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|story name=''Hammertong: The Tale of the "Tonnika Sisters''
|author=[[Timothy Zahn]]
|illustrator=
|editor=[[Kevin J. Anderson]]
|publisher=[[Bantam Spectra]]
|release date=[[August]] [[1995]]
|published in=''[[Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina]]''
|reprinted in=
|pages=
|timeline=[[0 BBY/Legends|0 BBY]]<ref name="TERC">''[[The Essential Reader's Companion]]''</ref> (35 GrS)
|series=
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'''''Hammertong: The Tale of the "Tonnika Sisters"''''' is a short story written by [[Timothy Zahn]] for the [[Bantam Spectra]] short-story anthology ''[[Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina]]'', which was published in 1995. It is perhaps most significant for establishing that the [[Tonnika sisters/Legends|Tonnika sisters]] seen in [[Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope|''A New Hope'']] were in fact [[Shada D'ukal]] and [[Karoly D'ulin]] in disguise. [[Laura Esterman]] read the unabridged audiobook, released exclusively on [[Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy|''The Thrawn Trilogy'']] cassette box set.

==Plot summary==
A group of [[Mistryl Shadow Guard]]&mdash;an ancient sect of women warriors&mdash;has been hired by Kellering to transport "[[Hammertong/Legends|Hammertong]]," a mysterious top-secret [[Galactic Empire/Legends|Imperial]] project. The women go to the research facility to guard the transport as additional security. They are attacked by the Imperials, and [[Team Prime]] [[Manda D'ulin]] and [[Pav D'armon]] are killed.

Shada D'ukal and Karoly D'ulin find Hammertong ready to transport inside a [[Strike-class medium cruiser|''Strike''-class medium cruiser]]. Angered by the deaths of Manda and Pav, they steal the Imperial project and fly to [[Tatooine/Legends|Tatooine]]. They evade the Imperials and crash-land in the [[Dune Sea/Legends|Dune Sea]]; in order to transport Hammertong off-planet, they need to hire a [[Freighter/Legends|freighter]].

Shada and Karoly disguise themselves as the Tonnika sisters, professional con artists, and go to [[Chalmun's Spaceport Cantina/Legends|Chalmun's Spaceport Cantina]] in [[Mos Eisley/Legends|Mos Eisley]], where they are arrested by an Imperial officer, who believes they truly are the sisters. In jail, a guard named [[Riij Winward]] knows they're impersonators and as proof tells them he knew about the crash-landed Strike cruiser, and where the real Tonnika sisters are. He frees them in exchange for leading him to the crash site before the sand conceals the entrance to the already half-buried cruiser. They go to the Dune Sea, and Riij tells them what the Hammertong really is: part of the [[Death Star II/Legends|Death Star II's]] [[Superlaser/Legends|superlaser]]. He reveals also he is member of the [[Alliance to Restore the Republic/Legends|Rebel Alliance]], asks for the weapon, and gives them an offer to join the Alliance. They refuse to give him Hammertong and are ready to return to their home planet, until they learn Riij took their [[D4|droid]] with the blueprints of Hammertong inside it. They decide not to go after him, and Shada seriously considers joining the Rebels on her own if Karoly refuses.

==Continuity==
This short story erroneously refers to [[Docking Bay 94/Legends|Docking Bay 94]] on [[Tatooine/Legends|Tatooine]] as Docking Bay 97.

==Appearances==
{{App
|characters=
*[[1047]]
*[[Argon (Grand Moff)|Argon]] {{Mo}}
*[[Ponda Baba/Legends|Ponda Baba]]
*[[BoShek/Legends|BoShek]]
*[[C-3PO/Legends|C-3PO]]
*[[Cai]] {{1st}}
*[[Chewbacca/Legends|Chewbacca]]
*[[Pav D'armon]] {{1st}}
*[[Shada D'ukal]]
*[[Karoly D'ulin]]
*[[Manda D'ulin]] {{1st}}
*[[D4]] {{1st}}
*[[Drome]] {{1stm}}
*[[Eloy]] {{1st}}
*[[Cornelius Evazan/Legends|Cornelius Evazan]]
*[[Davin Felth/Legends|Davin Felth]]
*[[Greedo/Legends|Greedo]]
*[[Happer]] {{1st}}
*[[Dannik Jerriko]]
*[[Kellering]] {{1st}}
*[[Obi-Wan Kenobi/Legends|Obi-Wan Kenobi]]
*[[Bevel Lemelisk]] {{Mo}}
*[[Chachi De Maal]]
*[[Ohwun De Maal/Legends|Ohwun De Maal]]
*[[Palpatine/Legends|Palpatine]] {{Imo}}
*[[Parq]] {{1st}}
*[[R2-D2/Legends|R2-D2]]
*[[Sileen]] {{1st}}
*[[Luke Skywalker/Legends|Luke Skywalker]]
*[[Han Solo/Legends|Han Solo]]
*[[Jabba Desilijic Tiure/Legends|Jabba Desilijic Tiure]] {{Mo}}
*[[Brea Tonnika/Legends|Brea Tonnika]] {{Mo}}
*[[Senni Tonnika/Legends|Senni Tonnika]] {{Mo}}
*[[Riij Winward]] {{1st}}
*[[Wuher/Legends|Wuher]]
|creatures=
*[[Mynock/Legends|Mynock]] {{Mo}}
|droids=
*[[3PO-series protocol droid/Legends|3PO-series protocol droid]]
*[[R2-series astromech droid]]
*[[Interrogator droid]] {{Mo}}
|events=
*[[Destruction of Emberlene]] {{1stm}}
*[[Galactic Civil War/Legends|Galactic Civil War]]
**[[Battle of Tatooine (Galactic Civil War)|Battle of Tatooine]]
|locations=
*[[Emberlene]] {{Imo}}
*[[Gorno]]
*[[Piroket/Legends|Piroket]] {{Mo}}
*[[Tatooine/Legends|Tatooine]]
**[[Dune Sea/Legends|Dune Sea]]
**[[Mos Eisley/Legends|Mos Eisley]]
***[[Chalmun's Spaceport Cantina/Legends|Chalmun's Spaceport Cantina]]
***[[Docking Bay 97]] {{Mo}}
***[[Mos Eisley police station]]
|organizations=
*[[Bartender/Legends|Bartender]]
*[[Bounty hunter/Legends|Bounty hunter]]
*[[CoMar]] {{Mo}}
*[[Figrin D'an and the Modal Nodes/Legends|Figrin D'an and the Modal Nodes]]
*[[Galactic Empire/Legends|Galactic Empire]]
**[[Captain/Legends|Captain]]
**[[Colonel/Legends|Colonel]]
**[[Doctor/Legends|Doctor]]
**[[Galactic Emperor/Legends|Galactic Emperor]] {{Mo}}
**[[Grand Moff/Legends|Grand Moff]] {{Mo}}
**[[Imperial Prime University]] {{Mo}}
**[[Stormtrooper/Legends|Stormtrooper]]
*[[Galactic Republic/Legends|Old Republic]] {{Mo}}
*[[Jedi Order/Legends|Jedi Order]]
**[[Jedi Knight/Legends|Jedi Knight]]
*[[Loronar Corporation/Legends|Loronar]] {{Mo}}
*[[Mekuun Corporation/Legends|Mekuun Corporation]] {{Mo}}
*[[Mistryl shadow guard]]
**[[Team Prime]]
*[[Mos Eisley Police Authority|Mos Eisley police]]
*[[Alliance to Restore the Republic/Legends|Rebel Alliance]]
*[[Smuggler/Legends|Smuggler]]
|species=
*[[Anzat (species)|Anzat]]
*[[Aqualish/Legends|Aqualish]]
*[[Bothan/Legends|Bothan]] {{Mo}}
*[[Bith/Legends|Bith]]
*[[Duros/Legends|Duros]]
*[[Human/Legends|Human]]
*[[Hutt/Legends|Hutt]] {{Mo}}
*[[Rodian/Legends|Rodian]]
*[[Wookiee/Legends|Wookiee]]
|vehicles=
*[[Airspeeder/Legends|Airspeeder]] {{Mo}}
*[[Bulk freighter/Legends|Bulk freighter]] {{Mo}}
*[[CR90 corvette/Legends|Corellian Corvette]] {{Mo}}
**[[Tantive IV/Legends|''Tantive IV'']] {{Imo}}
*[[DS-1 Orbital Battle Station/Legends|Death Star I]] {{Mo}}
*[[Death Star II/Legends|Death Star II]] {{Mo}}
*[[Freighter/Legends|Freighter]] {{Mo}}
*[[Ground car]]
*[[Mirage (starship)|''Mirage'']]
*''[[Skyclaw]]''
*[[Speeder bike/Legends|Speeder bike]]
*[[Imperial I-class Star Destroyer/Legends|''Imperial I''-class Star Destroyer]]
**[[Devastator/Legends|''Devastator'']] {{Imo}}
*[[Swift Assault 5|Hoverscout]]
*[[Strike-class medium cruiser|Strike Cruiser]]
*[[TIE/LN starfighter|TIE fighter]]
|technology=
*[[Antiatmospheric gun]]
*[[Blaster/Legends|Blaster]]
*[[Blaster rifle/Legends|Blaster rifle]]
*[[Comlink/Legends|Comlink]]
*[[Comm unit/Legends|Comm]]
*[[Datapad/Legends|Datapad]]
*[[Deflector shield/Legends|Deflector shield]]
*[[Droid detector/Legends|Droid detector]]
*[[Hammertong/Legends|Hammertong]]
*[[Hydrospanner/Legends|Hydrospanner]]
*[[Hyperdrive/Legends|Hyperdrive]]
*[[Knife/Legends|Knife]]
*[[Obi-Wan Kenobi's third lightsaber/Legends|Obi-Wan Kenobi's third lightsaber]]
*[[Navigation computer/Legends|Navcomputer]]
*[[Repulsorlift/Legends|Repulsorlift]]
*[[Stormtrooper armor/Legends|Stormtrooper armor]]
*[[Superlaser/Legends|Superlaser]] {{Mo}}
*[[Viper grenade launcher]]
|miscellanea=
*[[Galactic Credit Standard|Credit]]
*[[Hyperspace/Legends|Hyperspace]]
*[[Mistryl battle language]]
*[[Ration bar/Legends|Ration bar]]
*[[Refresher/Legends|Refresher]]
*[[Sullustan wine]]
*[[Tapcafe/Legends|Tapcafe]]
}}

==Notes and references==
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{{Interlang
|de=Hammerstab – Die Geschichte der »Tonnika-Schwestern«
|ru=«Молот небес». Байка сестёр Тонника
}}

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