Saponza

Saponza was a male human from the sun-scorched planet of Tatooine who worked as a mercenary and had been part of the galactic criminal underworld for decades. He claimed to be a veteran of the the Kwymar Suppressions and Mytaranor Campaign, writing them into his experience section of the Undervine network. At one point, he "skipped out" on a job for the Black Sun syndicate, which sent a Mandalorian assassin after him in response. Desperate for credits to get away from the hunter, he waited for a reply to his Undervine listing. After a month of no replies, Saponza angrily wrote about his predicament in the Smuggler's Guide after spotting the book in the waiting room for Keldooine Starshipwrights. He decided against taking the book and instead hoped including his profile within it would help him find work.

In 0 ABY, shortly after the Battle of Yavin, Saponza and his partner established a base of operations in the former's Tatooinian homestead. The two mercenaries soon attracted the wrath of Jabba, the resident Hutt crime lord of Tatooine. Bib Fortuna, Jabba's chief of staff, contacted him and his companion several times, and even though he warned them about Jabba's revenge, they still ignored it, possibly believing Jabba would forget or simply not bother. In retaliation for the death of six of his henchmen, Jabba had Saponza's homestead razed to the ground. Realizing that they could not defeat the Hutt on their own, Saponza and his partner were forced to pick a side in the Galactic Civil War and chose to join the freedom fighters of the Rebel Alliance.

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