Benni Baro

Benni Baro was a human male thief and ipsium miner on Ipsidon during the Imperial Era.

After the Techno Union was forced out of Mokkotown following the end of the Clone Wars and the rise of Galactic Empire, the gang boss Mokko took over the mine Baro worked in. Arguing that the ipsium was degrading, Mokko reduced the workers' rations and forced them to work harder. When Clone Force 99 arrived on the desert planet, Baro used a pair of macrobinoculars to spy on them. He approached the clones' ship, the Marauder, on a speeder, and commandeered it, flying away before the squad could stop him. By doing so, Baro hoped he would be made "top earner" by Mokko and thus earn an additional ration.

After Baro helped Clone Force 99 get their ship back, the miners discovered that Mokko had been lying about the Ipsium's state and was keeping the profits for himself. Baro and his coworkers thus confronted him and in an attempt to defend himself, Mokko fell from a walkway over an ipsium mine. He attempted to pull Baro with him but the latter was rescued, causing Mokko to fall to his death.

Following Mokko's demise, Baro declared that he would keep mining ipsium but that the workers would now be getting an equal share of the profits.

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