Po Nudo was a male Ualaq Aqualish politician, serving as the Senator of the Ando star system in the Senate of the Galactic Republic. During the Republic's Separatist Crisis, Nudo withdrew the planets he represented from the Republic and pledged allegiance to the Confederacy of Independent Systems. Appointed as a member of the Separatist Council and head of the Hyper-Communications Cartel, Nudo and his fellow Councilors led the Confederacy to war in a conflict known as the Clone Wars. Following three years of bloody conflict with the Republic, Nudo and the rest of the Council was assassinated by Darth Vader on the planet Mustafar.