Star Wars Outlaws: Who is Hondo Ohnaka?

Star Wars Celebration 2025 began on April 18 in Japan, and the convention has already begun to announce news revolving around several new and old video games, including Ubisoft’s Star Wars Outlaws. On Thursday, May 15, general Star Wars Outlaws players and season pass owners will be able to receive its second story pack in the form of A Pirate’s Fortune expansion. Here, players will once again embody the thief Kay Vess as she and her partners Nix and ND-5 attempt to uncover treasure from the Khepi Tomb while confronting the volatile Stinger Tash and her Rokana Raiders. However, the Trailblazer crew won’t go after this treasure alone, as they’ll receive support from legendary but often unreliable pirate Captain Hondo Ohnaka.

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The Greedy History of Captain Hondo Ohnaka Explained

For Star Wars fans who only watch the films and play a few games, Hondo Ohnaka may seem like just another new, random alien making a name for himself in the galaxy. While Ohnaka has attempted to become rich and famous throughout the galaxy, this Weequay pirate is actually one of the most recurring side characters in Star Wars history, having appeared in numerous Star Wars television shows, books, comics, and even Disney World and Disneyland’s Galaxy’s Edge. Ohnaka was first created in 2009 for Star Wars: The Clone Wars’ Season 1 episodes “Dooku Captured” and “The Gungan General.” Here, Ohnaka was shown to be in charge of a fairly large pirate gang on the planet Florrum, dealing primarily in the illegal spice and black market weapons trade.

In his first episodes, Ohnaka was able to trick and capture not just the Sith Lord Count Dooku but the Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker, holding them for ransom from the Galactic Republic. While his ransom was ultimately foiled by the chaotic actions of Jar Jar Binks, Ohnaka would go on to appear in several arcs of The Clone Wars, attempting to profit off of whatever he could but slowly becoming friends with Kenobi and the Jedi padawan Katooni. Throughout these episodes, Ohnaka was revealed to have close ties with Jango Fett and Aurra Sing and even managed to fend off the Sith Maul and Savage Opress as well as General Grievous, though the latter did ultimately destroy his original pirate business.

Hondo Ohnaka’s Appearances Beyond The Clone Wars

Due to his comedic charm, Ohnaka quickly became one of the most popular side characters from The Clone Wars, both by fans and Lucasfilm staff. This popularity caused Ohnaka to be one of the few Clone Wars characters to return in Star Wars Rebels, where he repeatedly attempted to build a new pirate crew but became close friends with the Jedi padawan Ezra Bridger, even going so far as to help liberate Bridger’s home planet of Lothal from the Empire. After his appearance in Rebels, Ohnaka went on to appear in several Star Wars shows, books, and comics, even appearing in a few games, including:

• 2017’s Star Wars Battlefront 2
• LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars
• LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens
• LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures
• Marvel’s Star Wars: Darth Maul
• Marvel’s Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge
• Marvel’s Star Wars: Halcyon Legacy
• Marvel’s Star Wars: Sana Starros
• Star Wars Adventures
• Star Wars Adventures: Flight of the Falcon
• Star Wars Forces of Destiny
• Star Wars Galaxy of Adventures
• Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge: A Crash of Fate
• Star Wars Rebels: Strike Missions
• Star Wars Rebels: Steps Into Shadow
• Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures
• Star Wars: Commander
• Star Wars: Datapad
• Star Wars: Flight of the Falcon – A Pirate’s Price
• Star Wars: Galactic Defense
• Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser
• Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge: Black Spire
• Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes
• Star Wars: Tales from the Galaxy’s Edge – Last Call
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Hunting the Hunters
• The Sims 4

Hondo Ohnaka’s Potential Endgame in Star Wars Outlaws

By the time Star Wars Outlaws takes place in the galaxy, Hondo Ohnaka had been relatively down on his luck for about 20 years. While the onset of the Galactic Civil War helped Ohnaka thrive in criminal activities with the Empire being distracted by the Rebel Alliance, he never truly regained his powerful position as a true pirate captain. Instead, he formed Ohnaka Transport Solutions in 4 ABY to provide transport and cargo services to various criminal, legitimate, and military organizations, often to fill his own pockets and to quietly support the Rebel Alliance. Given that Star Wars Outlaws takes place around 3 ABY, A Pirate’s Fortune could set up Ohnaka’s desire to form Ohnaka Transport Solutions.

While the new Star Wars Outlaws: A Pirate’s Fortune reveal trailer suggests that Hondo Ohnaka initially hired or at least collaborated with the Rokana Raiders to go after the Khepi Tomb’s treasure, Ohnaka may use both the Raiders and the Trailblazer crew to his advantage. Ohnaka has historically used conflicting parties to profit scot-free, such as his acquisition of an Ugnaught pirate crew and an Imperial Sentinel-class shuttle during a battle between the Empire and Rebels. Ohnaka may serve as an ally to Vess at first, but could end up stealing the treasure for himself towards the end of the expansion to help fund his burgeoning Ohnaka Transport Solutions business.

Star Wars Outlaws

7/10

Released

August 30, 2024

ESRB

T For Teen // Violence, Simulated Gambling, Mild Language

Publisher(s)

Ubisoft, Lucasfilm Games

Engine

Snowdrop