Amda Wabo Amda Wabo was a male Aqualish who worked as a weapons designer on the planet Garel during the early years of the Galactic Empire ' s reign . On one occasion , he negotiated a deal with Empire to sell them a large supply of T - 7 ion disruptor rifle s , meeting with Imperial Minister Maketh Tua on the planet Lothal . Their negotiation proved difficult , as the two did not share a common language and had to use the protocol droid C - 3PO as a translator . This was used by the crew of the starship " Ghost " to disrupt the deal in an attempt to steal the disruptors , as by removing the pair ' s translator they were able to provide their own translation services to Tua and Wabo during a trip from Lothal to Garel . The thieves managed to misdirect Tua and the Imperials to the wrong hangar bay in Garel City Spaceport , while they loaded the disruptor s onto their own ship . Once Wabo and Tua realized they had been tricked , the Imperials attacked the crew of the " Ghost " but were unable to prevent them from stealing the weapons , after which Wabo turned on Tua in the belief she had double crossed him . Biography . The male Aqualish Amda Wabo was originally a native of the planet Ando , but during the early years of the Galactic Empire ' s reign worked as a weapons designer on the planet Garel . Around fourteen years after the founding of the Empire — Lothal Year 3272 — Wabo acted as a representative of Garel in negotiating a deal to sell a large supply of experimental T - 7 ion disruptor rifle s to the Imperials , weapons which were illegal under Imperial law . The Aqualish agreed to a one - on - one meeting with Imperial Minister Maketh Tua on the nearby planet of Lothal , where the pair conversed with the aid of the protocol droid C - 3PO , who Tua had borrowed from Senator Bail Organa along with the astromech droid R2 - D2 , in order to act as a translator . Once the meeting was complete , Wabo , Tua and the pair of droid s boarded the Star Commuter 2000 shuttle ST - 45 in Lothal ' s Capital City spaceport , which was traveling to Garel , where the weapons would be exchanged . The shuttle was also boarded however , by several members of the starship " Ghost " who had agreed to steal the disruptors from Wabo and the Imperials for Cikatro Vizago , leader of the criminal Broken Horn Syndicate . During the flight , C1 - 10P , an astromech member of the " Ghost ' s " crew , purposefully began a fight with another crew member , Ezra Bridger , causing all droids including C - 3PO to be sent to the rear of the shuttle by the RX - Series pilot droid , RX - 24 . This left Wabo and Tua without a translator and therefore unable to understand each other , although Wabo kept trying to converse much to Tua ' s annoyance . Garazeb Orrelios , another " Ghost " crew member who was seated behind Wabo , then offered the services of his companion Sabine Wren as a translator , which Tua gratefully accepted . When Tua asked Wren to inquire where Wabo had stored the disruptors , the translator purposefully mistranslated the Aqualish ' s answer that they were in Bay 7 in Garel City Spaceport and told the Imperial minister they were in Bay 17 . After landing on Garel , Wabo , Tua , and the droids rendezvoused with a squad of stormtrooper s and , much to Wabo ' s confusion headed to Bay 17 . Upon arrival , the group discovered the bay to be empty at which point Wabo complained and pointed out that they were in the wrong place . With C - 3PO present again to translate what the Aqualish was saying , Tua realized what had happened when she recognized C1 - 10P observing them from nearby and ordered that the Imperials move to Bay 7 to seize the disruptor s . Upon reaching Bay 7 , Wabo and the Imperials discovered the " Ghost ' s " crew loading crates on to their ship , which the Stormtroopers demanded they allowed to be searched . Two members of the crew , Orrelios and Kanan Jarrus then attacked the Imperials and held them off while the rest of the disruptors were loaded . In the confusion R2 - D2 and C - 3PO also boarded the " Ghost " in an attempt to catch C1 - 10P , and were still on board when it took off and fled Garel . Without a translator , Wabo came to believe that the Imperials had double crossed him , and despite Tua ' s unsuccessful attempts to calm him , drew his heavy blaster pistol on Tua . The crew of the " Ghost " successfully brought Wabo ' s weapons to the Broken Horn , who took most of them before Imperial ' s arrived to disrupt the deal . Vizago then took what weapons he had without paying the " Ghost ' s " crew , who destroyed the rest while escaping the Empire . Personality and traits . Amda Wabo had brown hair and skin and black , round , eye s . At the time of his dealings with Maketh Tua and the Galactic Empire he stood 1 . 67 meter s tall and weighed 80 kilogram s . Wabo learned to be cautious due to the fact his line of work often required him to meet with dangerous individuals , and when meeting with Tua the Aqualish would of prefered to have been accompanied by guard droids . In order to avoid the Imperial bureaucrat bringing stormtroopers to their meeting however , Wabo agreed to a one on one meeting . When Wabo came to believe Tua had double crossed him he drew his weapon on her , and had they fought would have been able to defeat as he had more experience with armed combat , preferring to belligerently shove foes in combat . Wabo spoke the Aqualish language , which sounded like the bleating of a nerf , and did not understand Galactic Basic . Behind the scenes . Amda Wabo was created for the " Star Wars Rebels " television series and was first shown in " " , a tie - in book written by Pablo Hidalgo and released as part of the build up to the series launch in 2014 . The character ' s first on screen appearance was in " Droids in Distress " , the first episode of " Star Wars Rebels " Season One , in which he was voiced by Steve Blum .