The Sand Tender: The Hammerhead's Tale

The Sand Tender: The Hammerhead's Tale is a short story written by Dave Wolverton from Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina which was Published by Bantam Spectra in August 1995 and is about Momaw Nadon. It takes place in 0 BBY.

Plot
Momaw Nadon, an Ithorian, resides on Tatooine after being exiled from his home planet, Ithor, for revealing Ithorian gardening secrets to Alima, albeit under threat of torture. While living on Tatooine, Nadon still honored the Ithorian traditions and tried to adapt large trees from Ithor to the hot dry weather on Tatooine. On Tatooine, just after the Battle of Tatooine, he met Alima, who was searching for the missing droids. Alima threatened to kill his beloved trees if he did not help him find those two droids. The pacifistic Nadon attempted to kill Alima, but because of Nadon's lacking experience with weapons, the attempt failed and Nadon was humiliated by Alima once more. Finally, Nadon discovered the truth when he saw old Ben Kenobi in Chalmun's Cantina. The old man had the wanted droids. Nadon then hid in the background when stormtroopers tried to stop Han Solo's Millennium Falcon from escaping with Kenobi, the droids and a young farmboy. After having lost the droids, the Imperial Prefect searched for a scapegoat he could blame for this failure. Nadon then appeared on the scene and told the Imperial Prefect that he told Alima about Millennium Falcon and Alima didn't report that information. Nadon was willing to swear under oath and ready to testify that in imperial court. The officer taking justice in his own hand shot Alima, killing him. Nadon was horrified and saddened at what he had done, but a small part of him was glad, for him and his trees were safe. To make up for this, he took two cell samples from Alima's corpse for later cloning. In keeping with the Law of Life, Nadon made two clones, so that Alima would pay his debt to the Ithorians—and Nadon would pay his to Alima.

Characters

 * Lieutenant Alima
 * Ponda Baba
 * C-3PO
 * Chewbacca
 * Doctor Evazan
 * Kabe
 * Obi-Wan Kenobi "Ben Kenobi"
 * Muftak
 * Do-Forow Nadon
 * Fandomar Nadon
 * Momaw Nadon
 * R2-D2
 * Luke Skywalker (never referred to by name)
 * Han Solo
 * Darth Vader
 * Wuher

Creatures

 * Arrak snake
 * Bantha
 * Dreeka fish
 * Moth

Locations

 * Coruscant
 * Ithor
 * Cathor Hills
 * Tatooine
 * Dune Sea
 * Jundland Wastes
 * Mos Eisley
 * Chalmun's Cantina
 * Kayson's Weapons Shop

Organizations and titles

 * Galactic Empire
 * Stormtrooper
 * High Priest
 * Moisture farmer
 * Rebel Alliance

Sentient species

 * Aqualish
 * Bafforr tree
 * Chadra-Fan
 * Human
 * Ithorian
 * Jawa
 * Talz
 * Tusken Raider
 * Wookiee

Vehicles and vessels

 * Herdship
 * Tafanda Bay
 * Hovercar
 * Imperial I-class Star Destroyer
 * Conquest
 * Millennium Falcon
 * Tantive IV

Weapons and technology

 * Blaster
 * Cloning tank
 * Comlink
 * Gene splicer
 * Heavy blaster
 * Lightsaber
 * Thermal detonator
 * Vibroblade

Miscellanea

 * Alleth
 * Arool cactus
 * Credit chip
 * Cydorrian driller tree
 * Donar flower
 * Gorsa tree
 * Hammerhead
 * Harvest Ceremony
 * Hubba gourd
 * Indyup tree
 * Law of Life
 * Polaris ale
 * Pourstone
 * Torture
 * Utility belt
 * Vesuvague tree