What Happened To Hondo Ohnaka After The Events Of Star Wars Rebels

"Star Wars" is filled with memorable side characters, weird little guys who populate the galaxy and make it feel like a massive, lived-in place, where everyone has a story to tell.

Take the fan-favorite pirate Hondo Ohnaka. He was first introduced in "The Clone Wars," and named after "Godzilla" director Ishiro Honda and actor Seiji Onaka. Hondo was something the movies had alluded to but not actually shown — a pirate scoundrel. Sure, we'd seen parts of that lifestyle, like with Lando and Boba Fett, but the latter had barely any lines or anything to do and the former didn't do much piracy. Hondo, on the other hand, was introduced as a resourceful scum, a guy willing to work with anyone on any side as long as there was profit. At one point he kidnapped Count Dooku (which not even the Republic managed to do), as well as Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker, trying to ransom all three. Still, for the most part, Hondo was a good-natured guy, and he became genuine friends with Kenobi.

After the end of "The Clone Wars," Ohnaka made his triumphant return on "Star Wars Rebels." With the Empire in charge, Hondo's pirate gang dissolved and Hondo found himself befriending another Jedi, Ezra Bridger. Though still very much a double-crossing pirate, Hondo's fondness for the Jedi pushed him to help Ezra and the nascent Rebellion on multiple occasions, even taking part in the Liberation of Lothal, valiantly fighting alongside Rex in taking down the shield generator on the Imperial garrison on the capital city.

But what happens next? Though Ohnaka hasn't shown up in other shows since "Rebels," he is very much a part of the canon, with a fascinating change in business.

After the Liberation of Lothal, Ohnaka expanded operations and eventually went legit. He founded Ohnaka Transport Solutions, to provide shipping and cargo services — though he still very much associated himself with pirates like Maz Kanata and smugglers like Lando Calrissian on jobs. 

Eventually, Ohnaka based his company in Black Spire Outpost on Batuu and provided aid to the Resistance after the Battle of Crait. This is the setting of the Disney parks expansion Galaxy's Edge — which is one of the greatest theme park designs on the planet.

Speaking with Fantha Tracks, voice actor Jim Cummings expressed an openness to return to the character in live-action, after voicing the animatronic version of Hondo stationed at Galaxy's Edge. Likewise, he finally answered the question that has puzzled fans for years. Where is Hondo's accent from?

"Everybody in the 'Star Wars' universe up to that point, with the exception of Jar Jar Binks, and nobody knows what that accent is ... It's slightly Jamaican. So [I went] 'Okay, well, I'm gonna do an accent where nobody knows where the hell this guy's from...' And just off the top of your head, does anybody where Hondo is from? Like if he was French, or Russian, or Irish, or... any guesses as to who that is?"

Feel free to guess for yourself.