Momaw Nadon/Legends

Momaw Nadon, also known as "Hammerhead", was an Ithorian who was seen in Chalmun's Cantina.

Biography
He was on Tatooine as a result of a three year exile after giving Imperial Captain Alima Ithorian ecological secrets. Nadon had saved his homeworld from destruction, but the Ithorian Elders nevertheless punished him for his deeds. Usually being a sentence of death, Nadon was able to call in a favor from a friend, and the "traitor" was then exiled to Tatooine. While on Tatooine, Nadon still honored the Ithorian traditions and tried to adapt large trees from Ithor to the hot dry weather on Tatooine. While on Tatooine, he meet up with Alima, who had been demoted to a stormtrooper. Alima threatened his bafforr trees with death if he did not help him in finding an astromech the Empire was seeking. The pacifistic Nadon got so worried about this, that he even tried to kill Alima. Because of Nadon's lacking experience with weapons, though, the attempt failed and Nadon was humiliated by Alima once more. Finally, however, Nadon discovered the truth when he saw Obi-Wan Kenobi in Chalmun's Cantina: The old man tried to smuggle the sought droid from Tatooine. Nadon then hid in the background when stormtroopers tried to stop the Millennium Falcon from starting. After having lost the droids, the Imperial Prefect searched for a scapegoat he could blame for this failure. Nadon then appeared on scene and told the Imperial Prefect that Alima was a rebel sympathizer, and Alima was shot dead immediately. Horrified, Nadon took two cell samples from Alima's corpse. In keeping with the Law of Life, Nadon made two clones, so that Alima would pay his debt to the Ithorians&mdash;and Nadon would pay his to Alima.

After the next "great meet" of Ithorian Herd Ships, Nadon's exile was ended, and he was restored as herd leader of Tafanda Bay. He was still there eleven years after that fateful day on Tatooine, when Wedge Antilles brought Qwi Xux to Ithor.

By 25 ABY, he had been replaced as the high priest and leader of the Ithorian people by Relal Towron. On Ithor, he had a wife and son, Fandomar and Do-Forow Nadon. It is unknown what happenend to Nadon when Ithor was destroyed by the Yuuzhan Vong and if he survived the destruction of his beloved homeworld.

Behind the scenes

 * The radio series had made Luke commenting on seeing a Meerian Hammerhead while in the Cantina.


 * Lucasfilm named him Ammerha in 1978, however it went as unused.


 * Even though he was a bystander in A New Hope, he has appeared several times in the Expanded Universe as a peaceful Rebel sympathizer.
 * His colloquial nickname comes from the Kenner action figure.

Appearances

 * Smuggler's Blues
 * Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
 * The Emperor's Court
 * Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina
 * Play It Again, Figrin D'an: The Tale of Muftak and Kabe
 * The Sand Tender: The Hammerhead's Tale
 * Star Wars Missions 7: Ithorian Invasion
 * Dark Apprentice
 * I, Jedi
 * Dark Tide II: Ruin