PONDA BABA
A burly
Aqualish thug, Ponda Baba was a pirate and smuggler who worked alongside
his friend, Cornelius Evazan, a murderous former surgeon he rescued
from a bounty hunter. Known for his outbursts of violence, Baba was a
criminal without any ounce of conscience.
Ponda was one of the alien barflies escaping the heat of Tatooine‘s twin suns when Luke Skywalker and Ben Kenobi visited the Mos Eisley Cantina. Bored and looking for excitement, Ponda picked a fight with Luke, which Evazan quickly escalated. But the two bullies had picked the wrong target - Ben interceded, and the old Jedi’s lightsaber left Ponda missing an arm, ending the quarrel rather decisively.
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