and the Lost Treasure of Count Dooku"
 * "The Crimson Corsair and the Lost Treasure of Count Dooku"
 * "The Crimson Corsair and the Lost Treasure of Count Dooku"
 * "The Crimson Corsair and the Lost Treasure of Count Dooku"
 * "The Crimson Corsair and the Lost Treasure of Count Dooku"
 * "The Crimson Corsair and the Lost Treasure of Count Dooku"
 * "The Crimson Corsair and the Lost Treasure of Count Dooku"
 * "The Crimson Corsair and the Lost Treasure of Count Dooku"
 * "The Crimson Corsair and the Lost Treasure of Count Dooku"
 * "The Crimson Corsair and the Lost Treasure of Count Dooku"
 * "The Crimson Corsair and the Lost Treasure of Count Dooku"
 * "The Crimson Corsair and the Lost Treasure of Count Dooku"
 * "The Crimson Corsair and the Lost Treasure of Count Dooku"
 * "The Crimson Corsair and the Lost Treasure of Count Dooku"