Batta, Callow
a native of the planet Coruscant, this man was a professor of governmental and political history at the University of Sanbra for nearly two decades before being put on "indefinite leave" by the sector Moff, shortly before the Battle of Hoth. Most suspected that Doctor Batta's anti-Imperial speeches earned him the displeasure of the Moff. Whatever the reason, Doctor Batta turned to a life of crime, and became a notorious pirate and smuggler by the time of the Battle of Yavin. Despite his fearsome reputation, Batta was known to hand out fizzer-sweets to the children on the starships he ambushed. Among his former peers at the University, Batta was known as an expert on Old Republic history, and a multilingual savant.