Momaw Nadon / Legends Momaw Nadon was an Ithorian who was exiled from his homeworld , Ithor , after he revealed secrets of Ithorian agricultural technology to the Galactic Empire . He spent much of his exile on Tatooine , and was seen in Chalmun ' s Cantina when Luke Skywalker and Obi - Wan Kenobi came searching for passage to Alderaan . Biography . Early life . Momaw Nadon served his people for decades as high priest of the " Tafanda Bay " . After the rise of the Galactic Empire , Ithor was threatened . The newly - established Empire demanded access to Ithorian agricultural techniques and technology . Such information was sacred to the Ithorian people , and they refused . Nadon , however , was compelled to reveal this technology to save the surface of Ithor to prevent further damage of their ' mother jungle ' from the turbolasers of the Imperial fleet . He revealed this knowledge to Imperial Captain Alima , under the threat of further decimation of the world . Despite saving his homeworld from destruction , the Ithorian Elders nevertheless punished him for his sacrilegious deeds . Usually being a sentence of death , Nadon was able to call in a favor from a friend , and the " traitor " was then exiled . Exile . During his exile , Nadon settled on Tatooine . While he was there , Nadon still honored the Ithorian traditions and tried to adapt large trees from Ithor to the hot dry weather on Tatooine . He tended a secret grove in the mountains south of Mos Eisley , including a carnivorous Vesuvague tree . The grove concealed a shelter where Momaw could hide Rebel operatives fleeing the Galactic Empire . He met and fell in love with the fellow Ithorian , Slag Flats who was later killed by Jodo Kast . While on Tatooine , he met up with Alima , who had been demoted to a lieutenant . Alima threatened his bafforr tree s with death if he did not help him in finding an astromech the Empire was seeking . The pacifistic Nadon got so concerned about this , that he even tried to kill Alima . However , the attempt failed due to Nadon ' s lack of experience with weapons and Nadon was humiliated by Alima once more . Finally , 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 escaping . 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 had informed Lieutenant Alima that the droids were leaving from this hangar two days before , and Alima was shot dead before he could protest . 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 — and Nadon would pay his to Alima . Redemption . After a " great meet " of Ithorian Herd Ships , it was decided Nadon had acted with the best interest of the Ithorian people . His exile was ended , and he was restored as herd leader of " Tafanda Bay " . Despite this restoration , Nadon still believed he had brought shame upon himself and vowed to spend the rest of his life accounting for his mistake . He was the representative when Wedge Antilles brought Qwi Xux to Ithor , providing them with information on his lush homeworld . Yuuzhan Vong War . By 25 ABY , he had been replaced as the high priest and leader of the Ithorian people by Relal Tawron . On Ithor , he had a wife and son , Fandomar and Do - Forow Nadon . Behind the scenes . In the " Star Wars " radio drama , Luke commented on seeing a Meerian Hammerhead while in the cantina . Since then , another species has been identified as Meerian s . Lucasfilm named him Ammerha in 1978 , though the name went unused . His colloquial nickname " Hammerhead " comes from the Kenner action figure . While there was no one inside the costume , ILMers Jon Berg and Phil Tippett both created and controlled the creature . Berg would reach into the character to move his head while Tippett controlled his eye movements via remote control .