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"Negola dewaghi wool dugger?" "He doesn't like you."

- Ponda Baba and Evazan, to Luke Skywalker

Ponda Baba was a male Aqualish thug who rescued Dr. Cornelius Evazan from a bounty hunter. The two formed a parnetship and began to smuggle spice for the crime lord Jabba the Hutt, resulting in him becoming a wanted man. Shortly before the Battle of Yavin, he was a patron in a Mos Eisley Cantina on the planet Tatooine, where he instigated an argument with Luke Skywalker while bored and drunk. Evazan claimed that Baba did not like Skywalker and began to threaten the youth, leading to a brief confrontation with Obi-Wan Kenobi, who, after failing to calm tensions with the pirates, used his lightsaber to sever Baba's right arm and kill Evazan with a slash across the torso when the pair drew their blaster pistols on the old man, who was in secret one of the last remaining Jedi Masters of the nearly extinct Jedi Order.

Biography
"You just watch yourself. We're wanted men."

- Cornelius Evazan, on Baba and his criminal histories

Originally from the planet Ando, Ponda Baba was a burly Aqualish thug who rescued Cornelius Evazan, a former doctor who was infamous for the cruelty he inflicted upon his patients, from a bounty hunter. The two formed a partnership and began to smuggle spice for Jabba the Hutt. The pirates were successful at their trade and became wanted men. Their working relationship wasn't always pleasant, however, and Baba even briefly considered turning Evazan in to collect the bounty on his head before realizing that their ongoing partnership was more profitable.

Prior to the Battle of Yavin, Baba and Evazan were patrons at the Mos Eisley Cantina on Tatooine. Drunk and bored, Baba decided to pick a fight with Luke Skywalker, a young farmboy. Evazan quickly escalated the argument, even beginning to threaten the boy before attracting the attention of Obi-Wan Kenboi, Skywalker's guardian. The hermit attempted to smooth over tensions by offering to purchase the pair drinks, but Evazan payed no heed to his offer and tossed Skywalker out of his way, and, along with Baba, drew his blaster pistol on the old man, despite the protest of Wuher, the cantina's bartender. Before the pirates were even able to discharge their weapons, however, Kenobi had already ignited his lightsaber and swiftly removed Baba's right arm and killed Evazan with a slash across his torso, decisively ending the argument.

Personality and traits
Baba was a burly male Aqualish.

Equipment
"No blasters! No blasters!"

- Wuher, as Ponda Baba draws his blaster pistol

Ponda Baba wore an orange jacket with long sleeves and also owned a nearly identical one with sleeves that cut off at the elbow.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope
 * Star Wars: Heroes Path
 * A New Hope
 * The Original Trilogy Stories
 * A New Hope: The Princess, the Scoundrel, and the Farm Boy
 * The Weapon of a Jedi: A Luke Skywalker Adventure