Momaw Nadon, also known as "Hammerhead," was a male Ithorian who was exiled from his homeworld of Ithor as punishment for revealing the agricultural secrets of his species to the Galactic Empire in order to save the planet. He spent his exile on Tatooine and sympathized with the Alliance to Restore the Republic during the Galactic Civil War.
Biography[]
Momaw Nadon, who also started to be referred to as "hammerhead" at some point, hailed from the planet Ithor, until he was exiled[4] as punishment for revealing his species' agricultural secrets to the Galactic Empire in order to save Ithor. Spending his exile on the desert world of Tatooine, Nadon maintained a small secret garden in the mountains south of the planet's Mos Eisley spaceport.
During the Galactic Civil War he sympathised with the Alliance to Restore the Republic who opposed the Empire, and would hide Rebel operatives in his garden.[1] However, his support for the rebellion was rumored.[4] Nadon was present in Chalmun's Spaceport Cantina when Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi and local farm boy Luke Skywalker arrived in search of a pilot to take them to the planet Alderaan. He witnessed the pair enter into an altercation with Dr. Cornelius Evazan and his companion Ponda Baba, which ended with Kenobi dismembering Baba and wounding Evazan with his lightsaber.[3]
Behind the scenes[]
Momaw Nadon first appeared in the 1977 film Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope but went unnamed[3] until identified as "Hammerhead" for his Kenner Products action figure.[5] He received his name and backstory in Galaxy Guide 1: A New Hope, a 1989 Star Wars Legends sourcebook written by Grant S. Boucher for Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game.[6] His name and portions of his backstory were confirmed to be canon by the reference book Ultimate Star Wars, which was released in 2015.[1]
Appearances[]
- "Not for Nothing" — From a Certain Point of View (and audiobook)
- Bounty Hunt
- Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope (First appearance)
- Star Wars Treasury: The Original Trilogy
- Star Wars in Pictures: The Original Trilogy
- Star Wars: A New Hope Cinestory Comic
- "A Bad Feeling About This" — The Original Trilogy Stories (and audiobook)
Non-canon appearances[]
Sources[]
- Creature Cantina on StarWars.com (backup link)
- Ultimate Factivity Collection: Star Wars (Picture only)
- Mos Eisley Cantina in the Encyclopedia (content now obsolete; backup link) (Picture only)
- Star Wars Skins Bring the Force to Minecraft on StarWars.com (backup link)
- 7 Things You Might Not Know About the Mos Eisley Cantina on StarWars.com (backup link)
- Star Wars: Card Trader (Card: Momaw Nadon - Cantina Patron - Base Series 1) (First identified as Momaw Nadon)
- Ultimate Star Wars (First identified as Momaw Nadon)
- Meet the Humans from the Mos Eisley Cantina on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
- Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know
- West End Games: Expanding that Galaxy Far, Far Away… on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
- Star Wars: Aliens of the Galaxy (Picture only)
- Star Wars: Complete Locations
- Star Wars Helmet Collection 27 (Databank A-Z: InterGalactic Banking Clan–Jakku) (Picture only)
- Star Wars at 40 | Much to Learn You Still Have: 9 Things You Might Not Know About the Aliens of Star Wars: A New Hope on StarWars.com (backup link) (Picture only)
- Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know, Updated and Expanded
- Star Wars: Geektionary: The Galaxy from A - Z
- Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary, New Edition
- Star Wars: Alien Archive
- Star Wars Helmet Collection 78 (Weapons & Uniforms: Mos Eisley Spaceport Cantina) (Picture only)
- Star Wars Search and Find Volume I
- Ultimate Star Wars, New Edition
- Every Language in Star Wars Movies | Star Wars By the Numbers on the official Star Wars Kids YouTube channel (content now obsolete; backup link)
- Star Wars: Card Trader (Card: Momaw Nadon - 2021 Base)
- "Species From A to Z" — Star Wars - Das offizielle Magazin 112 (Picture only)
- Star Wars: The Black Series (Pack: Momaw Nadon) (backup link)
- Momaw Nadon in the Databank (backup link)